"Beep beep beep beep beep beep beep.........."

Listening to the busy tone on the phone, Xia Dong absentmindedly put down her mobile.

She gently touched her chest, feeling as if a heavy stone was pressing down, making it hard for her to breathe.

In the dormitory.

After Su Yuan hung up the phone, Song Xiaoxia's mask of "strength" instantly shattered, and tears poured out like a flood breaking through a dam.

"Sob, sob, sob... Su Yuan, everyone... I'm really scared, I don't want to die..."

The people in the dormitory immediately became flustered.

"It's okay, it's okay, nothing will happen..." Su Yuan squatted beside her, tightly holding Song Xiaoxia's hand, unusually at a loss.

Gao Wenyi's voice was choked with sobs, "Dear sister, you'll be fine..."

Even the tall Ye Haoyu, standing at 1.9 meters, had reddened eyes. He gently nudged Qi Yinhong's shoulder, his voice hoarse, "Hurry up and tell a joke!"

"I can't think of any jokes right now..." Qi Yinhong sniffled.

"I... I've tried so hard, I've really tried so hard... Why is it still like this... sob..."

"I can't bear to leave my parents, my younger sister, Su Yuan, or any of you... sob..."

"There are still so many places I want to visit, so many things I want to eat... so many things I want to do... sob... I really don't want to die, I don't want to be forgotten..."

Song Xiaoxia's emotions had completely collapsed, enveloped by endless despair and fear.

Tears soaked her face, and she instinctively tried to raise her hand to wipe them, but her hands were tied with ropes.

Su Yuan hurriedly reached out, clumsily helping to wipe the tears from her face.

"Su Yuan... sob, I don't want to die." Her eyes were filled with tears and a pitiful plea.

At that moment, the lights out bell, which sounded like a death knell to everyone, rang out over the broadcast.

Without hesitation, Su Yuan took out a talisman and moved to stick it on Song Xiaoxia's forehead.

"No... don't." Song Xiaoxia sobbed and pleaded, "Please don't stick it yet, the lights aren't out yet, let's wait until they are, okay? If you stick it now, I won't be able to see anything..."

Overcome by fear, Song Xiaoxia's body trembled uncontrollably, like a small animal abandoned by its owner.

"Okay, okay, we won't stick it yet..." Su Yuan had no choice but to squat beside her, ready to act at a moment's notice.

The other four also gathered around the bed, ready to hold Song Xiaoxia down at any moment.

"Old Song!" Ye Haoyu, not good at comforting people, patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, I can hold down two of you with your small size."

"Yeah, sister," Gao Wenyi said, "Just think of it as taking a nap, and when you wake up, we'll go shopping together!"

"The weekend is almost here, we'll go have a big seafood buffet, my treat!" Qi Yinhong said.

"No need to wait for the weekend, we'll go tomorrow!" Zhang Yang said, "We'll skip class together, Qi Yinhong is usually so stingy, I've been wanting to make him treat us for a while!"

"Thank you... thank you, everyone." Song Xiaoxia said between sobs.

Thank you for being here with me at a time like this...

Time ticked by, and the lights out bell was reaching its end.

"Su Yuan..." Song Xiaoxia's hand near the edge of the bed gently twisted a few times.

"I'm here." Su Yuan held her hand.

Song Xiaoxia's delicate, fair hand also held his tightly, her voice trembling with sobs as she called out again, "Su Yuan..."

"I'm here."

Song Xiaoxia's lips trembled as if she wanted to say something, but in the end, she didn't speak.

She just kept looking at him with her bright eyes, as if there were a thousand words she wanted to say.

"It'll be okay, it will..." Su Yuan continued to comfort her.

The bell abruptly stopped.

The lights instantly went out with a "whoosh."

Along with them, the light in Song Xiaoxia's eyes was extinguished.

Her gaze became empty and numb, and she made no sound.

Seeing this, Su Yuan didn't hesitate any longer. He stuck the last talisman on Song Xiaoxia's forehead and simultaneously stood up to hold her shoulders, shouting, "Hold her down!!"

The four others quickly gathered around, each holding down one of Song Xiaoxia's limbs.

The younger sister stood silently behind them, watching the scene unfold.

Lying on the bed, Song Xiaoxia remained motionless, a strange red light flashing in her eyes.

The next second, she sat up.

Just like that, simply and effortlessly, she sat up, ignoring any restraints or obstacles. The ropes on her body and the cloth strips on her wrists snapped like tofu.

Su Yuan, who was holding her shoulders, was thrown off and landed heavily on the ground.

But he didn't hesitate, immediately getting back up and rushing over, trying to push Song Xiaoxia back onto the bed.

Ye Haoyu also joined him, the two of them exerting all their strength.

But Song Xiaoxia's frail body was now as immovable as a steel plate, no matter how much strength they used.

Her legs also started moving, the cloth strips on her feet snapping, and Zhang Yang and Gao Wenyi, who were holding her legs, were thrown to the ground.

Then, Song Xiaoxia turned her body and slowly stood up...

Su Yuan and Ye Haoyu gritted their teeth and used all their strength, but it still had no effect.

Song Xiaoxia took a step towards the door...

Zhang Yang and Gao Wenyi quickly got up, and together with Qi Yinhong, the three of them held onto her legs tightly.

Su Yuan turned around and hugged her waist from behind.

Ye Haoyu, with his tall frame, stood in front of Song Xiaoxia, pressing down on her shoulders, gritting his teeth and shouting, "Old Song! Don't move anymore!"

But throughout, Song Xiaoxia's movements never paused.

Veins bulging, Ye Haoyu was pushed backward by her...

The other four were dragged along with her towards the door.

Talisman papers scattered on the ground.

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Song Xiaoxia was now like an NPC in an open-world game, following a preset path.

No matter what the players did, they couldn't stop her trajectory.

Unless... they killed her.

Is this... the rule?

Song Xiaoxia's hand had already reached past Ye Haoyu to open the door, and a bone-chilling wind blew in from outside...

Half of Ye Haoyu's body had been pushed into the hallway.

"No, don't do this!"

Su Yuan suddenly let go of the embrace around Song Xiaoxia's waist, instead grabbing her hand, bracing one foot against the wall for leverage, and pulling with all his might to drag her back.

"Don't go out... don't go out... don't go out!"

Crack.

A crisp, bone-breaking sound echoed.

Su Yuan was struck as if by lightning, unable to muster any more strength, and he released Song Xiaoxia's now dislocated arm in a daze.

In front of him, the world was reduced to the sight of her back as she was about to step out of the room.

......

Song Xiaoxia's body had already stepped out of the door.

At the last moment, the group managed to pull Ye Haoyu, who was being pushed outside, back in.

Then came the synchronized sound of five heavy doors slamming shut.

The doors of five dormitories closed simultaneously.

Song Xiaoxia's figure completely disappeared from their sight...