Rules-related weird stories: 4016

"Boom—"

A terrible storm suddenly erupted in Lin Yi's mind, causing his heart to tremble violently.

"Damn it! Why can her voice still affect me?"

He thought he would be safe once he left the Art Building layer, but the little girl's voice was so haunting that it even caused his hand to "lose control" again!

He looked at his uncontrollable arm, and the feeling of terror in his heart spread like a tide, beyond description.

"That secret纹! Is it some kind of brand? Can't I get rid of her now?!"

He looked at his arm, his right hand gripping it tightly, trying to regain control.

But that arm remained stiff, and at the same time, the trajectory of the secret纹 gradually emerged on his arm. The light golden secret纹 looked dignified and grand, like the inscriptions engraved on ancient Chinese bronze ritual vessels, but it exuded an aura of terror everywhere.

The secret纹 slowly spread like flowing river water, and the light golden刻痕 extended to his five fingers like fine blood threads.

Those five uncontrollable fingers stopped moving in unison, and then reached out towards "The Lawmaker's Discourse".

At this moment, he felt that his arm no longer belonged to him.

The little girl controlled his arm, and his arm was taking him to retrieve "The Lawmaker's Discourse"!

[Pull ya pull, tug ya tug~ Little sister's hands are numb ya numb~]

[Brother brother you're so bad~ Laughing at sister's saw is dull~]

[That tree is really nice~ I'll hang brother up in pieces~]

[...]

[I'll hang brother up in pieces~]

[I'll hang brother up in pieces~]

[...]

"Crack crack crack..."

With the constant pulling, Lin Yi faintly heard a trace of deformation coming from his bones, like the teeth-grinding sound of someone clenching their teeth.

This terrifying sound originated from the bones of his arm, and then spread little by little along his bones to his whole body, causing his whole body to feel sore and numb, wishing he could move forward...

"No, absolutely not..."

He clenched his teeth tightly, engaging in a tug-of-war with his own arm. The other end of his arm seemed to be grasped by an invisible force.

All his attention was focused on his arm and "The Lawmaker's Discourse" at the end of the passage, so that he did not notice the distortion and changes in the surrounding space and layers.

He clearly knew every item in the "Library Rules", and he also knew that he should immediately return the way he came.

But he couldn't do it.

The dual control of "Amon's Music Box" and the black nursery rhyme had completely pinned him to the spot, and if he didn't try to suppress his body, that invisible force would drag him towards "The Lawmaker's Discourse"!

Just then, he heard some fragmented murmurs in his ears again.

[Lin Yi...]

[Hahaha... it's him... it really is him...]

Lin Yi's footsteps suddenly stopped, and his body faintly stiffened. This was not the little girl's singing, nor the little girl's voice, but that strange, chattering laughter, as if calling his name, or something else.

[Lin Yi...]

[Here...]

[I see you...]

[Come quickly...]

[Come take us away...]

[Hehehe...]

[Haha...]

This was not one person's voice, but a group of voices, as if countless bats in a dense bat cave were flapping their wings, singing terrifying songs.

A creepy feeling rose in Lin Yi's heart, and his gaze, which had been fixed on "The Lawmaker's Discourse", suddenly glanced at the scene in the passage!

The passage was formed by the superposition of the empty spaces of each floor of the library, and at this moment, in the shadows of each floor of the passage, were full of broken sculptures!

Those sculptures were hung on the edges of the empty spaces by chains, hanging down like wisteria vines. Accompanied by their calls and laughter, the iron chains clanged, swaying back and forth, as if hung with corpses.

Those broken sculptures were exactly the same as what Lin Yi had seen in his hallucination, no, when he was dream-building.

At that time, he had accidentally built a dream when browsing the information left by art students in the bookshelf area at the back of the classroom, and came to an old abandoned classroom.

In that classroom, he saw many broken sculptures hanging from the ceiling. As soon as they saw him, those broken sculptures cried out...

It couldn't be that time. He had seen this kind of suspended broken sculpture many times.

But... how did they follow him here?

"Hallucination... Dream-building... Am I dreaming again?!"

He quickly looked down at his watch. Yes, he forgot, he had a watch on his hand—at least, he should have!!

When he looked at his wrist, his watch had reappeared on the hideous and sacred light golden secret纹 at some unknown time.

He looked at his watch and found that the time on the dial was still flowing, but the speed had indeed become quite slow.

"Go back!! Go back immediately!!"

He ordered "himself" in his heart, as if some loser was looking at himself in the rearview mirror and saying, "Don't die."

[Go back].

These two words, blessed by his will, actually worked like a divine decree. The invisible force that restrained his left hand also loosened its restraint on his arm.

In the next moment, his consciousness slowly withdrew from this passage...

[Brother...]

[Brother...]

In the little girl's singing, it seemed that only "brother" was left...

Countless broken sculptures cursed angrily.

And among these voices, there seemed to be another voice...

At the same time, an old, haggard voice, that voice calling to him, uttering some obscure, admonishing prayers:

"[Nr...den svarte... mnen vissner... kommer srgemo...erne tilbake fra det uendelige... dyphavet...]"

"[...den svarte...mnen vissner...kommer... tilbake fra...det... dyphavet...]"

"[Nr...kommer... tilbake... det... dyphavet...]"

After saying it several times, the voice disappeared again, and changed to a voice he could understand:

"Don't go, don't go..."

But this was useless, Lin Yi had already left here.

With his retreat, the ivory ball-like layer construction began to run again, the passage leading to "The Lawmaker's Discourse" closed one after another, and the terrifying and strange aura continued to dissipate...

Everything left his field of vision as if it were being played in reverse. When he came back to his senses, he found that he was still in the dream learning sector. It seemed that everything just now was just a fantasy.

He looked at his left hand, and saw those light golden, strange纹 receding from his fingertips, slowly shrinking back into the secret纹.

"Just now...?"

"I, I was summoned by the Law... by that book, and then dream-built...?"

He glanced at his watch.

4:49.

“Huff — —”

He deeply exhaled, supporting himself on the old bookshelf, his heart still filled with lingering fear.

He panted and pondered, even faintly sensing the location of "The Dictates of the Lawmaker"; it was hidden within a "secret compartment" somewhere in this library, requiring some magical steps or rituals to be opened.

It might be in the library, or it might not even be on any of the floors.

"The Dictates of the Lawmaker," understanding it through reading makes it clear that it's related to the "Lawmaker," and everything related to the "Lawmaker" must be treated with caution.

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"This is truly terrifying... I was summoned by her when I arrived at the art building, and now I'm being summoned by books related to her in the library..."

"Am I, perhaps, a summonable being?" He couldn't help but jokingly tease himself, feeling like he'd narrowly escaped death.

If he really was a summonable being of a "Lawmaker," then "The Dictates of the Lawmaker" would be the contract, right?

Of course, that was just a joke; it was simply an impossible thing.

He shook his head, controlling himself from overthinking any troublesome matters.

Tonight, his "understanding" of the campus had deepened far too much; before successfully returning to the campus, he would try his best to avoid any unnecessary complications, no, try his best to avoid "further" unnecessary complications.

As soon as he turned around, he noticed the female dorm supervisor looking at him with a lantern in hand, her gaze somewhat distracted, yet still with a predatory look, and the female dorm supervisor was looking at his... buttocks?

He quickly tugged at his tattered clothes, covering up his exposed skin.

“Hey, hey, hey, if you keep looking, I'm going to get angry!”

Lin Yi couldn't help but shout out; this was truly turning the world upside down!

He had never suffered such a loss in his life!

Dare someone let him suffer even more losses!

The female dorm supervisor was jolted back to her senses by Lin Yi's shout; her hand trembled, and she almost dropped the old kerosene lamp.

That domain disappeared! She was shocked, and at the same time, she realized that the mire-like sense of blockage had vanished without a trace.

“You… you were dream-weaving just now?!” She rushed in front of Lin Yi.

Lin Yi shrugged, muttering, “I seem to remember mentioning it beforehand… that I'm a 'Dream-Weaving' major, right?”

He appeared calm on the surface, but inside, he was incredibly pleased; finally, he had managed to show off, it wasn't easy!

Before they could say anything more, a rapid buzzing sound suddenly rang out, echoing throughout the entire library like an air raid siren.

“Woo — — Woo — — Woo — —”

As the buzzing sound rang out, the originally soft orange-yellow lights in the library suddenly turned red.

“The red light is on!” Lin Yi and the female dorm supervisor exchanged a glance.

“Go! To the counter!”

The two walked side by side, hurrying out of the stacks.

Along the way, the bookshelves beside them brushed past them like trees on the roadside; in less than a minute, they arrived at the counter.

At this moment, the sign in front of the counter still had the "×" facing outwards; the so-called librarian still hadn't appeared.

Lin Yi glanced at his watch.

4:50.

“According to the rules, the security guard will arrive within 15 minutes…” Lin Yi muttered to himself, “Which means, at the latest by 5:05, we'll see the security guard!”

He always felt that the words 'security guard' represented safety on campus; as long as the security guard appeared, all problems seemed to cease to be problems.

“What are you looking at?” The female dorm supervisor glanced at Lin Yi's wrist, puzzled.

Lin Yi seemed to have thought of something, shaking his head slightly: “It's nothing, it's just a bit itchy… By the way, do you see anything on my arm?”

He raised his arm, signaling the female dorm supervisor to take a look.

“Sorry, I'm not into hands.” The female dorm supervisor politely declined with a smile.

Lin Yi understood; this female dorm supervisor had a very deep level of understanding, yet she couldn't see his watch, nor could she see the secret纹 imprinted on his arm.

He could understand not seeing the secret纹, after all, the level of pollution was indeed very high, but this watch… was the level of pollution also that high?

Emmm… Actually, Lin Yi had also realized this, but what he couldn't accept was how this "modern craftsmanship" of an "ancestral watch" could have such deep pollution, and he had been carrying it with him all along, and he didn't seem to feel any discomfort… right?

Lin Yi took out the "Library Rules," playing with it in his hand; when the security guard arrived, he would drop the rules and leave.

The female dorm supervisor was also somewhat bored waiting for the arrival of the security guard; she leaned on the counter, propping up her cheeks, and idly began to size up Lin Yi’s… body, looking a bit like a woman buying a drink at a bar under the flickering red lights.

Lin Yi didn't have the mind to pay attention to the female dorm supervisor; the flickering red light vaguely gave him a sense of unease, as if something from his memories was about to be awakened.

His whole person began to feel restless, his right leg unconsciously trembling uneasily, and his breathing became somewhat rapid.

“Are you okay?” The female dorm supervisor noticed Lin Yi's abnormality and couldn't help but ask.

Lin Yi suppressed his breathing, shaking his head slightly: “I'm okay… I don't know why, my heart is beating a bit fast…”

The female dorm supervisor curled her lips: “Such a cheesy pickup line…”

“…” Lin Yi was a little speechless, but at this time, he didn't have the mind to joke with the female dorm supervisor.

Before long, his heart began to throb.

As if sensing something, he sharply looked towards a certain place in the library…

“He's here!” He exclaimed subconsciously.

The female dorm supervisor also looked in the direction Lin Yi was looking.

In the dark area near the stacks and the elevator room, a dark fault had appeared at some point, the asphalt-like darkness slowly spreading out, the space like a piece of paper soaked in ink, the blackness quietly spreading…

“Thump… Thump… Thump…”

Heavy and slow footsteps slowly sounded; an orange glow appeared from the darkness; soon, the security guard's burly figure appeared under the light.

He wore a black trench coat, the trench coat like a part of the night, the wide hem rhythmically swaying with his steps, each sway seemingly carrying the power of darkness; his shoulders were incredibly broad, giving a sense of an insurmountable barrier.

His face was hidden under the hood of the trench coat, only a deep shadow visible, like a black hole, seemingly able to absorb the surrounding light.

He carried an old kerosene lamp in his hand, the dim yellow flame stubbornly flickering inside the glass cover; it was the only source of light in this dark world, yet it was also like a candle in the wind, ready to be extinguished by the darkness at any moment.

The darkness spread with the security guard's movement, and so did the area of light, but that area was always smaller than the range of darkness, as if the boundary was outlined by darkness.