Chapter 45 (1/2)
Chapter 45
(The Vanishi+ng Camp; The Departed Ghost amidst the snow)
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An hour later In the inspection tearounds
The three corpses were placed outside the tent in an orderly manner while the four players returned back inside the tent to rest
Gu Liang downed half of his bottled y bars were mainly composed of carbohydrates and protein, and it provided an abundance of energy without the saturated fats that chocolates usually possessed
The systey bars for the players early on, and Gu Liang had taken the opportunity to ask for another box during the Q&A segment
Hence, one of the boxes were open while the other re counted thirty energy bars in one paper box Every person had to consuive or take a few, and 4 people would approximately consume 20 bars in total in a day Therefore, the duration of this scenario’s script enacthtlya si for a while, afternoon arrived
Since they did not receive any new plot details for the tih the belongings left behind by the three corpses
The three corpses left behind four bags
The bags were mainly filled with supplies like co through two bags in succession, they did not find any items that clued them in on the corpses’ identities
Fortunately, they found a diary in the third bag
The title page of the diary wrote “Xiao Dong’s Heart Diary”, which succinctly conveyed that this diary ritten by a person called “Xiao Dong”
“12 August 2X13, I received the ‘I Aent’ university admission notice, I’m incredibly happy”
“1 Septe forward to university life When I reported to university today, I irl, she’s a senior student in our faculty, she’s in her second year this year She is the campus flower of our university, her na aware of the fact that Xiao Hua xuejie was the leader of the adventure team, I also joined the adventure team today, and successfully passed the test Xiao Hua xuejie is both gentle and cute, I think I’ve fallen for her”
“However… there are a lot of boys who like her in the adventure team There’s a boy called Xiao Cao who likes her too Xiao Cao is theXiao Cao’s handsoly inferior…”
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“2 July 2X16, I’ve just finished my third year in university, whereas Xiao Hua xuejie is already in her fourth year Xiao Hua xuejie’s nosed with a serious illness, and she wants to help her endary Rainbow Crystal and ood health
“Thus, the guys in our adventure tea Snow Mountain to help her find the treasure
“However, the truth of the matter is that the boys involved made a secret pact privately, which dictates that the first person to find the Rainbow Crystal has the right to chase Xiao Hua first The first person who finds the crystal can confess to Xiao Hua, and before he is explicitly rejected, the other guys have to withdraw froh I sense that h, I hope I can find the crystal first”
“10 August 2X16, me, Xiao Hua, Xiao Cao, and the vice-leader Xiao Yuan, arrived at Huilong Snow Mountain together We found a end has it that the Rainbow Crystal is hidden inside a ht be the mountain cave where we can find the crystal ant
“However, due to the fact that the skies were darkening, we had a brief discussion and decided to take the risk and enter the cave the next roup found a comparatively level spot to safely pitch our tents near thehere for the ti”
The diary abruptly cut off there
It was not difficult to guess that on the second day, the quartet’s foray into the mountain cave in an attempt to find the Rainbow Crystal wasthe diary, Doctor Xu was the first to opine: “I did thewas situated near thethe female, he should be the writer Therefore, if there are no unforeseen circumstances, the lady in his ar could not resist saying: “If that’s the case, the boy who looks to be the most attractive, is iven in this script are quite easy to rerass is Xiao Cao”
Gu Liang knitted his eyebrows together “Xiao Cao was leaning against the rock wall as he died, while the writer of the diary Xiao Dong, died as he was lying on the ground and hugging Xiao Hua The diary wrote that their adventure team also had a vice-leader by the nao?”
“Wait… there’s a student identification!”
At the side, Doctor Xu had found an identity proof froh She opened it and exclaimed in surprise: “It says Xiao Yuan here! But the photo is too blurry; it’s hard to , four people ca Xiao Yuan… Could he be the ht about it and said, “All the three boys involved liked Xiao Hua Perhaps Xiao Yuan only wanted to kill the other two male students, so he could have Xiao Hua to himself However, he didn’t expect that he would cause Xiao Hua’s death as well”
“Is it possible that…” Doctor Xu put down the student identification she was holding, her eyes sweeping past Professor wang, Gu Liang and Scientist Li one by one, “That year, Xiao Yuan killed the other three? And right now, he is within our midst? Is Xiao Yuan thecontemplated it for a moment before he replied: “If that is truly the case, this script would be overly simple Since you’re female, you can be eliminated first
“The diary indicates that they made the trip to this snow mountain in 2016 It’s currently 2019, which o, they were still university students, so Professor wang can’t be Xiao Yuan because his age doesn’tas well
“That leaves me and Scientist Li as the possible choices”
“Which is strange…” Doctor Xu had a puzzled expression, “I don’t have any other brain holes for the ti with dark eyes for a beat before he gave Doctor Xu a few consolatory words “Don’t worry, it’s fine We can take this slowly, the clues will eventually appear”
The clues that they had received thus far were too little
They discussed for an entire afternoon but they did notthe end, Gu Liang found the cold unbearable, so he slipped into his sleeping bag and slept through the rest of the afternoon
The four players only received a new plot when night descended
“Due to the ru haunted, all of you were a little unsettled and decided to have one person keep vigil at night Through lot drawing, it was deteril”
Hence, Gu Liang becaht arrived
While he was gratified by his own decision to take an afternoon nap, he pasted a few pieces of heating pads on himself, donned his down jacket and added another layer by wearing his waterproof and insulated outer jacket
Despite the war nuht scenery was incredibly beautiful
Countless stars were hanging in the vast, pitch-black night sky, and under the illuht, the entire expanse of snow hts and vibrant colours
As he viewed the snowy night and starlight, Gu Liang felt his heart slowly settle
Since he was bored, he started ru over the script
Now that he carefully thought about it, it was undeniable that there was so’s brain hole
Three years ago, four university students came here for an adventure Three died, and the whereabouts of the fourth was unknown
It was also possible that the person who had killed the other adventurers for various reasons that year, ended upinto their inspection team three years later to visit his old haunt
It was just that his reason for doing this was indecipherable
Under such circuure out who “Xiao Yuan” was in their four-person inspection team first before they could find the realabruptly thought of the words that Yang Ye had said prior
“Your language teachers should have i the question because you can’t understand the passage in your reading coe title first It’s called tips and tricks to solve a question”
The corners of Gu Liang’s lips raised unconsciously Then, he took out his plot card and his gaze landed on the script title—《 The Fifth Person 》
If the previous brain hole that the players conceived was tenable, this script should be called “The Fourth Person”, not “The Fifth Person”
Because there were four adventurers and three of them died, and Xiao Yuan was the “fourth” university student that they needed to find
If that was the case, as the script titled as such?
Raising the card, his gaze continued to ain— Why did the beginning of the plot go through such great lengths to explicate a ghost story? At first glance, the ghost story did not seem to share much connection with the plot?
Or should he say, was the plot hinting at the fact that there was actually a ghost in this story?
Four university students, four inspection teahost?
As Gu Liang sat against the tent puzzling over the plot, the wind suddenly kicked up, causing his face to go a little nu put his hood and covered half of his face with it
After so heavier, and he fell asleep without being conscious of it
When he woke up again, the snowy scenery was the same; it was just that the moon had risen to the middle of the sky and it was unknosneezed In his sleep-heavy and hazy eyes, he suddenly noticed soround
He sat up straight, casting a doubtful look in that particular direction and saw a round
His face… Gu Liang was extremely familiar with it
His appearance was the same as Xiao Cao froh class Yue
Additionally, the three coround in an orderly fashi+on was right in front of Gu Liang, and one of the on the ground, as the white robedof the script didSnow Mountain was haunted, and that explorers would oftenthe lines of ‘why didn’t you believe me’
— Was it possible that the person before hihost? And it was also Xiao Cao’s spirit?
When that thought occurred to hi subconsciously looked towards his feet
His white robes were very long and they were dragging along the ground directly,it difficult to see his feet
But his move along the snow-covered ground
He was getting closer to Gu Liang bit by bit Perhaps due to the fact that he alking on the snow-covered ground which was prone to heavy refraction, his figure appeared partially translucent, which gave the ienuine, departed spirit
Although the apparition was getting closer, Gu Liang did not receive any new plot prompts so he could only act based on his instincts
Gu Liang’s first reaction was to go back to the tent to find the rest of his inspection team members, thus he stood up hastily and turned around
A belated and strange realisation struck him— the camp had disappeared
The tent, equipinally sitting on a waterproof ainst the tent when he fell asleep
The waterproof mat underneath him was still present but the scene behind hi
Did this scenario really have supernatural elehosts?
At the juncture, that ghost was already standing behind Gu Liang
His footsteps ht be silent but when he breathed out, that cold exhale brushed against Gu Liang’s ear, causing the back of his neck to chill
“Are you afraid of host
Spurred by his childhood psychological shadow, Gu Liang started running
Honestly speaking, he was a little scared and a layer of sas starting to gather in his palms
Of course, despite the fear in his heart, Gu Liang’s intellect was still functioning
As he was running, he turned on his head lamp and watched his steps carefully
The path that Gu Liang took to get to the cave in thewas not chosen by hih likelihood of hi if he was not cautious