Chapter 1 Campus Legends and Missing Students

"In an accident, I became an Amazon laser tarantula, but instead of enjoying the treatment of a reptile, I was forced to fight with various poisonous insects in the Gu refining live broadcast."

"It all started when that meteorite fell on our school."

"It opens up a new world of indescribable weirdness and highly intelligent machines."

"By the way, my name is Bai Jie. My good friends call me Brother Jie. Those who are not afraid of death will call me Young Master..."

"Of course, you can also call my honorable name: the essence and incarnation of the original night; the mysterious master of thunder and lightning; the color from the stars; the spider god who weaves the web of the world."

“I would respond—if I were not asleep.”

...

It is the hot summer vacation, but there are still many students staying on campus.

In the cafeteria of Starcom University, two young men were discussing campus ghost stories.

"I have always believed that everything in the story has happened more or less, what about you?" Bai Jie said.

"Maybe." Chen Zhang sat across from him, eating rice, noncommittal.

At Starcom University, there are three campus legends circulating.

The first legend is that a senior sister committed suicide in the classroom because she was bullied by her classmates and abandoned by a scumbag.

But her ghost still lives on campus, living and studying like an ordinary student, and even makes friends with everyone.

If someone discovers her true identity, she will kill that person and continue to act like a good student.

Perhaps, your deskmate in class became this senior sister.

The second strange story is about the madman wandering on the overpass in front of the school.

Legend has it that he was originally a postgraduate student at Starcom University. He was expelled for peeping in the women's restroom. In addition, he was affected by Internet public opinion, and finally became a stranger and a ghost now.

The reason why he was wandering around the overpass was because he had a grudge and was waiting for an opportunity to take revenge on someone.

The third legend is that in the girls' dormitory building, every night, someone will come out of the dormitory and go through the trash cans in the corridor to find garbage to eat.

He would also mutter: "Why are you hungry again..."

Whenever the dormitory manager and the braver girls followed the sound and looked for it, they found nothing.

...

While discussing, the expressions of the two people did not show excitement or fear, but seemed a little depressed.

"Could it be that Ah Xiao discovered the soul of the senior sister and then disappeared..." Bai Jie suddenly asked.

Chen Zhang pouted, "The first legend about senior sister existed more than ten years ago, and it is not only circulated in our school, many schools have different versions."

"I think Ah Xiao's disappearance has something to do with that meteorite." Chen Zhang lowered his voice and said.

Chen Zhang and Bai Jie are both sophomore students at Starcom University. They are roommates and have a good relationship with each other.

If nothing else happens, they will be like most college students: graduate, work, get married, have children, and finally be buried.

But just a month ago, something happened at Star University that shocked the whole country. A huge meteorite fell from the sky into an artificial lake on campus.

According to eyewitnesses, before the meteorite fell, it illuminated most of the city for a moment, and after it fell into the lake, it gave the entire lake a pink-purple halo.

It's weird and beautiful.

At that time, no one thought that since the meteorite fell, disappearances would continue to occur at Star University.

Among the missing people is A Xiao, who is in the class next to Bai Jie - Bai Jie's buddy.

So far, a total of 4 people have disappeared, and you should know that this is only within a month!

Starcom University has not had a student go missing for many years.

For a time, people were panicked.

Officials naturally thought of the meteorite through the coincidence of time, but there was no way to investigate it.

Because, there are rumors that the meteorite disappeared out of thin air the day after it was transported away by the scientific research team--of course, the official has never admitted this.

Secondly, those missing college students did not leave any clues.

In addition, they did not have any abnormal behavior before they disappeared, and their mental and physical conditions can be called healthy.

If there is anything the missing people have in common, it is that they are all male college students at Starcom University.

So now boys like Bai Jie and Chen Zhang feel that everyone is in danger.

To the surprise of many people, the school has not yet taken measures to close the school, but has only strengthened the management of outsiders entering the school.

"Axiao finally got excited and planned to chase a senior sister, but now she ends up missing. It's really embarrassing." Bai Jie said with some bitterness.

"Senior sister?" Chen Zhang put down his chopsticks and asked doubtfully.

"It's Senior Sister Zheng Yueling from the same department. She and I are participating in a project. Because there are not enough manpower, I introduced Ah Xiao to the project team."

"Since then, Axiao has been interested in senior sister, and I even helped them get involved."

Chen Zhang frowned after hearing this: "A Xiao, a taciturn person, is so brave?"

Bai Jie's cell phone vibrated suddenly. When he opened it, his eyes widened when he saw something.

"What's wrong?"

"Look at the class."

Chen Zhang opened the class chat group where no teacher was present and saw the following conversation:

Monitor: [I just found out something terrible, please don’t spread it outside]

Others:

【What's up? [questioning face]]

[Speak quickly, I can decide whether to spread the word [doge]]

[Is it related to the disappearance? [fear]]

Monitor: [Hmm... I heard that Ah Xiao from the next class was with Senior Sister Zheng Yueling before she disappeared, and even went to the house she rented outside]

Others:

【Wow! It’s true that people cannot be judged by their appearance.]

【? so what? 】

[This...can be considered romantic, but you don't want to say that Axiao's disappearance has something to do with Senior Sister Zheng Yueling, right? 】

Monitor: [I didn’t say that, I just stated the facts for you and I didn’t dare to draw any conclusions]

Seeing this, Bai Jie typed in the group and asked: [Is your source reliable? How to prove it? 】

Monitor: [My uncle is from the Criminal Investigation Department of Yongan City. Through the last location information of Axiao’s mobile phone, they determined that Axiao went to Senior Sister Zheng Yueling’s home before disappearing]

"Fuck!"

Chen Zhang and Bai Jie exclaimed at the same time, attracting the attention of others in the cafeteria.

Other students who saw the news about the monitor were also shocked and did not say another word in the group for a long time.

The class fell into silence for a while.

Bai Jie stared at the screen, his fingers trembling slightly, he typed a line of words and sent it.

Bai Jie: [Did the Criminal Investigation Department find anything else? 】

After a while, the monitor replied: [No...]

[People from the Criminal Investigation Department and the school went to Zheng Yueling’s rental house to investigate, and also asked Zheng Yueling, but no clues were found]

[Furthermore, they did not find that Senior Sister Zheng Yueling had any motive for committing the crime]

[Axiao just disappeared from the world, exactly like the first three missing students]

At this time, another classmate asked: [Why did your uncle tell you this? 】

Bai Jie and Chen Zhang are also curious about this.

Monitor: [Because...he warned me to stay away from Senior Sister Zheng Yueling, regardless of whether she is suspected or not. I think everyone needs to know this, for everyone’s safety]

Others:

[A bit ridiculous]

[Is there something wrong with the positioning satellite? Ever since the meteorite fell, I feel like there has been some problem with the signal]

[I also think it’s a misunderstanding. I remember when we entered school, it was Senior Sister Zheng who welcomed us [smile]]

The monitor said nothing more.

Afterwards, the class began to speculate and discuss based on campus legends and meteorites.

Bai Jie locked the screen of his phone and looked up at Chen Zhang. Unsurprisingly, he saw deep doubts in the other person's eyes.

Why did the monitor say this to the class group?

In a group of more than thirty people, no matter how many reminders and assurances were given, it was foreseeable that this rumor about Senior Sister Zheng would inevitably spread.

Combined with the background of the school's first campus legend, the spread of rumors becomes even more topical.

Bai Jie sighed and said to Chen Zhang, "Probably because the squad leader and Senior Sister Zheng had some unpleasantness."

"Oh." Chen Zhang nodded, "What the squad leader said must be true, because yesterday I saw someone from the Criminal Investigation Department talking to Senior Sister Zheng."

Bai Jie's face stiffened.

Chen Zhang added: "And the squad leader shouldn't dare to make up rumors. She will be punished, unless she doesn't want to be admitted to graduate school."

"Next, the Criminal Investigation Department should ask you for some information, right? After all, you and Ah Xiao have been in the same project team."

Bai Jie nodded: "Yes, the school has informed me that I will go to the administration building in the afternoon to be questioned."

...

In the afternoon, Bai Jie saw the detectives from the Criminal Investigation Department in the administration building.

After a heart-to-heart conversation, Bai Jie left the administration building alone.

"Judging from the detective's reaction, I don't seem to have provided any useful clues."

"Axiao, where will you be now?" Bai Jie murmured.

Suddenly, the phone rang.

Bai Jie took a look and saw that it was a message from Senior Sister Zheng Yueling:

[Xiaojiejie, the teacher’s project will be over the day after tomorrow, and school is about to start. Let’s watch a movie together in the evening to celebrate? 】

[[naughty][stick out tongue]]

Inexplicably, Bai Jie's heart suddenly tightened.