Chapter 238

The next day.

A ray of morning light spilled onto the window sill, accompanied by crisp bird chirps.

It awakened a brand new day.

Su Yang slowly straightened his body and climbed down from the bed slowly to wash up.

"Good morning."

"Morning."

Ruan Ziliang came out wearing a pair of canvas shoes, looked at himself in the mirror for a while, and his expression grew increasingly strange.

"Su Yuan, how did I pass out yesterday?"

Su Yang was brushing his teeth and turned his head to look upon hearing this.

He saw that the other person's right eye was bruised and black, like a panda eye.

"Ptooey!"

Su Yang suppressed his laughter, spat out the foam, and said unhurriedly: "You had heatstroke. Luckily I reacted quickly, otherwise, you would have bumped your head and caused problems."

"Is that so?" Ruan Ziliang was a bit confused.

How did he remember it as his back of the head being hit, and then everything went black when he turned his head?

The symptoms of heatstroke don't seem to be like this...

Seeing him racking his brains, Su Yang's body twitched slightly.

The night was too dark last night, so he hadn't seen the original appearance clearly.

Now that he saw it, it was hard not to burst into laughter at Ruan Ziliang's "dark circles."

"Thank you," Ruan Ziliang said seriously.

"You helped me yesterday too, so let's call it even," Su Yang wiped his face with a towel and patted his shoulder.

He then changed the subject and asked curiously: "How did you know the anti-theft screen could be taken down?"

Ruan Ziliang applied ointment to his wound and gestured: "There's a latch on the edge; you can pull it down if you pry it open. A senior on the forum said so."

"Back in their day, they relied on this method to sneak out to surf the internet after room checks and sneak back in the morning."

Forum?

Su Yang turned his head to look at the anti-theft screen, his mind becoming active.

Indeed, searching for treasure before room checks was extremely risky, and one also had to be careful of the old man at the guard station and the security guards around the lecture hall.

Such beings spared no effort to catch evidence of students committing errors.

He and Qin Weiyang had been lucky enough to get away with it last night, but they might not have such good luck next time.

Therefore, searching for treasure after room checks was a good method.

It could avoid risks and also avoid the cameras.

One had to admit, the wisdom of predecessors was truly useful.

Thinking of this, Su Yang hung up his towel, put on his shoes, and headed straight for the teaching building.

Ruan Ziliang noticed Su Yang's actions and sped up: "Hey, wait for me!"

After saying this, he washed up and changed his clothes in a flash and chased after him.

The two first went to the cafeteria to get breakfast and then arrived at the first teaching building.

After a day of getting familiar, Su Yang had a general understanding of the school's style.

Simply put, it was very normal during the day.

Once night fell, it seemed to become a different world, and the demons began to dance.

All kinds of strange tales originated from the "Dark Night."

At this moment, Su Yang's shoulder was patted.

Turning his head, he saw a cold, stunningly beautiful face.

She said lazily: "Morning."

Su Yang noticed her haggard expression and asked curiously: "Didn't sleep well?"

"Yeah, it was noisy until very late last night; I didn't fall asleep until one or two," Qin Weiyang yawned.

"No matter, there will be plenty of time to sleep during class later," Su Yang said.

"That's what I'm planning too," Qin Weiyang nodded.

Ruan Ziliang heard this from the side and felt his heart tighten, hurriedly saying: "You can't sleep in class; the teacher will be watching."

Su Yang smiled: "The teacher also said not to bully classmates."

Ruan Ziliang subconsciously wanted to refute, but was left speechless.

As a victim, he had no reason to defend Wang Qi.

The three returned to the classroom; Su Yang looked at the clock, and there were twenty minutes left until morning reading.

Sitting in his seat, Su Yang ate a piece of bread and said slowly: "Ziliang, are you very interested in strange tales?"

"It's alright, I usually like to read some novels about strange anomalies."

"Then, among the four strange tales of Luoshui Middle School... how much do you know?" Su Yang asked.

As soon as these words were spoken, Ruan Ziliang paused and turned his head, "You're interested?"

"I didn't believe it at first, but I saw some unusual things on the way back last night," Su Yang explained.

Ruan Ziliang's breathing suddenly became rapid upon hearing this, "Did you see the Butcher?"

Qin Weiyang, beside him, frowned; she didn't understand why Su Yang wanted to tell an "NPC" these things.

The Butcher was not a secret to the students of this school, but it was ultimately just a strange tale legend.

If it were confirmed to be true, it would not only easily trigger chaos but might also affect their subsequent actions.

Su Yang chewed a few mouthfuls of bread, swallowed, and took a sip of water: "No."

Ruan Ziliang was greatly disappointed, his enthusiasm instantly extinguished.

But Su Yang's next words surprised him immensely.

"I saw two coffins hanging up..."

"That's a curse; you're too lucky!"

Ruan Ziliang immediately jumped up from his seat and pulled down Su Yang's collar.

"What are you doing?" Su Yang's muscles tightened in the face of this action.

"The strange tale says that anyone who has seen these two coffins will have a rose tattoo appear on their shoulder," Ruan Ziliang explained, looking him up and down.

So... this is being lucky?

"Strange, where's the tattoo?" Ruan Ziliang looked puzzled.

Su Yang put his clothes back on without a trace, "I only saw a picture, I didn't see the real thing."

"Where did you see it?" Ruan Ziliang pressed.

"The forum."

"Oh..."

Ruan Ziliang nodded slightly, his tightly furrowed brows slowly relaxing.

After he returned to his seat, Su Yang asked while peeling an egg: "Besides the Butcher and the curse, I haven't found detailed posts about the other two strange tales. Do you know them?"

As soon as the topic turned to something Ruan Ziliang was interested in, he exuded thick confidence.

"The third strange tale is the 'Faceless Man,' who specifically punishes students who don't respect their teachers."

"The punishment method is also very simple: peeling off the person's face."

As he said this, Su Yang's egg-peeling motion paused, "Like me?"

"Yeah, it will apply the peeled-off face to its own face and then take that person's place to attend class and study," Ruan Ziliang nodded excitedly.

"Taking over his identity..." Su Yang was thoughtful.

This method actually had the same effect as a "puppet."

But neither could inherit the original owner's memories.

And the strange object had even greater limitations; it could only act during the "Dark Night."

"How do you kill the 'Faceless Man'?" Su Yang asked.

"It has an immortal body; even if the body is pulverized, it will randomly take the body of someone nearby," Ruan Ziliang explained.

Su Yang frowned upon hearing this and exchanged a look with Qin Weiyang.

The latter asked curiously: "Then what is its weakness? Strange objects always have weaknesses, right?"

"Don't know, no one has talked about it yet," Ruan Ziliang shook his head.

Su Yang pondered for a long time and continued to ask: "... Then what about the fourth strange tale?"

Ruan Ziliang thought for a moment and said: "I heard it requires a sacrifice to summon, but no one has figured out the specific method yet."

Another sacrifice...

From the Butcher to the later coffins.

The fundamental core of it all hadn't escaped these two words.