The man froze, but his survival instinct immediately spurred him to think of something. In utter terror, he picked the sign up off the floor, pushed the door open with sweat pouring down his back, and hung it outside. Then he immediately shut the door again and returned to the Dorm Supervisor's Office.
After doing all this, he kept his head half lowered and watched Kuai Hongji out of the corner of his eye, terrified yet desperate to know whether Kuai Hongji would kill him.
Kuai Hongji did not look at him again. Instead, he leaned back against the sofa and closed his eyes, as though taking a short rest.
Kuai Hongji had no desire to say even another word to these people.
Kuai Hongji glanced indifferently at the Grandfather Clock on the wall, silently waiting for time to pass.
In the deathly silence of the Dorm Supervisor's Office, only the Grandfather Clock's "tick, tock, tick..." and the others' desperately restrained breathing remained.
Finally, it was 22:20.
Kuai Hongji walked unhurriedly over to the Old Kerosene Lamp on the desk, moved it aside, took out the Dorm Supervisor ID Badge pinned beneath it, and slipped his Student ID inside.
With that, Kuai Hongji became "Dorm Supervisor-14-X0230506094."
He pinned the badge to his chest, then bent down to pick up the Chains from the floor. He looped them around his waist like a belt, leaving a tail dragging along the floor that clattered as he moved.
Then he took hold of the Old Kerosene Lamp.
The moment he took hold of the Old Kerosene Lamp, the four people inside the Dorm Supervisor's Office, along with the man who had hung the "Dorm Supervisor's Office Rules" Notice Board outside the door, all cautiously looked toward Kuai Hongji.
Clearly, despite the uncanny oppressive