Chapter 13 A Fateful Encounter

Feng Bujue had eliminated the ghost infant, and all the surrounding illusions disappeared as well. Only the shards of glass scattered in the corridors proved that everything had actually happened.

There was still a while before the next call time, so he naturally continued his search. According to Feng Bujue's deductions, of the three remaining paranormal phenomena in the nursery rhyme, the last one was irrelevant for the time being. The one about the water droplets was likely to be found in any place with a faucet, most likely the restrooms. As for the one about boiling human flesh soup, it should be in the cafeteria on the ground floor of another building.

The map of this script wasn't that large, but there were many limitations, quite similar to the Usher mansion script, even more difficult in some ways.

The teaching building Feng Bujue was currently in had five floors, lower than the main building. According to his plan, whether to go to the upper four floors was debatable. If he went, he might trigger the water droplet event before Siyu, and there was also a chance to trigger side quests or hidden missions. If he didn't go, he should go directly to the cafeteria in the third building, where he should encounter the event in the fifth line of the nursery rhyme.

Although Siyu had answered quickly during the previous call, claiming that she was "fine," and even hung up his phone, Feng Bujue still felt a faint sense of unease. Thinking about it calmly, she didn't seem like the type to be unreasonable. Had he really said something wrong?

After thinking for about a minute, Feng Bujue still decided to go to the cafeteria. This was, after all, a two-person cooperative script. He didn't yet know what impact the death of one person would have on the other. What if the system suddenly said, "Due to the death of a player who cannot make calls, the other party directly becomes the responsible party and is infinitely hunted by ghosts"? That would be terrible for Feng Bujue...

Feng Bujue's goal was to level up to fifteen as soon as possible. To do that, clearing the game was a prerequisite. Only by clearing the game could he get the 40% current level experience reward for the Fear rating. Therefore, he decided to complete the main quest first.

He left the building, crossed a U-shaped open space between the three buildings, and passed through a simple corridor into another building.

Pushing open the door, he entered the cafeteria, which was quite spacious. Feng Bujue, as usual, scanned the entire area with the light of his flashlight. The cafeteria was neatly arranged with many long tables and chairs, and there were chandeliers on the ceiling, but there was no response when he pressed the light switch. The floor was covered with plain-colored tiles, and the walls didn't seem to have anything special. The area to the left after entering the door had a row of sinks. The counter for serving food was in the southeast corner, and behind the counter was the kitchen. On the other side was a small shop, and not far away was a vending machine. Blue trash cans about one meter high were everywhere. Overall, it was a standard and quite clean student cafeteria.

So... where's the human flesh soup?

So far, Feng Bujue hadn't found anything unusual. It seemed that simply wandering around in the cafeteria wouldn't trigger the plot. After thinking about it, he should go to the kitchen to take a look...

As he thought this, the phone rang. Feng Bujue brought it to his eyes. It turned out that it was already time for the call. He immediately answered.

The call started, and the two fell into a brief silence.

"About what happened before... I'm sorry." Siyu apologized first.

"Ah... it's nothing, I was the one who said the wrong thing." Feng Bujue replied, and immediately changed the subject, "How are you now? Have you triggered a new event?"

Siyu replied, "I'm in the women's restroom on the second floor of the main building, in the innermost stall."

Hearing this, Feng Bujue realized that something was wrong, because he felt a slight, almost imperceptible tremor in Siyu's voice, and her breathing was also a little unstable.

"Are you okay?" Feng Bujue asked in a deep voice.

"I..." Siyu hesitated, but didn't mention her injury, "I heard the sound of dripping water, went into the restroom, and saw blood dripping from the faucet. As I got closer, the blood flowed faster and faster, and then there was a sound from inside the mirror, as if something was about to come out... I didn't look up, and when I turned around, I found that the door to the restroom had closed on its own and couldn't be opened." She said a lot in one breath, and the unnaturalness of her voice became more and more obvious, "I kept my head down, not looking at the mirror, and hid in a stall. Now there's the shadow of a pair of feet standing still outside the stall door in front of me. I... I can't fight right now, I'm trapped..." Although she was brave, she was still a woman after all. In this situation, she was still scared, and her tone revealed an undisguised helplessness, "The sound of the water flowing seems to be getting louder, and the floor of the restroom is already covered in blood..."

Beep—beep—beep—

This time, it wasn't her hanging up on Feng Bujue, but the call time had expired and was automatically disconnected.

While listening to her description, Feng Bujue had already left the cafeteria and was running towards the main building.

He soon heard a system notification in his ear: 【Warning, you must not knowingly approach your teammate, continuing this behavior will result in both parties being simultaneously hunted by ghosts.】

"Tch... this isn't the time to be considering that kind of thing, is it..." Feng Bujue said with great annoyance.

He stepped into a Jazz Dance (a movement skill), and sprinted past the sign that said "Do not run in the hallways," quickly bypassed the side of the main building, rushed into the main entrance, glanced at the schematic diagram in the first horizontal corridor on the first floor, and immediately rushed to the second floor, heading straight for the women's restroom...

The school was only so big, and once he knew where to go, he arrived at the restroom door in three minutes.

The door was closed and looked normal, and there was no blood seeping out from the crack under the door. But Feng Bujue couldn't turn the doorknob, and he couldn't call out to let Siyu know that he was here, because the system directly restricted verbal communication between the two of them. At this moment, he naturally couldn't make a sound.

Then, Feng Bujue started struggling with the restroom door lock. He clamped his phone under his arm, held the flashlight in his mouth, inserted the chef's knife into the door seam with one hand, and turned the doorknob violently with the other, but it was still useless.

Obviously, the door wasn't "locked," but fixed in place by an unknown force. Picking the lock was useless.

There was no choice... he would have to ram the door.

Bang—bang—bang—

Feng Bujue's shoulder really hurt. At this moment, he was a little envious of big guys like Long Aotian. If Brother Long was here, this wooden door would be nothing. His arms were almost as big as Feng Bujue's thighs. He could pick up that shield and break through the door in a few moves.

But Feng Bujue could only think about it. At this moment, he could only rely on his slightly thin shoulders to impact the wooden door again and again.

Siyu, trapped in the stall, also heard the sound of the door being rammed. Although it was faint, she quickly knew what was happening, because when she tried, she found that she couldn't shout. The only explanation was that Feng Bujue was nearby.

Knowing that the other party had come to save her, Siyu's courage returned, and she could even be said to be quite moved. But then she thought of the consequences of Feng Bujue's actions, which was that the two of them would be hunted by ghosts together.

The development of the matter would likely turn into: originally, only Siyu would die, but now, Feng Bujue would rescue her, and then the two of them would die together...

Feng Bujue's attempt to ram the door caused him to lose some survival value, but this effort was not in vain. After more than a minute, he finally managed to break through the door. When the wooden door separating the different dimensions was forcibly broken open by external force, a bloody smell immediately rushed out.

Feng Bujue clearly felt a dizzy spell. After the door opened, the scenery in his eyes instantly became very strange, as if it were a movie scene shot with old film, with a faded feeling. The objects in his sight were like dropped frames, looking very unnatural.

The restroom floor was covered in blood. He needed to be as careful as possible not to slip when stepping on the blood, and when lifting his foot, there was a feeling that the sole of his shoe was stuck. The faucets at the sinks were spewing red liquid, and the blood had long overflowed from the sinks, constantly flowing onto the ground.

"Do not look up at the mirror" was a very straightforward reminder. Siyu had also said during the call that she didn't look at the mirror.

Feng Bujue believed that it was precisely because she hadn't looked that she was only trapped and hadn't suffered more serious consequences. He walked a few steps inside, shining his flashlight, and saw a blurry blood shadow standing against a wall at the deepest part of the restroom. The ghost's form was a human figure wearing a girl's school uniform, covered in congealed blood. And in a stall in front of this blood shadow, the light of the Everlasting Micro-Light Lantern (a tool) shone through.

Feng Bujue wanted to attack the ghost, but suddenly found that his feet couldn't move. The blood on the ground began to move, wrapping around his ankles, like two liquid claws, firmly fixing Feng Bujue to the ground.

He snorted coldly and then made an extremely bold move...

Feng Bujue turned his head and cast his gaze directly at the mirror above the sink.

The Feng Bujue in the mirror had no eyes, and blood was flowing from two black, hollow eye sockets. The next second after he saw this image in the mirror, the blood shadow shifted its target and took the initiative to approach, instantly appearing in front of Feng Bujue, almost face to face with him.

At this time, Feng Bujue saw clearly that under the ghost's face-covering black hair, there was no human face. Its head was composed of a large number of human eyeballs, each black and white eyeball condensed together and wriggling, with blood constantly flowing from the gaps...

The ghost immediately stretched out its claws, reaching for Feng Bujue's eyes, probably preparing to dig out his eyeballs to add some material to its head... When viewed up close, it could be seen that this ghost was not covered in blood on its skin, but its body, except for its head, was originally formed by blood.

Feng Bujue's movement was only restricted in his feet, but his body was free to move, and his fear value was zero, so there was no reason to sit still and wait for death. In the blink of an eye, he was faster than the ghost, wielding a pipe wrench and smashing it towards the "Pupil Head"...