Even though they had been mentally prepared, the four of them still felt a surge in their stomachs when they saw the scene in front of them.
In the dilapidated and barren lounge, four frozen corpses were displayed.
There were signs of being torn and devoured on each corpse, and the purple-black blood evenly splashed on the ground, covered with a thick layer of frost.
That's why Zhang You couldn't tell the direction of the stench of corpses and blood, because every corner of the room was filled with blood and fragments of limbs.
"It's really unexpected. Classmate Zhang successfully came to the inside of the inspection site."
The student union waited for someone to enter the door, and was disappointed to see that Zhang You was still alive.
Lily drawled dryly: "However, entering the lounge is just the beginning, and we need to carefully inspect the room. Remember, we only have one hour."
Zhang You looked at them forbearingly, but did not speak. He moved his legs silently, enduring the upwelling of gastric juice and walked to the four corpses one by one.
"Put the phone closer." Tang Xinjue focused on observing the scene.
There are countless scenes in nightmares that are more nauseating than this. Tang Xinjue was hardly disturbed by the mess, and quickly recognized: "These four people are tall adult men. The cause of death should be freezing to death. The injuries on their bodies were torn out by dark creatures after death."
Tang Xinjue didn't say anything later.
It is impossible for normal corpses to gather so many dark creatures in a short period of time. What's more, among those things just now, some of them have no interest in corpses.
It is more likely that they were released here deliberately, whether to destroy the site or to prevent those who came to look for it.
But no matter what the reason was, Tang Xinjue knew that she had indeed guessed part of the answer correctly by mistake.
"The truth about heating failures is here."
She spoke softly.
"The four corpses are the staff responsible for heating. They wear uniform uniforms, hang work badges, and are all in this exclusive lounge for heating personnel. They are obviously ready to go to work."
But before the arrival of winter, they were caught in an accident and froze to death one after another. Naturally, heating can no longer be carried out.
"But..." Tang Xinjue frowned, "There should be five people here."
There are five thermos cups on the table, five chairs in the room, and a single work card sealed in ice on the ground.
Lily said slowly: "Student Tang's eyesight...is very good."
Tang Xinjue ignored her, and said to Zhang You, "Go and have a look at the window."
There were four windows in the room, and Zhang You pushed three of them, all of which were sealed, and the direction of sealing was from outside to inside. Only when the last door was reached, as soon as Zhang You pushed hard, the window slammed down and shards fell, slowly opening a gap.
"It seems that the fifth heating worker left from here." Looking at the window that was obviously damaged by violence, Tang Xinjue came to a conclusion: "In other words, only the fifth person managed to escape."
Zhang You repeated Tang Xinjue's words, then turned to look at the student union.
The other party squeezed out a hypocritical smile, and said to the microphone in a surprised tone: "Oh, it turns out that the heating worker in our school really had an accident. This is troublesome. Without the heating worker, how should the heating work be carried out?"
After finishing speaking, Lily looked around the room in a decent manner, and asked: "What's even more strange is, why did the heating worker suddenly freeze to death? Could it be a terrible monster? Or a bad-hearted student? This is really worth exploring. The problem."
Tang Xinjue sneered: "Then you can explore it yourself, don't waste our time."
Lily: "..."
"Hehe," she giggled, "Dear classmates, don't you want to cooperate with the student union inspection?"
"Oh?" Tang Xinjue asked back: "If I remember correctly, our mission should have ended, right?"
Zhang You's spirit lifted.
Tang Xinjue's tone was clear: "From the very beginning, our mission is to help you successfully solve the heating problem. This process is divided into three parts. First, speculate on the cause, put forward a hypothesis, and determine the location of the investigation; Right, to find out the reason of heating failure; third, to find a solution to heating.”
Student Council: "... That's right, have you all finished?"
"Of course. We've given the right answer, we've found the right location, we've found that the right reason for the heating failure was the death of the heating worker..."
Lily asked closely: "Then what is the solution?"
"Of the five heating workers, four died and one escaped. The solution is of course to find the one who escaped." Tang Xinjue answered naturally.
Reasonable, logical and complete, it is irrefutable.
"Then," Lily continued, "how do I find the last heating worker?"
"That's your business." Tang Xinjue said softly, "The student union should have reported or sent someone to look for the scene as soon as they found the scene. According to your ability, finding a heating worker should be easy, right? If If you can’t find it, I’m going to wonder if you deliberately don’t want to solve the heating problem.”
Put the hat on other people's head first, so that the person who wants to put the hat can't do it.
Of course, she wasn't aimless - the student union's request was obviously beyond the ability of the candidates. Are they supposed to be trapped in the dormitory to track down the heating worker
All things outside the basic logic chain, including why the heating workers froze to death, where the remaining heating workers went, etc., have nothing to do with them.
Sure enough, following the silence of the student union, the mission prompt sounded again:
[Ding dong! The task has been completed, and the heating recovery process has been triggered, please wait in the dormitory for the cooling to end! ]
The stone fell from their hearts, and everyone finally felt relieved.
The student union also had to give up digging and declare them successful. Lost interest, they even saved the tone of pretense. Lily held the microphone and walked through the process in a gloomy way: "Congratulations, you have successfully helped us complete the field trip. Although you are lazy and insidious, it is clear that the school is tolerant and kind... In view of this, we decided to give You have a gift, dear classmate, what do you want?"
To say I'm not excited would be a lie. Especially when he was just out of danger and mentally exhausted, Zhang You suddenly felt that even the second face on the back of the student union's head was not so creepy when he was suddenly rewarded.
She looked at the reward options provided by the student union. There were "appreciation from the student union", "a random item", "an exam reminder"... There were so many options that it was difficult to choose for a while.
While in a trance, Tang Xinjue's serious voice suddenly sounded on the phone: "Let Zhang You go back to the dormitory first!"
The sound came into his ears, and Zhang You suddenly became energized, the groggy feeling in his head was swept away, and he remembered his current situation.
Lily covered her mouth and giggled, her well-manicured curly hair trembled: "This is also a gift."
The rubbish student union even dug a hole here!
If he had just chosen another gift, Zhang You would have lost the chance to return to the dormitory. If it weren't for the student council hearing the swearing during the call, the dormitory would have started swearing long ago.
"Let Zhang You come back." Tang Xinjue finalized in a deep voice.
"Are you sure? Then I will grant your wish. Today's student council broadcast ends here~"
Guo Guo suddenly said: "Wait, you haven't said when the heating will be restored!"
"Ah, didn't I say that?" Lily pretended to be surprised, and then said slowly: "Before the night falls, the warmth will come again, but the student union believes that the students will be able to persist until nightfall, right?"
After speaking, the radio clicked, leaving only the chaotic signal flow after the broadcast was turned off.
Within two minutes, the bedroom door was pushed open vigorously, and Zhang You stumbled in, pointing feebly at the mask on his face.
Several people rushed to help her remove it. Zhang You had been holding his breath until his blue face was exposed. He didn't care about the damage to the chest cavity of the cold air. He took a few breaths before weakly saying: "Give me something to eat." of… "
At four o'clock in the afternoon, the temperature was minus 60 degrees.
All the quilts and mattresses in the dormitory have been taken down and piled up on the ground in the middle of the dormitory. With the surrounding tables and chairs, a thick small tent was built, and the three of them hid in the tent. Wear down jackets one by one, and cover all exposed skin to prevent frostbite.
After eating and drinking enough, the three of them decided to fight through the last time like this.
Tang Xinjue took out the phantom arm that had been frozen into a popsicle, and studied it with interest: "This is the first time I have seen their limbs exist in this form."
This is also thanks to the [Light of Righteous Path] buff, otherwise, although she has a way to repel it, she may not be able to get such a complete specimen.
"Wait, judging from this arm, it has a substance. Is it a ghost or a monster?" Guo Guo shrank himself into a ball, as if this arm could be revived from the ice at any time, and couldn't bear his curiosity. asked in a low voice.
Tang Xinjue thought about it carefully: "Strictly speaking, except for a very small number of dark creatures, they cannot voluntarily leave the darkness. But if they rely on some kind of energy or substance, such as ice, water, fire, or even electronic signals, they can all be made to leave the darkness." Appeared briefly in physical form."
"What's more, this is just a stump of it that was scorched and lost its strength. It was frozen before it turned into slag, and it happened to be preserved."
Tang Xinjue let the toilet squirt out a stream of water, and the water had already frozen quickly in mid-air, and when it fell, it turned into identical icicles. She knocked the two icicles together, and the pure ice shattered, while the icicle containing the phantom's stump remained intact.
"Look, the formation of the enchanted weapon." Tang Xinjue joked as he raised the icicle.
Zheng Wanqing's eyes lit up suddenly: "If you tie them all on your body, will you be invulnerable, so you can charge without worry?"
A few people: ... your idea is very wild.
Guo Guo said quietly: "If there is such a day, please stay three meters away from me, lest my San value will be lost first, thank you."
Zhang You couldn't help laughing, but when he bent his mouth, the wound opened and he could only continue to shut himself up.
…
At seven o'clock in the afternoon, the indoor temperature reached minus 68 degrees.
[Moderate frostbite: Health value -20 Your health value will decrease at a rate of 1 point every 10 minutes]
A day of fearful exhaustion, coupled with the stiffness of the body under the low temperature, several people were already drowsy. Even knowing that the health value is constantly decreasing, there is no strength to manage it.
The dilemma of extreme environments is that the human body is often more fragile than imagined.
But its hope also lies in the fact that human vitality is more tenacious than imagined.
Tang Xinjue put the toilet away, and if he sensed it carefully, he could see two symbols in his mind at the same time, one was a cartoon skin, and the other was a light golden [Light of Righteous Path] buff.
At this time, it should have been used once, and the color of the buff is much darker than before. It seems that it has a very strict limit on the number of times it can be used, and it can only be used as a temporary aid.
If you want to safely pass the more dangerous exams, the key to breaking the game is to improve your own strength: five-dimensional attributes... and abilities.
Thinking of this, Tang Xinjue supported his head, and slowly closed his eyes amidst the overwhelming heaviness.
[… Ding dong, the heating has been restored. Thanks to your efforts, the winter has passed successfully... ]
[Exam progress: 25%]
In the silence, Tang Xinjue opened his eyes, and almost a second later, tears flowed out.
Not because of sadness, but because sweat seeped into the corners of the eyes as the eyes opened, and physiological tears were stimulated by the soreness.
Tang Xinjue stretched out his hand with difficulty, wiped off the water droplets on his face, and then flipped the quilt over his body with all his strength.
too hot!
Another minute later, she might have suffocated in the thick bedding, and died before the exam even started.
As soon as the quilt was lifted, scorching air rushed in. Tang Xinjue looked down and saw that she was lying on the bed, but she was still wearing a down jacket. The weight of the clothes weighed almost ten catties. It was a miracle that she didn't suffocate to death.
What about the rest
This thought arises, and the reminder sounds at the same time:
[Ding Dong, through your unremitting efforts, winter is over. But because the heating workers failed to control the firepower, the overheating caused the summer to come early. Please control the indoor temperature and try to survive! ]
… Hey guys, straight summer after winter
Even if the order of the four seasons is disturbed, what is the reason for this—overheating
Speechless for a few seconds, Tang Xinjue turned over and got out of bed, and rescued the roommates who were almost suffocated to death one by one.
"Ah!!"
As soon as Guo Guo woke up, she frantically took off her cotton clothes and trousers. Although she sniffed her nose last season and swore that she would rather live in an extremely hot environment than be frozen to death by low temperature, but now—
"I'm so hot, I'm so hot, I'm so hot!"
Looking at the temperature detection table again, the pointer has already skimmed in the opposite direction: 37 degrees.
Tang Xinjue took a sip of water: "If you only stay at this temperature, you can still bear it, but according to your experience in winter, the temperature will definitely continue to rise."
The voice just fell, and in the next second, the pointer of the measuring meter moved up another step.
Everyone: "..."
After changing all the heavy clothes into shorts and shorts, the sweaty few breathed a sigh of relief.
"A very bad news." Zhang You checked the faucet with a serious expression: "We are out of water."
This strike is not only the air conditioner, but also the faucet in the bedroom. The only water available in the dormitory is the half bucket on the water dispenser, and a few bottles of bottled water from the lottery in the mall.
Under the high temperature, the water in the body will evaporate quickly, and the water consumption may increase ten times than usual, not to mention the need for cleaning and cooling water, which will not last long at all.
In the dignified atmosphere, Tang Xinjue took out the toilet and licked it.
"噗嗤"—a stream of clear water sprayed out from the rubber head.
After a few seconds, she hesitated to speak: "Is this considered a water resource?"