Speedrun!

Just as the fat girl stood up, Wang Ge and Chen Yanxi had immediately started moving toward the window. They were standing beside it now, and the moment they heard Zhou Liu say that the front door was blocked too, Wang Ge made a snap decision and climbed over the stools and tables to get out.

Chen Yanxi was not as fast. Her movements were somewhat clumsy, and it took her quite a while to get both legs out the window. Wang Ge immediately reached out and lifted her down.

With her soft, fragrant body in his arms, Wang Ge's thoughts instantly turned improper, and his body stiffened.

Fortunately, he was barely needed afterward. Zhou Liu and Huang Wenyan climbed through the window with ease. Chen Man'an and Yang Songyue were a little slower, but with the help of the two boys—and with the fat girl moving so slowly—all of them escaped without incident.

Once they had calmed down, Chen Man'an's face was flushed as she couldn't help laughing. "Haha, that was exciting."

Zhou Liu and Yang Songyue were pale, but there was also a trace of excitement in their eyes.

Chen Yanxi had warned Wang Ge beforehand, so he had not felt much. He only felt that his body was far too useless and that he needed to find an opportunity to train.

Chen Yanxi, meanwhile, had remained calm from beginning to end. Her beautiful eyes were like a silent pool, without the slightest ripple.

Only the unlucky Huang Wenyan had been scared until his legs went limp. He now had to rely on Yang Songyue to support him as he walked, or he could barely stand.

"Little Huang Wen, is that all it takes to defeat you?" Zhou Liu ruthlessly mocked.

"What nonsense are you talking about? I'm just a little tired," Huang Wenyan insisted stubbornly.

"Tsk, tsk. What a convincing 'I'm just a little tired.' I almost believed you."

The two bickered as they walked forward, while Wang Ge held Chen Yanxi's little hand and asked her curiously,

"How did you know the classroom door would be locked?"

"It was simple logic."

Chen Yanxi explained, "That fat girl was a hollow mannequin, with a staff member hiding inside. Moving around would certainly be very inconvenient. For a 'ghost' that moved so slowly to create a sense of oppression, there was only one option: create a confined space."

Wang Ge clicked his tongue. "You thought of all that in such a short time. Are you a monster?"

"My focus is different from yours. You can't generalize."

Chen Yanxi shook her head. "You were focused on experiencing the game, immersed in the excitement of the haunted house, so it was normal for you not to notice these things. I couldn't immerse myself in it at all. None of these arrangements could scare me, and I was too bored, so I could only think about the design logic of this haunted house to find some entertainment.

"Once you understand the underlying logic, seeing through these things is easy."

The same design that had scared Huang Wenyan until his legs went limp was merely boring to Chen Yanxi. Wang Ge genuinely did not know what to say.

Though he also felt that this haunted house really wasn't scary.

"Since you find it boring, let's clear it faster," Wang Ge said with a smile.

"You're not slacking off anymore?" Chen Yanxi glanced at him.

This guy had hidden in the back ever since entering the haunted house. He had basically done nothing except take advantage of her, spending the entire time slacking off.

"Haha."

Wang Ge smiled and shrugged. "I thought this was your first time in a haunted house. If you could clear it with your own ability, you'd probably feel more accomplished, so I slacked off a little and gave you the spotlight."

Then he sighed. "I miscalculated. I should have realized sooner that someone as cold and heartless-looking as you isn't suited for haunted houses."

"That's quite rude of you to describe me that way, Student Wang Ge."

Chen Yanxi said, "At least I'm interested in guessing how the haunted house was designed."

"What kind of normal person comes to a haunted house just to guess how it was designed?" Wang Ge complained.

Chen Yanxi pursed her lips without saying anything.

"Come on. Watch me put on a speedrun performance." The corners of Wang Ge's mouth lifted slightly.

"Won't that ruin your friends' gaming experience?" Chen Yanxi asked.

"Compared to that, your experience is more important."

Wang Ge left them with that sentence and squeezed to the front of the group. "Make way, make way. You're all too slow. I'll take over the battlefield from here."

Zhou Liu and Huang Wenyan, who had been bickering in front, exchanged a glance. They both saw the ominous look in each other's eyes.

Why had they only insulted each other before, without mocking Wang Ge at all?

Because they both knew that they could not beat Wang Ge in this regard.

Once Wang Ge stopped slacking off, he displayed mental fortitude even more terrifying than Chen Yanxi's. With something strange in front of him, Zhou Liu and the others screamed in terror, while Wang Ge calmly dealt with it, grabbed the quest item, and turned to leave without the slightest hesitation.

Chen Yanxi had originally held back out of consideration for Zhou Liu and the others' gaming experience, not warning Wang Ge about where ghosts might appear. But after seeing that they did not actually care much, she joined the speedrun team as well:

"Be careful of the window ahead."

"This passage is too narrow. There will most likely be something at the end."

"Staff members may come out and block us from behind later. We'll take this path..."

With Chen Yanxi's warnings, there was no better way to describe Wang Ge now than as charging straight ahead. The haunted house's many obstacles could not hold him back for even a minute before he solved them, and he collected every game item.

The other four could only stare at each other blankly as they watched the couple in action.

When Wang Ge obtained the key to the final school basement, Chen Man'an finally could not hold back. "Should I say that birds of a feather flock together? Why are both of these people so abnormal?"

"Sigh, I knew it. Once Wang Ge gets serious, we lose all our gaming experience," Zhou Liu lamented.

"That's not all. Before, only Wang Ge was ruining our experience. Now he has a fortune-teller beside him too. How are we supposed to play?" Huang Wenyan wailed.

"I suddenly have a bad feeling about this afternoon's murder mystery game," Yang Songyue suddenly said.

Chen Man'an: "..."

Zhou Liu: "..."

Huang Wenyan: "..."

"Damn it, we absolutely can't let those two cooperate during the murder mystery game this afternoon!" Zhou Liu said bitterly.

His words immediately won the agreement of the other three.

Soon, the haunted house reached its final stage, and the group headed to the basement.

The underground passage was blood-red overall, and extremely dark. They could only make out things within a few meters. The background music had also become eerie, and the horror atmosphere suddenly grew much more intense.

Wang Ge walked at the very front and quickly found the door that matched the final key.

"Prepare yourselves mentally. There should be something inside," Chen Yanxi warned.

Wang Ge nodded, took out the key, and opened the door.

The first thing that entered his view was row after row of headless corpses hanging like clothes.

Their heads had been placed on a row of shelves beside them, all facing the doorway.

When Wang Ge turned his head, he met the gazes of those heads.

As the heads stared at them in unison, a chill immediately welled up in Zhou Liu and the others, who had curiously poked their heads in behind him.

At the very back of the basement, a disheveled woman was eating something, her mouth covered in blood.

Hearing the door open, she slowly raised her head and looked toward the group at the entrance. Her wrinkled, blood-red face twisted into a sinister smile.

The terrifying sight left Zhou Liu and the others frozen.

"Run!"

Wang Ge growled. The others immediately came to their senses and turned to sprint away, shouting things like, "Holy crap!" and "That's terrifying!"

"Holy crap, this ghost runs so fast!"

While fleeing, Zhou Liu glanced back and discovered that the ghost was already about to catch up. He was scared out of his wits.

"Run outside the teaching building! According to the setting, she can't leave the building!" Wang Ge immediately shouted a reminder.

Everyone hurried toward the outside.

Before long, they finally escaped the teaching building, panting heavily.

"Huff, we're safe." Yang Songyue looked back and saw that the disheveled female ghost had not followed them. She immediately relaxed.

"Wait!"

At that moment, Zhou Liu suddenly spoke with a strange expression. "Where's Wang Ge? Why is Wang Ge missing?"

Chen Yanxi immediately frowned and swept her gaze around. After confirming that Wang Ge was nowhere to be found, she turned around and ran back without the slightest hesitation.

The other four saw Chen Yanxi's reaction, exchanged glances, and all revealed knowing smiles before following at a leisurely pace.