At that moment, the other four freshmen who entered the examination room with Lin Xinghe were shivering in the abandoned log cabin. One of the new students was an outdoor survival enthusiast in the past and had rich experiences. Once, he had survived when a mountain was blocked by heavy snow for half a month.
In this severe environment, he naturally became the backbone of the four.
Chai Yong arrived at the school ten days ago. He had been the villain in an outdoor survival show, and in order to win the reward, he had been willing to do anything. He tricked at least five hundred people if not a thousand. Before entering the examination room, he considered all kinds of possibilities, coaxed two young freshmen into a group with him, and used the combined points to buy supplies.
In the small supermarket in the school, anything could be procured if one was willing to spend enough points. He used 10 points to buy supplies. He could fight and defend himself well enough, so he only bought a small amount of food and water for himself.
Chai Yong was nearly two meters tall, weighed ninety-five kilograms, had a beard, and looked like a huge bear in the snow. His voice was thick and hoarse, a telling sign of a smoker.
“…This is a freshman examination room. There is no elimination system. You have to cooperate with each other to survive. I have a wealth of outdoor experience, and I am willing to take you through this examination room. You are lucky to meet me, otherwise you will be frozen to death in the ice and snow. It’s noon now. I think the weather is not good, and there may be a blizzard at any time. This little dilapidated house won’t stand it for a long time. The best way is to follow me down the mountain. ”
Fang Ziyue and Li Chengyan nodded.
“Brother,**** didn’t we agree? After we enter the exam, we will listen to you, and you will help us pass.”
Chai Yong glanced at Tang Xin on the other side and said, “…Everyone is a villain, and I know very well that there is no free lunch in this world, and I am not so kind. If you want to survive, you have to pay a price. I’m not a lion who opens his mouth—I don’t want much.***** The guaranteed points are 50 points, so give me 10 points.”
Tang Xin mumbled “Okay.”
“Scan, pay the deposit first, five points.”
Tang Xin swept his bracelet obediently.
Chai Yong had already earned ten points from Fang Ziyue and Li Chengyan before, but now adding Tang Xin’s, his total points became one hundred and five. He suddenly felt it was a pity that the other candidate was not there. If she were there, he could get even more points and her magic broom in the process.
Although this exam room does not allow magic props to be used, who knows if they could be used in the next exam room?
It’s a pity that he didn’t approach her before, and he didn’t know which corner of the mountain she was thrown to.
While Chai Yong and the others were navigating down the slippery, cold slopes, Lin Xinghe had already tied Xiao Xue Ji’s hair in two fishtails and taken a hot bath. When she came out after taking the bath, she found that the room had changed.
Drops of blood fell from the ceiling.
The stench of blood wafted into her nostrils.
As soon as she looked up, she saw a male corpse in red clothes hanging upside down from the ceiling. His eyes were open, full of anger and defiance, and he was only two steps away from her.
She calmly ignored the existence of the male corpse and discovered that the surroundings were no longer the furnishings of the original room, as if she had pushed open the door of another world when she came out of the bathroom.
Originally, there were only simple beds, tables and chairs in the room, but now the room looks more lived in, if one can ignore the layers of bloodstains.
She took out the mobile phone issued by the school and took a few pictures from different angles.
All the contact functions on the mobile phone could not be used, and only stand-alone functions such as taking pictures and recording screens worked. Perhaps this was because there was a different type of connection in the world of the exam.
She looked at the photo and said, “I think if you are trying to scare someone to death, this environment is a bit monotonous, and the male corpse’s expression doesn’t look accurate. I think other elements can be added, such as blood letters…”
Before she finished speaking, the terrifying scene in front of her disappeared and changed back to the original room. With a bang, the door slammed shut.
There was no sign of Xiao Xue Ji in the room.
Lin Xinghe, who was standing beside the bed, smiled slightly. She looked down at her phone again, put it away, and left the room.
The rescue center was also deserted, and everyone on the job was immersed in their own business. Lin Xinghe walked around the rescue center and found a clue: all the workers were women, and there was not a single man.
She tried to start up a conversation with the staff.
“Sister, are there often people trapped in the mountains here?”
“It’s alright usually, just a few more in the winter. After all, the mountain trails are not marked well, and there are always brave people who want to explore.”
“I’m here on vacation. Do you have any interesting attractions here? Are there any taboos?”
“Many foreigners like our snow amusement park here. There is also an ice sculpture park near the square. Did you come alone?”
“No, I still have four friends, but I got separated from them.”
“All girls?”
“There are two men.”
The staff suddenly smiled and said, “Then you can go to the amusement park together. It’s the off-season, so it’s equivalent to a private venue, and it’s cost-effective.”
Lin Xinghe pretended to be curious and asked, “Is it true that you have a Snow Maiden here? Has anyone really seen a Snow Maiden?”
The staff laughed, “It’s all a gimmick to attract people to visit. How can there be such a thing? If there were, the state would definitely take over and study it.”
Lin Xinghe went back to the resting room. Xiao Xue Ji was still missing. She did not expect her to come back.
She sat down and typed a memo on her phone.
The known focus of the exam questions: Snow Maiden.
The NPC characters that have appeared in the examination room——
Rescue center staff: hinted at the disappearance cases but didn’t respond to interrogations about the Snow Maiden.
Captain of the rescue team: said that 16 people are missing, stated that the mountain is evil, and changed the conversation when asked about the Snow Maiden.
Xiao Xue Ji: most likely related to the Snow Maiden. Known skills include changing her appearance at will and creating illusions.
Lin Xinghe murmured, “It’s impossible to fake the disappearance of 16 people, that is, the staff lied, there must be a Snow Maiden here. The worker knows that and she chose to lie, which means she has something to hide… ”
“…Xiao Xue Ji didn’t attack me directly, she scared me first every time, but she didn’t achieve the purpose of scaring me and didn’t continue. Can it be proved that she has to scare me first if she wants to attack me? Then what is the standard of this scare? Creating the emotion of fear? Is the male corpse in the illusion real? Or did Xiao Xue Ji just create it to scare people?”
Lin Xinghe wanted to try something. She turned on her phone and pulled up the photo she just took.
Xiao Xue Ji’s illusion was captured perfectly in the lens—was it due to the realistic quality of the illusion or the quality of the phone?
Lin Xinghe also took pictures of the male corpse. It was this photo that she brought up.
A must-have skill for a modern era department girl—photoshopping pictures.
Lin Xinghe had already mastered the most advanced photoshop skills. She used to follow celebrities. In order to be in the same frame with her idols, she practiced photoshopping for a long time, but she never thought it would come in handy today.
She turned the photo of the man’s corpse upside down, cut off half of the picture, added some color to his face, made his eyes slightly smaller, and added a black filter to his sloppy pupils so that they wouldn’t be so hideous. She shrunk his tongue a little, gave him a new mouth, and finally photoshopped herself into a picture with him.
Thinking of something, she also photoshopped a single photo of him.
Lin Xinghe was very satisfied with these two photos.
She took the photo of the man by himself and asked the staff, “Do you know this person?”
The staff’s complexion changed greatly, “Why do you have his photo?”
Lin Xinghe sniffled, seemingly about to cry, and replied “…I’m his girlfriend. He’s gone. Actually, I’m here to find him.”
The staff member looked at Lin Xinghe with pity and said, “Impossible, he has a wife, and he is from our town.”
Lin Xinghe shed some tears and exclaimed, “Did he lie to me? He said he wasn’t married, he was single, and he said he wanted to marry me. I don’t believe it! Where is his wife? I want to see her! I want to see her with my own eyes!”
【Proactive actions! Awesome! 】
【Hahahahahahahahaha the European Emperor is not only lucky but also has a good brain. When I was still confused, she had already sorted out the clues. 】
【The freshmen over there are still going down the mountain, but the European Emperor here has even figured out the skills of mobs. 】
【The European Emperor is very smart! After applying lipstick to the little monster, she photoshopped a picture of the corpse! Ha ha ha ha ha ha so funny! 】
Gu Taoyao also found it interesting and completely stopped listening to the lecture to concentrate on watching the livestream of her deskmate. At that time, Lin Xinghe’s live broadcast room had exceeded 1,000 online viewers.
This was already a very outstanding achievement for a livestream of the modern era department exam.
Footnote:
****Brother is a respectful way to address an older male closer to your generation than your parents. There doesn’t necessarily have to be a blood relationship between the speaker and the listener.
*****tln: Brother is a respectful way to address an older male closer to your generation than your parents.