Chapter 148 Mizuki Private High School (Twenty)
The moment the explosion sounded, the sound-catching beasts finally reacted, but their ears were entangled together and could no longer be separated.
The scattered fine sand piled up under Beixi's feet.
Although the sound-catching beasts that were hit turned into handfuls of fine sand with the explosion, the black ink did not completely disappear.
It was more like it was broken up by Bei Xi, and had to abandon part of it in order to protect its intact body. The rest floated away and transformed into the appearance of a sound-catching beast again, glaring at the two of them with its ears.
"Baby, you're in for a treat?" Bei Xi said with a wicked smile, "Is this thing infinitely recyclable?"
She spoke in a frivolous tone, as if she was really talking about some food.
Nan Huan was not polite and just hooked her finger, and the fine sand was uncontrollably sucked into her body.
I don’t know if they were annoyed by Beixi’s previous actions, or because they saw Nanhuan’s strange operation, or if those sound-catching beasts felt threatened for the first time.
Their stretched ears had already caught up a piano stool that had been dragged out from some practice room, as well as a half-removed handrail from the stairwell, and were smashing towards them.
But Bei Xi dodged all of this easily.
Then, densely packed ears with long tails came over again. Some could be used as whips, while others looked like they wanted to tie the two of them up directly.
Bei Xi didn't even take a breath, and easily dodged these attacks while holding Nan Huan. He even considered the route for Nan Huan to absorb the fine sand, and his planning was very reasonable.
Nan Huan finally understood that the most amazing thing about these sound-catching beasts is the many ears on their heads.
However, they were obviously no match for Bei Xi. Although they didn't know what the consequences would be if that ear touched them, the current situation was that with Bei Xi around, they couldn't get close to him at all.
Soon, the fine sand entered Nanhuan's body. Due to the small amount, there was no change in his health value.
"Okay, stop playing and take a look inside those rooms. Are there any buttons?"
Nan Huan couldn't stand it anymore. Bei Xi treated the Sound Catcher like a cat and teased it. Moreover, he had already figured out the opponent's strength, so he pointed to the nearest piano room.
An hour is indeed not a long time, and Bei Xi readily turned in, still feeling a little reluctant to leave.
Originally, she thought that those monsters would definitely follow her immediately, so after letting go of Nan Huan, she still protected him behind him and remained on guard.
But it suddenly became quiet outside the door, and no monster followed in.
It seemed that this small blind spot blocked the sound-catching beast, even though Bei Xi had already removed the door of the piano room.
But in less than a few seconds, Bei Xi understood.
Previously, there was no organ such as eyes on the face of the sound-catching beast, and the system also prompted that the other party was sensitive to sound. In other words, he couldn't see at all and could only judge their location based on sound.
There was special sound-absorbing material on the ground, and the two of them deliberately made their movements light, so after entering the piano room, the sound-catching beast lost track of them until they made any noise again.
Nan Huan was not worried at all that she would be attacked because Bei Xi was there. After she entered the room, she focused on finding the button.
Unfortunately, this room is just a simple piano room. Apart from a few music stands and benches, the rest of the space is clear at a glance. Not to mention buttons, even a single extra item cannot be found.
There is little space to hide things here, but it is a rare thing that there are so many rooms in the whole building.
The two of them quickly checked the rooms on the third floor and found nothing. The sound-catching beasts in the corridor had disappeared, and the letter frames on the wall were still blank.
In a normal treasure game, players are usually given some hints, such as what the treasure looks like, or what are the characteristics of the place where the treasure is hidden.
But the system only gave a hint about catching sound beasts, which was too general.
Nan Huan was leaning against the door frame of the last piano room, watching Bei Xi searching inside, then he tilted his head slightly as if he sensed something.
After a moment, Bei Xi walked back to her.
"There's nothing special about the room."
"A Liu said there's a room on the second floor that's a little strange."
They both spoke at the same time, their voices low.
Not long after the two of them triggered the side quest, Nan Huan had already sent A Liu to the two lower floors to check the situation.
Firstly, A Liu is a ghost. Not to mention the noise she makes when she walks, she can even pass through walls and ceilings at will. There is no need to open the door. Secondly, the other party will not attract the attention of the sound-catching beast. They can make a feint here while A Liu checks the room on the other side. This division of labor saves time.
Bei Xi was clear about this, but she didn't expect the other party to discover the problem so quickly.
"Why is it strange?"
Although Bei Xi could feel that A Liu was standing next to them, this was not her own skill after all, so she had no way to communicate with the other party without the other party showing up. She had no choice but to take Nan Huan out and ask carefully.
"She said there was a piano in the middle of a room. From the description, it should be a piano, but there was a bunch of winter plums in a vase on top of it."
Nan Huan didn't know what he was communicating with A Liu in his heart. After hearing Bei Xi's words, he paused for a while before explaining to Bei Xi.
Bei Xi felt that A Liu was no longer around. It must be that Nan Huan had told her something else.
"Is it so obvious?"
Bei Xi asked back, and understood why A Liu said that this room was strange.
Although Nan Huan was a little surprised, he still nodded. "Although Ah Liu is not sensitive to the fact that there is a vase on the piano, she is very sure that wintersweets do not bloom in this season."
Nan Huan took out his cell phone from his pocket and turned on the screen to show Bei Xi.
Whether it is the date of September 1st or the summer school uniforms they are still wearing, it is enough to explain the time in this copy.
Each copy has its own logical scope. Although they have not found the reason why various monsters appear in the campus, Nan Huan is sure that the clues given by the copy will not be inconsistent, so this room is different from other rooms.
The mission started, and all the students were blocked outside the building. Except for the sliding door which was still in good condition, the structure of the second floor was similar to that of the third floor.
The two of them stood at the door of the piano room. Bei Xi reached out and opened the door. The sound was not loud.
Or maybe the sound-catching beast had just witnessed an explosion and didn't want to pay attention to the noise, or maybe it was frightened by Bei Xi and Nan Huan's momentum and didn't want to come out and seek trouble for the time being. In any case, the two of them entered the room smoothly.
Just as A Liu had said before, the room was very spacious and large, but there was only a piano in the center with a bunch of wintersweets abruptly inserted on it.
The vase is open and transparent. The bunch of wintersweets is not very eye-catching, but the fragrance is very pleasant, floating lightly in the air, attracting people in the room.
Nan Huan walked around the piano three times, but found nothing except the bouquet of flowers.
"Is this just short of writing 'there is no silver here' on it?"
She stroked the smooth surface of the piano with one hand and gave a comment with a bit of disgust, as if she did not appreciate the system's attitude towards handling things.
Seeing how busy she was, Bei Xi reached out to hold her down, and casually fiddled with the branches of the wintersweet, watching the ripples in the vase. "She couldn't wait to give us the answer, so we should at least give her some face."
Five minutes later.
The bunch of wintersweets was finally pulled out of the vase.
The tender branches still have moisture at the roots, but once they are out of the vase, the moisture begins to disappear from the buds.
The vase and water, along with the buttons, instantly turned into rose-red, which was incompatible with the classical and elegant piano.
Snap——
The button was pressed, and the cheerful SpongeBob SquarePants theme song spread from each spontaneous key.
Then, a gate suddenly appeared on the door of the piano room, like a burglar-proof window, blocking off the entire piano room.
In the four corners of the room, black ink had already taken shape, and ears flew over one after another in search of the source of the sound.
It seemed like he had learned his lesson and didn't want to repeat the same mistake, so he was determined to catch something.
However, those ears that stretched out with confidence did not feel anything when they looked for the source of the sound near the piano.
They thought it was a cunning opponent, so when the music started, they moved to another position and pricked up their ears carefully, hoping to hear some movement. However, they did not detect any movement even after the music disappeared.
I had no choice but to stretch my ears and search randomly for traces of the other party within the limited space of the piano room.
In fact, in a corner of the room that they couldn't see, only A Liu was standing aside with some disgust, looking at the monsters in front of him, running around like a headless fly.
The real protagonists, Nan Huan and Bei Xi, had gone up to the eighth floor a few minutes ago. While walking towards their destination, they listened to the malicious intentions of the system, which they were unaware of.
[Wow, this music is beautiful, isn’t it?
Congratulations on discovering that buttons don’t always look like what you imagined. 】
Nan Huan nodded. It seemed that there was no need to wait for A Liu to come back and report the situation. There was indeed something wrong with the bouquet of flowers.
[But unfortunately, this is a fake button.
Hehe, I forgot to tell you that inside the building where the real door opening button is hidden, there are also many fake buttons hidden.
Please enjoy exploring.
Tip: Fake buttons can open the door to many new worlds, but they are also accompanied by uncertain penalties. 】
Wow, I really didn't expect that. It's not obvious at all.
Nan Huan felt weird in his heart, knowing that this should be the reminder sound set by the system.
Although they were not in the room themselves, A Liu pressed the button and triggered the punishment for pressing the fake button, so the process still had to be followed.
[This punishment: You are not allowed to leave the restricted room within five minutes.]
Yes, there must be some sound-catching beasts attracted into the room. A five-minute fight in a small area with limited escape range means that the players are in increased danger.
The system seemed to grit its teeth a bit at the last sentence.
Nan Huan guessed that it should have realized that he had used A Liu to avoid punishment.
There was nothing that could be done about it, since they were not in the room at all when the punishment began.
A Liu watched for two minutes, thinking that the monster's self-entanglement and the blind man's groping in the dark were boring, so he walked out of the wall, waved his sleeves, and appeared on the eighth floor without taking a cloud with him. Soon he appeared.
After A Liu looked around the fourth to seventh floors, he found that there were no strange rooms, so Nan Huan and Bei Xi went straight to the eighth floor.
"Are you tired?"
Nan Huan looked at Ah Liu, whose shadow had appeared, and asked, "Do you want to take a break?"
Nan Huan didn't have a particularly good understanding of A Liu's abilities, but in her impression, she always felt that the other party was almost wiped out and needed a long period of rest, and she had asked her to do a lot of things today.
“Not tired,” Ah Liu shook his head, looking very excited. “This place is much more interesting than Fengmen Ridge. Although those monsters are immortal, they are no match for me.”
She stayed just now not just to observe what was going on, but also to evaluate her and the opponent's fighting power.
She said this very seriously. After all, she had seen Beixi's arrows fail to kill the opponent before, but her existence itself was the key to victory.
After all, the sound-catching beast determines the target and direction of attack based on sound.
A Liu's skill is the spirit behind, which allows him to attack the opponent silently and then leave quietly.
"Don't be afraid to trouble me. I really want to do things for you. On the one hand, it's because you helped me, and on the other hand, it's because of this place."
She pressed her chest, thought for a while, and tried to use simple words to make Nan Huan understand what she meant.
Nan Huan understood what she meant. Apart from the 'ordinary servants', all the species whose skills he had used would have some kind of intrinsic connection with him. Nan Huan could feel them, and the higher the level, the stronger the induction would be.
Judging from A Liu's reaction, they should be able to feel themselves in return.
"Okay," Nan Huan stopped being hypocritical. Time was running out and she really needed Ah Liu's help. "Then I'll trouble you to continue to help us check the upper floors."
After A Liu agreed, his body gradually turned into a wisp of smoke and went upwards through the ceiling.
Bei Xi on the side had already opened another door. Compared with the previous rooms which were nothing special, this room not only had more things, but also had richer colors.
Seeing Bei Xi standing at the door in a daze for a moment, Nan Huan walked over and took a look at the nameplate on the sliding door - "Activity Room".
"What's wrong? What did you see?"
Nan Huan came over, tilted his head from the side of Bei Xi's body, looked inside, and asked curiously.
“The colors hurt my eyes.”
Bei Xi rubbed his brows at the dopamine color scheme in the room and pulled Nan Huan into the room.
This might be the place where people usually communicate or play games. The whole room is covered with fluorescent green soundproof carpet, with a few music books and toy instruments scattered on it.
On one side of the wall is a huge vertical bookcase, which contains not only many professional books, but also some music-related toys.
Except for the bookshelf in natural wood color, the rest are highly saturated colors.
At first glance, Nanhuan thought he had come to a kindergarten classroom. After all, there is no child who would dislike this color combination.
In response to Bei Xi's answer, she raised her lips, dragged the other person's arm, and pulled him in, "You need to look at all this with a childlike innocence and treat yourself as a child."
At this point, Nan Huan seemed to remember something, and turned back to look at Bei Xi with his chin propped up, "But you were very cool when you were a child, you didn't like messy colors, and you had a very cute appearance, but you always had a stern face, which was both cocky and cute."
She thought of Bei Xi's childhood and tried hard to find traces of the past on his face, but she felt that after such a long time, he seemed to have not changed much except for his age and more mature face.
Bei Xi didn't expect Nan Huan to bring this up suddenly, nor did she understand how the conversation between the two sides ended up like this. However, the original indifference on her face melted away due to Nan Huan's gaze, leaving only tenderness.
She reached out and touched Nan Huan's head. "I think you forgot. When someone picked me up from school on the first day, someone touched my face from head to toe. I was so scared that I refused to wait for me at the door the next day. I always felt that those people were too enthusiastic."
When it comes to Nanhuan's scandal, Beixi knows it all by heart. Even though it happened many years ago, her memory is still very clear.
When Nan Huan was a child, she really looked like a doll, with big eyes that blinked all the time, and she loved wearing princess dresses. She was just like a princess from a fairy tale, making people unable to take their eyes off her.
Reminiscing about the past with a partner who has a good memory is not a good choice, because they always remember a lot of your embarrassing moments.
Nan Huan decisively gave up the topic.
"You think there might be a button here?"
The things on the carpet were clear at a glance. Nan Huan took a quick look and walked straight to the bookshelf.
"Half and half, although it's a good place to hide things, I always feel that this mission setting is a bit too simple."
They had spent a third of their time and received nothing but a fake button and a penalty.
"Well, do you think the punishment is too light?"
Nan Huan thought about it for a moment. Being trapped indoors for five minutes was a piece of cake for Bei Xi with her skills. Not only would the Sound-Catching Beast not be able to touch her, it would also be fooled around by her.
"Not only that," Bei Xi did not deny, "The game's resistance is too small. The sensitivity of the sound-catching beast to sound has an extreme value, and it will not appear at the slightest disturbance. Otherwise, this form of communication would probably attract several groups of people."
"If I were to design it, I would adjust the sensitivity of the Sound Catcher to the most terrifying level, so that we wouldn't even be able to communicate normally. And according to the tone of the previous games, the tasks are usually pushed to a certain threshold, hoping that we would have as bad luck as possible. But for this task, I always feel like it wants us to find a few more buttons."
Nan Huan agreed with Bei Xi's idea, "Or maybe he hopes that we can find something else. At least the ultimate goal is not for us to be attacked by the sound beast."
Although those sound-catching beasts are difficult to kill, their attack power is not high for high-end players like Bei Xi.
Nan Huan added, "After we finish searching here, let's go check underground. When we went upstairs just now, we saw that the underground space was also very large. Moreover, after searching eight floors, there were only two strange places. This probability is not right, right? Even if it is a fake button, there should be more than one, right?"
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