Whispers of the Dormitory

In the heart of Ningzhou Polytechnic, a place where young dreams took flight amidst the bustle of academia, a shroud of fear had descended. It began with whispers, hushed tones shared between students who dared not speak aloud. The dormitory room of 307 was the epicenter of these chilling murmurs, a place where laughter turned to terror and innocence to suspicion.

Li Wei, a fresh-faced freshman with an affinity for writing and a knack for detecting secrets, had moved into 307 just days before. His arrival was met with a mix of excitement and trepidation by his fellow roommates. He had no idea that their lives were about to take a dark turn.

The first incident had come in the form of a note left at the door of the room. It simply read, "Watch your back, Wei." Li dismissed it as a prank until the second note arrived, this time with a sketch of a shadowy figure standing at the window. The roommates were spooked but remained silent.

It wasn't until the third note, accompanied by a strange knocking on the door at midnight, that Li's curiosity turned to concern. He opened the door to find nothing but the eerie silence of the hallway. It was then that he noticed the sketch of the shadowy figure on the floor, as if it had been drawn there just for him.

The following days were a whirlwind of fear and suspicion. More notes appeared, each more ominous than the last. They spoke of a killer lurking among them, someone who knew their deepest secrets. The roommates, once close, began to drift apart, each questioning the others' loyalty and motives.

Li, who had always been an observer, now found himself in the midst of a psychological labyrinth. He started to piece together the clues, each one leading him deeper into the heart of the mystery. He discovered that the dormitory had a dark history, one shrouded in silence and forgotten by time.

One evening, as Li sat alone in the room, he received a message on his phone. It was a photograph of the dormitory corridor, with the words, "This is where he'll strike." Li's heart raced as he followed the clues, eventually finding himself at the end of a dimly lit hallway.

He turned the corner to find himself face-to-face with a figure cloaked in shadows. It was the reclusive Zhang, a quiet, almost invisible student who had always been overlooked. Zhang's eyes were cold, void of any human emotion, as he revealed himself as the killer.

The confrontation was intense. Li, fueled by a mix of fear and determination, grilled Zhang about the reasons behind the murders. Zhang's responses were cryptic, revealing a twisted sense of justice that had driven him to kill. It seemed that each victim had done something unforgivable to Zhang or someone close to him, and he saw no other way to make amends.

As the tension mounted, Li realized that he had to stop Zhang from killing again. With a swift move, he managed to knock the knife from Zhang's hand, but not before the latter managed to land a punch. The fight was short-lived, but it was enough to show Li that he could stand up to his foe.

In the aftermath, the campus was in an uproar. The Ningzhou Polytechnic administration was under fire, and the students were on edge. Li, however, found a sense of peace. He had saved the lives of his roommates, albeit in a manner he never thought he would.

The dormitory of 307 was no longer the haunted place it once was, but it had left its mark on Li Wei. He realized that some secrets were too dark to be buried, and that sometimes, the truth had to be uncovered, no matter how dangerous it might be.

The tale of the shadowy figure at Ningzhou Polytechnic Polytechnic would be passed down through the generations, a cautionary tale about the dangers of silence and the power of courage. And Li Wei, the once quiet observer, would always remember the night he faced the darkness and came out unscathed.