49: Chapter 49 Every school has its own supernatural legends

Chapter 49

Just when Chen Yang was thinking that Li Muzi definitely wouldn't have any problems, Li Muzi suddenly grabbed Chen Yang and said mysteriously.

"Chen Yang, have you ever heard of our school's predecessor?"

"Predecessor?"

Chen Yang was stunned.

At this moment, he seemed to realize that it appeared every school had some ghost stories behind it.

"Never heard of it. Was our school a mass grave before?"

"No! I was just spacing out because I remembered a rumor."

"It is said that before our school was built, there was a lake here. The scenery of this lake was very beautiful, making it a scenic hotspot. Later, someone held a lantern-viewing event here."

"A great many people came to view the lanterns during that event, and the best spot for viewing was in the pavilion in the middle of the lake."

"At the time, to allow more people to view the lanterns, the organizers built four bridges from the center of the lake outwards. People could reach the center of the lake via the bridges and also stand on the bridges to view the lanterns."

"However, a horrific accident occurred on the day of the lantern-viewing. Because there were simply too many people that day, the small pavilion in the center of the lake actually collapsed, and when it collapsed, it took the four bridges with it."

"When the bridges collapsed, many people began to desperately evacuate from them, and the crowd fleeing in a panic triggered a stampede."

"It is said that many people were trampled to death alive back then. By the time they were discovered, they had been trampled beyond recognition, disemboweled, and their internal organs had been squeezed out!"

Hearing this, Chen Yang couldn't help but swallow hard. "You tell this ghost story quite realistically."

"A tragedy like that actually happened? What happened after that?"

"After that tragedy, more than two hundred people died. Everyone felt it was bad luck, so they filled in the lake, and then built this school here. Of course, what's even more supernatural is that it is said many people saw two characters appear in the sky on the day of the accident."

"Which two characters?"

"'Death of Man.'"

When Li Muzi spoke, his eyes were wide round, his expression extremely grave, looking inexplicably terrifying.

"So you mean..."

"I think this might be the evil spirits from back then coming to claim lives."

This single sentence instantly shattered the previously terrifying atmosphere. Chen Yang said with a face full of disdain,

"How is that possible? This is clearly a case of a Carnivore having infiltrated our school. So don't overthink it!"

Upon hearing this, Li Muzi suddenly laughed, then patted Chen Yang on the shoulder and said,

"What nonsense are you spouting? Creatures like Carnivores have been extinct for many years. In our world, there are only herbivores and omnivores; there are absolutely no Carnivores!"

After Li Muzi finished speaking, he turned and went to the basketball court to play basketball with everyone, leaving only Chen Yang standing there dumbfounded.

"Carnivores have been extinct for many years? Then what Carnivore am I looking for?"

...

"The rules say we cannot leave the school, but they don't say we cannot leave the dormitory. There are no bed checks in the dormitory, and the main gate will not be closed."

"In this situation, perhaps not staying in the dormitory at night is the safest option."

That night, Mike began to consider whether or not to leave the dormitory building. If there really was a Carnivore mixed in among the crowd, then it would be very dangerous to be in the dormitory building at night.

Perhaps the people in the dormitory would turn into Carnivores at night and disembowel him.

When people are sleeping, it is always when they are most defenseless.

Furthermore, the school has suspended classes now, so even if he doesn't sleep at night, he can catch up on sleep in the morning.

However, Mike couldn't guarantee that the school would be safe at night, and he couldn't stay on the Playground all night, could he?

He definitely couldn't go to the Teaching Building, and besides the Teaching Building, the school only had the Canteen and the dormitory.

Although the rules didn't say he couldn't go to the Canteen, the Canteen's main gate was already closed. In this situation, the only way was to climb in through the kitchen's back door, but the rules also stated that the kitchen was absolutely off-limits.

Faced with a choice, Mike was a bit conflicted. The difficulty of the current Strange Tales was getting higher and higher; it required not only following the rules but also having sufficient judgment.

Just then, Mike couldn't help but think of Chen Yang. He really wanted to know what choice Chen Yang would make when faced with such a situation.

However, what Mike didn't know was that Chen Yang had already walked out of the dormitory building at this moment.

"I can't go to the Teaching Building, and I'm afraid I can't go to the Canteen either. Then there's no other way; I can only go to the Workshop!"

Fortunately, Chen Yang had gone to find the Female Teacher in the morning, so he had obtained a brand-new safe location: the Workshop behind the Playground.

Judging by the fact that the Female Teacher was in heat there, this Workshop should be safe.

Arriving at the Workshop, Chen Yang knocked on the door twice, and then the door opened.

Because the campus was crowded and noisy, Chen Yang had long since arranged for Evelyn, Maid No. 1, and the Blue Spirit to be in the Workshop.

Once he entered the Workshop, Chen Yang first took out some food from his qiankun bag and handed it to the three of them.

"Let me briefly talk about what happened this afternoon. A homicide occurred this afternoon; a student was disemboweled."

"Then, while I was looking for clues, I found two key pieces of information. One is that in this world, Carnivores have been extinct for many years. The second piece of information is that a serious stampede occurred at this school's predecessor, and many students believe that this is the evil spirits from back then coming to claim lives."

"Evil spirits claiming lives? Are there things like evil spirits claiming lives in the Strange Tales World? If such things really existed, then they would have already turned into anomalies!"

After Evelyn finished speaking, Chen Yang gave a bitter smile. Yes, listening to Strange Tales in the Strange Tales World really felt quite strange.

"I think so too, so I don't think this clue is important. What should be important is the Carnivore clue. It's possible that a Carnivore is hiding among the crowd, and I estimate that the other party will strike tonight."

"I don't know if the other party will come looking for me, and I don't know how strong the other party is, so I think temporarily leaving the dormitory building to keep watch outside is the best choice! So I've decided, the four of us will take turns on duty tonight! We'll switch every two hours. You guys go to sleep first; I'll take the first shift!"

Although Evelyn and the others were anomalies, they still needed to rest.

As for Chen Yang's words, the three had no objections.

It was also fortunate that Chen Yang's qiankun bag had become very large after many upgrades. Besides food and weapons, Chen Yang had also put a lot of daily living equipment inside; for example, right now, Chen Yang took out four sleeping bags from it.

Subsequently, Evelyn and the others crawled into the sleeping bags to go to sleep, while Chen Yang stared fixedly at the dormitory building through the window of the Workshop.