The scene outside the window made the four people in the dormitory feel dazed for a moment.
It was as if the game had not yet arrived, and they were still in their original dormitory area. The dormitory building opposite was crowded with people. When they opened the window, they could hear the chatting downstairs, the rustling of leaves, and the noise of the water truck driving in.
But they quickly came to their senses: on the balcony of the dormitory building opposite, not only were there unfamiliar-looking men and women, but they all looked wary. Some were even standing on the balcony with umbrellas, and when they noticed the change in their surroundings, they looked shocked, then hurriedly closed their umbrellas and retreated back to their dormitories.
In less than ten seconds, the building opposite looked like an empty building.
"Are they dungeon illusions, or real people?"
In the silent air, Guo Guo muttered to himself.
"Dormitory Friendship League... should it be a real dormitory, right?"
Zheng Wanqing also whispered.
If these were all real people, then they seemed to understand why the game released a group battle copy in advance to allow them to adapt.
In the entire 6-story dormitory building, there were 48 dormitory balcony doors that they saw alone, which means that there were about 200 candidates who had also entered the game!
"No, more than one."
Tang Xin Jue shook his head, hinting, "From the perspective of the opposite side, our building might be the same."
The two buildings stood about 10 meters apart, one in front and one behind. If they opened the balcony window now, they might be able to see a new "dormitory next door."
Then a new problem arises.
Should they be the first to open the balcony windows?
Zhang You was as cautious as ever: "Even if the people in the dorms outside are all real candidates, we can't tell whether they have good intentions or bad intentions... After all, this is a competition."
They are no longer the "freshmen" who would be ecstatic when they saw someone from the next dormitory.
Judging from their reactions, other candidates who participated in the competition probably felt the same way.
"Umbrellas, clotheslines, and cloaks." Tang Xin Jue captured several elements he had just observed from the dormitory building across the street and concluded, "They had just experienced the same mission as us."
Even from their expressions and actions, it can be seen that some people have not had time to finish and are therefore delayed and linger on the balcony.
Tang Xin Jue: "If we assume that all the competition dormitories receive the same mission, then there is no danger in opening the door now."
On the other hand, if the tasks were different, even slightly, students who walked onto the balcony could be attacked.
"The safest option is to observe the situation and wait."
As soon as he finished speaking, Tang Xinjue pulled up a part of the movable baffle to cover the bodies of the four people.
When facing ghosts, she might just rush forward with force, but when it comes to human candidates who might become her enemies, she has to be ten times more vigilant and deal with them carefully.
Less than half a minute had passed since the outside world had changed, and the four of them tacitly fell silent. Zhang You's modified window panel had an advantage: it could be torn open from the inside to observe the outside. The distance from the neighboring dormitory building prevented anyone from observing back through the gap.
Guo Guo asked softly, "Shouldn't we stand in front of the window and be seen?"
Tang Xin Jue: "It's not impossible, but you have to know that the skills and props in the game are all-encompassing. Those who can enter this competition either have credits or invitations, and their strength level is not too bad - even if they show their presence for a moment, it may become a weapon for others to attack."
Guo Guo's heart skipped a beat and he immediately shut his mouth tightly, not even daring to speak.
Zhang You said, "What if we didn't wait for the next mission in the game, or in other words, the mission required us to go out and communicate with others?"
Tang Xinjue's voice was gentle, but his tone was firm: "Then, there must be something wrong with the dormitory outside."
Three minutes later, movement took place in the dormitory building opposite.
"The French window on the left side of the second balcony on the third floor was opened, and someone came out."
Tang Xinjue reminded in a low voice.
Two boys came out. They were wearing tight hats and sunglasses, and were wearing down jackets, which was a bit ridiculous. They looked fully armed. One of them held a white flag, and the other held a megaphone.
"Classmates, classmates! If you have anything to say, please talk it over nicely and don't resort to violence. Friendship comes first, competition comes second. And don't hit us, we just want a participation award, a participation award!"
The boy with the loudspeaker pushed the person next to him, and the other person hurriedly waved the small white flag in his hand. It was very conspicuous in the empty dormitory building, so conspicuous that even someone with severe myopia could see it.
Coupled with the sound of the loudspeaker, people living in the same dormitory building can hear it clearly even without leaving their homes.
Guo Guo gasped: "--Are you afraid that you won't die early enough?"
As the saying goes, the first tree to stick its head out gets shot. If these two people simply came out to admit defeat, they would be considered two complete fools, and they would have been used as experimental subjects for others.
The two boys lingered on the balcony for about half a minute, without being attacked or receiving any response. They were not discouraged and continued to shout through the loudspeaker:
"We just came out to introduce ourselves - I hope everyone enjoyed the game - then we'll go back first -"
Before the two of them could open the balcony window, two boys came out from the third balcony on the second floor. They were dressed exactly the same, rolled up a piece of toilet paper on a broom as a white flag, and started shouting, the content of which was similar to that of the two boys on the third floor.
The boys on the third floor looked at each other, then clung to the balcony railing and looked down affectionately: "Classmates, are you guys here to join the crowd too? Where are you from? Let's get to know each other."
The two boys on the second floor carefully put away their things before looking up and answering, "We are from Qinghe University."
"Oh—Qinghe University!" The boy with the loudspeaker immediately became enthusiastic: "I'm also from Qinghe University. We're from the same hometown! When fellow villagers meet, their eyes fill with tears..."
The second floor was silent for a few seconds, and seemed unwilling to talk to the loudspeaker anymore, so he turned around and was about to go in. But the loudspeaker continued to ask: "Hey, do you have anything to say? I have a loudspeaker and I can help you say it. Your voices are too quiet..."
Before he could finish his words, an arrow suddenly flew through the air from the direction of Tang Xinjue's dormitory building and hit the loudspeaker boy right in the heart!
The boy who was shot by the arrow covered his chest, twitched twice, and fell on his back.
"ah!!"
A scream came from the fifth floor opposite. A girl on the fifth floor was about to follow the example of the two groups in front of her and walk out. She happened to witness the whole process of the arrow flying over. She was so scared that her legs went weak and she fell to the ground.
As the boy with the loudspeaker fell down, the boy holding the white flag immediately bent down to help him up, with his back exposed to the air.
Guo Guo blurted out: "It's over!"
Tang Xin Jue made the opposite judgment: "Not necessarily."
The second arrow whizzed down immediately, its trajectory clearly aimed at the boy with the white flag. But behind it, another arrow caught up with it at a speed that ordinary people's dynamic vision could not capture, soaring to the tail of the arrow, causing the previous arrow to reverse direction and rush straight to the fifth floor.
The arrow used for rear-end collision fell down, while the arrow used for attack did not slow down, and its current target was the girl from the fifth floor who had just come out!
In a flash, Tang Xinjue closed his eyes.
The sharp arrow that was about to pierce the balcony on the fifth floor suddenly stopped, as if blocked by some invisible force. Almost at the same time, a virtual shield condensed in front of the girl.
After the flying arrow encountered an invisible obstruction, its forward momentum was obviously weakened a lot, and it was blocked by the virtual shield and fell weakly at the girl's feet.
The girl pressed herself against the balcony window, her chest rising and falling rapidly, and a face still terrified. With trembling hands, she pushed open the balcony window behind her and ducked inside. The virtual shield still loomed on the balcony, not dissipating.
Then, a clear female voice sounded from downstairs:
"Someone on the fifth floor here only dares to hide in the dark and launch sneak attacks. What kind of ability is that? If you have the guts, come out and fight us head-on."
Tang Xinjue opened his eyes: "You can go out now."
The werewolf has shown its tail, now it's time for the villagers.
Walking outside and looking down through the gap in the balcony, you can see a girl with long hair wearing a short-sleeved shirt and shorts walking out from the balcony on the third floor.
She was holding a shield in her hand, the shape and size of which was exactly the same as the one that had just appeared in front of the girl on the fifth floor opposite - that was the projection emitted by this shield.
The air between the two dormitory buildings was very quiet. No one came out to respond to the shield girl's words, and the fifth floor that she "named" was even quieter.
Tang Xinjue leaned against the guardrail and had a clearer view of most of the dormitory: some people were frightened and closed the windows tightly, some people left a crack, and some people came out like her, holding weapons in their hands.
The boy on the third floor who had just been shot in the heart by the arrow had been dragged into the dormitory by another roommate, and no one could see what was happening inside.
The shield-wielding girl downstairs sneered, "Still playing coward? Do you think I can't tell which balcony you came from by the direction of the arrow? You're capable of killing someone yourself, but you can't admit it?"
Tang Xin Jue raised the corner of his mouth and said, "Perhaps he is afraid that his identity will be exposed and the other normal students will gang up on the traitor."
"After all, who would tolerate someone who could kill them at any moment pretending to be an ordinary candidate and completing the next task with them?"
As soon as the voice fell, the system prompt sounded from the phone:
[A student has died, and the difficulty of all participating students is increased by 1%]
[When the difficulty reaches 100%, it is considered a failure in the friendly league]
[Current game progress:]
[Mission Stage 2 Death 1 Clearance 0]
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