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"Strictly speaking, the water in the flush toilet and the water in the sink tap come from the same water supply pipe.
In the strange silence, Zhang You spoke first.
Her expression was serious, and she judged with the eyes of a logistics manager: "If the water provided by this toilet plunger is of the same nature as that provided by a flush toilet, then it can also be stored for daily use."
"From another perspective, the toilet plunger is essentially a supernatural power of the Heart Sutra, so the water created by this supernatural power may also be drinkable water of higher purity."
In short, no matter how you analyze it, the water in the toilet plunger has high utilization value.
After a while, the others weakly agreed: "Yes, that makes sense..."
However, when they thought about the water coming from the toilet plunger, even if Tang Xinjue could overcome the psychological barriers, they couldn't help but feel an indescribable weird feeling.
Who would have thought that there is not only a special power called toilet plunger in the world, but also one of its important functions is to provide daily water?
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After carefully counting the supplies, everyone was relieved to find that the dorm had enough drinking water to last four people about five days under normal circumstances, and if they ate sparingly, the food would last them about a week.
The most important thing is that on the day the game came out, Tang Xinjue and the other two happened to go to the supermarket to purchase a large batch of supplies, including two large bags of four or five kinds of fruits.
Apples, oranges, grapefruits, red grapes... Thinking of the juicy contents inside, everyone couldn't help swallowing.
"Fruits rot easily in high temperatures, so we'd better eat them first." Tang Xinjue took out an orange, peeled it and started eating. The thin juice gushing out of the flesh effectively relieved his dry mouth.
By the time they finished their fruit breakfast, the temperature had already reached 40 degrees Celsius. While it wasn't too hot to move around, they quickly searched the dorm from top to bottom, following their experience from the previous "season." But they still only had a radio that couldn't tune into any channels.
Is it that we can only fight it out this time?
Tang Xinjue took out a basin and kept spraying water into it with a toilet plunger. Soon the entire basin was full. Then he placed a thermometer in it and measured a normal temperature of 25 degrees.
"In theory, as long as the toilet plunger doesn't break, we'll always have room-temperature water."
Even if the indoor temperature is too high, she can just spray water all over the room to cool it down.
Simple and crude, but effective.
After throwing the remaining limbs of the phantom demon, which were still covered with ice chips, into the water to keep them fresh, Tang Xinjue began to pour water into all the basins in the dormitory one by one.
In reality, the city they live in is located in the south-central part of China. Although it is not very humid in summer, it is definitely not dry.
However, at this moment, as time passed, the moisture in the air seemed to be drained away by the high temperature. Everyone felt the unbearable dryness, and the desire for water was magnified to an unprecedented level.
Guo Guo sat beside the basin, slumped over, "I was wrong. I'll never complain about the summer humidity in our school again."
Compared to being dry and cracked, a little dampness is nothing!
"This is just the beginning. We will have a hard time today."
Tang Xinjue changed into fresh clothes and began to eat red grapes. Even in this extreme environment, she looked like a delicate, delicate, and fragile young woman. Even her roommates, who lived with her day and night, often found it difficult to connect her with the ferocious demeanor of someone who could tear monsters apart with their bare hands.
"You're right." Zheng Wanqing jumped up. "We can't give up now. It's just hot, isn't it? As our high school teacher said, 'If you calm down, you'll feel cooler!' We need to give ourselves positive mental cues, so we can improve our physical endurance."
After half an hour, Zheng Wanqing couldn't continue actively suggesting that she could not go on. The sweaty parts of her skin looked like they had just been pulled out of the water, while the non-sweaty parts of her skin were incredibly dry and cracked. When she opened her mouth, smoke came out of her throat, as if she was wearing a mask of pain.
"Give me some saliva." She stretched out her hand weakly and snatched the last sip of water from the water dispenser from Guo Guo.
At 11 noon, the indoor temperature rose to 48 degrees.
"It's said that in some cities, the summer temperature can reach over 40 degrees Celsius, or even close to 50 degrees Celsius. Eggs can be fried right away if you crack them on the street."
In order to avoid getting too hot during exercise, the four of them each chose a basin of water and a fan, lying quietly, muttering to themselves in the hot and humid air like a steamer.
Guo Guo's eyes were dull: "Look, do we look like eggs about to be fried?"
Tang Xinjue chuckled softly. Her gaze had been fixed on the [Dormitory Member Status] interface of the app. It finally flickered slightly as she said, "Our health values have changed."
Guo Guo burst into tears: "Wow, wow, wow, I know without even looking. He just got frostbite and then got scorched right after. Now he must be hurting even more..."
“No, it’s rebounding.”
"Wuwu...hiccup?"
The roommates all sat up in shock from their dying illness: "What??!"
After seeing their respective physical information, several people confirmed that their health values had not only increased, but had increased significantly.
The negative status [Frostbite] disappeared, and no new negative status has appeared yet. In addition, over the past few hours, as their physical fitness slowly recovered, their health values left the warning zone and successfully reached the edge of the green line.
After all, compared to the extremely aggressive cold, as long as the high temperature is not high enough to burn the skin instantly, you can still survive with water.
"If I'm not mistaken, the most unbearable thing this season is not the scorching heat, but the lack of water."
Tang Xinjue smiled slightly.
Unexpectedly, by accident, this extreme dilemma became meaningless in front of the new function of the toilet plunger.
The extremely high temperature actually became a buffer period for them to take a break and rest.
By mid-afternoon, the temperature had risen to 54 degrees.
"Jie Shen! I need your toilet plunger!"
"Don't listen to Guo Guo's howling, the back of my hand is cracked and I want it to be mine first!"
My roommate has already accepted the water supply from the toilet plunger without any pressure. After using it once, he wants to use it a second time. He has already treated the rubber head that once beat up ghosts as an instant faucet.
The most important thing is that no matter how high the ambient temperature gets, the water it produces will always remain at 25 degrees. When it is sprinkled on the surface of the skin, it is simply a magical cooling plug-in.
As for the 10 three-foot-freezing talismans prepared by Tang Xinjue, he didn't use the first one until the temperature reached 60 degrees Celsius.
“Bang!”
Ignoring the extremely high temperature that seemed to melt everything, the few remaining bottles of water froze instantly, and everything within a square meter of the surrounding area was also covered with a thick layer of frost.
Resurrection. The four of them had only one thought in their minds.
Wearing a thin, frozen shirt, the cold and residual warmth can only last for less than half an hour, but it is enough to last until nightfall.
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[Heatstroke: The heat causes your body to start messing up]
[Burn: The high temperature causes blisters on your skin]
[Cracked: When your skin starts to crack, it is best if there is no wound on it]
As night falls, negative conditions quietly reappear, indicating that the human body is approaching its limit of load.
"God of Jue, tell me, when we wake up tomorrow morning, will we have successfully cleared the level, or will we be roasted to death because we didn't rehydrate in time?"
His roommate's voice was husky and faint. Tang Xinjue raised his plunger and spitted a mouthful of water into the air. The water droplets fell on the men like rain, evaporating on their skin.
"Go to sleep, the threshold will be reached soon."
Under the balance rule, it is impossible for the test to raise the temperature to a level such as boiling point, where ordinary people cannot survive.
Most likely, it will stop growing before 80 degrees, or... end directly.
As Tang Xinjue expected, at exactly ten o'clock, the temperature gauge suddenly stopped, and the pointer began to slowly move downward in the hellish high temperature!
[Ding Dong, the heating has been controlled and the temperature has been successfully adjusted. From now on, the temperature will return to a comfortable normal temperature. Spring has arrived~]
The prompt sound suddenly woke up the confused people. They turned around and looked around. The ambient temperature had indeed dropped suddenly. The pain was greatly relieved. It was almost like returning to the human world.
"Huh, I can finally have a good sleep..." Guo Guo covered his face and sighed, then slumped down on the table. The next second, he was almost frightened by the sudden notification sound.
[Spring is the season when all things come back to life——]
The exam prompts disappeared in a flash, leaving no other information. It was very confusing.
Tang Xinjue carefully looked at the information on the APP exam interface. The sections regarding winter and summer were empty, but when it came to spring, there was suddenly a sentence like this.
What does this portend?
Guo and Zheng were both confused and didn't think there was anything dangerous in this sentence. Zhang You was a little hesitant, but he couldn't analyze anything, so he could only look at Tang Xinjue worriedly.
Tang Xin Jue frowned. "The revival of all things, literally speaking, means that plants like flowers and trees are coming back to life, and some insects and animals are also starting to move around again..."
The danger here is...?
After repeating this sentence twice, Tang Xinjue suddenly paused and thought of something.
The next moment, her roommate saw her suddenly stand up and quickly said, "Find out all the plants and flowers in our dormitory!"
Ever since it became popular to grow succulents in school dormitories some time ago, Guo Guo bought four or five pots of small succulents in one go, and encouraged others to buy them as well, saying that he wanted to form a "succulent dormitory team."
Zheng Wanqing didn't like growing plants, and after being annoyed by Guo Guo, she simply bought two cacti. Facing Guo Guo's anger, she argued, "They all look the same anyway. This one is green, which is healthy."
As a result, several pots of green plants known for their tenacious vitality experienced devastating damage in the second exam copy. They were frozen into ice cubes in the winter of minus 60 to 70 degrees Celsius, and were directly baked to death in the high temperature of 60 to 70 degrees Celsius above zero - even people were tortured half to death, let alone a few pots of plants?
Thinking of this now, the four of them couldn't help but shrink their pupils as they found all the indoor green plants.
The colors in the flowerpot are so gorgeous that the plants almost fill the entire rim of the pot. Not only do they not show any signs of shrinking, but they have grown several times larger than before!
"Spring is the season when all things come back to life." Tang Xinjue spoke with a serious expression.
"Hiss." Zheng Wanqing suddenly let out a low cry. Her hand was placed on the edge of the cactus pot and was actually stabbed. Blood dripped from her fingers into the pot.
The next moment, the cactus suddenly expanded at a dizzying speed, as if replenishing some much-needed nutrients. In just a few seconds, it more than doubled in size. The thorns on the cactus even grew several times longer, each one slanting towards Zheng Wanqing!
"Damn it!" Zheng Wanqing subconsciously knocked the flowerpot away. The pottery pot shattered, the soil scattered on the ground, and the roots of the plant were exposed.
At this moment, even without the soil to take root in, the roots of the cactus are still wriggling at a slow pace, and even have a tendency to gradually differentiate from a mass into multiple small tumors.
What the hell is going on?
The few of them were still in shock when they suddenly shivered and the temperature around them dropped sharply - Tang Xinjue threw out a freezing talisman, temporarily freezing all the pots of plants.
Tang Xin Jue didn't stop for a moment and immediately searched for tools: "We must get rid of them all before they mutate too much."
The roommate reacted and immediately started to move, and this time he was not sleepy at all.
It turns out that this is what “the resurrection of all things” means - who knows what these plants will look like when they “revive”?
Zhang You found a pair of scissors and cut off the green radish she had grown in the vase by the roots. When the scissors touched the branches and leaves of the plant, it was as difficult as cutting gel. Fortunately, there was a layer of frost on them, so she could smash them directly with the tip of the scissors.
Succulents and cacti were more difficult to handle. They were harder than usual, and the spare utility knife in the dormitory could not pierce them at all. Guo Guo and Zheng Wanqing were busy and out of breath, but they didn't manage to damage much.
"Get out of the way."
Tang Xinjue dragged a chair over and smashed it upwards. Wood particles and plant fragments flew everywhere, and the loud noise made people's faces turn blue.
It was a plant that should have been fragile, but when it was smashed, it felt like iron and stone colliding... After a while, Tang Xinjue stood up, and the leg of the chair in his hand was broken.
The cactus, which couldn't even break a chair leg, was the one that had just absorbed Zheng Wanqing's blood. In that moment, it had expanded by about a third, becoming larger than two basketballs combined. And as if alive, it squirmed crazily, its spikes attempting to attack humans.
Tang Xinjue didn't say anything. He picked up the remains of the phantom demon from the water, cast a freezing talisman on it, froze it into an icicle, and then smashed it hard at the cactus, finally breaking it.
The broken flowerpots, soil, and shattered plants mixed together made the entire dormitory floor a mess.
Several people gasped, "Is this safe?"
Tang Xin Jue shook his head, took out another match, and struck a fire: "Cut the grass at its roots."
After confirming that the smoke from the burning plants was not toxic, all the green plants, even the residue in the soil, were burned clean.
To be on the safe side, the four of them even burned the places where there had been dampness and moss in the summer, and marked them to prevent the growth of another layer of microorganisms.
After finishing the work, it was already midnight. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief as they had finally solved the problem of plant mutation.
Tang Xinjue walked over carrying two bottles of insecticide from the dormitory.
“…”
Yes, all things are reviving, and insects are also living things!
A new round of action quickly began, with laundry detergent and soap mixed with water, sprinkled into every dark corner of the dormitory. Guo Guo asked fearfully as he sprinkled, "What is this for?"
"Cockroaches," Tang Xinjue, who was preparing the spray, replied coldly, "Insects like cockroaches have a layer of grease on their shells, making them difficult to kill. Soap mixed with water dissolves the grease, and they'll die if they touch it."
Of course, this is only limited to insects in normal state. After all, no one knows what those "resurrected" insects will become under the special buff of spring. We can only do our best to prepare in advance.
In addition to the main activity areas, the restrooms were a key target for disinfection. Not only were they sprayed with a thick layer of insecticide, but they also blocked the drains, sprayed the walls with soapy water, and allowed hot water at the highest temperature to accumulate a full three or four centimeters on the floor, ensuring a smooth and unimpeded disinfection process.
After tidying up everything, the four of them climbed onto Tang Xinjue's bed together, thoroughly disinfected the inside and outside of the bed curtains with insecticide, and then they huddled together, covering their noses and falling asleep.
A dreamless night.
When they woke up, the dorm was already filled with a scene that would have triggered a panic attack. It's not hard to imagine that if they had fallen asleep last night, they would have woken up to something much more than this.
Fortunately, careful preparations had been made in advance, and the small creatures that had just revived and intended to occupy human space died before they could achieve their goal and had lost their combat effectiveness.
"Wow, it's so scary! Jue Shen! Jue Shen?" Guo Guo had never seen such a spectacular scene before. She hugged Tang Xin Jue and was about to cry, but she found that Tang Xin Jue's face was pale and his eyes were closed. He looked even weaker and more pitiful than her.
Tang Xin Jue: "...I have mysophobia too."
When she was laning against goblins or brainstorming, she could ignore the mental pollution, but now... it was really a bit exciting.
Finally, Zhang You and Zheng Wanqing were responsible for cleaning up. After using four or five garbage bags, they finally made the dormitory look a little normal.
"Let's go down and help."
Tang Xinjue had almost suppressed the feeling of nausea and was about to go down, but was suddenly grabbed by Guo Guo's arm.
"I, I don't dare..." Guo Guo's voice trembled from behind, "Let's wait a little longer. It's too scary outside."
"The bugs have been almost cleared. We just need to clean up and continue studying how to pass the level." Tang Xinjue advised her a few words and reached back to pull the person down.
The moment he touched Guo Guo's arm, a cold touch spread up. Tang Xinjue paused and his eyes fixed.
Guo Guo didn't notice and continued to persuade him: "Those bugs are so scary, don't go down yet, just think of it as keeping me company. Wait a little longer, I don't dare to go down..."
"Guo Guo." Tang Xinjue suddenly spoke, interrupting the other party.
"ah?"
"Since everything comes back to life in spring, do you think ghosts and evil spirits are also part of this world?"
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