Chapter 75
Their vision suddenly spun around, and when this rapid change stopped, Yu Tu and Gu Hongying sat in the flower bud and looked at each other in surprise.
Gu Hongying tried to reach out and hit the petals, and the place where he hammered suddenly bulged inward.
Gu Hongying: “……?”
He continued to hammer the piece that was bulging inward, and it bulged even more violently, and the internal space, which was already small to begin with, became smaller by a small amount.
Gu Hongying was puzzled: "The more we resist, the smaller the space we have to move around? Who designed this? Is this so crazy?"
Yu Tu also reached out and punched the petals, but the situation he encountered was completely different from Gu Hongying's—after he hammered it, the hard inner wall not only became soft, but also did not bulge.
Gu Hongying: “……?”
Unconvinced, he hammered again, and this time the bulge hit his head directly.
Gu Hongying: “…”
His eyes widened and he complained loudly: "These two labels are too blatant!"
Yu Tu pondered: "Is it possible that this flower and I are from the same family?"
After living in the Plant Tribe for more than half a month, he has seen how much the tribe members love their cubs, except for the tribe leader (emphasis). If this flower is really related to the Plant Tribe, it probably also continues the habits of the Plant Tribe?
Although it did not release Yu Tu, the petals felt as hard as iron when Gu Hongying hammered them, while they felt soft and bouncy when Yu Tu hammered them.
Yu Tu thought for a moment and said tentatively, "I think the light inside is a little dim."
The next second, the light inside the flower bud suddenly became three points brighter.
Gu Hongying also joined the team to test the water: "I think it's a bit too bright, can it be dimmed a little?"
No response.
"I think it's a bit too dark, can you make it brighter?"
No response continued.
Yu Tu: "Can you make it brighter?"
The light inside the bud became much brighter again.
Gu Hongying: "This is discrimination!!!"
The petals at the back of his head suddenly swelled up and hit him lightly.
Gu Hongying: "Stingy flower!"
The petals that had just swelled up hit him two or three times.
Gu Hongying: "Stingy but also domineering——"
This time it was Yu Tu's turn to cover his mouth.
"I'm sorry, he didn't mean any harm. I apologize to you on his behalf." After Yu Tu covered Gu Hongying's mouth tightly, he asked sincerely, "Can you please let us out?"
The petals that were swaying slightly suddenly stopped, and the closed petals opened a gap, hesitated for a few seconds, and then slowly closed again.
The "Man-eating Plant" is a snake-suppressing device developed by a medical repairman and an equipment repairman. Strictly speaking, it is not a normal plant that grows in nature, but it has some habits of plants. Although it cannot violate the core instructions, other additional terms will not be implemented on the cubs except the core instructions.
"The space is not big, but we don't feel suffocated yet. The purpose is probably to trap us." Gu Hongying pulled down Yu Tu's hand. Although he was shocked by the double standard just now, his brain was still very useful. "Judging from the completely different attitudes towards you and me, this product made in imitation of the habits of the plant tribe should also have some of the characteristics of the plant tribe, such as caring for cubs."
"Hmm..." Gu Hongying pondered for a while and made a very naughty suggestion, "Tu Tu, how about you just roll around and cry in the flower petals now?"
She was even careful not to hurt him when hammering the petals so that they would become soft. She didn't believe that this flower, which had some characteristics of plants, would watch its cub cry until he was about to die and not let him go!
Yu Tu: "...Can you give me some suggestions on how to be a better person?"
Gu Hongying said confidently: "You are not a human being either!"
This proposal was ruthlessly passed due to Yu Tu's strong protest.
The two of them discussed in low voices for a while, and finally Gu Hongying made the final decision—let Yu Tu tell a sarcastic joke to the flower.
Since it can react to Yu Tu's words, it must be possible to communicate. As long as the flower gets the joke, there will be gaps when the flower shakes when it laughs, and they will act according to the situation!
Yu Tu: “…”
Although it seems a bit unreliable, it also feels reasonable.
Yu Tu cleared his throat and recited aloud a few of the jokes carefully selected by Gu Hongying: "A hunter shot a fox, and the hunter was shot dead. The fox proudly said: 'I am a reflex fox!'"
The first one didn't react, so Yu Tu continued with the second one: "The mushroom was walking on the road and was hit by an orange. The mushroom was furious and said, 'You blind man, go to hell!' Then the orange died. Because the mushroom wanted the orange to die, the orange had to die."
The light inside the flower flickered.
"There's a reaction!" Gu Hongying encouraged Yu Tu, "Quick! Keep going!"
Yu Tu began to recite the third and fourth: "There was a male deer, it walked faster and faster, faster and faster, and finally became a high-speed male deer."
"The cannibals captured a migrant worker and then released him because the migrant worker's life was too hard."
This time there was no response.
Gu Hongying frowned: "This can't make it really smile. Looks like I have to use my hidden trump card!"
Yu Tu: “…Are you sure?”
Gu Hongying: "Sure! My killer move will definitely succeed!"
Yu Tu didn't think the killer trick was funny at all, but he still recited it seriously: "A polar bear was so bored, so it started pulling out its own hair for fun. It pulled and pulled, and after pulling out the last hair, the polar bear said: 'It's so cold~'"
After Gu Hongying used his trump card, the flower that trapped them suddenly vibrated, the flower stem moved downward, and the petals slowly opened along the ground - it actually worked!
Yu Tu: “!!!”
He was extremely shocked: "It actually works?!"
Gu Hongying's eyes drifted away guiltily for a moment: "No matter what, we have successfully escaped, so let's hurry to the auditorium!"
Although Yu Tu didn't understand why such an unreliable plan as telling a cold joke was so successful, it was a good thing anyway, so he nodded: "Okay!"
So the two of them ran straight there based on the direction of the auditorium in their memory.
In the control room on the other side, there was silence in front of the screen.
Some people were mad: "The 'piranha plant' has been tested many times, how come they can escape so easily! This is unscientific!!!"
He hadn't even finished cracking the handful of melon seeds in his hand when the "Piranha Plant" put them down on its own initiative!
Put it down!
"Old Qi, the people have run far away and we can't catch them now." Someone patted him on the shoulder, "You should hurry up and review the loopholes of the 'Piranha Plant' and plug them as soon as possible."
Because the space inside the flower is limited and there are many things loaded, signal transmission is difficult and there will be a monitoring delay of about ten minutes. But no one expected that these two newborns would come out in less than ten minutes!
After the real-time monitoring images were transmitted, everyone in front of the screen felt incredible, especially the main developer of the "Piranha Plant" -
"How could the 'Piranha Plant' release people just because of a few jokes? This is unscientific!"
There is more than one "piranha plant" on campus. After discovering that the flower is very intelligent, the other trapped freshmen also try to find opportunities to escape through communication skills, telling jokes, etc., but without exception they fail.
The lead developer collapsed: "The point is that these jokes aren't funny!"
When everyone was puzzled, a second-year student from a non-human race saw some clues: "I think I understand why..."
Seeing that everyone was looking at him, he touched his chin and said, "In order to maximize the effect of Qi Yan's 'Man-Eating Plant', it should have taken into account a large part of the characteristics of the Plant Tribe, right? The members of the Plant Tribe are rare, and the number of cubs can be counted on one hand. Caring for the cubs has almost become an instinct."
"If your tribe only had a few cubs, and every cub was a treasure, and a cub was seriously conspiring with others in front of you, and trying to make you happy with sarcastic jokes -" he asked back, "it would be hard not to be soft-hearted, right?"
"You're right." Qi Yan had already retrieved the data of the Piranha Plant and said through gritted teeth, "The sneer didn't cause it to waver at all. It was overwhelmed by the cuteness of the plant tribe cubs and took the initiative to let them go!"
…
After wandering around the campus for a quarter of an hour, Yu Tu and Gu Hongying successfully found the auditorium. The door of the auditorium was wide open, but it was pitch black inside and they couldn't see anything clearly.
Gu Hongying didn't rush in. He looked around and then his eyes lit up—there were some rubble at the base of the wall of the auditorium.
Gu Hongying ran over and picked up a piece, then returned to the door of the auditorium. He weighed the gravel in his hand and threw it into the open door. The sound of stones falling to the ground could be heard in the darkness.
"They didn't set a trap?" Gu Hongying rubbed his hair. "Did I think too badly of them?"
But the next second, Gu Hongying knew it was not the case, because a terrifying suction force suddenly came from the open door of the auditorium!
Gu Hongying's feet left the ground in an instant, and he waved his hands wildly and grabbed Shangyu Tu's arm. The two of them were immediately sucked into the dark door.
Along with Gu Hongying's horrified scream of "Ahhhhhhh——", the door quickly closed and then opened, and his scream disappeared.
At the base of the auditorium's wall, the small stone taken away by Gu Hongying reappeared in its original position, waiting for the next smart person to arrive.
*
"Hello? Qi Yan? Can you hear me over there?" Voices suddenly came from a hidden room in the auditorium. The dark screens lit up one by one, and the whole room became as bright as day in an instant.
"Yes!" On the floating yellow talisman, the strokes drawn with bright red cinnabar were shining, "Have the two new students arrived?"
In addition to the main control rooms throughout the campus, the easiest place to set up an effect is the sub-control room in the auditorium. Because presentations are usually held here, the building materials of the auditorium are extremely good and it is also very accommodating. In simple terms, this is a very suitable place for the final "surprise".
"We're here." Someone at the end of the floating talisman answered him, "Sure enough, they threw stones in."
As a prank for freshmen, no, it is the last part before the opening ceremony. The decoration of the auditorium is often the highlight. No matter if you are lucky enough to avoid all dangers and arrive at the auditorium, or you are the unlucky one who has to overcome many difficulties and arrive at the auditorium, they are all equally involved in the highlight. It would be a pity not to participate in this event!
"Have you guys arranged everything? Don't let anything go wrong." The bright red cinnabar on the talisman paper flashed extremely quickly. "If there are any key points related to the Plant Clan, remember to evacuate in advance. One of the two new students is from the Plant Clan!"
Every class of freshmen at Millerkel University is mainly composed of humans, supplemented by a small number of monsters. It has never recruited members of the plant race, so that the extremely difficult new weapon "Man-eating Plant" failed.
Although they are seniors from the previous year, they do not have detailed information about this year's freshmen.
Because they have been practicing in school for a year and have made arrangements in advance. If they are allowed to make traps based on everyone's weaknesses, it would be too absolute and boring. On the contrary, such unknowns are more interesting.
Although most freshmen leave "perfect" memories every year, there are still a few outstanding freshmen who make people's eyes light up and applaud.
"The Plant Tribe? Okay, got it." The person on the other end of the talisman emphasized this, and the people in the auditorium control room would not fail to listen. "Are there any other points that need attention?"
"No more." The bright red cinnabar marks on the talisman paper began to dim. "Remember to upload the materials in real time. The editors are urging us."
The cinnabar dimmed completely, and the talisman paper turned into flying smoke.
Call ended.
*
"Where are my hands? Where are my feet?" On a large, clean white dining table, a porcelain pot with a gold rim suddenly jumped up, and the lid and the body of the pot collided with each other, making a crisp sound. It shouted in Gu Hongying's voice, "How can I see 360 degrees?!"
He jumped up and down on the table, wrinkling the clean white tablecloth. The gold-rimmed teapot jumped to the edge of the table and glanced down from the spout: "Fuck! It's so high!"
It jumped back nervously again, and if the celadon teacup behind him had not dodged quickly, it would have been knocked over by him.
The gold-rimmed teapot turned around on the table, and when he saw the celadon teacup quite a distance away from him, he asked hesitantly, "...Tu Tu?"
The celadon teacup hummed helplessly.
Yu Tu never thought that after turning himself into a tea tree seedling, he would one day turn into a celadon teacup. He had only learned to walk on roots for a few days, and he had to adapt to walking on the base of a teacup.
Yu·Celadon Teacup·Tu couldn't help looking at the gold-rimmed teapot opposite him, that is, Gu Hongying—his fluent and energetic movements didn't seem like he had never been a teapot before.
Yu Tuxian had just been able to control his walking and talking, but Gu Hongying could already jump, run and shout at the same time.
Is this the talent that only comic protagonists have?
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"I knew the prankster had bad intentions!" Gu Hongying, the owner of the gold-rimmed teapot, complained, "What's going on? He's still using us for food and tea?"
There was only a huge dining table in the middle of the room, with all kinds of tableware on it. The walls were smooth and white, without any decorations. There was only a door on one wall, and the door handle was round and polished so smooth that it reflected light.
In this case it is clear what the mission is.
"You expect us to jump off the dining table and open the door with such fragile bodies?" The lid of the gold-rimmed teapot slammed loudly, and Gu Teapot was simply incredulous. "The door handle is round, are they crazy?!"
"Oh, you are just a weakling who only knows how to blame others and complain." Not far from the teapot, a golden fork with embossed patterns sneered, "Since such a difficulty has been set up, there must be a corresponding solution."
Gu teapot: "......?"
"Who are you?"
"You don't even know who I am?!" The gold-embossed fork asked in shock. He felt insulted and was so angry that the whole fork stood up. "You don't even recognize me?!"
Gu Chahu: "No, I really don't know you!"
The voice of the gold embossed fork was even louder: "Yesterday when I was registering for the new semester, you pushed me into the infirmary and today you turned your face against me?!"
He spoke in a high, uninterrupted voice, which showed that the fork had a very good lung capacity.
Gu Chahu suddenly realized: "Oh, sorry, I remember now, you are Ike Anthony, right?"
Gold embossed fork: "..."
He exploded: "My name is Eric Anthony!"
Gu Chahu sincerely apologized: "I'm sorry, your name is a bit long, I accidentally remembered it wrong."
Gu Hongying had already apologized, and Eric couldn't continue to be aggressive. He snorted again, jumped to the edge of the table with the handle of his fork, and then... fell freely.
There was a crisp sound of metallic collision and a small, painful gasp.
Gu teapot: "..."
Yu Teacup: “…”
They jumped to the edge of the dining table, where a golden fork lay. Perhaps it was a little painful from the fall, so the fork could not stand up. So Gu Hongying and Yu Tu were lucky enough to see...
A fork crawled healthily on the marble floor.
Seeing the fork crawling towards the door with difficulty but determination, Yu Tu asked in a low voice: "Do you two have a grudge against each other?"
When Yu Tu asked this question, the other tableware on the table began to react. For example, the plate quietly moved forward a few millimeters, a candle on the candlestick slightly bent, and the silver-white table knife kicked the clean white tablecloth...
Gu Hongying also replied in a low voice: "Uh... it's not a grudge, it's just a misunderstanding. The situation is quite complicated. I'll explain it to you after we get out of here."
The plate stopped where it was in disappointment, the candle bent even lower, and the silver-white table knife turned over angrily... Even if people become tableware, they still can't change the habit of joining in the fun.
Gu Teapot suddenly turned around, jumped high, and landed next to the silver knife. The spout of the teapot bent down and knocked on the blade of the knife: "I know you are also a human being! Don't play dead in front of me, I felt it when you kicked the tablecloth!"
Silver-white table knife: “…”
Curiosity really killed the knife!
He wailed loudly: "I heard nothing, I have no ears——"
Gu Chahu: "Stop pretending. Why don't you jump down and try to open the door?"
The silver-white dinner knife made a fierce sound: "I don't want it!"
The sound of that fork falling was so painful!
Gu Hongying shifted his gaze to a candle on the candlestick. Under his gaze, the white candle slowly melted into a pool of candle tears, which made it clear in one word: playing dead.
Gu teapot: "..."
The fork crawling healthily on the marble floor had already reached the door. It stood up, bent its fork handle, and then "whoosh" bounced onto the door handle. The door handle itself was so smooth that it reflected light, and the fork was made of metal. Less than a second after it went up, the fork fell gloriously to the ground again.
The fork lay motionless on the ground.
The gilded teapot jumped to the edge of the table near the door. "Ikeli, are you okay?"
The golden fork's angry and powerful voice came from afar: "It's Eric!!!"
He turned over on the ground, refusing to continue communicating with Gu Hongying, the stupid teapot.
The gold-rimmed teapot bounced back, the lid snapping with a crisp sound, and he jumped to Yu Tu's side: "Tu Tu, how do we open the door?"
Yu Tu: "I'm just a teacup, I don't know either."
Gu Hongying pondered: "It is definitely impossible to transform into a human form, otherwise Ikeli would have transformed back long ago, and would not have used the form of a dinner fork to open——"
The angry and powerful voice of the golden fork came again from afar: "It's Eric!!!"
Other tableware on the table: "..."
You have a very good ear.
"Restricting human forms won't necessarily mean restricting prototypes, right?" The more Gu Hongying pondered, the more he felt that it made sense. The gold-rimmed teapot jumped up and moved among the various tableware, "Are there any tableware that isn't human? Please let me know!"
The candles melted into a pool and made a slight "squeak".
The gold-rimmed teapot ping-ponged over and said, "That was just my guess. I'm not sure if it's true. Are you willing to try to become the original? It's okay if you don't want to. Don't force yourself."
The candle tears didn't speak, but they began to gather together. Under the expectant gaze of the other tableware, the candle tears gradually took on an outline, and with a flash of light, they turned into... a cute pearl bird.
"It's over, I'm heavier than his original prototype!"
"Is there anyone else who is not a human? Urgent, urgent, urgent!"
"How do you manipulate the cutlery's body? I can't move it now!"
…
After the surprise, faced with the blow of despair, other tableware also made noises. No one could expect a small bird that was only a few centimeters long and weighed less than ten grams to open the door and then carry out a table of tableware.
After Gu Hongying strolled around for another round, he came back and stared at Yu Tu.
No one among the freshmen knows that Yu Tu is a member of the Plant Tribe except Gu Hongying. However, Gu Hongying did not point out his identity directly. He left the choice to Yu Tu himself - he knows it, but he cannot morally blackmail his friend.
The Celadon Teacup asked sadly, "Is this really the only demon race left?"
"There is another one that is a large beast, but now it can only speak single words." Gu Hongying added, "If he hadn't tripped me, I wouldn't have realized he was a human. No, he was a monster."
When tableware becomes this difficult, don't expect to be able to return to its original state.
Yu Tu: "Is there really no other way?"
Gu Hongying tapped the lid of his pot.
The celadon teacup leaned back and pretended to be dead for a few seconds before struggling to get up. With a flicker of light, a tall and green tea sapling appeared in its place.
The other tableware on the table became excited, and those that could move jumped forward, and the crackling sounds were endless.
"Ahhhhh, I finally see hope of leaving!"
"Please, Boss, take me away quickly. I don't want to be a coaster anymore!!"
"And me, and me! Can you take me with you?"
…
The chaos ended in the end when the pearl bird pushed the tableware that could not move on its own to the edge, and Yu Tu caught them with leaves and put them on the ground. The ones that could move lined up on the table and Yu Tu took them down one by one.
Those who were able to move came down and jumped towards the door by themselves, while those who couldn't jump were packed up by Pearl Bird and Yu Tu using tablecloths into bundles.
After packing, Yu Tu looked at the package which was N times bigger than himself and felt the impermanence of life.
Yu Tu dragged the package forward with a branch, and sounds came out of the package from time to time. Although many tableware could not move, except for a few special ones, the other tableware could speak and communicate.
"Don't point the tip of your knife at me, or you'll scrape off my paint!"
"Hahahaha, move the brim of your tall glass, you're tickling my itchy flesh, hahahaha!"
"My hair! My pot lid! Don't kick my head lid!!!"
…
In the midst of this noisy conversation, Yu Tu finally arrived at the door, dragging a large package. The door handle was very smooth, and the pearl bird had tried it with its wings and claws, but couldn't open it at all.
The young tea tree seedlings were not tall enough, and several teapots that were not afraid of falling spontaneously started playing the game of stacking the pots. Yu Tu Miao climbed to the top with difficulty, stretched out her leaves to reach the smooth door handle, and after slipping several times, she finally opened the door a crack. Yu Tu Miao took one more step and pushed the door open with her branches!
At the moment the door was pushed open, fireworks suddenly exploded outside the door, and thin colorful ribbons and shredded paper flowers immediately hung all over the small tea tree sapling.
Yu Tu heard a laughing voice: "Congratulations to everyone for passing the final surprise and successfully completing [Tableware Escape]! Let's applaud!"
There was a burst of enthusiastic applause outside the door, mixed with one or two bursts of laughter from time to time.
The little tea tree sapling with colorful ribbons and paper flowers on its head: "..."
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But that's not all. After all the tableware in the room turned back into human form and calmed down, the seniors with big smiles on their faces led them out of the room filled with unforgettable memories and came to the front stage of the auditorium.
The auditorium of Miller College is extremely luxurious. Behind the huge stage in the front, there is a giant light curtain that takes up an entire wall. Seats that look more comfortable than massage chairs are distributed around it, forming a semi-arc.
After the freshmen, who had been severely tortured, sat down, a compartment suddenly popped up next to their seats, and a small table stretched out from the compartment. Inside the table was "junk food" specially prepared for them - high in calories and without nutrition, but eating it could make people happy.
After this group of "tableware" sat down, some people came in from outside the door one after another, probably also freshmen.
When everyone was present, the door of the auditorium slammed shut. The huge screen that occupied an entire wall began to light up. On the screen, faces that could be found in the seats appeared—
Some were frightened by fierce ghosts and cried for their parents and rolled over; some were chased by koi that crawled ashore from the lake and screamed and grumbled; some were punched and kicked in the man-eating plants and were squeezed to the point of fainting on the spot; some were grabbed by the ankles by skeletons and dragged into coffins, howling until the skeletons lost their hearing on the spot...
All in all, the vlogs in the light screen are treated equally, and everyone is given at least five to ten seconds of wonderful moments. If the ones are particularly wonderful, the time can be extended.
The freshmen who were eating with a smile on their faces: "..."
The smiles gradually disappeared from every face and moved to the faces of the seniors behind the scenes.
After the vlog filled with all the dark history of the first-year students was played, what appeared on the screen were emoticons.
For example, when a pelican grabs the head, it means [a revelation], when a koi carp bites the hand, it means [surrender], when a spider web ties you up and you hang in the middle of the web, it means [I'll give you the stage]... At the end of all these various real-life emoticons, there is a line of even more murderous and heartbreaking words—
[Gengxu Year series of emoticons, welcome to enter the academy official website to download~]
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