Chapter 144: Wutong High School 3
Chu Yian’s headphones weren’t playing music, so she naturally heard the man’s question.
The subway had indeed been running for a long time, feeling much longer than three hours.
But that was just a feeling; a quick check of her phone would show it hadn’t even been twenty minutes. She couldn’t help but look outside. Beyond the subway windows, it was pitch black. Not just the windows, but the front and back of the subway car were also completely dark. Aside from their car, no one knew what the other carriages were like.
Just as Chu Yian was deep in thought, the exclamations of three men nearby caught her attention.
“Xianyou, your subway ticket!”
Wang Xianyou heard his companion and instinctively looked down.
He saw that the subway ticket he had tossed into his backpack had turned red. The vibrant red color was exceptionally conspicuous in the green carriage, and the atmosphere in the car immediately changed. Apart from his two companions, everyone else stared at Wang Xianyou.
The already dim carriage lights began to flicker.
The interior became even darker, and the rumbling of the subway’s movement filled her ears, like the roar of some terrifying creature hidden in the shadows.
“Quick, quick, what does the paper say?”
The three people in the car were in a panic. “Rule #2: Stare at the ticket and believe it is green!”
Wang Xianyou quickly looked at the ticket and repeatedly chanted in his mind, attempting to hypnotize himself.
Five seconds later,
“It’s no use!”
Wang Xianyou’s hand, holding the ticket, began to tremble slightly. This round of the game was no ordinary game; failure meant instant death!
Woo—
With a low hum of the vehicle, the subway’s speed was decreasing.
According to the explanation following the rules, if Wang Xianyou’s ticket turned red, he needed to get off at the next stop immediately and find a staff member wearing green clothes to exchange his ticket.
But the train was already so eerie; who knew what dangers awaited him after getting off?
Wang Xianyou naturally didn’t want to go exchange the ticket alone. He looked at his two companions, “Brother Liu…”
The player named Liu lowered his head.
Wang Xianyou paused at this, swallowing the words he was about to say. He then looked at his other friend, “Old Zhang…”
“Xianyou, don’t make things difficult for me.”
The player named Zhang waved his hand. “My card hasn’t changed color, and it doesn’t say what happens if a green one gets off. You should go down by yourself. Exchange the ticket quickly, and we’ll wait for you at the school gate.”
Wang Xianyou’s expression subtly changed.
He had probably guessed their reactions, but he was just a little unwilling to give up and wanted to ask again. Sure enough, the bond between teammates was so shallow.
The next stop arrived.
He looked back at the two of them, then got off the train with his backpack.
Darkness instantly swallowed his retreating figure. A minute later, the subway restarted, not giving him time to exchange his ticket and get back on. His two accompanying teammates also remained silent, simply checking their belongings before scattering to sit in the carriage.
Chu Yian looked down at the ticket in her backpack, confirming it was green.
However, before she could relax, the surrounding NPCs, along with the two players, all looked at her—
Her seat had turned red.
Her seat.
The originally hard seat became damp and warm, as if she were sitting in flowing fresh blood, blood that still carried body temperature, while her limbs began to rapidly lose warmth and stiffen.
Rule number four: If the seat turns another color, immediately give the seat to the monkey.
Chu Yian, unlike the other three, didn’t wait to encounter a problem before checking; she had already memorized all eight rules clearly. But where was she supposed to find a monkey!
There were only five NPCs and three players in the carriage, no animals at all.
She forced herself to stand up from the seat, her entire body stiff, her face extremely pale. Then, just as she thought there were no monkeys in this section of the carriage, the man who was standing and holding a leash suddenly sat down in the spot where she had been sitting.
Chu Yian froze for a moment, then instantly reacted.
He was the monkey?
Thinking this, she stared intently at the man.
The man’s appearance did indeed have a somewhat pointed face and monkey-like cheeks, and his movements and behavior were remarkably similar to a monkey’s. Perhaps her gaze was too focused, as the man’s actions while sitting in the seat were tense and timid. He glanced around, even squatting on the seat. After about ten seconds, he suddenly tilted his head back and let out a strange cry.
The cry was also extremely like a monkey’s!
One sound,
Two sounds,
Three sounds!
Chu Yian heard him cry three times and, without looking back, ran towards the front carriage. Even though it was completely dark ahead, it didn’t cause her the slightest hesitation.
The two players, Zhang and Li, paused for a moment due to Chu Yian’s actions, then immediately pulled out the paper filled with rules—
[4. Always pay attention to the color of your seat. There are only green seats on the subway. If it changes to another color, you need to give the seat to the monkey.]
[5. There is no red on the subway. If you find red, immediately call a subway staff member to handle it. If there are no staff members nearby, you need to stare at the monkey until it makes three calls, then quickly leave the current carriage.]
Rules four and five were connected.
They immediately understood Chu Yian’s actions and then abruptly stood up to follow her.
Between the carriages, it was pitch black.
The sound of howling wind came, mixed with eerie weeping. Not long after she entered the darkness, dim lights flickered overhead.
Orange-red lights quickly lit up and went out.
Chu Yian used the flickering lights to see countless dark shadows around her. With each flicker of the light, the shadows would draw closer to her. The shrill cries and eerie sobs also got closer and closer to her, even right by her ear!
Terror!
Chu Yian’s heart pounded, and her calves felt weak.
She closed her eyes and dashed forward. After running several steps, the dark, sticky feeling finally disappeared. In its place was a normal carriage.
There were many more people in this carriage than in the previous one. The moment Chu Yian appeared, a barrage of scrutinizing gazes fell upon her.
The first thing Chu Yian saw was a uniformed staff member standing by the door. According to the situation described in the rules, he should belong to the ‘good guy’ role.
Seeing no red around, she prepared to find an empty seat.
Most of the surrounding seats were occupied by two or three people. She walked towards the only seat with just one person, but upon seeing the familiar man in the seat, her eye twitched instantly.
The man in the seat was wearing a black hoodie and a baseball cap. He had been looking down until now, so she hadn’t seen his face. It wasn’t until Chu Yian approached that the man slowly lifted his head, revealing a brilliant smile and even giving Chu Yian a wink!
Chu Yian’s breath hitched, and her fists clenched—
It was that scoundrel Bai Sinian!!
