Chapter 162: College Entrance Examination
“New dormitory?”
“Just this??”
The four looked at the vast white empty space, unable to find any connection between it and a place called a “dormitory.”
Until another puppet added in a thin voice: “This is the blueprint space of the new dormitory.”
“This is also your dream world. You can design the new dormitory here. Once we obtain the blueprint, we will begin construction. When you wake up, you will find yourselves in the renovated new dormitory.”
The previous little puppet nodded, its voice crisp: “That’s right, exactly like that!”
It solemnly took out a miniature slip of paper and read seriously: “University City Building 323, Building A, Dormitory 606. Application for dormitory renovation. Applicants: Tang Xinjue, Zhang You, Zheng Wanqing, Guo Guo.”
After confirming the identity of the “client dormitory,” the puppets gathered together and rustled as they discussed for a while. Then they took out hammers, measuring rulers, and other tools from a wooden box, hopping to the girls’ feet:
“Ready? Now begin designing!”
Tang Xinjue and the other three exchanged glances. Finally Zhang You spoke: “Are there specific limits for this renovation? What can we change, and what can’t we change?”
A puppet tapped its head with a hammer and thought for a long time: “Hmm, we don’t know either.”
The four from 606: ?
You’re the construction team, and you’re telling us you don’t know?
The puppet construction team: “We only know that you have two types of renovation quotas: personal quota and group quota. As for how much quota there is, that depends on your strength level and the design content. Of course we don’t know that.”
“Only when you say the design you imagine can we judge whether it can be built—that’s the meaning of the dream blueprint space!”
Zhang You: “If that’s the case… then we need to see the original dormitory first.”
Construction team: “No problem!”
The space immediately changed. The scenery in front of the four flickered, and they found themselves standing inside their familiar dormitory.
Before their eyes, not only the size and structure but even the steam from the hotpot in the center of the dormitory was exactly the same as in their memory. Only the steam was frozen in midair. Guo Guo curiously reached out to touch the hotpot, but her hand passed through empty space.
“This is a one-to-one projection of your dormitory.”
Tang Xinjue lifted her leg and walked through the wall. From the outside perspective she looked at her own dormitory, feeling rather strange.
“Can the dormitory area be expanded?” Zhang You’s voice sounded from the other side.
The four puppets immediately ran to the four corners of the dormitory and knocked and measured. The next second the model space suddenly changed. The four walls expanded outward by about one meter each, and the furniture layout shifted accordingly. A patch of empty floor instantly appeared in the center of the dormitory.
Guo Guo, who was standing in the middle, jumped in surprise and turned around twice on the spot: “Now we can put a lot more things here!”
Although the overall area was still not large, compared with a normal university dormitory it was already far ahead—something that could not even appear in dreams.
Zhang You: “Can it expand more?”
The puppets shook their heads: “The expansion limit has already been reached.”
Zheng Wanqing was eager: “I want a weapon rack hung on the wall! Put it right here.” She pointed to the extra section of wall near the door.
Two puppets immediately jumped onto the wall, and an iron weapon rack identical to the one in Zheng Wanqing’s imagination appeared instantly.
“Are you sure you want this?”
The construction team took out the renovation form from earlier: “Your personal renovation quota has reached the limit.”
Zheng Wanqing barely hesitated: “I want this.”
Her shovels and hammers finally had a place to be stored!
Guo Guo had also made a decision: “I want my desk and bed to become an enclosed space that can open and close at any time.”
That way, if ghosts entered the room again, she would not have to rely only on a thin bed curtain for a sense of safety.
The construction team seemed able to see the images in her mind and needed no detailed description. A tall circular frame descended from the top of Guo Guo’s bunk. Along the edge were two retractable fabric screens that perfectly covered the entire bed and desk area.
The details matched her imagination even better: outside the bed was an additional thick curtain layer, firmly protecting the sleeping area on the innermost side.
Guo Guo: Thank you, isn’t this exactly her dream bed?
Another name was crossed off the list. According to Zhang You’s request, the construction team then converted the wardrobe into a hidden passage that combined storage, concealment, and physical training.
“This secret passage leads to our four beds, and the beds also lead to the toilet and the balcony... Guoguo Wanqing, listen carefully.”
If this were reality, none of them doubted that Zhang You would already be holding a dormitory route map and demanding everyone memorize it overnight.
Finally only Tang Xinjue remained: “I don’t have any special needs. Then just add a refrigerator in the empty space.”
The construction team did not move this time. The puppets looked at each other: “But we are construction workers. Home appliances are not within our work scope.”
“Right, right. Home appliances in University City are all produced by the Wang Jiji brand. We can’t randomly make them.”
“We can’t do this. Please change another request.”
The puppets chirped as they rejected the request.
Tang Xinjue thought for a moment and readily said: “Then I’ll take a two-layer cabinet with no material restriction that can run on electricity, provide refrigeration, store food at low temperature, and include compressor and ice-maker functions.”
The puppets: “Okay!”
Immediately within the dormitory blueprint, at the boundary between the washing area and the resting area, a white refrigerator dropped into place. Beautiful golden patterns covered the panel, and it even came with several cartoon refrigerator magnets that closely resembled the four of them.
The other three: “……”
Tang Xinjue sincerely said: “You did it perfectly, even better than I imagined.”
The puppets proudly puffed out their chests: “Of course, we are a professional team!”
“Oh right, there’s still the final group renovation.”
The construction team, nearing the end of their work, was very happy and urged them to decide quickly.
The four considered and discussed for a moment before saying: “Since it’s a group renovation, can the overall sturdiness of the dormitory be strengthened?”
There was actually not much room for creativity in the interior details of the dormitory. After all, countless schools and generations of students had already explored it and basically established the best way to live in such a small space.
Compared to a more comfortable and beautiful dormitory, they would rather paste five hundred protective talismans on every wall. As long as absolute safety could be guaranteed, even returning to primitive living conditions would be fine.
The construction team replied: “Dormitory sturdiness is an enchantment attribute, which is also outside our work scope. But we can replace the materials with stronger ones. For example doors, windows, balconies, and so on.”
One keyword immediately triggered the memory switch of the four: “The balcony too? Can it also be expanded or enclosed?”
—If they had renovated the balcony before the Dormitory Friendship League, wouldn’t they have won instantly?
“Of course.” The puppets were very confident: “We are a professional team!”
But professional or not, quotas were still quotas. After measuring carefully, they informed the four that the three reinforcement points could only choose one.
“If you choose to replace the door, you cannot replace the balcony or windows, and vice versa.”
Zhang You frowned deeply. Even she found it difficult to decide, let alone the others.
After struggling for a while, the gazes of the three gradually landed on Guo Guo.
Guo Guo: ?
Why are you looking at me?
“Your pendant can predict misfortune.”
Tang Xinjue spoke concisely.
“Yes, renovation now also emphasizes fengshui. See which choice is more suitable.” Zheng Wanqing added.
Guo Guo: …Wake up, I can only see misfortune, not fortune!
She quickly shifted the responsibility: “Jue Shen has an appraisal skill. It’s more suitable for you to choose.”
Tang Xinjue: Thank you. If you hadn’t reminded me, I would have almost forgotten I even had that thing.
The later-stage [Appraisal] was indeed rather useless, so she had rarely used it. Now she tried it again and, as expected, still obtained nothing.
Meanwhile Guo Guo’s pendant was also tested once. The results were all great misfortune: great misfortune at the door, great misfortune at the balcony, great misfortune at the bed, even the ceiling was great misfortune?
Finally she placed her hand down with a solemn face: “See, I told you it wouldn’t work.”
Zhang You patted her shoulder: “It’s fine. Then we’ll reconsider—”
Unexpectedly, the moment Zhang You’s hand landed, Guo Guo’s entire body suddenly stiffened and she fell backward with empty eyes—
“Guo Guo!”
The three rushed forward at the same time to catch her. The puppet team also jumped in fright. One of them struck the ground with a small hammer, and Guo Guo—who was about to fall—suddenly floated in the air.
“Phew, that was close. Good thing she didn’t hit the ground.”
The puppets nervously patted their chests: “Dormitory renovation must be agreed upon by everyone. But falling in a dream will make people wake up, and we can only bring you here once a day.”
Today’s work had almost failed to finish!
Tang Xinjue placed her hand on Guo Guo’s forehead: “It’s not an attack, and there’s no danger.”
Then why did she suddenly become like this?
Just as everyone was confused, Guo Guo suddenly gasped and her eyes refocused. The first thing she blurted out was:
“Replace the door!”
When an iron door replaced the original wooden door at the dormitory entrance, Guo Guo also returned to normal.
But she herself could not explain what had just happened. She could only answer honestly:
“When Sister You touched me, I suddenly lost feeling in my body. My vision also became hazy and unclear. I could only vaguely see our dormitory door in front of me, and there were many many black shadows on the door. It was very dangerous… then it ended.”
She spread her hands: “So after I regained consciousness, the only thought left in my mind was to replace it with a stronger door.”
After hearing this, the other three fell into thought. Zheng Wanqing said directly: “Did you awaken a precognition ability?”
Zhang You looked worried: “I think it’s more like a side effect of the [Heavenly Eye] skill… How do you feel now?”
Guo Guo twisted her neck: “I feel fine now. No side effects at all. Just… just a little dizzy.”
She blinked several times forcefully. Her expression gradually turned alarmed: “No, I’m really a little dizzy now. Why are your shadows all blurry? You…”
Before she completely lost consciousness, the only thing her ears caught was the excited voice of the puppet workers:
“This dormitory renovation is now complete. Welcome to visit again next time!”
……
“Knock knock knock!”
When Guo Guo woke from the knocking sound, her first reaction was to flip up from the bed: “Is it eight o’clock already? Has the exam started?”
“Today is Sunday.”
A leisurely voice came from below the bed. Along with a strange fragrance entering her nose, Guo Guo’s thinking ability gradually returned, and she remembered everything.
Right, earlier she had been eating hotpot, then fell asleep and entered the dream, where they built the new dormitory. So now it should be morning… the new dormitory!
Guo Guo suddenly looked around. The scene entering her eyes made her slowly open her mouth.
On both sides of the bed were thick curtains. Outside them was a retractable circular partition. Dormitory light shone through the open screen, revealing the spacious passage outside, and further beyond was Tang Xinjue’s bed and desk.
At this moment, the roommate opposite was sitting at the desk tying up her hair, casually rubbing the faint dark circles under her eyes as well, and saying leisurely: “Morning.”
“Morning…”
“Knock knock knock!”
The knocking outside the door almost made Guo Guo bite her tongue. She nervously poked her head out: “Jue Shen, what’s outside?”
“Oh, that.” Tang Xinjue tied her hair and jumped down from the desk. “It’s still that thing in the corridor. Since this morning it has been knocking on the door from time to time. Maybe it finds the iron door very interesting.”
“Oh right.” The girl took two steps before suddenly turning back. “Our dormitory renovation is finished. Aren’t you coming down to take a look?”
!!!
Guo Guo’s spirits lifted: “Okay!”
She excitedly flipped out of bed. Seeing the brand-new iron door, brand-new weapon rack, and brand-new refrigerator, she grinned widely: “I never thought the first time I’d live in a big dormitory would be inside a game…”
But when her gaze moved to the next place, Guo Guo’s smile suddenly froze.
“Wait, what is that?”
Beside Zhang You, who was busy doing a big cleaning, inside the sink in front of the washing mirror sat a white spherical object the size of a head. The fragrance from earlier was coming from this ball.
But the most important thing was that, if she was not mistaken, the ball was moving by itself?
It also had two black eyes?
And why did it look a bit familiar??
Before Guo Guo could remember where that strange familiarity came from, Zheng Wanqing walked out of the bathroom with a towel and casually turned on the faucet. Water splashed onto the white ball.
White ball: “Achoo!”
Guo Guo: “It can make sounds too?”
“Don’t you remember?” Tang Xinjue walked over, her tone as natural as when she had said good morning earlier. “This is the little sprite from the Friendship League.”
Guo Guo: !!!
The author has something to say: ———
Guo Guo: Woke up and suddenly disconnected from the world.
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