"My wish is to make a lot of money! Earn a ton of money, build a villa, and have my parents come back to work for me!"
As the last student's grand declaration faded, the school bell rang, signaling the end of class.
Ding-ling—Ding-ling—
The viewers in the live stream couldn't help but burst into laughter.
"Hahaha... I guessed the beginning, but the ending was wrong."
"Build a villa, then have his parents come back to work... Pfft!"
"Such filial piety! If you want to talk about impressive, you're the one."
Children's wishes are always so innocent, pure, and yet so ordinary.
What bad intentions could a child have?
He just wants to be a big boss (doge).
...
"Alright everyone, that's all for today's class."
Jiang Lin thought for a moment, then added:
"After this, each of you will write a short essay of over two hundred characters, titled 'Wish'."
Without homework, it would seem like he was just here to go through the motions.
Even though he was indeed just going through the motions.
Upon hearing this, the students below let out a habitual groan.
As happy as they were chatting during class, they were as miserable when it came to homework after class.
"Teacher, why are you stealing the Chinese teacher's job?"
"I knew there'd be homework, just as I expected!"
Some loyal underworld fans and top students muttered in response:
"Only two hundred characters?"
So little?
They could write essays starting from a thousand characters.
Teacher Jiang is too kind.
"Class dismissed."
Without paying attention to the students' low murmurs, Jiang Lin straightened up and walked out of the classroom.
Seeing him leave, Xie Zhengyu in the classroom felt a stir.
He quickly got up and ran out of the classroom through the back door, chasing after Jiang Lin into the corridor.
Before Jiang Lin could enter the office, he quickly called out:
"Teacher Jiang!"
Jiang Lin paused and turned around.
In the corridor, students from various classes were exiting their classrooms after class.
They chatted in twos and threes, some heading to play basketball, others going to the restroom together.
Some even secretly glanced at this handsome teacher.
"Is something the matter?" Jiang Lin asked.
Xie Zhengyu noticed the surrounding gazes, his heartbeat growing clearer with excitement.
His throat felt tight and dry as he said:
"Teacher Jiang, there's something I'd like to ask you. Can we talk somewhere else?"
Jiang Lin nodded, "Sure."
As Jiang Lin and Xie Zhengyu turned to go down the stairs together.
The office door behind them, which had been closed, opened a sliver.
Standing behind the door was a woman wearing glasses and a black winter outfit, resembling the "Extinguishing Master."
Her face was expressionless, her eyes coldly fixed on the direction the two were leaving.
This scene was perfectly captured by the small floating live stream orb.
The viewers in front of the screen held their breath, their hearts skipping a beat.
It felt like watching a suspense or horror film.
"Holy crap, Makkapakka, help me!"
"I thought I was immune to horror films, but I was wrong!"
"Who is that? Why are they peeking from the door crack, looking down on people?"
"Upstairs???"
A flood of 'scared' bullet comments scrolled by.
Fortunately, the live stream orb quickly caught up with the streamer.
Seeing the streamer's reassuring figure, many viewers breathed a sigh of relief.
"This school is definitely not right!"
...
Beside the tree-lined path of the school, there was a lotus pond of moderate size.
In summer, the entire pond was fragrant.
In winter, the lotus leaves and flowers withered, leaving only a desolate scene.
Xie Zhengyu led Jiang Lin to the edge of the lotus pond.
He nervously looked around.
There were no obstructions around, and it was easy to see if anyone was following them nearby.
As for whether someone might be secretly watching from a high floor of the teaching building...
From such a distance, they probably couldn't hear their conversation.
After confirming no one else was around, Xie Zhengyu looked at Teacher Jiang, who had appeared with so many 'coincidences.'
Nervously and urgently, he asked, "Teacher Jiang, are you the streamer of the Underworld Live Stream?"
Jiang Lin said calmly, "Yes."
"?!"
He was actually it?!
Xie Zhengyu was startled for a moment, his expression a flicker of disbelief.
Then, it was quickly overtaken by surging excitement and joy.
"That's great! That's great!"
"Streamer, I finally get to see you... I thought I'd never get out..."
Xie Zhengyu murmured, his nose stinging, his voice choked with emotion.
The loneliness and fear of so many days... were finally no longer his alone.
Jiang Lin said calmly, "What's going on? What do you want to say?"
"Streamer, please help me."
Xie Zhengyu took a deep breath to calm himself before continuing:
"Actually, I'm trapped in the same day..."
From an ordinary day, to a sudden loop after evening self-study.
Then to informing classmates and searching for a breakthrough together.
Companions being killed, the appearance of various strange events.
And the unchanging date in the classroom—December 19th.
Loop after loop, escape attempt after escape attempt failed...
...
"So things like this really happen in reality Σ(⊙▽⊙"a!"
In the live stream, only Xie Zhengyu's voice could be heard for a while.
As the viewers listened, their scalps began to tingle.
Goosebumps rose all over their bodies.
It felt like listening to
"This school is so eerie! No wonder he said he wanted to leave December 19th, because he's been trapped on this day all along!"
"I always thought this only happened in novels and TV shows."
"๑Ő௰Ő๑ Scary, if it were me, I would have gone crazy long ago."
Being the only one awake in the entire world, unable to escape.
Facing 'dead people coming back to life' and 'homicide cases' every day...
The dual torment of loneliness and strangeness.
Without a strong mental fortitude and mindset, one would likely have collapsed long ago.
What's more, the person encountering this is just a middle school student.
Even an adult wouldn't dare to say they could definitely endure it.
"That's not right..."
Gradually, some viewers began to analyze.
"If every day is the same loop, then why are there different strange events?"
Today it's a suicide by jumping, tomorrow it's a burial incident...
And why do the dead people return to the classroom to attend class?
"Butterfly effect? Every time he makes a different move, it triggers different strange events?"
"That 'Extinguishing Master' always causes trouble, she should be the key to the loop."
Facing the analysis of a group of experts, the new viewers simply summarized:
— "This school is indeed strange!"
So, how did the loop actually begin?
...