novelsite Chapter 268 Regret
Chapter 268 Regret
How can a person's name be just like that?
Jiang Xingni didn't have any intention of discriminating against other people's names, but he still felt that this was at least a proper shonen manga.
Whether viewed from the perspective of the heads of the three schools within the comic or from the perspective of the screenwriter outside the comic.
Such a name, with its slightly wicked humor, is unlike anything they would normally come up with.
"Investigate the cause of her death."
Jiang Xingni's points task was now very clear.
Fortunately, there's no one else around, so there's no need to worry about someone suddenly popping up and trying to ambush you, nor do you need to fight with others, try to eliminate each other, and then collect each other's points.
Jiang Xingni calmed down and took another look at his surroundings.
She didn't know how long the girl in front of her had been dead, but based on the environment and Jiang Xingni's initial assessment of the body based on his experience, it seemed that she hadn't been dead for very long, but had just died mysteriously before Jiang Xingni arrived.
Fortunately, there seemed to be no living people left in this world—Jiang Xingni meant no living NPC characters other than the contestants—otherwise, Jiang Xingni could even have imagined that suddenly, a police NPC would break down the door and shout at Jiang Xingni and the two corpses in front of him, "You're under arrest! You're the suspect who killed these two people!"
Although Lu Xianqing was indeed killed by her, Jiang Xingni felt ashamed if she were really caught and imprisoned in the dungeon.
She had done many illegal and disorderly things in the real world, but in the end she was arrested for a trumped-up crime. Jiang Xingni felt it was not worth it no matter how she thought about it.
In the end, I can only be thankful that there is no prison or police in the instance, otherwise I would have unlocked an additional achievement - the fugitive being chased by the police.
Jiang Xingni had already walked around the room once, but time seemed to have stood still throughout the entire room.
After circling around, Jiang Xing looked back and saw that nothing had changed.
It's normal that the major components haven't changed, but the dust on the floor and the dust floating in the air haven't changed either.
Everything was bathed in sunlight, like a frozen scene. Jiang Xingni walked on this painting, able to see all the details, but unable to change the world within it.
Just like ink on paper.
……
Jiang Xingni lowered his eyes and looked at the still-lit laptop screen.
Since the entire scene seems to have been frozen in time, there's no point in Jiang Xingni continuing to determine the exact time of the body's death.
Instead of focusing on the screen, perhaps we can find new clues on the computer.
The time on the computer screen was frozen at 10:47 AM.
The deceased was the poster who posted this thread.
She posted the entire message at 7:32 a.m.
Does anyone else feel like something's wrong with the world?
lz: I don't know why, but I feel like something's not right. Does anyone else have the same feeling?
1L: What are the original poster's feelings? Just saying that something seems wrong with the world, without saying what exactly they realized, is considered a bait post and should be banned!
2L: Is this some kind of role-playing game? Are you asking us on the forum to play along? Or is it some kind of virtual horror event?
3L: Friendly reminder, if it's a forum with a mild fear of horror, remember to add relevant tags before the title of the main post to avoid causing panic among unrelated people.
LZ: I knew no one would believe me. I really feel like something's wrong with this world. My neighbor died yesterday. He tripped and fell while going downstairs, and his cane pierced his throat.
5L: ...What a terrifying way to die. It reminds me of some bad memories from my childhood.
6L: I thought of that too. Hey you, shut up. I don't want to think about it anymore!
7L: But that doesn't mean anything, does it? People die every day in this world, don't they? It just happened to be your neighbor's turn yesterday. Even if it wasn't your neighbor, someone else would have died like that.
8L: Yes, OP, were you scared? Otherwise, go find a master to call back your soul, maybe that will fix it? It feels like you were scared out of your wits by the death of a neighbor or acquaintance.
9L: Where did this feudal superstition come from? OP, you should just go and get an appointment with a psychiatrist (no offense intended, just a sincere suggestion). Mental health insurance covers these days, so maybe it's just some kind of anxiety disorder? There's no need to be so nervous and assume you've lost your soul.
10L: For a moment, I don't know which of the two people upstairs is more outrageous.
11L: Did the original poster only think of these things because of their neighbor's death? Is there no other reason?
12L: More more, waiting for the poster to update.
LZ: Of course, it's not just these things!! But the rest, you know what? I don't know how to express it. I should be able to express it, but it's too vague, and even if I did, you would just think I'm crazy or scared out of my wits, just like the people before me. You don't believe me at all!
14L: ...? I was just passing by and got insulted for no reason. What does it have to do with me?
15L: Alright, alright, hurry up and say it, stop venting your frustrations here.
LZ: ...I feel like everyone's fate has already been written, and everyone is inevitably heading towards death.
LZ: They are watching us.
17L: She discovered it.
18L: She discovered it.
19L: Hehehe, I can eat her now! Wow, the last one, it's finally my turn!
……
This is the screenwriter giving her a hard time.
Jiang Xingni couldn't help but laugh.
The character in the upper-level narrative, the creator of the entire world, is in a sense her "mother" and also her creator. Does she also fear that what she created will turn against her?
It must be said that the screenwriter's arrangement was quite ingenious.
Jiang Xing praised him in his heart.
For those unaware of the truth—whether they are readers in the real world or classmates who participated in the midterm exam with Jiang Xingni in the same dimension—when they searched this place, they would only assume that the deceased had realized the truth and then spoke it out.
As a result, she failed to protect herself among the monsters and was eventually devoured by them.
Only Jiang Xingni could see that the screenwriter was using this girl to refer to her.
The deceased became aware that the world she lived in had been created.
Jiang Xingni also realized that the world she lived in was actually created.
The only difference is that one creator is the head of three schools, while the other creator is the screenwriter within the upper-level narrative.
The screenwriter wanted to use the deceased to warn Jiang Xingni to stop fantasizing about defying fate and just obediently follow the path he was destined for.
If you disobey, you will suffer the same fate as her: death.
How could the screenwriter possibly know that you knew?
The system was greatly alarmed.
So what should we do now?
The system anxiously swirled in Jiang Xingni's mind.
Only Jiang Xingni smiled lightly, tilting her head back and revealing a smile to the gloomy, dark sky outside the window.
Pity.
The screenwriter gave her far too many opportunities to witness death.
She was no longer frightened by death.