"Okay, if you have any questions, you can come and ask me anytime," Chong Shan Xuan said.
I nodded, then walked alone towards the front of the classroom. Luckily, I encountered the quest NPC.
"Hello, new member! I am Team Leader Ang from the patrol group." said the male NPC, also wearing a dark green jacket, with his hair combed high, standing in front of the whiteboard. "I have received a letter of request from the class monitor of Class 1, Grade 1. She hopes we can help her find her classmate. Recently, I've been busy investigating the incident of robots roaming the campus and attacking students. Can you go to Class 1, Grade 1 for me and understand the situation?"
"Sure."
After answering, a prompt box from the game system appeared before my eyes: You have obtained a letter of request from En Yu
After clicking on the words "Open Letter of Request" at the bottom of the prompt box, the content inside disappeared automatically, replaced by the following text:
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Dear Patrol Group,
Hello! My name is En Yu, and I study in Class 1, Grade 1. My classmate—Boon Fong—has not attended class for several days. I am very worried about him. Is there any way you can contact him?
-En Yu (Class Monitor, Class 1, Grade 1)
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After clicking the "Close" word in the lower right corner of the prompt box, NPC Team Leader Ang said: "Recently, there have been several incidents of robots attacking students in the school. As patrol members, we must find the reason for the robots' appearance as soon as possible. Boon Fong is also a member of our patrol group. Do you think he might be delayed from attending class because he is busy investigating the robot incident?"
After getting the quest hint, I opened the game map to confirm the location of Class 1, Grade 1.
The school map in this game is divided into five main areas: East, South, West, North, and Central. The Patrol Group activity room where I am located belongs to the Central Area, while Class 1, Grade 1 is in the East Area.
Before stepping out of the classroom door, I made eye contact with a boy sitting near the door, wearing the same color uniform as me, for over 5 seconds.
He looked me up and down, then suddenly stood up, staring at me wide-eyed in shock, his mouth agape.
Because I hadn't noticed his presence before, I guessed he must have just logged into the game.
I broke the silence and said, "Hello."
He didn't answer, just kept staring at me.
"Want to go challenge the game quest together?" I waved my hand in front of him, but he still didn't react.
Could it be that his internet speed is too slow and he got disconnected?
Or is he an NPC?
"Forget it!" I thought to myself, and then left the classroom.
Since the game's scene design is very similar to my actual school, Beichuan Middle School, I quickly found my way to Class 1, Grade 1 in Teaching Building No. 1, being very familiar with the layout.
This classroom wasn't much different in design from the one I was just in, except there was an NPC female teacher in front of the lectern and a few more NPC classmates.
As I approached the lectern, the female teacher wearing gold-rimmed glasses frowned and said, "Boon Fong is absent again today."
In less than half a second, a male NPC sitting in the first row raised his hand and replied, "Teacher Loh, he's handling some matters at the Discipline Office."
I walked around the classroom for a bit and gathered some information about Boon Fong from the NPCs in the class. In summary, he is a student of this class and also a patrol member. He has been absent for four consecutive days, and no one knows the reason for his absence. The classmates have mixed opinions about him; some say he is righteous and helpful, while others say he would stop at nothing to achieve his goals.
Just then, footsteps and chatter, different from those of NPCs, came from the corridor outside.
I looked back and saw three female players. They were wearing the same white shirt and dark gray jacket as me on their upper bodies, with dark gray short skirts on their lower bodies.
Although I didn't know their names, I knew they were from the same school as me, classmates from Class 3, Grade 5.
They didn't notice me and instead walked towards the girl sitting in the second column of the first row...