“Welcome to Qinggang High School.”
“Qinggang High School is a well-known private high school focused on college preparation. Every year, countless outstanding students here are admitted to nationally prestigious universities.”
What?
Luo Yu propped up her dizzy head, frowning as she listened to the voices suddenly appearing in her mind.
“To improve teaching and management efficiency, Qinggang High School implements a fully enclosed management system. After the new semester begins, neither teachers nor students are allowed to leave the campus at will.”
“To ensure students’ normal life on campus, Qinggang High School is equipped with a cafeteria, a supermarket, and beautifully furnished dormitory buildings. In addition, the school has nearly a hundred security personnel patrolling 24/7 to ensure the safety of every student.”
Qinggang High School—a boarding school? But why was she here?
She clearly…
Ugh, her head hurt so much. She could barely remember what had happened earlier.
The only memory she had was the loud bang when her body hit the ground, followed by pain that instantly spread through every limb and bone.
Could it be that she fell from a building?
But how could she explain suddenly appearing here, and why a cold, eerie, completely inhuman voice had popped into her mind?
And the voice kept going.
“The new semester has begun. We look forward to you studying hard at school, growing, improving, and becoming a better version of yourself!”
“Beep—’’
You are a third-year student at Qinggang High School.
You notice your classmates are acting increasingly strange, but no one else seems aware of this change.
Discover the secrets of Qinggang High School, or survive seven days in the school, to be considered a successful escape.
Dear player, good luck.”
The moment the voice ended, Luo Yu suddenly gained a flood of information in her mind—
She was in an escape game.
She was a player, and in this world, there were also more than a dozen other players like her.
Players needed to cooperate to complete the tasks given by the game.
The game was filled with danger.
Break the rules, and you die. Fail the tasks, and you die.
Her mission in this game world was to uncover the secrets of Qinggang High School, or survive seven days.
If it were just surviving seven days… that didn’t seem too hard.
But would it really be that simple? This was an escape game, if a player relied on luck and did nothing but try to endure for seven days, danger would surely find them soon enough.
Luo Yu propped herself up and looked around.
She was sitting in a classroom, with a countdown board for the college entrance exam hanging next to the blackboard.
Although it was break time, the hallways were empty, and the classroom was silent. Every student sat at their desk, piles of books in front of them, heads down, studying silently.
The atmosphere was oppressively eerie.
The students didn’t speak to each other. If not for the sound of pens scratching on paper, they would have looked like mannequins.
Luo Yu recalled the information from the voice:
She was a third-year student.
She noticed her classmates were acting increasingly strange.
Hmm…
What secrets could Qinggang High School be hiding?
Luo Yu decided to ask the classmate next to her for information. She gently tapped the back of the desk in front of her. “Hi, classmate?”
The student turned around, speaking harshly, “What?”
He was a delicate-looking boy, but his face was lifeless, and he furrowed his brows at Luo Yu, his expression slightly feral.
Ugly.
Luo Yu instantly lost interest in talking to him. Judging by his wooden demeanor, she probably wouldn’t get any useful information.
Better try another approach.
“Nothing, just brushing the dust off your back,” Luo Yu said casually.
“Annoying.” The boy glared at her and quickly turned back, immediately resuming his furious writing.
Luo Yu scanned the classroom again, she didn’t see any other players besides herself.
They must be scattered in other classes. Should she go look for them?
Just as she thought this, the class bell rang.
A fierce female teacher with long curly hair and glasses appeared in the classroom as if by teleportation. “Class, it’s time to start.”
“I saw that during break, most of you were studying diligently, which is good.”
“But some of you didn’t study during break, and worse, you disturbed others. You’re in your third year, about to enter the exam year. Don’t be so lax.”
“I’m talking about you, Luo Yu!”
Her voice suddenly raised. When she looked at Luo Yu, her eyes flashed a brief moment of ferocity and greed.
Something’s wrong!
Luo Yu instinctively sensed danger. She thought for a moment, then picked up her book and pen, pretending to study diligently.
The female teacher nodded, her eyes showing a trace of disappointment—but she quickly smiled again.
No matter… sooner or later, it would be hers…
“All right, everyone, let’s begin class.”
…
After one class, the sky darkened—it was already dinner time.
Luo Yu stretched her stiff body, blending into the crowd as she walked toward the cafeteria, scanning for other players.
She arrived at the school cafeteria.
The cafeteria had a variety of food options, students could choose dishes, noodles, beef soup, spicy hotpot, or just grab a couple of buns for convenience.
The cafeteria was bustling, with long lines of students waiting for food.
Luo Yu noticed that while students talked more during mealtime, they were still cloaked in an aura of lifelessness.
She even saw someone reciting vocabulary while standing in line.
…This is extreme.
Luo Yu sighed and continued searching for other players in the crowd. But there were too many people; even if players had special markers, she found nothing.
Could she be the only player?
No way.
Luo Yu shook her head, trying to dismiss the terrifying thought. She was getting a little hungry anyway, better eat first.
What should she eat?
She wasn’t picky, and after scanning the various food counters, suddenly…
Oh my god, the guy at the bun counter, how was he so good-looking?! Among the aunts and uncles serving food and the sickly students, he stood out like a crane among chickens—absolutely breathtaking!
Luo Yu got in line at the bun counter.
She reached the front of the line.
She saw the tall figure in black uniform, long fingers in white gloves, thin lips behind a transparent mask, and jet-black eyes with upturned corners, his gaze cold and indifferent…
Luo Yu was a fan of handsome faces, and she prided herself on her high standards. Most people didn’t impress her. But why…
Why did someone this good-looking exist in the world?
“Classmate, what would you like?”
Even his voice was so pleasant!
Luo Yu: Right now, I really need to make friends with you. It’s urgent.