To Gu Mian's surprise, he and Chu Changge bumped into Keke and Li Yibai, who were hurrying over.

Their classrooms weren't on this floor, so it seemed they had come over specifically.

"Why did you come right after the first class?"

Gu Mian didn't recall telling Li Yibai and Keke to meet up after the first class.

Keke, who was right behind them, spoke up, "Our second class this morning is PE. We asked the teacher for leave and came straight here."

Before Gu Mian could speak, Chu Changge asked, "What about the other two?"

He was asking about Guo Jimei and Yuan Qinghua, who were in the same class as Keke and Li Yibai.

Keke's expression turned a bit sour. "They went to PE class..."

Gone to PE class? Gu Mian was also surprised. It would take some serious nerve to leave the main group and attend PE class after two people died just last night.

But then he understood. Guo Jimei and Yuan Qinghua weren't instance players, so they wouldn't know that genuinely supernatural events existed in the world.

They most likely didn't take it seriously, perhaps even thinking the news about two deaths was just fearmongering.

Sure enough, Gu Mian heard Li Yibai explain, "We already told them about last night's game and that Wang Pan and Li Wentao died, but they just wouldn't listen!"

Gu Mian asked in surprise, "They didn't receive the voting notice last night?"

Keke replied, "They did. Yuan Qinghua and Guo Jimei share a dorm room. Last night, at exactly three o'clock, they both woke up and found a piece of paper and a pen beside them. Something was written on the paper, but they didn't pay any attention, vaguely thinking it was something they had placed there before sleeping, so they went right back to sleep... It wasn't until they woke up this morning that they discovered the paper contained the voting instructions."

Those two are unbelievably carefree...

Gu Mian said, "Let's not worry about them for now. According to the rules, the ghost doesn't kill during the day. We'll go to Class Thirteen first to find Yue Nu and Lin Qi."

He started walking as he spoke, but he stopped as soon as he lifted his foot.

He looked at Li Yibai quietly. "Where's their classroom again?"

Gu Mian hadn't visited 007's classroom before, so naturally, he couldn't lead.

Li Yibai gave him a strange look. "Didn't you use to go there often? How could you forget where it is now?"

It wasn't that he'd forgotten; he genuinely had no idea.

Gu Mian certainly couldn't lead Li Yibai around aimlessly; it was better to just admit he'd forgotten.

Li Yibai didn't say much more.

He quickly led Gu Mian and the other two to Class Thirteen of the Year Two students.

Yue Nu and 007 were already waiting there.

Seeing them arrive, Yue Nu looked at Li Yibai and Keke with a strange expression. "Where are the other two from your class?"

So, Li Yibai explained the situation to Yue Nu again.

Gu Mian noticed Pan Yue wasn't with 007 and Yue Nu. It seems she hasn't returned to school. But if she didn't come back to school, where did she go?

Yue Nu, having understood the situation, nodded.

She seemed to really enjoy making plans and controlling the overall situation.

Gu Mian heard Yue Nu say, "We need to gather everyone we can first. That way, it'll be easier to clarify certain things face-to-face, like what everyone did last night. Then we can all analyze the suspicious points together... Besides, I just thought of a method that might help us."

Li Yibai, who had moved to stand beside 007, looked at Yue Nu. "What method?"

Yue Nu shook her head. "I can't say yet. We'll discuss it when everyone is gathered."

Gu Mian quietly watched Yue Nu. Judging by her expression, it doesn't look like a good idea.

「Meanwhile, in the PE class.」

Yuan Qinghua and Guo Jimei were in the equipment room.

Logically, having been drawn into such a terrifying game, they should have actively avoided deserted places like this, especially the already gloomy equipment room.

But Yuan Qinghua was the class monitor. Fetching sports equipment during class was usually her job. This way, she could skip the warm-up run at the start of class. Today, as usual, the teacher had assigned this easy task to Yuan Qinghua.

Yuan Qinghua agreed, but she looked hesitant.

Guo Jimei noticed Yuan Qinghua's hesitation and asked in a low voice, "Are you thinking about what Li Yibai told us today?"

Yuan Qinghua hesitated, then nodded. "Although I don't believe him... after hearing it, I still feel a bit creeped out when I'm alone."

"Don't be scared. He was definitely just trying to scare us."

"But... Zhang Pingfan really did disappear after playing that game. And I heard that Wang Pan and Li Wentao didn't come to class today either."

"Okay, okay, I'll go with you. You won't be scared then, right?"

"Okay."

Seeing Yuan Qinghua looking so frightened, Guo Jimei volunteered to ask the PE teacher if she could go with her to get the equipment.

The PE teacher agreed.

For convenience, the equipment room wasn't far from the field.

The two of them soon arrived at the equipment room door.

The equipment room, located at the very end of the first-floor corridor, was indeed a bit gloomy. Fortunately, a bright electric light hung from the ceiling, keeping it from being too dark.

Guo Jimei stepped inside and looked at a basket of basketballs in the far corner. "Are we getting that basket of basketballs?"

There was no reply.

"Qinghua?" Guo Jimei turned her head, a little puzzled.

Yuan Qinghua, who had been right behind her, had vanished.

Guo Jimei froze for a moment, then quickly walked to the doorway and looked down the corridor. It was completely empty; not a soul was in sight.

"Yuan Qinghua?" she called out again. She even turned back to look around the equipment room, trying to find any sign of Yuan Qinghua.

Guo Jimei stood alone in the empty equipment room, staring at the basketballs in the corner, somewhat at a loss.

Just then, a sudden sound came from the door behind her.

She spun around. "Qinghua?"

But there was still no one behind her, only the empty doorway, as if the sound from a moment ago hadn't happened at all.

Guo Jimei stared at the empty doorway for a moment, then shifted her gaze to the dark gap between the door and the wall.

"I definitely heard a sound just now... Is she hiding?"

She muttered to herself as she approached the gap.

When she was so close she could barely move any further, Guo Jimei finally saw into the gap.