Chapter 228 Dormitory Upgrade Package (Part 2)
The huge amount of points that were doubled directly, the attribute points that were free of charge, especially the 398 points for participating in the dungeon, and now the dormitory decoration gift package that was suddenly given away for free... all made the four people in 606 shocked and smelled something bad.
Guo Guo counted the account balance several times in a row and said worriedly, "Well, I remember that the prisoners in the prison had the best meal. Isn't it given to them before execution?"
Tang Xin Jue: "Look at it from a positive perspective, maybe the game has found its conscience."
Guo Guo was overcome with sorrow: "Oh! Now that you say that, it must be the execution meal."
After all, Tang Xinjue never hesitated to assume the worst about Dog Game. If even she started to speak for Game, it meant that the situation could not get any worse, and instead, everyone's emotions needed to be stabilized first.
Tang Xinjue: "..."
It has been confirmed that it is a mature Guoguo.
After comforting Guo Guo, she still said fairly: "But we all know that it is impossible to expect the next exam to be easy."
From a third-tier university to a first-tier university, the difficulty of the dungeon was bound to increase dramatically. Strictly speaking, this was only their first exam after officially entering a first-tier university, and with the special title of "reward dungeon", the generous exam rewards were also justified.
Zhang You pointed out sharply, "You're saying that even if we threaten customer service with this, we won't be able to get information about the difficulty of the next exam, right?"
Because the customer service can easily say that this is the normal difficulty and reward process of a university, it’s just that they are new and have no experience.
"No." Tang Xinjue denied it calmly, "How can a normal inquiry to customer service be considered a threat?"
…
The situation turned out just as they expected.
No matter what tactics 606 used to intimidate or bribe, the customer service remained silent and denied everything, showing an attitude that they would rather be reported than die.
Seeing that he couldn't get any information about the dungeon, Tang Xin Jue stopped insisting and changed the subject:
"Then, I'd like to ask another question: Is it possible for one candidate to influence the content of the next exam for other candidates in the dormitory through some channel?"
The customer service representative replied without hesitation: "All exam options are randomly selected on the day of the exam and then selected by the candidates themselves. No one can know the exam content in advance."
Tang Xin Jue: "What about the curse on the examinee himself?"
Customer Service: [Please rest assured that all negative buffs will be cleared after the exam and will not affect the candidates.]
Tang Xin Jue: "Oh, can you say it again to the ghost mark in my sea of consciousness?"
customer service:"……"
The person on the other end of the phone gritted their teeth and explained: "The system will only automatically remove negative buffs. If it is determined that there will be no negative impact on the candidates, it will not be taken into account."
606: ???
This explanation is outrageous, it's outrageous to the extreme - what does "will not have a negative impact" mean?
The mark itself doesn't move, but it can suddenly shake! It's like a portal in your brain. As long as certain conditions are met, you never know when the ghost will open the door and come in - isn't this a negative factor? Do you have to open your skull to confirm that the ghost is dancing inside?
The four of them understood. From this, it can be seen that the customer service's answers this time were all perfunctory and meaningless, and their purpose was quite obvious:
Let them enter the next exam with peace of mind.
After closing the customer service interface, Tang Xinjue narrowed his eyes and tapped the screen with his index finger: "Now I think that the people waiting for us in the next exam may not only be the group behind Awan."
Even if those nightmare survivors could harness the power of ghosts, the probability of them actually manipulating the replica to kill her was incredibly low. In other words, if they truly possessed this ability, the first dorm to be admitted to a top university wouldn't be 606.
"Could it be possible that he has a prophetic ability similar to Guo Guo's?"
Zhang You proposed an idea.
Tang Xin Jue neither agreed nor disagreed. She wrote down several possibilities:
"Interestingly, if that's the case, then we received two similar prophecies in the last instance."
Guo Guo realized what she was about to say and shuddered: "Heart Sutra..."
"It doesn't matter." Tang Xinjue responded calmly: "If it is related to our dormitory, then we all must know."
And, it must be solved together.
"...Are you saying that Guo Guo saw a vision of the future in that cave, and you attacked us?"
Zheng Wanqing never questioned what Tang Xinjue said, but this time her eyes were filled with disbelief: "You guys really didn't team up to trick me?"
Guo Guo swore: "If I lie, let my hair fall out completely. No, let it fall into a Mediterranean pattern and never grow back in my lifetime!"
Zhang You: "Guoguo possesses the Celestial Eye and the Yin-Yang Eye, which aren't exactly prophetic abilities. Could it be that there's a discrepancy in the content?"
Tang Xinjue knew that they would not believe it easily, so he repeated the contents of the ghost illusion in detail.
When they heard that she was repeatedly experiencing the contents of the prophecy in the illusion and was bound by ghosts and unable to escape, the three fell silent again.
Guo Guo took a deep breath and said, "If only we had found the illusion monster earlier..."
A little earlier would have saved Tang Xin Jue even one cycle. She couldn't imagine the mental pressure he was under. If it were her, she would have collapsed long ago.
"A few more cycles wouldn't be a bad thing." Tang Xin Jue smiled. "The more times we repeat, the more flaws they'll reveal."
Whether it is Bai Zhi who is forced to play a role, the ghost NPC with stiff acting skills in the loop, or Li Xiaoyu and Wu Shi who gradually reveal their true colors, they all reveal a lot of information invisibly.
"I'm more inclined to believe that the prophecy will actually happen, but not as exaggerated as in the illusion. If I really choose to backstab you, I'll most likely choose a sneak attack. And they even got the basic order wrong—I won't start with Guoguo, but Zhang You."
Tang Xin Jue was very serious: "Because Zhang You will calm down the fastest and come up with a way to deal with me. If I get rid of her first, Wan Qing will be hesitant to protect Guo Guo, and Guo Guo's ability will not be able to assist her in return. For me, you will naturally be defeated without any attack."
The other three: "..."
It is indeed a bit weird to discuss this topic seriously.
But they had to admit that what Tang Xin Jue said was indeed very reasonable. So as soon as they got their points, they bought a batch of items that could resist mental attacks based on Tang Xin Jue's targeted suggestions.
"Wait, am I the only one who thinks something's a little off?"
Zheng Wanqing frowned as she looked at the product list in the student mall. She saw that all the expensive items related to mental protection were now at extremely low discounts.
It’s like... the mall knew in advance that they would buy it, or they were guiding them to buy it!
"I think so too." Zhang You adjusted his glasses and compared them one by one in the account book, further verifying this fact.
She had a habit of recording prices ahead of time, to avoid the mall's tactics of feigning promotions but actually raising prices. But now, after comparing them, she could clearly see that items ostensibly marked at 20% or 10% off were actually being discounted to 80% or 90% off.
"The Spirit Shield originally cost 98 points, but now it's 20% off during the Singles' Day promotion, so it's only... 20 points?"
Guo Guo was a little skeptical. In her 20 years of life, apart from pyramid schemes and scams, this was the first time she had seen a reverse-the-trend discount model.
"That's the paradox of the game."
Tang Xinjue accepted all the discounts with a smile, adding them to the shopping cart without hesitation while analyzing the logic behind them.
"It wanted to rush us to the next dungeon to die, but it didn't want us to actually die—just like it let us meet Awan in the transformation community, but ended the dungeon early."
The time when the door opened was not the deadline for the "tour" to end. Moreover, even if it really did end at that time, their mission should not have ended at the same time as Bai Zhi's.
Looking back, there's a a sudden halt. This sense of conflicting conflict has persisted even after the dungeon ended. If you think about it carefully, you can detect strangeness everywhere.
What exactly does the game want to do?
After picking out a bunch of props, Tang Xinjue was about to place an order when he was stopped by Zhang You.
"Don't forget, we're facing more than one prophecy. Even if the three of us can prepare for it in advance... what about yours?"
The first prophecy is that Tang Xin Jue will harm the other three members of 606 in the future.
The second prophecy is that Tang Xinjue will die in the next exam.
Anyone who has learned a little high school math can draw a conclusion from causality: assuming both predictions are true, they will most likely occur at the same time in the same copy.
What Zhang You wanted to know more now was: "Is there a causal relationship between these two prophecies?"
In other words, assuming they were really prepared to fight Tang Xin Jue, would it lead to Tang Xin Jue's death?
Hearing this hypothesis, Guo Guo's hands trembled: " Wait! No wonder the phantom in the cave said to me, thank you for reminding me! It turns out..."
"Not necessarily." Tang Xinjue stuffed a chicken claw into her mouth, helplessly telling her not to think too much.
She felt that the last words spoken by the phantom were more likely a threat, a threat that would prevent Guo Guo from immediately telling others the prophecy.
As for whether the two prophecies are really directly connected...
"This requires finding another important piece of information first and then verifying it."
Because along with the second death prophecy, there is also a hint that Awan claims is the only way to avoid death -
What strange things happened before the game came and even before the first nightmare appeared?
