Dormitory Rules 4
Xiao Feng and Xiao Lin both breathed a sigh of relief and tried hard to look reliable. They had come to assist in this test in order to learn from another perspective. They were not experienced investigators and had only dealt with some less dangerous E-level ghost stories.
But if even they get in trouble, the students here will most likely face the end of being wiped out.
"We should first consider how to get upstairs. When we get back to the dormitory..." Xiao Feng gritted his teeth, thinking about it in his mind, and finally spoke, "You guys go back to the dormitory and stay well. Don't worry, the rescuers will be here tomorrow. If something happens to the two of us, Ji Yunding and Zheng Nuo will take over the command and be responsible for the subsequent report, okay?"
A curly-haired person in Zheng Yan's dormitory raised his hand and mustered up the courage to speak: "Well... I can live with you two."
"No, the other two people in your dormitory don't have the ability to deal with risks." Xiao Feng flatly refused.
If it was Li Xiaowen from Ji Yunding's dormitory who asked to come over, she might have hesitated, but judging from their behavior after going downstairs, she could only be thankful that at least they wouldn't talk or do anything wrong.
Zheng Yan and another roommate's faces turned pale. They breathed a sigh of relief when the investigator refused, and then glared at the roommate who wanted to abandon them.
The curly-haired girl's face was not looking good either, with embarrassment, but she soon spoke confidently: "Zheng Yan, if it weren't for you, we wouldn't have come down at all. Now it's good, we can't go up."
Ji Yunding ignored the dispute over there, she thought of something more important.
It was mentioned in the common sense science class on monster talk during compulsory education that monster behaviors and ways of thinking are very different from those of humans, but they also need to abide by the rules.
Apparently, the two investigators could think of this, too.
"When the dormitory manager comes to check, the stairs should be back to normal..." Xiao Feng said this, but it was obvious that this approach was very risky. However, she did not want the students to lose confidence so quickly. "Before that, let's search carefully again."
After that, the two investigators distributed white pills to the students present to resist mental erosion.
According to Xiao Feng, being exposed to strange things or being in strange environments for a long time will affect people's minds, leading to cognitive bias and distorted thinking. In the tightrope-walking work of investigators, this influence is undoubtedly fatal.
Fortunately, the cost of related drugs has been gradually reduced under the unremitting efforts of all parties, so that at least every investigator can prepare some of these slightly effective pills. Although the effect is not very good, it is enough to deal with ordinary non-psychic ghost stories.
Ji Yunding thought of the smiling doll he was hugging while sleeping, so he asked another question: "Can a weak monster also affect people?"
"No, generally only those above E level will..."
Above E level?
"Spit it out, don't eat it!"
Ji Yunding immediately interrupted Xiao Feng and quickly checked the status of Zheng Nuo and Li Xiaowen.
Li Xiaowen was slow in taking the pills, and hadn't had time to eat them yet. Zheng Nuo choked and started coughing violently.
Zheng Yan, who was complaining about not being able to swallow pills without water, instinctively walked over and patted Zheng Nuo's back to help her breathe. After Zheng Nuo finished coughing, Zheng Yan seemed to regain his hostility towards her, stepped back and mocked her ugly appearance.
But no one cared about this trivial matter now. Everyone else was staring at Ji Yunding, a little confused.
"You two said before that this anomaly was originally E-level." Ji Yunding stared at the two investigators' slightly red eyes warily, "Have you taken the medicine?"
Everyone present was stunned. Ji Yunding reached out and took the medicine bottle from their pockets. After Zheng Nuo recovered his breath, he hurriedly took a closer look, and then his face turned pale: "This is a drug used in extreme situations... for relief."
There is no equipment for gastric lavage here. If Ji Yunding hadn't reacted quickly...
Perhaps the sudden collapse of the sense of security brought by the investigator was too much of a blow to Curly, who was stunned for a moment, then suddenly turned around and ran towards the door, crying loudly and smashing against the seemingly fragile glass door.
The sound of shaking glass echoed in the hall, and the chewing sounds in the dormitory manager's room suddenly stopped.
The sound of a door opening.
Tick. Tick.
Sticky liquid dripped down the dry gray-green arm onto the ground. The glass door reflected a frightened face and a slowly approaching woman with a weird smile.
"Look away immediately, fear will only increase the mental erosion." Xiao Feng whispered. She didn't know the extent of her mental erosion, so she didn't dare to make any unnecessary moves for the time being.
Ji Yunding took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, feeling a little uncomfortable as he listened to the screaming, crying and chewing sounds around him.
It didn't seem to be in a hurry to let Curly die. The sharp screams gradually turned into curses and curses, and from time to time she begged them to save her.
Finally, the human voices stopped, leaving only the suffocating gnawing sounds.
"Yunding, are you more friendly?" Zheng Nuo asked in a low voice, "If you can still ask questions later, you can ask them. From now on, I will be in charge of checking the stairs and dormitories if there is anything dangerous."
"...Are you two also official investigators sent here to supervise the test?" Xiao Feng asked this on the one hand because he was really curious, and on the other hand he wanted to divert everyone's attention.
Even if it can only alleviate a little bit of fear, it would be good. Less mental erosion means more hope of survival.
Unexpectedly, Zheng Nuo approached her without any hesitation: "We are indeed students. Speaking of which, Sister Xiaofeng, please give us a higher score when you give us the grade."
...Is it really normal to still care about people’s ratings at a time like this?
Xiao Feng agreed and decided to tell her superiors to arrange psychological counseling for these students. In fact, Zheng Nuo didn't need to tell her that if they could survive, she would definitely report their outstanding performance.
According to Xiao Feng's description, Ji Yunding successfully found the anti-corrosion tablets from her pocket - in the other pocket.
The side effects of the medication gave Ji Yunding a headache, but he could still bear it.
When the chewing stopped, Ji Yunding stepped forward and asked the question they had discussed together: "How can we make the number of stairs even again?"
This time the dorm manager seemed to be in a good mood. She licked her fingers and answered simply, "When the time is up, it's fine."
It was just past half past eight. Zheng Nuo walked to the stairs, counted, and made a gesture to Ji Yunding.
Even number.
"Then how can we get out?"
Ji Yunding asked the second question. However, the dormitory manager's expression became very confused for some reason. He circled around Ji Yunding and looked her up and down.
"Can't you just leave? Are you..."
Halfway through his speech, the dormitory manager looked at the person over there and laughed as if he suddenly understood.
"This is a really good way to handle sourness. I admire you."
Ji Yunding was a little confused, but he nodded silently: "So how can we get out?"
"Find it, then do me a favor and I'll let you out."
The dorm manager's eyes rolled around in his sockets and he started to chuckle.
"But remember to stay away from me when you're not supposed to be out, or I won't show you mercy."
After saying that, it walked away without looking back and burped a bloody burp.
In fact, there was no blurred flesh or internal organs at the door, only some blood and a skeleton full of gnaw marks. Judging from the disgusting mucus, it seemed that it sucked the bones several times and tasted the marrow inside.
Ji Yunding took a quick glance and immediately looked away.
Silence spread among the few people. There were too many things going on right now and they were too complicated to process.
However, no matter what, they had no reason to doubt Ji Yunding because of the weird words - she could let all the others die by keeping silent, and using these corpses, maybe it would be enough for one person to buy his own way out.
Li Xiaowen looked at the bones over there, his expression a little dazed: "She didn't have to die..."
If I hadn't been frightened just now, if I had discovered the staircase earlier, if...
Ji Yunding knew that at this time she should pretend to be guilty, blame herself a few times, and then win the comfort of everyone.
This meaningless behavior is the operating rules of human society. She doesn't fully understand it, but she will abide by it because it seems to make people around her feel more at ease.
Ji Yunding guessed that this was an act of showing that he "possessed" compassion, and that people who "did not possess" compassion were dangerous outliers who were prone to doing things that hurt others.
According to Ji Yunding's observation, although the actual situation is often much more complicated than this, this rule is not completely unreasonable.
After walking back to the dormitory in a daze, Zheng Nuo and Li Xiaowen just threw themselves on the bed and didn't want to talk.
Ji Yunding, however, was holding his toiletries and shouted as if nothing had happened: "I'm going to take a shower, fifteen minutes."
"Are you crazy?" Zheng Nuo rolled off the bed, holding Ji Yunding's shoulders and shaking her a few times, as if trying to wake her up, "You're taking a shower at this critical moment?"
Li Xiaowen flipped through his two large bags and handed over a spray: "Yunding, if you feel uncomfortable, you can use this to get rid of the odor. The toilet is dangerous now..."
"But you have to go to the bathroom anyway."
After all, one night is not long, and it is still tolerable if it doesn't get big, but...
Ji Yunding had just finished speaking when he saw Li Xiaowen take out diapers and cat litter again.
All right.
Zheng Nuo watched Li Xiaowen take out one thing after another from her magic shopping bag, and was a little amazed: "Xiaowen, have you ever considered applying to join the logistics team?"
The logistics team's job is not that easy either. They have to scout the areas surrounding the ghost stories, collect various information for screening and selection, and choose the most suitable supplies and tools for the investigators to carry.
If investigators need to be bold and careful, then the logistics team needs to be absolutely careful. Of course, it is conceivable that compared to investigators, this is still a relatively safe position.
Many people who enter this school plan to join the logistics team. However, even to join the logistics team, you must have more than two years of work experience as an investigator, and the entrance examination can be described as "difficult".
Let's not talk about this for now. Just as the three of them were chatting absentmindedly, the dormitory chat group on their cell phones suddenly started to pop up messages frantically.
At ten o'clock in the evening, the dormitory manager began to check the dormitories.
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