Chapter 4: The Land of the Dead
Although Gao Ying has been mentally prepared enough for this monthly exam, she thinks that after all, it is the second monthly exam, and there may not be subjective questions. But...... I didn't expect that not only did there be subjective questions, but also the score occupied was not low.
This made Gao Ying quite puzzled, and then he thought of a possibility......
Could it be ...... Is it because you got 100 points in the first exam?
Obviously, although the first monthly exam is said to be simple, this simplicity is only relative to passing. If you want to get 100 points, it is obviously not easy. If the second monthly test is based on the overall evaluation of the highest score, the difficulty of the second monthly test is determined, or the average score of the surviving candidates is only based on it......
Gao Ying began to feel a lot of pressure gradually...... So, it's not okay to do too well in the exam? Instead, it will lead to an increase in difficulty? However, it occurred to him that if he could get a high score on a difficult exam, he might be able to get a higher reward. Now, I can't tell the blessings and the bad.
The house was full of dust and cobwebs, and it was definitely uninhabited for quite some time. A cabinet with a half-open door and two compartments for worn clothes full of patches and old canvas shoes for the bottom.
Originally, Hou Mingbo wanted to open the other door of the wardrobe, but was stopped by Gao Ying: "This wardrobe is so old, opening the cabinet door may make a loud sound." ”
When Hou Mingbo heard this, he also admired Gao Ying's thoughtfulness. And immediately after, he continued: "Listen...... Wear these cloth shoes as much as possible. When walking, you should also be careful not to kick rocks or anything like that. These patched clothes are also worn to prevent sneezing because they are too cool. ”
Gao Ying has thought carefully and considered every detail. However, he didn't know what the boundaries of "loud" were, and although he had kept his voice low to the point where it was almost close to his ears so that people could hear it, and even needed to repeat it three or four times, he still didn't feel at ease. In any case, it's better to do it as well as you can.
Ji Yixuan also admired Gao Ying's careful thinking, and he didn't expect to change shoes. So the people began to put on their clothes and shoes.
In this room, it is clear that no more clues can be found. Well, the only thing that can be done at the moment is to search nearby.
But even so, everyone is still nervous. After all, they don't know anything about the situation in the village, and they can only half-understand the information given by the exam questions. So, no one can guess what will happen next. Only Gao Ying believes that without giving them the key information they can solve, the ghost will not easily start killing. Three days is a long time, and it should be because the amount of questions increases, so they will be given a period of time to take the information needed to solve the problem. Because of this, Gao Ying boldly deduced that as long as he didn't make too much noise, maybe it wouldn't be too dangerous for the time being.
Of course, he did not say this inference. In the current situation, it is better to keep them on high alert.
After walking out of the house, Gao Ying paid attention to his surroundings and chose a relatively smooth road. Walking on this road, there shouldn't be much of a problem. He must always be sober and never make mistakes.
Ji Yixuan looked at Gao Ying, and he realized more and more that Gao Ying's method of arranging for the candidates to be dispersed was quite wise. A large number of people does not necessarily mean high efficiency, after all, those new candidates are not able to adapt to this kind of exam, so many people act in groups, maybe they will make too much noise, and the consequences are unimaginable. Spread them out and avoid risk to the greatest extent.
However, Ji Yixuan only thought of the first layer. Gao Ying has another layer of ideas. It's just that the idea is darker. Since Xu Yudan died in front of him, Gao Ying has been deeply aware that he is not capable of protecting others at all, so he can only consider saving himself at present, at most helping his more familiar companions around him. The deeper purpose of his dispersal of them is that he wants to distinguish what kind of voices are out of bounds, once a candidate breaks the boundary and dies, he can avoid being affected in the case of dispersion, and he can also learn about it by asking others afterwards, so there is one more reference.
It sounds cold, but in this extreme environment, Gao Ying's view of life and death has been too strongly impacted, life has become extremely fragile, but death is like a shadow, under the strong oppression of this fear, he has completely given up on becoming a morally perfect person, everything is based on survival as the first priority, and whether he can survive is the first priority. Unless he is a comrade-in-arms who treats each other with all sincerity and stands side by side to death, it is impossible for him to put the value of other people's lives above his own. At the end of the day, it's not an exam, it's a war, a war...... It is impossible not to die.
He was actually looking for an answer. Is life really precious? What is the meaning of those lives that have been ruthlessly and brutally deprived? Such a death has no value, and even the corpse is likely to be left behind, and in the end, perhaps only a very few people will be able to gain eternal life. So the surviving people, such as Gao Ying himself, are the value of their lives higher? Is he more worthy of eternal life? However, no one can answer this question...... He had to find out for himself.
Suddenly, a gust of wind blew from the front, and then, Gao Ying was shocked to see that the door of the house behind him was about to be blown by the wind...... And slam it off!
This made Gao Ying look horrified, and he hurriedly pounced to block the door, but at this time Ji Yixuan had already rushed up! He couldn't walk too fast because he couldn't make a sound, and when he came to the door, it was almost closing, and he quickly reached out to block it...... Then, his hand was caught by the door!
He actually gritted his teeth and held back, only letting out a faint moan, but did not scream! In this scene, Gao Ying felt pain just by looking at it, but he could actually endure it!
This gust of wind also made Gao Ying's back break out in a cold sweat, and it was less than half an hour before the exam started, and this happened! Then, he glared fiercely at Shen Junhao, who was the last to go out, because he didn't close the door, which led to this situation!
Gently closing the door, Gao Ying looked at Ji Yixuan's red and swollen hand. But now the conditions are rudimentary, there are no medical facilities, and there is no way to apply ice to reduce the swelling.
"It's okay...... Ji Yixuan endured the severe pain and whispered, "This hurts...... I can handle ......."
Gao Ying was really impressed by Ji Yixuan. Hopefully, he'...... can survive.
The village...... At this moment, it is still extremely silent......