The shield was triggered, indicating that Guo Guo was under attack by a ghost. When the shattering sound rang out, Tang Xinjue was sure he heard a half-unclear whimper.
It seems that Guo Guo has woken up too.
After the shield shattered, the long-haired shadow beside the bed didn't linger. With a tap, tap, tap, the footsteps changed direction and headed towards bed number 3, directly across from Tang Xinjue.
Bed number 3 is Zhang You. Zhang You does not have any special props, and the ghost is likely to attack at the beginning.
Tang Xinjue's heart sank. In the darkness, she groped for her cell phone on the bed. Next to the cell phone was the toilet plunger that had just been connected.
"..." Tang Xinjue felt a mix of emotions at the thought of sharing a bed with a toilet plunger. But there was no time to dwell on it. Grasping all the props in her hands, she focused, ready to get up at any moment.
Sure enough, the black shadow stopped in front of Zhang You's bed again, and this time Tang Xinjue could see it much more clearly.
It was a very thin female figure, but the body above the neck was stretched forward in an extremely strange position, almost hanging in the air, with long hair hanging down and clinging to the bed curtains. As for the lower part of the body, it was lost in the darkness, and the length of the legs and feet could not be seen.
Tang Xinjue couldn't hear what the long-haired black shadow said, and could only judge by the pause time that it was most likely attacking Zhang You.
Her mind suddenly turned, the bed curtains suddenly shook, and a heavy feeling surged from her limbs. All the strength she had accumulated disappeared. She realized that something was wrong, but the familiar drowsiness before falling asleep had already come over her.
“Chuckle…”
The girl's shrill laughter rang out in the dormitory. Tang Xinjue tried his best not to close his eyes completely, and kept a sharp gaze on the movement outside the bed curtain.
I don’t know what happened in front of Zhang You’s bed. The footsteps seemed to be getting farther and farther away. After a while, they reappeared and were accompanied by the sound of rummaging through tables and cabinets, as if they were looking for something.
"Where are my things...where are my things..."
The table and chairs were violently pulled apart, causing the bed to shake violently. The girl's voice was extremely panicked: "It's gone! Where did I put it? Ah!!"
Amidst the hysterical screams, all sounds disappeared and silence returned to the small dormitory.
Lying in bed, Tang Xinjue held her breath. Her blurred vision was filled with a dead blackness, devoid of light or human form. Undeterred, she continued to fight the drowsiness that was forcing itself upon her body, but suddenly she sensed something was amiss.
Was it really this dark in the dorm just now? Where did the "girls" go?
Realizing something, her gaze slowly moved upwards - hanging on the top of the bed curtain above her head was a pale face facing her.
The bare white eyeballs stared at her intently, and the corners of his mouth formed a strange arc:
"Help me, help me find my lost things... You will help, after all, we are good roommates, right?"
It turned out that the darkness I just saw was not the night, but its entire body was stuck to the bed curtain, blocking all vision.
The next second, everything fell into darkness.
…
When he opened his eyes again, Tang Xinjue subconsciously picked up the toilet plunger and jumped up. The figure beside the bed and the face above his head had disappeared without a trace, and the dormitory light illuminated the room as bright as day.
I turned on my phone and the time was displayed on the screen: eight o'clock in the morning.
Tang Xin Jue noticed that the [Body Information] flashed, and he clicked it. A "-1" sign appeared on the status bar that used a green battery bar to indicate the body's health.
[The aftereffect of looking directly at a ghost, sanity value is polluted, health -1]
Thinking of the head-on critical hit in the darkness, only a slight drop in sanity was already quite good. Tang Xinjue raised his head and saw rustling sounds coming from beds 1 and 2. Zheng Wanqing in bed 2 immediately threw back the quilt and said in surprise, "Huh? How did we fall asleep?"
Guo Guo, who was in bed number 1, clutched the quilt tightly, only poking out his desolate head. "My, my shield is gone, wua ...
One woke up in the middle of the night and lost his shield, while the other obviously slept until dawn. The difference in luck is obvious at a glance.
Of course, there may be someone else who has the worst luck.
After confirming that the two were fine, Tang Xinjue immediately went to bed number 4 to check. The moment he stepped on the ladder, his heart sank.
Bed number 4 is empty, there is no sign of Zhang You!
Upon learning that Zhang You was missing, the other two no longer had the energy to adjust themselves and quickly got out of bed.
They searched the bathroom, balcony, and even the dormitory door, but there was no sign of Zhang You.
What happened last night? How did the female ghost attack Zhang You?
"All I can remember is," Guo Guo, another person who had been attacked by a female ghost, recalled with fear, "When I was half asleep and half awake, I seemed to hear someone calling my name, so I opened my eyes, and then I saw a figure with long hair hanging in front of the bed..."
Her mind was completely blank at the time, and she was so frightened that she even forgot to scream, while the voice was still asking:
"Can you do me a favor?"
Meeting the long-haired creature's eyes, Guo Guo suddenly felt his body losing control. He opened his mouth to answer, but just before he could speak, the shield's triggering sound rang out.
"Then I was so scared that it left. After a few seconds, I suddenly felt very sleepy. I opened my eyes and it was now."
Guo Guo was a little incoherent, his hands still shaking irregularly, "Why is Zhang You missing? I hope nothing happened to her. Xin Jue, I'm really scared now, I, I..."
Guo Guo's condition is not normal.
Tang Xin Jue noticed this and moved the other person's phone over. Sure enough, on her [Body Information] interface, he saw a mark indicating that her San value had been damaged:
[Mental health is severely polluted, physical health -10]
Guo Guo's health bar has dropped by a whole bar, and it is just about to leave the green range and enter the yellow line.
When they both saw the female ghost head-on, Tang Xinjue lost 1 point, while Guo Guo's damage increased tenfold. So, does mental damage vary from person to person?
Guo Guo looked at Tang Xin Jue's attribute values and burst into tears: "Why am I so unlucky!"
"Don't worry. Since this is a test, there must be a task for us to complete. We need to figure out the situation."
As if in response to Tang Xinjue's words, a familiar mechanical female voice sounded in the air:
"Xiaohong is a lively and lovely college girl. She has a boyfriend with whom she has a sincere relationship, and roommates who are united and friendly. They live in a harmonious and happy dormitory."
"But one day, Xiaohong found that she couldn't find something that was very important to her. For this reason, she had to ask her roommates for help. She believed that her helpful roommates would definitely help her fulfill her wish."
"As Xiaohong's roommate, you need to find the lost item during the day and place it on Xiaohong's desk. When night falls, Xiaohong will take it away."
The notification tone disappeared, and Tang Xinjue immediately checked his phone. The information had been converted into text and appeared on the [Exam Competition] interface, with two small reminders below:
1. Daytime is from 8 am to 8 pm
2. Xiaohong likes tidiness, please don’t mess up her desk.
"It's okay, we still have 11 hours. It shouldn't be difficult to find something in a dormitory this size."
Zheng Wanqing breathed a sigh of relief, rolled up her sleeves and prepared to start rummaging through the drawers.
"But what are you looking for?"
Guo Guo was too lazy to argue with her and slumped over the table weakly. "The clue didn't even mention what was lost. What if we can't find the right item all day? What if the female ghost comes to take our lives at night?"
They both subconsciously turned their gazes towards the "backbone". Tang Xinjue stared at the phone screen. After a few seconds, she looked up thoughtfully, her voice soft but very clear:
"First, we need to confirm two things."
"First, Xiaohong is our roommate. When we find something, we have to put it on her desk—but where is her desk?"
The other two looked up suddenly and realized the problem.
They were now in their own dorm, a four-person room they'd shared for three years, and no one knew their territory better than they did. Having an unexpected "roommate" was one thing, but where would they get an extra desk?
Tang Xin Jue rubbed his brows and continued, "Second, the rules say that daytime hours are from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM, but right now, the phone shows it's already 9:00 AM."
Zheng Wanqing didn't understand: "What's wrong with 9 o'clock?"
Tang Xinjue raised his eyes and said, "We woke up at 8 o'clock sharp, but do you really feel like an hour has passed?"
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