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Gao Ming was very familiar with Fear Illness. He knew that at the last stage, the illness would manifest the collective fear. However, he didn’t expect Ji Jie’s fear manifestation to be the God of Flesh and Blood. Different from the God of Flesh and Blood in Gao Ming’s heart, Ji Jie had added changes to it. The giant tree of flesh stunned even Gao Ming.

“Is this how the God of Flesh and Blood will evolve into in the end? A tree?”

Gao Ming couldn’t tell for sure, but he could sense the clanging of the chains in the torture room. The real God of Flesh and Blood was really excited.

“Run! Why are you still standing there?” Xi San was a good man. He had already escaped, but he came back to shove Gao Ming into motion, “Quick!”

Gao Ming was knocked over. He fell beside a chair and looked up.

Eight giant fleshy branches spread on the roof of the hall. Small capillaries grew rapidly. The branches exploded into a tree crown. Each leave was made of the student’s fear.

Faces moved on the bark. Xia Yang’s paintings came alive. The human faces in his paintings had all four mouths. They cackled as they chased after the other students in the hall. The screams pierced the eardrums. This was a tragedy. The hall was like hell.

Overcoming Fear Illness was very simple. As long as one had no fear, the manifestation wouldn’t hurt oneself. The key problem was even Gao Ming was affected by that situation. Once fear infected more than enough people, rationality would be abandoned. Students trampled over each other as they tried to escape. No one would have time to figure out how the monster came to be. They just wanted to escape. The more they tried to run, the more frightened they would be. The more frightened they were, the more realistic the monster became.

The hall could only take 300 students, but students filed in with no regard for the capacity. The corridors were filled with people. In a rough estimate, there were 400 students in the hall. And every one of them was there because they were under too much mental pressure and wanted to attend Headmistress Yan’s class. They were already ticking time bombs, and finally, they exploded.

“Gao Ming, run!” The brothers from Room 1314 didn’t forget him. They thought Gao Ming was scared silly. They dragged him up and carried him out.

“Don’t you fall here! You are the backbone of our room!” Even Wang Jie was anxious. He ordered Xi San and Du Bai to clear the way. They moved towards the exit along the wall.

No one knew how Ji Jie was doing. However, he didn’t seem to have fully lost his rationality. He gave his classmates the chance to escape, but the other students were not as lucky.

After Class 13 escaped from the back door, the roots of the tree sealed up the doors. The rest of the students became nutrients for the fleshy tree. Fear Illness would not kill them. Instead, they would be morphed into the giant tree. They would be a part of the tree, providing it with constant nutrients.

“If you believe it, it’s real…”

The normal students looking from a distance had no idea what had happened inside the hall. They could only hear the horrible screams and felt like something scary had happened. As the survivors described the situation inside the hall, the seed of fear was also planted inside the hearts of the normal students. They started to imagine things. Those with strong will would not be affected by fear. Unfortunately, 90 percent of people couldn’t overcome fear. In the end, the last 10 percent would be dragged down by the majority.

“Mad. The school has gone mad.”

Gao Ming dropped the Fear Doll to disrupt the student council and to ease his escape from Hostel Building 6. He didn’t think a monster would come out of it.

The student council hurried over from the activity building to the hall. The teachers from the centre were attracted by the screams and moved there as well.

Gao Ming made a quick note of all the notable buildings at the school. The hostels were the territory of the student council; the office building was taken over by Situ An. The math building and the lab buildings were the venues of contention. Finally, the activity building and the hall were on Gao Ming’s side.

It has only been two days, and half of the school is mine?!

No one paid attention to Class 13 anymore. Ji Jie had taken several hundred students hostage. He had been treated by the school rules as the source of the Fear Illness. He couldn’t be hidden anymore. Ji Jie stood under the spotlight and became the scariest antagonist. Compared to him, the other students looked so normal.

“It has only been a few years since the graduation, but everyone’s status has become so different.” Xi San wanted to inform the student council of the situation inside the hall, but the student council only cared about the giant tree and pushed him away.

“What other classes do we have?” Du Bai counted on his fingers. “Each class is more exciting than the last. The school rules are something else too. One classroom will be destroyed with each passing class.”

“When we are used to danger, that’s when the most dangerous thing will happen. Is that the revenge of the 51st student?” Wang Jie waved at Gao Ming and whispered to him. “I took a glimpse of the 51st student’s diary at the infirmary. The student we have forgotten doesn’t seem to be a bad person.” Wang Jie flicked his fingers and shoved two pages to Gao Ming. During the chaos, he tore two pages out of the diary!

“You are too brave.” Gao Ming didn’t make a big deal out of it. He lowered his head to read. The handwriting was very familiar to him.

“X Month X Day. I envy those who can take the bus to go on a trip. I wish to be with them, but the doctor advises against it. This class is so nice. Everyone will be who they want to be in the future.”

“X Month X Day. I’m the only one left in the class. The teacher wants me to attend the lesson with other classes. The other classes look at me strangely. I hope everyone will come back soon so I won’t be alone anymore. The roof of the math building, the hostel, the library, the canteen kitchen… Where in this school is suitable for a person to hide and study?”

“X Month X Night. Everyone is calling me and messaging me! They ask me to go play with them! It’s 12 midnight. Some of them told me not to go, or I’d die. What is happening? Why is everyone looking for me…”

The last entry wasn’t finished.

“Based on the diary, he’s a good person.” Wang Jie took back the pages. “But think about the things he has done to us after we arrived at this school. He’s not even a human! Has he become like this because we lied to him?”

Gao Ming didn’t tell Wang Jie the truth, but he knew the 51st student was innocent. “Don’t tell the others about the diary. We need to find him at this school.

“Find him?” Wang Jie’s scalp numbed. “To get ourselves killed?”

“Don’t jump to the conclusion. Pay attention to his second entry.” Gao Ming had a good memory, and he recited everything. “He wrote in the diary that he’d often go to the roof of the math building, the hostel, the library, and the canteen kitchen. If we want to find him, we should try our luck at these places.”

The 51st student represented the school rules, while Situ An represented the other rules. They should both be hiding at the school. They wanted to find the other to kill them.

“This afternoon’s social practice class will be very scary. I suggest we make use of lunch time to see if we can find any clues.” After discussing it with the others from his bedroom, Class 13 had already separated. They split into smaller groups to come up with the solution.

Some students sided with the ghost students. This group was led by Yuan Hui. They wanted to find a peaceful way for humans and ghosts to coexist. They decided to withhold from voting and fight the investigation centre together.

The more courageous ones wanted to enter Hostel Building 6. They wanted to be chosen like Ji Jie.

Liu Yi found a few of the girls and hurried to the student council meeting room.

Zuo Jun also contacted the east city investigation centre. Other than Bai Xiao, more investigators joined Class 13.

Lastly, there was Qian Junran. He led most of the male and female students to search the school within the allocated rules. They planned to steal resources and were the most normal group.

To survive, everyone was trying their best.

Headmistress Yan’s class ended before it could start. Ding Yuan was worried about her. He led Zhou Sisi to leave early. In just a few minutes, the field was empty.

“And such is the power of unity.”

Wang Jie realised that Class 13 was quite powerful when there was no infighting. “We should go to the top of the math building. If we find anything, we’ll contact each other with our phones.”

After everyone left, Gao Ming climbed over the rails into the second floor of the activity building.

One day and one night had passed. The flood appeared to have gotten worried. The water ghosts wailed, and the murky waves slammed against the wall. The once clean and tidy gym was covered in mud. Occasionally, livestock carried by the torrent would float by.

“Even with the student council, the flood has gotten out of control?!” Gao Ming had no idea what was going on at the activity building. The customers at Min Long Supermarket should still be in the water. “The girl who is tied into a mermaid at the bottom of the pool, the supermarket boss, Zhang Ding and the gym teacher, Zhong Long… The flood is now hiding these three Big Ghosts.”

When no one was paying attention, Gao Ming slipped into the water. He grabbed the rails and called Zhang Ding’s name. He was honestly worried. He cut his finger and allowed his blood to spread through the water. Soon, Gao Ming saw Zhang Ding’s son float over while holding the tail of a pig.

“My dad is hiding underneath. He doesn’t dare to show up.” Zhang Fendou waved his fat hands. He was happy to see Gao Ming.

“If you had floated over earlier, I wouldn’t need to cut my hand.” Gao Ming grabbed the pig too. “The flood is spreading. Bring me to your dad.”

Zhang Fendou gave the pig to Gao Ming, while he swam to a dark corner of the gym. Not long after that, a tired-looking Zhang Ding appeared at the corner. His connection to the flood was stronger. It was like he represented the tragedy itself.

“Boss Zhang, is everyone okay? Did the student council trouble you?” Gao Ming knew Zhang Ding’s bottom line.

“That group of students is very good. They can use some kind of rules to forcibly suppress the water ghosts. They used the simplest and dumbest method to cleanse the flood.” Zhang Ding approved the student council. “The youth nowadays is not bad.”

“Was the student council cleansing the flood? Then, how come I feel like the flood has become stronger?” Gao Ming could hear the dangerous voices in the flood.

Zhang Ding’s face reddened, and he said in embarrassment. “I saw how powerful they were and how they knew how to use power I wasn’t familiar with. So after they helped some of the water ghosts let go of their resentment… I released another batch of resentful water ghosts.”

“Aren’t you afraid of things going out of control?” Gao Ming was shocked. He didn’t expect the honest boss to go against the student council.

“I also didn’t expect the students would suddenly decide to leave when everything was going so well.” Zhang Ding was under a lot of pressure. “I worked so well with the students, but someone made a mess at the other parts of the school. The bastard created a bigger mess than the flood, so the students left in a hurry. I don’t think I can handle this by myself! The flood will overflow at any moment, and the water will swallow the whole school!” Seeing the black lines on Gao Ming’s face, Zhang Ding slowed down as he realised something. “That bastard is not you, right?”

“No. It’s someone called Ji Jie. I don’t know how he did it either.”

Fear Illness was triggered. The fear would be branded in people’s minds. As the mental world collapsed, the flood inside the activity building would sweep everything away too. For normal students, the real nightmare was about to start.

“As long as it’s not you.” Zhang Ding sighed in relief. “You have no idea how much I’ve cursed that person.”

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