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Swish—

The lights of the entire building went out.

The dormitory, once brightly lit, was suddenly shrouded in darkness.

Staring at the seemingly endless dark corridor ahead, Su Yuan felt an indescribable sense of eeriness.

The dormitory had been somewhat noisy, with the clinking of cups and bowls, voices, and the "ding-dong" of footsteps.

But the moment the lights went out, all those sounds vanished.

The entire dormitory suddenly fell silent, eerily quiet.

Su Yuan tossed a small stone, marked by Lin Yuan, through the gap in the stair railing to the first floor, and only then did the three of them slowly start moving towards dorm room "205"...

In fact, the distance from the stairwell to dorm room "205" was only a few steps, and they could reach it in three or four seconds if they ran quickly.

But doing so would create a loud noise, and no one could guarantee that the sound wouldn't attract "family members," making them the first target of attack.

So the three of them moved cautiously, holding hands and not daring to make a sound.

"3...4...5..." When they reached the fifth dorm room, Su Yuan took out his phone, which was set to the lowest brightness, and used the faint light to confirm the room number.

[205]

Su Yuan took a deep breath and gently placed his hand on the doorknob.

The surroundings were so quiet that even the slightest noise seemed exceptionally clear.

Lin Yuan stood behind him, observing the surroundings, his hands constantly touching the two of them.

As the door opened, a strange odor wafted out.

Su Yuan frowned, feeling that the smell was somewhat familiar.

It was like the unique musty smell of a room that had been vacant for a long time.

But this was a school dormitory, how could it be...

Su Yuan immediately entered the room and turned on his phone's flashlight, pointing it at the bed.

The scene before them left the three of them dumbfounded.

The bed was empty, without even a pillow or bedsheets.

"How could this be?" Lin Yuan was a bit stunned.

"Let's not worry about that now," Su Yuan said, turning to close the door. "Let's find the 'treasure' first!"

Only the room with the "treasure" was safe. Until they found it, they were in constant danger.

The three of them quickly searched the room.

Su Yuan was responsible for checking the storage cabinets by the door, which were generally used to store students' clothes and personal items.

All these cabinets were unlocked, covered in dust, and felt damp to the touch, emitting a pungent, rotten odor.

They looked like they hadn't been used or cleaned for several years.

He opened four or five storage cabinets in a row, all of them empty.

Just then, Lin Yuan's excited voice came from the room.

"I found it!"

He quickly climbed down from the upper bunk, holding a wooden plaque in his hand.

Su Yuan hurried over, and Zhang Yang, who was on the balcony, also rushed in, "Where? Let me see, let me see!"

It was an old, decaying wooden plaque, and under the phone's flashlight, the three of them could clearly see the three characters carved on it.

"Marsh Yang Earth"

"Marsh Yang Earth..." Lin Yuan murmured, "I thought it would really be some kind of earth, but it's just words carved on a wooden plaque?"

Su Yuan turned to Zhang Yang, "How did you know there would be a 'treasure' here?"

Zhang Yang stared at the words on the plaque, and after a moment, he let out a heavy sigh of relief, a look of relief on his face. "Looks like I was right. If that's the case, it makes things much easier..."

Seeing the puzzled expressions on the other two's faces, Zhang Yang explained, "When I saw the names of these 'treasures,' I wondered if they had any meaning, and if those meanings might correspond to the dorm room numbers..."

"Don't beat around the bush, everyone knows there's a meaning, we just couldn't find the connection. Just get to the point!" Lin Yuan interrupted impatiently.

"Let me finish!" Zhang Yang glared at him. "The names of these 'treasures' all end with the 'Five Elements,' and in the Book of Changes, the 'Five Elements' correspond to numbers. That was my first guess."

"But the first character of the 'treasures' also contains elements like 'Heaven, Thunder, Wind, Marsh,' which are outside the Five Elements."

Zhang Yang reached into his pocket, fumbling around before pulling out a cigarette and a lighter.

"I was confused too, but after we went to the bathroom and I had a smoke, it suddenly came to me..."

"It's the 'Divination Hexagram'!" Zhang Yang lit the cigarette, and in the swirling smoke, his expression appeared profound.

"Heaven is Qian, Earth is Kun, Thunder is Zhen, Wind is Xun, Mountain is Gen, Marsh is Dui, Water is Kan, Fire is Li."

"Marsh represents Dui, Dui corresponds to the number '2,' and in the Five Elements, '0' and '5' represent Earth, one Yin and one Yang, with '5' being Yang Earth, so..."

"So 'Marsh Yang Earth' represents the male dorm [205]?" Lin Yuan answered first.

Then he couldn't help but shake his head, his tone filled with amazement, "The bathroom is really a great place. I should go smoke in the bathroom before my college entrance exam too."

Su Yuan also looked at Zhang Yang in surprise, "You barely flipped through your math book, and yet you read the Book of Changes?"

"Ahem..." Zhang Yang was choked, his profound image shattered. "Fuck, you know what my family does, it's only natural to pick up a bit from being around them..."

"Of course, of course." Su Yuan's tone was unusually excited. "Have you figured out the other dorms with 'treasures'?"

If they could determine the location of all the "treasures," their chances of survival could increase by at least half.

Zhang Yang shook his head, "Still missing a bit, and I need a few more minutes to verify everything."

Since it was a matter of life and death, he had to be extra cautious.

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Su Yuan thought for a moment, "Alright, once you've figured it all out, send it to the group chat."

"Okay." Zhang Yang agreed, taking out his phone to start working.

Lin Yuan was a bit confused, "Su, are we sending it all out? Shouldn't we keep a couple for ourselves?"

Su Yuan pondered for a moment and then shook his head, "No need, this isn't a game of who finds more. The 'treasures' are both resources and burdens."

"Oh..." Lin Yuan's expression showed he didn't quite understand.

But his CPU was the same brand as Ye Haoyu's, so if he couldn't figure it out, he simply stopped thinking about it and casually hooked his arm around Zhang Yang's neck.

"Mr. Zhang, why didn't you say so earlier if you had it figured out? Being all mysterious, trying to show off, huh?"

Zhang Yang paused for a moment, and after a while, he spoke in a somewhat low voice, "It was just my guess... I was worried about being wrong, so I didn't dare say... just like last night."

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