A true renovation would require at least a construction team. The materials and tools available to just four people wouldn't be enough. Not to mention, they knew almost nothing about renovation—but Zhang You had a plan.
After spending fifteen minutes sorting all the materials into categories, Zhang You picked up the tools and began to disassemble. After another fifteen minutes of disassembling everything into the smallest parts, she began to reassemble it.
A lock with a metal chain creates a second security lock for your dorm door. Wrap a scrap metal pipe with extra sheets, glue it together, and dry it. Once dry, attach it to upper and lower pulleys to create two simple sliding doors. Even if your dorm doors and windows are breached, they can act as a second layer of cushioning.
The bed curtains were the last line of defense that needed to be upgraded. Jiang, perhaps out of respect, gave them new and complete bed curtains, which meant they weren't enough to split into four beds.
Under Zhang You's on-site instruction, everyone cut the bed curtains according to the proportions and filled them with old curtains to expand them. Although the final visual effect was a bit non-mainstream, it preserved the protective power to the greatest extent.
Zhang You also had the ingenuity to remove several bell ornaments, pull out four hidden thin lines along the four sides of the bed, and then hang bells in the corners. Each bell is connected to her danger alarm. In this way, if a ghost approaches, the bell will alert the person lying in bed, preventing them from being attacked in their sleep.
After finishing the defense part, everyone was exhausted and sweating, but Zhang You turned around, picked up a hammer and a wrench, stepped on a chair and climbed onto the two cabinets at the door.
Guo Guo was incredulous: "Are you still going to continue the demolition?"
Zhang You made the final decision: "Continue demolishing!"
The original function of the two cabinets was only storage. Since the copy of "Four Seasons Protection Guide", it has gained a new function: hiding people.
The four of them squeezed in there once, so they clearly understood the inconveniences: small space, no air permeability, poor defense capabilities, no sound insulation, inconvenient to observe the outside situation, etc.
In order to turn them into the final "fortress", they must be transformed from top to bottom.
"You guys study the wash area first, and leave the wardrobe to me and Zhang You." Tang Xinjue sent the two people who didn't know how to start to the other side, and whispered with Zhang You for a while. After finalizing the plan, they started to demolish the house - with real guns and knives.
The flimsy wooden cabinet was quickly broken into several parts of different sizes by the banging and buzzing noises. The noise of renovation was so loud that even the footsteps patrolling in the corridor lingered at the door for a long time, as if they were suspecting that the students in the house had gone crazy.
After the new cabinet was assembled and the two opened the door to test it, Guo Guo and Zheng Wanqing, who came over to watch, gasped at the same time.
The original single-opening cabinet door now features a lockable interior and a thick soundproofing enclosure made from discarded curtains. The plywood inside, originally used to store clothes, has been opened and reshaped to create a "skylight" that allows one to climb to the top and then jump down through.
Zhang You still felt regretful: "It's a pity that the space and materials are limited. We can't make them bigger. We can't add a pulley system to move them."
Guo Guo swallowed and sighed sincerely: "Sister You, I will believe you next time you tell me that you want to transform them into RVs."
Even if you tell her to change it to nuclear submarines and rockets, she will believe it!
Zheng Wanqing became excited: "Is it possible? I want to learn too!!"
Unlike Guo Guo who was so tired that he couldn't lift a finger, Zheng Wanqing was passionate and energetic about the decoration matters. Almost every time she saw a project, she would quickly squeeze to the front and raise her hand - and then be ruthlessly rejected by Zhang You and Tang Xinjue.
"No, Wanqing, you're too strong and can't control it. You'll easily break the tools." Zhang You shook his head: "Delicate work is not suitable for you."
Zheng Wanqing pouted: "Then what should I do?"
Guo Guo leaned forward weakly: "Well, Miss, if you still have the strength, can you help me lift the chair?"
Since there were no painting and tiling tools, the last step of this simple decoration became ground paving protection.
Since the bloody hands and handprints extending from the walls and floor in the "Classic Movie Appreciation" dungeon had left a deep impression on them, they covered the entire main activity area, including the four beds, with an extra layer of "carpet," then spent 10 points to buy a bottle of "holy water" at the mall.
Guo Guo put the pendant into the holy water and stirred it. He waited until the holy water turned red before carefully taking it out. "I didn't expect that the exorcism skills I learned would be put to use here for the first time."
She had been regretting not having enough time to perform the complicated exorcism techniques in the previous instance, and this emotion had now transformed into nervousness.
Holy water was evenly sprinkled on the carpet, and Guo Guo squatted on the ground, drawing the exorcism symbols. In a place where only the Yin-Yang eyes could see, the symbols flickered with faint light one after another. Guo Guo finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Success!"
The next time a ghost tries to come out from underground, she will pull its head off and put it on the ground as a night light!
11 o'clock at night.
After a busy night, the four people finished the "renovation". When they finally took a breath and looked around, they found that the dormitory had quietly changed its appearance.
Soft lighting streamed down from the ceiling, and the nightlights on the fabric sliding doors cast a star-like halo on the wall. The newly installed bed curtains came in a variety of styles, and various clothes and props were hung on the "bridge" connecting the four beds, seemingly connecting them all together, eliminating the worry of being separated and trapped.
Maybe it wasn't too good to look at, but it filled the four people's chests with a sense of accomplishment.
"Hey, miss, did you see that? I drew the beautiful girl on your bed curtain!"
Guo Guo munched on some biscuits while poking at Zheng Wanqing.
Zheng Wanqing blinked blankly: "Isn't that a pig?"
Guo Guo: "...Don't go to bed tonight. Just sleep on the table."
Zheng Wanqing said seriously, "Sleeping on the table is bad for your lumbar spine. Are you having that old habit of staying up late again?"
Guo Guo: "...Don't talk to me, I'm tired."
This is true, they are indeed tired.
After washing up, eating, and drinking, it was almost midnight and sleepiness was creeping in. Without even having time to discuss buying power-ups from the mall or winning the lottery, everyone had already fallen asleep in bed.
Anyway, tomorrow is the weekend, so let's deal with the rest tomorrow.
"Ding ding dong, ding dong ding, ding ding dong ding dong—"
A burst of music, seemingly far and near, drifted into the ears of the candidate who was sleeping soundly.
"On Monday I carried my schoolbag and went to school happily"
"On Tuesday I picked up my pen and paper and took the exam seriously."
"I got my results on Wednesday and the teacher praised me for being a good kid."
"I worked hard on my studies on Thursday and I'm so happy to be promoted to a higher grade."
“I’ll call my friends and we’ll all come here together on Friday.”
"The beautiful weekend is here, what should I do?"
"Dear classmate, wake up, what are you going to do on your weekend?"
The moment she woke up from her dream, Zheng Wanqing thought that the TV was not turned off last night and she was woken up by some strange and noisy program.
But when she looked up, she found that the TV screen was flashing snow calmly and the room was silent.
That singing just now...was she dreaming?
Zheng Wanqing turned her head in confusion, her eyes stern: Tang Xinjue had sat up from the bed at some point and was checking his phone.
Seeing his roommate looking at him, Tang Xinjue shook his phone to let her look at the content on the APP.
On the exam interface, the original exam information had turned blank, with only one line of text remaining:
Dear classmates, happy weekend! During this wonderful day off, you received an invitation to the Dormitory Friendship League. Do you accept the invitation?
【whether】
The bed creaked, and Zhang You and Guo Guo woke up one after another and saw the news.
...Friendly League?
"Our guess was correct."
Tang Xin Jue rolled down and walked to the balcony window: "The sudden group exam on Friday is probably just to get us used to this model in advance."
There is cooperation between dormitories, and naturally there is also competition... or confrontation.
The screen, shimmering with snowflakes, suddenly vibrated, and the face of a long-tongued, noseless ghost flashed across the screen. This time, it wore a red hat, especially solemnly. After pressing the work bell, it laughed loudly and shrilly:
"Welcome to the Daily News Weekend Special! It's time for a great college town game day!"
After laughing so loudly for more than ten seconds, the Noseless Ghost finally coughed and took a sip of water, clearing his throat. "Ahem, let's see which dormitories have entered the competition venue so far."
"First up is the most popular 'Dormitory Brawl' in the university town! Only 3 credits are required to participate, and the number of dormitories currently participating is... 0!"
The Noseless Ghost paused. "That's alright. Let's take a look at the second exam, the 'Dormitory Friendship League,' which the residents are also pinning their hopes on. Registration for this tournament only requires 2 credits. The number of dormitories already registered is... 0?"
The Noseless Ghost wiped the sweat from his forehead. "It's okay, it's okay. We still have the third exam, the Freshman Challenge. It only requires 1 credit. That's right, only 1 credit... Oh! Two dormitories have already joined!"
The host beamed. "I'm sure everyone knows that as long as ten dormitories in the same teaching area participate, the competition will begin immediately. The prizes are very generous, and there will be a super surprise grand prize for winning. Students who haven't participated yet, hurry up and don't miss out! There's still a countdown until the competition starts—"
Tang Xinjue looked at the time on his phone as the announcement was being made, and the hands showed exactly 7:30.
The TV announced on time: "There is still a countdown - 30 minutes!"
There were a few rustling sounds behind them, and everyone had finished packing up as quickly as possible. The four of them gathered together and looked at each other.
Zhang You adjusted the frame of his glasses and asked the most important question: "How about we join in?"
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