Fatal Escape: The Ultimate Survival Challenge

idly, leaving me dizzy. When I open my eyes a

leaves, creating a soft rustling sound. Students are scattered across the field, some chatt

t, I look around at my school m

ite the bright sunshine?” Bai-Wan wraps his arm

round. Since then, people have reported hearing weeping sounds here, supposedly the wails of the noble family’s ghosts. Later, Y University bought the land for its low price to build this new camp

uickly add, “But you don’t need to worry. I’ve bee

e mechanical voice ring

val Challenge’—Campus Haunts and Rules. You have one week to escape Y Univers

a huge prompt ap

cape” Cha

: Leave Y

imit:

ity. Please adhere t

according to the ti

de by the professor

ed in pairs. The team with the lowest sco

ilding of Y University. If you see

You must stay in your dorm and c

y open on weekends. A pass i

schedule is not too busy: three calculus classes, tw

imetables; they are identical, mea

s it’s 8 PM, but it’s clearly daylight. T

it shows 7 PM. Are Bai-Wan

the track field, I drag Bai-Wan there. It

AM, and the third and fourth from 10:30 AM to 12:10 PM. My timetable reminds m

ademic building. Luckily, my two years at Y University have made me famili

ce announces, “Players 6, 8, 13, 48, and 52 are absent

rofessor, expressionless, closes the door, blo

supply and demand framework that we

le to st

I cannot understand. As an information technology major,

fessor taps the d

uests made by the profe

. I straighten up, resting my chi

his gaze fixed intently on the whiteboard. His brow is slightly furrowed, the sunli

nd the only beauty in the CEO industry. His f

ing, not that we must listen, I decide

nswer this

t to scold him when I see his urgent expression, si

“Are your ey

g on my foot again while gesturing

noticing he’s pointing at me with

Bai-Wan chose to signal with his eyes instead of whisperi

rofessor, my foot hurt, and I

ftens, and he points to the s

screen to se

umer has $100, he plans to buy 7 units of X and 10 units of Y. At this point, the margin

p purc

e of Y and

he purchase o

s of Y and

ueless, my partn

an, who silently

the hi

ut then demands, “Exp

I possib

up; fulfilling the professor’s reque

nly lets out a childlike giggle, his mouth stretches unnaturally wide, distorti

s down my face. Unable to think of an answer, I stall, “Pro

ot stop me, seemingl

ng as I make it to the end of class, the crisis is averted. But with

him to find he has removed his suit jacket, re

solution to

las, the professor fina