Chapter 2: The Mystery Society
There is such a cold joke circulating in many universities to satirize the chaos of the club: It is said that there is such a club in our XX University, called the Mystery Society, I heard that until now, the president has not been found!
"By the way, brother." Jing Mo stopped Jing Xiang, "I won't accompany you, it's inconvenient." β
"Are you sure you want me to find the Secret Society? Just by virtue of this hint code? Jing Xiang raised the mobile phone in his hand, and a text message was displayed on the screen.
γ235C444γ
"Sister believes in you!" Jing Mo shook his hand, "I'll be waiting for you at the cafΓ© across the street, don't play too late, remember to help me pay the bill!" β
Play? Jing Xiang really hoped that he had misheard.
But what happened next really didn't look like Jing Xiang was playing, but being played......
The first is 235, and the reason why he wants to separate this from C444 in the back is because he noticed that the school building here is divided into ABC; And it just so happens that 235 is "non-positive", the word "non" is two vertical blocks and three horizontal, and the word "positive" is five paintings, which happens to coincide with what my sister said before, this is an abnormal human research and rescue center.
The so-called non-positive, and there is not a positive, not positive, not positive, and so on, in short, don't use common sense to think and enter, then......
Jing Xiang referred to the schematic diagram of the teaching building at the school gate and found that the door numbers were arranged in the order of 101 to 110 and 201 to 210, and there was no such door number as 444.
"In that case, it won't be that simple."
Jing Xiang recalled a classic case in a detective novel - the monogram.
It is said that the perpetrator uses letters to represent the characters he wants to persecute and his related affairs, and kills people in a disorderly manner without a clue. But the clever detective discovers this pattern from the ancient array and saves the victim's story.
Jing Xiang also hopes that he will become that smart detective now, and he is silently eliminating wrong answers and screening the odds in his heart.
[The first is the "direct selection method", which is obviously impossible and too simple. Then see if 444 represents the fourth seat in the fourth classroom on the fourth floor of the horizontal row of Building C...... However, it is unlikely, this is too obvious, and it is not consistent with the meaning of "non-positive". γ
"Non-Orthodox ......"
[Wait!] No, after the three horizontal lines of this word were truncated by two verticals, it became six horizontal. And six, which happens to be the product of two times three, then "positive" is actually to consider the literal meaning, and non-positive is "opposite position". And "non" and "positive" correspond to "2 vertical, 3 horizontal" and "5 paintings" respectively, so the arrangement of the next three numbers should also be "4, 4" and "4". γ
[2 and 3 are multiplied...... Then the 444 algorithm corresponding to the latter should be 4 times 4 equals 16, and 16 plus 4 is 20. In addition, the value obtained by the previous 2+3+5 is 11, after "non-positive", it is "two" if it is reversed, so that the real location should be - Building C 202! γ
Although the mystery is solved, there is actually no more than 50% certainty, and Jing Xiang still has to test it himself.
[Half alive, half dead, the leaves are green and yellow, the wood is flourishing and withering, life rises and falls......]
For some reason, seeing the surrounding scenery of trees that should not be there in summer, Jingxiang felt such a poetic emotion in his heart.
Jing Xiang shook his head vigorously and expelled the distracting thoughts.
[Wait!] There are no windows on the second floor! γ
Jing Xiang went up to the second floor, but was horrified to find that the second floor was simply a cage surrounded by walls.
There was no ventilation except for the bar-barred doors, let alone the windows. All that is there is a white porcelain wall that exudes a chill and evil aura......
From C201 to C202 to C203 and C204. This is the number of the gate fenced by the iron fence. Jing Xiang stood at the door of classroom C202, hesitating whether to go in or not. It's not so much hesitation as excitement.
For the first time, he felt the fear of the unknown brought to him by mysterious events, and for this, he ...... Quite excited. And the reason why he chose to stand here was simpleβthe iron fence here was missing a large opening, and the door had opened a narrow crack; It's suspicious from that alone, there's definitely something hidden inside!
Backed by the very firm prejudice that "there must be something", he dared to slip through the fence and push the door open......
However, the moment he touched the doorknob, he regretted it.
"Hmm...... Vomit! β
He leaned against the wall and went down to the hall on the first floor with a bloodless face, and lay on the ground vomiting incessantly.
What did he see!?
Jing Xiang didn't dare to describe it in words for a long time after that, but repeated it again and again - this was the most disgusting scene he had ever seen in his youth, and it would never be forgotten for the rest of his life......
Jing Xiang vomited to the extreme, and then could only retch purely. So he slowly stood up and began to move in the other direction, by which time his brain could no longer think about the problem, but was driven by an instinct to lead him to another, deeper place.
The only sound of his footsteps was left in the hallway, and occasionally strange sounds could be heard, such as water dripping, steel balls bouncing, and...... The sound of soft footsteps and the grinding of bones and muscles......
Bang - the tremor caused by the heavy object hitting the ground is heard.
"Is he still alive?" It's a very magnetic male voice speaking.
"Breathe steadily." It seems that a female voice without the slightest emotion responds to a male voice.
In these three years, he was the first to ...... Hopefully he's not incompetent. The magnetic male voice sounded again.
"I'm afraid he's 'theirs'......" When the word 'they' is spoken, the female voice has obvious emotional fluctuations, as if she is deliberately restraining something.
Finally, the man who spoke came out of the darkness and smiled shallowly, "No way. β
After a long time, under the stimulation of a burst of bright light, Jing Xiang opened his eyes. Then he struggled to sit up, and found himself locked in a secret room, surrounded by darkness except for the glaring light source, as if he had been locked in endless darkness forever with one step.
"Are you awake?" The light source flickered and dimmed, and a man wearing flat glasses appeared behind the light source.
Jing Xiang was shocked by this magical scene, because from his vantage point, he could see that this dazzling light was emitted from the man's hand, to be precise, the man with glasses was manipulating the light.
"You...... Who is it? Jing Xiang asked in a trembling voice.
"Hmph, an impolite newcomer, shouldn't he report his name before asking someone else's name?" A cold female voice suddenly came from the darkness.
Jing Xiang was at a loss, so he had to introduce himself first: "My name is Jing Xiang, Jing of the scenery, Xiang of Xiangrui, it was my sister who sent me here, saying that this place can cure my illness." No, it's not, it's about superpowers. β
"Superpower......" The man with glasses suddenly waved his hand, and the darkness around him was dispelled in an instant, and then Jing Xiang saw clearly that this was actually just a very ordinary classroom, and a woman with short purple hair was sitting on the desk in the classroom, looking at herself with cold eyes.
The man with glasses also replied to Jing Xiang's last sentence as he wished: "My full name is Carter Rist King, I am the president of the Mystery Society, you can call me Carter or the president, and the one next to me is my assistant Zi Chen, we are all-"
The man and woman of the "Superpowers" Mystic Society said in unison.
Jing Xiang's mouth couldn't close for a long time, and when he saw his situation, Carter turned to ask him how he knew about this location. The effect was remarkable, and Jing Xiang was successfully distracted by this question. He told Jing Mo about the code text message sent to him and his "reasoning process".
Zi Chen on the side wanted to speak and stopped, but Carter directly shook his head and sighed: "Boy, I admire your reasoning ability, but I admire your luck even more." β
"Luck?"
"That's right, I didn't set any code at all, 235 refers to the 235 branch, C is Building C, and 444 means 'hee-hee-hee-hee'......" Hearing this, the corners of Zi Chen's mouth on the side couldn't help but bend, melting her cold image before, "So I admire that you can still find this place after thinking about it so biased and complicated, and it happens to be the ...... of that classroom" Carter was still maintaining his image, and he didn't smile.
"The classroom?" Jing Xiang kept blushing, sensitively noticing that the president had an extraneous meaning.
At this time, Zi Chen interjected, "Don't talk about the problem of that classroom, you said that your sister brought you here?" Where is your sister sacred, and can actually know this place? β
"I ......"
"They're back." Carter said suddenly.
At this moment, there was a commotion outside the door.
Bang! The door was kicked open with a hard kick. Coming out was a man with orange hair, a black leather jacket with chain embellishments, and patched jeans among his trousers. There were both men and women who followed him, but at first glance there was nothing unusual.
"Yo~ President, the mission has failed." The orange-haired man crooked the corners of his mouth and said unpleasantly.
Carter lifted his glasses and asked lightly, "Then are you too embarrassed to come back?" β
"Alas, I also have a hard time, and the client was scared away by me, so I can't go on." The man's face suddenly changed again, and he looked like he didn't care.
"Forget it, I have something new to announce today." Carter waved his hand to make Zi Chen free up a seat for him.
And the people who just came also found Jing Xiang, who had been blocked by the president before, with different expressions.
What Jing Xiang cared about the most was a girl with long black straight hair in the gang, who was estimated to be the same age as him, and even felt younger than himself. The reason why Jing Xiang couldn't help but look at it a few more times was that her gaze was very deep, as if she could penetrate her own flesh.
"It seems that everyone has found out, yes, this time everyone is going to welcome a new person, this is the only new person who has approached that room on his own in the last three years." Carter's mouth has a mysterious smile on his lips, making him look like a danger sign.
"The room?" "Alone?" β¦β¦
Even the girl with straight and long hair cast a surprised look at Jing Xiang.
Carter added: "Last time, it was a record set by Mu Lian three years ago, as a newcomer, I found it three hours after entering the school. And this time, Jing Xiang's kid actually took less than five minutes. β
Gradually, everyone looked at Jing Xiang as if they were looking at a ghost.
"That ......" Jing Xiang was furious, "have I been to any powerful places?" β
"You don't remember?" Zi Chen on the side asked, "Didn't you be in a coma for a while before, and the things you saw in that classroom before that time." β
Silent...... Jing Xiang's heart sweated again, yes, although his brain forced himself to forget what he saw, the bone-eating fear made him unable to let go.
"Hey, little ghost, what the hell do you see?" The orange-haired man stomped on his chair.
"I forgot. It's just very scary. Jing Xiang's face turned pale.
Carter immediately answered: "Then don't remember, as long as you feel fear, then you have the potential for superpowers, but we haven't clearly discovered it yet." β
"Superpowers are what humans fear." Zi Chen interjected suddenly.
Carter suddenly said embarrassedly: "This is what I want to tell the newcomer, please don't snatch my lines away." β
"I just think you're too wordy." Zi Chen replied coldly.
"Ahem, then, let's follow Zi Chen's sentence, the so-called superpower is actually the forced evolution of human beings. As you know, viruses are constantly evolving their resistance in the face of antibiotics, and so are humans. Human beings are afraid of the unknown, and the fear of the unknown has promoted the development of science and technology, understanding, and at the same time, it has also brought changes to human beings themselves. A small percentage of human beings, consciously or unconsciously, have grasped mysterious phenomena that cannot be explained by modern technology. Speaking of this, he glanced at Zi Chen.
"Don't." Zi Chen replied categorically.
"Alas...... I've already used it once to say that I'm going to overdraft now. Carter was helpless, and once again performed his superpower - I saw him raise his right hand, the palm of his hand flashed suddenly, and then a burst of strong light passed through the back of his hand from the palm of his hand, forming a ball of light on the entire palm, and there seemed to be a chain of lightning near the ball of light, "This is my ability, so far there is no enough name to explain it, I will call it 'light source force', as long as it is an ownerless matter particle, I can release their potential light energy and electricity." β
"Hehe, because of that, the superpowers of the Elder are the most expensive of all of us." The orange-haired man smiled maliciously.
As soon as his words fell, Carter quickly pounced on Jingxiang's body and kissed him hard......