Chapter 56: Anonymous User's Text Message

Gu Yi grabbed four sets of dishes and chopsticks and placed them on the table.

Just as he and his mother sat down, his father came down from upstairs and sat next to his mother.

There was an empty seat to the right of Gu Yi.

Gu Yi sneakily glanced at the dishes and chopsticks, which lay lonely on the table, untouched by anyone.

“Why aren't you eating?”

“Huh?”

Gu Yi picked up his dishes and chopsticks and looked at his mother, only to realize that she wasn't even looking at him.
She was speaking to the invisible sister.

“Forget it, if you don't want to eat, then don't.”

His mother shook her head and continued with her breakfast.

Gu Yi felt a cold sweat running down his back.

This little incident hadn't happened in his previous deductions.

Although it wouldn't have any impact on him, it made him more vigilant.

Before leaving the bedroom, Gu Yi had taken a few extra seconds to organize his props, causing the plot to change due to the butterfly effect.

“It seems like I need to be more careful in the future…”

“What are you saying?”

“Nothing.”

His father gave him a strange look, sipping his millet porridge and asking, “Who do you and your sister want to ride with?”

Gu Yi turned his head to his right.

“Who do you want to ride with?”

Just as in the previous deduction, his sister didn't say a word.

His mother impatiently shook her head.
“Forget about her, she's like a clam.
Both of you can ride with me.”

“Okay.”

Gu Yi nodded.

His mother had a more irritable temperament compared to his father, who seemed more composed.

However, both of his parents seemed to have some inexplicable powers.

Breakfast was finished.

Gu Yi followed his mother out of the old house.

He looked back for a moment.

The old house had three floors.

He lived on the first floor, while his parents and sister lived on the second floor.

The lease contract mentioned not to go to the third floor, but Gu Yi was even more curious about it.

It was certain that there was danger on the third floor.

But there must also be opportunities and clues.

It would be foolish to avoid it just because of the danger.

“Gu Yi, what are you daydreaming about?”

“I'm coming, Mom.”

The protagonist and his name were both “Gu Yi,” which was likely the result of the system's manipulation.

Gu Yi, as in the deduction before, opened the car door and let his invisible sister in first before getting into the car himself.

“Check your backpacks quickly, don't leave anything behind, and make me take it to school for you.”

“Yes.”

Gu Yi opened his backpack and checked it.
He took out his exercise book.

[Name: Gu Yi]

[Class: Grade 12, Class 2]

The protagonist is a student who is about to take the college entrance examination.

June is the time for the college entrance examination, and the exam is only a month away.

The mother drove silently on the road, not saying a word.

Gu Yi leaned against the window, looking out at the scenery.

The town was called Huan Dao Town.
Judging by the name, it should be a seaside town, but in reality, it was surrounded by mountains.

The pedestrians on the road had no expression, as if they were cheap dolls, walking stiffly.

Gu Yi occasionally made eye contact with those pedestrians, but each time, he felt a chill down his spine.

—These people were not living beings; there was no light in their eyes.

“We're here.”

His mother stepped on the brakes.

Gu Yi snapped out of his thoughts and looked at the campus in front of him—Huan Dao High School.

“Goodbye, Mom.”

“Hmm, goodbye.”

Gu Yi waved goodbye to his mother and walked into the campus.

Gu Yi didn't know any of the students or teachers in the school, so he kept his head down and didn't dare to greet anyone.
But it seemed that no one paid much attention to him either.

Clearly, the character he was playing was an introverted person.

Gu Yi found the classroom for Grade 12, Class 2.

At this time, the students had just entered the classroom, doing their usual routine of submitting assignments and cleaning.

Gu Yi didn't rush into the classroom; instead, he stood silently at the door.

—He didn't know where he should sit.

“Why are you standing at the door?”

A classmate came up to Gu Yi.

“I…”

“Stop talking nonsense.
Take out your workbook and let me copy it quickly.”

The classmate pulled Gu Yi to sit at the back of the classroom and smoothly took the exercise book out of Gu Yi's backpack.

Gu Yi sat in his seat and picked up a book from the desk.
This was his seat.

Gu Yi looked at his deskmate.

This child's name was Chen Dong, and he was just like the pedestrians on the road, always staring with lifeless eyes.

Gu Yi took out his phone and checked the time.

[6 days, 23 hours, 23 minutes.]

It took him about half an hour to travel from home to school.

Gu Yi looked around the classroom and suddenly felt a chill in his heart.

He noticed a very unusual detail.

There was no clock in the classroom.

The countdown to the college entrance exam on the blackboard remained empty.

The only way he could know the time was through the countdown on his phone.

“Why isn't there a clock in the classroom?”

“What do you need a clock for?” Chen Dong said while copying the homework.
“The school bell is very accurate.
Just listen to the bell, and you'll know the time.”

“Do you have your phone with you?”

“Yeah, why?”

“Let me see it.”

Without much thought, Chen Dong handed his phone to Gu Yi.

Gu Yi opened it and indeed, just as he had suspected, even his deskmate's phone didn't display the time and date.
It only showed a countdown.

It seemed that the Unspeakable didn't want him to know the real-time.

When he first entered the dungeon, he only saw that calendar.

That was the only thing that hinted at the date.

Could the calendar be misleading?

Was it even true that his birthday is in seven days?

And in seven days, would he really encounter a catastrophic event?

But what exactly is this catastrophic event?

The more Gu Yi thought about it, the more confused he became.

Beep beep beep.

Suddenly, Gu Yi's phone rang.

He opened it to check.

It turned out to be an anonymous text message.

At this time, Gu Yi's phone had a new function to view text messages.
He opened the message and his whole body went cold.

[Sister's Diary.]

[May 11, 2021, Sunny.]

[Brother is dead.
He pushed me out to save me but got caught under the wheels of a big truck.
His head was crushed.]

[I'm really sad.
It would have been so much better if he hadn't died.]

[May 18, 2021, Cloudy.]

[Today is Brother's birthday, but unfortunately, Brother didn't have a chance to blow out the candles.
Mom and Dad suddenly brought Brother to me, and I cried in fear.]

[Mom, that's not Brother.
What exactly is he?]

[Mom said, “What nonsense are you talking about? How can you say such things about your brother?”]

[I can't believe all of this.]

Gu Yi put down his phone, and his mind was in chaos.

Whose diary is the real one?

Between me and my sister, who is the “ghost”?

Who is the person who died in the accident?