Thump!
The boy's body fell to the ground, motionless.
Silence fell over the surroundings, everyone speechless.
With another clang, the bowl in Chen Hui's hand slipped and crashed to the ground.
She looked at her classmate on the ground in disbelief, a chill running up from the soles of her feet, so cold that she shivered!
"Lin Zihang."
She called out softly.
And called again.
"Lin Zihang…"
Lin Zihang lay on the ground, eyes open, but his body remained still, his expression unchanging.
Chen Hui's eyes reddened, "Lin Zihang, don't scare me… Say something…"
Other students slowly gathered around.
Tu Dan noticed the commotion and hurried over, dropping her chopsticks. Seeing her student collapsed on the ground, she was startled and instinctively reached out to help him up—
However, as she lifted his body halfway, Tu Dan's hand suddenly retracted as if scalded!
Lin Zihang's upper body lost support and fell back down, his head hitting the ground with a sickening thud. It bounced slightly, then settled—the elasticity and sound of a rubber doll.
This time, everyone else realized something was wrong…
No one dared to speak.
Even though they had a hunch what was going on, they could only watch, helpless.
The silent and oppressive atmosphere lasted until Shen Mo returned.
He saw everyone surrounding a male student on the ground.
The student's state was strange, stiff and lifeless, with faint breathing but no sign of vitality. And his face… his skin, was gradually taking on a plastic texture.
Shen Mo glanced at the crowd and asked, "What happened?"
No one answered him.
Chen Hui was startled by his voice. She snapped back to reality and stared straight at Bai Youwei in the tent—
Suddenly, she lunged!
Shen Mo reached out to stop her.
Chen Hui, her shoulder caught, stumbled. With red-rimmed eyes, she cried out to Bai Youwei, "Why is this happening?! Why?!!"
Bai Youwei frowned at her, "I don't know."
Chen Hui refused to accept this answer, sobbing, "You know! You must know! Otherwise, you wouldn't have asked me to call him over!"
"I just noticed that his uniform was reversed." Bai Youwei replied.
Everyone was taken aback.
Then, their eyes all focused on the fallen student.
—The uniform was a sports style, with the school badge embroidered on the right chest. But the badge on Lin Zihang's clothes was on the left.
At first glance, it seemed like a factory error. But upon closer inspection, they found that even the initials on the badge were reversed.
Reversed…
Completely reversed.
The left part in his hair became the right part, the watch on his left hand was on his right, and the logo on his sneakers was also reversed. Lin Zihang, the whole person, was reversed!
Emotions are contagious.
Fear and sadness spread through the crowd.
They had witnessed the tragic deaths of their classmates in the game, but this… this kind of shock, watching someone turn into a doll right before their eyes, sent chills down everyone's spines!
Tu Dan was also stunned by this turn of events.
Only after Shen Mo's reminder did Tu Dan come to her senses. She called two boys over in a daze and had them carry Lin Zihang back to the tent.
Lin Zihang's body had become exceptionally light. The two boys lifted him with little effort.
His body had become semi-rigid, his body temperature gradually fading. His lifeless eyes stared at the sky, as if also asking: Why is this happening?
Watching their classmate turn into a doll little by little was nothing short of psychological torture, and many students were wiping away tears.
Bai Youwei looked at them and asked, "Who was this boy closest to? Did this happen to him last night, or just this morning?"