Miss Cannon Fodder Wants To Escape Death Flags - Chapter 374
Chapter 374
The classroom was dim and cold, with the only light coming from an old lamp that flickered on and off above and the small electric candles each person held in their hands.
Ning Ning felt a bit scared and clutched Pei Ji’s arm.
As she looked around, she suddenly heard a background sound unexpectedly interrupting the silence.
[Akita High School is a nationally renowned haunted place. You, as adventure bloggers, came here tonight to gather material, but you didn’t expect—]
The sentence abruptly stopped.
In the next moment, a heart-wrenching scream echoed from outside the glass window, and He Zhizhou let out a wild shriek in response.
He hurriedly looked toward the sound and was nearly terrified to the point of having his eyes dart around.
Outside the window was a pale, bloodied face pressed against it, with eyes and mouth oozing blood from all seven orifices.
As he turned his head, the figure twisted its neck and grinned in a way that could cause a heart attack.
She smiled.
He Zhizhou cried.
This haunted house was truly unplayable now.
Could it even compare to Monster Catching or The Ring?
He Zhizhou wouldn’t dare sing “I Will Rock You” with that horrifying face against the window.
He immediately retreated, nervously shaking.
“This is not what I imagined… how about we go to the carousel or bumper cars instead?”
“We’ve already come this far; a sword cultivator never retreats halfway!”
Tian Xianzi, having seen many ghosts and monsters, wasn’t afraid.
Moreover, Ning Ning had warned him that all the ghosts here were played by the staff, purely for scaring people.
He felt no fear and, instead, urged, “So what should we do next? Should we go ahead?”
Ning Ning, still trembling with fear, replied quietly, “Mm.”
She opened the classroom door, revealing a long, eerie corridor ahead.
On the left side was a tightly locked iron door, and at the end on the right side was another classroom-like room, equally pitch black, with a faint greenish glow emanating from it.
The background sound played again.
[You’ve gotten lost on the campus, where many strange things have occurred… You must get out quickly! The first task is to find the key to unlock this hallway!]
“So, we need to go into that small room and look for the key inside.”
Tian Xianzi clapped his hands with excitement.
“What are we waiting for? Let’s go!”
However, the haunted house didn’t let him have his way.
Staff members at such places are known for their twisted sense of humor, not scaring those with strong nerves but picking on the scared ones.
No sooner had he finished speaking than the speaker crackled again.
[Ghosts are lurking in the corridor. If any of you give off too much life force, you’ll be noticed. To get through the corridor, you must rely on the two of you born on Yin month, Yin day.]
As Ning Ning pondered the meaning of these words, she suddenly saw a greenish glow flicker, landing right on her and He Zhizhou.
Ning Ning…
He Zhizhou…
“I think,” Ning Ning analyzed seriously, “before we even get into that room, He Zhizhou will scare me half to death.”
He Zhizhou trembled, “No, no, I… I’m sorry, I really am…”
The haunted house’s rules couldn’t be changed; they couldn’t stay stuck at the first stage forever.
Ning Ning took a deep breath and finally pulled He Zhizhou’s sleeve to move forward.
Pei Ji, still concerned, tugged at her sweater’s hem. She gave him a reassuring look.
The corridor was dim, and as they walked in, eerie whispers began to fill the air.
Ning Ning kept her expression neutral, though fear gripped her heart.
When they reached the classroom door, the fear intensified.
This classroom was incredibly dark.
The oppressive darkness seemed to have a physical form, spreading to all corners of the room.
With her experience, Ning Ning knew that something dangerous was lying in wait, but the darkness hid the exact position of the threat.
What terrified Ning Ning even more was the sight beside her.
He Zhizhou gave her a brave “I’ll face death like a warrior” look, slowly crouching down and crawling inch by inch into the room.
This was too cautious!
Was it really necessary?
“Please, big brother, big sister, don’t scare me, please!”
He Zhizhou muttered as he crawled, and Ning Ning shakily crouched behind him, holding her candle forward.
The classroom was in a horrible state, with blood stains splattered across the floor and walls.
The eerie atmosphere made it even more terrifying.
As she scanned the room, she saw a faint glow from the far corner of the opposite wall.
“I… I see it,” she whispered.
She dared not speak loudly, trembling as she told him, “The key is straight ahead, it’s…—”
Before she could finish, she suddenly felt a gust of wind by her side.
Ning Ning froze, not daring to turn her head.
“Why did it suddenly stop? We—”
He Zhizhou, unaware of the danger, turned his head to look at her.
Ning Ning saw, in chilling detail, his face shift from flat to three-dimensional, then distorted and turned into a horrific mess like a twisted fabric.
He Zhizhou screamed.
His form was now contorted in agony, desperately crawling forward.
Ning Ning, terrified, grabbed his leg in a panic, trying to seek comfort from her teammate as they both hastily scrambled.
He Zhizhou’s face was contorted with desperation, his veins bulging, like a fish on the brink of death, thrashing as he crawled with only his hands.
“Ah—my leg! Something’s grabbing my leg! A ghost is grabbing my leg!”
Ning Ning was jolted by his frantic movements, shouting with all her might, “The key, go for the key!”
The staff, witnessing their comical chaos, struggled to stifle their laughter while dutifully following behind.
Luckily, He Zhizhou still had some clarity and kept his focus on the beam of light where the key was located.
But as he neared, his face turned even paler.
In the corner, there was a bloodied corpse model, with the key lodged in its wide-open mouth.
He Zhizhou felt utterly hopeless.
This move was a double-edged sword—hurting the enemy by eight hundred while damaging himself by a million. He hadn’t even pranked Tian Xianzi and the others yet, and he had already become the first to die as a little guinea pig. He was a pig teammate and himself.
His legs were grabbed into the air, and he could barely extend one hand to reach the key.
He struggled for a long time but couldn’t reach it.
Ning Ning, feeling frantic, stepped forward, her hand barely brushing the decayed head when she saw another pale face beside her.
Ning Ning…
The classroom was filled with horrible screams as He Zhizhou crawled frantically, more terrifying than any ghost.
Ning Ning’s mind went blank.
She couldn’t grab the key in time, so she just grabbed the head and ran, screaming even louder when she realized what she was carrying.
Clutching the head, she ran and screamed.
When they finally reached the corridor and saw the group’s shadow, she immediately shouted, “The key’s here; quick, catch it!”
Senior sister actually brought the key!
Thinking about how she fought her way through, Lin Xun was deeply moved.
His blood surged, and with a sense of duty, he stepped forward, extending his hands.
He was used to being protected by his seniors, but today, he must muster the courage to do something for his sect!
A dark figure flew through the air.
Lin Xun frowned and held his breath, lifting his hands to capture the fleeting shadow.
When the shadow landed in his arms, at that moment, he was the focus of all attention, a hero everyone had been waiting for!
“Master, I’ve got it!”
Lin Xun was overwhelmed with emotion, tears in his eyes, holding the strange object in his arms, looking down.
But his smile faded, his gaze sharp as he saw the object’s true nature.
Shaking black hair, lips stained with blood, an unsettling beauty… A sin beyond redemption.
Lin Xun…
Lin Xun: “Ahhhhhhhhhh——!”
At that moment, he launched a desperate “Heavenly Maiden Scattering Flowers” move, and just as the head ascended into the air and fell back down, it happened to pass in front of him.
With a shriek, Little White Dragon slapped it forward.
The severed head, still grinning wildly, was slapped straight onto Tian Xianzi’s face.
The following events can be summarized in three sentences.
Tian Xianzi, laughing madly as he ran, yelled, “Hahaha! Come and chase me!”
Pei Ji, expressionless, stayed close to Ning Ning, cautiously shielding her, “…”
The rest of the people went “Ahhhhhhh!”
