Gu Xinghe was frantically bouncing back and forth between successful resurrection and utter failure.
It's not so much a test of his own mental fortitude, but rather a greater test of the mentality of the other bystanders.
Meanwhile, Tao Changyi, who was thinking to himself that "it's not impossible for Gu Xinghe to be a ghost," took direct action at this moment.
He first looked at the shadow cast on the floor by Gu Xinghe as he sat on the edge of the bed.
The midday sun of summer streamed into the dormitory room.
The light and shadow cast a half-light on Gu Xinghe's face, reflecting his incomplete and blurry shadow.
And when they saw that Gu Xinghe also had a normal shadow like an ordinary person.
Tao Changyi felt that the possibility of him really being a ghost had become smaller.
Speaking of which, would a ghost or some kind of supernatural being really joke around with him like they did just now?
At that moment, Gu Xinghe saw Tao Changyi walk directly towards him.
Judging from his outstretched hand, it seemed he wanted to shake hands with him to confirm whether his body temperature was normal.
"Brother, Brother Gu, let's shake hands."
However, just as Gu Xinghe was about to laugh and complain that both looking at shadows and measuring body temperature were outdated ideas and methods,
He couldn't help but widen his eyes as he saw Tao Changyi's right hand reaching out to him.
The instant Tao Changyi reached out and offered his hand to him.
Gu Xinghe saw the pale arms he had seen when he had empathized with the confinement cell flash before his eyes.
The "I" who had been in solitary confinement for a long time in darkness and loneliness, was always yearning for the arrival of new companions.
At this moment, they reached out their hands to him, seemingly wanting him to become a new "part".
Before they could even think about why they were still within the sphere of influence after leaving the confinement room.
Seeing this, Gu Xinghe directly avoided the invitation extended to him and instead grabbed his wrist.
“Hiss—”
And upon hearing the cry of pain from the person in front of him.
Gu Xinghe noticed that the illusion of the pale arm in front of him quickly disappeared.
At this moment, it transformed back into Tao Changyi's normal adult male arm.
Because of Gu Xinghe's previous actions, a bruise immediately appeared on the other party's right wrist.
Of course, this is not because Tao Changyi is too weak and powerless.
Given Gu Xinghe's current strength.
If he wanted to crush a normal person's wrist with his fingers, it would be an extremely easy task.
But the hallucination that had just appeared before him also served as a wake-up call for Gu Xinghe.
Although he is currently experiencing several "unbelievable" things on campus through cheating-like methods and firsthand experiences.
They also successfully avoided the instant-death options contained within.
He even subconsciously regarded the skill of "empathy" as a way to indirectly obtain strange information.
However, it is an excellent tool to avoid direct contact with it.
However, the hallucination before his eyes also made Gu Xinghe realize—
This skill does not mean that you can experience this first-person perspective indefinitely, or that you can keep trying and failing.
If we underestimate or take it too lightly, the so-called shared perception will one day become a reality.
Rather, it was when he became curious and tried to perceive the eeriness.
As he experienced it again and again as if he were personally going through it, he became a bizarre being from a first-person perspective.
The latter, in turn, corrupts his thinking and rationality by following his perceptions.
Gu Xinghe glanced at his sanity on his player panel and found that it had dropped to a precarious 60.
Although the restorative candies and potions he had previously consumed had the effect of restoring and temporarily increasing his mental and rational values.
However, its main function is still to restore and increase mental energy.
Spirit and sanity values have an interrelationship, but they are not directly equivalent.
For example, mental strength can affect the rate at which rationality declines and recovers.
Conversely, sanity also affects whether mental energy can exert an effective effect.
Meanwhile, Tao Changyi said he wanted to touch Gu Xinghe's body temperature to see if he was still a normal person.
But he originally just wanted to make a joke and then marvel at the other person's previous near-death experience.
However, after staring blankly at Gu Xinghe for a moment for some reason, he quickly grabbed the outstretched hand.
When they gripped his wrist so tightly it hurt, he couldn't help but cry out in pain.
Tao Changyi's long-held complaint was finally blurted out at this moment.
"Hiss—Brother Gu, you truly are a remarkable man who has escaped death twice!"
At this moment, Gu Xinghe watched as Tao Changyi shook his aching right hand.
Although there were some setbacks along the way and Tao Changyi's testing method seemed unreliable.
However, it must be said that after this conversation and interaction between the two, the tense atmosphere in the dormitory eased up considerably.
"Is there a medical clinic or something similar at school? Do you need to get your hand injured?"
The new student, Zhong Zhenkai, noticed the ring of scars on Tao Changyi's hands and offered a suggestion.
"I think I can still be saved, and I don't need to be sent to the infirmary for cremation."
Hearing Tao Changyi's words, Zhong Zhenkai realized that besides the cafeteria, there must be many other strange places on campus.
Just like the conversation she had with Gu Xinghe when they first arrived at the dormitory.
At this time, Tao Changyi and others also mentioned to Zhong Zhenkai the somewhat eerie atmosphere on campus and a few slightly special locations.
However, there are some places and events that they cannot avoid simply by trying to evade them.
Seeing the peaceful atmosphere return to the dormitory room, Gu Xinghe felt it was time for him to make a deal with his friends.
On his first day at the campus, when he entered this dormitory.
He then noticed that Xiao Ruiming was holding a pocket watch that could be used as a monitoring tool.
At that time, he had the idea of borrowing it from the other party and then trying to take it apart to observe its internal structure.
Now, after spending a few days together, they have become quite familiar with each other.
Especially now, with the strength he has shown in the eyes of others through his two near-death experiences, it seems that the timing has become ripe.
So at this moment, he said to Xiao Ruiming in front of him.
"I'd like to borrow your pocket watch to take a closer look."
Upon hearing Gu Xinghe's words, Xiao Ruiming was stunned for a moment.
When the other person said this, they emphasized the word "carefully," which seemed different from their previous simple observation and scrutiny.
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