“Shasha.”
The harsh writing sound grew clearer in everyone's ears, and crisp footsteps sounded from the hallway.
Because the front door was not fully closed, coupled with the teacher falling just now, it could now be pushed open with just a light touch.
Suddenly, the female student speaking near the front door abruptly stood up and screamed loudly:
“At the door. At the door, the sound is right at the door!”
All eyes in the classroom converged on the front door. Through the gap, only the endless darkness of the hallway could be seen; not only the gazes but even the light from the lamps was completely devoured by the darkness.
Although they didn't know what was happening at the door, everyone could sense that some "thing" was seeping in through the gap in the front door!
“Look! You all look! There’s something on the door!”
The girl who had stood up pointed at the front door, her face full of Fear, and she retreated toward the back rows as she spoke.
Jiang Shan followed the direction the girl was pointing,
The front Wooden Door was covered in Scarlet Ghost Script. The once brand-new Wooden Door began to Rot, as if it had been decaying for a long time. The crooked, blood-red characters made it incredibly eerie. Most terrifyingly, those blood-red characters were spreading along the Wall and the floor toward the entire classroom!
“Squeak.”
The door suddenly opened!
The darkness that devoured everything in the hallway instantly swept through the entire classroom from the front door!
The faint light in the classroom, weak as a dying candle, suddenly went out, and the last sliver of dim light in everyone's eyes Disappeared.
Fear and screams permeated the entire classroom. Many people’s legs had gone weak from fright, leaving them speechless. The darkness plunged everyone in the classroom into panic.
“Shasha...sha.”
The harsh sound continuously echoed in the classroom, the frequency starting to increase rapidly, and the sound becoming more terrifying.
Every stroke made Jiang Shan’s mind tense further. He noticed that the screams and cries for help in the classroom were actually beginning to gradually disappear...
Jiang Shan’s scalp tingled as he stood up. He subconsciously reached into his desk compartment to take out his phone for light.
When the light came on, Jiang Shan finally noticed that the eerie, blood-red characters had already spread over half of the classroom’s Wall and ceiling, seemingly alive and still ERODING the entire classroom!
At this moment, Jiang Shan’s heart pounded uncontrollably, and his Hands trembled so much he could barely hold the phone.
“Why aren't they moving anymore?”
Through the faint light, he saw that half the class was standing rigidly in place, motionless, their pale faces revealing a deathly eeriness.
Illuminated by the phone light, the remaining students saw the scene clearly. A girl near the front row was scared stiff and collapsed onto the floor. Her Hands trembled as she pointed at the rigid student in front of her, saying with a choked voice:
“What’s wrong with him...”
“Shasha...”
The eerie sound rang out again. The female student who had spoken suddenly froze in place, her face turning ashen, her throat trembling. Her mouth opened wide but she couldn't utter a sound.
In an instant, in Jiang Shan’s line of sight, the face of the female student who had collapsed onto her seat became incredibly pale, devoid of any color, her vacant eyes devoid of any emotion. Her rigid posture was exactly like that of a dead person!
“Is it really a ghost!?”
Jiang Shan’s Hands and feet were ice-cold, and his whole body trembled. He forced himself to calm down, suddenly recalling what the strange person had said:
Discern the Ghost’s pattern,
Pattern?
What pattern does a ghost have?
“Could it be that eerie, terrifying writing sound?”
“We all heard it, so why did only the people in the front die?”
The floor!
Looking at the “Ghost Character” still spreading wildly across the floor and Wall.
Realizing something, Jiang Shan’s gaze sharpened, and he suddenly shouted:
“Run! Run out of the classroom, whatever you do, don’t touch that thing!”
Jiang Shan’s voice woke up the remaining survivors. The terrified crowd had long forgotten how to think, and upon hearing Jiang Shan’s words, they rushed toward the back door in a single mass.
Jiang Shan also ran out of the classroom with the crowd. As he fled toward the stairs, he looked back at the hallway and saw a familiar figure.
Li Nan!
He saw him holding a pen in both Hands, continuously writing something on his own body.
After making Eye Contact, Jiang Shan was terrified. He dared not look back again and ran downstairs with the crowd regardless of everything else.
“Shasha...”
The terrifying sound echoed from the depths of the hallway, reverberating through the school.
“It’s coming again...”
He realized that this time no one stiffened and died. It seemed his guess was correct:
Hearing the sound was not the condition that triggered death;
Touching it was!
The girl in the classroom earlier must have stiffened because she touched the eerie characters on the floor!
Because that eerie shasha sound hadn't disappeared; instead, it became even harsher, as if the source of the sound was right next to his ear!
“Jiang Shan! Look! You have to look!”
Chen Yue, his deskmate, tapped Jiang Shan and said with a face full of Fear.
Jiang Shan glanced back and saw that the Ghost Character had already appeared on the Wall at the stairwell entrance, spreading toward the crowd like countless venomous snakes!
Like Jiang Shan, the crowd saw the Scarlet Ghost Script reappear beside them. The joy of surviving the previous ordeal instantly vanished, and the Fear in their hearts reached its peak at this moment!
“Ah! Ahhh, there’s a ghost!”
“I don’t want to die! I don’t want to die!”
First floor! Second floor!
Only two more floors until the ground floor!
The dawn of hope seemed to be right before their eyes, but suddenly, a female student in the crowd was jostled by the panicked masses, causing her to miss her step and violently Fall Down on the stairs.
In the chaos, the frantic crowd had only one thought:
Survival!
Who would care about the student underfoot? Even if they saw her, who would offer help in such a situation?
Because he had glanced at Li Nan earlier, Jiang Shan was running at the very back of the crowd. Looking at the state of the female student on the stairs, his brow furrowed tightly.
Because Jiang Shan noticed that the female student was already semi-conscious due to the violent bumping and trampling.
Looking closely,
That girl’s Calf was twisted beyond recognition. Her knee was severely dislocated and had already begun to ooze blood outwards.
Jiang Shan didn't hesitate at all; he bypassed her body and ran toward the ground floor.
But just as he passed the female student, Jiang Shan felt his leg being grabbed. This sudden change made him stumble, and he nearly Fell Down onto the landing.
It was that girl!
“Don’t go, save... me, don’t go, I beg you...”
The female student’s voice was choked with sobs, looking pitiful, but the strength in her Hands kept increasing!
Seeing all this, Jiang Shan was filled with extreme anger.
“Get lost! Let go of me!”
He turned around and violently kicked the female student in the face.
No hesitation,
No pity.
Aiming for the female student’s eye socket, Jiang Shan continuously kicked her.
“Ah!”
Although the girl let go in pain, at this moment Jiang Shan noticed that the Ghost Character had already spread to his feet.
“Damn it, am I going to die?” At this moment, Jiang Shan had only one thought in his mind.
The moment he made contact with that “Ghost Character,” he felt his lower body lose all sensation. A numb, rigid coldness was spreading step by step toward his head as time passed. An extreme confusion crashed around in his brain.
At this moment, he felt:
His head was about to explode!
If he could see internally, Jiang Shan would now find that his brain, every blood vessel, and even his eyeballs were covered in blood-red Ghost Characters.
Finally, perhaps he should accept his fate.
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