Chapter 31 Take Off Your Clothes

Mysterious Person: Wang Bing's game is complete. Next, we will proceed with the second day's game.

Encouraged by Wang Bing's smooth completion of the first game, many students felt significantly more at ease. They chimed in, asking the game publisher to make the subsequent tasks simpler and offer more nether currency rewards.

Shortly after, Sun Yang sent out a one-thousand-yuan red envelope, and everyone scrambled to grab it.

To everyone's surprise, Xu Ran snatched the luckiest title. In Zhang Xiaofan's class, Xu Ran was the kind of unassuming girl—very delicate and frail. With red, tear-rimmed eyes staring at her phone, she stammered, "How could it be me?"

Ping!

Mysterious Person: Student Xu Ran is the luckiest. Now announcing the game rule: Xu Ran must strip completely naked in front of her classmates within a ten-minute time limit!

Please hurry up! (Followed by a smiley face)

Seeing this, Xu Ran's legs went weak, and she burst into tears, crying, "How could this be? How could this happen?"

"Damn, completely naked? This is explosive!"

"Not gonna lie, Xu Ran's face is just average, but her figure is not bad. I've always liked petite girls like her."

"Hehe, as long as it's a female, I like it."

The boys made gloating remarks one after another, while the girls shook their heads in a sigh. If they were in Xu Ran's position, stripping naked in front of so many people would be simply too much to bear. It was something no one would ever be willing to do.

"Hurry up, Xu Ran, or else you'll die."

"Do you need a few of us brothers to give you a hand? Helping others is the source of happiness."

"Haha, I'm already fully pumped."

Listening to the surrounding teasing remarks, Xu Ran felt on the verge of a complete breakdown. She suddenly found her usual classmates to be so utterly unfamiliar.

"Shut up, all of you!" Zhang Hua stepped forward, shouting coldly, "A bunch of animals!"

Zhang Hua held considerable influence, and many boys were afraid of her, causing them to quiet down instantly. However, their eyes kept darting back toward Xu Ran.

Su Qianqian walked over to Xu Ran and whispered softly, "How about... just take them off?"

Xu Ran cried even louder.

Zhou Liping tugged at Zhang Hua's arm and said, "Wife, isn't it just taking off some clothes? It'll be over in a flash."

Zhang Hua spun around and slapped him across the face, shouting, "Mind your own business, you piece of garbage! Have you been wanting to look at her this whole time?"

Zhou Liping covered his face in sheer terror, his expression twisting into a miserable cry as he stammered, "No, no! I was just saying!"

Time ticked away second by second, yet Xu Ran still hadn't made a move. At this moment, Zhang Xiaofan spoke up, "I have an idea. Everyone close your eyes. That way, even when Xu Ran takes off her clothes, no one will see anything, and she will still have completed the task."

Hearing Zhang Xiaofan's suggestion, many girls expressed their agreement. The boys let out long, disappointed sighs, secretly lamenting their bad luck, but seeing the consensus, they had no choice but to close their eyes.

Encouraged by Lin Rou and Su Qianqian, Xu Ran removed her clothes until only her undergarments remained. The boys kept their eyes shut—though, naturally, quite a few peeked through half-slit eyes, hoping to catch a glimpse.

With her back turned to the classroom and only the final minute ticking down, Xu Ran gritted her teeth and stripped off the rest.

Ping!

Mysterious Person: Xu Ran's game is complete. Here is your reward of three hundred nether currency!

Xu Ran let out a wail and burst into tears. The female classmates rushed over to help her put her clothes back on. Seizing the opportunity, some boys snapped their eyes open, whispering with utter amazement after catching a glimpse of Xu Ran's figure.

"Wow, who would've thought Xu Ran had such an explosive figure?"

"Yeah, you couldn't tell under normal clothes. Never imagined those assets were so massive."

Wang Bing said smugly, "Xu Ran, don't worry, I managed to snap some photos."

Xu Ran walked back to her seat and, listening to the whispered gossips of her classmates, wept even more bitterly.

Meanwhile, a few thick-skinned boys shouted in the group chat, demanding the mysterious person invent more games of this sort, with several even suggesting the mysterious person order a female student to sleep with them.

Ping!

Mysterious Person: It seems the students have a lot of demands. Since that's the case, let's keep playing games. I just thought of an interesting idea.

Shortly after, Sun Yang sent out ten five-hundred-yuan red envelopes.

The students stared at their phones in shock, many crying out in despair: "Why are we playing again?"

"Yeah, wasn't it supposed to be just once a day?"

Mysterious Person: In the past, Bao Lei might have limited it to once a day, but as for me, I hope everyone plays a bit more. Go ahead and grab them.

"Damn it, this won't do. We have to boycott this," Wang Hu cursed.

"Indeed. Who plays this every day? Are you trying to kill us?" Li Yunfeng said coldly.

Mysterious Person: The two of you are quite chatterboxes. Since that's the case, you will receive special attention.

Li Yunfeng and Wang Hu's expressions changed drastically at the exact same time.

The rest of the students had no choice but to scramble for the envelopes.

Mysterious Person: Now announcing the game rules. Will the ten luckiest participants please step forward.

Wang Hu's face drained of color as he shouted, "Damn it, you're targeting me on purpose."

On Wang Hu's screen, he had indeed snatched the title of luckiest participant. Li Yunfeng's expression was equally unsightly as he stepped forward in silence.

Mysterious Person: Please cooperate with me, or else... don't assume I am incapable of killing.

Seeing this, a thought stirred in Zhang Xiaofan's mind, and he quickly typed out: You should just stick to issuing games. Killing people shouldn't be something you actually do.

He said this deliberately to fish for information and learn more about the red envelope group.

Sure enough, the lucky participant replied: As expected of the person I've always admired. Indeed, I cannot kill directly, but I can issue the most terrifying games. Besides, there are numerous items hidden within this game. It has truly opened my eyes.

The amount of information contained herein was immense. Zhang Xiaofan deduced the following points: First, both the mysterious person and Bao Lei were merely game publishers; second, the actual killer was likely a ghost behind the scenes, potentially connected to class monitor Sun Yang, since Sun Yang was the one sending the red envelopes; third, there existed something akin to a Netherworld Taobao within this red envelope group—or perhaps it literally was Netherworld Taobao—where various mystical items could be purchased, much like the chainsaw from last time.

He continued his reply: The ghost behind the scenes is Sun Yang, isn't it?

Mysterious Person: Trying to probe me for information? Sorry, request denied.

Zhang Xiaofan: Murdering your own classmates, don't you feel any sense of guilt?

Mysterious Person: Guilt? Xiaofan, don't think I'm unaware of what you've done. When it comes to the number of people killed, you hold the highest count in this entire classroom.

Zhang Xiaofan's face turned ashen, and he replied: Nonsense.

He had indeed killed quite a few people, but that secret could never be leaked, or else his classmates would inevitably turn against him.

Mysterious Person: What a master of pretense. Had I not acquired this phone, I would never have known. Oh well, no use dwelling on it. In the previous games, you always put on a clever act. Since that's the case, let me give you a riddle. Let's see if you can guess my name.

Read carefully: The mortal path abhors the steep and perilous; what use is it to continue living through youth? When the spring twilight comes around again, not a soul remains to go or stay.

"The mortal path abhors the steep and perilous; what use is it to continue living through youth..." Zhang Xiaofan muttered to himself a few times before typing back fiercely: You're spouting complete nonsense! Where on earth is there a person's name in this?

This poem was not long, written in five-character lines. One could say it was extremely simple, and its meaning was quite transparent: upon the path of life, malice sprouts endlessly, and even if one exhausts an entire lifetime and burns away all of youth, it remains unchangeable.