If Guo Guo hadn't seen with her own eyes that Tang Xin Jue didn't do anything, she would have thought she had secretly taken a bottle of life-restoring potion... This recovery ability is too outrageous! !
She looked at Tang Xinjue dimly: "We just thought something happened to you."
Tang Xinjue smiled: "I heard you crying very loudly."
The pain and loss of control she had just felt were real, but the pain went away just as quickly as it came. Now, apart from a slight swelling in her temples, she no longer felt anything.
Zhang You was still terrified and asked, "What was that? Is it a sequelae of some disease? Or is it related to your nightmare?"
Tang Xin Jue rubbed his solar plexus and explained, "Compared to sequelae, it's more like a side effect of breaking through a certain barrier."
Looking at her bewildered roommate, she didn't know how to explain it specifically, so she kept it simple: "In short, I've found a way to temporarily curb mental pollution."
Opening the [Physical Status] interface, a new message popped up below her health value, in green text I had never seen before:
[Mind Control (Level 1): The first step to control is self-control. Additional Attribute: Immunity +5]
[Note: Self-created skills will be hidden under the five-dimensional attributes. The attribute bonus will become a permanent gain and will not disappear due to skill degradation.]
[Full Spirit (positive buff): Increases mental strength, clears all negative states, and significantly increases health.]
Create your own skills!
This time, even Tang Xinjue was a little surprised.
From the moment the new buff appeared, she had a vague feeling that this ability would advance with the breakthrough, but she didn't expect it to advance so quickly.
It's like... the game's database is completely blank, and as soon as someone creates something "new", they can't wait to enter it.
Thinking back to the last exam, the dormitory lit up with all kinds of strange achievement points, and even the toilet plunger was an effect that was entirely due to her DIY ability... Tang Xinjue seemed to have grasped a ball of wool and noticed some subtleties.
But now is not the time to think about these things.
She suppressed her thoughts and returned to the topic: "Sorry to disrupt everyone's plans. Let's get back to the closet as soon as possible. We don't know when the third reaper will be here..."
Before she finished speaking, her voice paused.
I saw that among the 12 light spots, the number of dimming spots increased from two to three!
Seeing the same scene, the others were also shocked and looked at each other in confusion.
Did the third reaper come? When?
"No, it's not that it has been here before." After realizing the key point, Tang Xinjue's eyes lit up: "It's that it hasn't been here at all!"
"We originally thought the rule was that each harvester would inspect all dormitories before leaving."
Tang Xin Jue explained quickly, "But now it seems that this may not be the case—the patrol ranges of each harvester may be different."
Some would come to their dormitories, some would not, but when they left, the light would dim, indicating that a danger had disappeared.
Zhang You also realized what was happening, a hint of joy in his eyes: "So, we don't need to dodge 12 reapers in a row?"
If they are lucky, they can survive by successfully dodging a few of them!
Guo Guo and Zheng Wanqing looked at each other:
"We don't know exactly how many dormitories participated in this test, nor do we know the radiation range and selection criteria of each harvester. It may be random, or it may not be."
After a brief moment of surprise, Tang Xinjue calmed down, "We still have to prepare for the worst. From now on, we have to hide in the closet until the last light goes out."
"Are you sure you're okay, Xin Jue?" Zhang You was still worried. The way Tang Xin Jue fell to the ground just now was too scary. Even after seeing his health value recover with his own eyes, it was still frightening.
Although she didn't know the specific details, she could tell that Tang Xin Jue had managed to "break through" successfully by persevering. But what if he couldn't make it next time?
Tang Xinjue nodded: "Don't worry."
Without saying anything more, they hurried back into the closet.
Guo Guo muttered quietly, "Fortunately, I don't have claustrophobia."
The closet was so narrow that I couldn't move. It was cold, stuffy, and pitch dark, which was a real test of my endurance.
Tang Xin Jue comforted him: "If it's really hard, you can take a nap."
Guo Guo: “…”
Is this a situation where I can sleep through it?!
But for some reason, perhaps because Tang Xinjue was too calm beside him, after a while, Guo Guo really didn't have any random thoughts anymore, and even slowly closed his eyes.
Even until the coldness came like a tide.
This time, a faint floral scent spread throughout the room. Tang Xinjue once again actively closed his senses, so he could only smell a very faint scent, accompanied by a slight feeling of irritation that inexplicably rose in his heart.
The moment she felt the strange sensation, she was certain that this aroma, which made her feel distracted and irritable, was specifically used to search for hidden prey.
The scent had little effect on her. Guo Guo was naturally timid, and being irritated would only make her shrink even more tightly, so she wouldn't suddenly go berserk. As for the other closet...
Tang Xinjue suddenly opened her eyes, and through the darkness and the cabinet door, she carefully captured the movements outside.
Zhang You was extremely cautious, but Zheng Wanqing was known for her carefree and volatile personality. If one inhaled too much of the aroma without caution, coupled with the oppressive atmosphere within the cabinet, one might lose control of one's emotions.
Once you make a noise, the probability of being discovered is almost 100%!
The only way is to see whether Zhang You can control the situation in time.
Tang Xinjue guessed correctly.
At the same time, in the wardrobe on the right side of the dormitory door, Zheng Wanqing leaned against the thick bedding, her eyebrows were twisted so hard that they could sink into the water, and her teeth were clenched.
It was as if a fire was burning in her chest - she had never been so irritated before. Even when her computer was flooded after she had worked hard on her thesis for a week, it didn't make her crazy as much as this.
Once the negative emotions were unleashed, they couldn't be stopped, and even a sense of self-abandonment arose in their current situation: Is it really useful for them to hide here? If they are discovered, won't they be dead?
Death is fine, but the key is to die in such a miserable way, without even a chance to struggle. It would be better to go out and fight to the death...
Suddenly, her shoulder was pressed down hard, and Zheng Wanqing came back to her senses. She found that she had unknowingly placed her hand on the cabinet door, and she could push it open with just a little force!
Unable to speak in the darkness, Zhang You grabbed her arm, pulled it back and held it down tightly, preventing her from moving.
After this, Zheng Wanqing became much more sober, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on the back of her heart. She realized that something was wrong with her condition.
...It's the fragrance!
A cold fragrance drifted in through the gaps in the wardrobe, even after most of the ventilation holes had been blocked. Fortunately, Zhang You had prepared a face towel soaked in cold water, one for each of them, to cover their mouths and noses while also refreshing them. After blocking the air, Zheng Wanqing felt less uncomfortable.
After a few minutes, the aroma faded, and another dot of light turned gray.
They survived again.
"1, 2, 3, 4, 5..." Guo Guo counted quietly, tears welling up in his eyes: "There are still six lights on. Please don't choose our dormitory anymore. Don't come, don't come, don't come..."
Before he finished speaking, another light spot suddenly turned yellow, and within a few seconds it quickly turned red!
Guo Guo suddenly stopped talking and swallowed his prayer.
This time, the dormitory was silent for several minutes.
The sound came from outside the corridor.
First, there were footsteps, approaching slowly from a distance, finally stopping outside the dormitory door. Then, the door handle was pressed down.
With a creak, the dormitory door was opened.
"Huh?"
A clear young voice sounded at the door.
"Is there no one here? How strange. Could it have been taken away?"
The young man muttered to himself twice and walked into the house.
The footsteps passed the wardrobe and moved into the house. Chairs and other objects were overturned at random and fell to the ground with a ping-pong sound.
Hearing the noise outside, the four people hiding in the closet were terrified:
This "reaper" is actually a person?!
Compared with the previous monster image, "people" who can think normally like NPCs are undoubtedly more dangerous to them.
Because what they can think of, others can naturally think of as well.
Sure enough, after a while, the boy's voice sounded again.
"There's no sign of being harvested. It seems the people are still here, but..."
The footsteps came towards the door again, and everyone's heart was hanging in their throat, almost jumping out of their throat.
Finally, the sound settled next to the wardrobe.
"Just hiding it."
Tang Xinjue pursed his lips and gripped the toilet plunger tightly.
At the same time, there was a sudden loud bang outside the corridor, as if something exploded, shaking the entire space and causing a buzzing in the ears.
The reaper outside the closet was also drawn to his attention. He moved to the door and complained, "Oh, the fight has started again! I should have come earlier. What a bummer..."
The dormitory door then closed, blocking out most of the sound.
It was unknown how long it took before Guo Guo felt that she could breathe again. She watched Tang Xinjue open the phone interface, and the red light was particularly dazzling.
One, two, three... three red dots light up at the same time!
There are three reapers here at the same time?
But don’t the exam rules state that only one Reaper can appear at a time?
Guo Guo looked up at Tang Xinjue in astonishment. In the dim light, Tang Xinjue's expression was unclear, and he finally mouthed, "Wait."
If the rules are truly inviolable, then the game will definitely react if the Reaper breaks the rules.
For now, they can only wait and see.
But as time passed, the noise outside the door did not stop, but became more and more intense, and the number of flashing red lights increased instead of decreasing. However, the examination rules did not seem to notice and did not give any reminders.
What's going on?
Tang Xinjue frowned tightly.
When faced with unreasonable situations, we naturally cannot use common sense to judge.
After a quick divergent thinking, a possibility finally formed in my mind.
Perhaps the Reapers had some way to temporarily block the exam rules, so even if they violated the rules, they would not be discovered and punished.
However, it is extremely unfair and disadvantageous to treat students who are taking exams in this way... What if they take this opportunity to strike back?
It seemed as if it was just as she thought. The footsteps that had originally gone away actually showed signs of coming back!
——How should we deal with this situation?
Even as his thoughts raced, Tang Xinjue's expression became increasingly calm. His eyes drooped slightly, their color almost blending into the suffocating darkness.
After a while, she suddenly turned on her phone and clicked on an option on the main interface of [Dormitory Survival Game].
Troubleshooting, online customer service.
[Applying for online customer service requires 1 credit. Do you want to apply?]
[yes]
Click without hesitation and the interface will jump instantly.
[Credits consumed, connecting to customer service... Customer service connected!]
[Customer Service 001: Hello, dear student, Customer Service 001 is online. Please tell us your question.]
Tang Xinjue typed four words expressionlessly:
[I want to report.]
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