Chapter 25: Four Seasons Protection Guide (XII)
If Guo Guo hadn't seen with her own eyes that Tang Xin Jue didn't do anything, she would have thought that she had secretly taken a bottle of life-restoring potion... This recovery ability is too outrageous! !
She looked at Tang Xinjue dimly: "We thought something happened to you just now."
Tang Xinjue smiled: "I heard you crying very loudly."
The pain and loss of control she had just felt were real, but the pain went away just as quickly as it came. Now, apart from a slight swelling in her temples, she no longer felt anything.
Zhang You was still terrified and asked, "What is that? Is it a sequela of some disease? Or is it related to your nightmare?"
Tang Xin Jue rubbed his temple and explained: "Compared to sequelae, it is more like a side effect after breaking through a certain barrier."
Looking at her bewildered roommate, she didn't know how to explain it specifically, so she could only simplify it: "In short, I found a way to temporarily curb mental pollution."
Opening the [Physical Condition] interface, a new message popped up below her health value in green text that she had never seen before:
[Mind Control (Level 1): The first step to control is self-control. Additional attribute: Immunity +5]
[Note: Self-created skills will be hidden under the five-dimensional attributes. The attribute addition will become a permanent gain and will not disappear due to skill degradation]
[Full of spirit (positive buff): Mental strength is enhanced, all negative states are cleared, and health value is greatly restored]
Create your own skills!
This time, even Tang Xinjue was a little surprised.
From the moment the new buff appeared, she had a vague feeling that this ability would advance with the breakthrough, but she didn't expect it to advance so quickly.
It's just like... the game's database is blank, and as soon as someone creates something "new", they can't wait to enter it.
Thinking back to the last exam, the dormitory was lit up with all kinds of strange achievement points, and there was even a toilet plunger that was all thanks to her DIY supernatural power... Tang Xinjue seemed to have grasped a ball of wool and noticed some subtleties.
But now is not the time to think about these things.
She suppressed her thoughts and returned to the topic: "Sorry for disrupting everyone's plans. Let's go back to the closet as soon as possible. We don't know when the third reaper will come..."
Before she finished speaking, she paused.
Among the 12 light spots, the number of dimming spots increased from two to three!
Seeing the same scene, the others were also shocked and looked at each other in surprise.
The third reaper came? When?
"No, it didn't come here." After realizing the key, Tang Xinjue's eyes lit up: "It's just that it didn't come to us at all!"
"We originally thought that the rule was that each harvester would inspect all dormitories before leaving."
Tang Xin Jue explained quickly: "But now it seems that this may not be the case - the patrol range of each harvester may not be the same."
Some would come to their dormitories, and some would not. But when they left, the light would all dim, indicating that a danger had disappeared.
Zhang You also reacted, with a hint of joy in his eyes: "In other words, we don't need to dodge 12 reapers in a row?"
If they are lucky, they can survive as long as they successfully dodge a few of them!
Guo Guo and Zheng Wanqing looked at each other:
"We don't know how many dormitories are participating in this test, nor do we know the radiation range and selection criteria of each harvester. It may be random, or it may not be."
After a brief surprise, Tang Xinjue calmed down, "We still have to prepare for the worst. From now on, we have to hide in the closet until the last light goes out."
"Are you sure you're okay, Xinjue?" Zhang You was still worried. The sight of Tang Xinjue falling to the ground just now was too scary. Even after seeing his health value recover with his own eyes, it was still frightening.
Although she didn't know the details, she could see that Tang Xin Jue managed to "break through" successfully. But what if he couldn't make it next time?
Tang Xinjue nodded: "Don't worry."
Without further ado, they hurried back into the closet.
Guo Guo muttered quietly: "Fortunately, I don't have claustrophobia."
The closet was so narrow that I couldn't move. It was cold, stuffy, and pitch dark, which was a real test of my endurance.
Tang Xin Jue comforted him: "If it's really hard, you can take a nap."
Guo Guo: “…”
Is this a situation where I can sleep through it?!
But for some reason, perhaps because Tang Xinjue was too calm, after a while, Guo Guo actually stopped having any random thoughts and even slowly closed his eyes.
Even until the coldness came like a tide.
This time, a faint floral scent spread throughout the room. Tang Xinjue once again actively closed his perception, so he could only smell a very light scent, with a slight sense of irritation inexplicably rising in his heart.
The moment the strange feeling appeared, she was sure that this aroma that would make people upset and irritable was specially used to search for hidden prey.
The scent didn't have much of an effect on her. Guo Guo was timid by nature, and being irritable would only make her shrink even more tightly, so it was impossible for her to suddenly go berserk. As for the other closet...
Tang Xinjue suddenly opened her eyes, and through the darkness and the cabinet door, she carefully captured the movements outside.
Zhang You was very cautious, but Zheng Wanqing was careless and irritable. If she inhaled too much fragrance without precaution, coupled with the oppressive space in the cabinet, she might lose control of her emotions.
Once you make some noise, the chance of being discovered is almost 100%!
The only way is to see whether Zhang You can control the situation in time.
Tang Xinjue guessed correctly.
At the same time, in the closet on the right side of the dormitory door, Zheng Wanqing leaned against the thick bedding, her eyebrows twisted into a knot and her teeth clenched.
It was as if there was a fire burning in her chest - she had never been so irritated before. Even when she had worked hard for a week on her thesis and her computer was flooded, it didn't make her crazy as much as this moment.
Once the negative emotions were unleashed, they could not be stopped from surging, and they even began to feel self-destructive about their current situation: Is it really useful for them to hide here ? If they are discovered, they will be dead.
Death is fine, but the key is that he died in such a miserable way, without even a chance to struggle a last time. It would be better to go out and fight to the death...
Suddenly, her shoulder was pressed down forcefully, and Zheng Wanqing came to her senses. She realized that she had unknowingly placed her hand on the door of the cabinet, and it could be pushed open with just a little force!
Unable to speak in the dark, Zhang You grabbed her arm, pulled it back and held it down tightly, preventing her from moving.
After this, Zheng Wanqing became much more sober, a layer of cold sweat broke out on the back of her heart, and she realized that something was wrong with her condition.
...It's the fragrance!
The cold fragrance drifted in through the gaps in the closet, even though most of the ventilation holes had been blocked. Fortunately, Zhang You had prepared a face towel soaked in cold water in advance, one for each of them, which could both cover their mouths and noses and refresh their minds. After blocking the air, Zheng Wanqing felt less uncomfortable.
After a few minutes, the aroma gradually faded away, and another spot of light turned gray.
They survived again.
"1 , 2, 3, 4, 5..." Guo Guo counted quietly, about to cry: "There are still six lit up, please don't choose our dormitory again, don't come, don't come, don't come..."
Before he finished speaking, another spot of light suddenly turned yellow, and then quickly turned red within a few seconds!
Guo Guo suddenly stopped talking and swallowed the prayer.
This time, the dormitory was silent for several minutes.
The sound came from outside the corridor.
First there were footsteps, approaching slowly from far away, and finally stopping outside the dormitory door. Then, the door handle was pressed -
With a creak, the dormitory door was opened.
"Huh?"
A clear boy's voice came from the door.
"Is there no one here? How strange. Has it been taken away?"
The young boy muttered to himself twice and walked into the house.
The footsteps passed the wardrobe and moved into the house. Chairs and other objects were overturned and fell to the ground with a bang.
Hearing the noise outside, the four people hiding in the closet were terrified:
This "reaper" is actually a person? !
Compared with the previous monster image, "people" who can think normally like NPCs are undoubtedly more dangerous to them.
Because what they can think of, others can naturally think of as well.
Sure enough, after a while, the boy's voice sounded again.
"There's no sign of having been harvested. It looks like the people are still here, but..."
The footsteps came towards the door again, and everyone's heart was hanging in their throat.
Finally, the sound settled next to the wardrobe.
"Just hiding."
Tang Xinjue pursed his lips and gripped the toilet plunger tightly.
At the same time, there was a sudden loud bang outside the corridor, as if something exploded, shaking the entire space and causing a buzzing sound in the ears.
The reaper outside the closet was also attracted by the attack. He moved to the door and complained, "Oh, they are fighting again. I should have come earlier. What a bummer..."
The dormitory door then closed, blocking out most of the sound.
It was unknown how long it had been before Guo Guo felt that she could breathe again. She watched Tang Xinjue open the interface of her phone, and the red light was particularly dazzling.
One, two, three...three red dots light up at the same time!
There are three reapers here at the same time?
But don’t the exam rules state that only one Reaper can appear at a time?
Guo Guo looked up at Tang Xin Jue in astonishment. In the dim light, Tang Xin Jue's expression was unclear, and he finally lip-synced: "Wait."
If the rules are truly inviolable, then the game will definitely react if the Reaper breaks the rules.
For now, they can only wait and see.
But as time passed, the noise outside the door did not stop, but became more and more intense, and the number of flashing red lights increased instead of decreasing. However, the examination rules did not seem to notice and did not give any reminders.
What's going on?
Tang Xinjue frowned.
When faced with unreasonable situations, we naturally cannot use common sense to judge.
After a quick divergence of thoughts, a possibility finally formed in my mind.
Perhaps the Reapers had some way to temporarily block the exam rules, so even if they violated the rules, they would not be discovered and punished .
However, it is extremely unfair and disadvantageous to treat students who are taking exams in this way... What if they take this opportunity to strike back?
As if it was just as she thought, the footsteps that had originally gone away actually seemed to be moving back!
——How to deal with this situation?
Even as his thoughts raced wildly, Tang Xinjue's expression became increasingly calm. His eyes drooped slightly, and their color almost blended with the suffocating darkness.
After a while, she suddenly turned on her phone and clicked on an option on the main interface of [Dormitory Survival Game].
Troubleshooting, online customer service.
[Applying for online customer service requires 1 credit. Do you want to apply?]
[yes]
Click without hesitation and the interface will jump instantly.
[Credits consumed, connecting to customer service...Customer service connected!]
[Customer Service 001: Hello, dear student, Customer Service 001 is online, please tell us your question.]
Tang Xinjue typed four words expressionlessly:
[I want to report.]
