Chapter 240: Online Dating Scam (Part 3)
606 Three People: ...Unexpected, yet reasonable.
According to Tang Xinjue's personality, reflected in the settings of this copy, it is very likely that he will make a comeback.
Guo Guo and Zhang You signed the appeal form one after another, but the other girls still had no intention of letting them leave, and their eyes were still closely following Zheng Wanqing who had not signed.
Zheng Wanqing frowned: "But I wasn't deceived?"
"If you haven't been deceived, can't you help?"
The sobbing sound started again: "We are classmates, shouldn't classmates help each other?"
Zheng Wanqing asked cautiously, "What do you want me to help you with?"
After a few rustling sounds, a girl raised her hand:
"You can write a letter condemning the school's cover-up. You're a top student, so you'll definitely write well. Just don't forget to sign it."
Another girl also chimed in:
"You can also report those online stores using your real names! They've caused us so much trouble..."
Before the previous sentence was finished, another voice said faintly:
"I also want to scold those scumbags and liars. Can you help me scold them?"
"It just so happens that your personal information hasn't been marked yet. I think it would be a good idea to go undercover and do some fishing..."
The more Zheng Wanqing listened, the tighter her brows furrowed.
"Excuse me, do I owe you money?"
Logically speaking, as an "outsider" who has not been deceived, she seems to have no obligation to work like a slave here, right?
As soon as these words came out, the air temperature suddenly dropped a few degrees. The girls' faces instantly fell and they stared at her:
"You don't want to help?"
Zheng Wanqing also stared back coldly:
"Is this how your family helps?"
"I can help, but we are all ordinary students, so we can only do what we can."
Zhang You interjected at the right moment: "We also need to fight fraud together, so we can't do so many difficult things."
——With so many "tasks" coming down, and so many pits and landmines, only a fool would take them all.
The girls curled their lips: "Then you have to at least do one. Otherwise, how can we trust you completely?"
A "small favor" is a deadline, and you have to help even if you don't want to.
After discussing it with the other two, Zheng Wanqing ultimately decided to report the online store under her real name. After all, 606 had done similar procedures many times before and was familiar with them.
After verbally agreeing, the atmosphere in the room suddenly changed again: the girls continued to cry and talk as if nothing had happened. The temperature returned to normal, and the stagnant air began to flow again. Zhang You pressed the doorknob, and the wooden door opened a crack.
You can go out now.
After leaving the dormitory, the first thing the three of them did was to go out and look for Tang Xin Jue. But when they got down to the first floor, the hall door was sealed with yellow strips and two thick locks.
"Want to go out? Don't dream."
Across the hall, a short-haired girl slowly stood up in front of a vending machine and bit open a snack bag with an expressionless face.
"The doors and windows are all locked. The school said they're conducting a centralized investigation, so we're all confined to the dorm building."
As the girl spoke, I looked around and found that the building was indeed very empty. Even the dormitory aunt and security guard were nowhere to be seen.
"It's outrageous. There's a suspected fraudster in school, and they actually locked up all the victims?"
Guo Guo found it difficult to understand.
Facts proved the short-haired girl was right. From the side of the door, one could vaguely see a large notice posted on the wall outside, with large red characters succinctly emphasizing the building closure notice.
“There’s no clear deadline for the building closure, and there’s no cellphone signal.”
Zhang You frowned.
This means that if they wait here, they don’t know when they can get out, and they will not be able to contact Tang Xinjue in the meantime.
Zheng Wanqing stood in front of the door, her right hand raised. Although there was only the empty sleeve below her arm, the glass door trembled slightly as if struck by something invisible and hard.
"Two layers of bulletproof glass can be taken care of in under a minute, even without using the ultimate form."
The other two understood what Zheng Wanqing meant.
Since the supernatural power is still there, it means that it must be useful in the copy.
The question is, should we rush through the game with brute force from the start?
The short-haired girl suddenly interrupted, "Are you going out to find someone?"
She sneered, "I still suggest you wait for her to come back on her own—this building is for people who can't leave. But don't worry too much. At least until the appeal form is submitted, the school should still have some face."
——Another message.
Zhang You caught the clue and asked, "When will the school come to pick up the complaint form?"
Earlier in the dormitory , from conversations with the girls, I learned that Zhang You had kept and handed in all the complaint forms. Now that they couldn't even leave, they could only wait for the school to send someone to pick them up.
"Who knows, maybe today, maybe tomorrow, maybe..."
The short-haired girl didn't continue speaking. She took out two bags of bread from the vending machine and left with a limp.
"Vending machine..."
Zhang You seemed to have thought of something and rubbed his brows: "Let's sort out the clues from the beginning."
This time's start is simple and yet troublesome.
They must understand the circumstances of the dungeon as best they can, while keeping the rules clear. They must also uncover the true storyline, including the other victims of the scam in the dormitory, the scammers, and the school.
But Tang Xinjue's disappearance forced them to divide their energy into another direction - to regain contact or find a way to leave the dormitory building.
The biggest reassurance at the moment is that Tang Xinjue's status bar in the mobile app still has full health value, which means that she is not in danger at the moment.
"...NPCs don't say meaningless things. At least the girl just now, I think her words can be used as a warning."
Zhang You said.
"We'd better wait for a while until someone goes out or comes in."
Guo Guo bit his finger: "You mean... I know, once someone opens the door, we can go out!"
No matter who enters the dormitory building, as long as the door is opened, the closed state of the building will essentially become a flowing state, and their available space will be greatly increased.
How can just following an outsider for a few steps be considered escaping?
" So the first step is to find out under what circumstances outsiders would come."
Following Zhang You's line of sight, the three of them all looked at the vending machine in the center of the hall.
"Although the students are confined here, they can't go without food or water, right?"
Ten minutes later, after using up all the remaining balance, the three of them emptied the entire vending machine.
"It's five o'clock in the afternoon. Assuming there's a 10% chance that staff will come to restock the food, the probability that other students will find a way to have food delivered to them is no more than 10% either."
"I think these methods are still too roundabout."
While eating snacks, Zheng Wanqing raised another idea: "What if students in the dormitory get together and fight? Is there a 20% chance that the infirmary will be called?"
"Although," Guo Guo retorted weakly, "Are you sure a fight here won't turn into a haunted scene?"
If possible, she still hopes that her Yin-Yang eyes can rest for a while, and not be so stimulating at the beginning.
Zheng Wanqing nodded. "That makes sense. We really shouldn't be too rough. What about the dormitory fire?"
"Electrical leakage? Flooding? Explosion?"
Guo Guo: "...Miss! We are here to fight crime! Not to replace the fraud gang and become the new boss!"
