Chapter 96 Health Surprise Inspection (Part 2)
Not 919?!
One word woke the dreamer up, and the others soon realized that something was wrong.
"Is this an illusion? Or has 919 been transferred? Are Jiang and the others in danger?"
Guo Guo immediately searched through a series of possibilities in his mind and asked a series of questions in rapid succession.
Tang Xin Jue shook his head: "It's not an illusion, everything we see now is real. The entire corridor, whether it's the walls, the ground or the black liquid, is all real and correct - it's like this every time. But sometimes reality doesn't mean correctness."
It's always like this... Jiang Lan repeated it silently in her mind, and suddenly realized something: "We don't go through the same corridor every time?"
"No, it should not be just the corridor," she immediately denied herself, her eyes flickered slightly, and finally came to the conclusion:
“It’s the floor!”
Their eyes met, Tang Xinjue nodded and said, "Yes, it's the floor."
They were indeed in this dormitory building, in a corridor specially designed by the Academic Affairs Office.
This corridor connects the female dormitory in the front and the male dormitory in the back. The layout is no different from what they saw when they just broke out of 919.
But this is not the 9th floor.
After hearing the news for two seconds, everyone was unable to accept it. All the previous incongruities came to their minds:
The traces of the corridor that refreshed every time I came out of the door, the walls that suddenly became solid and hard to break through, the black liquid gushing out from the walls of the former girls' dormitory, and a mountain of inexplicable questions... But what if it wasn't the 9th floor at all?
All the questions suddenly had answers.
"If it's not the 9th floor, then which floor are we on now? When was it moved?"
Guo Guo's brain raced as he tried to catch up with the train of thought: "Could it be when we just came out and entered the men's dormitory? No, the men's dormitory ghost was still pointing the way at that time. If there was a problem with the floor, he would definitely find it."
"When you came out of the men's dormitory?"
Zhang You made a guess.
It was at this time that they first noticed something strange in the corridor.
Jiang Lan continued: "But when we hid in the repairman's room and came out again, the traces we left disappeared for the second time. Does this prove that the floor has been changed twice?"
If this is the case, then the traces they left on the wall did not automatically recover at all, but every time they came here, they saw a different wall!
No. 7 interrupted their speculation and questioned: "Wait a moment. All the premises you are talking about now are based on one foundation, which is Tang Xinjue's conclusion just now."
She turned to look at Tang Xinjue: "Once we believe your conclusion, it will affect our next very important choices and actions. So, how can you be sure that your speculation is correct?"
“It’s easy to verify.”
Tang Xinjue smiled and stood in front of the cracked wall.
"The Academic Affairs Office killed the male ghosts who were free to move around because they were familiar with the dormitory building and would immediately discover the truth. But we are not familiar with this building, so even if we find the problem, we cannot confirm which floor it is, let alone find a way to leave."
If the Academic Affairs Office could really manipulate the floor changes at will, they would only need to move them to any floor and would be able to lock the examinees up forever.
"Obviously, this is not in line with the balance and logic of the exam. The Academic Affairs Office cannot be so powerful. In other words, the more powerful the ability is, the more restrictions there must be on its use."
Tang Xin Jue said: "So my speculation has another premise, that is, there is only one fixed critical point for floor conversion. And once it is triggered, the floor must be converted regardless of whether the school wants to change it or not."
"If you want to verify whether my guess is right, just break this critical point and see if everything will change."
As soon as he finished speaking, Tang Xinjue swung the hammer again and hit the crack hard!
Dong, dong, dong. Holding the hammer handle that was thicker than her two arms tied together, the girl stared expressionlessly at the largest crack on the wall, hitting it accurately with every blow.
Without the black liquid inside the wall, the wall seemed to become much more fragile. The cracks grew larger and larger, and soon a gap appeared that went through the wall from top to bottom, revealing the jagged cement structure inside and dots of dried black liquid.
Just when the crack exceeded the depth left by everyone last time, the dark and silent hole confirmed that there was no living person on the other side of the wall, let alone the dormitory 919 that they were familiar with.
At this moment, the wall suddenly changed.
The white paint on the ceiling fell down layer by layer as if it was shaken, and pungent dust rose up. They subconsciously stepped back to avoid it, but in just two moments, the front was already covered with white.
When No. 10 used his water power to disperse the dust, a complete, smooth wall without any traces appeared in front of everyone.
Another refresh!
"Ahem, this dormitory building only has nine floors at its highest."
Jiang Lan vigorously waved away the remaining dust. Her already hoarse voice was choked and became intermittent , but she still covered her nose and analyzed persistently: "Based on the past few situations, it is highly likely that each floor refresh will not be repeated. So, we will only experience eight refreshes at most."
By the ninth time, no matter how reluctant the Academic Affairs Office was, they had to send them back to the ninth floor.
"I see. So it doesn't matter what level we are on now!" Guo Guo's eyes lit up and he counted on his fingers: "The most important thing is whether we can survive the remaining 12345... 6 refreshes!"
The requirement for changing floors is to destroy this wall, and when the wall is destroyed to a certain extent, everyone will be attacked. Only by enduring these waves can they return to 919 and hand over the red line that allows ghosts to move freely to Jiang and others.
"There are still six more times?" Zhang You had a headache.
The accumulation of six consecutive dangers is not a simple matter of one plus one equals two. This was just to get back to the 9th floor, and now they couldn't even find the shadow of the Academic Affairs Office.
No matter how determined they are to pass the level, they can't help but have some self-doubt: Can they really complete the final mission of the dungeon amidst such seemingly endless obstacles and dangers?
Tang Xin Jue rubbed his arm, which was engorged with blood due to excessive exertion. His eyes were exceptionally bright and even surprisingly sharp despite his calm expression:
“There are no levels where you are bound to die, and no copies that cannot be cleared.”
From the first exam to now, her knowledge of the game has grown from nothing to something, and she has always insisted on this even in seemingly unsolvable situations.
Just like the countless hopeless dark nightmares in the past three years, as long as you try your best to hold on to the end, there will always be a moment to chop off the monster's head, and it is also the moment to return to reality.
"Although the exam is not friendly to the candidates, it is impossible to set such a huge gap in strength. A dungeon boss that can arbitrarily control the changes in the dungeon structure, set countless traps and ambushes, and even easily imprison the other side's ghost camp cannot be just at the strength level of a C-level group battle dungeon."
After Tang Xin Jue finished speaking, Ke Ke rarely spoke after using the Word Spirit. She hung up the call to Ah Nian that she had called but could not get through for the nth time: "I agree with this point. Those idiots in the female dormitory, their IQ is not to be mentioned, and their strength does not seem to be that outrageous. Even if they have a restraining effect on the Academic Affairs Office, based on what I have seen in this copy, I really don't think there is anything worth the Academic Affairs Office hiding."
She shrugged. "I don't need to explain what this means. If the Academic Affairs Office is as powerful as it appears, it would have gone to heaven long ago. There is no need for it to play tricks on the students."
Following Keke's words, Tang Xinjue raised the corner of his mouth:
“So, when we find their real bodies, what we see is likely to be an extremely weak academic affairs office.
——This is also one of the secrets they want to hide. "
As soon as she finished speaking, the wall, which had been calm and flawless just a moment ago, suddenly cracked with a creaking sound at the point where it connected to the ceiling.
Everyone: “…”
The defense was broken?
After a brief analysis and discussion, everyone reached a consensus under the wall that was so angry that it was cracking.
No matter what the Academic Affairs Office has in mind, it cannot affect their unwavering goals and determined course of action.
The goal exists, and the action begins.
Zheng Wanqing took the initiative to take over the task of breaking the wall, allowing Tang Xinjue, who had been breaking the wall for two consecutive rounds, to take a break. Then she swung her gradually solidified right hand and began to destroy the wall mercilessly.
The dust that had just dissipated filled the entire space again, and everyone had to cover their noses to stop coughing. Guo Guo wanted to find No. 10 to use his precipitation ability to relieve the pressure, but he couldn't find No. 10 in the dust for a while.
"Ah, I suddenly remembered that I don't know the names of the three people in their dormitory."
Guo Guo covered his nose and looked around, while speaking belatedly in the chat group in his mind.
After such a long time since the start of the exam, she only knew that the other party's bed numbers were 5, 6 and 10.
Everyone seemed to have introduced themselves briefly during the meal, but now I only have a rough impression and can't match the specific names and information.
Zhang You found a stack of masks from his storage bag and distributed them while calmly saying, "It's okay. Once we defeat the dungeon boss, we'll have time to get to know our new friends."
Guo Guo: "Then I'm going to eat one more bowl of rice at the celebration banquet. No, three bowls!"
Although she couldn't be the MVP in the exam, she was still very confident in her eating ability.
During the casual conversation, the masks had been basically distributed. Zhang You held the last few masks that had not been distributed and began to look for the other people in the dust like Guo Guo: "Student No. 5? Student No. 10? Where are you?"
“Cough cough cough… cough cough…”
There was no answer in the air, only a faint cough.
Zhang You frowned slightly: "Student No. 5?"
“Cough cough…cough cough cough!”
The coughing sound became louder and louder, attracting the attention of several people. Tang Xinjue's expression changed slightly: "The one who is coughing is No. 5."
She took a step and walked towards the direction of the coughing sound, followed by the others, and soon saw two figures bending over and shaking constantly. Number 10 was beside them, helping them frantically search for props, and then looked at the two people bending over and coughing violently, and they were number 5 and number 6!
"What’s wrong with you?"
Several people immediately stepped forward to help them up, but No. 5 shrank back violently. She coughed so hard that she couldn't speak, and could only shake her head vigorously to refuse everyone from approaching.
In full view of everyone, dark red blood gushed out from between No. 5's fingers as he covered his mouth.
