This time, after sending the examinee back to the hut, 922 lingered at the door for a while.
With the previous experience, he was really curious about what You Huo could do. In the end, within a few seconds, he regretted it bitterly because You Huo came out.
922 looked helpless. "What's wrong with you?"
You Huo: "I remembered something."
"What is it?"
"The rules here are basically based on the real-life exam?"
922 nodded. "It's definitely a reference."
You Huo: "There's one rule that wasn't mentioned in the exam rules."
922: "Which one?"
"If the examinee encounters a problem, can he also look for the invigilator?"
922: "… Yes."
But we don't want you to look for it.
In order to avoid trouble, 922 immediately added, "It's the same as the real-life exam. It's forbidden to ask for answers. We won't help with this, and we can't help."
You Huo nodded, indicating that he understood.
But he had always been perfunctory. Knowing this … 922 was skeptical.
"So if I encounter a problem, how do I look for you?"
922 said, "Just … use the prescribed pen, under the exam requirements on the answer wall, write –"
He originally wanted to say write the invigilator's number, but because he was too resistant, his tongue was tied, and the words came out. "Write 001."
You Huo looked at him expressionlessly.
922 repeated innocently, "Yes, write 001."
"…"
After a century, You Huo nodded, turned around, and slammed him out of the door.
922 made a big fuss and went back happily.
·
In the hut.
The fire in the stove was still burning brightly, and everyone sat clearly separated.
Because of the hidden knife, the tattooed man was excluded from the crowd and sat alone at the corner of the table with a gloomy face.
The others stayed far away from him, and even deliberately walked around him.
Seeing You Huo return, Yu Wen jumped up.
"Brother! Did the invigilator do anything to you? What punishment? Are you okay? "
He waved his answering knife and asked a series of questions in rapid succession.
Everyone turned to look at him.
You Huo frowned and moved away from the blade. He used his foot to push him further away and said, "It's okay."
"Are you sure?" Yu Wen didn't believe it at all.
He glanced at the corner of the wall and said in a low voice, "That person was only caught once and ended up like this. How horrible was the punishment?"
You Huo looked towards the corner of the wall. Baldy, who had been confined, was curled up there. His eyes were yellowish, bloodshot and protruding. He shook his body back and forth nervously as he muttered something under his breath. His words were unclear.
He was scared out of his wits.
You Huo thought of the confinement room when he saw Baldy, and instantly felt a little nauseous.
"Has he always been like this?"
"Yes. It's been three hours, and he hasn't recovered at all. " Yu Wen shuddered and whispered, "Didn't he keep nagging? I even squatted there to listen for a while."
"What did he say?"
Yu Wen shook his head and said, "I only heard 'bad luck'. Oh, I think there was also 'burn paper money' or something. I didn't understand anything else."
You Huo grunted and didn't say much.
"You were punished once more than him. Why do you seem to be okay?" Yu Wen was very curious.
You Huo was too lazy to explain and said perfunctorily, "The way is different."
Yu Wen asked, "Then what did you punish?"
You Huo said vaguely, "After sleeping, I gave a bucket of blood to the invigilator."
Yu Wen, "???"
"Why did you give blood to the invigilator?"
You Huo sneered coldly, "Who knows, he likes it."
Yu Wen keenly realized that his brother was talking about him and not them.
"Which one? Likes that thing? Is he a pervert? "
You Huo, "001."
Yu Wen, "Eh …"
·
You Huo and the invigilator didn't like each other and didn't want to talk about this topic.
He glanced around and frowned as he asked Yu Wen, "You guys just lay there for three hours?"
"How is that possible." Yu Wen pointed at the answer wall and said, "Brother, your solution inspired me, so I went to write a few words."
You Huo looked at the answer wall.
It was densely packed with Yu Wen's dog-like words.
You Huo, "…"
Yu Wen said, "Our teacher said that we should write whatever we think of. Even if we don't know how, we should write down the process of thinking. Maybe we can get it right."
You Huo, "So you wrote an essay?"
He tried hard to identify the dog-like words and pointed at a line and asked, "What is this sentence?"
Yu Wen tried harder than him to identify it. "It seems to be … We know that there are 13 of us and 12 sets of cutlery."
You Huo, "… Why did you copy the questions?"
Yu Wen, "… When I have nothing to write in an exam, I will emphasize the key points of the questions in order to write a few more words."
You Huo, "…"
What key points of the questions?
He pointed at another pile of circles. "What is this?"
Yu Wen, "G = mg, g = 9.8N/kg …"
You Huo, "What does this have to do with optics?"
Yu Wen, "The main thing is … I don't know what cutlery has to do with optics."
You Huo, "…"
Yu Wen was afraid that his brother would die of anger, so he added, "There is also optics."
You Huo was too lazy to listen to the long-winded nonsense and asked directly, "Where did you write?"
Yu Wen said embarrassedly, "Well, I wrote refractive index, parallel light, sphere, lens, focal length, imaging … These words are all considered optics, right? I also drew two simple pictures of mirror images. "
You Huo was expressionless. Yu Wen thought about it and pulled his brother away from the answer wall. He changed the topic. "Let's not talk about such unhappy things. Other than answering the questions, we also did something else. "
In fact, after the answer wall was updated, they turned the house upside down.
The question said: This is Orion A's house. He has 13 sets of cutlery, but only enough food for 12 people.
However, they searched the attic, cupboards, bottles and jars. First, they did not see Orion A. Second, they did not find any cutlery. As for food …
It was more like a dream.
"We searched for more than two hours," Yu Wen said dejectedly. "It's just a small house. Two hours! As you can imagine, we really searched everywhere. There's nothing. Bullsh * t questions. "
You Huo asked, "Are you sure you searched everywhere?"
"Actually, not really." A skinny man wearing a hospital gown next to them coughed a few times and interrupted. "There are two places we didn't touch."
He raised his bony finger and pointed to the two locked rooms.
On the door of the two rooms, there were hens and roosters hanging from one door. Their necks were twisted and their dark eyes were motionless as they looked out the window.
Maybe it was because the two chickens looked strange. Every time they crowed, it was either a violation of the rules or a takedown, so no one dared to touch them.
"We looked for the key, but we couldn't find it."
You Huo nodded and walked closer to look at the two padlocks. He then turned his head and scanned the walls.
Yu Wen was afraid that his brother would pick up the ax and break the door. He quickly said, "Brother! I've played more games than anyone here. It's best not to force these locked doors. "
You Huo asked him coldly, "Do I look like an idiot?"
Yu Wen retracted his neck and didn't dare to speak.
After a moment, he said embarrassedly, "Then why are you looking at the wall?"
"Who touched the hunting equipment?" You Huo asked.
When everyone heard this, their eyes moved to the tattooed man.
"F * ck, what the f * ck are you looking at me for!" The tattooed man was furious. "You accused me of hiding a knife before. What are you accusing me of this time?"
"Accused?" You Huo frowned.
"So many people rolled together. Who the f * ck knows where the knife fell from." The tattooed man cursed a few times and said irritably, "I give up. I can't explain it to you idiots!"
You Huo looked at him coldly.
Tattooed man: "…"
After two seconds of silence, the tattooed man said, "Forget it. You … what do you want to ask? Ask!"
You Huo raised his chin at the wall. "Put the hunting equipment back where it was. I'll look at the position."
The tattooed man stared at him. "Am I crazy? Why do I have to put it back? "
·
Three minutes later, the tattooed man carried a bag of hunting equipment and hung it back in its original position.
You Huo followed behind with his hands in his pockets.
"I'm not a dog. Can you not look like you're walking on the street?!"
The tattooed man cursed unhappily, but he still put the last item back. Then, he spat in the air and walked away.
"Brother, what's wrong with the hunting equipment?" Yu Wen asked.
You Huo pointed at the last wall and said, "There are two empty nails."
"So?" Yu Wen was still puzzled.
"Where did the things hanging on the nails go?"
The room was quiet for a moment.
Suddenly, someone said, "Yeah … two things are missing. No one hid them, right? "
Everyone shook their heads.
Lao Yu: "It was like that before."
Everyone looked at him.
"Just … before the exam, didn't I have to go out for a walk?" Lao Yu said to You Huo. "You were sleeping, so I didn't wake you up. When I went out, I wanted to see if there was an umbrella in the room. At that time, these two nails were empty. I'm sure. "
"You mean, from the moment we entered the room, the two hunting equipment were missing?"
"Then who has it?"
"Hunter's armor?" Yu Wen guessed. "So … there's actually a hunter's armor, but he's not in the room. Instead, he went out to hunt?"
Everyone was a little flustered. "We can't go out. If he doesn't come in, how can we find him?"
You Huo: "It's not time yet, right?"
·
Everyone was skeptical about the time, but You Huo had already pulled a chair to sit by the fire.
Everyone sat down uneasily and sat around the fire in a daze.
Yu Yao put her hands on her waist and carefully moved over. She looked at You Huo for a while. His side profile was outlined by the fire, and he looked gentler than usual, but his lowered eyebrows were still cold.
She said guiltily, "I'm sorry."
You Huo looked up at her.
Yu Yao whispered, "That ink … It was written by me, but you were punished. I wanted to apologize to you before, but before I could say anything, you were taken away by the invigilator. "
You Huo: "…"
Yu Yao said, "I know it's useless to apologize. If there's anything next time, I'll go on your behalf."
You Huo: "…"
He lowered his eyelids and looked at Yu Yao, then looked away and continued to warm himself by the fire. "No need."
Yu Yao opened her mouth and wanted to say something, but in the end, she didn't say anything.
She sat in a daze for a while, then suddenly asked You Huo: "Aren't you afraid?"
You Huo stretched out one leg. The fire was too warm, and he was a little sleepy.
He was quiet for a moment, then said lazily, "Afraid of what?"
"Afraid of death, afraid of breaking the rules … or whatever. Everyone is curious and feels that you're very powerful, as if you're not afraid of anything. "
"Is there any use in being afraid?"
Yu Yao nodded and whispered, "That's true, but you can't control yourself. I'm very afraid … "
You Huo didn't even look up and said, "You're quite brave. You dared to write that kind of ink on the wall that you can't even figure out the composition of."
He didn't use any effort to speak, as if he was too lazy to even move his lips. His voice was very low and had a cold texture. But after being warmed by the fire, he didn't blame her.
Yu Yao lowered her head, still so guilty that she didn't know what to say.
She held it in for a long time, then squeezed out a sentence: "Actually, I …"
But before she could finish speaking, she realized that You Huo had one leg on the edge of the chair and his elbow on his knee, as if he was about to fall asleep again.
She froze for a moment, then swallowed her words. She didn't wake You Huo up, and slowly moved back to the two old ladies.
"Why is he asleep again?" Old Madam whispered, "Did he not sleep before he came?"
Yu Wen vaguely heard this sentence, and he glanced at You Huo, thinking that his brother was also this sleepy when he was sleeping.
Yu Yao didn't say much. She leaned on Old Madam, and her gaze fell on a corner in the distance, as if she was in a daze again.
·
After an unknown amount of time, the clock on the cupboard gently jumped by one.
Beijing time, four o 'clock in the morning.
The sudden crowing of the rooster startled everyone.
They sat up abruptly and looked at each other in dismay. Only then did they realize that they had fallen asleep in a daze.
Yu Wen gave himself two slaps to wake himself up a little.
Just as he put down his hand, he heard a strange sound.
"Shh —"
He raised his hand and asked softly, "Did you hear that?"
"What?" Old Yu stared at his son with wide eyes, confused.
"You didn't hear it?" Yu Wen said, "It's … a creaking sound."
The room suddenly quieted down, and no one dared to move.
Everyone was bewildered, and held their breath to listen to the sound.
Sure enough, after about a few seconds.
The creaking sound rang out again, and this time, everyone heard it.
It was as if … something was dragging something heavy in the snow.
The sickly man suddenly made a gesture, pointed out the window, and said silently, "This way."
Before he could close his mouth, the door opened with a creak.
A dark shadow was projected from the door.
Then, a pale man dragged a hemp rope into the room.
His frame was broad, but he was not tall. His face was like an overexposed piece of paper, and his eyes were strange as well. The black part of his pupils was so large that there was not much white left in his eyes.
His back was bent, and the rope was coiled up bit by bit. The wide knife and small trap rings hanging from his waist clinked.
No one in the room spoke. Everyone watched as he dragged a sack into the room and closed the door.
It was only then that he turned to look at the fire, and his dark eyes blinked twice, "Ah … How nice, we have guests."
Everyone: "…"
·
The person who came to cause a disturbance was the hunter they had been waiting for for a long time.
He rubbed his hands slowly and said, "The snow has sealed off the mountains for the past two days, and I knew there would be food … Oh, there are guests coming."
The guests: "…"
"It's really cold outside." He said softly and slowly, "The snow is too thick, and everyone is hiding. It's almost impossible to find prey. It took me a long, long time to dig one out. "
He kicked the sack and smiled politely at everyone. His smile almost reached his ears, "You're so lucky to have caught up with my meal time."
He sighed again and explained, "It can't be helped. There are too few things on the snowy mountains, and it's always a long time before a group comes. I have to tighten my belly to survive. So I only eat two meals a day. "
"One at 4 in the morning, and another at 4 in the afternoon. There aren't many opportunities to have a good meal with me." He looked at the clock on the cabinet and said, "Oh, it's time. You've been waiting here for so long, you must be hungry. I can hear the sound of your stomachs. Can't wait any longer? "
The guests: "…"
"How many of you are there?" He stretched out his finger and counted them one by one. "Old woman, sickly, little hooligan, drunkard, drunkard's son …"
None of the names were pleasant, and the faces of those who were counted by him turned green.
When he counted You Huo, he paused and said unhappily, "Why is there still one sleeping?"
"Forget it." Hunter A's mood was spoiled. He turned to look at the question on the wall and said, "I heard there are 13 people in total, but I don't have enough food. There's only enough food for 12 people. What a pity."
He licked his lips as he said, "I'm really hungry. But you have to wait for a while, I have to prepare. It's the first time I've seen so many guests. "
Yu Wen: "…"
It's also the first time I've seen such a sissy hunter.
Hunter A bent down and grabbed the sack.
The sack looked very heavy. No one knew what was inside, but they didn't want to know either.
He dragged the sack to the corner of the room and stopped in front of the room where the hens were hung.
The keys jingled. Hunter A carefully picked one out and opened the door.
A strange smell of decay spread out.
It was hard to describe how bad the smell was. It was like rotten meat, dust, and rotten wood piled together.
·
Everyone thought that the room with the hens was a bedroom.
Only now did they realize that it was actually a kitchen.
There was a long table inside, and it wasn't a problem for someone to lie down on it.
On the other side was a long red wooden cabinet with several locks hanging on it.
Hunter A smiled at everyone and bowed again, saying, "Wait a moment, it'll be ready soon."
Then he closed the door.
·
There was silence by the fire for a long time. Someone said in panic, "I don't want to eat, I want to go home."
"Who the hell doesn't want to go home!" It was unknown when the tattooed man had moved into the crowd. Perhaps he was afraid of Hunter A as well. "Do you think you can go back? Open the door and rush out if you dare! "
Everyone was silent again.
After a while, Lao Yu swallowed. "That hunter's mouth is so big, swallowing a human head is not a problem. I keep thinking that he's going to eat people …"
Yu Yao murmured, "What's in the sack?"
When these two sentences were put together, the effect was terrifying.
Everyone looked at the window.
It was still snowing heavily outside. Before the exam, Lao Yu said that there was snow everywhere and the trees were the same. There were no houses or people within a hundred miles. It was eerily quiet …
Where did the prey come from?
Moreover, Hunter A said that he was the one who dug out the food.
When they first arrived here in the afternoon, a man disobeyed orders and dismantled the radio. Not long after, his body was buried in the snow …
Everyone remembered this incident at the same time and their faces showed deep fear.
Yu Wen was about to vomit.
"Turn around if you want to vomit." You Huo's voice suddenly sounded. "Don't get me all over again."
"Brother, you're awake?!" Yu Wen shouted in surprise.
"What are you shouting for?! Can you keep your voice down! "The tattooed man scolded in a rough voice.
You Huo glanced at the tattooed man and said, "I'm not asleep."
Yu Wen: "Oh, then why do you keep your eyes closed?"
"My eyes are uncomfortable."
Yu Wen remembered that his father, Lao Yu, seemed to have said that You Huo's eyes had undergone surgery and that he would feel tired after looking at bright things for a long time. However, he had never heard You Huo mention it, so he did not remember it.
"Brother, did you hear what the hunter said?" Yu Wen asked.
You Huo grunted.
Yu Wen: "What should we do?"
You Huo said lazily, "I'm a little hungry. Wait for dinner."
Yu Wen: "…"
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