"Who are you?"
"Who are you?"
People on both sides blurted out at the same time, and the surprise on their faces turned into astonishment.
Looking up, the four girls coming out from the next room were all unfamiliar faces, and their faces were full of vigilance. One of them even immediately pulled out the mop handle hidden behind her back and pointed it at Tang Xinjue and the other three in a defensive posture.
Guo Guo immediately took two steps back in fright, and one hand supported her back in time, and patted her shoulder comfortingly - it was Tang Xinjue.
After gathering his roommate, Tang Xinjue took a step forward and said calmly, "We are students from Shanhe A University."
The other party was stunned for a moment, and the tall and thin girl in the front also reacted: "I'm from Taipei Normal University... My name is Liang Jing."
The person opposite introduced himself.
Taipei? National Taiwan Normal University?
There was a moment of confusion in dormitory 606.
Geographically speaking, the two schools were at least a thousand kilometers apart. How could he suddenly appear next door?
Tang Xinjue observed the person before him. His speech was clear and logical, without a cold or oppressive air. He didn't seem like a ghost or an NPC—more like a college student like them.
She pointed to the dormitory behind her, nodded, and added, "We are in Building 13, Room 606, Hanoi Street Dormitory Area."
The tall, thin girl who introduced herself as Liang Jing immediately replied, "We're in Building 27, Dormitory 608, Xueyuan Street Living Area."
Well, now apart from the dormitory numbers, everything else can be said to have nothing to do with each other.
Moreover, if the dormitory in front of them is real... then where are their adjacent dormitories now?
Across from her, the girl holding the mop handle couldn't help but interrupt and ask, "Um, are you also students who were dragged into this game?"
Before the four of them could reply, Tang Xinjue suddenly noticed something and turned his gaze to the balcony, while quickly warning, "Be careful of the fog, there's something there."
Deep in the white fog, the red countdown has returned to zero, and a faint music falls from the sky.
No, it wasn't just the music that fell.
"careful!"
Tang Xinjue pulled Guo Guo over, and Zhang You also pulled the disabled Zheng Wanqing away quickly.
A black square cardboard box fell into the fence, staggered and turned over, and inflated itself as if it were inflated - then, in full view of everyone, it exploded with a bang!
The black juice spilled over an area of nearly one square meter, emitting a pungent stench.
Seeing this, several people in the neighboring dormitory exclaimed and quickly retreated back into the house. Immediately, only Tang Xinjue and the other three were left on the balcony.
At this moment, the phone vibrated and a new message popped up:
[Ding Dong, the gift-dropping event has officially begun!]
“???”
Several people looked at the black unknown liquid on the ground in silence.
You call this a gift?
“Unscrupulous merchants!”
Guo Guo spat in anger.
At this moment, another black gift box fell from above at a high speed. Fortunately, the physical fitness of several people has improved a lot, and they easily dodged it with some precautions.
This time the gift box hit the balcony tiles and did not explode like the previous one. Instead, it collapsed into a flat piece like a deflated ball.
A green, unknown substance overflowed from inside, accompanied by a strong, pungent smell of rubber.
"What exactly does the game mall want to do?" Zhang You frowned.
They were talking about promotions and gifts, but now it looks like they are just throwing away expired and scrapped goods. Are they treating the student dormitories as a garbage dump?
[Gifts from the sky: Countless gifts fall from the sky, can you catch the one you want?]
Tang Xinjue looked at the activity introduction, then looked up at the white fog covering his vision. After thinking for a moment, he pulled out the toilet plunger and asked others to take out all the basins in the dormitory.
"Why are you holding the basin? We're not really going to catch it, are we..." Guo Guo muttered as he came out. When he looked up, he saw another box smashing towards Tang Xinjue's head: "Jie Shen, be careful!"
However, Tang Xinjue did not dodge. Instead, he raised his hand and quickly hooked the toilet plunger upwards, and the gift box was firmly placed in the rubber head.
There was no bursting or leakage, and the small and exquisite red gift box emitted a soft halo.
The box was opened, and a rose gold-decorated card appeared inside: [Use this card to get a one-time 12% discount on a single item.]
Everyone was cheered up.
This is a real gift!
Just as he put the red gift box into the dormitory, new falling objects appeared in his sight. After noticing that the box was emitting an ominous black aura, Tang Xinjue did not hesitate to divert it. Before the black box could explode, it was submerged in the white mist again.
After a few rounds, everyone finally understood the rules of "Gifts from Heaven".
In this part, gift boxes will randomly drop from the white mist above everyone's heads. If it is a black gift box, it means it is a "fake gift", which means that there are rotten things or dangerous substances inside, and you need to quickly dodge or knock it away.
But if it is a gift box of other colors, it represents a "real gift" and you can safely receive it and claim the reward.
As time goes by, the speed and number of gift boxes falling are increasing, and they are a mixture of good and bad, which puts their dynamic vision and reaction ability to the extreme test.
The people in the next dormitory gradually understood the rules, and they mustered up the courage to come out with basins, trying to imitate Tang Xinjue and others to receive the gift boxes.
However, after a few moments, the falling gift boxes were almost like dense hailstones - the girl in the next dormitory holding a mop accidentally punctured a fake gift box, and the fishy green liquid spilled all over her body, and the smell of rotten eggs immediately spread.
"vomit!"
Guo Guo was also unlucky and got hit by the lottery, which almost made him fall to the ground. In addition, wherever his skin was touched, he began to feel tingling and burning.
"Go back to the house." Tang Xinjue made a decisive decision.
When I returned to the dormitory and closed the balcony window, the crackling sound of gift boxes and exploding black shells almost dyed the entire window black.
Guo Guo hurriedly found a shower head to wash his body. Tang Xinjue and the other two also suffered some minor injuries and rested while catching their breath.
But compared to the injuries, the seven or eight gift boxes of different colors piled on the ground attracted their attention more.
The gift boxes were opened one by one, revealing a variety of rewards: 88 discount cards, a chance to win a lucky draw, 1 student point, a snack gift pack...
The rewards are small, but they are very rich when accumulated!
Zhang You burst into action with unprecedented energy. As he quickly sorted and put away the prizes, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up, and he had a rare dreamy feeling: "It would be great if there were activities every day."
For supplies, she is willing to take the risk of garbage recycling!
After a while, the rain stopped outside, but the balcony was already in a terrible state.
A new countdown appeared in the depths of the white fog.
Tang Xin Jue read out the introduction for the next stage: "The next stage is [Discounts at Home] - Each dormitory will have a dedicated salesperson. Communicate with them for a chance to win a super prize!"
So the next step is door-to-door sales?
Compared with the previous part, this part is obviously more exciting, and the four words "super prize" stimulate people's nerves.
The four of them cleaned up briefly and were about to discuss the next step when there was a cautious knock on the balcony window.
The tall, thin girl, Liang Jing, apologized, "I'm so sorry to bother you. Do you have any anti-inflammatory ointment or bandages? My roommate, Xu Wei, was seriously injured by the things in those black boxes, but we've run out of medicine in our dorm. If it's convenient... could you lend me some?"
Despite choosing her words carefully, Liang Jing still looked very embarrassed and did not hold out much hope.
The four of them exchanged glances. Zhang You took out a bandage and burn ointment from the medical kit and said, "Remember to rinse the wound with cold water first."
Guo Guo nodded and stretched out his arm: "Bandaging it like I did should be enough, even though I'm not very good at it."
Liang Jing was overjoyed: "Thank you so much, thank you!"
Nodding heavily to the four of them, she hurried back to apply medicine to her roommate.
As the first "kindred spirit" they had met since entering the game, they both wanted to talk, but were too busy to do so. In the blink of an eye, the countdown in the mist had ended again:
[Ding Dong, the discounts are officially starting!]
Several people immediately tensed up and waited, listening carefully to any movement outside.
When a salesman comes to your door, does he walk in from the corridor, or does he drop from the balcony like a gift?
One minute, two minutes...
They waited quietly for five minutes but still heard no sound.
Another five minutes passed, and still nothing changed.
“This session is limited to 30 minutes.”
Tang Xinjue stood up, frowned, and looked around. "If the salesman really wants to come, it shouldn't be too late."
And since the rules state that "each dormitory will have an exclusive salesperson", there will be no situation where any dormitory is missed.
But why hasn’t he come yet?
There were footsteps on the balcony, but it was not the salesman, but Liang Jing who came to return the medicine.
"A salesman? No one knocked on our dormitory door either."
Liang Jing sighed, clearly still holding out hope. "The game certainly won't let us get these benefits easily. Who knows what difficulties it has set up? Maybe there aren't any salespeople at all."
From her tone, everyone seemed to hear a sense of helplessness and frustration at being tricked by the game.
"you're right."
Tang Xinjue suddenly nodded, "We've fallen into a rut of thinking."
"The event description only said that a salesperson would appear in each dormitory, but it didn't say what image or form the salesperson would appear in, let alone what prompts would be given when the salesperson appeared."
"What if it's already in our dormitory, but we haven't discovered it yet?"
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