The greenery of the high school campus was very beautiful and lush. It looked particularly poetic in the sunshine.
However, all the appreciation disappeared as the school bell rang.
Ah Ting was in his third year of high school, and his schoolwork was undoubtedly heavy.
What particularly concerned Chi Ting wasn’t that he couldn’t understand the class content because he had never been exposed to peacetime courses. On the contrary, he was surprised to find that all the topics the teacher talked about were very familiar to him.
Not only was he familiar with it, but after being called on in class several times, he could stand up and answer questions fluently.
Ah Ting was a top student.
After the morning classes ended, everyone flocked to the school cafeteria as usual.
Each of the free faces was filled with a strong sense of youth.
Chi Ting followed the crowd to the cafeteria. On the way, he accidentally noticed an eye-catching poster on the bulletin board. There were clearly written a few lines of small words: Do you love exploring the unknown? Do you like the process of seeking knowledge? Do you love the fun of scientific experiments? The Ark Experiment team is passionately recruiting!”
Chi Ting paused for a moment.
this time, it was the Ark Laboratory?
He glanced at the registration time for new members, which ended in the afternoon of the previous day.
It was over.
Chi Ting carefully observed the contents of the poster again and continued walking towards the cafeteria.
The food in school was good. At the very least, it suited Chi Ting’s appetite very much.
He had a comfortable and hearty meal. After that, he took advantage of the lunch break to stroll slowly around the campus.
During this period of time, all students were released. The playground and basketball court were filled with young and energetic figures.
He walked around, and everything seemed to be in perfect harmony.
It was quiet, comfortable and reassuring. It was exactly what a school in peaceful times, which Chi Ting had never experienced, should be like.
Since he had experienced it, could there be some strange details that he hadn’t noticed?
Chi Ting thought so and slowly looked up. It was just in time to see the pink building in the distance.
It was very eye-catching and pierced the eyes directly.
The Love Apartment.
Up to now, he had encountered too many traces related to the previous instances from the Love Apartment to Throw Throw Throw the Handkerchief and the Ark Laboratory. Would all the instances he had experienced along the way appear in this world one after another?
If that was the case, it might not be a good thing.
So far, Chi Ting had been actively looking for the existence of other members of the Dawn team, but it was useless.
On the contrary, as more and more traces of instances related to his experiences appeared here, it seemed to confirm that this instance itself was inextricably linked to him.
They were associated with him but didn’t belong to Dawn.
Then the biggest possibility was that he had entered a single player instance.
A place that allowed group entry turned out to be a single player instance?
This was indeed unexpected.
Now all Chi Ting could do was to find the ‘it’ mentioned in the diary as soon as possible and get out of here.
The short and pleasant break soon ended. The whole school entered the afternoon teaching time.
Campus life in the afternoon was exactly the same as in the morning. After consecutive classes and self-study, the school bell rang in every corner of the campus. Chi Ting simply packed his schoolbag and prepared to leave. Before leaving, he suddenly saw a girl waving to him from the window.
Based on the principle that there might be new clues, Chi Ting walked over doubtfully. He saw that the other person didn’t say anything. Suddenly, she took out an envelope and stuffed it into his hand. Then she turned around and ran shyly.
Chi Ting opened it and took a look. He fell silent when he saw the first line of words at the top. “……”
This was a love letter.
He slowly raised his head and looked up at the sky.
How to put it?
It was great to be young.
Chi Yuan had already been waiting outside.
Chi Ting opened the car door carrying his schoolbag. He got in the car and immediately caught a glimpse of the promotional poster on the back seat.
Chi Yuan glanced back through the rearview mirror and said, “Oh, it is a flyer that someone handed out on the road. Just put it aside.”
Chi Ting responded, sat down, and put his school bag on the seat next to him.
He picked up the folded flyer and read the contents. As expected, he found one flyer belonging to Cindura Restaurant, and the other was a store anniversary flyer for the Starry Sky Arcade.
Seven Days’ Sales and Strange Stories Arcade.
In this way, all the instances that had been experienced were finally collected.
Chi Yuan drove the car while talking, asking about what happened in school today.
Chi Ting responded intermittently and sorted out the information in his mind countless times. However, he still got nothing.
In stark contrast to the morning glow when he went out, it was now the sunset glow. A day of peaceful high school life has passed like this. The sky gradually darkened. Finally, it was time to welcome the first night spent in the instance.
Dinner was at 6 p.m.
At 6:30, he went back to his room to do the homework assigned by the teacher.
At 10:30, he was ready to wash up and go to bed.
After washing up, Chi Ting packed his schoolbag for the next day and stood in the bedroom for a long time.
This morning, he woke up in this room. He collected the information and spent the day according to Ah Ting’s daily routine.
Apart from the subtle traces related to other instances, the day was so ordinary that it could even be said that there was no memorable point at all until the end.
It was a very ordinary day for Ah Ting, but for Chi Ting, it could be said that he gained nothing.
This gave him a headache.
It seemed that starting from tomorrow, he might still need to start from those other instance-related places.
Chi Ting thought so and glanced at the calendar on the desk. He reached out and tore off a page with No 29. He threw it into the trash can, revealing the page with No 30.
Since there was no specific direction to explore for the time being, he didn’t think about it any further and just went to bed easily.
Apart from anything else, the comfortable life that only existed in peacetime was indeed very enjoyable.
A warm campus, kind teachers, friendly classmates… Most importantly, there were humans coming and going everywhere without too many worries about survival. Despite being in the instance, every item was still full of wonderful flavors.
He had a good night’s sleep.
He was woken up by the alarm, and Chi Ting felt quite refreshed when he woke up.
It was a new day, and it was still Ah Ting’s daily routine.
Just like the day that had just ended, he needed to get up, wash up, and go downstairs to eat. Then he reported to school on time with Chi Yuan.
Chi Ting found that after one day, his acceptance level had obviously improved.
He washed up and fastened his tie meticulously. Without rushing downstairs, he found his diary from a pile of textbooks in the corner of the table.
Since it was a diary, would ‘Ah Ting’ have new content updated after a day?
Chi Ting opened the diary and turned directly to the last page.
The bright red text pierced directly into his eyes, but the content on it seemed to have changed.
[December 29, 20XX, sunny.
Hurry up! We need to find ‘it’ sooner! If we don’t hurry up, we really will be unable to get out!
Have you noticed? This cage is getting tighter and tighter. Once you no longer have the power to save yourself, there is a problem. There is nothing wrong with this type of life itself!
Hurry up, hurry up, and find it! I know it is right beside me, always there! Find it… find it…]
Chi Ting read to the end word by word and frowned slightly.
Judging from the newly emerged content, there was obviously no other substantive information. However, the urgency between the lines was evident.
Chi Ting felt that Ah Ting was telling him that he had to hurry up.
He thought for a moment before closing the diary again.
Just as he was about to put it back and go downstairs, he suddenly realized something. He paused for a moment before turning to the end again.
Chi Ting’s gaze lingered on the date column on that page for a long time.
December 29th.
Wasn’t this the day he came here yesterday?
So the content of the diary on the 29th was changed?
Chi Ting went back and flipped through the pages and found that there was no change on every page of the diary from the 28th back to the front.
Only the 29th was different.
An indescribable subtle feeling instantly enveloped Chi Ting’s whole body.
This feeling was undoubtedly extremely uncomfortable as if thousands of small insects were crawling and wriggling in the body. This was until something flashed through his mind. He turned his head and looked at the calendar not far away.
The eye-catching date jumped into his eyes—December 29th.
It was December 29th again!
But he clearly remembered that before going to bed yesterday, he tore off this page and threw it into the trash can.
Chi Ting’s standing body swayed slightly. There was a sharp tinnitus sound, and an intense pain rose in the depths of his mind. He frowned tightly. After a long time, he felt the feeling finally fade away gradually.
With his eyes closed, Chi Ting took a few deep breaths and tried his best to adjust his condition.
He looked at the diary on the table again and looked troubled. “It shouldn’t be… that serious, right?”
Soon, Chi Ting’s apparently absurd inference was finally confirmed.
The footsteps on the floor came closer and closer. They stood at the bedroom door before the handle opened from the outside.
Chi Yuan spoke the moment she came into view. “Why are you still wasting time here? Hurry up, or you will be late today!”
They were familiar words. Even the tone and expression were exactly the same.
Chi Ting’s gaze fell on Chi Yuan’s creamy-white dress.
If he remembered correctly, Chi Yuan took a shower after dinner last night and changed out of this set of clothes.
The wind coming in front outside made her hair flutter gently.
In the end, Chi Ting only sighed. “It really is…”
Just like the time on the calendar, it was probably still December 29th.
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