Guo Guo: "...You are the one who wants to change careers!"
She turned the red bow around, and the screen displayed the item's properties:
[Lucky Bow (Consumable): Everything in the world can be transformed into power, including luck! Pulling this bow, you have a 50% chance of automatically aiming at the target. The damage dealt is determined by your luck at the moment. Even the Lucky Emperor is fearless!]
[Current number of uses: 0/10]
"Attack items that require skill and strength are definitely out of my reach. Luckily, I found this automatic item in the mall." Guo Guo carefully put it away, but also felt a bit resentful: "It's just too expensive."
This consumable item costs 15 points, and it depends on luck. If Guo Guo hadn't been afraid that the competition would be too difficult, he wouldn't have made up his mind to exchange it.
Even as a support, she realized she was a bit biased. Whether it was the Yin-Yang Eyes, the magic pendant, or the exorcism, they were basically only effective against ghosts.
What if the opponent is also a candidate, or the attack is physical?
She didn't want to hide behind her roommate all the time, especially when Zheng Wanqing always used her only intact arm to hold her from behind. Although Guo Guo didn't say it, she felt uncomfortable in her heart.
Of course, she wouldn't say these thoughts out loud. Zheng Wanqing thought she was silent because she was uncomfortable without a suitable weapon, so she immediately straightened her expression and encouraged her:
"It's okay, it's just that the weapon is too ugly. Don't be sad, we just don't have money at the moment. When I evolve into Iron Man and knock out a copy with one punch, I'll buy you the coolest automatic weapon!"
Guo Guo: "...Although I don't think this bow is that ugly, thank you anyway."
As they talked, Tang Xinjue and Zhang You also made plans. Zhang You drew the wheel five times and received two 10% off coupons. He immediately borrowed a few points from Tang Xinjue and spent all his money on two group attack skill cards at the mall.
At first, Guo Guo and Zheng Wanqing didn't quite understand. They had studied it before and knew that skill cards were the least cost-effective items in the mall. A single card could not be used more than three times, which was both expensive and inconvenient.
Zhang You, however, had other plans. She and Tang Xinjue exchanged a glance and said, "I thought so at first, until Xinjue and I discovered something else—"
Zhang You opened the brick account book and slapped the skill card upwards. The card surface was actually embedded directly into the paper, and a strange light flashed on the cover of the account book.
"——Maybe there are no useless skills in the mall, but they are just like dormitories, they need to be combined with each other."
Zhang You closed the account book again, and saw the names of the skill cards had appeared on the cover: [Epiphyllum Snow 0/2], [Ice Stream Stone 0/3], Usage: Single draw/Combination.
In this way, the account book that was originally used only as a brick has an additional layer of enchantment properties, and the skill card seems to have added new elements.
Guo Guo suddenly realized: "Could this also be a way to upgrade?"
“We’ll have to wait until next time to verify this.”
Tang Xinjue turned her phone around. They had just discovered another thing, this time it was related to the lottery.
Tang Xin Jue had scored a full nine valid points in her last exam, representing nine chances to draw a lottery. Just as she was drawing, she was suddenly reminded by the store that if she completed ten consecutive draws, she would receive a guaranteed chance to receive an item.
The mall is enthusiastically promoting: [Only one chance left? No problem! Just buy one of the following products for a limited time and you'll receive an extra chance to win a prize!]
A row of cheap but seemingly useless limited-time flash sale products popped up below, along with a large 10-minute countdown.
Tang Xin Jue: "..."
Others: “…”
Why does this operation look so familiar...did the game mall go to Pinduoduo for further training?
Tang Xinjue silently chose a bag of spicy chicken feet worth 2 points, then clicked on the ten-draw combo, and sure enough, an item popped out.
Black Saturday Fireworks: This firework only works on Saturdays, designed by a crazy capitalist who doesn't want his employees to leave work. Let everyone become extremely unlucky on Saturdays! Only the weekdays are our only permanent home!
[Effect: Bring bad luck to all living beings who witness the fireworks, lasting for 1 hour.]
[Additional Effect: Hide Evil (Only the purchaser can see the item's true properties. To others, it's just an ordinary firework.)]
The roommate took a few glances at the raffle prizes and quickly locked onto the object: "This firework looks unusual, it must be a prop, right?"
Tang Xin Jue stared at the item's attributes for two seconds: "Doesn't this firework look like an ordinary item in a normal dormitory?"
Roommate: "...Wake up! How can there be fireworks in a normal dormitory? This looks very abnormal!"
“…”
In short, after collecting the fireworks, Tang Xinjue transferred the remaining points to Zheng Wanqing, allowing her to continue upgrading her fists.
"Aren't you going to buy skills anymore?" Zheng Wanqing hesitated.
"No, the upgrades I want are very expensive. I can't save them up in two dungeons. I might as well give them to you first."
Tang Xin Jue shook the potion he had just bought and said, "I'll just buy this."
The potion was applied to the toilet plunger with a wet wipe, and the traces of damage and dirt left on it during the dungeon battle were instantly restored. The toilet plunger happily spit out a mouthful of water.
The repair shop lived up to its name. The toilet plunger was successfully upgraded the moment it was repaired. It has now become a [Toilet Plunger Level 3 Knight] from a [Toilet Plunger Level 1], and the entire leather plunger is shiny and radiant.
As for what the problem was before… Tang Xin Jue still remembered the repairman's sinister answer: "I ate a lot because my level was not high, so I had indigestion!"
...This also reminded her that the toilet plunger's devouring ability is not a bottomless pit. Only by raising its level first can it eat more ghost and monster bodies.
Count down 5 minutes.
Zheng Wanqing had already redeemed her skills and was waiting for them to upgrade. She excitedly raised her hand, and a gigantic steel shadow gradually formed in her empty forearm.
——A fist as big as iron bars!
"It seems to have a probabilistic triggering skill called Tears Behind Bars..." Zheng Wanqing didn't understand the details, and she didn't have time to continue analyzing it because the game was about to begin.
There is only 1 minute left before the game starts.
【Are you sure you want to participate? 】
The system's inquiry sounded, and everyone who had been busy for half a day finally stopped.
The dormitory was so quiet that even the host's mouth on the TV screen was silent.
The world seemed to begin to slowly change under some low-frequency vibration, and as the options were finalized, a vague veil was unveiled...
"We are sure."
Tang Xinjue said softly.
“Bang!”
Suddenly, two loud noises exploded on the glass window. The four people were startled and turned around immediately, only to see two bloody objects smashing on the window. Thick blood slowly flowed down two trails, which were particularly dazzling in the vast white fog.
Only when you get close can you see that these are two sparrows that have collided with each other. Now red and white are splattered together, and they are obviously dead.
"What's going on? Has the dungeon started?"
Guo Guo looked around quickly. The dormitory was still the same, their positions had not changed, and everything was the same as usual.
"In many cultures, a sparrow dying against glass is considered a bad omen, symbolizing evil and death."
Tang Xinjue observed for a moment, then gently knocked on the window. The sparrow's body slid down, leaving only two bloodstains.
Zhang You frowned: "This trace...why does it look like two symbols?"
“13.”
Tang Xin Jue wrote the two numbers on a piece of paper and then turned the light around. From the perspective outside the window, this number appeared.
"It's 13, but it could also be 1 and 3. If you expand the range a little bit, it could be a disassembled [B]."
Guo Guo began to associate ideas, but he was still confused.
A sparrow crashed into the window and died, leaving the number "13" on its body. What does this foreshadow?
Suddenly, Tang Xin Jue said, "The fog has dispersed."
In their sight, the white fog that covered the entire window was slowly dissipating... This had only happened once, and the last time was on [Crazy Wednesday], when they first met other students in the game.
Everyone became nervous.
They carefully felt the movement outside. After about half a minute, the fog stopped dispersing, revealing a balcony that was vaguely shrouded outside.
Guo Guo blurted out: "Isn't this the second 'Crazy Wednesday'?"
But the next second, they noticed something else - a black cloak appeared on the originally empty balcony clothes rack.
The cloak was motionless at first, then it began to sway from side to side as if a breeze had blown through it. Soon, the cloak began to sway more and more, being lifted high and then dropped by the wind, as if it would be blown away at any moment.
[Ding! Mission updated]
It's pouring rain, and you've left a very important piece of clothing on the balcony. Please retrieve it before it's blown away, or you'll regret it.
A new task message suddenly popped up on the phone. Almost at the same time, countless raindrops fell from the sky, hitting the balcony floor with a crackling sound, making the black cloak shake.
Tang Xinjue didn't have half a second to react: "Do you have an umbrella or raincoat?"
The remaining three people also reacted quickly. Zhang You took out the umbrella that was always ready in his tool bag and said, "I'll go out with you."
Guo Guo also frantically dug out a transparent raincoat from his schoolbag: "This is what Jiang and the others gave me in the last instance..."
Tang Xinjue glanced at the two of them, but rejected Zhang You: "I'll go out alone, without an umbrella."
She suspected that the game was a scam, so she just took Guo Guo's raincoat, which had some ghost power on it and was safer than ordinary protection.
After making ready, Tang Xinjue pushed open the tightly closed balcony window. Suddenly, a strong wind blew in the house, and the violent storm that was blocked outside poured in!
The three people standing behind were forced to take a step back. When they looked up again, Tang Xinjue had already nimbly grabbed the railing on the balcony and began to pull down the cloak.
As soon as she touched the cloak, Tang Xinjue felt a piercing chill running up her arm. The rain obscured her vision, preventing her from seeing what was inside the cloak. She decisively pulled out a toilet plunger, rolled up the edge of the cloak, and tucked it into the rubber head, using it to pull downwards instead of her arm.
The plunger's effect was immediate. The entire clothes-drying railing shook and scraped, and the cloak was successfully hooked halfway down. Tang Xinjue didn't relax, still vigilantly observing the clothes. Sure enough, he saw a blue, round object flash through the cloak.
Tang Xinjue increased the strength of his hands without hesitation, pulling the cloak left and right. The blue object inside could not hold on and slid down. Suddenly, two blue bubbles were spit out and fell on the rubber head, quickly forming a layer of ice.
It turns out that the coldness that just covered my hands came from here!
However, the toilet plunger wasn't afraid of this; it swallowed the bubbles in one gulp, even wanting to continue eating. The blue creature seemed frightened, and before its cloak was completely down, it flew out and disappeared into the white mist.
Tang Xin Jue was restrained by the cloak and could not reach out to grab it. He only caught a glimpse of the creature's appearance:
Its main body is a blue oval ball the size of a palm, with four suction-cup-like limbs extending from the ball. There seems to be a very small and ugly "head" on the top of the ball, and the black eyeballs occupy most of the head. The moment it looks at Tang Xinjue, its eyes are filled with deep resentment.
As the blue monster vanished into the white mist, Tang Xinjue completely grasped the cloak. The air currents from the balcony suddenly grew several times stronger, forcing her to cling to the edge and reach the door. Her roommate grabbed her and dragged her back into the dormitory.
The balcony window closed, shutting the typhoon-like rain outside. Tang Xinjue wiped his face and threw his cloak on the ground.
The pitch-black cloak had no special features other than being extremely large. There were two long straps underneath, and you could vaguely see ice chips on the straps.
At this moment, the phone dinged again, and the task was updated again:
The weather's clear now, and you're holding onto your important clothes, wondering if you should hang them out to dry again. Luckily, other students have the same problem, so you might want to consider some advice from other dormitories.
Seeing the words in the mission message, the four of them looked up at each other, then turned their heads at the same time—
The white mist outside the balcony had completely dissipated as the wind and rain subsided without me noticing.
Outside are blue sky and white clouds, grass and green trees... There is also an adjacent dormitory building with countless dormitory balconies arranged in a staggered manner, and the figures of countless students are looming through the windows.
Just like when the game hadn't come, every day in the dormitory was ordinary.
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