Extra 17 Voices
The absolute darkness did not dissipate with the end of the dormitory inspection, but became even thicker, like a sticky living substance, oppressing everyone's senses.
Wang Ke's suppressed sobs were the only frightening noise in the dead silence, like a string about to break.
Li Mu's entire mind was focused on the cold piece of paper at his fingertips.
The carvings on it are chaotic and hasty, and are definitely not ordinary characters.
He closed his eyes tightly, focusing all his thoughts, trying to decipher the code of despair. It wasn't 1801... what was it?
A twisted circle with a slash in the middle?
Like a universal symbol for "No"... and then a... musical note.
Next to it was the clear arrow pointing to a scribbled stick figure of a "door".
Noise? Point to the door?
The breaking point…was it about the sound? Was it about the door?
Just then—
“Sizzle…sizzle…”
A faint but unusually clear electrical noise suddenly sounded in the darkness, as if an old radio was trying to start up.
In room 1810, even Wang Ke's sobbing stopped instantly.
The four of them held their breath, fearfully catching the unusual sound.
The intermittent noise of the electric current gradually condensed into a distorted and elongated sound, like the sound played by a broken tape, erratic, but it drilled directly into their minds:
“…not…returned…to…your…place…”
“…clean…up…”
It’s the voice of the dormitory manager!
But it was no longer cold, but filled with a twisted, hungry malice, as if it had a new inner self.
Immediately afterwards, outside the corridor, the "tapping...tapping..." sound of the dormitory manager's hard-soled leather shoes, who had just left, came back.
But this time, the footsteps were no longer steady and regular, but became...sluggish and sticky...as if the soles of the shoes were covered with something slippery.
Each step was accompanied by a slight, teeth-grinding pulling sound.
The footsteps stopped again at the door of 1810.
The cold gaze penetrated the door again, but this time, it carried a clear, scanning intent, no longer just waiting for mistakes to be made.
Outside the door, there was a rustling sound of papers flipping.
It's that registration book.
Then, the dormitory manager's originally flat voice sounded.
But it was like a radio with a bad signal, mixed with distorted noise and strange distortion:
"Outsiders, not students."
"According to...regulations...on-site...calibration is required..."
The dormitory manager's voice became increasingly strange, the last word becoming almost an inhuman grunt.
“Click.”
There was a slight sound of a key being inserted into the lock.
She was coming in for a "field calibration."
"Run!" Li Mu roared with all his strength, instantly breaking the silence after the lights were turned off.
Rule number one had been completely violated, but they couldn't care less at the moment.
Gao Meng reacted extremely quickly, jumping up from the bed and unleashing the spiritual power in his body without reservation.
A punch wrapped in a pale golden light did not hit the door, but slammed hard into the wall closest to the door.
"boom!"
The walls groaned under the weight and dust fell, but the dormitory here was obviously extremely strong and was not immediately penetrated.
Sound! The pattern on Wang Ke's note!
Disable sound?
No, it’s “using” sound.
Outside the door, the sound of keys turning quickened.
"Make some noise, do whatever you want, the more chaotic the better!"
Li Mu yelled at the frightened Gao Meng and Zhao Sha, and at the same time he started yelling at the top of his lungs.
Gao Meng was stunned for a moment, then he understood what was going on. He used his spiritual power to suddenly overturn the bed board beside him.
Wang Ke seemed to realize something and suddenly began to shout, his voice filled with long-pent-up fear and despair.
The room at 1810 was instantly filled with four completely different, chaotic and harsh noises.
“Squeak—”
The door was pushed open a crack.
Outside the door, the figure of the dormitory manager appeared.
But her appearance made all the sounds stuck in her throat.
Her face was still the same, but her expression was no longer numb, but one of extreme twisted greed. The corners of her mouth were stretched to an inhuman angle, revealing her sharp teeth.
Her eyes turned pure black, without any whites, and she was staring at Zhao Sha, who was closest to the door.
What she held in her hand was no longer a registration board, but a huge, rusty pair of scissors that smelled strongly of blood.
But under the impact of these four chaotic noises, her twisted and greedy expression froze and...confused for a moment.
The dark pupils flickered violently, and the forward movement stopped.
"There's...noise...interfering with...verification..."
She made a strange sound with her own intermittent voice.
The noise worked, but obviously it didn't last long.
"Keep going, don't stop!"
While Li Mu was frantically making noises, he quickly scanned the room.
His eyes suddenly fixed on the other side of the room - the bathroom.
Each dormitory has a separate small bathroom.
"Bathroom! Go to the bathroom!" Li Mu shouted, pointing in that direction.
The four of them maintained that chaotic sound while stumbling towards the bathroom.
Gao Meng opened the bathroom door and pushed Zhao Sha and Wang Ke in, followed closely by Li Mu.
Just when Li Mu was about to rush in, the dormitory manager outside seemed to have adapted to the noise interference and let out an angry scream.
The huge bloody scissors came with a whistling sound as it cut towards Li Mu's back.
At the critical moment:
"clang!"
There was a crisp sound of metal clashing.
A pitch-black, ancient-looking sword appeared out of thin air, accurately blocking the terrifying scissors, and sparks flew everywhere.
The dagger only appeared for a moment, and then disappeared instantly after blocking, as if it had never existed.
But the force of this blow was so great that it caused the dormitory manager to pause and let out an even more angry and confused roar.
Li Mu took the opportunity to rush into the bathroom. Gao Meng immediately closed the door from the inside and subconsciously tightened the small lock.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
A huge impact force immediately came from outside the door.
The entire thin bathroom door panel was shaking violently, as if it would be shattered in the next second.
The dormitory manager's twisted and crazy roar and the sound of scissors cutting the door panels made my scalp tingle.
"withstand!"
Gao Meng used his body to hold the door tightly, but the deformation of the door panel was clearly visible.
The bathroom was small and cramped, filled with a damp and moldy smell.
The only source of light came from an extremely narrow ventilation fan vent with frosted glass high up, through which a faint, pale light from the corridor outside shone.
Zhao Sha huddled in the corner, shivering.
Wang Ke slumped on the toilet lid, his eyes vacant.
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