Chapter 521: Chapter 521 Furnace (26)_1 Chapter 521: Chapter 521 Furnace (26)_1 Was it because I failed the first task?
Facing the stark contrast before and after, this was the most obvious answer that ca to mind.
Was I being targeted for being considered an unstable elent due to my refusal to follow the guidance prompts?
Sure, it sounded like a reasonably plausible explanation, but wasn’t it a bit too harsh? Not allowing even a little margin of error?
“What would happen if you didn’t do as the prompt suggested?”
Fu Qian thought for a mont, then looked at dea and asked.
“Why would you do that?”
Faced with his question, dea appeared quite perplexed.
“I suppose there could always be accidents, the kind not caused by subjective will, like if you got interrupted by sothing during the process?”
Fu Qian said calmly.
“In all these years, have you never encountered a situation where you didn’t complete it?”
“It’s not as if that has never happened. Indeed, as you said, there are always so unexpected situations that arise.”
dea seed to be lost in mories as Fu Qian spoke.
“It’s a terrible feeling, it can make you feel extrely regretful.”
Just regretful?
It was evident that dea wasn’t making things up, and Fu Qian felt quite contemplative for a mont.
Despite the regret, this person was still alive and kicking.
If what she said was true, it ant she hadn’t been strangled for defying the prompts.
Was the double standard really that severe?
I always felt like I was overlooking sothing.
“You ntioned earlier that Edlar beca irritable and anxious later on. Were there any specific behaviors?”
Fu Qian pondered and changed the subject.
“Specific behaviors… There wasn’t anything particularly concrete, just actions that were hard to understand. Oh, that’s right! He started paying a lot of attention to abnormal points and discussed them with many tis.”
“Like the door in the school’s storeroom? Is paying attention to that also considered abnormal?”
“Who would want to touch those abnormal points, anyway?”
The expression on dea’s face as she said this was as if she was talking about stepping in dog poop— it was a deep-seated disgust, an instinctive rejection.
“Let alone talk about it all the ti.”
“If it’s so repulsive, why not just demolish that door?”
Hmm!
At that mont, dea suddenly looked up, her gaze becoming strange.
“What’s wrong?”
“Edlar… he also asked that question.”
“And that’s a sign of irritation?”
“Not irritation. That should be called the behavior of a madman.”
dea enunciated every word.
“To normal people, it’s an unfathomable idea, only occurring in a ntal hospital.”
But that’s perfectly logical reasoning!
Fu Qian frowned as he listened.
So in the perception of these natives, were those abnormal points sohow akin to taboo? Touching or even discussing them could lead to misfortune?
No wonder Daniel looked so overwrought when he opened the door.
However, for the stability of the world, this was clearly a good thing.
Furthermore, the fact that Edlar later showed interest in whether the abnormal points could be destroyed was important information.
Although in dea’s eyes, Edlar’s idea was no different from that of a madman, Fu Qian could understand why he might have that thought.
From his perspective, with no clue as to a way out, it was obviously an attempt to survive.
After destroying those abnormal points, could there perhaps be a glimr of hope for life?
When out of options, it was a very rational line of thought.
“Why are you so concerned about Edlar’s affairs?”
As Fu Qian was pondering, dea couldn’t help but ask.
It was obvious that Fu Qian’s question had touched a nerve for her.
“While we had so good tis, I don’t know him very well, so it would certainly be better to ask him directly if there are any problems.”
I already did.
Sighing inwardly at dea’s suggestion, Fu Qian’s mind conjured the image of the mummified corpse.
Clearly, she had no idea that her forr lover had long been trapped and died behind that door.
Even more likely, he had reached zero SAN Points before dying, turning into an idiot.
Speaking of which, Daniel had ntioned when disappearances occurred, the school would still check for these anomalies.
Considering neither I nor Daniel went to class today, I don’t know if that would provoke such a response.
The most important thing is Joseph, already dead; even with Daniel’s family’s vast resources, I guess they can only try to make it look like a disappearance case.
The storeroom door being opened was only a matter of ti.
But for a disappearance to be filed, it takes 48 hours, and the school doesn’t seem to act diligently, so it should still hold up for a few days—right?
Dingling!
Just then, a bell suddenly rang out from a corner of the room, piercingly loud in the silence.
dea, already sowhat distracted, was almost frightened by the sound.
The ringing ca from an elegantly designed telephone, and subconscious though she was of it, she hesitated for a mont before picking it up.
This unexpected call gave her a bad premonition.
Regrettably, the persistent ringing showed no sign of stopping, and eventually, she gritted her teeth and answered.
However, after a few seconds, she suddenly shuddered and looked up at Fu Qian.
“Just now, they found a corpse inside the storeroom door!”
Even forgetting to hang up the phone, she murmured to herself in a daze.
Ah, it’s speeding up.
Fu Qian looked up at the sky, feeling unsurprised.
Surely not giving any ti to respond with composure.
The school’s reaction was unrealistically swift.
Perhaps a person in charge received a special tip-off.
The discovery of the mummified corpse in the storeroom had a massive impact on the current fragile balance.
Like Stan, he’s probably finding it hard to sit still now, and my current task could fail at any mont.
There isn’t much ti left for .
“Their way of handling it is to hide the body in there?”
anwhile, dea was biting her lips in frustration, though clearly, there was a misunderstanding.
“How stupid! If soone disappears abnormally, how could the school not check there!”
“Are they dumb?”
Fu Qian glanced at her.
“If it were Joseph, they would have ntioned his na directly in their description, right?”
“Uh… yes, they would!”
Reminded by Fu Qian, dea instantly realized that her concern had made her overly sensitive.
“It’s not Joseph, so who could it be… Wait, where are you going?”
She frowned in thought, but when she looked up, she found that Fu Qian wasn’t paying any attention to her and was silently moving towards one side.
That direction is… the kitchen?
“What are you doing?”
“Nice place, isn’t it?”
Amidst her questions, Fu Qian was seriously evaluating the surroundings.
“… It’s okay, I guess.”
dea was completely bewildered, especially when Fu Qian ca back with two kitchen knives and held them to her throat.
“So, do you have a car?”
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