Bang bang bang!
The knock on the door, or more like the sound of banging on the door, came unexpectedly. The girls in the dormitory were suddenly frightened, and many of them reflexively used props, and the room was suddenly in chaos.
"Wait, who's outside? Why did they come in?"
"Didn't you hear? Check the hygiene!"
Everyone remembered that when they just woke up, they did hear someone rudely scolding them to quickly clean up the dormitory and prepare for the inspection... But no one expected that the inspection would come so soon.
Less than two minutes, leaving them no time to prepare!
In the tense atmosphere, even the girl with a bun-haired name, Anian, held back her tears and followed Jiang Lan back to bed number 2 tremblingly.
"Are you pretending to be dead in there? Open the door for us! Otherwise, you will be in trouble soon!"
The door shook violently twice, as if it would be broken in at any second. The closer to the dormitory door, the more clearly it could be seen, and the sound made their ears buzz.
Unfortunately, bunk number 2 was right next to the dormitory door. The girl with the ball head who had just sat down: "..."
Woo woo woo, she wants to go back!
About ten seconds later, the knocking stopped, and the male voice outside threatened fiercely: "Okay, you're so brave, just wait for me!"
Seeing that the person outside the door seemed to have left, someone finally couldn't hold it in anymore and said in a panic: "Should we open the door?"
The person who spoke was the girl in bed number 12. Before she finished speaking, the girl in bed number 11 above her started shaking her head frantically: "You're stupid! If there's a ghost outside, we'll all be dead if we let it in! Don't forget what the dormitory door is for!"
Perhaps because there were too many people here, she stopped talking and became cautious and stopped talking.
"But who can be sure that opening the door will lead to death? What if not opening the door is the condition for death?"
A sneer came from bed number 3, across from bed number 11. "Of course, I didn't mean to refute you intentionally. I was just raising a reasonable question."
"I don't understand what you're talking about," the girl in bed number 14 suddenly stood up excitedly amid the chaos and clamor. "You guys should all be students, right? Have you also been dragged into this place called 'Dormitory Survival Game'?"
The room suddenly became quiet.
This is the biggest question on everyone's mind, but for the sake of caution, no one is the first to speak out.
Now, this topic has been brought up by No. 14.
In the four-person chat group in her mind, Zheng Wanqing exclaimed: [That's how it should be!]
In fact, she wanted to yell several times just now, but was stopped by the other three.
Guo Guo completely disagreed: "Miss, calm down a little. Look at the room right now. Who is everyone looking at?"
Zheng Wanqing was confused: [What's wrong? Whoever is talking is abnormal?]
Guo Guo was disappointed: [This is a special situation! Let me ask you, do you know what the most important first step is to survive on the battlefield?]
Before Zheng Wanqing could come up with an answer, Tang Xinjue's voice suddenly appeared and answered Guo Guo's question for her:
[Distinguish between friend and foe.]
At the back of the dormitory, No. 14 stood alone outside her bed. She noticed everyone's gaze was fixed on her, and hurriedly continued, "I'm a student at Qinghe University of Finance and Economics, and my name is Ou Ruofei. To be honest, since I entered the game, I haven't seen anyone other than myself in days. You have no idea how happy I was when I woke up!"
As she spoke, she couldn't help wiping away tears. "Even though we don't know each other, since we're taking the exam together, we're teammates. Shouldn't we help each other and survive together? After all, we're all human. If we don't unite, who else can help us?"
After finishing speaking with a sob, Ou Ruofei raised his head expectantly, but did not receive a single answer of agreement.
Everyone just gave her silent looks, and the girls on the beds closest to her stepped back one after another, their expressions changing from vigilance to suspicion.
Ou Ruofei opened his mouth blankly, not knowing what he had done wrong.
Just when she was at a loss, Bed No. 3, who had just confronted Bed No. 11, spoke again coldly: "Humans should indeed help each other, but are you so confident that this room is full of humans?"
Ou Ruofei: "..."
She realized it later and opened her eyes wide. She really hadn't thought of this.
"At the very least, how do you prove that you are a human being and not a ghost impersonating you?"
Ou Ruofei quickly explained: "I can show you my phone! The information on the app can't be fake, right?"
No. 3 Youyou continued, "I don't know if apps can be faked, but if you want to avoid getting close to others and prove your innocence, you can only throw your phone to someone else. But can you be sure that the person you give the phone to is the real person?"
“…”
Oruofei was completely dumbfounded.
She thought it was a big team-building event, but in the eyes of others it was Werewolf?
Cold sweat broke out on her forehead, "I, I don't know..."
"Okay, Keke, stop talking."
Jiang Lan interrupted them.
"Let's not talk about whether it's a human or a ghost for now. We have to deal with the current situation first. The person outside the door will probably be back soon. Should we open the door this time?"
Everyone then noticed that Jiang Lan was fine when she spoke in a low voice, but once she spoke normally, her voice was obviously much hoarser than that of the average girl... as if her throat was injured.
Many eyes shuttled in the air, confirming each other's glances.
It can be seen now that the hoarse-voiced Jiang Lan in bed No. 2, the sharp-tongued Ke Ke in bed No. 3, and the ball-headed Anian in bed No. 16 are all familiar with each other.
If they were all normal human students, they would be roommates in the same dormitory.
Guo Guo whispered in his mind: "I've double-checked with my Yin-Yang eyes and the pendant. These three shouldn't be ghosts."
As for the others, there didn't seem to be anything abnormal, and it couldn't be fully confirmed for the time being.
Since Jiang Lan and her group had already gotten out of bed first, the others also left their beds in twos and threes, and soon formed six clearly defined small circles.
Zheng Wanqing, who was trying hard to remember the names, was stunned: "It's over! They've all left their seats. I can't tell which number is which!"
Guo Guo: [Don't bother remembering it. I'm sure I remember the Heart Technique perfectly. Come here quickly!]
The three of them got out of bed quickly and went to look for Tang Xinjue, but when they arrived at the bed, they realized that bed number one, where Tang Xinjue was, was the upper bunk.
The three of them couldn't climb to the upper bunk, so they could only stand next to the lower bunk, looking like they were surrounding bed number 2 with a fierce look on their faces.
Surrounded in the middle, feeling perilous, the displaced man with the ball-headed head said: ...qwq
Tang Xinjue broke the awkward atmosphere. She pushed herself up and jumped off the bed. She walked slowly to the dormitory door and placed her fair fingers on the mottled, old wooden door.
The atmosphere in the dormitory was tense. Many people thought she was going to open the door, and they stood up and started shouting in fear.
The next moment, Tang Xin Jue withdrew his hand and stepped back, brushing off the dust on his hands. "The door looks worn out, but it's actually solid and sturdy. There's no sign of damage. There's no need to worry about it being broken into for now."
"Why not worry?" someone blurted out.
Jiang Lan agreed: "After such a big commotion just now, the door was even dented inwards, but it was able to recover immediately. This shows that it is indeed a protective shield. As long as we don't actively open the door, there will be no danger for the time being."
That made sense. Everyone in the dormitory breathed a sigh of relief. As long as they weren't killed at the beginning, it was fine.
The venomous bed number 3 questioned, "Just because the door didn't open last time doesn't mean it won't open next time. According to the monsters' tendency to attack towers, their attacks should get stronger each time..."
Before he could finish his words, the door suddenly shook violently twice, and the sound of hammering exploded from the door panel!
"...more violent than the last time." Bed No. 3 shrugged.
Everyone: ...Why are you acting like a prophet at this time!
"Open the door! Open the door!"
The shouting outside the door was very loud, as if many people were shouting at the same time, mixed with vague threats.
Tang Xinjue listened attentively for a while, and instead of paying attention to the dormitory's wooden door that was smashed and shaking, he walked towards the door.
Everyone gasped.
Judging from her body size, they had no doubt that if the door was even slightly opened, this pale girl, as thin as a piece of paper, would be flung away.
In this dangerous situation, three people who looked like the girl’s roommates were standing there motionless, with no intention of stepping forward to stop it!
——Either it’s a ghost in disguise, or it’s a plastic dormitory with serious emotional indifference and incompatibility.
Others quickly deduced.
The girl herself was apparently unaware of the danger. After reaching the door, she even pressed the shaking door with one hand and asked, "Who are you?"
The people outside the door suddenly became even more excited: "So he's still alive... Open the door quickly, we're here to check the hygiene!"
Tang Xin Jue remained unmoved. "There has to be a legitimate reason for a sanitation inspection. Are you from the Student Union, the Dormitory Management Office, the Academic Affairs Office, or some other position?"
The person outside the door seemed unprepared for this question. After a few seconds of rustling, they replied, "We are the dorm managers. We've already informed you that we're conducting a hygiene inspection today. If you don't open the door, you'll be penalized."
"Yes, I'll deduct all your dormitory's points. Let's see how you cry then, hehe..."
A lewd laugh came from outside the door.
Tang Xinjue lowered his eyes, curled up a cold smile, and turned to look inside the dormitory.
All 15 girls were staring at the door, most of them were nervous and confused, and a few seemed to be thinking about something. Jiang Lan was one of them.
Jiang Lan was slightly startled when her eyes met Tang Xinjue's. Then she nodded and said in a hoarse voice, "Those people outside the door are not really here to check the hygiene."
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