The incandescent lamp creaked and flickered, and the dark room was instantly given a layer of old color, and the air was filled with the smell of rust.
It was just as the male ghost had said before. This room was filled with all kinds of old electrical appliances and tools. The radios alone filled up an entire wooden shelf. The crackling sounds of electricity coming from inside overlapped and actually formed a few understandable words.
"Maintenance?"
Some people unconsciously read along with the words, but when they listened carefully, they found that it was just a chaotic electric current.
"Yes, maintenance."
A dry voice repeated.
The girl frowned in confusion: "Didn't they say it was occupied by an old man who collected garbage? How did he become a repairman..."
As she was speaking, she suddenly realized something and stopped talking with a pale face.
The voice that gave that brief answer just now clearly belonged to... an old man.
But they are all here, where do the others come from?
Several people suddenly retreated, while Tang Xinjue and others stepped forward and stood in front of the crowd, pointing their defensive props at the figure that suddenly appeared in the corner.
This is an old man who is very old and skinny.
He was wearing tattered work clothes. His eye sockets were deeply sunken, wrinkles etched across his face, and a few wisps of thinning white hair stuck to his bald head. His entire body resembled a skeleton encased in clothing, silently tucked into a corner. If it weren't for the noise, no one would have noticed him.
The corners of his dry mouth moved on that face. "Does anyone need something fixed?"
Looking at the strange scene, no one dared to answer easily. After two seconds, the old man seemed impatient and said in a deep voice, "If you don't want to fix it, get out!"
The wooden door of the small room swung open with a bang, and air from the corridor rushed in. The group then felt the extremely low temperature in the room, and even the cold corridor seemed warm in comparison.
Tang Xinjue immediately checked the situation of the ghost in the corridor and found that the ghost had disappeared at some point.
The corridor is safe for now!
Upon hearing this news, everyone felt a sense of relief. No longer needing to hide from ghosts meant they no longer had to hide in fear. The few people closest to the door tentatively returned to the corridor, and sure enough, nothing had happened.
The shabby room of the strange old man suddenly appeared, and the dark corridor with no one in it, in comparison, the corridor felt safer.
The girls left the room one by one. The skinny old man in the corner did not react at all. His eyes were invisible in his dark eye sockets and his chest was not rising or falling. He looked like he was dead.
Even so, the students didn't dare to let their guard down. The light clearly revealed the heavy hammer in the old man's hand, and if you looked closely, you could see various tools in the torn pockets of his work clothes: pliers, screwdrivers, large shears, nails... The image alone was enough to conjure up countless possible horror movie murderer transformations.
Tang Xinjue was the last one to leave. Before she left, she cast her gaze at the old man inside the house. He turned his head slightly as if sensing something, his dry face expressionless. "Something's broken...Do you want it fixed?"
Her heart moved.
Perhaps it was because she had taken too many exams, the characteristics and detached state displayed by the other party at this moment made her feel that he was not like an NPC in the dungeon, but rather like... Based on past experience, a strange idea suddenly popped into her mind.
For some reason, Tang Xinjue didn't turn around and leave. She held the wooden door against the door that was about to close and asked, "What's broken? How do I fix it?"
The old man didn't answer the first half of the sentence. He just said slowly, "Give me the thing, pay me, and I'll fix it and return it to you."
"Why are you fixing things here?"
This sentence finally made the old man react.
For the first time ever, he turned his head a little further, and looked up at Tang Xin Jue like a living person, saying:
"You little bastard, if you don't want to fix it, get out of here. You're just talking a bunch of nonsense!"
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The girls who had just left were startled by the scolding and turned back. At this time, they finally realized that this old man who looked more like a ghost than a ghost seemed a little different from other ghosts.
Tang Xinjue's eyes lit up.
"Can anything be repaired?"
The other party ignored her, but she didn't care and continued, "So, can supernatural items be repaired?"
The figure in the corner snorted, as if in response.
Zhang You was startled, then realized something: "Heart decision..."
She was about to speak when she saw Tang Xinjue had already opened his phone and dialed a number from the address book.
"Dilili—dilili—"
The bell rang from the old man's pocket!
On the mobile phone screen, the three words "Repair Shop" are square and eye-catching, indicating that the phone is in use.
Dorm 606:? ? ?
Dormitory 606:! ! !
The memory of being possessed by the counselor flooded into Guo Guo's mind, and he blurted out: "Damn it! You are the repairman?! The repairman?!"
She would never have thought that the "repair shop" the counselor mentioned was actually in this copy!
The old man seemed a little surprised. His bony hands slowly took out an old-fashioned phone and pressed the answer button: "Repair shop, University Town, which one are you?"
Tang Xin Jue held the phone to his chin, countless possibilities and words frantically running through his mind, but his voice was incredibly calm: "I'm a student from a third-tier university, looking to repair something, would you like to take on any business?"
Some people were still a little slow to react until the door closed in front of them.
What kind of ghost is the "Repairman"? Why can he communicate normally with the candidates? How did Tang Xinjue get his phone number?
Jiang Lan pulled herself out of her thoughts and said calmly, "Just as Tang just said, let's find the way back to the girls' dormitory first. If anyone wants to stay here and wait for Tang, that's fine. With the special NPCs here, this place should be relatively safe for the time being."
Time was limited, so she could only temporarily confirm this information and list the repairman as a "special NPC".
Although they had never heard of the repairman, they did not question it out of trust in Tang Xinjue and decisively accepted the statement.
As those most privy to the situation, Zhang You, Guo Guo, and Zheng Wanqing were still in shock and a bit confused. They briefly discussed the situation in their group chat. Tang Xinjue was determined to seize the opportunity, and Guo Guo's first instinct was to stay with Tang Xinjue and repair the items. This would provide both safety and a temporary escape from the dungeon's dangers.
However, when he glanced at Jiang Lan who was silently bandaging the wound, and No. 5 and others who were carefully bandaging their roommate, Guo Guo opened his mouth and swallowed the words he was about to say.
"I'll go back to the girls' dormitory with you." She patted her chest and said, "You've already temporarily lost a powerful DPS, and you can't leave behind a top-notch support! Although my combat power may not be up to par, I'm still a professional at finding ghosts."
"Guo Guo." Zheng Wanqing said solemnly, rubbing her head: "You have grown up."
Guo Guo: "Thank you, but please don't talk like my mother."
Jiang Lan also nodded and said to Ke Ke, "You stay here."
Keke refused without thinking: "I can still walk."
"But……"
"Stop talking nonsense. Anian and I are not around, and you want to be a lone hero? If you say anything more, I will use my spiritual power to make you mute."
The same scene happened with No. 5, but both she and No. 6 were grabbed by the ears by No. 10, and they kept crying out, "Your leg is injured! We want you to rest! It hurts, it hurts!"
Guo Guo sniffed and grabbed Zhang You's hand: "Sister You, I'm counting on you to take care of Jue Shen. Although this is a repair shop, you still have to pay attention to safety. If anything happens, you must contact me immediately..."
"Contact what?"
Tang Xinjue's voice sounded from behind.
Guo Guo: "Contact...???"
She turned around in a daze and saw Tang Xinjue had already opened the door with the toilet plunger, looking like he was ready to leave.
"Has it been fixed?"
The people outside were shocked. It had only been less than thirty seconds, hadn't it?
Tang Xin Jue raised his hand to indicate, "It hasn't been repaired yet. We just agreed on the price. I'll leave it here and pick it up when I come back."
After saying this, she was still a little confused: "Didn't I just say I'd be out soon? Why are you still here? Are you waiting for me?"
The crowd who had just finished a brief farewell: "..."
Damn, I misunderstood.
They instantly stopped what they were doing and got ready: "Yeah, we were waiting for you, that's fast, haha, let's go now?"
Looking at the girls in front of him who were laughing dryly, Tang Xinjue raised his eyebrows slightly: "Did you misunderstand something just now?"
Judging from the changes in their expressions, she quickly confirmed her guess: "—You guys think of this as a safe house?"
The door suddenly slammed open automatically, and the old repairman said sinisterly: "You idiots, you wish for it. There is no place for you. If you don't want to fix it, get out!"
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