Rules-related weird stories: 4016

"For those kind of trainee students, they don't need to understand formulas or every variable. They just need to memorize the questions and answers and recite them," he said.

"But for us, the questions aren't the ones on the sample paper. If we see similar questions and just recite the memorized answers, we definitely won't get any points. In that case, we can only familiarize ourselves with the basic theorems through the questions first, and then gradually unravel the mysteries."

"The so-called rules are actually the sample paper."

"By understanding the rules, we can understand the underlying logic of how the campus operates, and then we can do whatever we want—no, I mean, then we can adapt to any situation."

Li Huiyuan listened, her heart filled with admiration. She looked at Lin Yi with stars in her eyes: "So that's why you were constantly exploring the teaching building these past few days?"

Lin Yi didn't hide anything and nodded: "Yes... My roommate accidentally went to the art building and became an art student, but we agreed to leave together in seven days. So, I'm trying to find a way to get him out of the art building. For that, I need to understand the operating mechanism of the campus well enough."

"But that doesn't seem to have anything to do with you exploring the teaching building... Shouldn't you be exploring the art building instead?" Li Huiyuan asked bluntly.

Lin Yi wiped his sweat: "But I didn't have the chance to go to the art building before... Of course, I could only look at the eerie things in the teaching building first."

"Oh!" Li Huiyuan nodded upon hearing this, and then curiously began to examine the environment on the 5th floor of the teaching building.

Lin Yi glanced at his watch to check the time—9:35—and then began to observe the situation on the 5th floor of the teaching building.

The layout of the 5th floor of the teaching building wasn't too different from the 1st to 4th floors below. The only difference was in the environment. The air here seemed a bit turbid, like the Otherworld in Silent Hill, constantly filled with white mist.

A thin white mist filled the entire space, affecting visibility. The scenery outside the corridor bridge couldn't be seen much before it became blurred, and the corridor couldn't be seen much before it became unclear. The corridor seemed to extend into a phantom space.

To Lin Yi's surprise, in his original imagination, the area above the 5th floor of the teaching building might be a demon's lair and nest, teeming with nocturnal creatures. But now it seemed that this kind of environment could at least save a lot of physical labor...

Speaking of which, the way he recited the precepts to carve a path through the nocturnal creatures just now reminded him of Alibaba shouting, "Open sesame!" in that scene.

Could it be that the story of the Arabian folk tale "One Thousand and One Nights" wasn't just a random fabrication?

The so-called spell that Alibaba said was actually a precept with a pronunciation similar to "Open sesame!"?

And that door was actually a portal composed of countless mysterious creatures similar to nocturnal creatures?

Considering that the initial apostles radiated their global cultural journey from the Black Moon Outpost as the center, Lin Yi felt that many stories widely circulated around the world might be related to mystery and transcendence...

He shook his head and temporarily stopped thinking about those things. The most urgent task was to seize the time to see the situation on the 5th floor of the teaching building.

"Let's choose a classroom closest to the stairwell..." Lin Yi whispered, "Let's go take a look together, and then leave, okay?"

Li Huiyuan was a little worried about the truthfulness of Lin Yi's words and couldn't help but say: "You better really just 'take a look'."

"Uh... just trust me!" Lin Yi smiled wryly helplessly.

"I, in fact, have always trusted you." Li Huiyuan seriously put her hands on her hips, "But, someone always uses facts to tell me that my trust is wrong."

"How could that be?" Lin Yi said speechlessly.

"It is." Li Huiyuan said affirmatively.

Lin Yi quickly corrected the topic: "Let's not talk about this for now. It's not too late to leave these for when we return to the campus. Let's get down to business first."

After speaking, he took Li Huiyuan's hand and walked step by step cautiously towards the location of Class 15, Group B—at least in theory, that should be Class 15, Group B.

But as soon as Lin Yi led Li Huiyuan close to that corner, he suddenly found a figure appearing from the hazy mist.

It was walking out from the depths of the corridor shrouded in white mist, most likely someone from Class 14, Group B, but it couldn't be ruled out that it might also be someone from Class 13, Group B...

No!

Lin Yi's heart suddenly skipped a beat!

That's right, that's not right!

Why would there be anyone here?!

Lin Yi quickly grabbed Li Huiyuan's hand and led her to hide behind the nearest pillar.

Li Huiyuan hadn't realized what was happening when Lin Yi stopped her with a "Shh" gesture.

Just as Li Huiyuan was about to say something, Lin Yi suddenly lowered his voice and said, "Don't talk, someone's there!"

Li Huiyuan nodded, but she—suddenly looked behind Lin Yi in horror: "Be careful!!"

Before Li Huiyuan could finish speaking, Lin Yi felt a strong, cold aura. Almost instinctively, he suddenly turned his head to look behind him.

「Swish—」

A strange scene appeared. The figure that had appeared in the corridor before had silently arrived directly behind him!

There was no sound of footsteps, nor any movement. This strange speed made Lin Yi immediately think of those green-aproned chefs who had遁入阴影(tun ru yin ying - disappeared into the shadows)!

It was a person whose gender was not easily discernible, four parts male, four parts female, and the remaining two parts not human. It didn't look very old, its face was pale, and its eyes were shrouded in a gloomy aura, as if it were a venomous snake crawling out of some dark corner.

There was some mist around it, like someone who had crawled out of dust, with remnants of powder and dust.

It was wearing a somewhat tattered dark green robe, like the attire of an art student, but there was an indescribable wrongness to it.

「A fake art student?! No, a fanatic?!」

Lin Yi's heart jumped violently, and the hand behind his back instinctively clenched into a fist. The sky-blue secret纹(wen - pattern) surged in his palm, as if they would weave into some kind of weapon at any moment.

The fanatic slowly opened its mouth, and the tone didn't sound like there was anything inhumanly abnormal:

"Trainee student? Sports student? Oh... seems to be a sports student..."

It sensed the sky-blue aura and glanced at Lin Yi's hand behind his back.

"Interesting, really interesting..."

The gloomy look on its face gradually disappeared, replaced by a slightly stiff, strange smile.

"Are you here to find someone... or is there something else?"

There was nothing wrong with its tone—Lin Yi couldn't even feel any evil aura in its tone, but the more it was like this, the more Lin Yi felt that something was wrong, and there was always an indescribable sense of weirdness in his heart.

Lin Yi, therefore, didn't give an answer, nor did he offer any extra feedback, only staring intently at him, as if trying to discern something from his face.

But that fanatic showed no reaction whatsoever, and after asking the question, he simply waited in place, wearing that stiff smile, seemingly very patient.

Li Huiyuan also seemed to sense some strange atmosphere, her attention focused entirely on the fanatic, and she overlooked the baseball bat Lin Yi was about to brandish.

She carefully tugged at Lin Yi's hand behind his back, her expression tense and her face solemn.

Seeing this, the fanatic wasn't anxious either, just smiled and continued, saying:

"Few people come here, you don't seem to have been invited, right?"

‘Invited?’ Lin Yi's heart stirred slightly, and he suddenly thought of something, and then the contents of the 'Teaching Building Rules' quietly surfaced in his mind…

[If anyone invites you to the above areas, please refuse. If you cannot refuse, please seek help from the nearest sports student or sports teacher. If necessary, you can seek the help of security.]

[Be wary of anyone who exhibits the above behaviors; they are no longer the people you know.]

‘So that's what that sentence meant?’

“No longer the people you know” referred not to being replaced by imposters, but to becoming fanatics!

Come to think of it, imposters don't seem to possess enough intelligence.

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‘So, the area above the 5th floor, could it be a gathering place for fanatics?’

But if that logic is followed, there are some inconsistencies.

‘It shouldn't be. If so, why didn't the teacher tell us in advance?’

Lin Yi's thoughts surged, but for a moment he couldn't sort out a reasonable line of reasoning.

Time passed by, and Lin Yi began a choice in his heart—whether or not to respond to this fanatic.

According to the rules, he shouldn't respond, but according to what Boss and Homeroom Teacher-039 said, he could make changes based on his own situation.

A flash of inspiration suddenly struck Lin Yi's mind. He thought of something—the reason he didn't respond to the green-bibbed chef or the imposter in the first place was to avoid being pulled into their layers, so that he would have no resistance when facing their attacks, and at the same time, he would be contaminated by them.

In short, there were only two reasons: first, insufficient firepower; second, fear of contamination.

Thinking of this, the problem suddenly became simple.

Insufficient firepower?

Lin Yi now has enough firepower to blast and kill all tangible mysterious creatures with a position lower than the Wrathful Angel.

Afraid of being contaminated?

What a joke, who the hell is the source of contamination, bro!

My contamination is above yours!

Having clarified these two points, Lin Yi's heart suddenly calmed down a lot, and an idea slowly took shape.

"You seem to have a lot of concerns." The fanatic slowly opened his mouth, still testing Lin Yi's answer, "Unless you turn around and leave now, we will always have an intersection, and… even if you want to leave now, perhaps you have to ask my classmates if they agree."

As soon as he finished speaking, figures seemed to appear one after another in the corridor filled with white mist as if summoned.

These figures varied in height and size, but judging from their attire, they were all fanatics.

And in addition to the traditional dark green robes somewhat similar to those of art students, there were also some fanatics with tattered clothes and a large number of bandages and strips of cloth wrapped around their bodies.

That kind of dress immediately reminded Lin Yi of the strange art student whose main body was bandages who chased him yesterday afternoon…

After these fanatics emerged from the mist, they uniformly contracted their encirclement, gradually closing in on Lin Yi and Li Huiyuan, as if they were hunting.

Li Huiyuan held the mini baseball bat tightly in one hand, while the other hand gripped Lin Yi's hand tightly due to nervousness.

Lin Yi gently patted her hand, as if comforting her, while he sighed and pretended to be very helpless, responding to the fanatic's words: "It seems we have no choice…"

"Smart people are often not about having a high IQ, but about knowing how to make the right choices." The fanatic's smile faded a bit, but it was still full of aggression.

Lin Yi nodded regretfully: "I understand, 'Hee hee covers it for Junjie'! So, what should we do next?"

Lin Yi had already made up his mind. These guys probably came out of the classroom, so it is very likely that the place they are going to now has been occupied by fanatics, and such occupation is beyond the expectations of Homeroom Teacher-039 and Homeroom Teacher-040.

In this case, instead of taking Li Huiyuan to break in, it would be better to play along and follow them back to the classroom. He could compromise a little on the surface, and maybe he could get some more information out of them—regardless of whether the information is true or false, at least there would be more clues to deduce.

If the fanatics have ulterior motives, then he can take Li Huiyuan and kill his way out.

He has tried the terrifying combat power of countless heavy precepts, and he does not believe that apart from the alien angel last night, there are other positions that can stop him—of course, the price of doing so may be very tragic, but Lin Yi is only measuring whether he can cope with the worst situation based on his biggest trump card.

The answer is, he can hold on to it 90%.

Ninety percent, this probability is enough for him to try.

The remaining 10% is reserved for that conceptual sculpture—'Ashbringer'.

"Come with me, I'll take you to see the teacher." The fanatic glanced at him and said, "If you don't leave, you won't be able to leave when it comes."

After he finished speaking, he turned around and walked towards the location of the classroom.

The other fanatics who had surrounded them opened up a path, leaving it empty for Lin Yi and Li Huiyuan to follow the fanatic in front.

As for the other directions, they were surrounded tightly, seemingly with many loopholes, but like a fishing net, once you rush into the formation, it is easy to encounter a rebound.

Lin Yi looked at Li Huiyuan, a confident and firm look in his eyes: "Do you trust me?"

"Yeah!" Li Huiyuan nodded heavily. The sense of trust cultivated between life and death will not be destroyed by any factors.

"That's good. We'll just hold hands like this. Later, don't pay attention to whatever you see. I'll have my own judgment." Lin Yi said, "You just need to trust me unconditionally, and then, if I appear to fall into the layer like before, you can find a way to wake me up."