Skinning Changing Room, Wang Meng's Fatty Liver

"Uh... where... is this?"

"What exactly happened?"

Guo Shuai clutched his groggy head.

He pushed himself up from the floor, trying to get to his feet. The sensation in his palm, however, was sticky and slick.

"What the heck?"

He lowered his head, puzzled.

His pupils instantly contracted.

He discovered that beneath him was a pool of blood that was already close to solidifying!

"Holy crap!"

Guo Shuai jolted in fright, scrambling to his feet with hands and feet, instinctively retreating.

Bang.

His back hit what should have been a wall.

But...

The sensation wasn't of a hard wall, but...

Soft, with a hint of residual warmth and elasticity.

"?"

Guo Shuai swallowed, turning his head with a tremble.

"Ah!!"

The next second, he almost slipped and Fell on Ground.

He saw that behind him, a bloody corpse was hanging upside down from the ceiling by an Iron Hook.

It was a corpse that had been completely skinned!

The bright red muscle fibers were clearly visible.

And the eyeballs, unprotected by eyelids, were protruding tightly, directly facing Guo Shuai's face as he turned!

Within their pupils, it seemed the extreme terror from its final moments still lingered.

"Hoo... hoo..."

Guo Shuai leaned against the iron cabinet, panting heavily.

Even though he had already experienced the Scarecrow's baptism.

This kind of horror movie scene, with its extreme visual impact, had still scared him quite a bit.

"Heh heh..."

Just then, that familiar mocking voice echoed in his mind.

"Looks like you're not that brave after all, brat."

"You can't handle this childish scene? How are you going to keep up with your perverted Boss?"

It was Albert.

Guo Shuai wasn't in the mood to argue with him. He wiped away the cold sweat and asked in his heart.

"Stop the nonsense! What's going on?!"

"We were clearly at the school gate, why did we suddenly end up here? Where are the others?"

"Because... you've been pulled into the [Ghost Realm]."

Albert's voice was unusually serious for a moment.

"Or, in your words, an Instance."

"Ghost Realm?!"

Guo Shuai's heart leaped. "Could it be an independent space like the previous Watcher Scarecrow?"

He recalled the bizarre time mechanism of the Death Wheat Field, meaning...

Within this school, there existed a supernatural entity on the same level as, or even stronger than, the S-class Scarecrow!

"Heh heh, scared, aren't you?"

Albert seemed to enjoy Guo Shuai's surprise.

"The moment you stepped through the school gate, you were targeted by 'it'."

"Later, some unlucky soul must have broken its 'School Rule', and it forcibly pulled all of you into its game."

Guo Shuai was furious after hearing this. "If you knew, why didn't you say anything?! Can't you scan?"

"Why should I?"

Albert retorted righteously.

"That guy doesn't have any direct malice."

"Or rather... it just wants to simply open a school."

"It's just that this school isn't for humans, but for ghosts."

"Think about it carefully, what is the purpose of a school?"

"Isn't it to pass screenings and trials, to cultivate 'smart people' and 'experts'?"

"This school is the same."

"Only those who abide by the rules and pass the exams, humans/ghosts, can survive."

At this point, Albert's voice began to become ethereal.

"Alright, I'm tired too."

"This level of Ghost Realm suppresses my Spirit Body."

"This God will now fall into a deep sleep."

"Make good use of the [New Ability] I just gave you and submit an excellent answer sheet."

"Don't disappoint this God, and don't die... Stinky Kid..."

The voice grew fainter and fainter, finally disappearing completely.

"Hey! Hey! Old Man?!"

Guo Shuai called out twice, but there was no response.

It seemed this guy had truly fallen asleep, or was hiding from some kind of detection.

"'Smart people' and 'experts'..."

Guo Shuai savored Albert's words and couldn't help but complain.

"What about the Boss then?"

"I feel like with the Boss's personality, he wouldn't just not do the test, he'd tear it up on the spot."

"And then charge into the Principal's office and kick the Principal to death!"

Just as he was sighing.

Drip.

He suddenly noticed that a line of blood-red numbers was appearing on the Black Ghost Face Mark on his hand.

[06:31]

[06:30]

"A countdown?"

Guo Shuai's heart tightened. "Does it have some deep meaning? Or is it a Death Countdown?"

Not daring to waste time, he quickly observed his surroundings.

This was a locker room.

Two rows of red Tin Cabinets, the floor covered in Bloodstains and scattered Clothes.

It looked very much like the Gym Locker Room of a Cherry Blossom Country school he had seen in anime.

"So this is inside that Cherry Blossom Country Middle School?"

Guo Shuai muttered to himself and began checking the lockers one by one.

The Cabinet Doors had Name Tags attached:

[Tanaka Natsuki]...

[Yekaterina]...

[Mikami Masayuu]...

"These are all female names, so it seems to be the Girls' Locker Room."

Guo Shuai walked to the door and tried to peek outside.

However, as soon as he poked his head out halfway, he immediately retracted his Neck like a turtle.

Because in the Corridor outside the locker room.

A group of Male Students wearing Black Stand-up Collar School Uniforms, with their eyeballs bulging out, were gathered around the ground.

They were currently frantically devouring the Corpse of a Female Student wearing a Sailor Uniform.

The Chewing Sound made his scalp tingle.

"This unlucky?"

Guo Shuai leaned On the door, his mouth twitching. "I walk out and immediately run into an Eating Scene?"

He clenched his fists, contemplating whether to fight his way out or to lay low.

Just then.

A thick, broad hand suddenly patted his shoulder from behind!

Slap!

"Ah!!"

Guo Shuai's nerves were stretched to the absolute limit. Without thinking, his body reacted faster than his mind!

He grabbed the wrist in return, put force into his waist, and executed a shoulder throw!

"Go!"

Whoosh-clang!

A heavy figure was fiercely thrown onto the locker room floor by him, shaking the metal lockers until they hummed.

"What was that?!"

"Was it a Wandering Corpse?!"

Guo Shuai panted, instantly assuming a fighting stance, ready to deliver a finishing blow.

But the next moment, illuminated by the flashing lightning outside, he saw the face of the "Monster" on the ground and was completely stunned.

It wasn't a Wandering Corpse.

It was a Fatty, wearing a tight Black Stand-up Collar School Uniform, his face contorted in a mask of pain?

"Holy... crap?"

"Brother Wang?!"

Guo Shuai was dumbfounded: "How could it be you, Brother Wang?!"

At this moment, Wang Meng was wearing that school uniform, which was clearly a size too small, looking like a meat dumpling wrapped in lotus leaves.

He clutched his lower back, grimacing as he got up from the ground, pointing at Guo Shuai and cursing.

"Damn it, Guo Shuai... you idiot!"

"Ouch, my old back... I'm really impressed by you!"

"F*ck, I've been waiting here for half a day risking my life for you, afraid something would happen to you! And you just hit me?!"

Wang Meng rubbed his kidney, his face filled with grief and indignation.

"If it weren't for my severe fatty liver protecting me, that fall would have broken my bones!"

"S-sorry, Brother Wang!"

Guo Shuai quickly stepped forward to help him up, his face full of guilt.

"I thought the Wandering Corpses from behind had snuck in! You scared me to death!"

"But Brother Wang, what did you mean by what you just said?"

"Why were you waiting for me? Was I very late?"

Wang Meng wasn't truly angry. After a few grumbles, his expression turned serious.

"Yeah!"

"Big Boss and Sister-in-law had already regrouped, they're in Class 3-2!"

"Just now, a Male Teacher brought a Female Student to meet us, but after counting, only you, Kid, were missing!"

"Big Boss was afraid you'd get lost or something would happen, so he told me to wait for you on this essential path."

"I was just wandering around nearby, looking for any useful tools."

"But then a group of Wandering Corpses carrying a weak Female Student came for a picnic and blocked the road, trapping me in this Locker Room."

Wang Meng pointed to the Countdown on the back of his hand.

"None of that is important! The key is that rule!"

"We have to get to [Class 3-2] to report before the Countdown ends! They said we have to attend Morning Self-Study!"

"If we don't go or are late..."

"I don't know what the consequences will be, but it's probably very serious! Big Boss said we might be directly erased!"

After speaking, Wang Meng picked up a black Male School Uniform from the ground, which was clearly someone's discarded clothing, and threw it to Guo Shuai.

"Quick! Put on this school uniform!"

"These were given by those two NPCs. They said it's an 'Admission Ticket'. If you don't wear the uniform, you'll be treated as an intruder and attacked by all the School Monsters!"

Guo Shuai took the uniform and realized the seriousness of the situation.

It seemed his lateness was very likely due to Albert, that Old Man, doing something sneaky when the Ghost Realm descended.

Or perhaps it took time to transfer that New Ability to him.

"Okay, Brother Wang!"

Guo Shuai didn't waste any words and quickly put on the school uniform that carried a Moldy Smell.

After putting it on, he flexed his wrists and spoke confidently.

"Brother Wang, since that's the case, let's kill our way through!"

"From now on, I'll clear the path and deal with those Wandering Corpses! Later, you lead the way, and we'll go to Class 3-2 to find the Boss!"

Coincidentally, he also wanted to test just how strong that 'New Ability' Albert had left him before falling asleep was.

"Alright! I trust you!"

Wang Meng looked at Guo Shuai's confident gaze and grinned.

He turned, walked to the row of dented metal cabinets, and exerted force with both hands.

Creak!

Two heavy sheet metal cabinet doors were directly ripped off by him forcefully!

Next, he skillfully bent the cabinet doors, using the hinges and wires on them.

Instantly modifying them into two simple but sturdy arm guards.

"Take these, put them on!"

Wang Meng handed the arm guards to Guo Shuai.

"Don't get bitten."

"It's shown well in movies, these zombies' mouths are all poisonous. If you get infected, I can't save you."

"Thanks, Brother Wang!"

Guo Shuai felt a warmth in his heart.

As expected of a B-Class Mechanic, this skill of modifying equipment with bare hands was simply amazing.

He put on the arm guards, took a deep breath, and picked up the cleaver that had fallen on the ground earlier.

"Let's go!"

The two of them, one after the other, walked out the main door to face the group of Evil Ghosts eating in the corridor.