After the brief incident, Su Chen took out some food from his system space and distributed it to everyone.
Then he began to explain the strange events he had encountered in the dormitory. He
also gave some specific countermeasures.
For example, upon entering the room,
count how many ghosts are inside to gauge your roommates' character. If they
are uncontrollable, arrogant, and foolish,
wait for them to do their homework first to attract the ghosts before doing your own.
If your roommates are good and follow instructions, you can consider rescuing them.
As for potential complications, Su Chen also offered some helpful tips.
He repeatedly instructed everyone to use the paper doll to contact him immediately in case of emergencies.
In special circumstances, throw out the paper doll to prioritize survival.
"What if I reveal the existence of the paper doll? Will it affect you?"
Babu asked.
Su Chen shook his head.
"It won't affect me; it will only make you a target of the teacher."
"But many chosen ones know that the paper doll belongs to you. If they tell the teacher, won't you be exposed?"
Babu was extremely puzzled.
Su Chen shook his head again.
"It concerns the life or death of the informant, so they won't report me. Because once I'm exposed and fall out with the teachers, I won't need to hide anymore, and I'll definitely kill the informant. They wouldn't do something so stupid for their own sake."
The group thought about it and agreed, nodding in agreement.
After explaining this, Su Chen followed the group into the dormitory building.
As they entered the gate, the dormitory supervisor poked her head out again.
"Those students, don't run around, come and register!"
The group quickly went over and obediently began registering as instructed.
During this process, the supervisor glanced at Su Chen at the back of the line.
Her eyes widened
in disbelief.
But she quickly looked away, concealing her astonishment.
However, even with her quick reaction, Su Chen noticed the anomaly.
So he smiled and approached her, deliberately striking up a conversation.
"Dormitory supervisor, you're being a bit unfair. The dorm you assigned me is so awful! I cleaned it for ages before it was barely habitable,"
the older woman said with an embarrassed smile.
"It's all randomly assigned. Maybe you were just unlucky."
"Well, my luck is terrible! There are six puddles of black filth in my dorm. Cleaning them was such a struggle, I'm exhausted!"
Su Chen directly pointed out the six puddles in his dorm.
"Since you're tired, you should get some rest tonight."
"Aren't we supposed to be checking the dorms? Could you make an exception and not check ours tonight?"
"No way, room checks are the rule,"
the older woman said, shaking her head.
Just as Su Chen was about to continue trying to get information out of her, his peripheral vision caught a glimpse of the clock on the wall through the glass window.
Seeing the time, his heart skipped a beat.
Why was the clock on the wall showing 8:31 PM?
He quickly checked his phone using his system space.
His phone showed 7:31 PM.
That meant the dorm supervisor's time had been moved forward by an hour.
The next moment, Su Chen sneered inwardly.
Well, I guessed right.
Someone really did set me up.
When I checked in, the time was fine.
But once I entered the dorm, the time was an hour earlier.
In other words, the dorm supervisor deliberately tricked only my dorm
, showing the real time to everyone else.
And based on my experience in the dorm,
once I entered, even if I didn't do my homework, Wei Yi would bring it up, trapping me inside.
Judging
by Wei Yi's homework speed, I wouldn't have a chance to leave the dorm and check the time in the dorm supervisor's office again.
So, when the dorm supervisor checked the rooms, I'd see it was only 10:30.
The outcome was obvious.
"Dorm supervisor, your clock seems to have a problem with the time,"
Su Chen said bluntly, pointing at the clock.
Hearing Su Chen's words, the dorm supervisor's pupils contracted.
Then she quickly feigned surprise.
"Really? Is there a problem with the time?"
Su Chen nodded.
"That's right, it's an hour fast."
"Oh dear, the clock ran out of battery just now, I guess I accidentally made a mistake."
"Then you should correct it now!"
"No, no, so many students who checked in just now were using this time as a reference, so I won't adjust it, I'll adjust it tomorrow."
The older woman said awkwardly.
This result further reinforced Su Chen's judgment.
The older woman really only tricked his dorm!
But why would the older woman trick him?
After thinking for a few seconds, a figure appeared in Su Chen's mind.
He decided to test her.
So he deliberately said some nonsense to lower the older woman's guard.
"Okay, then that's settled, I'll go back and inform my roommates."
"Okay."
The older woman secretly breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that Su Chen believed her excuse.
But at this moment, Su Chen suddenly spoke without warning.
"Did Inanna contact you?"
The older woman's body visibly trembled.
Then she quickly shook her head to cover it up.
"No, why would she contact me?"
"Oh, nothing. But if she contacts you, you can tell her I really like the dorm room she prepared for me,"
Su Chen said with a smile.
The older woman was taken aback again.
Looking at Su Chen, her face was full of doubt.
What exactly was this kid up to?
However, Su Chen didn't say anything more.
After politely saying goodbye, he turned and walked upstairs.
Watching Su Chen's back, the older woman remained silent for a long time.
"I've changed my mind. This kid seems to be a bit different."
"Inanna, can you outmaneuver him this time? Be careful not to get played!"
she whispered to herself.
On the other side, Su Chen returned to the dorm.
He saw that Da Xiang Wan and the other unlucky guys were still sitting at their desks, staring blankly at the slowly writing pen.
Seeing Su Chen return, they all cast envious glances
at him. Su Chen ignored them.
After informing these unlucky guys that there was a time trap, he climbed into bed, comfortably sprawled out, and scrolled through his phone while waiting for the dorm check.
Time ticked by.
Soon, it was ten o'clock,
the so-called dorm check time.
A flurry of footsteps echoed in the corridor.
Quickly, a voice came from the far left.
"Dorm check begins now. Students whose names I call, please let me know you're still alive."
"Upu!"
Hearing this, Su Chen jumped out of bed.
He rushed to the door, straining his ears to listen carefully to the sounds outside.
He hoped to deduce from some clues whether this was the real dorm supervisor.
However, before he could hear anything useful,
a voice came from the far right.
"Dorm check begins now. Students whose names I call, please let me know you're still alive."
"Daniel!"
Su Chen was stunned.
Two dorm supervisors?
Holy crap?
Is tonight's theme the real and fake Monkey King?
But before he could recover,
a third voice came from the left.
"Dorm check begins now..."
"Hank!"
Following this voice,
a fourth, a fifth, and more and more voices began to appear in the corridor.
Su Chen's heart sank.
Oh no!
With so many strange people mixed in with the dorm supervisor during room checks, how was he supposed to tell them apart?
Su Chen frowned.