The game had completely spiraled out of control by this point.
Even Instructor Ding's brain had short-circuited.
Logically, he should have pressed alt+F4 to exit the game right away, but the issue was that the game transitioned so smoothly because it was already part of a mini-game challenge. Instructor Ding had been pressing the W key, navigating obstacles with the mouse, and was still immersed in this muscle memory.
The surrounding environment changed almost instantaneously. At first, he thought it was just another outrageous bug and didn't react right away. By the time Yarvette and countless monsters appeared, the game had seamlessly switched back to the previous escape challenges.
Only this time, the cute girl who had been chasing him turned into terrifying monsters, and more Ghosts kept emerging from below, rising from the already frozen pool, emitting deep growls as they clambered up.