Chapter 92 Health Surprise Inspection (Twenty-one)
Perhaps stimulated by the death of his companion, the male ghost now has an overwhelming desire to survive. He does not want to face the school authorities head-on at all. He just wants to go home and find his mother.
Under his guidance, the crowd walked to the end of the corridor with some doubt, and indeed found two wooden doors behind the wall. A crack had been dug in the door on the right, barely enough for someone to squeeze in sideways.
The black liquid was all over the place, and the male ghost didn't care about it rubbing against his body. He couldn't wait to squeeze in, and urged them: "Hurry up, it doesn't matter if this thing touches you. I've tried it countless times. It doesn't hurt. Don't be hypocritical."
Tang Xinjue still took out a stack of props similar to plastic raincoats from Zhang You's storage bag and distributed them to everyone to put on to prevent the exposed skin from being covered by the black liquid.
"It's better to be careful."
After they had tidied everything, they went in.
"This is... the men's dormitory?"
The lights were turned on, and everyone's eyes had just adjusted to the darkness for a few seconds before they were shocked by the scene in the house.
The entire dormitory seemed to have been swept by a hurricane. Tables, chairs, and beds were all overturned. Broken glass, wood chips, and all kinds of blood were splattered on the ground, leaving no place to stand.
The four walls were covered with traces of dripping blood. You didn't even have to think about how fierce a battle had taken place here before.
The male ghost bent down and quickly walked through: "Tsk tsk, if you hadn't discussed it with the ghosts in the girls' dormitory, you would be in the same situation as here now."
It was a little disappointed that it didn't see the scene of a river of blood in the girls' dormitory.
After passing through this dormitory, you will enter another corridor . From the perspective of layout, this is exactly the same as the female dormitory. There are also three dormitories and one bathroom, but the dormitory numbers here are 916, 918 and 920.
"No wonder our dormitory numbers are only odd, it turns out the even numbers are here!"
Guo Guo suddenly realized and looked around carefully, as if he had opened the door to a new world.
Not only Guo Guo, everyone felt a little weird.
Although they are on the same floor and in the same copy, they are actually divided into two "examination rooms" for the men's dormitory and the women's dormitory. The examination information did not reveal the existence of another party. If they had not caught the ghost coming out of the men's dormitory, they might not have discovered this place at all.
Now, having passed through numerous barriers and arrived at the men's dormitory, one can't help but feel as if one has crossed two exams or even entered another copy of the wall.
“This should be the place where candidates first enter.”
Tang Xinjue pushed open the half-open door of 916, and was greeted by a strong smell of burning.
The room was completely charred, with all the furnishings and structures reduced to ashes, leaving only a few metal poles supporting the bed standing crookedly on the ground. If the group hadn't known what the room was used for in advance, they probably wouldn't have guessed it was a dormitory.
The male ghost seemed to recall some scenes and chuckled, "At that time, we took the initiative and snatched a few very good bodies. When we occupied them, the people were still alive and could even use their special powers. The roommates of these unlucky guys didn't know the situation and didn't dare to kill us... Later, the other candidates came up with a cruel trick and locked us brothers in the dormitory and burned us to ashes."
"Fortunately, I reacted quickly and got out of that body in time, and changed my target."
At this point, he grinned and lifted up his hair to show everyone: "Look at this body of mine. It's the guy with fire powers at that time. People with powers are probably stronger than ordinary people. You don't know how long he struggled at that time... Ouch!"
The male ghost wailed and covered his stomach. It turned out that No. 7 had just hit him hard with his knee. His voice was cold: "In your eyes, humans are no longer the same kind, but just pork to be slaughtered. Haha, it's a pity that in the eyes of those ghosts in the Academic Affairs Office, you are the same, stupid monsters."
When the words "stupid monster" came out from between his teeth, No. 7's eyes were filled with deep disgust, not only towards the male ghost, but towards the entire ghost group.
Jiang Lan sighed: "In the world of games, the stronger ones are the hunters, and the weaker ones become the prey. Ordinary candidates are the prey of ghosts, and ghosts may also become the prey of the stronger ones. Everyone has to face life and death every day and dangers are everywhere. All we can do is try our best to survive. At least don't die at the hands of such idiots."
Male ghost: “…”
It had originally wanted to describe the death scene of the examinee to disgust everyone, but now it could only give up the idea and turned around to look around the room.
Guo Guo whispered, "Not necessarily. There are many types of NPCs. Some are full of malice towards people, while others are well-intentioned."
Zhang You held her hand and reminded her not to say anything more. Guo Guo shrank her neck in confusion and turned around to meet the cold eyes of No. 7.
“…”
No. 7 turned his head expressionlessly, "No matter how kind a ghost is, it still relies on eating humans to survive. To show unnecessary kindness and sympathy to a ghost is to kill your own companions."
After that, she stopped talking and followed the boy ghost closely to monitor him and prevent him from causing trouble.
After walking around the room full of ashes but not finding any valuable clues, the boy scratched his head: "It's been too long and my memory is not very good. Maybe it's not in this dormitory, then it must be at 920!"
It rushed out and pushed open the door of 920. A corpse suddenly fell from the door and fell straight in front of everyone, scaring several people to scream in surprise.
The body had decayed to the point where only the skeleton was left, but from the clothes one could tell it was a young boy, with a few familiar-looking amulets tightly clasped in his hands.
This is a candidate who died in the copy.
The male ghost kicked the corpse away as usual, shrank his body and disappeared into the door. The group hurriedly followed, and the most timid Guo Guo had to bite the bullet and walk in, pretending not to see the dark that seemed to be staring at them.
The situation in dormitory 920 was even more tragic than that in the other two dormitories.
Broken limbs, pieces of flesh, and heads with eyes open were scattered in every corner where they could be seen. The walls were soaked in blood, dyeing the entire room a rich blood red, like hell on earth.
The novelty of entering the men's dormitory was quickly replaced by heaviness, and no one could laugh when seeing this scene.
“Ah, I found it!”
The male ghost found bed number 16, moved the bed away in ecstasy, banged on the floor under the bed, and finally tore a gap and buried his entire head in it.
"What are you doing?"
Not getting an answer, Tang Xinjue had no patience to wait and just used the toilet plunger to suck it out.
Unexpectedly, along with the boy's ghost's head, there came out a ball of red silk thread that he was chewing desperately in his mouth.
--This is?
The male ghost opened his mouth and answered vaguely: "This is what I said, the thing that can break the seal..."
As he spoke , he swallowed hard and actually swallowed the entire ball of silk thread whole!
As the boy swallowed the red thread, his decaying body slowly changed. His swollen skin became firmer, and the wounds disappeared. Without careful observation, he looked like a living person.
"See?" The male ghost grinned again, "These red lines hidden underground are what allow us to leave the male dormitory! It's a pity that they don't last long, and we need to eat more every once in a while. And you need to dig up the ground to get them. My hands are rotten and I can only dig such a small hole. How much you can take away depends on your ability."
After saying this, he lowered his head again, stuck his head into the hole, and began to eat.
The others looked at each other in bewilderment. They had never really expected the boy to come up with some magical tool that could "pass the level directly", and they had even prepared themselves to be deceived, but they didn't expect that there would actually be such a thing... red silk thread?
Tang Xinjue tested the hardness of the ground and found that it was indeed harder than ordinary cement floors, but there was still a way to open it. As long as there were tools or special powers, it could still be opened.
No. 5 and No. 6 wanted to use flamethrowers, but were rejected. After all, if the flame accidentally burned to the red line, it would probably burn everything directly, and their efforts here would be in vain.
In the end, Zheng Wanqing's fist skills were the most suitable for demolishing the ground. At the same time, No. 7 also came out, and a dagger appeared with a flick of her wrist. This was the first time she showed her weapon.
"You tear it down and I dig it up."
Number 7 is concise and to the point.
The two of them assisted each other, and cracks really appeared on the ground at a very fast speed. The cracks then turned into gaps, revealing dots of red inside.
“There really are red lines, lots of them… here too!”
The others were not idle either. They used the props they found to dig holes in the ground. After a while, they saw the red silk thread that the boy ghost mentioned. It was entangled in balls as if it was sewn into the ground. When it was dug out, they could feel the scorching heat on it.
Seeing the results, everyone's speed increased, and the area of the ground that was dug up became larger and larger. The large patches of exposed red lines made the male ghost drool, and his turbid eyes glowed. If it hadn't been afraid of the people being here, it might have pounced on it and swallowed it.
Among the group of people, only Guo Guo stood alone in the corner. He neither participated in the work of digging the red line nor showed any joy.
[Um, don't you find it strange? Why are so many red threads buried underground? Why can the seal be broken by eating them?]
Guo Guo complained quietly in the chat group in her mind. For some reason, she would rather stay in the corner with the bodies of the male candidates than get close to these red lines. Once they came into contact with them, she would feel dizzy and want to vomit.
Tang Xin Jue also touched the red line. She covered her hand with her spiritual power and felt it carefully. Along with the scalding heat, the red line seemed to be trembling slightly... just like a heart beating.
However, this was only a fleeting feeling. When she opened her eyes again, the red line was still still and looked no different from an ordinary silk thread.
"Just take out a portion first, don't be greedy." She reminded the people nearby: "These red lines are useful for ghosts, but they may not be good things for us. We need to send them to Jiang and the others as soon as possible. Remember to wear gloves and never touch them directly..."
"ah!"
No. 5 suddenly screamed, and everyone looked over immediately, only to see her sitting on the ground. The glove on her hand was cut at some point, and blood was dripping down along the cut, falling onto the red line and being quickly absorbed.
I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but the color of the red line seems to be more vivid.
"Just now, the line suddenly became very hard, and I accidentally cut my hand when I touched it." No. 5 raised her hand to explain. She didn't care about the pain in her hand, and carefully put the red line aside, fearing that something unexpected would happen.
Tang Xinjue rushed to No. 5 and performed an appraisal on the red line on the ground.
[Identification: A ball of red silk thread. I don't know what it is used for. Be careful not to wrap it around your neck, as it may separate your head from your body.]
Looking at the identification results, Tang Xinjue seemed to remember something for a moment, but when he thought about it again, he couldn't find it.
The thread that had absorbed blood had become soft again, and after waiting for about four or five minutes, no other changes occurred. Everyone put it aside and carefully took out the other red threads and stored them in glass bottles and isolation bags.
The male ghost drooled at the remaining red thread: "Can I eat these?"
Tang Xin Jue glanced at him and said, "Eat if you want. We only have ten seconds left to clean up."
Before he could finish his words, the other party had already impatiently laid down and began to wolf down the food. The red thread was constantly chewed into the boy's mouth and throat. The scene was both weird and disgusting to the eyes.
"Okay, let's go."
The others had put away the red lines, and Jiang Lan and others who were closest to the door had already taken the lead and were about to leave.
Bang!
The dormitory door suddenly closed automatically without any wind.
