Mystery Makes Me Strong

The eight people looked at the book carefully.

As I watched, I started to get a headache.

Under the cover of night.

There was not a single insect or human voice; it was eerily quiet.

Outside the study room, waves of white fog were rolling in, surrounding the entire dormitory.

The white mist spread to the window. No. 3 turned his head and saw scarred faces appearing on the window.

Those people were staring at the people in the study room with vicious eyes.

Number Three almost cried out, luckily he had experienced a rules game before.

In an emergency, he remembered that "the study room must maintain absolute silence", so he lowered his head, but he could not continue reading.

"Wensheng" was also attending evening self-study with everyone else.

However, he noticed the abnormality of No. 3, and then looked at the window where No. 3 was looking.

In his field of vision, the window was dark, reflecting only the complete figures of four people in the study room.

They were him, two ordinary boys, and a slightly plump girl.

The figures of the other four people reflected in the glass, No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, and the tall girl, all have no heads!

But they were completely unaware.

And at this time.

Others have identified another major problem.

That is, they can't understand these books.

Advanced mathematics, linear algebra, and introduction to algorithms are like incomprehensible books in their eyes.

I can recognize all the words together, but I don’t know what they mean.

[It’s over, it’s over, I don’t understand it at all. ] The tall girl thought to herself, and then looked around to see if other people could do it.

To her relief, no one else seemed to understand it either.

That's good.

So what should we do now?

And at this time.

Vincent felt it was a bit strange listening to the sound of people flipping through books.

I was just flipping through the pages randomly, but a regular sound was formed.

He remembered the hidden rules he had seen.

The rules say: "The sounds produced will become Morse code."

Listen carefully, and you will hear the sound of "tick, tick, tap, tap..."

One long and one short, two long and one short, three long and two short, five long in a row... such a rhythmic sound.

He remembered that the Morse code used "dots" to represent short signals and "bars" to represent long signals. The long and short combinations were used to represent different letters. The letters were combined into words to form articles.

He carefully recorded the long and short sounds one by one.

He discovered that it didn't matter if he forgot, because these sounds were fixed and repetitive.

It will repeat itself after a while.

But of course he didn't understand Morse code.

He just knew that this concept existed.

After recording a long signal, he needed to find a code comparison table and translate it.

He immediately took it and took a look.

He found that there was indeed a table comparing letters and length signals.

For example, "A" corresponds to "．━", one short and one long.

As long as he translates according to this table, he can translate what he just recorded.

Soon he translated his own records.

It turned out that what he recorded were questions and answers.

There is also an explanation at the very beginning: "Three-lesson test questions."

I see.

In fact, this reading task is not impossible to complete.

As long as you are sensitive enough, you can record the sound of turning pages and then translate the recorded code into text.

These words are the test questions and answers.

As long as you memorize the test questions and answers, you will have passed the test.

What, you said you don't speak English?

That doesn’t matter, because two of the three lessons happen to be math.

Mathematics, if you don’t understand English, it’s no big deal, just memorize the problem-solving process.

Mathematics and its symbols are universal.

It actually tests the player's ability to collect and analyze intelligence, and does not really require you to re-learn college mathematics.

Just think about it and you will understand.

No matter how smart you are, how much can you learn in seven days?

Unless you cheat.

Normally, this is a course that should be learned in one semester.

And at this time.

Others also noticed Vincent's situation.

The tall girl forgot the rules for a moment.

She walked over and asked, "What are you doing?"

She had just finished speaking when suddenly her face changed and she covered her throat.

Her mouth opened wide.

"My throat!"

The seven people looked at her.

Then everyone was shocked.

Because barnacles appeared between the tall girl's throat.

This thing is known as "the blessing of trypophobia" and it often appears on large, slow-moving creatures in the ocean, causing them unbearable pain.

Therefore, the fact that humans have evolved hands is a great blessing.

However, there are often no islands in the ocean, which can almost kill these large creatures.

At this moment, the tall girl felt the same pain.

Tiny barnacles appeared in her throat, esophagus, pharynx, and oral mucosa.

"Vincent" did not speak.

He just shook his head and wrote with his finger: "No talking here."

Everyone understood immediately.

Tall girls break the rules.

She clutched her throat and began gasping for air.

"Who will save me?"

However, the more she talked, the more barnacles grew in her mouth, making it increasingly difficult for her to breathe.

If this continues, she may suffocate to death.

Because these barnacles will compress the trachea.

When Vincent saw this, he did not rescue her immediately.

Because this tall girl was very assertive from the beginning.

He also mocked other people, saying they were all incompetent.

This kind of person must suffer more before she can learn to listen to other people's opinions.

Of course, it is also possible that one refuses to admit his mistake, and the only mistake is joining the wrong team and following the wrong person.

Vincent just watched quietly, respecting the fate of others and letting go of his desire to help others.

The others were also at a loss for the moment.

The slightly plump girl gestured to everyone, begging: "Please, help save her."

The fight was still in sign language.

Vincent and the others couldn't understand it.

She took out another piece of paper and wrote on it.

"She broke the rules. If she wants to survive, she can only find a way to see if there are other hidden rules." Number One also wrote.

No. 2 wrote: "Normally, if a student is sick, he or she should go to the dormitory administrator. We will go to the administrator's office first."

Vincent nodded slightly.

Although these people cannot see the hidden information, they can still find some clues through basic logical reasoning.

This game doesn't have any ridiculous rules.

Any rule has a causal relationship.

It turns out that No. 1 and No. 2 are experienced victims of wrongful death.

He believed that these people could find clues to the decryption.

Soon they arrived at the administrator's office and found someone inside, an administrator who looked like a counselor in his twenties.

They knocked on the door.

The door opened, and the administrator asked:

"Why are you here if you don't go to self-study?"

"Teacher, this student suddenly fell ill."

"Are you sick?" The administrator frowned and said impatiently, "If you are sick, drink more hot water."

Then the administrator poured them a cup of hot water.

Hot water just poured from the thermos.

"Drink it and you'll be fine."

At this time, Vincent noticed a trap.

According to the hidden rules in the hint, there will be no problem in solving the barnacles by drinking water.

The problem is that you should drink cold boiled water, not hot water.

But this tall girl couldn't stand it.

She grabbed the cup and drank it in one gulp.

"Oh, it's so hot!" she screamed in pain, "How could you do this to me?"

The hot water was actually 100 degrees.

The administrator just sneered: "Haha, 100-degree hot water is so nice, so warm, so welcoming."

"Don't you like enthusiasm and warmth the most?"

He was there, speaking in a sarcastic tone.

Everyone was speechless.

They found out that the administrator was seriously ill. Was he sent here?

Vincent looked at the administrator carefully.

He found that the administrator's shadow was complete.

The message prompt appears:

[The administrator who was assigned: He was originally a teaching assistant at the school. Because he offended a professor because of a certain girl, he was assigned from the teaching position to the logistics position. He was angry. ]

This means that the other party is a real person.

It seems that he must have suffered a blow to become like this.

Vincent did not meddle in other people's business.

And at this time.

The slightly plump girl stepped forward and said, "Let's cool the hot water down before giving it to her."

The administrator said coldly: "It's up to you."

Finally, they cooled the hot water and gave it to the tall girl again.

After the water cooled down, I drank it again and the barnacles disappeared.

But it was difficult for the tall girl to speak clearly because her throat had been mostly burned.

The tall girl looked at the other six boys with anger.

It was as if she became like this simply because they hadn't warned her in advance.

"Damn administrator, you are deliberately hurting me, I will beat you to death!" She cursed at the administrator with difficulty.

The administrator looked at her coldly.

The tall girl was about to punch the administrator when she suddenly froze.

Then the administrator's eyes turned white and he returned to his seat.

The tall girl turned around and left without saying a word.

Vincent knew that the tall girl had exchanged identities with the administrator.

I saw the "administrator" trying to write something, but he could not do anything and could only sit in his seat in the management office.

Obviously "she" was restricted by the rules.

Vincent did not tell anyone about this change.

Others just find something wrong with tall girls.

…

Everyone walked out of the management office and looked at the dormitories on the upper floors.

"Well, it's almost time for bed." Number One frowned.

There is a wall clock on each floor of the dormitory.

It shows that the time has reached 10 o'clock.

The rules say "lights out at 23:00" and "washing in the bathroom stops at 11:44."

Everyone subconsciously thought the time was 11:44 p.m.

Vincent noticed this.

In his mind, that meant stopping washing up by 11:44 a.m., not at night.

You can go to the bathroom to wash up at any time during the night.

This makes sense - there are always students who need to go to the bathroom at night.

If you are not allowed to wash, does that mean you can’t wash your hands after using the toilet?

The tall girl went up to the fourth floor silently, and the slightly plump girl quickly followed.

Vincent didn't say anything.

Because he knew that if he said it, he would be considered to have ulterior motives.

The key is that he has not established any authority now.

He didn't want to establish authority either, he just wanted to get it over with.

In this way, at least I don't have to bear the psychological burden of "I did it for their own good, but in the end I was betrayed by everyone."

This kind of thing can happen very easily.

Besides, he has no obligation to save these people, as everyone should be minding their own business.

…

That night.

The six people chose to sleep together in a dormitory on the second floor.

After 23:00, the lights went out.

No one was extra to provide lighting.

They also thought that after turning off the lights, they cannot be turned on again.

Everyone was nervous and rested on their beds.

At this moment, footsteps came quietly from the corridor.

Taking one step lightly and one step heavy, I slowly approached their dormitory.

Everyone was worried about who it could be.

[Is it the ward rounds? ] someone wondered.

No one spoke, everyone huddled in their beds.

Sure enough, the sound stopped at the door of their dormitory.

There was a knock on the door.

"Are all the students inside asleep?"

"Those who are asleep, please tell me."

Faced with this obvious trap, everyone naturally had no answer.

Then they heard the door being turned a few more times.

The door was locked.

The other party obviously had a key and opened the door.

Someone walked in.

The dormitory was pitch black.

The person on the upper bunk secretly opened his eyes and looked towards the door.

There seemed to be a scary monster at the dark doorway.

At this moment, moonlight suddenly shone in from the window.

It turned out to be a guy walking on the ground!

The person on the upper bunk was almost frightened and screamed.

I saw the monster with a green face and fangs, walking back and forth on the ground like a wolfhound.

The key is that it is still imitating human speech:

"Who's still awake?"

"Go to bed quickly."

"I have to get up early to read tomorrow."

After it said this, it came to the head of one of the lower bunks.

It sniffed carefully.

This guy seems to be blind.

It sniffed it and said, "This one is not ripe yet. Come back tomorrow."

The person sleeping on the lower bunk was suddenly very frightened.

He thought it would be better if he slept on the upper bunk.

If you sleep on the upper bunk, this won't happen.

I must change my dormitory tomorrow and sleep in one with an upper bunk.

The night passed like this.

It was just in the early morning that they heard screams of fear coming from the fourth floor, which was the girls' dormitory building.

"The tall girl, Xiao Gao, jumped off the building!" The slightly plump girl ran to their dormitory in fear and banged on the door desperately.

"What? Someone died on the first day!" Number One was shocked.

They hurried to the balcony and looked down.

I saw a pool of blood lying on the hard concrete floor below the balcony.

"People?"

"Where is the body?"

"I don't know either. I just saw her jump down." said the chubby girl in horror.

"It looks like there's a monster. There's a monster in this dormitory!" Several people who saw the wolf-dog monster yesterday shouted nervously at the same time.