Chapter Thirty-Nine: Perplexing and Enigmatic

  "That's great, I can finally return to Earth."

  Chu Fei pulled her onto a flat area roughly the same size as the one in front.

  "Do you think these two places were man-made?"

  "You can't be serious! Go learn from Yu Gong Yi Shan!"

  Chu Fei Yan shrugged her shoulders: "I don't know, I'm just making random guesses."

  "Let's go ahead and see if there is a village, I'm very curious about this village." Su Jin'er looked around while walking forward, but they didn't find any road, not even a path that one person could pass through. Su Jin'er touched the stone on the mountain wall and said: "It seems like there's a mechanism here."

  "No way! Is this thing really going to happen now?"

  Su Jin'er raised an eyebrow and didn't say anything.

  Chu Fei Fan thought of the mechanism he had discovered in his father's study two years ago. He didn't know what his father was doing with that mechanism, and when he saw it, a bad premonition made him not dare to go in and investigate further. He was afraid that even the little respect he had for his father would be destroyed.

  "Hey! What are you spacing out for? I've found the mechanism, and I need your help." Su Jiner said, standing in front of a large stone embedded in the mountain wall.

  "Are you really going to the government agency? Hmm... I'm starting to get curious about the people living inside too."

  "Ah! It's right here." Su Jiner patted a spot not far from that piece of stone.

  There was a stone like a goose egg, and in one corner of the stone, a very small five-pointed star was drawn.

  "How did you know it was the button for the mechanism."

  "Feeling, come on, let's think about how to open this together." Su Jiner said, stroking her chin.

  Chu Fei Fan crossed his arms over his chest, narrowing his eyes as he looked at Su Jin Er and said, "You've changed, you're not the same as when I first met you."

  "What's different now?"

  "I felt! When I first met you, I thought you were a proud person who didn't like to talk and even looked down on others."

  Su Jiner glared at him: "Am I really that bad?"

  "It's not that you're not good-looking, but rather your appearance is too outstanding, giving people a sense of sacred inviolability, pure like an angel."

  "Okay! I don't know if you're praising me or mocking me either, but I can tell you how I feel."

  Chu Fei Yan frowned, letting her continue speaking.

  "I don't think my appearance is particularly outstanding, but as a person, I would be lying if I said I didn't feel secretly pleased when someone compliments me on my looks. However, the more people compliment me, the more uncomfortable I become. In this world, for every person who likes you, there will be someone who dislikes you, and beautiful women are no exception. If you're enthusiastic, some people will say you're ***, but if you're aloof, they'll say you look down on others. No matter what you do, those who don't like you will always find a reason to make things difficult for you. Am I right?"

  "You still can't see through it!"

  "Everyone has more or less."

  Chu Fei Fan smiled slightly, it seemed that such an arrangement was correct, at least she opened her heart to herself and said what was on her mind, Chu Fei Fan secretly felt happy.

  At the same time, Zuo Yi and Lin Yuan went to find Professor Zhang.

  "I and Jin'er once went to find the counselor, he told us that five years ago, in addition to the dean, there were two people left in school, one was the deceased Liu Dage, and the other was that strange Zhang professor." Lin Yuan said.

  "Do you know where Professor Zhang's office is?"

  "I don't know, let's ask!"

  They walked towards the teachers' dormitory building. The school had its own dormitory building for teachers, just like students, but there were not as many teachers, so the college built two dormitory buildings, each with five floors. As for which building Professor Zhang was in and which dormitory room he was in, they didn't know.

  "Let's go ask a teacher!" said Zuo Yi.

  "Hmm!"

  They walked into the dormitory building and found that the teachers' dormitory had a dormitory administrator just like the students' dormitory. Zuo Yi knocked on the window, and the teacher inside looked up. He was a slightly chubby man, about forty years old.

  "Teacher, I'd like to ask which dormitory Professor Zhang lives in."

  The man pushed his glasses and said, "There are two professors named Zhang in our school. One teaches anatomy and the other teaches chemistry. I don't know which one you're looking for."

  Zuo Yi looked at Lin Yuan and shook her head, neither of them knew which Professor Zhang the counselor was referring to.

  "Which one has more seniority?" Zuo Yi asked.

  "Teaching chemistry or something, what's it got to do with you? You're not his students, are you?" The man leaned back in his chair, revealing his round belly.

  "As students of this school, we can't be unaware of its history, so I came to ask." Zuo Yi said with a smile.

  "Oh! So that's it! The teacher you're looking for is on the third floor of this building, room 304."

  "Thank you, uncle."

  "Am I that old? I'd rather you call me brother." He said with a smile, revealing his yellow teeth.

  Zuo Yi looked at Lin Yuan helplessly and raised an eyebrow, then pulled her towards the upstairs.

  "Hey handsome, I forgot to tell you, he's a tough guy to deal with, so be careful!" The old man's voice came from behind.

  "It seems that professor's temper is really strange, we must discuss how to deal with him." Lin Yuan said.

  "Let's just take action! No matter how strange he is, he's still human and has weaknesses. Besides, we don't even know what's wrong with him, and discussing it won't solve anything."

  Lin Yuan nodded slightly.

  "Chu Feifan, have you figured out how to open it after staring at it for so long? If we don't hurry up, we'll end up living here." Su Jiner said, looking at Chu Feifan who was still staring at the stone.

  Chu Fei Yan didn't answer, he placed his index finger on the small star and then rotated the stone. After a series of "clicking" sounds, the huge stone started to move aside.

  "It's open!" Su Jiner exclaimed excitedly.

  "Let's take a look inside," Chu Fei Fan said, "We didn't bring flashlights, are you sure you want to go in?"

  "They're all here, what's the point of not going in?" Su Jiner stepped inside.

  It was very dark in the cave, and nothing could be seen. She turned on the lighting function of her mobile phone, took a rough look around, and found that it was wide enough for two people to pass through side by side. The ground was littered with rocks, some of which were damp.

  "Hey! Are you coming in?" Su Jiner asked without turning her head.

  "I'm right behind you." How could he possibly not come in?!

  "Don't you make any sound when you walk?"

  "It's not that I'm walking quietly, but you're too focused on what's in front of you." He also took out his phone and stood with Su Jin'er to look at the stone on the ground.

  "Turn off your phone! Save some battery in case you need to make an emergency call if something happens." Su Jiner pointed at his phone.

  "Let's go!"

  Chu Fei Fan walked ahead, carefully holding Su Jin Er's hand: "Guess where this cave will lead to?"

  "Only ghosts know!" They walked forward for a while, and the cave turned left.

  "It's quite warm in here, our immortal is really clever." Chu Feifan said.

  "Now I'm starting to wonder where this cave ends, I don't want several exits to appear and have us choose."

  It seemed to verify Su Jin'er's words, the front cave became wider and wider, when the width of the cave was enough for a dozen people to stand side by side, five cave entrances appeared in front of them, they looked at each other in dismay.

  "I'm really a jinx!" Su Jiner said with self-deprecation.

  "How to choose?"

  Those five dark holes, like the mouths of five monsters with their bloody basins open wide, waiting for prey to walk in on their own and then devour them until not even bones are left.

  "How to choose?" Su Jiner also asked the same question, then she continued to say: "Why don't we split up and go our separate ways."

  "How can that be? What if there's danger?"

  "Why don't we two go in first and take a look?"

  Chu Fei nodded slightly.

  They chose the one on the far left.

  At the door of room 304, Zuo Yi and Lin Yuan stood there. Zuo Yi lightly knocked on the door, but there was no sound from inside. The two looked at each other, then he raised his hand to knock a few more times. He pressed his ear against the door, which suddenly opened from the inside. Both of them were startled and stared blankly at the person in front of them.

  "What's wrong?" The slightly hoarse and heavily nasal voice made them feel uncomfortable for a moment.

  "Professor Zhang, we have some questions for you."

  "What's wrong?"

  Zuo Yi looked at him and said, "We want to learn more about the school's history. Do you have time?"

  "What's the school's history?" He let out a dry, ear-piercing laugh. "It's rare for students to want to know about the school's history, but the school's archives should have what you're looking for."

  After he finished speaking, he was about to close the door. Zuo Yi stretched out his hand to block the door: "There are some things in there that won't be recorded, so I think you should understand more clearly."

  Professor Zhang raised his head, his small eyes staring tightly at Zuo Yi. Lin Yuan was frightened and hid behind Zuo Yi's back. His eyes were very small, with more white than pupils, making people feel a chill down their spine.

  "I'm not going to tell you, and besides, why should I tell you!" His voice suddenly became sharp, like a cat's scratch.

  "Professor Zhang, you should be very clear about what happened five years ago. Why did the school replace all teachers except for you? There must be something related to you in this matter, right?"

  When he heard about what happened five years ago, Professor Zhang's body shook slightly, although it wasn't very obvious, but still caught by Zuo Yi.

  "I don't know anything." Professor Zhang didn't listen to another word from them and directly closed the door.

  Zuo Yi knocked on the door again, but no matter how hard he knocked, there was no movement inside.

  "It seems we have to think of another way." Zuo Yi said helplessly.

  "He's really scary." Walking down the stairs, Lin Yuan finally let out a breath of relief. Looking at the professor, she had an inexplicable feeling of oppression, a thick deathly aura that made it hard for her to breathe. She really couldn't understand why the dean would let someone like this become a professor.

  "Did you see it clearly?"

  Lin Yuan shook his head, "It's so dark, can't see clearly, only saw his eyes, really scary, like a cat's eyes, makes me feel creepy, if it wasn't for the investigation, I'd rather die than come here."

  "He was wearing a black mask, so we could only see his eyes."

  "Did you see it?"

  "When I mentioned five years ago, his body swayed slightly, it seems that something terrible really happened five years ago."

  "What shall we do next?"

  "Find the president of the student union."

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