"Doctor, I heard someone running around upstairs just now." On the stairs leading to the second floor, Fatty cautiously stopped to listen for movement above.
"Someone's still howling right now," Xu Xingcheng added.
"Anyone who isn't deaf can hear that..." Curly Hair concluded.
But another, even louder sound rang out immediately afterward.
It was the class bell.
The deafening sound filled the entire library, drowning out every other noise.
By the time the bell stopped, the howling upstairs had ceased.
Fatty hesitantly looked at Gu Mian. "Doctor, ghosts wouldn't howl like that, would they? Was that a person yelling?"
"It was," Liu Ruyan said, "but the voice wasn't anyone we know."
There were actually other players upstairs?
As far as they knew, the most recent batch of players had entered half a month ago. What sort of people could survive in here for over half a month?
And a moment later, the people who had made those sounds appeared before them.
As hurried footsteps approached, Gu Mian saw two men, one tall and one short, appear at the top of the stairs.
The tall man was covering the short man's mouth with one hand while dragging him toward the stairs.
Even as he dragged the other man over, the tall man kept looking behind them, as though something were chasing them.
With all their attention focused behind them, neither noticed the people there when they stepped onto the stairs.
Only after the tall man had dragged the short man partway down, nearly close enough to kiss Fatty at the front, did he notice the group standing on the stairs.
Fatty was forcing a smile onto his face, preparing to give them a "Welcome!"
But before he could squeeze the words out, he was greeted by a booming scream.
"Very nice.