Genshin Impact: This fireplace house is your graveyard.

Chapter 78 Endless Nightmare 6

The teacher, with his back to Qiuhe and the others, slowly began to say these words.

But those words seemed to have a magical power; only Qiuhe heard them, while the others around him did not.

And at that moment, for some reason, a strange smile appeared on the corner of the teacher's mouth.

Upon hearing the teacher call him by his real name, Qiuhe instinctively responded.

But before he could utter a word, his consciousness vanished into darkness, his vision suddenly blurred, and then he saw that the center of the darkness was like glass.

It instantly exploded into a spiderweb pattern from the middle, and the cracks gradually spread into the dark space.

Finally, this dark space shattered into countless fragments, just like broken glass.

At that moment, Qiuhe stood there dumbfounded, then his unfocused gaze gradually regained its clarity.

"What is that?"

A bead of sweat rolled down Qiuhe's face. It seemed like something had just happened, but he felt like a slide had been cut in half.

Having lost that fleeting memory, and seeing that Qiuhe remained silent, the teacher's eerie smile slowly faded.

They then left. Akikawa was still in a daze, but Kurumi was already happily jumping and celebrating behind them.

"Wow! As expected of Bentao, her acting skills are simply superb, breathtaking, hahahahaha!"

Then, like a cheerful little deer, Hu Tao pulled Qiu He and Xiang Ling out of the classroom in a flurry.

The sudden contact with his hand jolted Qiuhe awake, his mind still reeling, unable to comprehend what had just happened.

Just as the group was running towards the stairs like wild horses, they happened to pass by a cleaning lady who was cleaning the windows.

Their reflections had just flashed across the polished glass like lightning.

And just as their reflections flashed by, a short while later, the gleaming glass...

Suddenly, an extremely distorted figure was reflected inside, as if it were a demon crawling out of the abyss of hell.

The figure was gradually expanding from a tiny point, as if it were struggling to emerge from the deepest part of the glass.

But the cleaning lady ignored it and continued wiping the glass at her own pace. Slowly, the distorted figure began to reveal its human outline.

Just as it was about to emerge from the glass, the distorted figure suddenly stopped.

Then the twisted figure slowly raised its hand, like a demon's claw, and slammed it onto the glass.

And the glass, following the spot where the handprint was made, emitted a snowflake-like white light that spread across the entire glass.

The cleaning lady remained completely unaware; the strange, twisted thing seemed to be trapped inside the reflective glass.

Unable to break through the glass to enter reality, and seemingly unable to be seen by ordinary people, nor by the strange features on the glass.

Finally, Hu Tao led the group to the playground to play ball.

"Xingqiu, stop Xiangling!" Hu Tao shouted, urging Xingqiu to stop Xiangling.

Xiangling was kicking the soccer ball at her feet, heading towards Hu Tao's goal.

"Hey, Xingqiu, are you struggling to keep up because you don't get enough exercise?"

Xiangling looked at Xingqiu with a sly grin, raising an eyebrow as she spoke sarcastically.

"Xin Yan, catch!" Xiang Ling shouted, shaking off Xing Qiu, and kicked the soccer ball to Xin Yan.

But just as the ball reached Xin Yan's feet, before the game had even started,

Suddenly, a boy with dark blue hair and a dot on his forehead resembling a third eye appeared and slid in to steal the ball.

Then came a beautiful turn and a quick rise, his eyes sharp and piercing.

Seeing this, Hu Tao shouted, "Well done, Xiao!"

Hu Tao, watching this scene, felt that if he were playing a game of King of Glory, he could fill the screen with impressive scores.

Xiao was also eager to try, and was about to kick the soccer ball directly towards Xiangling and the others' goal in the distance.

At this moment, a boy with dark brown hair, a tuft of hair sticking up on top of his head, and a tuft of hair tied up at the back of his head...

As if anticipating Xiao's next move, Xiangling called out, "Jiaming, if Xiao shoots directly, you absolutely have to catch him!"

Just as Xiao was about to kick the ball, Jiaming seized the opportunity and blocked the path of the ball's trajectory.

But this was just a small move by Xiao; his target was Chongyun, who was closest to Xiangling's goal.

Unlike Xiangling, Xiao didn't alert the enemy by kicking the soccer ball away; he only shouted "Chongyun!" the moment he kicked it.

Jiaming then realized his prediction was wrong, but it was too late. It was clear from that shot...

Xiao's athletic talent seems exceptional; this shot was like an arrow piercing the clouds.

The speed was extremely fast, rushing directly towards Qiuhe, who immediately made a receiving motion.

“Leyi,”

Qiuhe's pupils suddenly dilated. Someone called out "Leyi," and the voice was so gentle it seemed to be ringing in Qiuhe's ear.

Akikawa stood frozen in place as the ball hurtled straight toward his face.

Xiao also keenly sensed Qiuhe's unusual behavior, "Chongyun, get out of the way!"

At this moment, Qiuhe's consciousness seemed to be wandering in the sky, and he did not react in any way to avoid it.

Just as the ball was about to hit his face, a girl with purple twin ponytails and cat ears reacted and instantly tackled Qiuhe to the ground.

The soccer ball flew directly towards the stairs leading to the classroom, even though the soccer field was quite far from those stairs.

The ball not only flew to the step, but also bounced incredibly high.

This also shows that Xiao's kick was incredibly powerful; if that ball had hit Akikawa's head...

That would probably allow him to directly reach the Seventh Dream Realm. Everyone rushed over to check on Qiuhe's condition.

Meanwhile, the purple-haired girl with cat ears kept calling out to Qiuhe, who was leaning against her, "Chongyun, Chongyun?"

The girl noticed that Qiuhe seemed to be in a daze, and wondered if he was frightened by the ball just now.

But then Hu Tao ran to Qiu He's side first, asking, "Qiu He, are you alright?"

Hu Tao called out Qiu He's name directly, and Qiu He instantly snapped out of his daze.

Moreover, listening to Hu Tao's voice, he suddenly realized that the "Le Yi" he had just heard was actually Hu Tao calling out.

Because the voices were exactly the same, and Hu Tao's lips were now adorned with a very eerie smile, just like the previous teacher's.

Completely different from that mischievous smile, Qiuhe was just about to ask Hu Tao why she had called out the name Le Yi earlier.

Before he could even look up at Hu Tao and speak, the same feeling returned, and his consciousness plunged into darkness once more.

As before, the dark space shattered again, and his memories were like a slideshow that had been cut out.

Completely unaware of what had happened, Qiuhe remained seated on the lawn, leaning against the purple-haired girl, still in a daze. "How...?"

Seeing that he didn't speak, just like the previous teacher, Hu Tao's eerie smile gradually faded, as if it had never been there.

As her smile faded, Hu Tao's expression turned to one of deep concern. "Chongyun, how are you? Are you hurt?"

After a while, her companions all came to Qiuhe's side, and Qiuhe calmed her restless and turbulent emotions.

He let out a long sigh of relief. "I'm sorry, I suddenly seemed to remember something, but then I forgot. I'm sorry I worried you."

Qiuhe didn't know what had just happened to him, so he could only say something casually and quickly move on from the matter.

Finally, he made up an excuse to go to the restroom and left the playground. Even after entering the classroom, Qiuhe's mind was far from calm.

"What happened? Why did I suddenly get distracted? I was clearly playing ball with Hu Tao and the others."

"I feel like I've forgotten something," Qiuhe said absentmindedly as he walked to the restroom.

After using the bathroom, he wanted to wash his face to refresh himself, but while he was washing his face, the mirror was initially fine...

But when he bent down a second time, the same grotesque, distorted face suddenly appeared in the mirror.

Unlike the reflections of his previous figures, this time his entire body was reflected, with blood continuously flowing from his bloodshot eyes.

His face gradually became more distorted, and just as Qiuhe wiped the water from his face and was about to look up, he heard the sound of something falling to the ground behind him.

The sound immediately caught Qiuhe's attention. Qiuhe turned around and saw that the mop hanging on the bathroom wall had fallen to the floor.

Qiuhe was also curious as to why something hanging on the wall would fall down when no one touched it.

But without thinking much of it, he went over and hung the mop back up. And while he was hanging the mop up...

The grotesque figure reflected in the mirror, with its distorted face, suddenly began to convulse violently, its head jerking back and forth at an alarming speed—a truly horrifying sight.

But then, inexplicably, the mirror suddenly exploded from the middle, instantly shattering into a spiderweb-like pattern and breaking into countless fragments.