Chapter 260: Online Dating Scam Record (Twenty-three)
Guo Guo didn’t know whether the customer service representative was burned to death, but before that, she successfully saw a familiar figure outside the window.
Roommate is back!
Soon, Zhang You appeared at the end of the corridor outside the door, supporting Zheng Wanqing, while the other half of Zheng Wanqing 's body was supported by Tang Xinjue.
When Guo Guo saw Tang Xinjue appear, his mood lifted, but as soon as he met his eyes, his heart, which had just been excited for a second, quickly cooled down.
——This is the Tang Xin Jue in the copy, but it is still not the Tang Xin Jue she knows.
"How are you guys...Wanqing?!"
After the three of them entered the dormitory, Guo Guo saw Zheng Wanqing's face clearly and his heart trembled.
The girl's eyelids were half-closed, and her eyes seemed to be filled with a chaotic, gray, gelatinous mass, and her pupils had lost focus.
Zhang You shook his head, helped Zheng Wanqing onto the bed, and then pulled out a frost rune from his skill book. The second after he whispered the spell, a thin layer of frost condensed on Zheng Wanqing's body, enveloping her completely.
As if he knew what Guo Guo wanted to ask, Zhang You said in a deep voice, "This can significantly slow down the changes in her body and keep her in the current state. As for other methods... we've already tried everything we can."
"The only thing we can do now is to get through tonight's curfew."
After these two sentences were said, the room fell silent.
Looking at Zhang You's almost calm profile, Guo Guo was silent for a few seconds, then suddenly spoke:
"You didn't tell me something."
"Why don't you tell me everything?"
Zhang You sat on the bed, looking down at Zheng Wanqing. After a while, he raised his eyes and said, "I'm sorry. I was just thinking about how to explain it better."
"I should be able to guess part of it." Guo Guo took out the student information form from his pocket and handed it over: "You violated the rules. What happened?"
Taking the form and looking at the markings on it, Zhang You gave a wry smile: "That's right. It was during evening self-study... Anyway, there was a dangerous situation, I couldn't make it, and then I gave in."
“Compromise with whom?”
“Scam platform.”
Zhang You raised his head and unlocked his phone, revealing a conversation with "Customer Service No. 1". The words "Order Successful" were clearly displayed on the chat screen.
Guo Guo's eyes widened: "You bought that one of them-"
"Virtual lover service," Zhang You said calmly. "In fact, it did help me solve the immediate problem at the time. But I knew that from that moment on, a bigger problem was brewing."
Even if students do nothing, the replica will dig deep holes one after another. And it is impossible to "get something" from the replica without paying any price.
Zhang You continued, "Remember the girls who died in this dormitory building last night? There were no signs of violence at their deaths, and everyone said they committed suicide."
"But in the dormitory of the first girl named Xiao Huan, her roommate once said that Xiao Huan was not alone. She was pushed off the balcony by a boy."
Guo Guo was stunned for a moment, then quickly found that scene from his memory and repeated it word for word:
"...a tall, thin boy with long hair wearing a black denim jacket?"
Zhang You nodded. "That's right. During evening study, Wanqing and I found the plot prop [Xiao Huan's belongings]. From Xiao Huan's mobile chat history, we saw the image of the virtual lover she was bound to—"
"It's exactly the same as her roommate described."
Zhang You's team found out much more information than this.
The self-reports filled out by these victims themselves concealed crucial details. For example, Xiao Huan, who confided in her virtual lover, primarily discussed her broken family situation. Chat records revealed her deep desire for her divorced parents to reconcile so she could feel the love of her family again.
Apparently, the fraud gang temporarily satisfied her wish. But the service was limited in effectiveness, and even greater ruptures and disasters soon followed, and Xiao Huan no longer had enough money to pay for a second order.
Last night's "fall from the building" was the reward she paid for this.
The lives that disappeared from this building were the price they paid for transactions with the fraud platform at some point in time.
But the price is much worse than being cheated out of money.
Guo Guo grasped another key point:
"You mean, you made a deal with them? That night..."
"It's not just me." Zhang You shook his head: "Wanqing is the same."
"But it's not exactly the same." She added: "I was blinded by a momentary fluke, and I deserved the price I paid. Wanqing was forced to make this choice due to circumstances."
Guo Guo, however, didn't believe it: "I've known you for over two years, how could I not know that you were someone who would take chances? Can your brain secrete the hormones that produce such emotions?"
Zhang You: “…”
Guo Guo stood up suddenly: "You didn't tell the truth completely! Why are you just like Xin Jue lately, always lying to me!"
"Xin Jue told me at the beginning that she would never leave me. Wan Qing also told me this morning that she was fine and would definitely make it. Now you tell me that you are just hoping for the best... Woo, you are all liars. You just want me to stay here alone, but I want to be with you..."
She sobbed and wiped her tears for a while, then turned around and knocked the snack bag out of Tang Xinjue's hand:
"Eat, eat, eat! All you do is eat! You eat more in a day than Jue Shen eats in a month!"
Tang Xinjue: "..."
The girl slowly picked up the bag from the ground and continued to put it into her mouth: "What are you talking about, Guoguo? I am the Heart Sutra."
After licking the last bit of food residue from her fingers, the girl said slowly:
"Guoguo, I understand you're feeling a bit unstable right now. It might be because the dungeon is too difficult and stressful. You can get some sleep and rest. Don't worry, I'll be in charge of the curfew and won't let you get into any danger."
Zhang You curled his lips coldly.
Guo Guo stopped talking. She stared at Tang Xinjue for a few seconds, then suddenly calmed down. She sat back in her chair and said to Zhang You:
"I see."
"So now, I'm the only one in this dorm who has never violated school rules and hasn't been cursed by the fraud gang, right?"
Zhang You nodded. "Not only that, you'll also have more direct interactions with the student NPCs. Especially since you helped Shi Qingqing and Li Qi this afternoon, this will be a very important help."
Off to the side, Tang Xinjue slowly raised his head from his new snack bag: "...You helped Shi Qingqing? When?"
She didn't mind not getting Guo Guo's answer, and murmured to herself, "Now I remember, it should be after you withdrew your spiritual connection with me. At that time, you had actually found Shi Qingqing, but you deliberately didn't let me find out, right?"
"You're all really smart." She smiled again, and even the curve of her lips was exactly the same as the Tang Xin Jue they remembered. But compared to the sharpness in Tang Xin Jue's eyes, hers was empty. "I mean, I'm really relieved that my roommate has grown to this level."
As she spoke, a more pronounced rumble of hunger erupted from her stomach. The girl continued stuffing food into her mouth, keeping watched Guo Guo and the others.
...It's like I'm eating them instead of potato chips.
Since they were already at loggerheads, Guo Guo couldn't bear it any longer: "Can you please wear sunglasses? I don't want to see you with this face in my sight."
"Tang Xin Jue": "No, you can't. I'll be hurt if you say that. Have you forgotten the dormitory civility rules? Dormitory members should be united and friendly, helping each other. How can you despise each other?"
"Forget it, let's not waste time on it. As long as we enter the dormitory building, it can no longer actively harm us. Just pretend it doesn't exist." Zhang You interrupted the topic coldly and turned back to the topic:
"The key point is that curfew is about to begin. What I can confirm now is that the second night's curfew will be more dangerous than the first. And similarly, after midnight, we have no control over the time period. So before then, we must ensure our own safety while trying our best to find a breakthrough point and obtain more information to increase our chances of successfully completing the dungeon."
"As for the breakthrough point, my suggestion is," Zhang You gently pushed up his glasses, "start with the fraud gang."
Guo Guo changed his mind and asked, "But there's no internet signal in the dormitory building ?"
How can I contact the fraud platform if I can’t access the Internet?
"That's okay. We found their backup signal base station in the teaching building and adjusted the signal to the dormitory building."
Zhang You said calmly, "Before we left, Wanqing blew up the teaching building from the inside. The school should be very busy now and have no time to check the signal. So the good news is that we now have internet."
The author has something to say:
Shocking! A college girl did this to surf the Internet.
