Chapter 94: Surprise Hygiene Inspection
The incandescent lamps creaked and swayed, the dark room was instantly given a layer of aged color, and a rusty smell filled the air.
Indeed, as the boy ghost said before, this room was filled with all kinds of worn out electrical appliances and tools. The radio alone was piled up on a wooden shelf, and the sound of the zippy electric current ringing from inside overlapped, actually combining a few words that could be understood.
“Repair?”
Some people unconsciously followed the words, but when they listened carefully, they realized that it was just a chaotic electric current.
“That's right, repair.”
A dry voice repeated.
The girl frowned in confusion, “Isn't it said that it's the old man garbage picker who lives there, how did it become a repairman now...”
As she spoke, she suddenly realized what was going on and stopped her trailing voice with a blush.
Just that short answer, the voice clearly belongs to... an old man.
But they were all here, where was this other person?
They all jerked backward. Tang Xinjue's group of people took a step forward in front of the crowd, and their defensive props were aimed at the silhouette that suddenly appeared in the corner.
This was an old man who was as old and thin as a bone.
He was wearing tattered overalls, his eyes were deeply sunken at the eye sockets, wrinkles were meanly shrunken on his face, and a few strands of thinning white hair were plastered on the top of his bald head. His entire body was practically like a skeleton in a rod of clothing, sticking silently to the corner. No one would even notice him if they didn't hear the sound.
The corners of his dry mouth twitched on that face, “Anyone want to fix something?”
Looking at the bizarre scene, no one dared to answer easily. After two seconds the old man seemed to get impatient and said in a jarring voice, “Fix something or get out!”
The wooden door of the small room popped open with a bang, and the air of the corridor rushed in. It was only then that the group felt the extremely low temperature inside the room, and even the chilly corridor seemed warm in comparison.
Tang Xinjue was the first to look at the situation of the ghostly shadows in the corridor, and realized that the ghostly shadows had disappeared at some point.
The corridor was temporarily safe!
Hearing this news, everyone's hearts heaved with relief. Not needing to avoid the ghostly shadows meant that they didn't have to hide here in fear. The few people closest to the door tried to return to the corridor, and sure enough, nothing happened.
The dilapidated room, where the creepy old man had appeared out of nowhere, and the dark, empty corridor, the corridor had a safer atmosphere in comparison.
One by one, the girls exited the room. The withered old man in the corner didn't have any reaction, his eyes were invisible in their dark sockets, and his chest didn't breathe, it looked as if he was dead.
But even so, the candidates did not dare to take it lightly. Because the light clearly illuminated the old man holding a heavy hammer in his hands, and then look closely, you can also see the uniforms on his body ragged pockets containing a variety of tools, such as iron pliers, screwdrivers, large scissors, steel nails... just the image was enough for them to imagine countless possibilities of horror movie homicidal maniacs.
Tang Xinjue was the last one to go out. Before she left, she cast her eyes on the old man in the house. She seemed to sense the other party turning his head slightly, although she couldn't see the expression on his dry face, “Is there something broken... need to be repaired?”
Her heart moved.
Perhaps it was because she had experienced more exams, at this moment, the characteristics and the detached state displayed by the other party made her feel that he was not like an NPC in the dungeon, but rather like.. Based on past experience, a bizarre idea suddenly jumped into her mind.
Ghostly, Tang Xinjue didn't turn around and leave. She pressed against the wooden door that was about to close and asked, “Is something broken? How can I fix it?”
The old man didn't answer the first half of the sentence, only saying slowly, “Give me the thing, pay for it, have it fixed, and return it to you.”
“Why do you want to fix things here?”
That statement made the old man finally respond.
He unprecedentedly turned his head two more points, looking like a living person “looking up” at Tang Xinjue, saying:
“Little brat, if you don't want to fix anything, get lost, you're full of crap!”
“...”
The girls who had just gone out were startled by the scolding and turned back. At this point, they also finally realized that this old man who looked even more ghostly than a ghost seemed a bit different from the other ghosts and monsters.
Tang Xinjue's eyes, however, lit up.
“Can anything be repaired?”
The other party ignored it, but she didn't care and continued, “So, supernatural props can also be repaired?”
The figure in the corner hummed from his nostrils, which seemed to be an answer.
Zhang You was stunned and realized something, “Xinjue...”
She just wanted to speak, but she saw that Tang Xinjue had already scratched open her cell phone and dialed a number in the address book.
“Ring ring- ring ring-”
The ringtone actually rang out from the old man's pocket!
On the phone screen, the three words “Repair Store” stood out, showing it clearly.
*Original text is three words 修理铺
606 dormitory: ?
606 Dormitory: !
The memory of being possessed by the counselor flooded her mind, and Guo Guo blurted out, “Damn it! You're the Repair, Repair…” Repair Store?!
Even she didn't think that the “Repair Store” that the counselor mentioned was actually in this dungeon!
The old man also seemed to be a little surprised. His thin and bony hands slowly took out his phone, pressed the answer button: “Repair Store, University Town, which one are you?”
Tang Xinjue brought the phone to her chin, her mind frantically scratched through countless possibilities and vocabulary, but her voice was incomparably calm as she exhaled, “A student of Third-Rate University, wanting to repair something, do you take business?”
Until the door closed in front of them, some of them were still a bit unresponsive.
What kind of ghost was the “repairman”? Why was he able to communicate normally with the candidates? How did Tang Xinjue have the other party's phone number?
Jiang Lan took a break from her thoughts and calmly said, “As Tang tongxue just said, let's go find our way back to the women's dormitory first. If anyone wants to stay here and wait for Tang tongxue, that's fine too. With special NPCs around, this place should be relatively safe for the time being.”
With limited time, she could only determine this information for the time being, listing the repairman as a “special NPC”.
Although they had never heard anything about a repairman, they didn't question it out of their trust in Tang Xinjue and accepted it decisively.
As the ones who knew the most, Zhang You, Guo Guo and Zheng Wanqing were still in a state of shock and a bit torn. They briefly exchanged in the mind chat group. Tang Xinjue's idea of seizing the opportunity was very firm, Guo Guo's first reaction was to follow Tang Xinjue and stay here to repair the props. The probability was that it was both safe and they could temporarily escape from the danger of the dungeon.
However, after glancing at Jiang Lan who was silently bandaging her wounds, and No. 5 and the others who were carefully wrapping bandages around their roommates, Guo Guo opened her mouth and swallowed the words of wanting to stay.
“I'll go back to the female dormitory with you guys.” She patted her chest, “You guys have already temporarily lost a strong output, you can't leave another top assist! Although I'm not good in battle, I'm still very professional at finding ghosts.”
“Guo Guo.” Zheng Wanqing spoke solemnly and rubbed her head, “You've grown up.”
Guo Guo: “Thank you, but please don't talk the way my mom does.”
Jiang Lan also nodded and said to Keke, “You stay here.”
Keke refused without thinking, “I can still walk.”
“But...”
“Don't talk nonsense, A'Nian and I aren't around, you want to stay alone here to be a lone hero? Speak again and I'll use Spirit of Language to make you mute.”
It was the same scene on No. 5's side, except that she and No. 6 were simultaneously grabbed by No. 10's ears and wailed, “It's not that you hurt your leg! We want you to take a break ah! Ouch, ouch, ouch!”
On this side, Guo Guo sniffled and grabbed Zhang You's hand, “You jie, Jue shen is relying on you to take care of her, even though it's a repair store but you have to pay attention to safety, if there's anything you must contact me as soon as possible...”
“Contact what?”
Tang Xinjue's voice sounded from behind.
Guo Guo: “Contact...???”
She froze and turned around to see Tang Xinjue already carrying a toilet plunger and opening the door, a picture of her readiness to leave.
“It's already fixed?”
The people outside were greatly shocked. It had only been less than thirty seconds, right?
Tang Xinjue raised her hand and signaled, “It's not fixed yet, I just negotiated the price. I'll put the stuff here and pick it up when I come back.”
After she finished speaking, she was still a bit confused, “Didn't I just say I'd be right out? Why are you guys still here? Waiting for me?”
The crowd that had just finished staging a short goodbye: “...”
Damn, they misunderstood.
The girls instantly stopped their hand movements and turned into a stance that was ready to go, “Yeah, waiting for you, that was fast ahaha, leaving now?”
Looking at the girls who were dryly laughing in front of her, Tang Xinjue slightly raised her eyebrows, “Did you guys just misunderstand something?”
Through the change in the group's expression, she quickly confirmed her guess, “-You guys took this place as a safe house?”
The door to the room suddenly opened automatically with a bang, and the old repairman spoke sorrowfully, “You idiot, you are dreaming. There's no place for you guys, fix something or get out!”
“...”
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