Volume 1: The Beginning Chapter 1. The Strange School Building
"Lingling, when you come back from your run later, please help me bring a bucket of instant noodles. I won't be able to finish my thesis!"
"Are you eating instant noodles again? How many times has it been this month? My dear, wouldn't it be more delicious if we use the money to buy a meal?"
City c university playground, 8 o'clock in the evening.
Tang Ling listened to the complaints and wails of her dormitory friend Luo Rui on the other end of the phone. She chuckled and continued to stretch against the railing next to the national flag stand to calm down her breathing rate.
"I'm really impressed by our school. Even if the vacation is postponed, the training teacher actually added a thesis. Ahhhhh, I'm so miserable!"
There were bursts of crackling typing sounds on the phone, and Rory's roar on the verge of collapse.
"Okay, stop complaining and write quickly. It's due tomorrow. If you don't write quickly, you'll have to work overtime again."
Tang Ling finished stretching, stretched out, adjusted the Bluetooth headset that was about to fall off, grabbed the towel hanging on the railing, casually put it around her neck, and walked out of the playground, "I'll go to the cafeteria to help you.
Come back with a meal, don't just eat instant noodles all day."
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu, baby, I love you! If you don't say anything anymore, I will continue to study the paper and fail!"
"Why……"
A "beep beep" sound came from the earphones. Tang Ling reluctantly took off the earphones and put them into her bag, "It hung up faster than me."
Tang Ling, 21 years old, a native of City C, is an old school girl who is about to enter her third year of college. The university in City C she is currently studying at is one of the higher ranked schools in the country.
This school has one outstanding feature - it is extremely large.
The school occupies an area almost equal to that of a smaller district or county in City C. Unfortunately, Tang Ling also has a characteristic - she is an extreme road addict. In addition, Tang Ling herself is considered a homebody.
She has a principle of never going out, so except for the roads leading from the dormitory to the teaching building and the cafeteria, other areas of the school are completely blank to her.
And on her way back to her dormitory after buying a meal in the cafeteria, she lowered her head to look at her phone for a while, and then looked up again, not even a single student was around her.
The university in City C is nicknamed "Tropical Rainforest". Even though the school is large, it is also full of trees. When night comes, only the white light from the street lamps barely illuminates a small area of the long campus paths. It is struggling to survive.
, it lights up again.
Except for the light-absorbing insects flying and circling attracted by the light, there was no other creature visible nearby. The truncated white light extended to the depths of the covered woods in the distance, and it was unknown where it led.
Is there a place like this in our school that can be compared to the filming location of a horror movie?
This was Tang Ling's first reaction after she got lost.
Go back the way you came.
This was Tang Ling's second reaction after she got lost.
How on earth did I turn onto this road just now?
This was Tang Ling’s third reaction after she lost her way and walked back, only to find she had no way.
"Next time I walk and play with my phone without looking at the road, I will be like a dog!"
Tang Ling muttered, expressing her admiration for her road-crazy physique for the first time, "How far do I have to walk to be able to turn into a place like this on a crowded road?"
Tang Ling took out her mobile phone from her pants bag and asked the children in the dormitory for help. When she turned it on, there was no signal.
"No signal? I spent eighty yuan on the campus network and now you have no signal!"
Tang Ling was so angry that she poked the phone screen with her finger several times to vent her anger.
Judging from how desolate this place was, no students should have passed by here for a while. There was no other way to stay where they were. Tang Ling had no choice but to continue walking down this road.
An unknown alley in city c university, 8:40 pm.
Tang Ling has been walking here for more than ten minutes, but she still hasn't reached the school avenue. The surroundings are still dark and there is not a single building.
"I'm afraid Ruirui will starve to death if we don't go back." Tang Ling weighed the food that was already a little cold in her hands. She didn't know whether she was sympathizing with Luo Rui or herself for getting lost in school.
"If that guy Luo Rui knew that I was lost, she would probably laugh about it until graduation day."
Tang Ling imagined Luo Rui struggling desperately in front of the desk in the dormitory, and the next second he turned into a lively and energetic person, laughing at herself for getting lost. Tang Ling was also ambitious. Thinking like this, her originally uneasy heart relaxed, and even a little
I am looking forward to what kind of expression Luo Rui will face when he goes back later.
"Huh? Is there light?" Tang Ling looked at the warm light that was vaguely visible in the depths of the woods. She thought she had finally reached the road. She felt happy and quickened her pace.
"This is...a teaching building?"
The buildings hidden in the dense woods gradually became clearer, and a building stood there. In the darkness, there was only a faint warm light from a window on the second floor.
The grass here has obviously not been taken care of by the school's dedicated personnel. It has grown wantonly outside the fence. There is a small flower bed in front of the main gate, and the pool inside has dried up.
This whole place looks dilapidated, will anyone still be there?
But I had no choice but to continue walking along the path. I didn’t know when I could go back, so I had to go and take a look.
The chain of the front door hung on the door handle on one side, with one end hanging on the ground. Tang Ling pushed open the glass door, and the old building that had not been moved for a long time suddenly felt force, and the rust-infested joints rubbed against each other, making a hoarse sound.
After staying in a dark place for a long time, people's vision will gradually adapt, and the scenes in the building will become slightly clearer through the bright light outside.
The appearance inside and outside the building is really different.
The lobby on the first floor is very clean, almost abnormally clean. Decorated flower pots are placed regularly on both sides of the stairs leading upstairs. Everything is where it should be, including the sofa.
The tables and chairs are in the position of the tables and chairs, and the trash can is in the position of the trash can. The objects placed here are all placed in various positions that are extremely consistent with common sense but incredibly.
At this time, the more normal the place, the more abnormal it is.
Tang Ling was even more doubtful whether her behavior was reliable or not. It looked weird.
The Little Summer Period in City C was a bit hot, but Tang Ling felt a chill down her spine.
"Forget it, curiosity killed the cat, I'll just follow the path."
Tang Ling, who was already timid, retracted half of her foot that she had brought into the house, and was about to turn around and leave. Suddenly, a harsh insect sound similar to a tiny flying insect came from the house, and then Tang Ling's vision went dark.
, a strong sense of dizziness hit me, I held on to the door frame on the side to steady my body that almost fell, and calmed down for a while.
When she regained consciousness again, Tang Ling vaguely heard some sounds.
"Go in."
"You should have gone in."
"hurry up."
Her mind was still a little confused, but Tang Ling somehow listened to those voices and walked slowly into the house.
Tang Ling's figure gradually disappeared into the darkness. The half-open door closed automatically with a "Zila" sound, as if it had never been opened. The street lamp outside the house used up its last life, and the last bit of light died out in a gasp.
In the night.
Unknown teaching building of city c city university, 9 o'clock sharp.
