Chapter 45 Classic Movie Appreciation (XIX)
The bloody handprint seemed to be stimulated and struggled upwards from the ground, trying to break free from the shackles of the toilet plunger.
Seeing that it couldn't break free no matter what, the ghost handprint let out a sharp scream, and all the handprints in the room struggled and screamed as if they were burned. For a while, the sound of ghosts wailing was heard everywhere, forcing people to cover their ears.
[5, 10, 15…]
Health value drops rapidly under mental attack.
Amid the chaos of the demons, Tang Xinjue said calmly: "Do you think your voice is too loud?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the toilet plunger moved, and a deafening scream erupted. It not only replicated Zhao Mingtao's roar before he was swallowed, but it was also like hundreds of thousands of evil spirits crying miserably at the same time under the "Light of Righteousness", completely covering up the original noise in the dormitory.
After the shout ended, the bloody handprints were as quiet as before.
with distinction.
The fat handprint was blurred by the sound waves, and even the blood-red color faded a bit. He barely held on with one breath and was about to give up the attack when he suddenly heard Tang Xinjue say leisurely: "You are no longer a living person now, right?"
The bloody handprint should be just a part separated from the ghost itself. It not only belongs to the "pure energy body" [inside the copy], but also is a weak state that is about to dissipate.
——Perfectly meets the food standards of a toilet plunger.
Fat handprint: ???
This time, it didn't have time to break free before it was completely wiped out under the rubber head. The entire handprint was eaten away in the blink of an eye, leaving only a scratch of fear and unwillingness on the ground.
Who the hell is the ghost? !
As the fat handprint disappeared, the bloody handprints in the entire dormitory room faded away in an instant, and the walls and roof became clean again, as if the scene just now was just an illusion.
“Bang, bang, bang!”
There was another knock on the door, making everyone, who were about to breathe a sigh of relief, nervous again.
Guo Guo was about to collapse: "Is this going to end?"
Tang Xinjue was stunned. For some reason, the frequency of the knocking on the door this time seemed familiar to her.
It seemed like not long ago, someone had knocked on the dormitory door like this...
She suddenly remembered.
Guo Guo also recovered from his collapse and realized the familiarity. He sniffed and said, "I seem to have heard this knocking sound in a dreamland?"
After a few seconds, the knocking stopped suddenly, and there was a rustling under the door, and a torn piece of paper was handed in.
Tang Xinjue bent down to pick it up, and it turned out to be a small half-torn rune.
——It was the protective amulet she gave to Jin Wen during the day.
So outside the door... is Jin Wen?
The knocking on the door in the final illusion was also Jin Wen's way of reminding and warning them?
Several people looked at each other. But there was no more knocking on the door, only the sound of heavy and unstable footsteps gradually faded away until it disappeared completely.
[Ding! The movie viewing progress has reached 100%, and the replay has ended. Now start the movie viewing question and answer test! ]
[Excuse me, among the four characters in Dormitory 612 in the movie, which character died first?]
[A. Wei Xian]
[B, Jin Wen]
[C, Cao Rou]
[D, Zhou Xing]
Guo Guo asked tentatively: "We should have come up with the answer a long time ago, right?"
If the fat man who spread the curse was not deceived, then the correct answer should be the same as what they thought.
Tang Xinjue nodded: "That's right, and..."
She raised her hand, and dried blood appeared on the rune, spelling out a crooked single person.
"We choose A, Wei Xian."
[The answer has been submitted and is being checked...]
[Congratulations, the answer is correct!]
Soon, the prompt sound was seamlessly connected:
[The on-site appreciation session begins. Candidates are requested to write their impressions of the film within 60 minutes, with a word count of no less than 1,000 words]
Everyone took out their pens and papers, then looked up belatedly: ???
Can the word count requirement for movie reviews continue to rise?
"Maybe it's because there are no ghosts disturbing us at the moment, and we are in our own dormitory, so the environment is more favorable for us."
Zhang You thought about the reason from the perspective of the exam rules and adjusted his glasses. "Anyway, as long as you finish writing, you can pass the exam. Good luck everyone."
"Okay!" Zheng and Guo clenched their fists and pledged.
Ten minutes later.
“…I can’t write.”
The two of them looked up dejectedly, looking at Tang Xin Jue helplessly, "I seem to have forgotten to ask, what is our title this time?"
Tang Xin Jue turned the notebook over: [Preventing campus fraud starts with you and me - Thoughts after watching "Headless Tales 2"]
…
[Ding Dong, the review has been submitted and is being evaluated...]
[Candidates’ reviews will be graded by students from our school——]
Heads reappeared on the balcony, crowded together outside the glass window, with expressions that looked like howling and sneering, as if they were watching a joke in the dormitory.
[Your score is: 53...]
The test prompt suddenly got stuck, as if it encountered some kind of obstacle in reading. It paused for a while before speaking again:
[Ding, a classmate has applied for re-grading. Your score is now: 72...]
[Ding, classmate applied for re-grading again, your score is: 8...]
[Ding, the students are negotiating, please wait... The negotiation is completed, and the remaining students will score again...]
The prompt sounded intermittently. After an unknown amount of time, when it finally spoke a complete sentence again, a hint of despair could be heard in the mechanical voice:
[The final score of the examinee is: 91 points! ]
[Congratulations to the examinee for receiving an "excellent" rating and becoming the first person to achieve excellent results in the film assessment test. You will receive special rewards for the film copy: increased probability of awakening member abilities, and a random skill card*1]
Four light blue halos appeared from the sky and projected onto the people. A comfortable and cool feeling spread throughout their bodies, but then disappeared as the environment became brighter.
When they came back to their senses and looked, they saw that the balcony was covered by misty white fog again and the clock showed 12 noon.
They had left the movie and returned to the safe dormitory of the examination room.
As if the force had been taken away from them, several people immediately collapsed in their chairs.
"I didn't expect that this review would get such a high rating." Zhang You was still a little dazed and hadn't digested this sudden surprise.
Tang Xin Jue held the half rune in his hand, with a faint smile in his eyes: "Obviously someone helped us."
That’s why the scores are forced to be “negotiated” higher again and again until the other party is satisfied.
Unfortunately, the plot of the movie cannot be reversed, and everything is a foregone conclusion. They may only have a brief intersection in this copy, or maybe they will meet again one day.
Up to now, whether it is the world of ghosts or the future in the game, what lies before them is still a fog that needs to be explored.
…
"When I have money in the future, I will definitely buy a marker that can mark the dormitory in different dimensions. Otherwise, I won't be able to tell when it is safe and when it is dangerous."
After resting and replenishing his energy, Guo Guo hugged his detector and swore.
So far, they have experienced: dormitories in reality, dormitories in games, dormitories during exams, dormitories in exam dungeons, and dormitories in illusions of exam dungeons...
If the time is longer, it may even give people the illusion that they are living in a nesting doll.
Tang Xin Jue put away Jin Wen's half of the protective amulet and looked at the computer folder. At this time, three movies had disappeared. After removing the three that had been excluded, there were still two left:
"There's a Ghost in the Dormitory" and "There's a Ghost in the Mirror".
"No way, there's another dormitory?"
Guo Guo, who had just complained about this, began to doubt his life.
The others also fell silent. After staring at each other for a moment, Zhang You hesitated and said, "Otherwise, we shouldn't choose a dormitory."
After all, this is where they rest and sleep, so it is better to control the shadow in their hearts.
Several people agreed silently.
8pm.
After briefly watching the plots of the two movies, the four of them became more determined not to choose a dormitory.
The contents of both movies are very boring and concise. "Haunted Dormitory" tells the story of a boy who lives alone in a four-person dormitory, and then finds that things start to go missing from the dormitory, inexplicable ghosts appear, doors open and close automatically, lights flicker, strange noises come from the air conditioner, and the water in the sink turns to blood... The most important thing is that the scene inside is still a dormitory with four beds and desks underneath, and the layout is exactly the same as 606.
The setting of "Ghost in the Mirror" is even simpler: there is only one side shot of a public toilet. Everyone who comes out of the public toilet will be frightened by something in the mirror while washing their hands, screaming and collapsing, and then be forcibly pulled into it by a blood-red ghost hand extending from the mirror.
"The second part seems to be relatively simple... If the ghost can only stay in the mirror, then can we prevent most of the damage by just making sure we don't look at the mirror?"
Guo Guo guessed by pulling her hair.
Tang Xin Jue pondered for a while, then shook his head and said, "It depends on whether this mirror refers to a mirror in a narrow sense or a mirror in a broad sense."
"Ah? What do you mean?"
Facing his roommate's doubts, Tang Xinjue raised his phone to signal. After locking the screen, it was dark, and through the light in the dormitory, the general outlines of the girls in front of the screen could be reflected.
"If we are talking about mirrors in a broad sense, then glass windows, smooth tiles, plastic cups, metal, water surfaces, even mobile phone screens, and any other material that can reflect light can become a [mirror]."
And the ghosts at that time could cause harm to them through all these media.
As he said the last few words, Tang Xin Jue pointed to his eyes: "...In extreme cases, we should even avoid seeing each other's pupils."
Guo Guo shuddered, "...I now think that the dormitory copy is not unacceptable."
Finally, after repeated analysis of the pros and cons, Zhang You rubbed his dark circles and finished the long calculation on the paper, and came to the conclusion: - There is still something fishy in the selection of the mirror.
"Okay." Tang Xinjue shook the plunger. Now there were three skulls on the plastic rod, representing the three superpowers of swallowing, and a red light flashed on the symbol of the blood handprint that had just swallowed in the copy.
[Successfully swallowed, inherited the attribute "Shameless", greatly increased the armor of the supernatural object]
[Shameless: As long as I am thick-skinned enough, nothing can penetrate my armor. This is a new truth that Ma Toilet Piece realized after swallowing the evil cultivator's handprint.]
Stroking the skull symbol, Tang Xinjue spoke in a brisk tone, injecting a sense of security into the dormitory atmosphere: "Then next, let's take a look at the appearance of the last copy."
On the computer screen, as the third woman coming out of the bathroom was pulled into the mirror, blood flowed out of the mirror, and the content of the movie viewing test appeared:
[Excuse me, what is the name of the ghost in the mirror in the movie]
[A, Ice blue]
[B, Lina Green]
[C, Glazed Purple]
[D, Sakura Red]
Seeing the end, Zheng Wanqing couldn't help but sigh: "Alpaca."
“…”
There was almost no doubt that after the blind choice C failed, [Movie Replay] started and the four people lost consciousness again.
A cold touch spread from his perception, and a cold wind blew. As Tang Xinjue regained consciousness and opened his eyes, he found himself standing in front of the sink.
A shabby bathroom with leaks everywhere, dim white light, and a long and narrow washbasin. Next to it are three roommates who have just opened their eyes. Their shocked expressions are reflected in the mirror.
However, in the mirror, the person corresponding to Tang Xin Jue was not herself, but a girl covered in blood.
Kill at the start!
It was too late to close my eyes now. The girl in the mirror pushed aside her long hair, revealing her giggling face: "Hehe, you guys are here!"
The moment their eyes met, the female ghost, who had been eager to see the candidate's frightened expression, paused and the smile froze on her face.
In the atmosphere that was even more bizarre than before, Tang Xinjue raised his eyebrows, and indeed showed a bit of surprise out of respect. If she was not mistaken -
"...Xiao Hong?"
The ghost in the mirror: “…”
