Xiao Mo silently nodded and then heard Chen Qing say:
"This incident has lasted for seven days so far, with one person dying on the flagpole every day. The police will then come to collect the body and soon give a ridiculous conclusion that it was a suicide."
As for the school and other students, they were all very indifferent to this matter, as if no one had been killed in the school. During that time, I asked several people about their views on this serial murder case, but their answers made my hair stand on end."
Chen Qing paused for a moment and then asked Xiao Mo, who looked pensive:
"Guess how they answered me?"
Xiao Mo raised his head and exchanged a glance with Chen Qing for a while, then he shook his head and said, "I can't guess."
When she heard this, Chen Qing also stopped pretending and said in a sharp voice:
"They actually told me they didn't know anything about a murder! There isn't even anyone dead in the school!"
Xiao Mo was taken aback and asked in surprise:
"What does this mean?"
"What does it mean?" Cold Wind whispered a sentence, answering Xiao Mo:
"It means that in their eyes, there has never been a murder case in school, and they don't even know anyone who died. In other words, the only ones who know about this are our class!"
"How is this possible! Weren't the people who found Tomoyoshi's body from another class? How could they not know that someone was killed in school?"
"Calm down and listen to me first."
The warm sunshine hinted at a gentle breeze on the quiet path, and then I heard her continue speaking:
"After getting this terrifying answer, I asked several teachers one after another, and from their mouths, I got an even more frightening piece of information."
The school had indeed experienced a series of murders, with the victims' methods of death, postures, and locations all similar to this incident. But only similar, because this murder took place... two years ago!!!
Xiao Mo felt his eardrums ringing, and cold sweat instantly seeped out from his forehead.
"We've just entered our sophomore year, if it were two years ago, we wouldn't have even entered university yet. Wait a minute!"
The police were so hasty in closing the case, and the tragic events that occurred continuously on campus didn't have anyone to take care of them. Students from other classes said they didn't know about it. If all this is put together, wouldn't that mean...
Xiao Mo found it difficult to express this conjecture, because it had already exceeded the range of unbelievable, and could be described as unthinkable. He didn't say it out loud, because he hoped that his conjecture was wrong.
However, Chen Qing's next words poured a bucket of cold water on him:
"I was shocked to what extent, I think you can imagine. With the last bit of luck, I went online to look up that murder case and the identities of the victims who died in it."
The results soon emerged, and the deceased were all students of Class 2B, including the class advisor, a total of twenty people, who died tragically on the school's flagpole. The police set up a special task force to investigate the case at that time, and it was said that someone from above was also responsible for it, but in the end, they were unable to find out what had happened.
Due to lack of motive, lack of evidence and lack of possibility of crime, this homicide case was defined as a collective suicide event.
At this time, Xiao Mo's expression was calm, but his face was gloomy and dark. He glanced at Chen Qing and said in a low voice:
"Grade 2 Class B, isn't this our class?!"
Xiao Mo was able to say it so calmly, and several people were more or less surprised. However, Xiao Mo's words had not yet finished, and at this time, he heard him say:
"If I'm not mistaken, the deceased should be us!"
"What you said is correct."
Xiao Mo's response was met with a towering figure of Zhang Da, whose desperate expression indicated that he had already prepared for the worst.
Xiao Mu's mind began to get messy, he hoped someone could speak out against him, refuting this terrible conjecture. Then he asked Chen Qing again:
"If that's really the case, doesn't it mean we've been dead for two years already? But is that possible? Even if we weren't living in reality, did our families have to be the same?"
"Moreover, if the deceased was indeed us, how would the teachers at school not have any impression and tell a dead person these things? They were scared to death, let alone I was taken to the police station by the police before, which is also true."
The empty classroom suddenly fell silent, six pale faces stared at each other, their heavy gasps sounded like sharp and shrill wails, which was terrifying to hear.
After a long time, Class Monitor Chang Leng finally broke this deathly silence, his voice filled with bitter laughter:
Hehe. It does sound unbelievable, but it's undeniable that this is the fact in front of us. If you want a plausible explanation, then we can only consider this place as a time tunnel, and we are constantly shuttling through this tunnel.
And one thing is certain, that is, after the murder case, Class B was abolished by the school. In other words, the classroom we are in now is a non-existent classroom!
After finishing this sentence, the classroom fell into silence again.
Xiao Mo had expected that this incident would be extremely bizarre and unpredictable, but he never thought it would reach such an absurd level. However, he did not despair because of this, not to mention the mysterious message he received from that person, but simply because every problem has a solution. Therefore, this absurd incident must also have some kind of solution, they just haven't found it yet.
Xiao Mo didn't say another word and instead frantically thought of a countermeasure in his mind. Although his life was extremely dull, it couldn't be denied that he still hadn't lived enough.
Perhaps thinking that a few people's despair was not easy to investigate afterwards, at this time, Chen Qing spoke again:
"Actually, the issue of time is not a problem at all. Whether we lived two years ago or now, it doesn't make any difference to us. We can communicate smoothly with outsiders and family members now, so there is no time barrier."
That is to say, as long as we can survive this murder case, all the problems will be solved automatically and we will return to our daily life. So the key point is how we should survive!
Chen Qing's words had the desired effect, and Zhang Da and the others' faces immediately regained some of their luster. Xiao Mo sat on one side, still expressionless, his eyes darting back and forth as he continued to think of a solution.
Chang Lengfeng, as the class monitor and the first person to initiate the investigation, naturally became the backbone of the group. He did not disappoint everyone's expectations, and after a brief silence, he regained his usual confidence.
"According to Chen Qing's investigation, I now know the order of our deaths. I am the sixteenth to die, Zhang Da is the seventeenth, Qin You Ru is the eighteenth, Chen Qing is the nineteenth, and Huang Liang is the twentieth."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Mo's expression finally changed, he looked stunned and hastily asked:
"What number am I?"
Everyone's eyes were focused on Xiao Mo, Huang Liang looked at him with a strange expression and then said to him:
"Your name is not on the list of the dead. What's more, we couldn't find your name on the school's list either."
"Isn't there my name? Not even in school?"
"Just as Huang Liang said, there is no information about you here."
Chang Lengfeng also echoed in response, which was tantamount to giving Xiao Mo an affirmative answer.
Xiao Mu was stunned, the list of the dead didn't have him which he could understand, maybe he had survived in the end, but it's impossible for his name not to be on the school's list! He did get in through the college entrance exam after all, that's definitely true.
At this thought, Xiao Mo's heart skipped a beat and his expression became uncertain, because he was terrified to find that there wasn't even half a scene of the exam in his mind.
"Did I really take the college entrance exam? Then how many points did I get on the college entrance exam?"
He can't remember anything! If he couldn't remember this matter, then why did he come to this city? He has no impression, and surprisingly, he doesn't have the slightest impression of this matter.
Xiao Mo was speechless for a long time, and even Cold Wind and the others didn't bother to ask anymore, withdrawing their gazes. However, there was one thing that everyone's thoughts were unanimous about - Xiao Mo's special nature.
The school's list did not have Xiao Mo's name on it, perhaps it was just an oversight by the school, or maybe it was a coincidence, but his name was not on the list of the dead, which proved that Xiao Mo was the only survivor of this murder case.
Perhaps he is the only one who can find a way out of it.