917 bedroom.

The shrill screams lingered, and the source of the sound was two shivering girls at the end of the room.

Ou Ruofei pointed to the head of her bed and screamed in horror. A Nian was so frightened by her that she also screamed. The two high-pitched voices advanced layer by layer, causing the whole room to tremble faintly.

"Stop shouting! What happened?" No. 3 Keke came first.

Ou Ruofei was unstable and almost fell, stammered: "She, me, my bed! Blood!"

She shivered and pointed to the blood-soaked sheets.

A Nian nodded, "That's right, I'll just say there is blood, you don't believe me!"

She didn't lie, the blood on the bed was fleeting at first, and it was really not obvious. But now the two adjacent beds are bright red, which can be said to be extremely eye-catching, and it is impossible to ignore them.

Keke walked over to the two of them, stretched out her hand and "touched" it, and said coldly, "Are you stupid? It's not blood, it's ketchup."

Anian was angry: "You lied to me, I'm not a child anymore!"

Ou Ruofei didn't believe it either, and even felt that the other party was prejudiced and deliberately said so, and cried with a cry: "This is obviously blood, you can't- ah ah, why are you pulling me?"

Being pulled over by Keke, Orofi suddenly panicked and fluttered like a chicken whose neck was pinched. However, the strength was so disparate that she was carried to the bedside without any resistance, and was forced to reach out and press it on the sheets.

The sticky and cold touch made Orofi even more frightened, and she quickly retracted her hand like lightning, trying to wipe the blood from her hand.

However, after wiping it twice, her movements became a little hesitant, her face distorted by fear slowly became dull, and finally she put her hand in front of her nose and smelled it——

Really ketchup? ? ?

Keke turned her head to lift the quilt of A Nian on the 16th bed, and "touched" it: "It's still ketchup."

A Nian: "Huh?"

She sniffed, dazed and walked over to smell it, her eyes widened immediately: "How could it be? It's so strange, it was obviously thick and terrifying blood just now!"

Keke reprimanded her: "You know that blood is scary, and you call others to come and see, what should you do to scare people over?"

"Yes, sorry..."

Jiang Lan came over and looked at the position and cloth of the ketchup on the two beds: "It may be because of the light. From a distance, it does look like the color of blood, but it looks different when you get closer."

"However, why does ketchup appear on the bed inexplicably?"

The other dormitory girls who dared not approach from a distance asked questions.

"It may be from the fake pranks outside the door, or it may be something used by the exam to mess with our mentality." Keke shrugged: "If there is really blood on the bed, I can analyze it for you, but how about ketchup? Can't you just choke the students with ketchup?"

I don't know if ketchup can choke people, but the others were choked by No. 3 and couldn't speak, so they could only leave angrily.

The two frightened parties unfortunately became the target of No. 3's yin and yang. "If the ghost wants to kill you, I don't need to attack. Just lock the two of you together, and you can scare yourself to death."

Au Ruofei/A Nian: "Woo..."

"Okay Keke, stop talking." Jiang Lan interrupted No. 3's sarcasm and called her over to whisper a few words.

Ou Ruofei didn't know what the two of them said. She wiped her tears and saw Jiang Lan walking towards the other four. She politely asked, "Excuse me, can we go to your bed and take a look?"

She was referring to beds 13 and 15.

The four were hesitant. No. 15 didn't say anything. No. 13 suddenly shook his head and strongly refused: "No, you can't go to my bed!"

Seeing that No. 13 had a tough attitude, No. 15 also shook his head in agreement and rejected Jiang Lan.

Keke stood in the middle of the two sets of bunks and said, "I won't steal your things if I just take a look. What are you afraid of? Say, you don't think about it, the ketchup runs down the wall from top to bottom. Where is the source of , and who is the upper bunk of these two idiots?"

The four of them trembled, and their breathing became hurried. No. 13 and No. 15 were particularly out of breath. Finally No. 13 compromised: "I don't need you, I'll see for myself."

Under the watchful eyes of several people, No. 13 and No. 15 climbed the ladder to the bed, checked it carefully, and shook their heads: "No ketchup."

"Apart from ketchup, what about other abnormalities?" Jiang Lan asked.

The answer was also no.

Then there was nothing to do, and a few people put the matter on hold for the time being, and started looking for clues in the room as Tang Xinjue called.

At nine o'clock, the dormitory was turned upside down, and in the end, only a bundle of large black garbage bags, two mops, two brooms, and some scattered cleaning supplies were obtained.

The only clue to the word is a torn piece of "School Ethos and School Rules". After spelling it out, you can vaguely see the original words:

"Two buttons for conversations in the hallway, two buttons for skirts no more than knees, five buttons for cellphones for private storage, three buttons for gathering together to chat..."

"10 for leaving the dormitory without approval, 15 for falling in love, 20 for not complying with the requirements of the student union, dormitory and teachers..."

"For every 1 deduction, the fine is 500 and one day of confinement. More than 5 deductions for one "sex" and fasting for two days... What is this violation of the rules?"

On the 3rd, he started cursing: "What kind of university is this, is it a joint university for women's prisons? Are the students here re-education through labor reforms? Or are the leaders of the school committed murder and arson before they were imprisoned in this dilapidated concentration camp?"

In addition, through the school discipline, we can also learn that there is no special garbage room in the dormitory building - students can't even go up and down the stairs freely, and the garbage bags in the corridor can only be collected by the cleaners who come once a week.

"Based on the amount of rubbish in the bedroom, the cleaners should have been absent for at least half a month."

When Jiang Lan read the information carefully, the bedroom door was pushed open, and the gray corridor search team returned.

No. 3 blurted out: "Are you digging coal?"

"It's been secretly calculated, it's hard to say."

No. 5 waved his hand and cherished the four clues in his pocket: "This is the clue we found in the bathroom."

Taken together, these clues basically correspond to the task levels currently displayed by the exam, and initially outline the outline of the exam.

At this moment, there are still two hours before the inspection. It is not too late. Everyone immediately began to equip cleaning tools and officially began to clean up.

Guo Guo and Zheng Wanqing saw that Tang Xinjue had not come back, so they ran to the corridor to check in worry, and they were bumping into someone.

"How's it going?"

Tang Xinjue shook his head: "It's a little tricky."

The two took a deep breath.

If even Tang Xinjue thought it was difficult, the dungeon difficulty...

Time has not allowed to think too much, they first cleaned their beds, and then went to their respective posts to start cleaning the garbage. It took half an hour just to put the junk into the garbage bag.

"If I were you, I would throw all the clothes in the desk and cabinet into the garbage bag, even the bed."

No. 3 twisted his wrist: "In my worldview, we are all garbage."

Anian panted and threw the toilet garbage into the big bag, pinching his nose and tying it tightly: "You can't say such depressing words Keke. The students living here can't decide the rules and environment of the school. I believe that if they are normal The life in the dormitory of the people, must not be so 'chaotic'... They may also cherish these clothes."

No. 3 smiled, helped her tie the bag and threw it into the corridor: "We live here now, aren't we the students here?"

Anian retorted seriously: "No, the introduction to the exam said that we were sent here to experience life."

No. 3 didn't care, but Jiang Lan, who was mopping the floor next to him, had a meal and seemed to think of something: "You are right, we are not students of this school in essence, this dormitory is full of traces of the original life, also Not our bedroom."

"So, where did the original 16 students in this dormitory go?"

She was standing in the same place and thinking, another mop suddenly appeared in sight, Tang Xinjue nodded to her: "I've already mopped in the bedroom, give me the mop, let's change to another task."

Looking at the thin arms of the girl in front of him, Jiang Lan subconsciously shook his head: "No, the mop is too heavy and it will easily weigh on you, so let me get it."

As soon as the voice came out, Jiang Lan smiled a little, realizing that driven by his first impression, he said something illogical.

Judging from the fact that Tang Xinjue kicked the skeleton, it was impossible to be a little girl who couldn't hold a mop. It's just that the impression of being weak at first glance was inexplicably profound, and even affected her subconscious. When facing Tang Xinjue, she couldn't help but feel a sense of worry about helping the weak.

Tang Xinjue smiled: "It doesn't matter, once the information we see in our eyes is logical, we can easily get used to it and ignore the opposite of this information, isn't it?"

Jiang Lan handed over the mop and said in a hoarse voice, "Thinking trap. I try to think carefully about the problem, but I can't avoid falling into it. Exams often take advantage of our characteristics to lay death traps one after another."

"So in order to prevent stepping on the pit, I am often skeptical about everything."

Tang Xinjue handed over a rag: "Whether it's explicit or implicit, it's a reminder or a rule. Especially the sights I saw with my own eyes. It turns out that most of the information given in the exam is often nonsense, and the real danger is dormant. It's what it wants us to do."

Jiang Lan was thoughtful.

After a moment, she took the rag: "However, there are at least some things I will not doubt. Than my roommate, and the teammates I have confirmed."

She raised her head and stared at Tang Xinjue with brown eyes: "Just like now, I believe in you, so I also believe in the information you give, there is no doubt about that."

"It's obvious that you're talking about Chinese, but I don't understand a single word."

While Zheng Wanqing was cleaning the cabinet, she doubted life in her mind.

Guo Guo: "Miss, what do you know? It's called fatal tricks by masters... In fact, I didn't understand it either. God, round up, does Jiang Lan understand what we mean?"

Tang Xinjue: "It should be almost understood, but I can't say it too clearly. After all, we can't confirm whether it is safe to speak in that environment, and there is no evidence. If Jiang Lan wants to know more, he will come to us."

Zhang You sighed slightly: "If I could react faster, I'd better take that photo in advance."

At that time, when they saw the red letter on black paper in the bathroom, both of them were surprised for a moment. However, in the next second, the entire piece of paper suddenly rotted rapidly, and in the blink of an eye, only a mass of charred black that was indistinguishable from the dirt on the walls remained, leaving no evidence.

Tang Xinjue comforted: "The red letter is unclear, even if you take a picture, it may not mean anything."

[They are all liars] - Who are the liars referring to?

Is it the school, health inspectors, impersonation...or other students?

[DO NOT STAY HERE] - what is this referring to?

Is it the bathroom, dormitory, school or copy?

More importantly, the identity of the person who wrote this sentence determines the position and true "sex" of this sentence.

Tang Xinjue speculated: "I think there is a high probability that the person who left the message is the original student here."

Only those who have really lived here and are restricted by strict rules are more in line with the characteristics of hiding the blood book on the back of the star poster.

Zhang You added: "If this is the case, then the high probability of her accusation may be the school. Could it be that the sanitation inspection is actually a scam?"

Guo Guo shuddered: "Thank you, I've already made up ten horror stories in my head. If you're going to fight in a while, remember to remind me where you are, so I can run over there."

After all, she is just an assistant, and she will die if she is alone.

Tang Xinjue said with a smile, "Don't worry too much, Guo can reveal the truth very soon, and even face to face, it's better than seeing and seeing for a long time."

Of course, there was also the second half of the sentence she didn't say: the premonition about this exam just slipped to the most difficult possibility, "sex".

...

At 10:30, the cleaning was basically finished.

"Student Zhang, let me get the mop for you."

"Student Zhang has worked hard, I will help you wash the rag."

"Student Zhang, classmate Zhang, do you need to wash your coat for you? Then I washed your gloves."

In just an hour and a half, the center of the entire dormitory fell on Zhang You. Even No. 3, who can't speak without ridicule, has a good voice, and diligently handed Zhang You air freshener.

No, it's just because Zhang You's cleaning ability is too strong, and his speed is faster than the others tied together. Moreover, the cleanliness of the places she cleaned was obviously not on the same level as others.

"Fold me three chairs and I'll clean the fan and chandelier."

Zhang You jumped down from the door, leaving everyone in awe at Wan's refurbished bedroom door.

"Will the chandelier be too difficult and dangerous? Ruo Fei and I will hold it for you."

A Nian Shi was worried.

"In contrast, I feel that the place where the two of you are is more dangerous."

No. 3 ruthlessly complained.

Ah Nian: qwq

After piling up ten large garbage bags. Everyone began to follow the cleaning rules and carefully organize them one by one.

No garbage can be placed in the trash can, no sundries can be placed on the table, no toiletries can be placed in the bathing area... In the end, everything was finished at 10:55.

"I don't want to clean up again in my life."

No. 5 and No. 6 supported each other and barely stood up and cheered up.

Cleaning is only a prerequisite, and more important is the hygiene inspection part.

As the needle moved little by little, everyone's hearts slowly lifted.

"Ding"

At 11:00 sharp, the corridor suddenly darkened.

No figures, no voices, no hints.

The corridor is still the corridor that is blocked on all sides, without stairs or any entrances and exits, and there is no sign of any change.

Tang Xinjue frowned. She was about to communicate with her roommate when there was a buzzing sound in her mind, followed by an indescribable sense of 'chaos', which enveloped all the sea of ​​consciousness!

...

"From today, you will be living here. The 16-person dormitory is spacious and luxurious, and the cost is only twice as much. You students are really taking advantage of it."

"Graduate? Rest assured, our school is officially guaranteed. As long as you pay, it is guaranteed to be no different from other universities."

"The teaching building is still being refurbished, and classes will not be held for the time being. What textbooks do you want... The teacher in the infirmary is on leave. Drink more hot water."

"Go home? No, it's clearly stated in the school rules that you can't leave the school except on special holidays. You are not allowed to contradict the teacher! Put me in confinement!"

"The equipment in the cafeteria has been broken recently, and we won't be delivering meals to you these days. You can buy instant noodles at the school's special price."

"Cleaner? Didn't you come last month? No, you have no hands or feet, and you still have to rely on cleaners to serve you?"

"Have you seen her end? Let the school find out that you secretly used your mobile phone to contact your family. This is the future of you."

...

"Of course, you can rest assured that our school is a formal university with certificates. As long as you pay the money on time and wait for four years, it is guaranteed that you have both a graduation certificate and an academic degree, and you can find a job in the society normally..."

"…Wait, what is this? What is this thing?"

The vague mist was slowly peeled away in the harsh screams, Tang Xinjue resisted the tingling in his mind and mobilized his mental power, firmly remembering these abruptly piercing sounds and the chaotic images.

Finally, the picture gradually became clear, and a dirty and smelly bedroom appeared in the "vision".

The girls who couldn't see their faces were screaming and crying, and the middle-aged men and women in formal suits panicked. Outside the bedroom door, a thick black fog spreads over, gradually swallowing everything.

They locked the door, only to realize in hindsight that the bedroom they designed had no windows—it was a closed space without any exits, and it would be closed forever, with no chance of seeing the light of day again.

In the horrified roar, the picture suddenly shrank and disappeared. Tang Xinjue suddenly opened his eyes, sweat dripping down on his palms.

She was still standing in this bedroom, next to 15 girls who woke up one after another. There is no black fog in the picture in my mind, and there is no inspection of the health personnel.

Only on the floor at the door of the bedroom, there was a solitary whiteboard with three lines written in red pen:

Inspector: Student Union

Inspection result: unqualified

Punishment: One day confinement

"Look, the exam information on the app has changed!"

Looking along Guo Guo's prompt, I saw an extra line of words below the original message on the screen of the mobile phone:

[The sanitation check on the first day failed, and you were sentenced to confinement. But that's ok, experience life always has surprises, which will be interesting and unforgettable memories for everyone in the learning life.]

[Today is your first day in the 917 dormitory]