Chapter 118 Dormitory Friendship League (Ten)
The arrival of heavy rain instantly pushed the slightly relaxed atmosphere of the game to a tense peak.
All the candidates who thought they could survive by hiding in the dormitory were chilled to the bone by the rain.
If they don't go out, the game will force them to go out!
On the phone, the bright red countdown was magnified, falling down second by second.
4:59, 4:58, 4:57…
"It doesn't matter, as long as I get the props, as long as..."
I kept whispering this sentence in front of the window, repeating it more and more quickly for more than ten times. Then, in the silent dormitory, a girl suddenly pushed open the window and rushed into the rain with an umbrella.
Similar situations occurred in different locations.
Even if Tang Xin Jue didn't use his mental power to scan, he could at least see that the windows of dozens of dormitories were open, and people rushed out, either boys or girls, alone or in groups, pulling the black cloaks on the clothesline in the heavy rain.
The playing field, where everyone was testing each other to maintain a balance, fell into chaos at this moment.
Compared with the five-minute countdown to elimination, even the threat of the informer that could fall on them at any time seemed bearable - at least everyone could hold on to the hope that the informer might not choose them.
Until the countdown reaches 4 minutes, the death prompt appears.
[A student has died, and the difficulty of all participating students is increased by 1%. The current total is 3%]
"The third one."
Zhang You looked at the heavy rain outside the window. She almost regretted not installing an automatic wiper on the window when she was renovating it yesterday, which would at least make the view a little clearer at this moment.
Tang Xinjue's spiritual vision sharing cannot be turned on all the time. They can only use their own eyes to distinguish the situation outside, and then they come to the conclusion that they can't find the murderer at all.
The only thing we can judge from the fact that there was no “early clearance prompt” is that the informer who just took action was not the masked man who had already killed one person.
Who could it be? Was it Gao Ying, the psychic whose roommate had just died, or some other hidden informer? Or was it a normal candidate who fought back, and the informer ended up losing more than he gained?
"Ah, I finally saw it!" Guo Guo bent over and squinted his eyes, and couldn't help but pat the window with his hand, "I saw the opposite side!"
Just opposite the window, that is, at room 606 of Building A, the window that had been tightly closed was carefully pushed open, and two fully armed boys showed their heads.
Instead of running out to grab the clothes, they stood inside, extending a ridiculously long clothesline that just reached the clothesline. Then, like performing an acrobatic trick, they began to dangle their arms and try to hook the cloak down.
"They tied two clotheslines together and then wrapped the other end around their hands with tape." Tang Xinjue, who saw it most clearly, took a quick look and explained to his confused roommate.
This dormitory was obviously well thought out - if you only have one clothesline, you will probably be blown into the rain by the strong wind, and it is not safe to come out alone, so they came up with the idea of an extended clothesline.
There was more than one dormitory that took a different approach, as desperate situations always bring out powerful creativity. They even vaguely saw someone tie a bed sheet to two chairs, using the weight and friction of the chairs to fight against the frantically flying cloak.
Countdown 3 minutes and 30 seconds.
[A student has died... The current stacking difficulty is 4%... The stacking difficulty is 5%]
The death reminders sounded almost continuously, indicating that the external environment was becoming increasingly dangerous.
Faint cheers came from somewhere. The stronger dormitory got the props first, and the windows were closed again in the heavy rain.
Invisible pressure spread among the remaining dormitories.
The fewer people there are, the greater the chance of being attacked by informers. Not only do they have to complete their mission and avoid being killed, they also have to complete it faster than others, every second counts.
"What is a competition?"
In the quiet dormitory, the boy frowned and drew the curtains, then threw the telescope into the hands of his roommate who was peeking out. He managed to raise the corners of his mouth slightly and said, "This is a competition."
It is crueler than an exam, more dangerous than a copy, and scarier than a ghost.
[…Superimposed difficulty 6%…Superimposed difficulty 7%…]
[Some candidates have advanced to the next level! Current number of candidates who have passed: 5]
This time, the prompt appeared directly in everyone's mind. Tang Xin Jue released his mental power to search for it the moment he received it. However, just as he probed into the rain curtain, he was almost hit by a shield flying towards him.
The oval-shaped sharp golden light broke through the heavy rain and flew upwards with a chilling murderous intent, as if it had reached its full attack state!
Tang Xin Jue mobilized his mental power to avoid it quietly. The shield had obviously locked onto the target and flew straight to a dormitory on the 5th floor opposite, but it only hit the French window in vain, and the dull sound of the collision was covered by the rain.
The shield paused for two seconds after missing the target, and right in front of it, a clear and huge mark appeared across the balcony window.
It was a green circle, indicating that the dormitory had been cleared and left.
Looking closely, I saw that the dormitory number was 501.
Just over ten minutes ago, Tang Xinjue had just written down this house number on paper. At the same time, the second candidate to die in the entire competition was born here.
Building A, Room 501, the informer's dormitory where the psychic is located.
Tang Xin Jue thought of the girl named Gao Ying, and understood. Mental power skills are one of the few abilities that will not be affected by heavy rain. In addition, the candidates are shaken, so as long as they can seize the opportunity and act decisively, passing the level can be said to be easy.
There were originally supposed to be 6 people in their dormitory, but after one of them was cursed to death by the masked man, there were five left. So with the entire dormitory together, the number of people who passed the level naturally became 5.
As his mind turned, his vision dropped down to the balcony where the shield girl was. The long-haired girl stood in the rain, touching her shield without saying a word. Her rage had calmed down, and I didn't know what she was thinking at the moment.
Tang Xin Jue noticed that the shield was stained with blood. The smell had been diluted by the rain, but it still lingered faintly in the nearby space.
——The good student who was just killed was either the shield girl’s roommate or a nearby candidate, or he might have died in front of the girl.
Tang Xinjue had the answer in his mind and shifted his gaze to the other end of the balcony.
308, the masked man's dormitory is still closed. But if you look closely, you can still see residual marks on the glass. It's like someone struggled outside to open the window, and a sharp blade like a dagger scratched it.
The scratch was shallow and the time was not long. The man died silently. According to the habit of the girl named Gao Ying last time, he may have fallen from the building.
Is that the mask man?
Probably not, the masked man is not that strong.
Tang Xin Jue suppressed his thoughts and saw the long-haired girl put away her shield. Ignoring the heavy rain pouring down on her body, she suddenly turned around and walked towards 308 and started knocking on the window.
Her guess was confirmed.
The dead students were indeed from 308, at least one of them. The masked man did not show up, and the shield girl knocked a few times but got no response, so she said to herself: "I didn't catch that classmate just now... but he has a bracelet on his wrist, which I left with him."
The girl flipped her hand and a silver chain appeared on it. She bent down and put the things in front of the window. She turned to leave, but paused slightly and whispered, "I'm not a snitch and I won't hurt you. If you're scared, I'll go back to the dormitory first, and you can come out to get the things later."
The window of room 307 closed, and the shield girl disappeared on the balcony. After a few seconds, the window of room 308 opened, and a masked figure familiar to Tang Xinjue appeared in front of him.
This time Tang Xin Jue saw it clearly. The boy had short, straight black hair, was thin and tall, and his skin was a cold white color similar to hers. His eyes were indeed curved as if he was smiling, but there was no smile in them.
He bent down to pick up the bracelet, rubbed it a few times as if playing with it, and suddenly his finger bones exerted force, and the bracelet broke into pieces.
Strands of black aura emerged from inside and quickly disappeared into the rain. Half of them were quickly gathered by Tang Xinjue's mental power, while the remaining half successfully dispersed and disappeared.
The masked man was unaware of the presence of "other people" nearby. He leaned against the window frame with his hands in his pockets, as if waiting for something.
Ten seconds later, the game prompt sounded:
[Some candidates passed the exam in advance]
[Current game progress: 8 deaths, 12 clearances]
The masked man standing in front of the window disappeared in an instant, leaving only a green circle on the glass window.
…
Countdown 2 minutes.
Death prompts and clearance prompts were intertwined and mixed together, but few people cared about them.
For those who haven't got the cloak yet, not being wiped out is more important than anything else. Even if someone in the next dormitory suddenly fell down screaming, they can continue to hold the railing and fight the heavy rain for clothes without distraction.
"Don't come out and kill people! You have two minutes to reincarnate! Whoever comes to make trouble again will die together!"
Someone was so upset that he took out a prop and threw it under his feet. The area within a one-square-meter radius instantly lit up with red light, flashing ominously.
Those who couldn't threaten like this had to find other ways. Some people took out a lot of supplies from the dormitory and put up a white sign saying "Show mercy, take it yourself". Some people tried to destroy the clothesline with violence. What's the point of keeping the dormitory intact when their lives are almost gone? There were even people who talked about and wanted to hire big shots nearby to help take the clothes.
The balance maintained at the beginning of the game has long since collapsed, leaving only disorderly chaos and madness.
【Countdown 30 seconds.】
Tang Xin Jue withdrew his spiritual power and said to the three people who were still observing: "Be prepared."
Guo Guo tightly grasped the props and a corner of the cloak, looked at his roommates nervously, and nodded vigorously: "Ready!"
They knew that passing the level and entering the next stage did not mean they could relax. On the contrary, the game had revealed through various details that it was the most dangerous moment.
[10, 9, 8...]
“Got it!!!”
On the sixth-floor balcony, a girl held the cloak she had just pulled off in ecstasy, turned around and waved to her roommates, only to see even more terrified expressions on their faces.
"What are you afraid of? I've already got ..."
The girl froze in her waving motion, because as the cloak fabric was pulled off the clothesline, a skinny blue hand hidden under the cloak stretched out from the peripheral vision.
They were a pair of dark blue arms, covered with tumors and as thin as skeletons.
In the last second before being pushed off the balcony, the girl's eyes were still wide open, as if she couldn't believe what she saw.
【Congratulations, you have successfully entered the next level of the competition. 】
[Total number of players who cleared the game: 327 Number of deaths: 76 Game stacking difficulty: 76%]
[Difficulty has been updated, the friendly league continues! ]
Tang Xin Jue opened his eyes. At the moment of passing the level, the world was covered with a blackness like a fragment for 0.5 seconds, and then returned to normal.
The dormitories, balconies, and two dormitory buildings seem to have never changed.
But she could clearly sense that changes had taken place.
【Ding Dong! 】
[The sky cleared up, and after communicating with other roommates, you decided to take out your important clothes to dry in the sun. You were glad that they were not blown away by the heavy rain, but after all, drying the clothes was the most important thing.]
[Task three, please put the props back to their original positions to dry, countdown 1 minute]
Zhang You also saw the game instructions and looked over: "Shall we go?"
Tang Xinjue took a look outside and made a prompt decision: "I'll do it."
In the familiar countdown, dozens of French windows were pushed open almost at the same time. Tang Xin Jue was very fast. When most people just showed their heads, she was already standing by the guardrail.
The calm sunshine and fresh air came to my face, but something else came faster than the air.
"Heart Secret!"
"Jue Shen be careful!"
——These were two fierce attacks with completely different skills that came straight to his face.
