The notification sound ended, and the test interface of the app was finally updated.
[Autumn is the harvest season! ]
Below the season reminder, there are two more rows of circular light spots. Counting from top to bottom, it is exactly 12.
Tang Xinjue noticed that among the 12 light spots, 11 were shining with green light, and the remaining one was gray.
The exam rules say there are 12 "reapers" in the fall. It seems that each point of light corresponds to one of them.
Touch the dot, and a more detailed explanation pops up:
[Green: Reaper is far away]
[Yellow: Reapers are approaching]
[Red: The Reaper has come to you]
[gray: the reaper has left]
Tang Xinjue heard Guo Guoru's exhalation as he was pardoned.
—According to the current color of the light spot, a reaper has already come and left with the "harvest". The other harvesters have not yet arrived, and they are temporarily in a safe state.
After confirming safety, Tang Xinjue knocked on the closet door immediately, "Let's come out first."
The four of them panted heavily after they came out. They were all suffocated, not only because of the cramped space in the closet, but also because they forgot to breathe when they were nervous. Guo Guo was the worst - she almost passed out.
The rest of the people were in a mild condition, their hands and feet were also weak, and they were breaking out in cold sweat.
Just a few minutes ago was like walking silently on the line of life and death. Although several people couldn't see the "Reaper" outside the closet, they could clearly feel the alarm bell sounded by biological instinct: it was a danger beyond The existence they imagined is far more terrifying than NPCs, dark creatures, ordinary ghosts, etc.!
While the others were adjusting their status, Tang Xinjue took out a piece of paper, and quickly drew a pattern on it with a few strokes.
After the painting was finished, the other few people were distracted to look at it, and they all looked confused: "What is this?"
I saw the pattern drawn by strokes on the white paper, like a piece of torn rag, and there seemed to be something wrapped in the rag, showing a flying state like a masked cloak.
After drawing the things in his mind, Tang Xinjue wiped away the blood oozing from the corner of his mouth, and replied concisely: "The Harvester."
The rest: "!!!"
The Reaper looks... so curious
But the exclamation is only a momentary thing, after all, since it is a monster, it is not surprising that it looks like a ghost.
Putting away the pen, Tang Xinjue frowned imperceptibly.
Because she is too sensitive to game creatures, she passively perceives the existence and status of the other party almost the whole time. This is also the reason why her san value dropped rapidly.
"If I feel right, this reaper's inspection should only use this part..." She drew a circle on the cloth strip at the bottom of the rag, "... simply glanced over all the dormitories and checked."
Because of this, it didn't find the four people hiding in the closet.
Fortunately, a new problem also emerged. Tang Xinjue looked solemn: "This is only the first one."
And there are twelve Reapers.
Each may be different.
They couldn't predict what form the next reaper would patrol. By that time, it would be useless to hide in the closet.
However, within the scope of the dormitory, there is no other better hiding place than the airtight wardrobe.
Zhang You was shocked: "So, there is no absolutely effective plan..."
Tang Xinjue confirmed: "That's right, at least with our current capabilities, we can't find a systematic countermeasure that can deal with all the Reapers at the same time."
This time, they may only have to fight for endurance and luck.
Two minutes after the last reaper left, everyone changed into thick winter clothes and masks under Tang Xinjue's quick decision. At the same time, the quilts on the bed were torn off, and they were all stuffed on both sides of the closet, leaving only the middle part for people to hide in.
"Possessed ghosts once said that they rely on the smell of people to identify the dormitory, and they will float over when they smell the smell of people."
"Assuming that the Reapers search for humans will also use this to identify, then what we need to do is to minimize our breath leakage."
Tang Xinjue took a large basin of cold water from the faucet and poured it on the glass window.
Since they came out of the closet again, the vegetation outside the window has disappeared without a trace, and it may have been "harvested" according to the season.
Others also splashed cold water on the floor of the dormitory, including the doors of tables and chairs, to remove traces of their activities.
In the end, one person squeezed a frozen three-foot talisman, which dropped the temperature of the dormitory by dozens of degrees, as if returning to the winter dungeon, everyone was under thick clothes, and it seemed that even the blood flow had been frozen to slow down.
"Wait for me, wait for me."
Guo Guo dug out a cloth bag, and stuffed self-defense tools and a bunch of parts into it—this was the early warning prop that Guo Guo and Zhang You dismantled painfully to prevent the siren from attracting the attention of monsters before they entered the closet for the first time.
"The color has changed!"
Zhang You breathed out in a short, anxious voice.
On the app test interface, at the bottom of the 12 dots, one of the dots suddenly turned yellow.
This means that a reaper is approaching them!
Without any hesitation, the few of them hurriedly grabbed all their belongings and quickly got into the closet.
The cabinet door was closed, the darkness flooded in, and the sense of security increased.
Guo Guo clasped his hands together and prayed silently: Don't come, don't come, don't come...
The dot of light symbolizing the Reaper changes from yellow to red.
"boom!"
The balcony window seemed to be hit by heavy objects, and the sound of glass shattering was clear and piercing!
Guo Guo was so frightened that she almost made a sound, she covered her mouth desperately, and read silently instead:
Don't find out, don't find out, don't find out...
Something seemed to be crawling on the ground, and the rustling sound from the balcony to the bedroom door was getting closer and closer to the wardrobe.
The reaper this time is obviously much more detailed than the previous one.
Guo Guo desperately grabbed Tang Xinjue's hand.
Tang Xinjue didn't feel well either.
She could feel that the monster didn't really enter the dormitory, but only used a part of its body, or its avatar, but even so, it made her inevitably perceive more.
Ice cold... Dark yellow... Spitting letters... Huge pupils...
[Untouchables (Level 3): Your san value has been severely damaged, and your health value is -55]
[Your sanity is overwhelmed]
[Stop, or be crazy, only in one thought. ]
Tang Xinjue closed her eyes, bit her lower lip tightly, and stuck her nails into her palms, trying to relieve the pain with pain, but it didn't work.
No, you can't sit still.
There will be a second and a third monster of the same level in the future. Does she have to suffer a heavy mental blow every time? If it goes on like this, it won't even be halfway through, even if the health bar is not lost, it will go crazy because the san value is empty.
Tang Xinjue ran his thoughts wildly.
There must be a solution, and she must be able to find a solution... Just like surviving countless nightmares, she can control her thinking, consciousness, and reactions, and she can also control her perception.
In the nightmare, what did she do
Tang Xinjue felt a little enlightenment.
To some extent, reality blocked her control over her brain, reduced her strength, and magnified her weakness.
But if it's a nightmare here, she can do it.
— Then treat it as if you were in a dream.
Resolutely, Tang Xinjue gathered his attention, brought his thoughts back, endured the attack on his spirit, sank in the vast sea of consciousness, and sank again—
found it.
In the darkness, Tang Xinjue opened her eyes, but if there was light at this time, someone would see that her eyes lost focus for a moment, and then became empty and indifferent.
Only Tang Xinjue knew that she could not feel any danger now.
The sharply declining san value suddenly stagnated, and the negative states began to disappear one by one.
[Perceptual closure: This is a buff created by the thinking subject, and the specific function is not yet clear. Of course, no one knows better than you, right? ]
…
After an unknown amount of time, Guo Guo poked her tremblingly—there was no sound outside.
In the test interface, the second light spot lost its brightness and turned gray.
The second Reaper is gone too!
Seeing this reminder, Guo Guo was so moved that he almost cried on the spot. She sniffed, and was about to say something to Tang Xinjue who was next to her, but the girl next to her suddenly fell, knocked open the cabinet door and fell to the ground.
"Heart formula!!"
Following Guo Guo's scream, the other two also quickly pushed open the cabinet door and came out. They were shocked when they saw the scene in front of them—
Tang Xinjue's face was pale, his eyes were closed tightly, his facial features wrinkled together in pain, his hands clenched into fists to press his temples, and he curled up into a small ball, looking extremely painful.
"Heart formula! What's wrong with you?"
Regardless of other things, several people quickly helped her up, not daring to move easily because they didn't know the situation. He could only gently press her shoulders and temples, trying to make Tang Xinjue feel better.
Fortunately, within a few minutes, the girl's body stretched into a bowstring stretched out, and when she opened her eyes, there was nothing abnormal in it except for a few more streaks of blood.
"I'm fine." Tang Xinjue said hoarsely.
She took a sip of the water Zhang You handed over, her complexion recovered slightly, and she smiled apologetically: "I just tried a new technique, but I didn't control it well when I retracted it. I didn't expect the sequelae caused by the first breakthrough to be so strong." .”
But at the same time, it's not without gains.
"Xinjue, your health value?!" Guo Guo suddenly blurted out with his eyes wide open.
From her eyes, under [Dormitory member status], the health bar behind Tang Xinjue's name has been on the verge of the red line ten minutes ago, and has returned to the green state in the blink of an eye.
A teardrop that was about to form was hanging in the corner of Guo Guo's eye. She didn't know whether it should fall or not, she was dumbfounded.
Misty grass, with a total of one hundred health points, Tang Xinjue recovered dozens of points in one go?