Perhaps the method just now worked. After the players quickly moved all the remaining books to the library, the truck remained stationary, without any movement, and no one was run over by the truck moving on its own.

Since the task assigned by the teacher had been completed, and there was still some time before the end of self-study class, the players left the truck and walked towards the teaching building. Just as they reached the entrance on the first floor, a strange sound came from behind them, as if the truck was starting.

Qi Yang and Du Yong exchanged glances, thinking that perhaps they had miscalculated, and the truck was only now starting to move and rush towards them.

Qi Yang and the others quickly turned around, and then saw one of the two trucks, the one on the left, directly knock several ghost students to the ground. The students, unable to react in time, lay on the ground and could only watch as the huge truck ran over them.

At this moment, the surrounding lights suddenly brightened considerably, allowing the players to clearly see how the students’ bodies were run over by the truck tires. It wasn’t just one tire, but both the front and rear tires. The tires rolled over their bodies, instantly crushing them and spilling crimson blood all over the ground.

The players stood dumbfounded outside the teaching building. Yuan Yuan’s expression at this moment was somewhat different from when the previous fatal accident occurred. Amidst her terror, she also seemed very shocked, as if this scene was familiar to her, as if she had witnessed such an accident somewhere before.

The large truck rolled straight over the person’s body, but she just watched from the side, making no move to stop it.

Yuan Yuan remembered something that happened before she came to this game, and subconsciously she walked backward. Yi Xinming was standing behind her, and he supported Yuan Yuan, but Yuan Yuan let out a low cry.

Hearing this sound, Qi Yang looked over and noticed that Yuan Yuan’s expression was a bit unusual. Not only her, but the young man named Xu Yang also seemed to have something wrong with his expression.

Following their gaze, Qi Yang looked at the students who had been run over by the truck. Knowing that these people were ghosts, they were not human and would not fear pain like humans. Perhaps what they were seeing now was also an act. Regardless of the specific situation, given the current circumstances, the truck had not driven towards them, so it was likely that the crisis of that night had been averted.

Qi Yang turned to look at the supervisor, but the spot was already empty, a desolate expanse.

“Let’s go.” Qi Yang turned and walked upstairs. These ghosts treated them as food, all hoping they would break the rules so they could swarm them. Qi Yang had no sympathy for these non-human creatures. As for the idea that perhaps they should have been run over by a car instead of these ghosts, one could only say that everyone is selfish, and their own survival is the greatest prerequisite for everything.

The players’ gazes shifted from the bloody, mangled bodies of the fallen. Qi Yang had already walked away, and Du Yong caught up to him in two or three steps.

“Brother Qi, is that all there is to it?” Du Yong still felt that this crisis had been resolved too quickly.

Qi Yang’s face was expressionless. Based on previous experiences, this time should be about right.

It’s not like when they finish their self-study class, the truck can still drive itself, unmanned, from the library to the dorms to intercept them.

Qi Yang was about to shake his head when he suddenly felt that this wasn’t impossible, or rather, as long as they didn’t safely reach the dorms, the fourth crisis wouldn’t be completely over.

Seeing Qi Yang silent, Du Yong’s heart fluttered: “It’s not over yet? What exactly is going on? Can those cars fly and crush us in the classroom?”

“Not in the classroom, at least,” Qi Yang chuckled.

“But the basketball court later might be a different story.”

Du Yong stood on the stairs, looking up at Qi Yang who was walking ahead. Qi Yang’s meaning was clear, and even someone as thick-headed as Du Yong could quickly understand.

“Then… what about when we go back to the dorm later? We can’t just not go back to the dorm and sleep in the classroom, right?” Du Yong had never slept in a classroom overnight, but if it was here, and it meant surviving, he suddenly felt that sleeping in the outside corridor wouldn’t be a problem either.

“We’ll see then.” Qi Yang didn’t want to sleep in the classroom, and he probably understood something: he should be immune to these dangers. Even the supervisor, who had an unusual identity, carried him to the infirmary immediately after he fainted, which clearly meant he might have some important identity that he himself didn’t know about.

This was quite unexpected.

At the same time, Qi Yang suddenly recalled the ghost pressing on his bed incident from last night, where the strange man in his dream finally told him, “Enjoy the game.”

If that statement was true, combined with the current situation, Qi Yang thought that perhaps in these deadly escape games that were dangerous for others, they might not actually pose a threat to him.

If anyone else discovered his special circumstances, they might think he had some kind of powerful backing.

What kind of backing could he possibly have in this terrifying space?

He just has a little one in his belly, and he doesn’t even know who the father is.

Qi Yang and the others walked ahead, while Yuan Yuan and Xu Yang walked at the very back. The two of them were surprised to realize the other was still there, and after a moment of astonishment, they turned around without a word.

After climbing one flight of stairs, Xu Yang suddenly spoke to Yuan Yuan.

“I feel like I’ve seen you somewhere before, even before I transmigrated into this game,” Xu Yang began to recall.

Yuan Yuan lowered her eyes, her consciousness still in front of the library downstairs. Just now, she had recognized Xu Yang. In fact, Yuan Yuan’s memory for people had never been very good, but due to a certain event, Yuan Yuan could quickly recognize some people she had seen that day.

At that time, Xu Yang and she were both standing on the sidewalk, watching someone cross the crosswalk and then suddenly collapse to the ground. But no one wanted any trouble, and no one intervened. Cars came from behind; the first few cars saw someone lying on the ground and actively swerved. But when a truck full of goods came, the driver saw the person but couldn’t brake in time, and drove directly over the person on the ground.

Blood was everywhere. At that time, Yuan Yuan was quite surprised; she thought, so a person’s body really has that much blood. Someone still called the police, but by then it was clearly too late; the person who had fallen died on the spot.

Memories flooded back, and Yuan Yuan’s lips were tightly pursed, a clear expression of aversion to others approaching her.

Xu Yang thought for a long time but couldn’t quite recall; he just felt Yuan Yuan’s face was familiar, perhaps he had seen her somewhere before, but Xu Yang didn’t dwell on it.

The others walked quickly, and Xu Yang was afraid that Yuan Yuan, being a girl, would be scared walking at the very back, so he deliberately slowed down to wait for her. He didn’t know that at this moment, Yuan Yuan just wanted to be alone and didn’t want anyone around.

However, Xu Yang didn’t clearly see Yuan Yuan’s expression. In fact, Xu Yang saw the surroundings were dead silent, making it impossible to relax, so he started talking to Yuan Yuan about something from the past.

“I encountered something a few months ago that’s somewhat similar to today’s situation.”

As Xu Yang spoke, Yuan Yuan suddenly looked up and stared at Xu Yang, but at that moment, Xu Yang was walking upstairs, unaware that Yuan Yuan absolutely did not want to hear about that matter.

“A pedestrian, for some unknown reason, walked into the street against a red light. She collapsed halfway across. There were people on both sides of the crosswalk, everyone was watching, but no one went to help. If only someone had stepped forward then, stood in front of the woman and alerted the people ahead, she probably would have survived.”

“But no one went, and I didn’t dare to either. Afterwards, I regretted it deeply and felt very guilty. If I had stepped forward then, she probably wouldn’t have died.”

“I don’t know if it’s my imagination, but I feel like tonight’s events are a re-enactment of that day, to remind me, a cold bystander, that witnessing death is also a sin.”

Xu Yang walked and walked, then realized there were no footsteps following him. He turned to look at Yuan Yuan, whose delicate face was now pale. It was then that Xu Yang suddenly recognized Yuan Yuan.

“…It’s you! You were there that day too. I knew you looked familiar; so you were there that day.”

Suddenly encountering someone he had seen before, Xu Yang was a little excited. He took a few quick steps and walked up to Yuan Yuan.

But Yuan Yuan’s gaze at Xu Yang was very cold and resistant.

“You’ve got the wrong person.” Yuan Yuan walked straight past Xu Yang. When Xu Yang reached out to grab her, Yuan Yuan’s face hardened. “Don’t touch me,” she yelled sharply.

Xu Yang’s outstretched hand froze in mid-air. After a while, a smile played on his lips. Yuan Yuan walked very fast ahead, and in a blink of an eye, only the sound of her footsteps remained. Xu Yang calmed down, knowing that Yuan Yuan definitely didn’t want to recall that past incident, as it wasn’t a pleasant memory.

Xu Yang looked at the empty staircase. The light in the staircase was dim, and the rest of the place was pitch black. The sky was a deep black, without even a single star. Xu Yang felt a little panicked and quickly caught up with the person walking in front.

When their group of players returned to the classroom, the students in each class stared at them with a somewhat curious gaze, as if their expressions were saying, “How did you all come back? Nothing happened.”

Qi Yang sat back in his seat, ignoring the attention around him. Fu Mingnan also walked back to the classroom not long after. Seeing that Qi Yang’s expression was normal and he was holding a book, as if nothing had happened, a faint smile suddenly flashed in Fu Mingnan’s eyes.

It seems Qi Yang adapted even faster than he expected. Is he indeed the person he set his sights on?

After moving some books, half of the evening study session had already passed. He opened his book and focused on reading for a while, then the bell rang, signaling the end of class. Qi Yang closed his book and walked out of the classroom.

Du Yong rushed to Qi Yang’s side immediately. Du Yong had been thinking about the dormitory problem Qi Yang mentioned earlier. He had thought about it so much that he was convinced that when they returned to the dormitory, those trucks would definitely be there, blocking their way back, or even charging at them, knocking them to the ground and running them over.

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