Chapter 191 Requiem

Chapter 192 Requiem

In the square, among the silent teachers, Maxwell wore a top hat and quietly looked at the students in front of him.

"They are all children, so youthful."

He chuckled, "Every time I see them, I feel that: Times have changed, which may not be a bad thing."

Sidney looked at him in confusion, but he whistled proudly: "At least, the kids nowadays are really much happier.

When I was there, where were there so many long-legged girls wearing short skirts and stockings to look at?

Everyone was in a church school, and the boys had to be gentlemanly, and the girls covered their bodies, revealing only their faces, and they kept talking about God's teachings, just like old ladies..."

"Ahem."

Sidney coughed twice in a low voice, and quietly glanced at the girl standing quietly not far away, signaling him to stop.

This old bastard, don't talk nonsense regardless of the occasion - don't sing praises, at least don't be a hooligan in public.

This time, the second princess came to inspect on behalf of the queen. You are fine, but don't let us be hung on the wall with you!

Outside the crowd, the girl stood in the morning mist, as if she didn't hear anything, just staring at the surroundings, indifferent and quiet.

After a long time, she nodded and looked at Maxwell: "Mr. Principal, is the time coming soon?"

"Thank you for waiting for me, Your Highness."

Maxwell took off his hat and threw it into Sidney's arms: "Then let's start.

It's better to be lively on the school anniversary. It's always so cold and deserted, what's the point?"

Snap!

His fingers were bent, and the joints rubbed, making a sound, a crisp snap of the fingers.

Behind him, in the wet and cold mist that filled the morning, a huge echo suddenly came. Although not harsh, it was soul-stirring.

Bell!

The bell rang.

On the bell tower of the college, the huge gears turned suddenly, driving the iron plates and hinges, the levers rubbed, the mechanism twisted, and the huge bronze bell vibrated suddenly.

The bell shook, and the mist was disturbed, and the students looked around blankly.

The bell shook again, and the wind suddenly fell from the sky, turning into blurred ripples, spreading in all directions.

The bell shook three times, and the thick white fog suddenly emerged out of thin air, covering everyone's eyes and engulfing the entire college.

In the thrilling and magnificent bell, there was a faint melody, the gentle chanting of the clarinet.

The sound of the melody was extremely soft, as beautiful as a dream, with a deep sleep, gently embracing everyone.

In an instant, everyone fell into a long state of unconsciousness, captured by this sweet melody.

Maxwell waved his hand, and the thick fog instantly transformed and fluctuated like a tide.

He was immersed in the beautiful melody, swaying the notes, and stirring up waves in the sea of ​​ether.

He closed his eyes and whispered softly:

"--God, please grant this world eternal rest,"

That was the music that the Yellow King Mozart engraved here hundreds of years ago. They were deeply imprinted in the ether and became a barrier lingering over the entire college.

"Requiem"!

Among the teachers, everyone was already unable to move due to the overwhelming force. Sidney held his hat and staggered back, his face pale:

"Before we start, the school committee still has speeches and training sessions..."

"Didn't you already talk about it once yesterday?"

Maxwell's laughter came from a distance, "You are all people with poor hearts and empty words. How can you say so much to others?"

Sidney's face changed, and when he was about to say something, he found that he couldn't speak. He even felt that he had forgotten the words and didn't know how to speak anymore.

The Requiem barrier was activated. In the eternal sleep, why would such a noisy sound be needed?

-

In the fog, all the students looked around blankly, watching the thick fog covering everything, and everything changed like a mirage.

Everything became unreal and distant.

Even the people around them gradually faded and disappeared.

At first, some people were at a loss, but soon, they heard a voice.

"Thirty minutes."

Maxwell's low voice came from their ears, "The academy has been changed, and you have thirty minutes to find your position.

After thirty minutes, the trial begins..."

In front of them, the white fog dissipated, revealing the huge academy that still looked like the original one.

The graduates who couldn't see each other were stunned for a moment, and soon, they strode to the direction they had originally inspected, and hurried to change their mimicry.

-The trial is about to begin!

--

Ye Qingxuan only remembered that the white fog was spreading, and he was stunned for a moment, but when he reacted, the fog quickly dissipated.

Everything was quiet again.

He had been thrown into a strange place without knowing when, and the people around him had disappeared. It seemed that he had been thrown into another place by the Requiem Boundary.

Everything he saw became strange.

It still looked like he was in the academy, but everything had changed subtly. Some buildings were gone, and there was another building in some places.

Even the shape and appearance of the buildings had changed a lot. Although the general layout was still familiar, it was impossible to tell the original appearance.

The power of Requiem shines directly from the etheric realm into the physical world, changing everything.

Became silent.

As far as the eye can see, there are students participating in the assessment in the distance, seizing the time to start looking for the graduates who have completed the mimicry.

I think senior brother has already found a good place, right?

If nothing goes wrong, according to the plan the two of them had last night, there should be no big problem in surviving this round...

As long as you are not unlucky.

"cousin……"

Bai Xi shook his head vigorously: "Can you let down my hair?"

"Huh? Uh, sorry I didn't notice."

He quickly let go of the hair in his hands. When the white mist filled the air, he subconsciously grabbed Bai Xi, and then lost consciousness until now.

"Is this a requiem?"

Different from Ye Qingxuan who was cautious, Bai Xi was much bolder, poking and looking everywhere. Nodding at the end:

"Well, the effect is similar to that of "Cloud Gate". It's just that the details are a little different. One is delicate and meticulous, the other is spectacular... Both are the realm of 'reality' of the illusion faction."

"Be serious, Bai Xi. The trial has begun."

Ye Qingxuan pulled her up from a wild flower: "Don't step on it, maybe the flower you step on is a big old man."

"Eh? That's disgusting."

Bai Xi stood up in disgust and looked back at him with some uncertainty: "How about I take a photo?"

As she said that, she took out the school badge and was about to spend ten credits to identify it, but was stopped by Ye Qingxuan: "This is not mimicry, don't waste the credits."

After hearing what he said, Bai Xi crushed the wild flower to death with confidence.

...It can only be said that her bad temper will never change.

However, Ye Qingxuan is now worried about the drastically increased difficulty of the trial.

Originally, there was no way for 'mimicry' to turn into something smaller than oneself, but within the scope of the Requiem barrier, the musician's mimicry could cover up the original form, and then project an object to replace himself.

This resulted in a dramatic spike in difficulty.

Although after the opening three hours there is a round of changes. All graduates will draw lots, and the content of the draw will mandate the students' mimetic image this time.

But that is what happened later.

If everything is planned according to the worst outcome, then Ye Qingxuan must find a way to collect enough points before the difficulty is reduced.

Not only for himself, but also for Bai Xi and Xiaer. At least the comprehensive credits of the Music History Department should not be too bad in the end.

Otherwise, the school committee may have to step into their shoes again.

"Hurry up and start looking for someone first."

Ye Qingxuan sighed in a low voice, "I hope I can go back to the big library in the afternoon."

"Going to read the book that woman prescribed to you again?"

Bai Xi glanced at him, looked elsewhere, and just whispered: "The teacher has been very sad these past two days."

"..."

Ye Qingxuan knocked on her forehead angrily: "Don't talk nonsense, I have already said it to the teacher.

Anyway, I only go there occasionally to attend classes, and the teacher won’t have any objections. "

"cut."

The lie was exposed. Bai Xi looked unhappy and just muttered: "I think sooner or later you were played with by that woman until you were completely naked, and then you were abandoned."

"Teacher Laura and I are innocent."

"Then how did you hook up with her?" Bai Xi rolled his eyes and kicked him. Ye Qingxuan was speechless for a long time and could only say: "Actually, it's just an academic exchange."

He can't say: Hey, do you remember the professor? That's right, the one who is particularly dangerous and powerful. The professor is actually a woman, and she is my father's student. Now he is so nice to me that he doesn't want me...

This is obviously more outrageous and even more unspeakable.

He sighed, "Just think of it as a coincidence."

Bai Xi's eyes changed and she no longer looked at him.

The little girl just lowered her head and walked in front, saying something softly.

"fraud……"

A weak voice came from the wind. Ye Qingxuan was stunned for a moment and wanted to grab her, but she threw him away.

"Bai Xi?" He frowned and said softly, "Don't make trouble. Can't we go back and say no?"

"No."

Bai Xi shook his head and didn't look at him, "There's nothing to say anyway. Just treat it as a coincidence."

Now that Ye Qingxuan's original words about this matter were thrown back, Ye Qingxuan felt a little irritated: "Bai Xi, what exactly are you getting into? Can't you just say it?"

"Am I losing my temper?"

Bai Xi looked back at him, expressionless: "I just don't want to hear your lies."

"I……"

"Actually, you can just say that you like her or that you need her to help her. You can even say nothing."

Bai Xi seemed to be talking to himself, "I can't care who you are with, right?"

"..." Ye Qingxuan was speechless.

"I just don't want to see you lie."

She glanced at Ye Qingxuan one last time, her eyes a little red:

"——Cousin, even you want to lie to me."

She turned around and ran away without looking back.

The headband holding her hair broke and fell to the ground, her hair floated up like a beautiful flash of light disappearing in the wind.

The flash disappeared.

Bai Xi also disappeared.

Ye Qingxuan stood there and wanted to catch up, but he felt a little tired and had no strength to even take a step.

He didn't even have time to say sorry.

-

The young man sat down on the stone bench in the corner tiredly, picked up the hairband on the ground, looked at the crack on it, and saw two short hairs, and smiled bitterly at himself.

What is this? It's your own fault? Asking for trouble? Or some strange shame?

It was not until now that he realized that he had made a mistake.

For a long time, Bai Xi had never lost her temper again. When her cousin said he wanted to drink water, she would go to boil water. When her cousin didn't have time, she would go to walk the dog. If her cousin stayed up late, she would read some comic books next to him.

She was quiet and really like a well-behaved little girl.

Originally, he thought that little girls just needed to be coaxed, and coaxing them more would be fine. After coaxing, she would be obedient, right?

Then reality slapped him in the face.

Don't joke, Ye Qingxuan.

How could you bind her with something like a lie?

She just didn't want to pay attention to you, nor did she want to be angry with you or endure your lies. But now the lie is useless, just like the hairband you tied around her hair has broken.

She had enough, didn't want to listen to your lies anymore, and chose to run away.

What can you do?

You can't even catch up with him.

——

During the long time, Ye Qingxuan sat on the stone bench, motionless, looking at the hairband in his hand in frustration.

There were faint shouts and excited shouts in the distance. That was the noise brought by the students participating in the trial.

But this small courtyard was silent like another world.

It was silent as if it had forgotten time.

Until a long time later, a painful voice came.

"This classmate..."

The voice was full of helplessness, and whispered: "This classmate?"

Finally, Ye Qingxuan looked down and saw the stone bench under his buttocks.

"Student, can you move?"

The long stone bench made a painful sound: "You sat on my waist."

"...Sorry."

Ye Qingxuan moved to the side, "I was just very sad and didn't pay attention."

The stone bench was speechless. Generally speaking, shouldn't you stand up first? Why are you still sitting!

But in the end, there was nothing he could do. He could only let him sit. At least he didn't report him. He couldn't say, "Get up quickly, take the school badge and take a photo of me!"

That would be his own fault...

The stone bench looked at his sad look, was silent for a long time, and couldn't help sighing:

"Don't be sad, everyone is like this when they are young, and often do things that make them regret."

"Will it not be the case in the future?" Ye Qingxuan asked.

"In the future?" Shi Bench's voice became bitter, "You will get used to it in the future."

Ye Qingxuan scratched his head, "It sounds like it will only get worse."

"There is no way, this is how the world is, there are so many misunderstandings, but few people can accompany you."

Shi Bench sighed: "That's why you need to cherish her. If you don't hold her, she will run away.

Then, you will be left alone, and she will become alone."

Ye Qingxuan was silent.

"Go and get her back." Shi Bench said softly, "She must be waiting for your comfort."

"Yeah."

Ye Qingxuan stood up and looked back at him, "I was planning to sit for a while, but thank you for enlightening me, I won't expose you."

"..."

Shi Bench's voice was stunned: "Did you find me originally?"

"The flaw is too big, I saw through it at a glance."

Ye Qingxuan shook his head, "The weather has been humid recently, and insects and various strains have grown wildly.

But you don't even have a little moss and spider web here. I think it's wrong with the back of my head."

"I didn't expect..."

Shi Bench's tone was complicated, and his mood was also complicated.

He originally thought that Ye Qingxuan was just sad and sat on him by accident.

So this guy was in a bad mood and deliberately tormented him for fun? This made him feel sad that his kindness was eaten by the golden retriever in the college.

"Well, goodbye, Brother Bench."

Ye Qingxuan left and waved his hand without looking back: "I wish you a smooth pass this round."

"... Goodbye."

Shi Bench said goodbye weakly, and sighed softly after a long time, "I wish you can find your girl."

--

It was noon, and the sun was scorching.

The students who were full of enthusiasm at the beginning were already tired, and some of them were squatting under the shade of the trees to catch their breath.

So many people in the huge college have become inconspicuous. Compared with so many people looking for them, there are not many graduates who have been found so far.

The most tragic thing in the world is that there are too many wolves and too little meat, not to mention... meat will also run away.

In fact, Ye Qingxuan had seen more than once the situation of "a tree desperately running in front, and a bunch of people holding up the school badges and taking random photos behind it."

It was a terrible sight with ghosts howling all the way.

There were constant warnings from students, their credits were reset, and they were kicked out. After screening out a group of graduates who did not pass the exam at the beginning, the rest of them have started to try their best to find the fish that slipped through the net among the flowers and plants around them.

Not to mention, they really found someone.

So, the people's desire to die was aroused!

In such a chaotic situation, no matter what skills and plans you have, they will not work, and everyone can only rely on luck.

Originally, Ye Qingxuan was worried about Xia Er, but after checking various places according to the plan and finally finding him, he was not worried at all.

But...

"Brother, you have become this thing, a little bit."

Under the scorching sun, on the empty square, Ye Qingxuan blocked the sunlight above his head and looked up at the fountain in front of him.

Looking at the naked sculpture on the fountain...

On that well-proportioned body that perfectly meets the golden ratio, the angular and lifelike face stares at the sky with a persistent and powerful look. You can tell at a glance that it is the work of a famous artist, making people feel as if they have returned to the early golden age.

At that time, artists advocated the combination of "strength and beauty", showing the strength and beauty of the human body in a simple and strong way.

But for some reason, after looking at it for a long time, people feel that: the smile at the corner of the statue's mouth has a hint of indescribable vulgarity...