Chapter 108 Evening Study (Part 6)

At the entrance of the public toilet are two parallel washbasins.

Lu Zhongnian rushed in, turned on one of the faucets, put his hands under it to scoop up water, and turned around quickly when the faucet was full.

——The monster had squeezed into the narrow space and stuck to his back. A left and right hand dropped from the air and touched his neck silently. It felt very cold.

At this moment, time seems to have stopped.

The monster was looking down from above, and Lu Zhongnian's deep black eyes were staring straight at it.

…The next second, the monster's tentacles quickly wrapped around his neck, and he raised his hands and splashed all the water in his hands over.

The monster didn't have time to react and was hit right in the middle, freezing in mid-air.

…The water drops seemed to be hanging on an invisible wall, and the ink-colored fonts floating in the air spread out silently.

it works.

Lu Chongnian's eyes flickered slightly.

But that’s not enough.

While the monster was frozen, he turned and entered the men's restroom.

There was a low faucet against the wall on the left side of the men's restroom that the cleaning master used to clean the mop when mopping the floor. There was also a water pipe on it. Lu Chongnian ran over as fast as he could, turned on the faucet, and lifted up the other end of the water pipe.

The half word floated in tremblingly.

A lot of it had melted away, and strands of black lines twisted and twitched in the air, carrying a faint anger and a menacing momentum.

However, when it saw this situation, it slammed on the brakes and retreated repeatedly.

Lu Chongnian calmly pointed the water pipe at it, and a strong stream of water rushed out.

…

In the corridor, Mu Yu and Fu Xiaoju stared at the direction of the public toilet.

Fu Xiaoju asked anxiously, "Why is there no movement at all?"

Mu Yu concentrated and said, "... Lu Zhongnian should be thinking of using water. If the player who wrote those words used non-waterproof ink, then this trick should work."

If it didn't work, the toilet wouldn't be so quiet right now...

As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Zhongnian walked out of the toilet.

Mu Yu and Fu Xiaoju breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems that the monster was successfully eliminated!

They ran over.

Lu Zhongnian glanced at his phone and said, "The app hasn't prompted the start of the next round yet, and the monster should not have been eliminated yet."

Fu Xiaoju quickly asked: "Then should we go downstairs to help?"

Mu Yu thought for a moment and said, "No, it's enough to attract firepower on this floor. I just had an idea that I wanted to try. Lu Chongnian, you used water just now, right?"

"right."

Mu Yu walked into the men's restroom and took a look - there was a small plastic bucket next to the faucet.

He told the two men his idea.

Half a minute later.

Fu Xiaoju came out of the men's restroom panting, carrying a small bucket full of water, while Mu Yu and Lu Chongnian came back from the vending machine. Mu Yu was holding a palm-sized "Lucky Wheel" in his hand.

The items have been exchanged, but there is no rush to use them because this is not their focus right now.

Mu Yu waved his hand, indicating Fu Xiaoju to go into classroom 605 with them.

He just noticed that there was a large wall cabinet hanging above the blackboard in this classroom.

"I feel like the hidden player should still be on the 6th floor," Mu Yu said to the two of them half a minute ago. "Although the game isn't over yet, and the remaining monster hasn't given up on Yang Yang and is chasing us, the only time the monster chased us twice in these two rounds was when we were on the 6th floor."

"Could this be a trick?" Fu Xiaoju said suspiciously, "They deliberately chased us twice just to make us think that the hidden player is on the 6th floor and deliberately waste our time?"

"We'll know if we give it a try. Anyway, if we get close to the hidden players, they will definitely react," Mu Yu turned around and asked Lu Zhongnian, "You should have checked the walls of all the classrooms on this floor. Is there any problem? There is a very tall cabinet in 605. Have you checked it too?"

"I must have checked it." Fu Xiaoju said as a matter of course, adhering to his blind trust in Lu Zhongnian.

Lu Zhongnian was silent for a moment, covering his forehead and saying, "I did open the cabinet, but I didn't check the wall behind it."

No one had expected that at the time, whether it was him or Mu Chenxi.

After all, it is impossible for them to check all the places that are too high, and there is simply not enough time.

…

So at this moment, the three of them came to the door of classroom 605.

After seeing the entire layout of the classroom, they discovered something magical.

There is a blue safety line on the middle window opposite the classroom.

Along the way, they did find some safety lines on the floor of some classrooms, probably to lure players into the classroom and break the rules, but this was the first time they had seen safety lines on windows.

Fu Xiaoju squinted his eyes and looked at it, and asked suspiciously: "Why does that line seem to be outside the window?"

…because it doesn’t emit light.

All the security threads they had seen so far were luminous.

It shouldn't be possible for the copy to make such a crappy counterfeit security thread. The only explanation is that what they are seeing now is the "back" of this security thread.

Its "front" faces outward, with the bottom attached to the outside of the window.

The rain was pouring down in the dark night, and the safety line sticking out there looked a little weird.

Mu Yu and Lu Chongnian were thinking about each other.

Mu Yu said, "Never mind that for now. Even if we broke the rules after entering the classroom, if the font monster is still alive, it should appear in this classroom immediately. Ma'er, give the bucket to Lu Zhongnian, and you take the lucky wheel and try it out quickly."

"Ah?" Fu Xiaoju was flattered. "Why let me take the turn?"

Mu Yu said kindly, "I feel like you are more blessed."

Fu Xiaoju: “…………”

Why do I feel like I'm being scolded?

Mu Yu whispered to Lu Zhongnian again: "When the words come later, don't splash them all away. Let's see what happens."

Lu Zhongnian: "Yes, I know."

Mu Yu looked straight into the classroom and gave the command: "Charge!"

The three of them took a step and rushed into the classroom.

Fu Xiaoju frantically turned the lucky wheel.

He didn't know if this was how this thing was used, but the small yellow disc began to spin wildly.

Each grid is the same color, the same depth, and when it rotates, the entire disc looks like it has turned into a mooncake.

But soon, it slowed down and stopped.

The pointer stopped in one of the boxes, and a column of small black characters appeared.

Fu Xiaoju took a closer look and said, "... Damn?!"

At the same time, Mu Yu quickly moved a stool in front of the podium to under the closet and climbed up.

At this moment, something floated up from the ground in the middle of the classroom.

Fu Xiaoju shouted at the top of his lungs: "It's coming!"

The word "melon" appeared!

Just as Lu Zhongnian was about to move, he saw Fu Xiaoju suddenly bend down and swung up from under his feet... a huge black hammer!

Fu Xiaoju roared and smashed the word "瓜" (melon)!

The monster didn't have time to react, and with a loud bang, it was instantly smashed into half its original size by the hammer.

The character "瓜" was stunned, and Lu Chongnian was also stuck.

Mu Yu looked back and was confused: "Where did the hammer come from?"

Fu Xiaoju touched the back of his head and said, "It came from the lucky wheel..."

Mu Yu was even more confused: "Why is it a hammer?"

Isn't their target correction fluid?

Fu Xiaoju coughed lightly: "I did want to hit you with a hammer just now... Brother Lu, don't look at me like that. I was just thinking about it. How could I know that it would really turn out such a big hammer for me!!"

The next second, the half-shortened “瓜” character rose into the air with great momentum.

Fu Xiaoju was startled and swung the hammer to hit it again, but it dodged easily. Then the two of them started fighting in the middle of the classroom.

Mu Yu frowned and looked at Lu Chongnian.

This monster completely ignored them. Did they guess the wrong place, or... ?

Lu Zhongnian said in a young voice: "Never mind, just continue."

Mu Yu adjusted his glasses, turned around, stood up straight, and opened the door of the closet.

In the classroom, the word "瓜" (melon) that was entangled with Fu Xiaoju paused for a moment.

Lu Zhongnian noticed this scene keenly and whispered to Mu Yu, "Continue."

Mu Yu calmed himself down, reached into the cabinet and felt around, and soon his fingertips touched the cabinet wall.

...However, the word "瓜" was still only concerned with Fu Xiaoju. The momentary stagnation just now seemed to be just an illusion. At this moment, it completely ignored them.

Mu Yu pondered.

Isn't the hidden player here?

No, the word "瓜" has already appeared just now. The hidden player must be nearby.

If it's not behind the wall, then it's...

He fumbled around in the cabinet, and when he touched a certain place, suddenly—

The word "瓜" knocked Fu Xiaoju away and changed direction!

Fu Xiaoju quickly held onto the table behind him and yelled, “Brother Lu, it’s over!”

At the moment when Fu Xiaoju shouted the last word, Lu Chongnian picked up the bucket of water and poured it fiercely at the word "瓜" that was rushing towards him with a ferocious look!

A bucket of water was emptied.

The word "瓜" (melon) was splashed on his head and suddenly stopped in the air.

...Its strokes were smudged and flowed down like ink, creating a distorted picture that quickly disappeared into the air.

Buzz buzz buzz.

The phones in their pockets vibrated.

A new round should have begun, and next, they must reach the new cursor within three minutes.

Mu Yu jumped off the stool and shouted, "Ma'er, come up quickly and smash the top of this cabinet!"

Fu Xiaoju was surprised: "Up there?"

"Yes, just now when I touched it, the monster reacted!"

Fu Xiaoju hurried over and replaced Mu Yu on the stool.

Although the drop of this hammer was not what they expected, it was indeed useful.

Fu Xiaoju hit it twice, and the cabinet board cracked and fell down with a loud bang.

He hit it twice more, and the wall broke into pieces.

but--

"No one!" Fu Xiaoju stuck his head into the cabinet and looked carefully. "I don't see anyone. There is no one in the wall above the cabinet!"

Mu Yu and Lu Chongnian were stunned.

...The hidden player is not in it?

Then why did the word “瓜” cause such a big reaction just now?

Lu Zhongnian looked down at his phone and said, "Let's go to the 4th floor first. The new cursor is there."

*

After arriving at the 4th floor, they met up with the rest of their friends.

Fortunately, there were still no casualties in this round, and Hong Yang also successfully got a bottle of correction fluid using the lucky wheel!

But he didn't use it.

"I was wondering if there was a hidden player on our floor, so I kept testing the melon, but it floated up halfway through the run."

"Yes, it came to our place." Everyone lined up and Mu Yu told them about their experience.

After listening to this, Su Mingyun asked, "Have you ever opened the board behind the closet to have a look?"

Fu Xiaoju said: "I knocked, but didn't see anyone."

Just in case, he deliberately added those two hammers before leaving.

When everyone heard Fu Xiaoju's answer, they were stunned.

So, the monster clearly reacted, but there was no player hidden behind the two walls that the closet was attached to?

Lu Zhongnian stood at the front of the line and shouted into the air, "Old Wolf, Old Wolf, what time is it?"

"…1, it's time."

The indistinguishable androgynous voice became more painful than the previous round.

Everyone's heart sank.

Where is the hidden player? What happened to him? Why did the sound become like this?

Lu Zhongnian walked back and the team moved forward one space.

Hong Yang was silent for a moment, then said, "The hidden player in this round should be Ye Sui."

Everyone was stunned.

Mu Yu frowned immediately: "Did he bring his pen here today?"

"……right."

More importantly, the brand of ink that Ye Sui uses on a daily basis is not waterproof.

Fu Xiaoju: "But are the two words 'idiot' written in his handwriting? Why do I feel like it doesn't look like it?"

Hong Yang: "It's not his handwriting, but the original form of the monsters is their initial appearance. They should have been deformed by the copy after the game started."

Everyone was silent again.

Mu Chenxi was the second one to go up and shout, "Old Wolf, Old Wolf, what time is it?"

“…It’s 2 o’clock.”

Mu Chenxi turned around, walked to the back of the team and stood there, saying, "This round of the game starts from the 6th floor, and goes down round by round. The dungeon can't possibly send us closer and closer to the hidden player, it can only be the opposite, so Ye Sui should be on the 6th floor, and should be above that closet."

Mu Yu subconsciously said: "But..."

Mu Chenxi asked him: "How thick is the first layer of wall?"

"We just followed the experience of the last round and thought that we could find the hidden players by knocking down a shallow layer of wall, but the dungeon never said that all the hidden players were hidden in such a shallow place."

Upon hearing this, everyone became agitated.

Jing Qiao was surprised and asked, "Does that mean we have to knock down the entire wall?"

But such a thick wall, even Fu Xiaoju’s hammer might not be able to break it easily, right?

The team continued to move forward in anxiety.

When it was Huang Jiajia's turn to shout, the voice responding to him suddenly became unclear.

"4, gu, 4 o'clock..."

Huang Jiajia shuddered: "No, doesn't this sound seem to be coming from the wall? Why do I feel like he's drowning..."

A meal for everyone.

——Drowning? !

Hong Yang quickly stepped forward and shouted, "Old Wolf, Old Wolf, what time is it?!"

Everyone pricked up their ears.

"Five... gulp... five o'clock..."

Su Mingyun exclaimed, "It really does sound like drowning!"

But where in the teaching building is there a place where someone could drown?

And it was above the closet - was the ceiling of that classroom filled with water? !

But that doesn't make sense. Ye Sui's voice became more and more painful. If he was really drowning, the water should have flooded over him little by little, right?

What kind of place in the teaching building would cause water to accumulate so slowly?

Everyone was thinking hard.

Jing Qiao stepped forward and came to the front of the team.

She swallowed and called out, "Old Wolf, Old Wolf, what time is it?"

“…”

"Old Wolf" did not respond for a moment.

In the silence, they could only hear the sound of rain filling the entire teaching building.

Everyone's nerves were on edge.

They were afraid that Ye Sui would die in an unknown corner before the game was over.

Mu Yu frowned and pricked up his ears.

Amid the heavy rain, the voice finally rang out with difficulty.

"...Gu...the sky...Gu...is dark..."

A light flashed through his mind and Mu Yu's pupils shrank.

He knows!

"——Everyone go to the 6th floor! Above the 6th floor is the rooftop, and there may be water on the rooftop!"