Welcome to Rewind World Game-Chapter 1309 - 1305: "Su Ming’an Has Died.
This was his first time seeing "himself" in death, from a bystander’s perspective.
Eyes closed, face pale, limbs slack, like a rag doll devoid of a skeleton — it turns out, at death, he is no different from others. Just like the death of Lv Shu, Noel, Yuanyuan... the appearance of those corpses were all the same.
So the Number One Player can die too.
So Little Su doesn’t have a Death Rebound.
Su Ming’an carried Little Su out, and behind him came the voice of Xiao Xiao:
"Wait a minute..." 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎
Despite being very scared, Xiao Xiao still chased after him.
Su Ming’an halted, turning his head, moonlight scattered within his golden pupils. The white shirt on his body was drenched red by Little Su’s blood, and there was a cold corpse strapped to his back.
Xiao Xiao suppressed the fear in his heart, taking out a note with trembling hands: "I suspect that solving the Mingxi campus mystery is similar to ’playing a detective theater game.’ Just now, Wang Zhenzhen and I found this note in the office by cracking the code lock."
Su Ming’an took the note and glanced at it.
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["Mingxi Campus"]
[Background Setting: Mingxi Campus is the school with the highest advancement rates in the city, loved by many parents. You are newly enrolled students and freshly employed teachers. Today is the first day of school, and you are surprised to discover that this school has many eerie rules. Nighttime is even more bizarre, and the campus gates have disappeared. You’re unable to leave...
To survive, you launch a series of investigations around the school, confronting the bizarre WARNINGs, solving the ultimate mystery of the campus, and escaping...]
[Type: Analog Horror, Heavy Horror, Light Romance (This story contains certain romantic elements; you can interact with the gentle and sweet class beauty, associate with uniquely featured WARNINGs, and enjoy a relaxed and joyful investigation time with teachers and classmates.)]
[Character Setting:
Xiao Xiao
Description: A student going astray, sings at a bar after school.
Objective: Protect friend Wang Zhenzhen, and escape from here.
Strength 3, Agility 4, Physique 4, Intelligence 3, Perception 2, Charm 5, Climbing 2, Sneaking 1, Negotiation 3, Healing 1, Knowledge 1
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Wang Zhenzhen
Description: An obedient and diligent girl, studies hard at school.
Objective: Achieve good grades.
Strength 1, Agility 1, Physique 3, Intelligence 4, Perception 4, Charm 3, Climbing 1, Sneaking 2, Negotiation 2, Healing 5, Knowledge 2]
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[Story Plot: At midnight, Wang Zhenzhen is chased into the office by the class teacher; Xiao Xiao rescues her. During the search, they find some clues.]
[Clues and Evidence:
Human Skin Mask: A mask with a rose aroma.
Five Years of College Entrance Exam, Three Years of Simulated Tests: The preface has a twisted "Su Ming’an", written hundreds of times densely.
Shattered Vase: There are some fragments of a vase in the corner, it’s unclear who broke it.]
[Timeline:
00:00: Wang Zhenzhen moving outside her dormitory.
02:20: Class teacher discovers Wang Zhenzhen and starts chasing.
02:40: Xiao Xiao rescues Wang Zhenzhen.
02:45: Su Liujin falls from the second floor to the first floor, appearing in front of them]
[Rules and Tips:
During the game, each player can ask other players a question about each clue. When clues are unclear, the host can provide appropriate hints to help players advance the plot.]
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Su Ming’an finished reading the note.
"I... I’m sorry for what I said before." Xiao Xiao lowered his head, referring to his previous remarks about "not learning from the Number One Player."
Clearly terrified of Su Ming’an, Xiao Xiao still chased after to provide information.
Su Ming’an nodded at him, then carried Little Su away without intending to ask more questions since Xiao Xiao knew practically nothing.
Detective theater game is a social game where players play roles in the script, engage in reasoning, communication, and interaction based on the plot, ultimately uncovering the "culprit" or solving the mystery.
It seems the way to solve the mystery of Mingxi campus is to find the core story of the campus.
"Wah wah, wah wah wah..."
At this moment, Su Ming’an heard crying coming from the bathroom at the end of the corridor.
He walked over, and the crying appeared to come from the female restroom.
"White Ball." he called softly.
As a "female" cat, White Ball could safely enter the female restroom.
The white cat stepped onto the dirty floor, with its white fur bristling all over, reluctantly darting into the restroom. Moments later, the crying stopped, replaced by the sound of White Cat’s purring.
A girl in a red dress without a lower body emerged holding the White Cat, her eyeballs staring sinisterly at Su Ming’an.
At the instant of seeing the girl, Su Ming’an’s eyes grew dazed, and he spoke in disbelief, "—Zhao Mingming?"
After his father died, an uncle with the surname Zhao took care of him for a while. Uncle Zhao had a daughter who died young, named Zhao Mingming. Su Ming’an had seen the family portrait in the cabinet, where the girl smiled sweetly. But Uncle Zhao never mentioned the cause of Zhao Mingming’s death, only said it was an accident.
—Why did Zhao Mingming appear in this school?
He had just seen his high school classroom and his buddy Bolong... perhaps the deepest story that contestants had to unearth in Mingxi campus was—
He widened his eyes.
—Was it his own past story?
His story from age four to ten had been stripped bare by the audience on the World Forum. With the humiliating revelations from White Sand Paradise and the loose tongue of Player Laine, people knew he had been subjected to domestic abuse until his father’s death and his mother’s admission to a psychiatric hospital before the age of ten. But he remained silent about the past from ten to nineteen years old; White Sand Paradise did not expose this part, Lin Wang’an didn’t know, nor could the audience discover it. Even if United Group had found out, they wisely refrained from widely publicizing it.
Thus, it became a secret known only to himself. Not even Lv Shu and Noel were told by Su Ming’an, treating it as an empty period.
Until seeing Zhao Mingming, Su Ming’an realized that every corner here might be tied to his past. Just now, the WARNING-002, a black-haired blue-eyed youth, caused Su Ming’an to follow this train of thought to recall the past, sparking a vague, slight impression.
Was it because the exposure by White Sand Paradise was not enough, so Mingxi campus stripped it further?
If this was his own story, then he was like a fish in water. Just needing to face the past once again... very easy, very easy...
He pressed his lips, looking at Zhao Mingming.
"...Brother?" Zhao Mingming stared at him, blood constantly dripping down from her red dress.
"No, I am not. We are not in an adoption relationship." Su Ming’an hesitated for a moment, shaking his head.
"...Brother." Zhao Mingming repeated, her spirit seemingly unstable, continuously crying, "Family, family..."
