My name is Xu Tong, an ordinary college student.

After coming to college, I thought my life would go on like this, until one of my roommates named Lin Jingrui suddenly became a girl one day.

From the body to the face, a big change.

Seriously, I was really shocked and couldn't help but question the materialistic world where science reigns supreme, this should be considered a supernatural event, right?

Lin Jingrui did not want to tell her parents about her transformation and wanted to keep it a secret. I understand her plight, suddenly changed overnight to another look, especially the face is still so ...... intimidating. If the parents saw, I'm afraid they will be scared out of their minds.

In this way, Lin Jingrui transformed only a few of our roommates know, and then did not tell others. Day by day, she seems to adapt to some, although sometimes mysterious, but at least it does not seem so sad.

However -

We learned of Lin Jingrui's death after receiving a phone call from the police, and eventually the school found out about it and notified her parents.

Over the next few days the police confirmed the identity of the body, and several of us roommates became witnesses for Lin Jingrui, as we were the only ones who knew about her transformation, and her parents were unaware of it.

Jingrui's parents looked both painful and difficult to accept. Every time I saw their vicissitudes with wrinkled cheeks, I didn't feel good either. Although I knew Lin Jingrui for a short time and her death had little to do with me, I understood the pain of losing a loved one - I had experienced it deeply.

Sighing at the fragility of life, I thought it was over, yet once again something strange happened, and this time, it happened directly to me - I actually traveled to a different dimension that was completely different from the real world!

And eight strangers came here too.

It was a bizarre place, surrounded by broken desks and chairs, and it looked like it was in an abandoned school. And both the windows and the doors were so strong that they were unbreakable and not as easy to leave as they looked. In other words, we were trapped in this place.

Then the announcement came on, and I realized that this was a grievance examination room, where we, as test takers, could only leave the place if we passed, and would die if we failed.

This is what kind of story! It's not a horror novel, why do you have to make such a terrible setting ah!

After a while, I gradually calmed down. Because I was not the only one who panicked, the little girl with a ponytail was about to be scared to tears, seeing as she was so small, her heart tolerance was much worse than mine as an adult.

After introducing myself, I considered the possibility of being in a dream at this moment. But no matter how you look at it, it feels too real.

The muddy and slightly rotten air, the worn out tables and chairs that feel rough to the touch, the gloomy and miserable sky outside the window ...... remind me all the time that this is reality, but would there be such a place in the real world where the windows are harder than steel? It looks like a classroom, but it is a secret room.

Suddenly someone called out to me, interrupting my thoughts. When I looked up, I saw the person up close and found it was Xu Fang, a pale young man with a harmless smile on his face, asking me about Lin Jingrui.

He actually knew my dead roommate, were they relatives? My heart was flooded with doubts and strange feelings emerged, I vaguely felt that I had missed some important clues.

Xu Fang had a gentle smile on his face, but the words he spoke made me fall into an ice cave -

"The person who killed Lin Jingrui might be nearby, and he wants to kill all of us."

What do you mean?!!!

I froze. Could the transformation...the death...and now my situation ...... all the weird things have to do with him?

A cold sweat broke out on my forehead as I pondered the framework of things. So, all these strange things are not accidental, but someone else is secretly manipulating? Jingrui's death was just the beginning? And now it was my turn?

Is this Xu Fang person an enemy or a friend? Why did he reveal his identity?

Revealing his identity does not do him any good. Of course, if this is his style, it's a different story. In other words, the chances of his words being true are higher. According to Xu Fang's words, Lin Jingrui was killed by another person whose identity was unknown. Now that person was targeting everyone in the classroom and was most likely mixed in with them!

Half an hour had passed, and narrowly, we got 11 points, thanks to Xu Fang. After his reminder, I understood that the person whose identity was unknown was the same as Xu Fang, the "author" of Horror Novel Web.

As for what is Horror Novel Web and what is the "author", I have no clear idea. I only know that Horror Novel Web is close to the existence of "God", and the "authors" are a group of people who can use fiction to rewrite the world.

This definitely had an impact on my worldview once again. I would have scoffed at this setting before I entered the Grudge Exam, but now that I'm in this position, I can't help but believe it.

I did see the tip of the iceberg of the battle between the Horror Novel Web "authors" - not a real killing, but more like an intellectual competition where the consequence of failure is death.

I don't care who wins and who loses in the battle between you "authors", why involve me, an uninvolved person, in it? Just to add extra fun? Who should be responsible for Lin Jingrui's death? Are we ordinary people's lives not worth anything?

I had such resentment building up in my heart, but I didn't dare to show it. I couldn't see through Xu Fang. Although he was always smiling on the outside, what was he like on the inside? Will he be as dark as the other "author"?

I don't think he's a good person.

There are also strange people who enter here, and when I learned that Zhang Wanling is the identity of the killer only in the movie, I was not too surprised, or my brain cells could not produce more "surprise elements". In contrast to Xu Fang, the mysterious author, the killer lady seems very normal, but she also hides her identity.

Xu Fang is too powerful, only through some small details to deduce the identity of Zhang Wanling, almost like mind reading, he will also see what I think? I feel a cold feeling in my heart, I'd better be honest with him in the future, if I play with my mind, I'll be out of luck sooner or later.

As the classroom door opened and the fourth question was ready, Xu Fang made a bad joke with us and then walked out of the classroom on his own.

I followed him.

When I left the classroom, it was pitch black, and when I came back to my senses, I entered a small, enclosed space. The size is similar to the basement of the head exam, but there are not as many candles.

There were only four candles, fixed in each of the four corners of the room. Very bright, even four is enough to illuminate the interior of the scene. This room is very clean, not even dust. The floor was covered with smooth tiles, reflecting the red light of the candles.

I turned my head to look around, and the others appeared in order out of thin air, just as they did in the first exam.

Strange, seven souls that exam why there is a section of corridor after leaving the classroom?

"Wow, another secret room, so annoying!" Yao Mei yelled.

"It's not a secret room, right? There's a door here." Zhu Chengtao said, but he didn't open it, instead he looked at Xu Fang: "Where are we going ah Xu Fang?"

Xu Fang was watching the candles in the corner and said without looking back: "Wait for a radio announcement first."

Broadcast announcement?

I just saw that there was a radio sound in the upper corner, the same as the one in the classroom. But how did Xu Fang know there would be a notice?

Zhang Wanling asked what I was thinking.

"Even the questions are not there, there must be a hint to take the test, right? Since there are no text prompts, it can only be voice prompts, otherwise what is this audio for?" Xu Fang moved his eyes away from the candle and said, "Time has passed 42 minutes, waiting for the examiner to come up with a question is also counted in the six hours."

The radio didn't keep us waiting, and it did come on, still with that uncomfortable raspy voice.

【This test is a practice type test, the score is 18 points, designated candidates: Xu Tong.

Designated candidates must open the door and enter the test site to participate in the test. If they do not participate, the candidate dies at the end of the test.

Non-designated candidates can choose whether to participate in this test or not.

Candidates participating in the test shall enter the test site to play a card game with the ghost and select one person to record the game process on the test paper, the content needs to be true and reliable. The specific rules of the game are detailed in the test paper.

Test results are finally recorded in the collective candidate results.

Pay attention to the following points:

First. Midway through the start of the test, candidates are prohibited from entering or leaving at will, and violators die. If the designated candidate dies, the test ends immediately.

Second, the ghosts have priority to attack the designated candidates.

Third, pay attention to the color of the tiles under your feet. White is the safety zone, gray is the danger zone, and red is the death zone. Candidates in the safe zone will not be attacked by anything other than the candidate, candidates in the dangerous zone may be attacked by ghosts, and candidates in the death zone will die at any time. 】

As the broadcast ended, I stared at the crowd with wide open eyes, hoping I was hearing things. However, their sympathetic expressions proved that I hadn't heard wrong.

Why was it me? Why was I the designated candidate? Wasn't that writer coming for Xu Fang? Why did he come to me?

"Xu Fang, what's going on!" I looked at Xu Fang, not caring about panic, and called out, "I don't think the examiner wrote the wrong person's name, right ......"

"The examiner wanted to exclude me, an outlier, and let you face the exam, thus lowering the overall score of the candidates. But each person has an equal right to take the exam, so he had to designate the candidates in the same way ......"

"Why did he choose me?" I simply wanted to cry. If I don't participate in the exam, I will die, and if I participate, the chance of death is still high. This is a big question with 18 points! The first few points of the question is so difficult, this 18 points of the question must be much more difficult!

"Brother Xu Tong, go for it! I can't help much if I go, so I'll stay here and wait for your good news!" Yao Mei clenched her small fist to encourage me.

Yue Yang looked at me sympathetically and said: "How to say, be careful, it really can't be solved, don't take the scores and quit, life is important."

Zhu Chengtao scratched his head: "Uh, I'm not going either, but I'm quite optimistic about you, you have a good mind, drawing on the experience of the previous times, there should be no big problem."

Zhang Wanling lightly hummed and said nothing.

It seems no one is willing to accompany me to the test. That's right, there's no need for them to participate in the test, and even if they don't, the worst that can happen is that they won't get a score. No one wants to take more risks, having seen the first few questions, the next test may be as difficult as a nightmare. There were so many traps in a four-point trivia question, let alone this one.

I looked desperately at the last person, Xu Fang, wondering how he would choose.

"For your sake, I'll go with you." Xu Fang said.

"Really?" The fear in my heart dissipated a bit, "Thank you."

"You want to go? Be careful not to get killed." Zhang Wanling lightly reminded.

"Haha, it's not that easy to kill me."

Xu Fang looked at me and said, "Don't think you're safe, from what I know about that author, he's a guy who likes to play it safe, maybe he'll forcefully separate us and let you face the exam alone. Remember, any situation, always pay attention and never trust your instincts! "

"......"

"Relax, I'll do my best to protect you, after all, you're the priority target for ghosts to attack. If you die, you won't get your 18 points." Xu Fang patted my shoulder and comforted me.

I returned a hard smile.

I wanted to have some last words, but I thought it was unnecessary, they are not my friends, no obligation to take care of my real-life chores ...... To save time, I simply pulled open the door leading to the examination room.

In the crowd of curious and with a touch of fear, the door opened, revealing a long, dark corridor behind the door, as well as ...... corridor in the piece of gray tiles.

Yao Mei and others took a few steps back, nervously observing the door, fearing that there was something else on the gray tiles. However there was nothing.

Vaguely I felt the breath of death.

When I looked back again, I found that Xu Fang had stood on the gray tiles and looked at me with a smile on his face, "Look, nothing is wrong. come on!

Compared with other people who were cowering, Xu Fang looked calm and relaxed, and I also had confidence.

Theoretically, no one will die if the method is right, so let's hope we can find the right way.

With that in mind, I took a step and stepped on the gray tiles.