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Chapter 134 Sculpture “Li Huiyuan”

Seeing that Lin Yi didn't refute, Xu Shunkang continued, "We call those things 'Night Walkers'. As the name suggests, they are a group of deformed and strange creatures that only come out at night."

After saying this, Xu Shunkang began to observe Lin Yi's expression.

Lin Yi repeatedly muttered the name "Night Walker", and then asked doubtfully, "Are they alive or dead?"

Xu Shunkang was a little surprised that Lin Yi would ask this, and said, "Some are already dead, and some are still alive."

"Why can they still be alive after they are dead…" Lin Yi narrowed his eyes, "Is it the power of that 'pollution' that drives their dead bodies? So… they are a kind of deeply polluted… 'creature'?"

"'Creature'?" Xu Shunkang shook his head, "They can't be defined as 'creatures'. They are a kind of alien. You can understand them as 'people' who have been subjected to strong radiation or infected with a virus, and their state is between 'life' and 'death'."

"Some of them are still alive, but they have become Night Walkers because they have been polluted. Some have already died, and some are even skeletons pieced together from the corpses of various creatures. After being polluted, they have a certain ability to move and become Night Walkers."

Lin Yi understood somewhat: "So, 'Night Walker' is actually a generalization of a certain range of creatures or units?"

"Yes."

"Then can they turn into sculptures?"

"Damn it!" Xu Shunkang was startled, "Your cognitive domain has expanded to this level? You even know about sculptures?"

Lin Yi nodded in confusion. Then he thought of the scene where Xu Shunkang was frightened by the first basement floor of the teaching building, and tentatively asked, "So… can you talk about this?"

Xu Shunkang and Xie Huayang looked at each other, then one person nodded and the other shook their head.

The two pondered for a while, and then the person nodding and the person shaking their head switched.

"Damn it, you talk to him." Xie Huayang said angrily, "I'm afraid that if I talk to him for too long, I won't be able to stand his cheap look and beat him up."

「Hey, I'm asking for knowledge humbly and politely, how come it becomes cheap in your mouth?」 Lin Yi said speechlessly.

Xu Shunkang nodded: "Okay, I'll say a few words to him… By the way, if it's about to cross the line, you can interrupt me in time."

"Got it." Xie Huayang waved his hand impatiently.

Only then did Xu Shunkang look at Lin Yi, then took a deep breath and said, "In a sense… Night Walkers are sculptures."

"?!" Lin Yi was suddenly shocked.

Xu Shunkang suddenly stopped talking.

"Damn it… Did I say something shocking?" He looked at Xie Huayang.

Xie Huayang glared at him angrily: "Why the hell are you looking at me? You ask him! Cognitive collapse won't collapse me, it's none of my business!"

Xu Shunkang quickly looked at Lin Yi worriedly, but Lin Yi slowly took a breath, and then continued: "That, senior, can you tell me specifically, in what 'sense' are you talking about?"

Lin Yi realized that there might be a transformation path hidden here, and it was very likely to be a complete path!

Xu Shunkang then said, "Before I explain this sentence to you, I'll ask you, how much do you know about sculptures? I can't say information that is beyond your comprehension… Just like when you mentioned that place the other day, do you understand?"

"I understand." Lin Yi nodded.

Then, he recalled the description of the sculpture in the rules of the art building, and slowly said, "Sculptures are life-size human figures that appear to be made of pure white plaster. They are usually stationary, but may move or become active under special circumstances."

Xu Shunkang's expression became serious, and he gave a thumbs up: "Awesome summary."

「Awesome my ass… This is the original saying on the rules of the art building…」 Lin Yi looked at his nose and his nose looked at his heart, using the information gap to fool Xu Shunkang, who had not read the rules of the art department.

Xu Shunkang said: "Actually, when you sincerely believe that 'the sculptures in the school district can move', it means that you already know a lot of information… But at the same time, it also means that you, this guy, have already fallen into the vortex of the 'magnetic field'."

Speaking of this, he sighed.

Magnetic field… Lin Yi was slightly silent. He was indeed caught in the vortex of the magnetic field. Xu Shunkang was not wrong about this.

On the contrary, Li Huiyuan, who was next to Lin Yi, fell into a trance when she heard Lin Yi say the "definition" of the sculpture.

Sculpture… can move?

Aren't sculptures in that so-called art building?

How could Lin Yi have seen a sculpture?

If he hadn't seen it, how could he know so clearly?

Many questions suddenly popped up in Li Huiyuan's mind. The most important point was… sculptures are pure white humanoid plaster statues that can move.

This description is so similar to those things in the elevator…!

It's just that there is no "humanoid"…

Humanoid?

Li Huiyuan was slightly stunned, and a pure white humanoid sculpture involuntarily appeared in her mind…

The appearance of the humanoid sculpture was very vague. The outline looked like a very cute girl. There was also a base under the sculpture's feet, and there seemed to be a nameplate on the base, and there seemed to be words on the nameplate…

What is that…

She subconsciously had the idea of going to see the nameplate. As a result, as soon as this idea came up, her sight kept zooming in on the base.

I saw that the nameplate on the base clearly read:

「Li Huiyuan」

「X0320507046」

Li Huiyuan trembled suddenly, as if struck by lightning from the sky. She staggered back and almost fell to the ground.

She suddenly felt that the ground under her feet was a little stiff. She looked down and… suddenly realized that the floor tiles under her feet had somehow turned into a pure white sculpture base, and the humanoid sculpture that was originally in front of her was gone.

The sculpture is gone?!

Sculptures can move…

Sculptures can move!!

She felt terrified, and a layer of fine cold sweat appeared on her head, but she vaguely felt that something was not right, so she looked down again…

The sculpture is still there.

The sculpture is still on the base.

She is on the base.

She is that sculpture.

Realizing this, her mind was shaken, and she instantly lost the ability to think.

Her dull brain gradually and uncontrollably began to depict the outline of a white humanoid sculpture, and the face of that humanoid sculpture was her face…

Suddenly, that face opened its mouth.

"Li Huiyuan…"

"Li Huiyuan…"

That wasn't her voice, but a male voice, as if it had traveled from a distant place across the ocean to reach her, intermittent and extremely unreal, yet seemingly right in front of her…

That voice… so familiar…

Such a familiar voice…

Who is calling me…

Who…?

“Li Hui Yuan!”

“Li Hui Yuan!!”

The voice grew louder and louder, more and more urgent, like a kind of magic echoing in her ears.

Suddenly… she discovered that the humanoid sculpture in her mind, which had her appearance, had its originally fixed facial contours rippled by the impact of this call…

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As the ripples pushed, the original appearance began to distort, and gradually, that face began to change into another appearance, that appearance was extremely blurred, but the area of the lips kept talking: "Li Hui Yuan! Li Hui Yuan! Li Hui Yuan…"

That call, it was clearly coming from the mouth of the sculpture in her mind!!!

However, this voice is so familiar…

Who is it?

Whose voice is it…?

She fell into a daze, but that blurred appearance began to solidify, and finally, it turned into a completely new appearance, it was actually…

Lin Yi?!

The sculpture had Lin Yi's appearance, and spoke with Lin Yi's voice…

No, that's not a sculpture… that… that is Lin Yi.

“Lin… classmate?” Li Hui Yuan looked at the familiar handsome face in front of her, and suddenly felt a sense of peace.

…

May 8, 2023, 14:06.

In the corridor in front of the stairs, Lin Yi put his hands on Li Hui Yuan's shoulders, constantly calling her name, while Xu Shun Kang next to him was staring at Li Hui Yuan with a frown, wondering what he was thinking.

And Xie Hua Yang had already carried the baseball bat on his shoulder, seemingly brewing a kind of "physical awakening" impulse.

Feeling Li Hui Yuan's rising body temperature and watching her refocusing eyes, Lin Yi finally breathed a sigh of relief, gently patted Li Hui Yuan's shoulder, signaling that she was okay.

Xie Hua Yang put the baseball bat back into his sportswear, then frowned, and was about to launch some questioning, Xu Shun Kang quickly pulled him back, and then suppressed his words with his eyes, and asked Lin Yi with a smile: "You knew she had a problem from the beginning?"

Xu Shun Kang looked at Lin Yi's skilled technique of awakening Li Hui Yuan, feeling that Lin Yi was about to hang the words "No other way but practice makes perfect" on his face.

People with this kind of operation will definitely not be "newbies" who have just started.

Moreover, if Li Hui Yuan hadn't suddenly fallen into the layer, they wouldn't have been able to discover Li Hui Yuan's abnormality, but Lin Yi's reaction was extremely fast, just like knowing which side of the racetrack had a drainage ditch to take a shortcut as soon as the race started…

Lin Yi comforted Li Hui Yuan, and then said calmly: "Li Hui Yuan's student ID was eaten by the green-aproned chef."

The air suddenly became quiet.

Then three words began to surround Xu Shun Kang and Xie Hua Yang's minds: student ID, green-aproned chef, eaten.

“No…” Xu Shun Kang's face became extremely strange, “So many complex elements, how the hell did you say it in such a calm tone?!”

Lin Yi was a little speechless: "Could it be that I have to play some tragic BGM and then cry and tell you?"

“…” Xu Shun Kang curled his lips, “That's not necessary, I just mean… you seem too calm.”

Lin Yi shook his head slightly: "I've almost used up all my 'shock' in the past two days, it's normal to be calmer."

Xu Shun Kang wiped a handful of sweat: "Understandable, understandable…"

“So, you now have such a person by your side?” Xie Hua Yang couldn't help but questioned, “Are you really not afraid of being finished, hiding a bomb in your crotch?”

“I have my plans.” Lin Yi responded.

“Your plans will only lead you to your doom!”

Lin Yi frowned slightly. On the first night, Xie Hua Yang gave a lot of "mandatory" suggestions in a somewhat paranoid tone.

At that time, he thought it was just because Xie Hua Yang's temper was a bit irritable, but now he faintly felt that Xie Hua Yang's character seemed to have a strong desire for control, and liked to teach him how to do things with his own experience — regardless of whether he understood him or not, whether he knew what his current situation was, anyway, he just wanted him to do things according to what he said.

Seeing that Xie Hua Yang was about to start "teaching" Lin Yi, Xu Shun Kang quickly pulled him back again, and then said: "So her student ID is lost, and now she's following you… trying to save her life?"

Lin Yi didn't want to explain the concept of "cannon fodder", for fear that he would be beaten twice by the irritable Xie Hua Yang, so he simply nodded: "That's about it."

Xu Shun Kang was slightly silent: "Without a student ID… staying in the classroom is indeed not an absolutely safe thing, you dare to take her, then take her."

Lin Yi noticed that Xu Shun Kang said "dare" instead of "want", so he asked: "Is there a problem?"

Xu Shun Kang patted him on the shoulder and said earnestly: "Don't worry, even if there is a problem, it's just that."

Lin Yi: "? ? ?"

“The head teacher should have her arrangements, listen to her for big things, and you can handle the small things yourselves.” Xu Shun Kang suddenly thought of something, glanced at the direction of the elevator, and added, “By the way… it's okay to walk by the river, it's okay to get your shoes wet, but remember to control the degree, falling into the river is really the end.”

Lin Yi didn't know why Xu Shun Kang suddenly changed his attitude towards him so much, but he still nodded, and then said: "So the sculpture also said, and said so much, can we continue to talk about the 'Night Walker' thing?"

Just now he asked what a Night Walker was, and Xu Shun Kang said that in a sense, Night Walkers are sculptures, and also asked him if he knew what a sculpture was. After he finished speaking, before Xu Shun Kang could say anything, Li Hui Yuan's layer fell first…

After he pulled Li Hui Yuan out of the layer, Xu Shun Kang didn't seem to want to continue talking about it. This made him have to re-correct the trajectory of the topic, so that this conversation would return to the topic.

After speaking, he looked down at his watch.

14:13.

He frowned slightly. The time seemed abundant, but in fact there was not much time left. He only had a little over an hour left to explore.

The information obtained from the elevator was not much, but it took him almost an hour.

The cost performance ratio is too low!

If he can't directly obtain some intelligence information from Xu Shun Kang, then it would be too much of a loss.