Vol 3 Chapter 4.1 (1/2)

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at 29th of May 2019 06:59:55 AM

Chapter 4.1

Chapter 4: School Wonders, Part 1—Step by Step—translated by lucathia (proofread by Trespa.s.serby & Taffygirl13)

“Yawn!”

Lu Yang gave a big yawn and said, “Time to head to the next location, yeah?”

After he said that, everyone finally relaxed completely .

A whole fifteen minutes had already pa.s.sed since twelve . Even claiming that their watches were off couldn’t pa.s.s muster . Nothing had happened . Not even a bird had flown by, let alone someone falling .

There was just an angel flying around, according to Jiang Ziya .

“Did you see anything?” Lu Yang asked Jiang Ziya lazily, as if he were joking around .

However, Jiang Ziya knew he wasn’t joking around, just that he was being watched by Lin Zhixiang and Jian Zhi and could only ask in a flippant tone .

“Nothing . ”

“Same here . ” Lu Yang turned to look out the window again but glanced at Jiang Ziya out of the corner of his eye . The latter shook his head lightly .

Xu Xikai didn’t appear disappointed . As he always said, he just wanted to confirm whether it was real or false . The actual result, truth or sham, didn’t matter much . He said, “Looks like this legend is just a ‘legend . ’ Let’s go . The next location is the closest one to here, the Pond of Meditation . We still have many places to visit . Let’s clean up quickly . ”

Having met failure right off the bat, everyone was downhearted as they cleaned up . However, someone suddenly cried out in alarm, “Oh my G.o.d! The infrared camcorder caught something!”

Lu Yang looked toward Jiang Ziya, who frowned and reflexively looked toward the window .

A shadow fell past from above with extreme speed, so fast that the actual shape couldn’t even be discerned . All that could be seen was a mouth stretched into a wide smile .

Jiang Ziya’s eyes bugged out .

“It’s true!” Everyone surrounded the small camcorder and replayed the video again and again, becoming restless .

Lu Yang calmly pulled Jiang Ziya over to look at the replay . A black shadow had been caught falling down at a quick speed in the video, but it was blurrier, and the smile couldn’t even be seen .

Lu Yang glanced at Jiang Ziya . This time, the latter nodded .

Someone asked doubtfully, “Could it just be something that fell from above?”

“But we were all staring at the window just now . There was nothing!”

“That’s true…”

It was chaotic for a while until Xu Xikai said, “Everyone, for now, use your cell phones to make a copy, in case something happens to the file . Then, we should head to the next location . We don’t have much time . ”

Hearing that, they took out their cell phones to record the video . Someone even immediately uploaded it to their club’s website, and even Lu Yang naturally took out his cell phone to record it .

He also pressed send, but it wasn’t to upload it . Rather, he was sending it to his father .

“So weird . ” Jiang Ziya thought about it again and again . Before the recording, he hadn’t seen anything at all .  It was recorded first, and then I saw it?

Seeing that he received no response, Lu Yang put away his cell phone and clapped Jiang Ziya’s shoulder as he said, “Don’t think about it for now . Let’s get through all of the locations from the wonders first . ”

“The new member is right . ” Xu Xikai said, “Let’s go . ”

The group began to switch locations .

The Pond of Meditation was just a small pond with a small bridge in the middle . Even fitting twelve people on it was difficult, let alone several camcorders along with them . They could barely move . This time, they couldn’t even make it to ten minutes before they couldn’t stand it anymore .

“I feel a bit stupid . ” Someone laughed .

“I know… I’m going to wait by the side of the pond . I mean, the Pond of Meditation is so small . It’s just as clear from over there as over here—”

“Ahhh, something is in the water!”

Suddenly, someone shrieked . Everyone immediately looked over at the pond… A koi fish flipped around, as if mocking the people on the bridge, and then leisurely swam off to a different location in the pond .

“…” One after another, they cuffed the guy who had randomly shouted .

Lu Yang wasn’t very concerned . He had even spent an entire night plastered against a roof before . This bit of a tight squeeze was nothing . It was just that Jiang Ziya might not be able to handle it . He lifted his head to glance at Jiang Ziya, who was staring intently at the surface of the pond, not even daring to blink .

Seems like there are no problems there .  Lu Yang rubbed his nose, only to discover that Lin Zhixiang, with her small stature, was almost being squished off the bridge . She was using both of her hands to cling onto the bridge, her face red from the effort .

Lu Yang moved behind her, silently creating some s.p.a.ce . Lin Zhixiang turned to look and showed a grateful expression .

Several people began moving off the bridge, complaining, “I-I can’t . It’s too hot!

Now that there were fewer people on it, the bridge was finally not as crowded .

Seeing that his good friend was still staring at the pond so intently, Lu Yang laughed and patted him on the shoulder . He said, “Relax . Your eyes are almost falling out . ”

Jiang Ziya turned and said with a sigh, “Nothing’s there . ” Other than a mermaid sleeping deep in the pond .

Xu Xikai said, “Try playing the infrared camcorder . ”

Those words immediately shook everyone awake .  That’s right . Wasn’t it the infrared cam that caught something on film just now?

Unfortunately, there was nothing this time, only an occasional ripple across the tranquil surface of the pond due to the wind .

“Seems like this legend is fake . ” Xu Xikai smiled as he said, “No need to feel disappointed . If all of them turned out to be true, that would be too terrifying . ”

Spa.r.s.e laughter sprinkled among them, but they couldn’t help feel a bit disappointed . After all, what had been caught earlier on film couldn’t even be seen clearly . That it had appeared at all was suspicious .

A guy laughingly said, “Since it’s a wis.h.i.+ng corpse, then how about I make a wish right now?” After he said that, he dug out his wallet from his pocket, took out a coin, and tossed it into the pond .

“I hope I won’t be disappointed by the rest of the itinerary . ”

Someone said uneasily, “You sure about this? The legend behind the wis.h.i.+ng corpse is scary . If the wish comes true, the person who made the wish will take the place of the wis.h.i.+ng corpse . ”

“I mean, nothing appeared, right?”

“I guess…”

“Let’s clean up and head on out . The next one is the legend of the mirror in the bathroom of the school administration building . ”

As they cleaned up, Jiang Ziya was finally able to relax . He rubbed his eyes . Only now did he feel that his eyes were so dry, they were about to tear up .

Lu Yang patted him on the shoulder and said with a chuckle, “Let’s go . Don’t forget to blink later . This is only the second legend . Don’t wait until after you look at six of them . You won’t be able to open your eyes at all by then . ”

Jiang Ziya also felt a little foolish . He awkwardly gave a “yeah . ”

At this time, the sound of rus.h.i.+ng water suddenly came from behind them . Jiang Ziya froze and slowly turned his head . He looked at the pond . Something white had drifted to the surface .

Lu Yang had been walking when he discovered that his friend hadn’t followed . He had only said “Zi—” before he remembered the taboo of using anyone’s name . He quickly swallowed down the rest of the name, but then he found out that Jiang Ziya was currently looking at the surface of the pond, as if he had seen a ghost . Lu Yang looked toward the pond, faintly seeing a white figure floating in the water .

It actually appeared?

Lu Yang stared suspiciously at that figure that looked like a person yet not .

“Why aren’t the two of you mo—” Puzzled, Jian Zhi was halfway through his question when he abruptly realized they were looking at the pond . He immediately looked over as well and gave a shocked yelp, shatteringly sharp in the silence of the night .

The group in front all halted and turned to look at Jian Zhi, nervous and suspicious . If he was playing a joke shrieking like that at this kind of time, they would probably even have the urge to murder him .

“In the pond…” Jian Zhi gestured at the pond and couldn’t finish the rest of his sentence . The pond was still with nothing in it . He stared with wide eyes . Then, he looked at Lu Yang and Jiang Ziya, as if they were his saviors .

“You saw it just now, didn’t you? The two of you stopped to look at the pond . You must have seen that there was a person there?”

“Might’ve been a plastic bag . ” Lu Yang calmly said, “I didn’t see it very clearly earlier . ”

“There really is a wis.h.i.+ng corpse?” The guy who had just tossed in a coin asked nervously .

Someone to the side shouted, “Oh my G.o.d . You just made a wish, too!”

“It was probably a plastic bag!” Lu Yang said with conviction .

“It wasn’t . ” Jian Zhi angrily said, “If it were a plastic bag, it wouldn’t have disappeared so quickly!”

Lu Yang was stumped .

Jiang Ziya suddenly chuckled and said, “It was a fish, a huge, white koi . Just now, the entire thing was floating on the surface, looking just like a person . It gave me a huge shock, but then I realized there was actually a fish tail where the feet should be . The size was insane . Didn’t you see it clearly?”

When he heard that, Jian Zhi froze .  Come to think of it, the proportions just now really weren’t that of a human . Could it really have been a fish?

Everyone relaxed and scolded Jian Zhi one by one .

“Are you trying to scare us to death?!”

“Take a closer look! Wasn’t there already a fish scare earlier?! It’s not like you don’t know there’s fish in the pond!”

Jian Zhi opened his mouth, but in the end, he didn’t explain himself . Although he didn’t want the others to think that he had made a mistake, he subconsciously felt… he should just treat it as having seen incorrectly!

He awkwardly apologized while scratching his cheek, “Sorry!”

They just berated him half-heartedly . Truthfully, no one blamed him, and the guy who had thrown the coin even breathed a sigh of relief, glad that Jian Zhi had admitted that he had been mistaken .