Rules-related weird stories: 4016

"Ah? How did you figure that out? Could it be that you're a master of metaphysics, able to deduce whether they're problematic or not?"

Lin Yi was speechless.

「You've been acting mysteriously the whole time, and now you can't go three sentences without mentioning metaphysics?」

"Don't look at them; you need to look at the people who are obviously abnormal, the ones who are intensely staring at them. Those are basically the normal ones. Do you understand what I'm saying?"

Wei Liang snapped his fingers and exclaimed with delight, "Old Lin, you're a genius!"

"Seriously, why do I feel like you're playing dumb?"

"Uh… is it that obvious?" Wei Liang leaned back defensively.

Lin Yi was speechless and choked. He thought for a moment and suddenly stood up from his seat.

"What's wrong?" Wei Liang immediately asked.

Lin Yi looked at the door that Xu Shunkang and Xie Huayang had left through and said, "I thought of something."

Wei Liang followed Lin Yi's gaze and smiled knowingly. "I get it this time! Leave it to me!"

With that, Wei Liang also stood up from his seat and, under Lin Yi's gaze, walked towards the bookshelf at the back of the circular classroom.

"Not you, what are you doing?" Lin Yi grabbed Wei Liang.

"Huh? Didn't you glean something from Xu Shunkang's words and plan to stay up all night reading H-manga?" Wei Liang asked, looking puzzled at Lin Yi's confused expression.

Lin Yi: 「…」

"So… all you gleaned was that?" He said through gritted teeth, his voice strained and dry.

"Huh? Isn't that it?" Wei Liang asked innocently.

Lin Yi revealed a "Tsk~ nice!" expression and clicked his tongue. "I'm a little curious how you managed to get through those seven days unscathed on this campus last time."

Wei Liang was immediately displeased upon hearing this. "Damn it, Old Lin, you can question my intelligence, but you can't question my survival skills, right? I even went on a wilderness survival show before!"

Lin Yi shrugged noncommittally.

The wilderness survival show Wei Liang was talking about was actually just him eating a protein-rich bursting hairy caterpillar, then giving a thumbs up to the close-up camera and saying, "Flavorful, so delicious."

But he later gagged for three days, wishing he could take his stomach out and throw it into the washing machine for a spin.

To the point that now he feels nauseous in his stomach when he sees caterpillar bread.

Lin Yi glanced at his watch.

20:55.

"Alright, I'm not going to mess around with you anymore. I'm going to get down to business."

Wei Liang quickly said, "Hey, where are you going?"

Lin Yi said, "I'm going outside the classroom to take a look."

"Huh?"

"What 'huh' are you 'huh'-ing about? It's going to be forbidden to leave the classroom in five minutes. Are you coming or not?"

Wei Liang hesitated for a few seconds, thinking about being watched by thirty or forty weird people, which gave him goosebumps. So he said, "I'm going, why wouldn't I go? If we're lucky and it doesn't rain, and the fog is a little less, we can go back to the dorm to sleep!"

If there was an opportunity, Wei Liang wouldn't want to stay in the classroom overnight at all.

So the two walked down the steps of the circular classroom and headed towards the door.

Gazes began to focus on them from the eyes of those thirty or forty students in the classroom.

Lin Yi paused. At that moment, he suddenly understood what it meant to feel like he was sitting on pins and needles.

He continued walking.

But just as he was about to reach the classroom door, the handle of the classroom door was suddenly pressed down from the outside.

「Click! Clack!」

The classroom door was opened from the outside, and thick fog invaded the classroom like tentacles from the crack in the door, but it only spread a tiny bit before dissipating.

The moisture, carrying a hint of fishiness, mixed with the biting cold wind, hit Lin Yi, who was closest to the door.

「Swish—swish—」

At that moment, an image of waves crashing against dark reefs under a black moon appeared in Lin Yi's mind, and he could even hear the sound of waves.

He suddenly shuddered, quickly shook his head, and swept the thought away.

He fixed his gaze on the outside of the door.

The door was indeed opened by someone.

The homeroom teacher, wearing a fitted professional suit, was standing at the door. She was holding a folder in one hand and pushing the door with the other hand on the handle.

Meeting Lin Yi head-on, the homeroom teacher was also stunned. Her shapely, straight black-stockinged legs subconsciously took half a step back, and her high heels made a crisp "click" sound.

Lin Yi immediately pulled his gaze from the black stockings to a sufficient height, locking onto the name tag on the homeroom teacher's chest.

「Homeroom Teacher - B2-039」.

He breathed a sigh of relief.

The homeroom teacher glanced at them, didn't say much, and walked into the classroom on her own, then said loudly, "Students are prohibited from leaving this classroom after 21:00. Please, students who need to, go to the restroom now."

"If you don't go now, this teacher and the campus will not be responsible for your life and property safety if you leave the classroom without permission after 21:00."

"There are restrooms next to Class B Group 1 and Class B Group 3. Before entering, make sure the lights in the restrooms are normal, and come back immediately after you're done."

After giving the instructions, she turned her gaze to Lin Yi and Wei Liang and asked vigilantly, "Students, were you going to leave the classroom just now?"

"Ah… we…" Wei Liang stammered.

Lin Yi said, "Teacher, we just wanted to go out for some fresh air and go to the restroom."

The homeroom teacher stepped aside a little and nodded. "Then hurry up and go, and come back when you're done."

"Okay, teacher."

…

May 6, X023, 20:58.

Lin Yi and Wei Liang walked in the corridor of Building B. Next to them were the steps down the teaching building, but the thick fog seemed to have invaded the whole world. The short steps gave a feeling of not being able to see the end at a glance.

That half-covered feeling gave people the illusion that once they lost their footing and fell down the steps, they would fall into the abyss.

In the fog, a lamp with a clear yellow light could be faintly seen, just like a lighthouse in the sea.

「Swish… swish…」

In Lin Yi's ears, he faintly heard the sound of waves crashing against dark reefs again.

A look of doubt appeared in his eyes. He looked around and found that he was still in the corridor, so he was certain that he was hallucinating again.

"Old Lin, are you okay?" Wei Liang's voice sounded in his ear.

Lin Yi said, "What happened to me just now?"

Wei Liang said, "I saw you pause suddenly, I thought you had discovered something."

「Paused for a moment?」

Lin Yi was slightly stunned and asked, "Was it the same kind of expression as when we were in the classroom?"

"I don't know." Wei Liang shook his head. "Anyway, it's an indescribable feeling."

At this time, Lin Yi looked towards the fog. The thick fog was nowhere to be seen, but he could hear a rustling sound in his ears.

In the mountains and suburbs, everything is silent at night. Once it rains, there will immediately be a feeling of rain hitting banana leaves.

"This rain is not light." Lin Yi said.

Wei Liang said in surprise, "You wouldn't still be thinking about going back to the dorm to sleep, would you?"

Lin Yi nodded. "If there's a chance, I definitely want to spend the night in the dorm."

Judging from the rules, if we treat this seven-day college life experience as a survival game with a high reward, then judging from the rules, the dormitory is the only safe zone on the entire campus.

Of course, Lin Yi couldn't understand some of the dormitory rules, especially the one about entry and exit times.

But this didn't affect the fact that the dormitory was a safe zone.

Although the teaching building, no, the classroom, was also a safe zone to some extent.

"But with weather like this, there's definitely no way to go back," Lin Yi shook his head.

"Let's take it one step at a time. If worst comes to worst, I'll just read comics in the classroom all night," Wei Liang shrugged.

Although he had good looks, intelligence, and skills, he insisted on thoroughly implementing the principle of "obeying the rules."

Suddenly, Lin Yi stopped and asked in a deep voice, "Liangzi, how far have we walked?"

Wei Liang was stunned. "I don't know. Probably almost to the toilet, right? What's wrong?"

Lin Yi looked down at his watch.

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21:08.

An ominous premonition suddenly arose from the bottom of his heart.

He turned his head back as if possessed, his eyes widened instantly, and his pupils trembled violently.

A classroom was not far behind him, and the sign on the door was clearly—

Group B, Class 2!

"We've been walking for almost ten minutes since we left the classroom, and we're still walking in place?!"

Lin Yi's heart felt prickly, and goosebumps rose on his arms.

"What's wrong, Lao Lin?" Wei Liang subconsciously turned his head.

"Don't turn around, Liangzi!"

Lin Yi stopped him abruptly.

Wei Liang was so frightened that he jumped up from the ground: "Damn, don't be so alarming, you scared me to death!"

But he honestly listened to Lin Yi and didn't turn around.

"What's wrong, Lao Lin? Is there something wrong?" he asked nervously.

Lin Yi suppressed the strange feeling in his heart and said, "It's nothing, nothing. I saw it wrong. Liangzi, you just said we were almost at the toilet, right?"

"Yeah, so what?"

"But we haven't seen the classroom for Group B, Class 1 yet," Lin Yi tried to keep his tone calm. "Don't you think we should see Group B, Class 1 first? Because we turned left when we came out."

Wei Liang thought for a while and nodded. "That's right, we should see Group B, Class 1 first, and then the toilet will be almost there."

Lin Yi said, "That's what I thought too."

"Group B, Class 1 should be next to Group B, Class 2… Group B, Class 1 should be next to Group B, Class 2…"

Lin Yi kept chanting in his heart.

After walking ten steps or so.

A classroom appeared not far from him. He squinted through the fog and saw the words "Group B, Class 1" clearly marked on the classroom door.

"Lao Lin, Lao Lin, Class 1 is here! The toilet should be right next to it!" Wei Liang said excitedly, while also muttering to himself, "Damn, why do I feel like I've been walking for centuries… Why does the teaching building feel longer than the last time I came?"

"That's strange…"

But Lin Yi wasn't happy at all. He looked at the classroom doorplate of Group B, Class 1 as if he had seen a ghost. He was absolutely certain that if he hadn't guided Wei Liang to believe that they would soon arrive at Group B, Class 1, they wouldn't have been able to get there even if they walked until dawn!

This suddenly reminded him of the absurd feeling he had when walking through the thick fog before—it was clearly two lampposts not far apart, but it took him more than ten minutes to run from one to the other!

The cold wind drifted out of the thick fog, and the moisture hit Lin Yi's face. Although he was in the mountains, Lin Yi seemed to smell a unique fishy smell from the seaside…

The sound of "crashing" waves was about to appear in his ears again, but this time it seemed to have more echoes, like a whisper floating from a more distant place.

From far to near.

From light to loud.

"Whoosh—"

"Whoosh————"

Lin Yi squinted subconsciously. He seemed to have received some kind of call, about to listen to that ancient echo.

He seemed to be able to hear clearly. There was a call in the sound of the waves.

The call was very urgent, very eager…

He seemed to be washed by the waves, and his whole body shook violently.

He heard the call, but before he fell into it, his will wanted to wake him up, so the strange call he heard gradually turned into a sound from far to near—Lao Lin…

"Lao Lin…"

"Lao Lin!"

"Lao Lin! Lao Lin!"

He was shaken awake. What came into view was Wei Liang's handsome face with a bit of ruffianism.

But now Wei Liang was very anxious, and his eyes under the duck-tongue hat were full of anxiety. His hands were on Lin Yi's shoulders, shaking his body with all he had learned in his life.

That call… was Wei Liang's.

Lin Yi suddenly woke up.

"Liangzi, did I 'doze off' again just now?"

Wei Liang shook his head helplessly, hesitating to speak: "Hey, Lao Lin, you… hey, I feel like you're not in a good state. Are you okay?"

He looked at Lin Yi with concern: "Is it because you've been thinking too much along the way?"

Lin Yi nodded: "It's my fault, I shouldn't have thought so much."

In fact, Lin Yi knew that this was not his fault. This should be the guidance caused by some kind of surrounding environment. Of course, perhaps it was not from the environment, but more like some kind of… psychological suggestion. Although he later tried his best to wake himself up, the silent sense of guidance that permeated in was the most dangerous element that led him to think.

"Hey, it's not your fault!" Wei Liang elbowed Lin Yi, "You like to use your brain, unlike me… I'm brainless."

"Pfft…" Lin Yi was amused, "I'm counting on you this time!"

Wei Liang waved his hand, smugly saying, "Everyone has their own strengths! Not bad!"

Lin Yi joked, "I kind of understand why you were able to safely survive for seven days."

Wei Liang smiled and pointed to the front: "Hey, the bathroom is here!"

Lin Yi immediately looked over and saw a bathroom not far away, with a long queue at the entrance.

These were all students who came to use the toilet one after another, and many had already finished.

"I suddenly don't feel like peeing," Wei Liang said when he saw the long queue. He couldn't help but sigh, "The men's toilet can actually have such a grand occasion, tsk tsk tsk…"

Lin Yi quickly said, "We're already here, so let's just line up. We're staying overnight, can your bladder take it?"

"What you said is right. Originally, it would be fine if I fell asleep, but the classroom doesn't allow sleeping," Wei Liang shrugged helplessly.

Lin Yi shook his head and smiled in agreement.

But just as he was shaking his head and smiling, his eyes inadvertently glanced at a corner of the corridor without lights…

In the dim light and the overlapping of thick fog, he vaguely saw a thin figure standing in that place.

The figure was standing in the shadows, but his eyes seemed to be staring straight at him, as if he would rush over and pounce on him at any time.

Almost didn't make it, embarrassed.