Chapter 30: The Mysterious Figure

"Hey, Li Yunfeng, why did you bring people over here? What's this? Looking for a fight?" Wang Hu asked imposingly.

Originally expecting Li Yunfeng to hurl insults, Wang Hu was surprised when Li Yunfeng took a deep breath, lowered his head, and suddenly said, "Please... spare us!"

Tai Yong also blushed as he said, "Spare our class, and we'll do whatever you say from now on."

As soon as these words were spoken, the students of Class 4, Grade 2 began to whisper among themselves, looking suspiciously at Li Yunfeng and Tai Yong. Everyone knew that these two had previously led Class 6, Grade 1 in opposing them at every turn; no one expected them to back down so easily now.

With a strange look on his face, Wang Hu asked, "What do you mean?"

Tai Yong replied, "Let's be completely straight with each other. I know the phone that can issue game tasks is in your class. The people from our class came here today to beg you to show mercy, spare us, and stop playing this terrifying game."

"That's right. Whoever grabbed the lucky red envelope and got the phone, please step forward. No matter how much money you want, we'll definitely give it to you," Li Yunfeng said through gritted teeth.

"This..."

Wang Hu, Zhang Xiaofan, and the others exchanged glances, their expressions thoroughly bizarre. They had originally assumed that someone from Class 6, Grade 1 had secured the lucky red envelope, only for the other party to come looking for them before they even made a move.

"Why aren't you saying anything?" Zhang Yunfeng frowned, walking over to Zhang Xiaofan and saying, "I know you're the leader of the class. Say something. As long as you don't make us play the game, we'll agree to any condition."

Zhang Xiaofan sighed and said, "To be honest with you all, just now we all thought the person who grabbed the lucky red envelope was from your class, and we were just about to head over there ourselves."

"Ah..."

"How is that possible?"

The students of Class 6, Grade 1 were all struck dumb with shock.

"Does that mean the person who grabbed the lucky red envelope hasn't shown up yet?" Tai Yong clenched his fists and looked at the surrounding people. "I have an idea. Whoever is secretly playing on their phone and sending messages—that person must be the game publisher."

"Right, that makes sense. Starting tomorrow, our two classes will stick together. If anyone plays on their phone, we'll finish them off," a boy said viciously.

"If you ask me, we should start investigating right now. Everyone hand over your phones and check them thoroughly."

"No way, I have so many underworld banknotes in my phone, I still need to use them."

"Yeah, Xu Ran, I know you don't have many underworld banknotes and your phone doesn't matter, but our banknotes were earned through sheer hard work."

Xu Ran was a short, petite girl. She curled her lip and said, "Weren't they all obtained by grabbing red envelopes? Please."

The boy glared at her and snapped, "What do you know!"

At that moment, Zhang Xiaofan also felt that handing over their phones would be inconvenient—after all, he frequently needed to browse the Underworld Taobao and things like that. He quickly intervened, "Let's forget about handing over the phones. From now on, students will be paired up in groups of two to keep an eye on each other. If anyone is caught playing on their phone, report them immediately!"

The students all nodded, agreeing that this seemed like a good idea.

Subsequently, everyone began checking each other's phones. After a thorough inspection, nothing unusual was found.

After enduring a day of school filled with anxiety, everyone had no choice but to head home.

That evening, Zhang Xiaofan invited Lin Rou and Su Qianqian out for dinner, claiming he wanted to catch up with them. Although that was what he said on the surface, his true intention was to fish for some information from them.

"Have the two of you been together the entire weekend?" Zhang Xiaofan asked.

The three of them were eating at a hot pot restaurant. As Lin Rou chewed on some greens, she replied, "Yeah, why do you ask?"

"Xiaofan, you're acting so weird today," Su Qianqian said, reaching out to touch Zhang Xiaofan's forehead. "You don't have a fever."

With a helpless expression, Zhang Xiaofan said, "No, I'm just curious because when we went to Hundred Flowers Village... that ghost seemed to know I was coming and had already ambushed us there."

"Ah, are you okay?" Su Qianqian asked, her face draining of color in shock.

As he spoke, Zhang Xiaofan kept his eyes fixed directly on them. To his helpless realization, both girls seemed completely normal with nothing out of the ordinary, which left him somewhat puzzled. Could Li Qingshan's speculation have been wrong?

Just as he was thinking this, Lin Rou let out an "ah," looked at her phone in astonishment, and said, "L-Look, there's a message in the group chat."

Noticing the change in Lin Rou's expression, Zhang Xiaofan hurriedly opened his own phone and saw that a user with the remark "Mysterious Person" had sent a message.

Mysterious Person: Hello, students.

The mysterious person's avatar was pitch black, making it completely impossible to determine who they were. Zhang Xiaofan quickly checked the group members, counting down the list row by row, and discovered that the number of members had somehow increased by one—and this newly added person was none other than the game publisher.

With the appearance of the mysterious person, the students in the chat instantly erupted into chaos.

"Who is this?"

"Could you be the game publisher?"

"Speak, who are you?"

Zhang Xiaofan quickly typed and sent: Just reveal yourself, we'll give you money.

Mysterious Person: Hehe, sorry, I refuse.

Xiang Yongqiang: Fuck your mother, if I find out who you are, I'll kill you.

Mysterious Person: Xiang Yongqiang is acting tough, huh? Since that's the case, I'll issue the first game rule!

With that, Sun Yang—wait, the mysterious person—sent a red envelope worth five hundred yuan.

Zhang Xiaofan froze slightly. They were actually playing the game again today!

He slapped himself across the face. If he had known they would play today, he would have said anything to keep the students from leaving.

Right then, a red envelope was clearly sitting in the chat, but absolutely no one dared to grab it. Everyone was chatting in the group chat in utter panic.

Some were begging for mercy, some were hurling curses, and others were threatening the mysterious person, but it was all to no avail.

Mysterious Person: Students, you've played the red envelope game for so long, surely you haven't forgotten the rules? Those who don't grab the red envelope will have to play a separate game. Alright, I'll give you three minutes.

The moment this message was sent, everyone had no choice but to resign themselves to fate and grab the red envelope.

"Phew, thank goodness, I only grabbed three yuan."

"I got five yuan, thank god I'm not the lucky one."

In the end, a Class 6, Grade 1 boy named Wang Bing grabbed the lucky red envelope, winning over a hundred yuan.

Wang Bing immediately sent a crying expression, typing: Big brother, spare me, I don't want to play the game!

Mysterious Person: The lucky winner is Wang Bing. The lucky winner's task is to run five laps around the sports field.

Everyone was momentarily stunned, not expecting the task to be so simple.

"No way, it's that simple?"

"That's great, the game is actually this easy." Wang Bing said happily in the chat, deliberately tagging the mysterious person to say thank you.

The mysterious person sent a smiling emoticon and immediately went dark.

Instantly, many students began congratulating Wang Bing, saying the mysterious person was really good to him, which left Wang Bing ecstatic.

The next day, all the students from Class 6, Grade 1 came over to Class 4, Grade 2. Wang Bing, who had played the game, also showed up, boasting smugly that he had completed the task.

Ding!

Mysterious Person: Wang Bing has completed his game. Now, we will proceed to the second day's game.

The moment the mysterious person's message popped up, Zhang Xiaofan immediately looked toward the members of his class, only to find with a sinking heart that everyone was staring down at their phones, and many students hadn't even shown up at all.