Chapter 28: Club Recruitment (V)
He wasn't the only one who felt this way!
Ye Sui and Lu Chongnian also turned around at the same moment and looked around vigilantly, but behind them... there was no one.
The stairs, patios and corridors were empty, without even a shadow of a person. The entire student activity center was as quiet as usual, and you could hear a pin drop.
Is it an illusion?
The three of them exchanged glances and slowly turned their heads...and then that feeling came back.
The feeling of being stared at from behind came back.
There were more than just one pair of eyes staring at them. There were two pairs of eyes, three pairs of eyes, four pairs of eyes...
These sights were like blooming fireworks, appearing one after another, not only from behind, but also from the left, right, front... from all directions.
For a moment, it seemed as if countless pairs of eyes were circling around them in the void, watching them, like invisible camera lenses.
Goosebumps appeared on Ye Sui's skin, and he lowered his voice and said, "...Is it the monster in this copy?"
"...I don't know," Mu Yu frowned, "but I had the same feeling in the last instance."
That time, when he and Lu Chongnian stepped into the prop area, at the moment the black wall descended, he felt a strong gaze coming from behind.
He once thought that it was the sight from the monster in the prop area that had not appeared, but that sight was exactly the same as it was at this moment.
Is it really a monster watching them?
...or something else?
Lu Zhongnian said in a young voice: "Go forward first."
Since these things don't show up, just ignore them for now.
The three of them tried hard to block out the discomfort caused by the sight and walked quickly into the deep corridor.
On both sides of the corridor, the offices with closed doors could not be opened.
The school newspaper on display contained news reports on the activities of science and engineering student clubs. It started from January this year, with one issue per month, and there are eight issues in total so far.
Mu Yu quickly scanned the newspapers and asked Ye Sui: "Have you read these school newspapers before?"
"I took a look at these newspapers once or twice when I came here. These newspapers haven't changed much. They are the same as in real life."
Mu Yu thought about it and finally smashed the glass cover of the photo frame with a punch. Then, under the silent gazes of Lu Chongnian and Ye Sui, he naturally took out the school newspaper and flipped through it.
"The monster generator isn't in here," he violently dismantled the entire photo frame from the wall. There was no monster generator behind the photo frame, "It's better to check all eight photo frames."
The three of them divided the work and checked all eight issues of the school newspaper as quickly as possible, but found nothing, so they came to the red vending machine.
This thing is really weird.
There is a horizontal crescent-shaped mark at the top of the machine, like a sinister smile, a logo.
There is a coin slot on the top right side of the machine, and a take-out slot on the bottom. The take-out slot is very small and deep, and you probably have to put your hand in to take things out.
There are fifteen grids displayed in the machine. Most of the things in the grids don't look special, such as sticks, handcuffs, telescopic sticks, etc. There are also some more magical ones, such as the lucky wheel.
The price of these goods is all "1 coin".
Only one of the boxes is the most special. This box is located at the lower left side of the machine. It is empty and the product name marked on it is called "Maximum Attributes". It requires 9 coins.
There is a line of small text below to remind you: You can pull the attributes of the props to the maximum value, but everything is excessive, and the props after the maximum value may not be stable!
Mu Yu tossed the devil coin in his hand, his eyes turning slightly.
Why would the dungeon actually provide them with this kind of assistance item? They wanted to play with them and provide them with help. Was it to make the "game" more interesting?
He is not the kind of person who would rather die than surrender. Even if the enemy hands him a rope to add fun, he will still hold on to it tightly when it is time to grab it - as long as the other party is not afraid of being pulled down by him by accident.
He held the coin and asked the two people beside him: "Do you want to try it?"
Ye Sui tilted his head and asked, "You actually brought this thing with you?"
"Because this coin is definitely only useful in a dungeon, and I don't know when I'll encounter a dungeon again, so I just carry it with me," Mu Yu turned around and asked Lu Zhongnian, "You brought it with you too, right?"
"Well," Lu Zhongnian was still looking at the machine, "but we haven't reached the point where we need to use props yet, so there's no need to waste coins at this time."
He pointed at the "attribute max" grid and said, "If each player can only get one demon coin after completing a dungeon, then considering that this grid may be used in the future, we'd better save the coins."
Ye Sui pondered and said, "——Can players give coins to each other?"
That's a good question, and they haven't verified it yet-
Mu Yu turned his head to look at Lu Zhongnian and handed his coin to him... Then Lu Zhongnian took his wrist and placed his coin in his palm.
Mu Yu: “…”
Two coins lay in his palm. He blinked and stared at his hand. One second passed, then two seconds passed...
Nothing happened.
Lu Zhongnian concluded calmly: "The coin does not recognize its owner."
"This is convenient for us," Ye Sui thought quickly, "If old players can enter the dungeon together again in the future, and encounter a situation where a large number of props need to be exchanged, everyone can discuss and pool the coins together."
"But it might become a bit troublesome. If new people come in every time, and the old people have coins but the new people don't, then it's possible that - what are you two doing?"
"Nothing." Lu Zhongnian turned around calmly and walked to the door of the community union office.
Mu Yu held the two coins in his hand, his ears red.
Why, why haven’t they taken it back yet... Is this the legendary handing over of the slush fund?
He stuffed the two coins back into his trouser pocket under Ye Sui's indescribable gaze and said vaguely with a guilty conscience: "...well, I'm just keeping it for him temporarily..."
Then he ran to Lu Zhongnian and whispered, "Remember to take it back later."
Lu Zhongnian raised his lips but didn't respond.
The door of the community union office was closed and there was no movement inside.
The door handle is a rotating one, if it can be opened——
Lu Zhongnian walked forward and grasped the door handle.
Mu Yu and Ye Sui stood on either side of him, nodding at him silently and concentrating with bated breath.
Lu Zhongnian's dark eyes were calm.
The bony hand exerted a little force and the door handle turned with a click.
He pushed it in slowly.
The light coming from inside the office was ordinary incandescent light.
Mu Yu and Ye Sui tensed their bodies.
Through the crack in the door, they saw the filing cabinets placed against the wall of the office. As the crack in the door widened, their vision became clearer and clearer, until a corner of the long table in the middle of the room was revealed - it looked like a row of interview tables, and the people sitting behind the interview tables... what could it be?
However, when Lu Chongnian opened the door completely, the three of them suddenly froze, with a look of shock on their faces.
A deeper sense of fear came over them, suffocating them and making them feel more terrified than the feeling of being on the verge of death.
But the seat behind the interview desk was empty!
The entire office was empty and they didn't see any trace of the monster at all!
Lu Zhongnian reacted and immediately said, "Take a photo first."
Mu Yu and Ye Sui took out their cell phones and took pictures of the entire office. Lu Zhongnian tried to walk inside but was blocked by an invisible barrier.
Before he was killed by fear, he closed the door and lowered his head to look at the photos taken by Mu Yu and Ye Sui.
——It was at this time that he noticed the cell phone cases of these two people and paused.
He asked delicately, "...couple phone cases?"
Ye Sui: “?”
Mu Yu: “?”
The two flipped over their phones and saw that... they almost forgot that they were all using Lu Zhongnian's pain shells! !
Mu Yu choked for a moment, and Ye Sui's usually calm expression became a little distorted. He stared at Lu Zhongnian and rarely used a rhetorical question: "...Whose couple's phone case contains photos of other men, and is used by several people?"
Is this a couple's phone case?
This was a play that they were all forced to participate in.
Lu Chongnian seemed to understand the subtext and paused, his eyes drifting towards Mu Yu meaningfully.
Mu Yu: “…………” He didn’t! He wasn’t! He wasn’t playing!
Lu Zhongnian curved his lips and said, "Okay, let's take a look at the photos first."
Mu Yu's attention was forced back to his phone.
In the huge office, three long tables were put together. There was a chair behind each table, but all three chairs were empty at the moment.
Ye Sui murmured softly: "Are these chairs waiting for something to sit on them, or..."
——Are there actually people sitting on these three chairs?
In the middle of the long table there was a seal and a box of ink, and next to these two items was a lottery box.
Another raffle box.
Lu Zhongnian magnified the details and observed the shape of the seal - it was a square.
On the far right of the long table stood an acrylic sign that read:
Notes from the Association Office:
Please close the door after entering.
Please keep the office clean and tidy and do not rummage through cabinets and drawers.
"Cabinet" and "drawer" attracted the attention of the three people.
Mu Yu concentrated and analyzed quickly: "Don't 'rummage around'? That actually means you can look through it, right? The clues may really be in those files. All the cabinets and drawers seem to be locked. Do they need keys to open them?"
Ye Sui said: "The key should still be in the lottery box. The seal is square in shape. Will it be a QR code when it is knocked on the paper?"
Mu Yu looked up and asked Lu Zhongnian: "You couldn't get in just now?"
"Yes," Lu Zhongnian said, "Maybe it's because it 'does not meet the requirements'."
Firstly, their club presentation was not yet ready, and secondly, the rules clearly required that all members of each group must be assessed together, which was probably the reason why they were blocked.
But it doesn’t matter if they can’t get in. At this point, they are very clear about what to do next.
The clues are in the cabinets and drawers. The cabinets and drawers need keys to open, and the keys need a QR code to get. The QR code - the seal, will most likely be stamped on their club application only after they pass the assessment!
Time was limited, and after figuring it all out, the three of them turned around and ran.
They had been out for just under five minutes, and the feeling of impending death was getting worse and worse, but it didn't seem to have reached its limit yet.
After running back to the second floor, they very tacitly smashed all the picture frames in the corridor, and confirmed that there were no monster generators hidden inside or behind any of the picture frames, then they rushed back to their respective classrooms.
Before entering the classroom, Ye Sui said to Mu Yu and Lu Zhongnian: "I will write a note to the other two classrooms later!"
Mu Yu made an OK gesture and knocked on the door of 201!
The door opened with a swish, and he stepped in. He slammed the door shut as Yu Hui and Niao Ge looked at him worriedly. Then he bent down, propped his knees with his hands, took a deep breath, and checked the time.
7:42
He was out for a total of 7 minutes.
When he finally entered the door, he really felt like he was about to die. This was probably the real limit.
"How is it, have you found any clues?" Brother Bird walked forward nervously to help him.
During the few minutes that Mu Yu was out, he and Yu Hui had already started making clothes, which were now spread out in a mess on the ground.
"Yes." Mu Yu panted and told them everything he had seen outside just now.
The process of obtaining these clues sounds simple, but both Yu Hui and Niao Ge know that breaking out of the classroom in such an unknown situation is already a risky enough thing.
They listened nervously, but in the end, they gradually calmed down.
They still didn't know what the monster would look like or where the death trap was, but at least they knew what to do next and how to get clues.
With a clear goal, you will have confidence in your heart.
"Okay!" Bird Brother said firmly, "Then let's hurry up and get everything ready, and go to the club office to see what's hidden in those cabinets and drawers!"
Mu Yu calmed his breathing and nodded.
The situation outside is almost under control, and the key part lies in the work at hand.
He walked over and asked, "How are you doing now? I'll help too."
Yu Hui said: "We are working on the snake spirit part!"
At this moment, a large area of black snake-patterned fabric was spread out on the ground.
"The clothes for Grandpa and Big Baby are actually very simple. We have ready-made clothes that can be modified. We plan to do them last."
"The snake spirit's clothes are more complicated. We just cut the cloth - but the headdress is ready-made. We just found it in the corner. Take a look!"
Yu Hui picked up a string of golden headdresses from the corner as if she was presenting a treasure, her eyes sparkling!
Mu Yu was a little surprised. He didn't know what this headdress was called, but he vaguely remembered that it did look a bit like something a snake spirit would tie on a bun.
With this ready-made jewelry, they can save a lot of time.
"That's right..." Brother Bird coughed at this time and his expression became a little embarrassed.
Yu Hui also remembered something and smiled awkwardly.
"?" Mu Yu, "What's wrong? Why are you smiling at me like that?"
Bird Brother: "The only wig that can be used to make a snake spirit wig, Yu Hui just tried it, it's too small, she can't wear it..."
Mu Yu: "Ah, what should we do then?"
Bird Brother: "She doesn't even have enough hair to make a snake-like bun..."
Mu Yu: "Should we change to another character? Are there other characters in Calabash Brothers that are suitable for her to cosplay?"
Brother Bird: "Hehe, there's no need to be so troublesome. Let's think about it. In fact, the three of us can solve the problem by switching roles..."
Mu Yu: “…Ah?”
Niao Ge and Yu Hui's eyes fell on Mu Yu's head with an admiring look.
Bird Brother: "Small, really small."
Yu Hui: "Yes, much smaller than me."
Mu Yu: “…………”
ah? ? ?
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7:50
This time, when Fu Xiaoju heard the knock on the door and went to open it, he was no longer as nervous as last time.
When he opened the door, scratched his itchy back and picked up the note on the ground, Ye Sui had not yet had time to return to the classroom from the corridor.
Except for Room 202, the doors of several other classrooms were also open, and Jiang Shuyue was also in the corridor.
Fu Xiaoju was confused: "What's wrong? Did something happen?"
Why are you all in the corridor?
Jiang Shuyue explained: "Nothing, Senior Wang and I just have something we want to tell you."
Ye Sui's task was to integrate the clues they had just obtained and pass them to 202 and 205, so he only knocked on the doors of 202 and 205. It was Jiang Shuyue who knocked on the door of classroom 204 where Lu Chongnian was.
At this moment, Jiang Shuyue came to the door of classroom 201 again.
After knocking four times, the door was opened.
Jiang Shuyue was about to speak when he saw the person behind the door. He was stunned for a moment and burst out with Chinese quintessence for the first time in his life: "Fuck, who are you?"
When Fu Xiaoju heard this quintessence of Chinese culture, he turned his head to look at the person next to him, and was immediately shocked: "Who the hell are you?"
Ye Sui in the corridor looked over, opened his mouth in surprise... and then closed it.
Qi Shan and Hao Jia, who had poked their heads out to eat melons, said for him: “Fuck…fuck!”
The sound of "Fuck" spread all the way to Room 204.
Lu Zhongnian's gaze fell on the man at the door of Room 201. After a slight surprise, his eyes darkened.
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