Chapter 17 Bumping into Walls

Hu Dalei, attempting to break free and escape the classroom, felt a splitting headache, followed by a deafening bang as his head exploded. Countless black lines, like monstrous tentacles, surged forth.

These lines writhed and clawed, dancing greedily. After a dozen seconds, the bizarre lines contracted into the outline of a human head, but its face had become a hollow black cavity.

"What is this stuff? Is it a ghost, a ghoul, or some kind of alien creature..."

Shen Wei was equally perplexed, completely unable to comprehend what these strange things were. Fortunately, they still adhered to the game's rules and wouldn't attack people indiscriminately, or the consequences would be unimaginable.

Now, of the four people who started the game, only Shen Wei and Wei Fang remained. Li Haiyang and Hu Dalei had perished one after another, transforming into those grotesque monsters.

"That Wei Fang is no pushover either. She must have obtained some kind of information, information about how to break this game. That's why she seized the opportunity to kill Hu Dalei. Now that only the two of us are left, her next target might be me..."

Compared to those eerie line monsters, Shen Wei didn't really take Wei Fang seriously. He even guessed what kind of information Wei Fang had gleaned. Someone, or some monster, must have told her that the game would automatically end when only one person remained. That's why Wei Fang took the opportunity to kill Hu Dalei!

"Right now, Wei Fang and I are quite far apart. She thinks I can't do anything to her, so she doesn't pay much attention to me. I can tell from that gleeful little expression on her face. But can you trust what those weird things say? Maybe those monsters are deliberately trying to break us down, to make us turn against each other..."

A solemn look appeared on Shen Wei's face. And the game of pass the parcel began once more.

"Dong, dong, dong..."

The muffled tapping was very rapid. The rotten human head was quickly passed around twice before the drumming gradually slowed.

"Based on the previous rounds, the drumming will last about 100 beats. It'll be very fast at the beginning, and then slow down a bit for the last 30 beats. As long as I grasp the rhythm and speed, that rotten head won't end up in my hands; I can pass it on..."

Shen Wei thought to himself.

Although the ideal was grand, reality was harsh. In order to survive, Wei Fang had completely descended into madness.

"None of these guys are good people. Killing them won't bring the police here, because it wasn't me who killed them; it was these monsters! They have no proof! Haha, I'm bound to win this time; I absolutely won't die..."

Wei Fang's bloodshot eyes were fixed on the rotten head as it was passed around.

When the rotten head landed in Wei Fang's hands, she finally felt relieved.

"Shen Wei, I can't die; I still have several children to raise. Blame it on your bad luck..."

Wei Fang hugged the rotten head tightly, refusing to let go!

"Wei Fang, pass it over quickly..."

Shen Wei's cold voice rang out behind her, but Wei Fang ignored him.

To Wei Fang's surprise, Shen Wei simply said those words casually, without preparing to attack or persuade her.

Wei Fang was confused. She cautiously turned her head to glance at Shen Wei, but she didn't expect to see him sitting on his chair, legs crossed, eyes narrowed, as if he were about to fall asleep.

"This guy is full of tricks. What the hell is he up to?"

Although Wei Fang didn't understand, time continued to pass, second by second. Wei Fang timed the moment the drumming was about to stop, then tossed the rotten head to Shen Wei.

"I can live if you die. Don't blame me; this is a dog-eat-dog world..."

A ruthless smile appeared on Wei Fang's face. Then, she threw the rotten head towards Shen Wei. The eerie rotten head arced through the air, heading towards Shen Wei's desk.

But something Wei Fang never expected happened: a black book soared into the air, batting the rotten head like a baseball just as it was about to land on Shen Wei's desk.

The rotten head, struck with such force, shot out like a cannonball, slamming into Wei Fang's head.

Wei Fang's vision went black on the spot, and she couldn't even sit up straight.

By the time she regained her senses and picked up the rotten head from the ground, the sound of tapping on the blackboard had already stopped.

"It's over. I violated the game rules. I was tricked by that Shen Wei..."

Wei Fang thought desperately.

"This round of the game is over. The failing student needs to be punished, oh..."

The grotesque student, only showing the back of its head, slowly turned around, its terrifying appearance nearly causing Wei Fang's heart to stop.

Because this eerie female student with pigtails had no eyes! Where her eyes should have been were now two dark, gaping holes! Through those dark holes, Wei Fang could see strange lines twisting and wriggling back and forth within her eyes.

The housewife, Wei Fang, just thought about running away when countless eerie black lines suddenly grew out of her obese body. These lines seemed to be alive, constantly writhing and issuing faint buzzing sounds.

No one knew how long it took, but the black tentacle-like lines began to retract. However, Wei Fang was now completely different from before.

She had been completely assimilated and was no longer herself.

"The pass-the-parcel game continues..."

As soon as the words fell, the eyeless grotesque student began tapping the blackboard again.

This time, the rotten head was passed around even faster among the eerie monsters.

This made it difficult for Shen Wei to calculate who the rotten head would land on! However, Shen Wei didn't panic. When the rotten head was passed to him again, Shen Wei kept it—he had learned this from those grotesque creatures.

He listened to the constant tapping sounds, remaining unmoved. Only when the tapping was about to end did he pass the rotten head on again.

A few seconds later, the sound of tapping on the blackboard stopped once more. This time, the one who failed the game was a grotesque student with a blurry face composed of black lines. He stood up and sang an equally terrifying nursery rhyme.

"Kid, how can you stand this? Aren't these guys just bullying honest people? When the rotten head lands in our hands, we get parasitized by them, but in their hands, it's just putting on a performance. Hurry up and give me the rest of your lifespan; I'll help you blast these guys into ashes..."

Clearly, the Evil God's Right Hand was still thinking about Shen Wei's remaining lifespan.

"No need. I've already found a way out of this game..."