Chapter 94 Health Surprise Inspection (Twenty-three)
The incandescent lamp squeaked and shook, and the dark room was instantly given a layer of old color, and the air was filled with a smell of rust.
It was just as the male ghost had said before, this room was filled with all kinds of old electrical appliances and tools. The radios alone filled up an entire wooden shelf. The crackling sounds of electricity coming from inside overlapped and actually formed a few understandable words.
"Maintenance?"
Some people unconsciously recited the words, but when they listened carefully, they found that it was just a chaotic electric current.
"Yes, maintenance."
A dry voice repeated.
The girl frowned in confusion: "Didn't they say that this was where the garbage collector lived? How did he become a repairman..."
As she was speaking, she suddenly realized something and stopped talking with a pale face.
The voice that gave that brief reply just now clearly belonged to... an old man.
But they are all here, where do the others come from?
Several people suddenly stepped back, while Tang Xinjue and his companions took a step forward and stood in front of the crowd, aiming their defensive props at the figure that suddenly appeared in the corner.
This is an old man who is very old and skinny.
He was wearing worn work clothes, his eye sockets were deeply sunken, wrinkles were shrunk on his face, and a few wisps of sparse white hair were attached to his bald head. His whole body was like a skeleton in clothes, quietly sticking to the corner. If it weren't for the sound, no one would even notice him.
The corners of his dry mouth moved on that face, "Does anyone want to fix something?"
Looking at the strange scene, no one dared to answer easily. After two seconds, the old man seemed impatient and said in a muffled voice: "If you don't want to fix it, get out!"
The wooden door of the small room popped open, and the air from the corridor rushed in. The group felt the extremely low temperature in the room, and even the cold corridor seemed warm in comparison.
Tang Xinjue immediately checked the situation of the ghost in the corridor and found that the ghost had disappeared at some point.
The corridor is safe for now!
Hearing this news, everyone felt relieved. They no longer had to hide from ghosts, which meant they didn't have to hide here in fear. The few people closest to the door tried to go back to the corridor, and sure enough, nothing happened.
The shabby room of a strange old man suddenly appeared, and the dark corridor with no one in it, in comparison, the corridor felt safer.
The girls left the room one by one. The skinny old man in the corner did not react at all. His eyes were dark and his chest was not moving. He looked like dead.
But even so, the candidates did not dare to take it lightly. Because the light clearly showed that the old man was holding a heavy hammer in his hand, and if you look closely, you can also see various tools in the torn pockets of his work clothes, such as pliers, screwdrivers, large scissors, steel nails... Just the image is enough to imagine countless possibilities of horror movie murderer transformation.
Tang Xinjue was the last one to leave. Before she left cast her eyes on the old man in the house. The old man turned his head slightly as if he had sensed something, and there was no expression on his dry face: "Something is broken...Do you want to fix it?"
Her heart moved.
Perhaps it was because she had taken too many exams, the characteristics and the detached state displayed by the other party at this moment made her feel that he was not like an NPC in the dungeon, but rather like... Based on past experience, a strange idea suddenly jumped into her mind.
For some reason, Tang Xinjue didn't turn around and leave. She held the wooden door that was about to close and asked, "What's broken? How do I fix it?"
The old man did not answer the first half of the sentence, but said slowly: "Give me the things, pay the money, I will fix it and return it to you."
"Why are you fixing things here?"
This sentence finally made the old man react.
For the first time ever, he turned his head a little further, and looked up at Tang Xin Jue like a living person, and said:
"You little bastard, if you don't want to fix it, get out of here, you're just talking a bunch of nonsense!"
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The girls who had just left were startled by the scolding and turned back. At this time, they finally realized that this old man who looked more like a ghost than a ghost seemed to be a little different from other ghosts.
Tang Xinjue's eyes lit up.
“Can anything be repaired?”
The other party ignored her, but she didn't care and continued, "So, can supernatural items also be repaired?"
The figure in the corner snorted, as if in response.
Zhang You was startled, and realized something: "Heart decision..."
She was about to speak when she saw Tang Xinjue had already opened his phone and dialed a number from the address book.
"Dilili--Dilili--"
The bell rang from the old man's pocket!
On the mobile phone screen, the three words "Repair Shop" are prominently displayed, indicating that the phone is in use.
Dorm 606:? ? ?
Dormitory 606:! ! !
The memory of being possessed by the counselor came to Guo Guo's mind, and he blurted out: "Damn it! You are the repairman? !
She would never have thought that the "repair shop" the counselor mentioned was actually in this copy!
The old man seemed a little surprised. He slowly took out an old-fashioned phone with his bony hands and pressed the answer button: "Repair shop, University Town, which one are you?"
Tang Xin Jue held the phone to his chin, and countless possibilities and words flashed through his mind. But the voice that came out was extremely calm: "A student from a third-tier university, I want to repair something, do you want to take business?"
Even until the door closed in front of them, some people were still a little slow to react.
What type of ghost is the "repairman"? Why can he communicate with the examinee normally? How did Tang Xinjue get the other party's phone number?
Jiang Lan pulled herself out of her thoughts and said calmly, "Just follow what Tang said just now. Let's find the way back to the girls' dormitory first. If anyone wants to stay here and wait for Tang, that's fine. With the special NPCs here, this place should be relatively safe for the time being."
Time was limited, so she could only confirm this information temporarily and list the repairman as a "special NPC".
Although they had never heard of the repairman, they did not question it out of trust in Tang Xinjue and accepted it decisively.
As the people who knew the most about the inside story, Zhang You, Guo Guo and Zheng Wanqing were still in shock and somewhat entangled. They had a brief exchange in the chat group in their minds. Tang Xinjue was determined to seize the opportunity. Guo Guo's first reaction was to stay here with Tang Xinjue to repair the props. It was highly likely that they would be safe and could temporarily escape from the danger of the dungeon.
However, when he glanced at Jiang Lan who was silently bandaging the wound, and No. 5 and others who were carefully bandaging their roommate, Guo Guo opened his mouth and swallowed the words he was about to say.
"I'll go back to the girls' dormitory with you." She patted her chest and said, "You've already temporarily lost a strong output, you can't leave a top support! Although my combat power is not good, I'm still very professional in finding ghosts."
"Guo Guo." Zheng Wanqing said solemnly and rubbed her head: "You have grown up."
Guo Guo: "Thank you, but please don't talk like my mother."
Jiang Lan also nodded and said to Ke Ke, "You stay here."
Ke Ke refused without thinking: "I can still walk."
"But……"
"Don't talk nonsense. Anian and I are not around. Do you want to be a lone hero? If you keep talking, I will use my spiritual power to make you mute."
The same scene happened with No. 5, except that she and No. 6 were grabbed by the ears by No. 10 at the same time, and they kept screaming, "Your leg is injured! We want you to rest! It hurts!"
Guo Guo sniffed and grabbed Zhang You's hand: "Sister You, I'm counting on you to take care of Jue Shen. Although it's a repair shop, you still have to pay attention to safety. If anything happens, you must contact me as soon as possible..."
"Contact what?"
Tang Xinjue's voice sounded from behind.
Guo Guo: "Contact......???"
She turned around in a daze and saw Tang Xinjue had already opened the door with the toilet plunger, looking like he was ready to leave.
"Has it been fixed?"
The people outside were shocked. It had only been less than 30 seconds, right?
Tang Xin Jue raised his hand to indicate: "It hasn't been repaired yet. We just agreed on the price. I'll leave the things here and you can pick them up when I come back."
After she finished speaking, she was still a little confused: "Didn't I just say I'd be out soon? Why are you still here? Are you waiting for me?"
The crowd that just finished a brief farewell: "..."
Damn, I misunderstood.
They immediately stopped what they were doing and got ready to go: "Yes, we are waiting for you. That's fast. Haha. Let's go now?"
Looking at the girls in front of him who were laughing dryly, Tang Xinjue raised his eyebrows slightly: "Did you misunderstand something just now?"
By observing the changes in their expressions, she quickly confirmed her guess: "--You guys think of this place as a safe house?"
The door suddenly slammed open automatically, and the old repairman said sinisterly: "You idiots, you wish for nothing. I have no place to put you. If you don't want to fix it, get out!"
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