Chapter 19 The Drumbeater

The eerie female classmate, acting as the drummer, held the severed limb used for striking the blackboard directly in front of Shen Wei with her right hand.

Shen Wei sneered, showing no intention of taking it.

The eerie female classmate raised her hollow eye sockets and stared intently at Shen Wei, as if trying to intimidate him! But Shen Wei, with his cynical attitude, simply ignored her.

Was Shen Wei really unafraid? No, not at all. In fact, his heart was filled with extreme tension, and he was drenched in cold sweat. But at this moment, he couldn't show any weakness. Once he did, these terrifying entities would seize the opportunity to exploit his vulnerabilities.

Without any warning, countless black lines suddenly shot out from the eerie female classmate's hollow eye sockets. These black lines writhed grotesquely, like heavenly maidens scattering flowers. They slowly approached Shen Wei's face, creating immense psychological pressure.

At this moment, Shen Wei, who had been leaning back with his arms crossed, lowered his leg. He placed his hands on the desk and slowly stood up, brazenly thrusting his face towards the eerie black lines. However, upon seeing Shen Wei's approaching face, the eerie black lines retreated in fear.

"You think you're good at scaring people? What's the use of being scary? Nowadays, you need power and connections. You got that, you little punk…?"

Shen Wei spoke slowly, emphasizing each word, and gradually stood up, looking down at the eerie female classmate with hollow eyes.

Whether it was due to the constraints of the rules or Shen Wei's powerful aura, the eerie little girl acting as the drummer remained silent for a moment. Then, she placed the severed limb in her hand on Shen Wei's desk.

With a calm expression, Shen Wei picked up the human arm, exposing pale flesh and blood, and slowly walked towards the blackboard.

And the eerie female classmate with hollow eyes sat in Shen Wei's seat, becoming the next player.

Shen Wei struck the blackboard again, the dull "dong, dong, dong" sounds beating rhythmically. However, this time, the players in the game of "passing the flower with drums" became the eerie classmates parasitized by the black lines. Shen Wei had become a special existence who was both in and out of the game… the drummer.

After who knows how many rounds, Shen Wei's arm began to ache. Finally, he couldn't help but look back. To his relief, the eerie classmates parasitized by the black lines had long disappeared, leaving only a circle of empty seats and desks.

"Kid, your three teammates have also disappeared…"

The Evil God's Right Hand observed the surroundings and said to Shen Wei.

Shen Wei looked and indeed, Li Haiyang, Wei Fang, and Hu Dalei, who had been parasitized by the black lines, were nowhere to be found.

"Strange, where did they go in the blink of an eye? Could it really be some kind of eerie ability?…"

Just as Shen Wei was pondering, the Evil God's Right Hand spoke up to remind him:

"Kid, let's go! I have a bad feeling…"

Having cooperated in numerous Rule Anomaly incidents, Shen Wei knew that the Evil God's Right Hand's main abilities were simulation and deduction, so it was particularly sensitive to danger, and Shen Wei trusted it implicitly.

He quickly walked towards the classroom exit, but when he saw the wall next to the classroom door, his pupils suddenly constricted, and a spine-chilling sensation spread throughout his body.

Because the walls of the classroom were covered with drawings of stick figures made up of black lines. Due to the accumulation of a large number of black lines, they formed clusters of shadows printed on the walls.

It seemed they were playing a terrifying game of "passing the flower with drums."

And among the players were eerie classmates standing in a circle, their bodies covered in menacing black lines, looking extremely terrifying. Among them were three figures made up of black lines that Shen Wei recognized particularly well.

Judging from their shapes and the characteristics of the figures, they closely resembled Shen Wei's three teammates, Li Haiyang, Wei Fang, and Hu Dalei. Looking at those eerie line drawings, Shen Wei walked slowly towards the wall as if possessed.

Just then, a terrifying thought suddenly popped into Shen Wei's mind:

"Li Haiyang, Wei Fang, Hu Dalei, could they have been dragged into the wall by the black lines? Is the wall the lair of those black line monsters? Does the wall here connect to other strange spaces…"

The more Shen Wei thought about it, the more terrifying it became, and his forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat.

Death Set Rules:

Rule Five: Do not approach the walls of the set, or something terrible will happen.

"Kid, get away from the wall! They're deliberately luring you over there, it's dangerous, run!"

The Evil God's Right Hand's voice was like a thunderbolt, instantly awakening Shen Wei.

At this moment, Shen Wei was only two or three steps away from the wall. He was immediately startled into a cold sweat and wanted to retreat quickly, but those eerie black lines suddenly gushed out from the wall, coiling towards Shen Wei's body.

"Yin-Yang Umbrella…"

Shen Wei took out the Yin-Yang Umbrella from the eerie ring and opened it, blocking a large number of black lines coiling towards his body.

After successfully defending against the attack of the black lines, Shen Wei frantically rotated the handle of the umbrella. As the handle of the Yin-Yang Umbrella spun wildly, the opened umbrella surface acted like a sharp circular saw, cutting off the menacing black lines one after another.

The severed black lines fell to the ground, still twisting and screaming, as if they were alive.

"Retreat!"

The Evil God's Right Hand suddenly unleashed an invisible shockwave, repelling the black lines that were trying to sneak attack and parasitize Shen Wei's body.

And Shen Wei took the opportunity to rush out of the death classroom. He ran with all his might, but he couldn't escape the pursuit of those black lines. They seemed to be able to move on the walls and the ground.

Forced to, Shen Wei rushed to the stairwell again and went up to the third floor.

Strangely enough, those eerie black lines did not chase him to the third floor.

"Kid, what's going on? Why didn't those eerie black lines chase after us? Could they have some kind of conspiracy?"

The Evil God's Right Hand said suspiciously.

"There are three possibilities why those eerie and terrifying black lines didn't chase after us. First, there might be some special rules on the third floor. Because those eerie black lines belong to the eerie main villain in the script: *Death Recording*, they must follow the rules of the script. At this point in the script, it's not their scene, we won't be chased by them, so they won't appear here."

"The second possibility is a bit more worrying. The reason why the black eerie lines don't dare to appear on the third floor is that there is an even more terrifying monster or ghoul on the third floor, and the target of these things is still us live-streaming explorers…"