If you lose, you donât lose. <sup>1</sup> The voice before didnât sound like the voice of Uncle Jiang Wei, but⊠He did it.
Even Su Zimo, who provided the drinks, milk, and biscuit snacks didnât expect that Jiang Wei would deliberately raise his voice to let Wu Qing and the others outside the door hear.
âThat Wu Qing isnât a good person. If what the girl said is true, he really isnât a human being.â Jiang Wei whispered to Su Zimo and the other in a low voice. âHis sword looks weird and it feels evil, otherwise I could hold him down alone!â
âSo what Wu Qing said just now is true?â Lin Xiaoâs face wasnât pretty. âThe four people behind him will really become his slaves forever?â
âIâve never used a slave medallion, but itâs like Wu Qing said before.â Su Zimo nodded. âItâs like a brand. It follows them until they die. Even if heâs behind them, they have to give all the nightmare points and props to Wu Qing.â
âIf it were me, I may as well die like that. Anyway, as long as I close my eyes, whatever happens next has nothing to do with me.â Lin Xiao thought of something and her voice sounded slightly defeated.
âThen why did they not choose to die?â Su Zimo asked in return.
âAh? I donât know⊠Itâs obviously painful.â Lin Xiao shook her head.
âMaybe they tried it and then found it was too hard.â Jiang Wei sighed. âMiss Lin, let me say that life is greater than the sky. Iâve also lived among wind and rain through some bitter days. I survived, but it really wasnât easy.â
âThose who want to live will do everything possible to survive no matter what happens.â Su Zimo thought of the four years he had spent. It really wasnât easy to live.
âButâŠâ Lin Xiao still didnât seem to understand.
âYou have a dagger in your hand.â Su Zimo pointed to the standard dagger in Lin Xiaoâs hand. âAlthough itâs a weapon against ghosts, itâs also a weapon that can hurt you. You can try it.â
Lin Xiao held the dagger tightly in her hand and didnât move it.
âSo itâs better to just eat something delicious. Itâs more practical.â Su Zimo spoke, then tasted the chocolate biscuits Ghost Umbrella made. At the same time, the sound of Ghost Umbrellaâs voice kept ringing in Su Zimoâs ears. He asked for credit and asked if the biscuits were really delicious that time.
âThe people inside canât bother anymore.â Hearing about all kinds of foods and drinks that shouldnât exist inside the classroom, Wu Qing obviously couldnât take them seriously.
After all, he knew that Lin Xiao and Jiang Wei didnât have backpacks. It was impossible for them to carry food. Was it possible that there was a ghost in the classroom that would feed them?]
With that said, Wu Qing began to repeat the threats and coercions that he already said.
Compared to the noise outside the door, Lin Xiao, who held a standard dagger in her hand, fell into a kind of conflict that she had never felt before.
Lin Xiao hadnât forgotten that she had another mysterious mission that she could decide to do in this nightmare world. That is, she could use the life of a fellow trainer to progress in the task.
Now that Wu Qing had cleared four parts of the task, if Lin Xiao could use the lives of three trainers to offset the task, she could leave the nightmare world.
It was a card up her sleeve for Lin Xiao. If she was cruel, she could use it to make a deal with Wu Qing.
Lin Xiao may not be able to injure Jiang Wei, who was physically stronger than her. After all, she was just a female student who wasnât even strong enough to tie up a chicken. Even if she had a dagger in her hand, Uncle Jiang Wei had one too.
Lin Xiao may also not be able to deal with âAyuâ either. After all, he was a veteran, and he may have a card up his sleeve like Wu Qing that she didnât understand.
But as long as Lin Xiao was cruel, she could use that matter as a huge bargaining chip to trade with Wu Qing, and those who were treated as slaves by Wu Qing mayâŠ
âNo!â Lin Xiao just thought of that and clutched her head in pain. She felt that the thoughts in her mind at that moment were truly terrifying.
If she was a trainer, maybe she didnât have to worry so much⊠After all, she had many paths to become strongerâŠ
Become strongerâŠ
Become strongerâŠ
Lin Xiao suddenly thought of something, then raised her head and turned on the flashlight on her phone with the last of her power so she could clearly see the veteran âAyuâ who was trapped with them.
âAyu!â Lin Xiao spoke as if she had thought of something, then loudly asked, âYouâre also a veteran. Are there any useful props on you? Even any props slightly stronger than the daggers? Maybe it could have the same effect as Wu Qingâs sword!â
âVeteran?â Wu Qing laughed a few times after hearing Lin Xiaoâs voice through the door. âLin Xiao, what are you doing dreaming of spring and autumn? <sup>2</sup> Where could you two newcomers find any veterans?â
âDo you think youâre the only powerful person in the nightmare world?â Lin Xiao also seemed to know about losing or not losing, so she walked to the door and spoke to Wu Qing. âThere is another trainer in this world, but he didnât appear on the playground like us. He appeared in the teaching building!â
âYou mean, you saw a guy who claimed to be a veteran in the teaching building?â Wu Qingâs voice suddenly lowered. âIâve seen stupid people, but never someone as stupid as you! After entering the nightmare world we either all scatter or all appear in the same place. Iâve never heard of this unorthodox way of appearing!â
âLin Xiao, have you ever thought that the trainer you met⊠was actually never a living person?â Wu Qing knocked on the classroom door. âMaybe ever since, youâve been involved in a spiritual event.â
âHurry up and take the medallion. Maybe Iâll have time to rescue you before he does something!â Wu Qing knocked on the door a few more times, sounding like heâs urging her.
âDo you think weâll believe you?â Lin Xiao glanced back to the elegant and noble youth in the light of her phone, thinking that Wu Qing was just sowing discord.
âYou donât need to believe me. You just need to ask how long the countdown on his arm is. Remember to be accurate to the minutes and seconds.â Wu Qing knocked on the door again. âThe countdown for all trainers is exactly the same. Even if some malicious spirit knows about the nightmare world, itâs impossible to tell the countdown on our right arms exactly.â
âHurry up and ask him!â Wu Qing continued to urge.
Although Lin Xiao thought it was impossible, she also knew Wu Qing was right. Such a question wasnât a trap. It was a simple question for a trainer, and it was impossible to answer incorrectly.
So Lin Xiao finally turned her head to look hesitantly at Su Zimo. She raised her right arm and asked, âAyu, can you tell me how long the countdown is?â
âŠâŠ
Su Zimo looked at Jiang Wei and Lin Xiao across from him, then smiled and spread his hands. âSorry, I canât.â
ââŠWhy?â Jiang Wei asked as he stretched out his hand between Su Zimo and Lin Xiao, then kept moving back with Lin Xiao until he reached the classroom door.
âBecause on my left and right arms, thereâs nothing at all.â As soon as Su Zimoâs voice fell, Jiang Wei and Lin Xiaoâs eyes became alert.
That was understandable, so Su Zimo just looked back at them and said, âPlease rest assured, I donât have any malicious intentions.â
Now that his act had been seen through, Su Zimo saw no reason to continue. It was possible that Lin Xiao and Jiang Wei would be hostile after seeing through him and bring some troubles that could have been avoided.
So Su Zimo didnât wait for the two to react. He stretched his hand behind him and pulled the long black umbrella out of his backpack.
In the dim classroom, the black silk umbrella that Su Zimo held was like a long straight sword, piercing directly into the wall!
Strangely enough, Lin Xiao and the other had tried to stab the twisted figures on the wall with their daggers before, but hadnât had any effect.
But the tip of the long umbrella in Su Zimoâs hand that shouldnât be so sharp easily pierced the wall like it was tofu.
[The sky is blueâŠ]
The familiar murmur came from the wall again, and the entire classroom turned silent again. Even Lin Xiao seemed to hold her breath.
Su Zimo actually didnât know what happened to the twisted figures on the wall because of the umbrella tip, but Ghost Umbrella had said into his ear earlier that the ghost hidden in the shadows was the source of the barrier.
If the source wasnât fixed, even Wu Qing, who was talking big outside the door, would have difficulty breaking through the barrier around the classroom.
So after analyzing the shadowy figures in blue chalk, Su Zimo held the umbrella in one hand, opened the metal pen in the other, and tapped the wall lightly with the baton.
At the same time, Su Zimo heard a balloon popping sound in the wall. Each time he tapped it, it seemed as if the barrier broke. Things were exploding, impacting against the metal baton in his hand.
The entire classroom seemed to be encased in a giant balloon. After Su Zimo broke several points, the ghostly aura that had surrounded the classroom began to burst on its own.
Standing near the wall, Su Zimo could feel a lot of air currents surround his body, one after another. Su Zimo could even imagine transparent bubbles continuously popping.
When the sound of the air currents disappeared, the classroom that was originally so quiet that you could hear a pin drop was filled with the sound of wind blowing on glass.
Then Su Zimo walked towards Lin Xiao and Jiang Wei⊠to the door behind them.
The two newcomers didnât care if Su Zimo was hostile to them, they just blindly backed away, leaving the door handle bare for Su Zimo.
Su Zimo didnât hesitate. He tapped the door a few times with the baton, then after confirming there were no more air currents from the balloon, he pulled the handle to open the door to the classroom they had been trapped in for so long.
As soon as the door opened, Su Zimo saw the flashlight Wu Qing was holding.
What Wu Qing saw⊠was a face that appeared frequently in his nightmares.
Footnotes
<ol>Even if you lose, you tried, so you didnât actually lose. Having unrealistic thoughts.</ol>