Chapter 1 The Crisis

The little fatty and his two lackeys were cracking their knuckles with sinister smiles, surrounding Shen Wei in the middle.

Just as things were about to come to a head, a turning point suddenly appeared.

"What are you doing? Get back to your seats!"

A female teacher wearing glasses and professional attire walked into the classroom, sternly reprimanding the little fatty and his gang.

Seeing the little fatty and the others get their comeuppance, Shen Wei revealed a smug smile.

"Shen Wei, don't get too pleased with yourself. Just you wait..."

The little fatty glared fiercely at Shen Wei, and after uttering a harsh threat, he and his two followers returned to their seats.

"Shen Wei, come out for a moment. Your brother Yang Chen wants to see you. He's in the infirmary..."

The young female teacher with glasses called out Shen Wei's name, telling him to go to the infirmary to see Yang Chen.

Shen Wei hurried out of his seat. He curiously glanced up at the work ID hanging around the teacher's neck, only then realizing that the young woman with glasses was their homeroom teacher, Teacher Li Qing!

"Yang Chen was seriously injured in the second part of the movie. I wonder how he is now..."

Shen Wei muttered worriedly to himself.

The female teacher seemed to sense what Shen Wei was thinking, and a smile appeared on her face. She then comforted him, saying, "Don't worry, Yang Chen is fine. He only suffered some minor scrapes. He fainted because he was mentally exhausted and sleep-deprived..."

"Oh, that's good, that's good..."

Shen Wei nodded with premature maturity.

"You little guy is quite interesting. Speaking of which, what's the deal with you and Yang Chen? One of you is surnamed Shen, and the other is surnamed Yang..."

The female teacher asked with great interest.

"Well, we're blood brothers with different fathers and mothers..."

Shen Wei replied casually.

"You brat, you're making fun of your teacher, aren't you? Blood brothers with different fathers and mothers—how could you even say that?"

Teacher Li Qing said, both amused and exasperated.

Shen Wei thought for a moment, then said earnestly, "Yang Chen and I are sworn brothers. We burned yellow paper, beheaded a chicken, and drank blood wine, vowing not to be born on the same day of the same month of the same year, but to die on the same day of the same month of the same year..."

Teacher Li Qing playfully tapped him, pretending to be angry, "You just like to fool your teacher. Watch less of those indecent movies in the future..."

"Understood, Teacher! Actually, we're both from the orphanage. We were abandoned and only got the chance to go to school with the help of others. He recognized me as his older brother, and I treat him like a younger brother, that's all..."

Shen Wei opened his mouth and started spouting nonsense, trying to fool Teacher Li Qing.

"Ah, you two are so pitiful? I shouldn't have asked. I'm sorry!..."

Teacher Li Qing said with some guilt.

"It's okay, it's okay! Teacher Li, I'm used to it..."

Shen Wei's nonchalant attitude aroused even more of Teacher Li's sympathy and maternal love.

After all, women are emotional creatures. A tragic background can gain her sympathy, and then he can use Teacher Li Qing to ruthlessly deal with the little fatty and his gang. Wouldn't that be wonderful? Shen Wei's wishful thinking was so loud that even the Evil God Right Hand couldn't stand it.

"I'd rather believe there are ghosts in this world than believe Shen Wei's lying mouth..."

"Dead Righty, you're unreliable at critical moments. All you do is mess things up for me..."

Shen Wei frantically cursed the Evil God Right Hand in his mind, directly shutting Him up.

Without realizing it, Teacher Li Qing led Shen Wei to a small infirmary. There were only a few beds, a school doctor, and an assistant.

As soon as Shen Wei entered, he saw Yang Chen lying pale on the bed. When Yang Chen saw him, his face immediately lit up with joy: "Shen Wei, you finally came. I thought you'd abandoned me and ran away by yourself."

"You little kid likes to talk nonsense. Am I that kind of person?"

Shen Wei sat down in front of Yang Chen's bed and observed his injuries. The external injuries weren't too serious, but his mental and life force depletion were too great. In addition, his abilities were sealed, and Yang Chen had completely lost his fighting power. He probably couldn't even beat an ordinary child now.

"Um, Teacher Li, can you give us some private space? We want to talk alone..."

Shen Wei sighed deeply.

"Okay!"

Teacher Li Qing said a few words to the school doctor, and they both walked out of the infirmary together.

"Shen Wei, did you discover anything?"

Yang Chen asked impatiently.

"I just found out that our abilities have been sealed. Now we can't even beat ordinary kids, so try not to cause trouble and keep a low profile..."

"Ah, so that's how it is. I thought I couldn't use my abilities because my mental and life force were overdrawn. Without our abilities, how are we going to fight the evil gods and anomalies in this copy?..."

A worried look also appeared on Yang Chen's face.

"Don't worry, I have a feeling that this copy may not require our abilities. Otherwise, the Rule Anomaly wouldn't have sealed our abilities. There must be other solutions. We must resolve the hidden dangers before the gray and black threads invade this school and completely cut off their storyline in the future timeline!"

"The most important thing now is to find the key protagonist or event in this incident. What person or event led the gray and black threads to connect to the school in the real world and nip it in the bud..."

Shen Wei spoke eloquently to Yang Chen, who nodded repeatedly.

"But this school is so big, where do we start? How can we determine which event or protagonist caused those things to invade the real world?"

Yang Chen voiced his doubts.

After thinking for a moment, Shen Wei said to Yang Chen, "As long as we keep an eye on Dorm 505 and the security room, those two key places, we'll always find clues..."

"Shen Wei, Yang Chen, what are you two doing? Discussing movie plots? Or playing a murder mystery game? It's so suspenseful, can you include me? No one wants to play with me..."

The sudden appearance of this voice startled Shen Wei and Yang Chen.

"Damn it, without my abilities, I didn't even notice that there was another person in the bed next to us..."

Shen Wei pulled open the curtain of the next bed.

A plainly dressed little boy covered in injuries was curled up in bed, looking timidly at Shen Wei and Yang Chen.

"Who are you?"

Shen Wei and Yang Chen asked in unison.

"I'm Zhang Ziliang. We're in the same class. Um... can I play with you guys? If I can, I can tell you a secret..."

"Sure, tell us your secret..."

Shen Wei became excited as soon as he heard the word "secret."

"Every night, someone in my dorm room's walls talks to me..."