Girls' Dormitory Escape - Chapter 12: Dormitory Civilization Code

Chapter 12: Dormitory Civilization Code

     In the dark and cold room, a female ghost that had climbed out halfway was struggling, while a ruthless toilet plunger was clasped on its face, and the handle was held in the hands of a slender girl.

    [Toilet Plunger Soldier: This is a handy toilet plunger, and it is also very satisfied with its owner. Using it, your action efficiency will be greatly improved.]

    At this moment, the effect of this ability was reflected. Tang Xinjue felt that her strength and speed had been invisibly strengthened, and the state of things under the toilet plunger was also transmitted to her mind, even clearer than direct physical contact.

    "How dare you!! I'm going to kill you!!"

    Xiaohong's shrill howl was like a knife slashing glass, like layers of mental pollution, but Tang Xinjue was indifferent, and the power poured into her hands steadily increased.

    The more Xiaohong struggled and tore, the more her face was welded into the rubber head. She was so angry that she could not break free. When had she ever suffered this setback?

    At this moment, her lower body suddenly sank, as if someone hit it head on, almost smashing her back under the crack in the ground.

    "Wanqing?"

    Tang Xinjue called out.

    It turned out that Zheng Wanqing had just woken up, and she saw Tang Xinjue was at stalemate with a shining white ghost. She had no strength, so she simply fell off the bed and smashed her whole body on Xiaohong, just rammed her a bit and shoved her face on the toilet plunger even further.

    "Hurry up and run." Zheng Wanqing only had time to spit out a few words, but she fainted again because of the impact.

    "..." Seeing that her lower body couldn't move, Xiaohong sneered. Her arms stretched forward suddenly, stretched like a rubber band, she raised her hand to grab Tang Xinjue!

    Tang Xinjue was holding the toilet plunger and couldn't dodge, but she didn't panic and smoothly said, "You don't want this face anymore?"

    Xiaohong's movements suddenly froze.

    It was only then that it realized that the fierce struggle just now had caused the facial features to be dislocated, not to mention that it had been continuing to evolve into a complete appearance. It was estimated that (the face) was no different from a mess now.

    "Can you really come in without this face?"

    After a long while, Xiaohong giggled: "Do you think this can stop me?"

    Tang Xinjue also raised the corners of her lips: "Then why don't you move? "

    Xiaohong: "..." If you have the ability, take this thing down and try to ask me this question again?

    Tang Xinjue guessed right. If Xiaohong wanted to enter the dormitory during the day, in addition to an "identity", she also needed to have a face that really belonged here in order to be recognized by the rules.

    There was only one real point, and the other points were all bluffs used to confuse their senses.

    The timing of her actions was just when the ghost looked the most terrifying, but was actually the weakest. The ghost was brought under control, and it was in a dilemma. The situation reversed in the blink of an eye.

    Xiaohong was silent for a few seconds, but she really stopped showing her teeth and claws, and her voice squeezed out from under the skin: "You are very smart."

    At this time, an ordinary person would either too scared to move, or screaming and running away with tears. There would be no courage to attack ghosts, let alone guessed the truth in a few seconds and find the key accurately.

    The girl in front of her, from picking up this inexplicable thing to slapping it on her face, was obviously prepared.

    Tang Xinjue calmly said, "People always show their potential when they are in danger."

    Xiaohong: ...Your hands obviously didn't even shake!

    The initiative has been forced to shift, and she was also an NPC who can bend and stretch. With a change of tone, she coaxed: "Even if you destroy my face, as long as you don't put it on the desk before dark, it will not be regarded as completing the task.

    "What's more, what else will this cowardly roommate do other than hold you back? Without her, your future exams and competitions will be smoother. Don't you want to clear the game and return to reality?

    "Give me her face, I promise I won't hurt you, and I'll give you a lot of props... This is a sure-fire deal."

    In order to show her sincerity, Xiaohong even retracted her five fingernails, and even shook off Zheng Wanqing, who had fainted, to the ground: "I just want a face, and you can also complete the task. Trust me, there is no NPC in the game that speaks better than me."

    It was full of anticipation, waiting for Tang Xinjue's response.

    In the darkness, it could only hear the girl chuckle, "Since it's about trading, I'm more interested.

    "You say, dove* on a date for three consecutive days, or go on a date with a face with dislocated facial features, which one is more helpful for love?"

*鸽, ge=dove/pigeon, a popular slang, derived from a Chinese saying, "放鸽子; release pigeons", which means not keeping the promises made before, and it is suitable for scenarios such as the author delaying updates, playing games, etc.

    Xiaohong: "..."

    She said grimly: "Are you threatening me?"

    "It seems that this option is not very attractive, so the second option: your mobile phone is flushed into the sewer, or your head is sucked into the sewer, which one do you choose?"

    Xiaohong screamed: "You dare try to put my head in the sewer?!!"

    "Or the third choice..."

    The female ghost almost jumped up: "You still have another???"

    "If I send a text message to your phone's address book at the same time," Tang Xinjue said slowly, "Guess what I will send?"

    "..." Xiaohong calmed down and sneered: "I was almost tricked by you. You are alive, how could you possibly use my cell phone."

    Does she really think she had no IQ?

    Tang Xinjue raised her eyebrows in surprise, "I don't know this rule." Because... she raised her hand, and on the screen of the old flip phone, the number that was being dialed was displayed: "I can indeed use it." 

    Called, the middle-aged man's gruff voice sounded on the other end of the phone: "Sunshine Supermarket, there is no delivery during the day, manicures are not in stock... Xiaohong? NM*, I'm just looking for you, you little bastard! What does the text message you sent mean?"

*I think, not sure, this is the Chinese slang abbreviation of ni ma, your mother. But overall, it's just a curse word.

*

    In the supermarket, the shelves were scattered all over the place. Zhang You dragged her almost unconscious body to hide under the counter, and outside the counter was the sound of heavy footsteps of a fat man.

    "If it wasn't for my inconvenience during the day, I would have caught you long ago. It's useless to hide. Come out now, and I can give you food. You must be very hungry now, right?"

    Speaking of food, the supermarket owner swallowed instead. He showed greed, and the axe in his hand smashed to the side with force, just hitting the counter.

    Zhang You tightly covered her mouth, preventing herself from making the slightest sound.

    "Fear, pain, hunger... When I catch you, the snacks you make will be very popular." The supermarket owner muttered to himself maliciously, and just as he was about to pass the counter, his footsteps suddenly stopped.

    Turning his head, the supermarket owner showed a smile that reached his ears: "Let me see, what did I find?" The fat palm fell, and the counter trembled as it was about to be overturned. Zhang You exerted her last strength and was ready to run out of the supermarket, even if night falls soon.

    "Jingle bell, jingle bell~"

    The sudden ringing of the cell phone diverted the fat man's attention, he was stunned for a moment, then after swearing, he took out his cell phone:

    "Sunshine Supermarket, no delivery during the day, manicures are not in stock—wait, this number, Xiaohong? NM, I'm just looking for you little bastard! What do you mean by the text message?"

    "It's impossible—Tang Xinjue!!!!"

    After a short silence, a violent scream burst into the sky from the other end, shocking the supermarket owner. He shook his hand, and the phone fell with a click, just below the counter.

    Zhang You held her breath and looked at the phone that fell to her feet, the screen still displayed "Calling", the screaming had not ended, but was interrupted by a familiar girl's voice:

    "Hearing is believing, now you still think, am I still lying to you?"

    The voice fell into her ears, it was clearly her roommate, Tang Xinjue's voice!

    On the other end of the call, in the dorm.

    "What do you want?"

    Xiaohong tried her best to suppress her anger. After all, the angrier she got, the more her head twisted under the suction of the damn thing on her face.

    The face was not her own face, but the head was her own head!

    Tang Xinjue: "First of all, we have to clear the level.

    "If the head was in my hands, even if you don't successfully find the lost item, you will be able to successfully clear the level by eight o'clock." Xiaohong replied impatiently.

    She really was lying before.

    "Let my roommate Zhang You come back safely."

    Xiaohong sneered: "This is not something I can manage. However, with a roommate as powerful as you, she shouldn't have any problems."

    "Where's Guo Guo?"

    "She'll be fine after the test, don't talk nonsense, let me go!"

    Tang Xinjue nodded: "That prop..."

    "Don't bully ghost too much!" Xiaohong was furious, she was so dignified. This perverted human still wants to scour her hair to the end*?

*original text 薅毛薅到底, peel hair to the end, the saying has the meaning of scouring wool, as to collect everything that can be collected

    Just as she was about to curse, her face suddenly ached—with light pouring in, Tang Xinjue pulled out the toilet plunger and threw the phone over at the same time.

    Xiaohong was in a hurry to catch it, but after just tapping her hand twice, her already pale face turned even paler:

    "You, how dare you?!!"

    Tang Xinjue said leisurely, "Our dormitory these two days was in your care, so, in line with the requirements of the Dormitory Civilization Code, unity and friendship, mutual help - as the best roommate in the world, I decided to help the roommate who was addicted to dating to concentrate on her studies, so I specially helped her delete the address book. Am I doing it right?"

    The light of the righteous path shone on the ground.*

*正道的光，照在了大地上=a lyric in "The Way of Justice" by Huang Bo. In this context, our protagonist is acting righteous like she did the right thing LOL

    The female ghost was trembling with anger. She raised her hand and was about to break the agreement and rushed forward, but out of the corner of her eye she caught a glimpse of something, and the whole ghost froze: "Wait, what you used to hold my face just now is... this?"

    Holding up the toilet plunger, Tang Xinjue whispered softly, "That's right."

    "...ah!!!"

    An unprecedented shrill cry came from the collapsed ghost's mouth, and bursts of white rose from its body. Smoke, the whole head began to melt in white smoke. It could be said that the smoke went out of all seven orifices.

    At the same time, the hour hand of the clock finally fell to eight, and the light suddenly dimmed. It was like the bell at the end of the exam melodiously rang from the sky:

    "Congratulations, you have successfully found the item Xiaohong needs, and Xiaohong also got it, she will be grateful to you!"

    Xiaohong: "..."

    Did it look like she was grateful?

    The test rule didn't care what she thought, everything was suspended at this moment, only the melodious voice continues:

    [All the dormitory members gets buff: Xiaohong's gratitude]

    The beam falls from the air and falls on Xiaohong's distorted body , seems to be extracting something.

    Xiaohong finally panicked, and she tried desperately to adjust her facial expression, but no matter how she changed it, it was covered with a thick layer of resentment, unable to show a "grateful" expression.

    Done!

    The beam flickered, making the sizzling sound of a current failure. Xiaohong cried out in pain immediately, the white eyes on her body became worse, and it completely melted in an instant, leaving only a pool of black water and a blurred head.

    [Ding, there is a fault in the score calculation... The fault has been eliminated, random compensation rewards will be issued, and the calculation will continue. ]

    [Test completion rate: 100%]

    [Dormitory members survival rate: 100%]

    [Dormitory integrity: 70%]

    [Test completion time: 2 days (less than the maximum completion time of 6 days)]

    [Basic score: 67 points]

    The soft white light beam faded and disappeared, but a new golden light beam was cast:

    [Additional points detected, calculating]

    [The dormitory is full at the beginning of the game: +10 points]

    [Destructive blow to a ghost NPC: + 10 points]

    [Starting point questions, in line with the requirements of the dormitory civilization code: +10 points]

    "This time your [Dormitory Civilization Code Test] has a total score of 97 points (out of 100), and the evaluation level is: perfect!"

    The melodious celebration music sounded. The gloomy atmosphere in the room was swept away, and a huge option popped up in front of Tang Xinjue:

    "The individual performance evaluation of the dormitory members is about to start. It is detected that the members in the dormitory are incomplete. Do you want to open the evaluation?"

    "Yes/No"

    Tang Xinjue shouted without thinking: "Zhang You hasn't come back yet! Can you make her come back?"

    The options flashed, and the subtitles actually changed:

    "You can consume a random reward opportunity to make all dormitory members transmit back at the same time. Go back to the bedroom and return to full health, do you want to use it?"

    "Yes/No"

    She clicked "Yes" without hesitation. The dormitory door suddenly opened automatically, and within two seconds, the figure of Zhang You running desperately appeared outside the door, chased by a fat man with an axe.

    With a flash of light, Zhang You teleported to the door. The fat man had to stop, his unwilling and greedy eyes turned around the dormitory, and he caught sight of the head on the ground.

    Xiaohong, who had only one head left, glared at him: What are you looking at!

    Supermarket owner: "..."

    He looked up and saw a weak girl holding a toilet plunger. The dazzling high-score buff was superimposed on her layer by layer like no money. The girl bathed in golden light and gave him a friendly and gentle smile.

    "..." The fat on his face twitched twice, and he stepped back, decisively hiding back into the darkness.

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