Date#Death in Three Seconds: A Viral Campus Trend Potentially Fatal and Lethal#Trends Surging on Hot Search

Recently, parents in multiple regions have reported that a so-called "death game" has become popular in schools, known as "Dreaming Back to the Tang Dynasty" or "Three Seconds to Death." This game involves specific actions that cause suffocation by holding one's breath, leading to oxygen deprivation and potentially permanent brain damage. In severe cases, it can result in asphyxiation and death. Some children have fainted immediately after playing the game, let out screams, and experienced cold sweats all over their faces, with lingering headaches and dizziness even the next day.

A parent said, "My son really managed to escape death this time."

Some netizens also mentioned that recently, a classmate of their nephew fainted while playing the game and was hospitalized.

Online, there are also circulated reminders issued by some schools, warning parents and teachers to be vigilant and strictly prohibit students from playing this game. Some netizens have mentioned that this game was previously popular in schools, but it was not called "Dream Back to the Tang Dynasty" at that time.

The so-called "Dreaming Back to the Tang Dynasty," previously known as the "death game," also called the "heartbeat game" or "breath-holding game," originated among Southeast Asian teenagers and spread to China in the late 1990s, where it was propagated in some primary and secondary schools and universities in certain cities. Upon learning of the spread of the "death game" among students, the Ministry of Education resolutely took measures to prevent such harmful games, which endanger the physical and mental health of young students, from spreading and proliferating among them.

The police have also issued warnings regarding the game. According to previous reports, Liu Shaobo, director of the Second Ward of Neurosurgery at Hunan Second People's Hospital, explained that the "death game" compresses the heart, inhibits breathing, reduces the return of blood to the heart, and correspondingly decreases the blood and oxygen supply to the brain. In severe cases, it can lead to loss of consciousness, cessation of all organ functions, and directly endanger life.

Remind parents that the action of pressing the chest in this game is the key. If you see such actions between children, you must be vigilant and not regard them as normal fights.