Chapter 20: Four Seasons Protection Guide (VII)
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“Strictly speaking, the water in the flush toilet and the water in the sink tap come from the same water supply pipe.
In the strange silence, Zhang You spoke first.
She looked serious and judged with the eyes of a logistics director: "If the water provided by this toilet plunger is of the same nature as that of a flush toilet, then it can also be saved for daily water use."
"From another perspective, the toilet plunger is essentially a supernatural power of the Heart Sutra, so the water created by this supernatural power may also be drinkable water with a higher degree of purity."
In short, no matter how you analyze it, the water in the toilet plunger has high utilization value.
After a while, the others weakly agreed: "Yes, that makes sense..."
However, when they thought that the water came from the toilet plunger, even if Tang Xinjue could overcome the psychological barriers, they couldn't help but feel an indescribable sense of weirdness.
Who would have thought that there is not only a supernatural power called toilet plunger in the world, but one of its important functions is to provide daily water?
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After carefully counting the supplies, everyone was relieved to find that the drinking water in the dormitory was enough for four people to drink for about five days under normal circumstances, and the various foods combined could last for about a week if they were eaten sparingly.
The most important thing is that on the day when the game came out, Tang Xinjue and the other two happened to go to the supermarket to purchase a large amount of supplies, including two large bags of four or five kinds of fruits.
Apples, oranges, grapefruits, red grapes... thinking of the juicy contents inside, everyone couldn't help swallowing.
"Fruits can easily rot in high temperatures, so we'd better eat them first." Tang Xinjue took out an orange, peeled it and started eating. The thin juice gushing out of the flesh effectively relieved his dry mouth.
After eating the fruit for breakfast, the temperature had risen to 40 degrees. While it was not too hot to move, the few of them quickly searched the dormitory from inside to outside according to their experience in the previous "season", but there was still only one radio that could not tune into any channel.
Is it that we can only fight it out this time?
Tang Xinjue took out a basin and kept spraying water into it with a toilet plunger. Soon the entire basin was full. Then he placed a thermometer in it and measured a normal temperature of 25 degrees.
"In theory, as long as the toilet is not broken, we will always have room temperature water available."
Even if the indoor temperature is too high, she can just spray water all over the room to cool it down.
Simple and crude , but effective.
After throwing the remaining limbs of the phantom demon, which were still covered with ice chips, into the water to preserve them, Tang Xinjue began to pour water into all the basins in the dormitory one by one.
In reality, the city they live in is located in the south-central part of the country. Although the summer is not very humid, it is definitely not dry.
However, at this moment, as time passed, the moisture in the air seemed to be drained away by the high temperature. Everyone felt the unbearable dryness, and the desire for water was magnified to an unprecedented level.
Guo Guo sat beside the basin and said, "I was wrong. I will never complain about the dampness in our school in the summer again."
Compared to being dry and cracked, a little dampness is nothing!
"This is just the beginning. We will have a hard time today."
Tang Xinjue changed into some fresh clothes and started eating red grapes. Even in this extreme environment, she looked like a gentle, delicate, and fragile girl. Even her roommates who lived with her day and night often found it difficult to associate her with the ferocious style of tearing monsters apart with bare hands.
"You're right." Zheng Wanqing jumped up. "We can't give up now. It's just hot. What did our high school teacher say? If you calm down, you'll feel cooler! We need to give ourselves positive psychological hints so that we can improve our physical endurance."
Half an hour later, Zheng Wanqing couldn't continue actively hinting that she could not go on. The sweaty parts of her skin looked like they had just been pulled out of the water, and the non-sweaty skin was incredibly dry and cracked. When she opened her mouth, smoke came out of her throat, as if she was wearing a mask of pain.
"Give me some saliva." She stretched out her hand weakly and snatched the last sip of water from the water dispenser from Guo Guo.
At 11 o'clock in the morning, the indoor temperature rose to 48 degrees.
"It is said that in some cities, the highest temperature in summer can reach over 40 degrees, or even close to 50 degrees. Eggs can be fried directly by cracking them on the road."
In order to avoid getting hot during exercise, the four of them chose to lie quietly with a basin of water and a fan, muttering to themselves in the hot and humid air like a steamer.
Guo Guo's eyes were dull: "Look, do we look like eggs about to be fried ?"
Tang Xin Jue chuckled. Her eyes had been fixed on the [Dormitory Member Status] interface of the APP. At this moment, it finally flickered slightly and said, "Our health value has changed."
Guo Guo burst into tears: "Wow, wow, wow, I know without even looking. He just got frostbite all over his body, and then he was exposed to the sun right away. Now he must be even more injured..."
“No, it’s rising.”
"Wuwu...hiccup?"
The roommates all sat up in shock from their dying illness: "What??!"
After seeing each other's physical information, several people confirmed that their health values not only increased, but also increased a lot.
The negative status [Frostbite] disappeared, and no new negative status has appeared yet. In addition, over the past few hours, as their physical fitness slowly recovered, their health values left the warning zone and successfully reached the edge of the green line.
After all, compared with the extremely aggressive cold, as long as the high temperature is not high enough to burn the skin instantly, you can still use water to survive.
"If I'm not mistaken, the most unbearable thing this season is not the scorching heat, but the lack of water."
Tang Xinjue smiled a little.
Unexpectedly, by accident, this extreme dilemma became meaningless in the face of the new function of the toilet plunger.
The extremely high temperature actually became a buffer period for them to catch their breath and rest.
By mid-afternoon the temperature had risen to 54 degrees.
"Jeshen! I need your toilet plunger!"
"Don't listen to Guo Guo's howling, the back of my hand is cracked, give it to me first!"
As for the water supply from the toilet plunger, my roommate has already accepted it without any pressure. After using it once, he wants to use it a second time, as if he has already treated the rubber head that once beat up ghosts as an instant faucet.
The most important thing is that no matter how high the ambient temperature gets, the water it produces will always remain at 25 degrees. When it is poured on the surface of the skin, it is simply a magical cooling plug-in.
As for the 10 three-foot-freezing talismans that Tang Xinjue prepared, he didn't use the first one until the temperature reached 60 degrees Celsius.
“Bang!”
Ignoring the extremely high temperature that seemed to melt everything, the few remaining bottles of water froze instantly, and everything within a square meter of the surrounding area was also covered with a thick layer of frost.
Resurrected. The four people had only one thought in their minds.
Wearing a thin frozen shirt, the cold and residual warmth can only last for less than half an hour, but it is enough to last until nightfall.
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[Heat stroke: The heat causes your body to start to mess up]
[Burn: The high temperature causes blisters on your skin]
[Cracked: When your skin starts to crack, it’s best if there are no wounds on it]
As night falls, negative conditions quietly reappear, indicating that the human body is approaching its limit of load.
"Jie Shen, tell me, when we wake up tomorrow morning, will we be able to successfully pass the level, or will we be roasted to death because we didn't refill our water in time?"
The roommate's voice was hoarse and weak. Tang Xinjue raised the plunger and spit a mouthful of water into the air. The water drops fell on the people like rain and evaporated on the surface of their skin.
"Go to sleep, the threshold will be reached soon."
Under the balance rule, it is impossible for the test to raise the temperature to a level such as boiling point, which is completely insurmountable for ordinary people.
Most likely, it will stop growing before 80 degrees, or... end directly.
Just as Tang Xinjue expected, at exactly ten o'clock, the temperature meter suddenly stopped, and the pointer began to move slowly downward in the hellish high temperature!
[Ding Dong, the heating has been controlled and the temperature has been successfully adjusted. From now on, the temperature will return to a comfortable normal temperature. Spring is coming~]
The prompt sound suddenly woke up the confused people. They looked around and found that the ambient temperature had dropped suddenly. The pain was greatly relieved and it was almost like returning to the human world.
"Huh, I can finally have a good sleep..." Guo Guo covered his face and sighed, then slumped down on the table . The next second, he was almost jumped up by the sudden notification sound.
[Spring is the season when everything comes back to life——]
The exam prompts flashed by without leaving any other information. It was very confusing.
Tang Xinjue carefully looked at the information on the APP test interface. There was nothing about winter and summer seasons, but when it came to spring, there was suddenly this sentence.
What does this portend?
Guo and Zheng were both confused and didn't think there was anything dangerous in this sentence. Zhang You was a little hesitant, but he couldn't analyze anything. He could only look at Tang Xinjue worriedly.
Tang Xin Jue frowned: "The revival of all things, in the literal sense, means that plants such as flowers and trees have regained vitality, and some insects and animals have also started to move again..."
What’s the danger here…?
After repeating this sentence twice, Tang Xinjue suddenly paused and thought of something.
The next moment, her roommate saw her suddenly stand up and quickly said, "Find out all the plants and flowers in our dormitory!"
Since it became popular to grow succulents in school dormitories some time ago, Guo Guo bought four or five pots of small succulents in one go, and also encouraged others to buy them, saying that he wanted to form a "succulent dormitory team."
Zheng Wanqing didn't like to grow plants, and was annoyed by the nagging, so she simply bought two pots of cacti. Facing the angry Guo Guo, she argued: "They all look the same anyway. This one is green, which is green and healthy."
As a result, several pots of green plants, which were known for their tenacious vitality, experienced devastating destruction in the second exam copy. They were frozen into ice cubes in the winter of minus 60 to 70 degrees Celsius, and were directly baked to death in the high temperature of 60 to 70 degrees Celsius above zero - even people were tortured half to death, let alone a few pots of plants?
Thinking of this again at this moment, the four of them couldn't help but shrink their pupils as they found all the indoor green plants:
The colors in the flowerpot are so gorgeous that the plants almost fill the entire rim of the pot. Not only do they not show any signs of shrinking, but they have grown several times larger than before!
"Spring is the season when all things come back to life." Tang Xinjue spoke with a serious expression.
"Hiss." Zheng Wanqing suddenly let out a low cry. Her hand was placed on the edge of the cactus pot and was stabbed. Blood dripped from her fingers into the pot.
The next moment, the cactus suddenly expanded at a speed that shocked people's pupils, as if it had been replenished with some much-needed nutrients. In just a few seconds, it more than doubled in size. The thorns on the cactus became several times longer, and each thorn was tilted towards Zheng Wanqing's direction!
"Damn it!" Zheng Wanqing subconsciously slapped the flowerpot away. The pottery pot broke into pieces, and the soil scattered on the ground, revealing the roots of the plant.
At this moment, even without the soil to take root in, the roots of the cactus are still wriggling at a slow speed, and there is even a tendency to gradually differentiate from a mass into multiple small tumors.
What the hell is going on?
A few people were still in shock when they suddenly shivered and the temperature around them dropped drastically - Tang Xinjue threw out a freezing talisman, temporarily freezing all the pots of plants.
Tang Xin Jue did not stop for a moment and immediately looked for tools: "We must get rid of them all before they mutate too much."
The roommate reacted and immediately followed suit, and this time he was not sleepy at all.
It turns out that this is what “the resurrection of all things” means - who knows what these plants will look like when they “revive”?
Zhang You found a pair of scissors and cut off the green radish she grew in the vase by the roots. When the scissors touched the branches and leaves of the plant, it was as difficult as cutting gel. Fortunately, there was a layer of frost on them, so she could smash them directly with the tip of the scissors.
Succulents and cacti were more difficult to deal with. They were harder than usual, and the spare utility knife in the dormitory could not pierce them at all. Guo Guo and Zheng Wanqing were busy and exhausted, but they didn't manage to damage much.
"Get out of the way."
Tang Xinjue dragged a chair over and smashed it upwards. Wood particles and plant fragments flew everywhere, and the loud noise made people's faces turn blue.
It was a plant that should have been fragile, but when it was smashed it felt like iron and stone colliding... After a while, Tang Xinjue stood up, and the leg of the chair in his hand was broken.
The cactus that had just absorbed Zheng Wanqing's blood was unable to break even the chair legs. At this moment, it even expanded by about one-third, larger than two basketballs combined. And it seemed to have life, squirming crazily, and the spikes on the sphere tried to attack humans.
Tang Xinjue didn't say anything. He picked up the remains of the phantom demon from the water, cast a freezing talisman on it, froze it into an icicle, and then smashed it hard at the cactus, finally breaking it.
The broken flowerpots, soil, and torn plants mixed together made the entire dormitory floor a mess.
Several people gasped, "Is this safe?"
Tang Xin Jue shook his head, took out a match, and struck a fire: "Cut the grass at its roots."
After confirming that the smoke from burning plants was not toxic, all the green plants, and even the residue in the soil, were burned clean.
To be on the safe side, the four of them even burned the places where there had been moisture and moss in the summer, and marked them to prevent the growth of another layer of microorganisms.
After finishing the work, it was already midnight. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief as they had finally solved the problem of plant mutation.
Tang Xinjue walked over carrying two bottles of insecticide from the dormitory.
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Yes, all things are reviving, and insects are also living things!
A new round of action began quickly, with laundry detergent and soap mixed with water, sprinkled in all the dark corners of the dormitory. Guo Guo asked while trembling with fear: "What is this for?"
"Get rid of cockroaches." Tang Xinjue, who was preparing the spray, replied coldly, "Insects like cockroaches have a layer of grease on their shells, so they are difficult to kill. Soap mixed with water dissolves the oil, and they will die as soon as they touch it."
Of course, this only applies to insects in normal states. After all, no one knows what those "revived" insects will become under the special buff of spring. We can only do our best to prepare in advance.
In addition to the main activity areas, the bathrooms were also the focus of disinfection. Not only was a thick layer of insecticide sprayed, they also blocked the sewer outlet, sprayed soapy water on the walls, and allowed the hot water at the highest temperature to accumulate three or four centimeters on the ground to ensure a smooth and unimpeded insecticide process.
After tidying up everything, the four of them climbed onto Tang Xinjue's bed together, thoroughly disinfected the inside and outside of the bed curtains with insecticide, and then they huddled together, covering their noses and falling asleep.
A dreamless night.
When they woke up, the dorm was filled with a scene that would cause them to have intensive phobia. It is not difficult to imagine that if they had fallen asleep last night, they would have to face something more than this when they woke up.
Fortunately, careful preparations had been made in advance, and the small creatures that had just revived and were planning to occupy human space died before they could accomplish their mission and had lost their combat effectiveness.
"Wow, it's so scary! Jue Shen! Jue Shen?" Guo Guo had never seen such a spectacular scene before. She hugged Tang Xin Jue and was about to cry, but she found that Tang Xin Jue's face was also pale and his eyes were closed. He looked even weaker and more pitiful than her.
Tang Xin Jue: "...I also have mysophobia."
When she was fighting against goblins or brainstorming, she could ignore the mental pollution, but now... it was really a bit irritating.
Finally, Zhang You and Zheng Wanqing were responsible for the cleanup. After using four or five garbage bags, they finally made the dormitory look a little normal.
"Let's go down and help."
Tang Xinjue had almost suppressed the nausea and was about to go down, but was suddenly grabbed by Guo Guo's arm.
"I, I don't dare..." Behind him, Guo Guo's voice sounded trembling, "Let's wait a little longer, it's too scary outside."
"The bugs have been almost cleared. We just need to clean up the mess and continue studying how to pass the level." Tang Xinjue advised her a few words and reached back to pull the person down.
The moment he touched Guo Guo's arm, a cold touch spread up. Tang Xinjue paused slightly and his eyes fixed.
Guo Guo didn't notice and continued to persuade: "Those bugs are so scary, don't go down yet, just think of it as accompanying me, wait a little longer, I don't dare to go down..."
"Guo Guo." Tang Xinjue suddenly spoke, interrupting the other party.
"ah?"
"Since everything comes back to life in spring, do you think ghosts and evil spirits are also included in all things?"
