Cheng Zhu was completely gambling.
She bet that Christine's ears were like those of a normal person, and that if a very loud sound drowned out the background noise, she wouldn't be able to hear anything else.
This idea came from Chengzhu's experience of forgetting her headphones when riding the subway. She had to hold her phone's speaker to her ear, and if the ambient noise was too loud, she had to turn the phone volume up even louder, otherwise she couldn't hear what her phone was playing at all.
Sometimes, the noise in the subway is so loud that your phone will warn you that "raising the volume any higher will damage your ears."
Similarly, if Christine's hearing is normal, then as long as she shouts loud enough, she won't be able to hear that lousy radio.
It was also thanks to that song "Defend the Yellow River" that came from who-knows-where that Chengzhu suddenly had the idea to shout out that song. If it weren't for that previous interlude, she really wouldn't have thought of any song that could make her so passionate.
When I first started playing the tune, I couldn't quite get the pitch right, so I had to shout the lyrics.
However, as the familiar song flowed from his lips, Cheng Zhu's memories of learning this song in Kyushu became clearer and clearer, and the song became more and more melodic.
Just as Cheng Zhu had predicted, the broadcast soon became increasingly indistinct, her mind filled with the melody and lyrics of "Defend the Yellow River." As for the one outside the window, closing her eyes and shifting her gaze were useless, so she had to try another method.
Although his face was turned toward the faintly visible black figure, Cheng Zhu's vision revealed something else entirely.
To be precise, what she saw was a dense barrage of pop-up windows.
Cheng Zhu couldn't remember how many of the [Human Glory Society] web pages she had opened. Although they were initially semi-transparent, as the number of these semi-transparent windows increased, their transparency eventually reached 0%, completely blocking everything she could see.
Because of the urgency of the situation, Cheng Zhu had considered this possibility but had no chance to tell Mary, so he decided to try it himself.
At this moment, the window at the top of Cheng Zhu's eyes is the conversation window with Mary.
"Are you alright? If not, just say so. The raindrops keep falling; they are my tears melting the wax." The last two lines are completely devoid of information and are clearly something Mary forced together for the sake of rhyming. Like many song lyrics, as long as it rhymes, it doesn't matter how nonsensical it is.
"It's alright. Actually, a lot of dialogue boxes are a beautiful sight. There are probably countless stars outside. I wonder if Alice is alright." Cheng Zhu had no idea what he was typing randomly, as long as it rhymed.
So why did they set the rhyming rule in the first place? They really made things difficult for themselves.
Perhaps realizing his plan had failed, Cheng Zhu's screen began to be flooded with messages about "Alice":
"Open the door!"
Why are you leaving me outside?
"Open the door! Open the door! Don't hide inside and keep quiet! I know you're in there!"
I see you!
If Chengzhu wasn't worried about what might happen if he replied to "Alice's" message, he really wanted to retort: "Then go ahead and look! Come on in if you dare!"
As the text messages were frantically flooding the screen, the eerie force behind it initially tried to disguise itself as Alice, questioning Cheng Zhu and Mary about their disregard for her life and death. Later, it started to intersperse some comforting messages disguised as "Mary Sue" characters. Finally, it completely dropped the pretense, and the screen was filled with red messages saying "die die die die die die die die die die die," trying to psychologically intimidate Cheng Zhu.
There are many ways to block spam text messages using electronic software.
Cheng Zhu immediately put his status on "Do Not Disturb," so he couldn't receive messages from "Alice" or even from Mary. Cheng Zhu knew that the more urgent the strange reaction was, the more likely it was that he was right.
As we all know, if the enemy gets anxious, it means you've done the right thing.
Although you won't be able to receive the message, don't forget that the three comrades in dormitory 402 have backup contact information.
Cheng Zhu was already logged into the Human Radiance Society's forum, and at this moment he directly searched for the keyword "Is anyone still here?" and quickly found other posts that matched the coded agreement.
Title: Is anyone still here? The library has been invaded by a virus too, so frustrating!
Content: You wouldn't believe what I saw! A huge black human body was lying on the planetary glass we were sitting on, and it made me laugh. It was pouring rain outside. It's unbelievable how unlucky I was.
Most of the replies below were quite normal: "Poor OP, so pitiful."
"No way? The Slot Library has been hacked? Our neighborhood has some really weird rules that have scared me so much I'm too scared to go out. I thought other places would be better..."
"Isn't it said that Slote High School has an independent mainframe control system and won't be easily contaminated by the virus?"
"Tsk, so-called top university in the smart city, nothing special."
"Was that post about going to the library also made by the same person? The writing style is similar."
"Is the original poster a suburban immigrant? I've heard that suburban immigrants all speak with a rap-like quality, like they're rapping."
"Don't look out the window! Don't look! It's over, the poster has been contaminated too, Smart City is doomed! Heaven has forsaken Weisi Star!"
"Where is the little black figure in the library? Don't look around. There are no raindrops outside. Pollution can affect a normal person's memory. Just hold on for five more minutes and artificial intelligence will come to clean it up."
Upon seeing a reply with the same rhyme, Cheng Zhu stopped scrolling down and began to think seriously.
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