Chapter 163: Higher Education Entrance Examination (Twenty-three)
For a moment, Guo Guo couldn't tell whether there was something wrong with his ears or with his mental state.
Yes, she might not have woken up at all, and this place should still be a dream. Otherwise, how else could she explain why the mutant elf that left a deep impression on her in the previous dungeon suddenly appeared before her again out of nowhere?
And even if it is in Pokéball form, it should be a big blue ball. What's going on with this white ball in the pool?
White Tuanzi: "Aju!"
The ball shook, and then was picked up by a pair of hands. The owner of the hands looked as serious as ever: "I did it."
Guo Guo: "!! Sister You, you??"
She suddenly realized something and leaned back: "Could it be..."
"That's right." Zhang You rubbed his brows with a headache, covered the white ball with a towel, and then looked up to explain: "It's recycling."
[Recycling of Old Items] is an auxiliary ability that Zhang You awakened before, which can randomly "recycle" an item from the previous copy.
When she used this ability before, she only got non-living objects such as the red mobile phone and freezer fragments. But this time, she never expected that she would "recover" a living thing!
Zhang You was also stunned when he saw a white ball the size of a ball falling from the sky into his hand.
The reason why it was clearly identified was because Tang Xin Jue used his identification function and mental power to investigate. They didn't know what to do with it, so they simply put it in the sink.
Zheng Wanqing came over with a fruit knife in her hand. "Yeah, I was also shocked when I saw this thing when I first woke up. Luckily, it's just a ball now. If it turned into something like what happened in the game..."
Recalling the waves of mutations of the "elves", Guo Guo couldn't help but shudder.
If something like that grew in the dormitory, regardless of the danger, its appearance alone would be enough to give her nightmares for days.
"So, just in case, to prevent the monster from invading the dormitory," Zheng Wanqing raised the knife seriously: "Slice it up and put it in the pot."
You can even add it to your meal and store up food, so it’s like killing two birds with one stone!
White Tuanzi: "Chiu?"
Tang Xinjue looked at her quietly: "You must be greedy because it smells so good."
Zheng Wanqing: "That's right, don't you think it looks like a large glutinous rice dumpling... No! I'm thinking about the safety of the dormitory."
She swallowed and said, "Anyway, just kill it first. At worst, we can test it to see if it's poisonous."
As if sensing the murderous intent, Baituanzi looked at Zheng Wanqing with his black eyes, and then spat out a mouthful of water.
The water didn't spray on Zheng Wanqing's face, but it made the fragrance in the air more intense.
Almost at the same time, the knocking sounds outside the dormitory door became faster and heavier: "Dong dong dong dong dong!"
Guo Guo: “…”
She suddenly realized: "The reason why that thing outside the door is knocking is because there is an extra elf in our dormitory!"
She was so foolish as to believe Jueshen's explanation just now, and was almost sent away by this white ball on the spot.
Although they didn't know what was patrolling outside the corridor every day, based on previous experiences, it seemed to have no ill intentions towards the students in the dormitory and would even remind them.
"So I guess the elf should also belong to the family of ghosts. Plus, the strong fragrance it emits may have been smelled outside."
The presence in the corridor probably thought that there was a ghost in their dormitory, so it was eager to warn them.
Zhang You spread out the towel and completely covered the white ball: "Will the fragrance be less this way?"
Tang Xin Jue: "It has some effect."
"Okay." Zhang You nodded, turned on the faucet, held the dumpling and started rubbing it vigorously.
"In order to prevent the newly renovated door from being damaged on the first day, Zhang You and I discussed it and decided to dilute the smell first, and then study how to deal with it." Tang Xinjue explained.
Of course, the most important thing is that they want to confirm whether the ball is good or bad.
Zheng Wanqing still didn't give up: "Can't it be stewed? Look at Guo Guo, his eyes are red from hunger..."
Guo Guo: "...I think you are so greedy that your eyes are red!"
She turned her head , and her peripheral vision accidentally caught a glimpse of the mirror, causing her neck to snap and stop in place. Then she slowly turned her head back, only then did she confirm that she had seen correctly:
"It's over. I'm done."
Guo Guo held his face with his hands, his mouth wide open in shock: "My eyes are really red?!"
The white ball being scrubbed showed a small eye from the towel: "Chirp!"
“Help!!”
“Chirp, chirp, chirp!”
Guo Guo's fear did not last for a second. When Zheng Wanqing was the first to grab her arm, the girl's head had already drooped.
When she looked up again, her eye sockets were completely filled with crimson, but her expression was very calm: "Don't worry, it's me."
Before she finished speaking, Zheng Wanqing had already clenched her fists, and a huge steel shadow began to emerge -
"…It's me! I'm your counselor!"
After these words were spoken, the dormitory became quiet.
Zheng Wanqing and Zhang You looked at Tang Xinjue, who nodded, "The aura is very familiar."
Guo Guo breathed a sigh of relief: "Tang has a good memory..."
Tang Xin Jue: "But familiarity doesn't guarantee infallibility. Please ask the teacher to prove it."
"Guo Guo": "..."
She had no choice but to wave her hand out the window, and a giant red eyeball that was bigger than the window floated up, filling the view outside the window.
"I was in such a hurry to come find you last time, so this time I hid myself first to avoid scaring you when I suddenly appeared."
The counselor explained somewhat depressedly.
Three people: ...The scariest thing is when someone suddenly possesses you without saying a word!
Regardless of whether they were frightened or not, Guo Guo must have been very frightened and is probably now autistic.
The counselor blinked sheepishly, promising a gentler approach in the future. Then, getting back to the point, "Let's get back to the point. I'm here to talk to you about something very important."
606 immediately focused his attention and heard the other party ask, "Have you received the admission notice?"
Are you here for further studies ?
Tang Xin Jue exchanged a glance with his roommate and said with a smile, "Teacher, you've come just in time. We were just looking for you."
——There was no admission notice, but there were four crashed APP interfaces.
After checking the four people's phones and listening to a few people talk about the strange phenomenon of the app repeatedly jumping back and forth, the counselor was obviously relieved: "It's okay, you didn't go straight to the first-tier university, so there is still room for improvement."
Tang Xin Jue noticed something strange: "Isn't it a good thing to be promoted to level one?"
The counselor's expression turned serious.
"Yes and no."
…
After some scientific research, Tang Xinjue and the other three finally understood the difference between "first-tier" and "second-tier".
Once candidates successfully upgrade, the first thing they face is not more permissions, benefits, or more game information, but a sudden increase in the difficulty of the exam.
The higher the level, the harder the exam, and the more dangerous the monsters in the dungeon.
The corresponding rewards for completing the game are of course greater - but you have to be alive to get them.
Therefore, although theoretically, the faster and higher the upgrade, the better, if an ordinary third-level student is forced into a first-level exam, he will only die without a burial place!
"This is also the reason why only dormitories that pass the assessment can take the entrance exam." said the counselor.
"Aside from this situation, the university town will also open up places for active registration every once in a while, but again, only students with the ability to pass the basic level can successfully register... ahem, this has nothing to do with you."
The counselor immediately changed the subject after a blush: "So for the safety of the students, a step-by-step approach is the best way."
She didn't continue with the next sentence, but the 606 people already understood:
Going up a level means danger.
Recalling the "first-class university" that popped up on the APP yesterday, everyone was shocked.
"The invigilator once said that if the examiner really liked us, we could even be directly admitted to a top university."
Tang Xinjue emphasized the word "recommended admission", as if he had guessed something.
The counselor sneered, "Then he really likes you guys too much."
"he?"
Tang Xin Jue grasped this word.
The counselor shook her head and said, "I can't tell you about the exam marking. This is against the Ministry of Education regulations."
"But students' imaginations won't violate regulations." Tang Xin Jue thought for a moment, "So, teacher, can I ask a hypothetical question that doesn't involve any specific information?"
The counselor hesitated and said, "You ask."
"Suppose someone would rather go to the trouble of getting us into a top university early, but it's not because they're satisfied with our Gaokao scores. What's the reason?"
Those inhuman crimson pupils stared at Tang Xin Jue, and two words uttered from Guo Guo's lips:
"personal enmity."
The counselor's visit was brief, seemingly simply to remind them of this.
Because the personal information interface of the APP was still black, the counselor could not give any answer after checking, but only asked them to make the most serious preparations to face any dangers that were about to come.
"But don't be too pessimistic." She squeezed Guo Guo's little fist and encouraged him, "As you say , the sea of learning is endless and the journey is long!"
"Teacher, at our stage of learning, the common proverb is, 'The sea of learning is endless, but turning back is the shore.'"
Counselor: ...You are really hard to understand.
Tang Xin Jue supported Guo Guo's shaky body and waved goodbye to the red-eyed ball outside the window. "By the way, thank you for your help with the entrance exam."
Red Eyeball rolled his eyes sheepishly. "That's an inherent part of the dungeon. I just happened to be free, so I assigned a small consciousness to take over... Wait, what is that?"
When he turned his eyes to a certain angle, he saw a white ball swaying under the towel in the pool behind the three people.
His eyes looked even more shocked than Guo Guo who had just woken up:
"You brought the elf into the dormitory? And you washed it out of color???"
"This is going to be brought to the Elf Protection Court!!!"
