When it came to things he didn't understand, Cheng Zhu obediently chose to keep quiet.
The more you say, the more mistakes you make; the less you say, the fewer mistakes you make; and if you say nothing, you make no mistakes. Cheng Zhu had a clear understanding of his own limited knowledge, so naturally he wouldn't interrupt Mary and Alice's conversation, lest they discover that he had a serious problem.
She still remembers how she almost couldn't explain herself when Ya asked her a series of fatal questions at the beginning.
Unaware of Cheng Zhu's true intentions, Alice naturally picked up the conversation: "You also believe that the virus crisis in Smart City was orchestrated by Kobie?"
“Isn’t that what everyone’s saying?” Mary walked up to Alice with her bag on her back. “Let’s go upstairs together. This is my first time living in such a high-class student dormitory. We’ll probably be spending a lot of time together from now on.”
Cheng Zhu quickly followed them, saying, "I'm going to my room to put my things down... Come to think of it, shouldn't there be someone else here?"
“Not every dormitory will be full. If not many students are admitted, there may be empty rooms.” Alice, who was walking ahead, was not surprised. “The room 401 that I was assigned to only had two people living there. We didn’t expect that there would be so few people in our dormitory.”
"Such a big house, for two people?"
Cheng Zhu felt that it was better to have more people. In the words of Kyushu, it was called "having a lively atmosphere." If a large house only had one or two people living in it, it would always feel cold and impersonal.
In response to Cheng Zhu's question, Alice smiled and said, "If you're too afraid of being alone, you can spend some Universal Points to buy some AI pets to keep you company."
After saying that, she went into her room and closed the door behind her.
The moment the door closed, Cheng Zhu felt a yellow rat dart through the crack in the door, but he could only suspect that he was hallucinating.
When the three regrouped in the living room, the school dormitory notices were sent to room 402. Several arrows appeared around a scroll floating in mid-air, strongly urging students to read them.
This time, it was Alice who took the initiative to touch the scroll again.
The moment her fingertips touched the sci-fi scroll, it transformed into an electronic window, displaying a large title: "[Slot High School North Campus Dormitory Building Agreement]", accompanied by a line of smaller text: "Official Announcement from Smart City: Due to the emergence of an unknown virus in the city, all universities in Smart City will be under complete lockdown until the virus crisis ends. For your own safety, please strictly abide by the rules of each school while residing on campus."
"Why not just display it on the screen? Is it really necessary to use a scroll? It's such a hassle." Mary was a little speechless.
“You don’t understand, this is called a sense of ritual. Although it’s completely useless, it just looks very solemn.” Alice seemed to understand completely. She glanced at it with interest and then called to Mary and Chengzhu: “Christine, Mary, you two come and touch it too. The school requires everyone in the dormitory to select ‘Received’.”
The two of them touched the screen before unlocking the subsequent content.
Welcome to the North Campus Dormitory of Slote High School. For your safety, please strictly abide by the following rules:
1. Each dormitory has exactly four rooms, and each room requires a corresponding student chip to open. Non-dormitory students are not allowed to stay in the dormitory. If friends wish to stay temporarily, they must notify the other roommates in advance and obtain permission from all roommates.
2. Arguments, provocations, fights, theft, and other disturbances are strictly prohibited in the dormitory. The AI will report such incidents to the dormitory administrator immediately.
3. Please do not damage the dormitory's internal buildings or furnishings.
4. Each dormitory has a single restroom located at the bottom of the stairs on the first floor. A red doorknob indicates the restroom is in use; a blue doorknob indicates the restroom is not in use. Students are requested to use the restroom in an orderly manner and avoid conflict.
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There were more than twenty rules in total. Cheng Zhu yawned as she read through the rest of the text. Most of them were about daily life and she couldn't see anything strange about them. They were actually quite similar to the rules she had when she was in school and living in a dormitory.
You don't need to consciously memorize these rules; as long as you act like a normal person, you won't break them.
Mary glanced at it and lost interest. She simply told her AI, "Angela, make a copy for me and remind me," before heading to the sofa to relax and watch TV.
Reminded by Mary's actions, Cheng Zhu quickly said, "Ya, help me make a note of this."
"Okay (￣▽￣)? I'll write down the dormitory rules for Christine right away. Don't worry, with me here, Christine definitely won't break the rules!"
No, no, no, you'd better not force me to make such a promise.
Cheng Zhu wiped away the non-existent sweat from his forehead, inwardly criticizing this self-important artificial intelligence.
Compared to normal rules, Cheng Zhu was more worried about the emergence of strange and hard-to-remember rules. Every time a pollution incident occurred, the AI Ya would malfunction, not only completely useless, but also often becoming a strange little helper. In short, it would be good enough if it didn't cause trouble for the Chosen One.
Sizzle sizzle sizzle.
As if mocking Cheng Zhu, the electronic window suddenly fluctuated, and then Alice, who was closest to the window, exclaimed, "The rules have changed!"
These words made Cheng Zhu subconsciously look at Mary, only to see that she also looked surprised and leaned closer again first: "What?"
Cheng Zhu was the last to approach the rules. After seeing that the first few rules were similar, he was a little curious: "What's changed? It's still about not being allowed to fight in the dorm..." As Alice scrolled down the rules, Cheng Zhu's voice trailed off, because starting from the fourth rule, the rules had clearly changed to varying degrees.
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