Chapter 146: Wutong High School 5
It turned red!
Chu Yian’s hand, clutching the ticket, tightened, but her eyes never left the ticket.
This was a green ticket!
The subway station only had green tickets, no red ones at all!
Green, green, green, green, there was only green in the world, her ticket was green!
Chu Yian’s mind was left with only the words “green,” and her self-brainwashing even made her self-perception begin to blur, with double vision appearing on the ticket in front of her. The shape and color of the ticket were dissipating, and Chu Yian’s eyes gradually became excruciatingly painful, yet she dared not blink.
It wasn’t until five seconds had passed that a clear image finally reappeared before her eyes.
The ticket returned to its normal appearance.
She let out a slight sigh of relief, tiny beads of sweat appearing on her forehead.
However, the subway, which had just departed, stopped again at this moment. The instant the doors opened, Li Ming walked towards the exit with a pale face.
The color of his ticket had not changed back.
Chu Yian instantly understood the reason, a hint of confusion and sympathy in her eyes. However, as Li Ming reached outside the carriage, he suddenly turned back, grabbing the handrail of the train, “I’m not going out, I’m not going out!”
Several people had gone out consecutively at this time, and none of them had returned.
Who knew if going out was a death wish.
Conversely, inside the carriage was much safer.
Li Ming’s abnormality attracted the attention of others. Chu Yian specifically looked at the uniformed staff member nearby; this person was expressionless and completely unresponsive to what was happening in the carriage.
Instead, Li Ming let out a tragic scream at this moment.
He melted.
It was like a rubber doll slowly melting under high temperatures. It started from his feet, then his legs. He looked at the people inside the train with terror in his eyes, loudly screaming for help. But at this moment, no one dared to offer him a helping hand. He melted step by step into a puddle of pink blood under their gaze.
Two minutes later, even the blood began to seep into the ground, and finally, apart from a set of clothes, nothing was left.
Li Ming’s fate once again reminded everyone to strictly follow the rules.
The atmosphere in the carriage became oppressive, and no one spoke for a long time. It wasn’t until Bai Sinian spoke, “More than half the journey is over. Player friends, please come out and introduce yourselves.”
He revealed his identity without hesitation, mimicking Dai Licheng’s earlier behavior, “Now that a player has died, everyone, please state your identities. Occasionally, we might even be able to help each other.”
Was he really that enthusiastic?
Chu Yian glanced at this Brother Bai, remaining silent.
“Alright, Chu Chu, you go first.”
Bai Sinian’s gaze turned to her, and he said gently, “Don’t be afraid, Brother Bai is here.”
With a Brother Bai like you around, the danger level of this round of the game is only increasing.
Chu Yian didn’t want to bother with him, but he had already pushed her to the forefront of everyone’s attention. It was impossible for her to continue trying to blend in and discreetly reach the school. It was better to strike first.
Thinking of this, she immediately changed her expression.
With three parts fear and seven parts pity, she looked at the people sitting around her, “H-hello everyone, I’m a player. I ran over from a carriage further back. At that time, red seats appeared in our carriage, and according to the rules, that’s why I ran to this carriage.”
Chu Yian and Zhang Guodong were now outsiders in the carriage, and their situation was something other players were very curious about.
Hearing Chu Yian’s self-introduction, another player spoke up, “When you came over, was there anything at the connection between the two carriages?”
Both the front and back of the carriage were pitch black; this was a question all players were concerned about.
“Also, were there only three players in your previous carriage?”
Chu Yian was still pondering whether to answer when Bai Sinian interrupted him, “Don’t you know to introduce yourself first? How impolite.”
“We don’t even know how many players are in this carriage, so why should we share useful information with the rats pretending to be NPCs in the carriage?”
His gaze swept over the group of people sitting in the carriage, a faint smile playing on his lips.
The others were slightly stunned upon hearing this, then instantly understood his meaning. Soon, people began to voluntarily introduce themselves.
First was the young man who had asked the question, “My name is Gao Peng, a player. I’ve cleared 4 rounds of the game before.”
Clearing four rounds of the game was quite an impressive achievement.
Upon hearing his introduction, the eyes of the other players immediately lit up. Bai Sinian chuckled at the news, then looked at the others in the carriage, “Continue.”
One after another, people in the carriage began to state their identities.
A few minutes later, excluding a few players who were still hiding their identities, there were a total of 8 players in this carriage, including Chu Yian and Bai Sinian.
Gao Peng looked at Bai Sinian, “Now, can you finally tell us what information you’ve gathered?”
Clearly, he considered Chu Yian and Bai Sinian to be on the same side.
“We just had three incidents in the previous carriage.”
Chu Yian then recounted everything that had happened.
From Zhang Guodong and two others entering, to Wang Xianyou’s card turning red, and her chair changing color, revealing that the person was a monkey, as well as the three of them coming through the dark carriage connection.
Every detail was explained.
“We have staff in this carriage, and if red appears, someone will handle it.”
Gao Peng said, “But the ticket issue is more troublesome. It’s known that three people’s tickets have turned red, and their red tickets haven’t changed back to green.”
Either get off the train, or die.
There was no pattern at all.
“Actually, it’s not three. My ticket also turned red, but it changed back.”
Chu Yian took out the ticket from her backpack and said.
Zhang Guodong was in the same situation as her.
But what was the reason for the tickets turning red? Why could her and Zhang Guodong’s tickets turn red and then back to green, while the other three’s couldn’t?
Something suddenly flashed through Chu Yian’s mind, “I know! The tickets turned red because we left our seats.”
The third rule of the game states to immediately find an empty seat when on the subway.
The first, Wang Xianyou, stood up and threw his backpack while the subway was moving; he left his seat. Dai Licheng also stood in the middle of the carriage talking when they arrived, leaving his seat. As for me and the other two players, there’s no need to mention it; we also left our seats to come to this carriage!
That’s why our tickets turned red.”
Chu Yian voiced her thoughts, and as soon as she finished speaking, she met Bai Sinian’s gaze.
As terrible as Brother Bai’s character was, his appearance was equally superior. His flirtatious eyes could easily give people a false impression of tenderness and deep affection. Especially when he deliberately made that expression and looked at Chu Yian, it truly… made one want to kill him.
