Chapter 78: The Haunted School, Sunshine Doll (16)

Jing You was completely engulfed in terror and unease.

“Um, Tang... Tang Mu, is there any... unidentified liquid dripping over there on your side? I think there’s blood on mine...”

Tang Mu hadn't intended to pay Jing You any mind at all.

But Jing You was simply too noisy—if ignored, she’d keep chattering endlessly in your ear.

So, Tang Mu reluctantly turned around, frowning in annoyance as she fixed her gaze on her.

“What do you want?”

Jing You pointed to her quilt, about to say “Blood...”

“It’s just a puddle of blood, isn’t it? What’s there to make such a fuss about?” Tang Mu looked exasperated. “If a little blood scares you, what will you do if a human head falls from the bunk above you in a moment? Scream yourself hoarse?”

As soon as Tang Mu finished speaking, a head really did appear on the bunk above Jing You!

It was clearly a girl’s head, with long hair. As the figure lay sprawled at the edge of the upper bunk’s railing, thick blood kept dripping down.

Little Jing You had never witnessed such a horrifying scene before. She immediately shrieked, grabbing her pillow and everything else within reach and hurling it at the head that had suddenly appeared.

The commotion was enough to wake up the entire teaching building.

Of course, that would be the case if there were any other classes’ students left in the school.

Tang Mu watched for a while, then grew impatient. “Alright, enough with the screaming. Even the ghosts are going to be stunned by you.”

“But, but she—she—she—”

“Kui Yingying” was also a bit stunned from being beaten. It hadn't even done anything yet, and suddenly received a barrage of punches and kicks. Wasn’t Jing You’s startle response a bit too excessive?

But before “Kui Yingying” could react further, Tang Mu’s red string bell shot over to bind it.

The red string bell was tailor-made to subdue ghosts and monsters.

“Kui Yingying” immediately howled in pain as the red string bell seared her.

“Using an A-rank item in a B-level scenario, isn’t that a bit much?!”

“Kui Yingying” was furious. “This is only your third scenario—where did you get the money to buy an A-rank item?”

Even an A-minus item would cost at least a million points! You’d have to clear hundreds of scenarios just to earn enough for an A-rank item!

However, Tang Mu’s indifferent tone nearly made “Kui Yingying” cough up blood from rage.

“Oh, this?” Tang Mu gestured at the red string bell in her hand. “It dropped from a lottery in the shop. Everyone was using points to draw at the time—100 points per try. I didn’t draw that many times and just got it.”

What on earth?

“Kui Yingying” was stunned!

The drop rate for an A-rank item was only 0.0001%.

This was utterly outrageous.

But Tang Mu didn’t give “Kui Yingying” any more time to waste. She looped the red string bell around “Kui Yingying’s” neck. Although the neck was already riddled with wounds and had little left to destroy, Tang Mu still enjoyed watching ghosts howling in fear as she tormented them.

Sometimes, she seemed even more suited to being a ghost than the ghosts themselves.

Tang Mu lightly licked her lips.

Watching the ghost writhe in pain, her face shone with excitement.

“Tell me—how do we leave Rose Primary School?”

“Hmph. You can’t leave!” “Kui Yingying” was enraged. Even as the red string bell (A) scorched its ghostly skin, turning it charred and sending out clouds of black mist, it was still a ghost! It had the dignity of a ghost to uphold!

Besides, it hadn’t even managed to take Tang Mu’s life value today—how humiliating would that be if word got out? There was no way it would let Tang Mu leave the scenario and spread its disgrace!

“Not talking?” Tang Mu’s eyes darkened, a venomous edge to her gaze. “You must have accomplices. All of you, get out here!”

The original length of the red string bell was just twenty centimeters—just enough to wear on the right wrist. But in reality, it could extend infinitely according to the user’s mental strength.

Of course, this required a powerful mind.

Someone with only B-rank mental strength couldn’t possibly use an item the same way as an SS-ranked one could.

Like right now.

Ordinary players couldn’t possibly extend an A-rank item into thousands or tens of thousands of meters, weaving it throughout the entire dormitory to drag out every hidden ghost in the darkness...

It was downright inhuman!

Tang Mu was more monstrous than any of them!

“Wuwu... it hurts.”

“Wen Anyi” whimpered, “You monster! You should be crying and begging for mercy from us, but you dare to—”

Tang Mu couldn’t be bothered to argue with this trash. She threaded the red string right through “Wen Anyi’s” throat.

But every ghost had a different weakness.

So “Wen Anyi” was still alive, still cursing, “You foolish woman, let me go now, or I’ll—”

This time, it wasn’t just one red string piercing its throat—hundreds of thousands of threads pierced “Wen Anyi” like a sieve, until her weakness was found and she was reduced to ashes.

The other ghosts were speechless.

The wise know when to yield.

“Liu Yuanming” immediately betrayed the ghosts’ ranks and cozied up to Tang Mu.

“Um, Sister Tang? Big Sister Tang? If you need anything, just say the word—we’ll spill everything we should and shouldn’t say!”

Tang Mu was quite pleased with “Liu Yuanming’s” fawning.

“What I want to know, I’ve already told you.”

“Ah, uh, well...” “Liu Yuanming” looked troubled. “Um, Big Sister Tang, to be honest, even we have a hard time leaving Rose Primary School. Only the scenario map exists—beyond that, there’s nothing. However, you can view events outside the school, happening simultaneously in other spaces. As for how... you need to find a ghost and merge it with yourself.”

“‘Tang Mu’ has already merged with you, so you can skip that step. Take your time—we won’t disturb you.”

With that, “Liu Yuanming” tentatively tried to pull the red strings off himself.

Even though his skin sizzled with black smoke at the touch, he persisted in peeling them off.

After all, if this great witch got annoyed and decided to torment him too, reducing him to ashes... he’d have no recourse whatsoever.

Seeing “Liu Yuanming” trying to escape, Tang Mu paid him no further mind.

“Liu Yuanming” got the hint and hurried his retreat.

The other ghosts were furious at “Liu Yuanming’s” lack of backbone, but there was nothing they could do.

After all, Tang Mu was simply too inhuman.

As for confronting her—forget it, survival was more important.