Quick Transmigration: Underdog Turns out to be Untouchable

”What are you doing, let go of me!”

”Let go, don’t drag me, I can walk by myself!”

The Non-mainstream girl and the Nail Girl kicked their legs, struggling and shouting, but the students gripping their arms on both sides were completely unmoved. They didn’t speak, just hauled them brutally toward the back.

Miao Shuangshuang frowned. Just what kind of ”standing punishment” was this? It definitely wouldn’t be some mild, literal standing in the corner.

No one knew what would happen to those two after being dragged off to stand as punishment. The previous Miao Shuangshuang had muddled through after entering the game and died that very night.

Maybe she’d been scared out of her wits. Miao Shuangshuang in her past life remembered nothing of the process inside this game, so now she was completely in the dark about it.

Very soon the Non-mainstream girl and the Nail Girl were dragged by nearby students to the back of the classroom. The two were pushed up onto a small platform; there were ropes placed on it.

Their arms were twisted behind their backs, and together with their legs, were bound round and round with rope by the students. Those students tied them very tightly, the ropes biting their arms until they flushed red.

After tying them up, two rope loops dropped down from the ceiling. The students slid the loops over the Non-mainstream girl’s and the Nail Girl’s necks, then left.

The loops hung from their necks, throttling them until their eyes rolled white. They could only desperately stand on tiptoe to keep themselves from actually being strangled to death.

With hands and feet bound, they couldn’t move and so couldn’t remove the loops themselves. If they struggled even a little, the rope would tighten. So they had to freeze in that position, not daring to move an inch, straining on tiptoe.

Even standing on tiptoe, the rope around their necks was still cutting in hard. They could only look toward the other players, desperately signaling for help with their eyes, but no one responded.

Just failing to stand up and greet the teacher was enough to get dragged off to this kind of punishment. Who knew what kind of punishment they themselves would suffer if they tried to save those two?

People really died in this game. What if the punishment cost you your life? People cherish their lives.

Once the students who had dragged the Non-mainstream girl and the Nail Girl away for punishment returned to their seats, the teacher up front finally swept a cold gaze over everyone and spoke in an icy voice: ”Sit down.”

Everyone sat and class began. This teacher taught Chinese. Her teaching method was extremely simple and crude: she made all the students hold their textbooks and recite the contents.

After finally enduring a full class period, the teacher announced the end of class. The students around them started interacting like normal students—chatting, talking, going to the restroom in groups.

Miao Shuangshuang glanced at the teacher who was about to leave. The Non-mainstream girl and the Nail Girl had been standing like that for an entire class. If they weren’t let down soon, something was going to happen.

Miao Shuangshuang thought it over. Asking the teacher for mercy after class shouldn’t count as a violation, so she raised her hand: ”Teacher, what about those two classmates being punished to stand? Can they be let down now?”

Miao Shuangshuang suddenly speaking up made several newbie players look over. Their eyes were like they were staring at an idiot—how could she be having a Holy Mother moment at a time this dangerous? There wasn’t even enough time to protect herself.

Miao Shuangshuang remained calm. She wasn’t just pleading for the Non-mainstream girl and the Nail Girl; she also wanted to probe the rules of this school.

If even such a simple action counted as a violation, then this newbie instance was far too difficult. If it didn’t, then it meant that outside of class time, players had a high degree of freedom.

The teacher gave Miao Shuangshuang a glance, her expression not particularly angry. She just looked lightly at the Non-mainstream girl and the Nail Girl and said, ”They can be let down after class. Make sure they don’t make mistakes again.”

With that, the teacher left. The probe was successful. During class, even just failing to greet the teacher would draw punishment, but during the break, even if you made requests or asked favors of the teacher, nothing would happen.

It seemed the teacher was relatively easy to talk to, so the break time should be freely arrangeable by the players, letting them explore the school.

Exploring the school wasn’t urgent yet. Miao Shuangshuang first went to the back of the classroom and untied all the ropes on the Non-mainstream girl and the Nail Girl, and took the loops off their necks.

As soon as they were freed, the two collapsed directly to the floor, half sprawled there, coughing until they were gasping for breath. A red groove encircled both of their necks.

Standing frozen on tiptoe for forty-five minutes with the whole body unable to move, and with their necks strangled so that one misstep would mean death—both the psychological terror and the physical exhaustion had pushed them to the brink of collapse.

The Nail Girl lay on the floor sobbing, while the Non-mainstream girl coughed like she was going to cough up a lung.

Miao Shuangshuang didn’t comfort them. She needed to go to the restroom now; untying their ropes had already cost her a few minutes.

There were ten minutes between classes. Students often went to the restroom in groups and gossiped there. In this world, the ”gossip” these students mentioned could very well be important information.

Miao Shuangshuang didn’t want to miss that. She went straight after a group of students who were heading together to the school restroom.

The school restroom was at the very end of the corridor, and it was built quite clean. Miao Shuangshuang randomly picked a stall and went in, and immediately heard two students in the neighboring stalls chatting.

”Wenwen, did you hear? Someone broke into our girls’ dorm last night and strangled a girl to death. They say the person still hasn’t been caught. It’s so scary, I don’t even dare sleep in the dorm anymore.”

”I heard it might have been a ghost that strangled her. There were no signs of damage on the door of that room, and none of the students sharing the room with that girl noticed anything wrong. If that’s not a ghost, then what is?”

After that, the two girls lowered their voices and kept talking for a long while, all about whether it was a person or a ghost. Miao Shuangshuang mulled it over. This should be a hint provided by the game’s NPCs.

Clearly, the dorms at night were definitely unsafe. The only question was whether the intruder would be human or ghost. Either way, it wouldn’t be easy to deal with.

She still had to find some kind of self-defense tool. Facing either human or ghost bare-handed in here put you at a huge disadvantage.

In a game, resistance was part of the fun. The game shouldn’t make it impossible for players to fight back. So Tao Shuangshuang guessed that the way for players to obtain weapons was probably through progressing in the game itself.

Leaving the stall and washing her hands, Miao Shuangshuang returned to the classroom. Inside, the little couple and the twin brothers were sitting together, exchanging information.

The high schooler who’d been sitting next to Tao Shuangshuang and the two veteran players were nowhere to be seen; they were probably out looking for clues.

Meanwhile, the Nail Girl and the Non-mainstream girl were collapsed over the desks at their original seats. The Non-mainstream girl seemed to be in a daze, and the Nail Girl was still crying.

Before the class bell rang, the two veteran players and the high schooler rushed back into the classroom, racing against time, and sat down in their seats.