Rules-related weird stories: 4016

May 10, 2023, 8:02 AM, Group B, Class 2.

Nine athletic students formed a small group, sitting in the same area, all silent and preoccupied. Each face was etched with worry, a picture of deep-seated resentment.

Xu Shunkang interlocked his fingers, his elbows propped on the folding desk in front of him, his face gloomy, his eyes unfocused, lost in thought. He had something of the lonely, aloof aura of Bu Jingyun sitting on a rooftop.

Sensing Lin Yi's approach, Xu Shunkang, who had just sat down, slightly raised his head and looked at Lin Yi, a hint of regret seeming to flash in his eyes.

Lin Yi walked to Xu Shunkang's side and asked, "Senior, can we talk?"

Lin Yi's arrival broke the dull atmosphere of this area.

Xu Shunkang glanced at him, then at Li Huiyuan, and nodded.

"Sit down."

Seeing Xu Shunkang invite Lin Yi to sit, a hint of surprise flashed in the eyes of the surrounding athletic students, but none of them said anything.

"What do you want to ask?" Xu Shunkang asked directly.

Lin Yi didn't mince words and went straight to the point: "Senior, I want to ask what happened last night?"

As soon as Lin Yi asked this, the expressions of the surrounding athletic students became tense, and they all subconsciously looked at Xu Shunkang.

The originally dissipated dull atmosphere seemed to become somewhat solidified.

Xu Shunkang's fist clenched suddenly, and his body also tensed slightly.

He slowly uttered four words: "A bloody battle..."

Having said that, he fell silent again.

Lin Yi sat beside him, and seeing that he hadn't spoken again for a long time, he began to formulate some questions. But just as he was about to take the initiative to ask, Xu Shunkang took a deep breath and then asked, "I heard that Lao Mo came to you last night?"

Lin Yi didn't know why Xu Shunkang asked this question, nor did he know that Xu Shunkang actually knew Lao Mo, so he nodded: "Yes."

"What...did he want from you?" Xu Shunkang asked.

Originally, Lin Yi came to Xu Shunkang to ask about the situation, but now it had turned into Xu Shunkang asking him questions.

Hearing Lao Mo's name, the athletic students on the side also became interested and focused their attention on Lin Yi, with a hint of curiosity and admiration in their eyes.

Of course, Lin Yi knew clearly in his heart that this curiosity and admiration was not for him, but for Lao Mo.

He fell silent.

Xu Shunkang narrowed his eyes: "What? Is it inconvenient to say?"

Lin Yi shook his head slightly: "That's not the case... It's just that some details, please forgive me for not being able to disclose due to some special reasons."

Xu Shunkang laughed, but his laugh was a bit heavy: "I didn't expect that in this campus, there are still things I can't know, haha..."

"Uh..." Lin Yi tentatively asked, "Then can I talk about the Night Watchman?"

Xu Shunkang's slightly somber expression changed slightly.

Seeing this, Lin Yi continued to probe: "And... the convenience store owner?"

The corners of Xu Shunkang's mouth twitched fiercely. Finally, he uttered a word: "Damn..."

"Alright, alright..." He leaned back in his chair somewhat helplessly. He had underestimated Lin Yi. Lin Yi's concerns were actually something that would make him feel concerned.

It was truly absurd beyond absurdity, absurd to the extreme.

"Just tell me briefly..."

"Okay." Lin Yi came to ask for information, but now Xu Shunkang needed a "warm-up." He would answer some questions first, so that it would be convenient for him to ask questions later.

"Lao Mo took me to the Art Building."

"Yeah... and then?"

"That's all..."

"If it's just like this, I can guess it. What did he go to the Art Building for, and why did he have to bring you along?" Xu Shunkang asked, puzzled.

"Lao Mo went to save an art student named 'Mu Daxian'. I'm not very clear about their relationship, but it feels like they have a good friendship." Lin Yi selectively answered, "As for bringing me along... that's because I have some extraordinary talents that can help him with some things."

"'Mu Daxian'…" Xu Shunkang murmured to himself, "Is it him?"

"Do you also know Mu Daxian?" Lin Yi asked back.

"I know something." Xu Shunkang said, "I heard that he is an art student with very good artistic talent. We had several experiences of going to the Art Building for support before, and we saw him fighting alongside the art teachers from afar. His ability is outstanding... I am ashamed of my inferiority."

Lin Yi lowered his eyes slightly. Mu Daxian and Yuan Datou had entered the school together, but Xu Shunkang, who had a good relationship with Yuan Datou, didn't seem to know.

"Did Lao Mo return to the cafeteria?" Xu Shunkang asked.

Lin Yi subconsciously tightened the straps of his backpack, his tone somewhat low: "No..."

"This..." Xu Shunkang had a bad feeling, "Don't tell me? Could it be...?"

Lin Yi said in a deep voice: "Lao Mo... sacrificed himself..."

"What?!"

"This...? !"

Xu Shunkang's face changed drastically, and the surrounding athletic students also showed shocked expressions.

"How could Lao Mo die?!"

"Hasn't he already died once?!"

"This..."

There was some pity in Xu Shunkang's eyes, and he exclaimed: "What the boss said is indeed true... Lao Mo went to the Art Building, and most likely wouldn't come back alive... But if he dies, how will the cafeteria be guarded in the next few days?"

Lao Mo was the last drop of blood in the cafeteria. As long as Lao Mo was in the cafeteria, no matter how much the cafeteria fell, it would be locked on the last drop of blood. But if Lao Mo was gone, the cafeteria's "blood-locking mechanism" would no longer exist.

"Perhaps... the convenience store owner has returned?" Lin Yi said softly.

"The convenience store owner...?" Hearing the name of the convenience store owner, Xu Shunkang's face was very unnatural, with more fear than respect, "Did you see him in the Art Building?"

"I only saw a blurry shadow..." Lin Yi shook his head, "Can you hear this?"

Xu Shunkang said: "I can hear it, but I can't hear too much. I only ask one question... Does the convenience store owner know about Lao Mo's sacrifice in the Art Building?"

"He knows." Lin Yi said, the convenience store owner even asked him to bring Lao Mo's heart back to him, as if Lao Mo could be saved or something, but this was just his inference based on the words of the convenience store owner.

But Xu Shunkang's words reminded Lin Yi instead. Lao Mo was the last drop of blood in the cafeteria. Could it be that bringing Lao Mo's heart back was related to the cafeteria's "blood-locking mechanism"?

Hearing this, Xu Shunkang was slightly relieved: "Since the convenience store owner knows about this, then he probably already has countermeasures. But I still have to report this matter to the boss as soon as possible..."

"Uh, that…" Lin Yi quickly said, "If you're going to talk to Boss, please add a sentence: try not to worry too much about Lao Mo. Uh, I mean… the matter is already a foregone conclusion. Instead of being distracted by this, it's better to take care of your own affairs first."

Xu Shunkang hesitated for a moment, then nodded: "Okay, I will pass on your words. Boss doesn't like people telling her what to do, but I will say it's you who asked me to say it."

"Hiss…" Lin Yi took a slight breath. He always felt that Xu Shunkang's words seemed to have a hidden meaning.

"Do you have anything else you want to ask?" he asked. If not, then it would be his turn.

"Yes, I do," Xu Shunkang said.

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"Alright…" Lin Yi replied helplessly, "Ask away."

"Lao Mo sacrificed himself. How did you get back? What exactly was the situation in the Art Building yesterday?"

Xu Shunkang's questions were too broad, and Lin Yi didn't know how to answer. So, he thought carefully for a moment, and then said what Xu Shunkang wanted to know.

But what else could he say? It was nothing more than the Smiling Angel entering the Art Building, and the art students protecting it… As for his own experiences, he omitted them.

Lin Yi's words had no loopholes, because that was the truth. He chose to tell the truth, but only selected a portion of the facts to tell. He even concealed the matter of the library.

Xu Shunkang listened, feeling that something was missing, but he couldn't put his finger on it. So, he asked again, "Then how did you come back alone?"

Lin Yi said, "Before sacrificing himself, Lao Mo helped me design an escape route… I followed the steps and successfully returned to the campus."

After listening, Xu Shunkang fell silent. He didn't seem to have gotten the answer he wanted, but he didn't know what else to ask.

But that was the key to the problem. He simply didn't know Lin Yi's "itinerary," so he could only raise questions based on his "perception of Lin Yi's itinerary," and couldn't ask targeted questions about Lin Yi's real itinerary.

Seeing that Xu Shunkang didn't ask any more questions, Lin Yi said, "Senior, do you have any other questions? If not, can you answer a few questions that I want to know?"

Xu Shunkang stared at Lin Yi's face for a few seconds, then nodded: "Ask away."

"What happened at the gymnasium last night?"

Xu Shunkang said in a deep voice, "What do you want to know?"

Lin Yi thought for a moment, wanting to shamelessly say that he actually wanted to know everything, but considering that this might make Xu Shunkang feel unhappy, he asked specifically, "I want to know what the gymnasium was like when the Gray Mist invaded, and why Boss and the others went to the Art Building, but I didn't seem to see them at all?"

This was the benefit of Lin Yi answering Xu Shunkang's questions first. According to etiquette, Xu Shunkang couldn't refuse Lin Yi's questions now. So, he nodded slightly and asked first, "Before I say it, I want to confirm, can your cognition withstand this answer? About… the Gray Mist invasion."

Lin Yi nodded: "Lao Mo told me many things. I think I should know."

He didn't actually need to use Lao Mo as a reference, but bringing up Lao Mo would increase the credibility of his words by an order of magnitude.

Sure enough, hearing Lao Mo's name, Xu Shunkang's expression also became serious.

Lao Mo wouldn't have brought Lin Yi to the Art Building for no reason. There must be many reasons for this, but Xu Shunkang wasn't sure if his own cognition could support him knowing the secrets here, which was why he didn't ask.

But now, in Xu Shunkang's view, Lao Mo seemed to have foreseen his own sacrifice, so he told some things to Lin Yi.

What was Lao Mo planning to do? Did he want to make Lin Yi a Black Apron Chef? But the path of the 'Black Chef'… is it taken like this? Xu Shunkang was uncertain in his heart.

Perhaps only Boss knew Lao Mo's thoughts, but he didn't have the guts to ask Boss about these things.

So, he sorted out his thoughts, and then replied: "Since you know about the 'Gray Mist Invasion,' you should know that the essence of the Gray Mist Invasion is the power that doesn't belong to this world, trying to invade this world."

Lin Yi nodded.

Xu Shunkang continued: "Whenever the flood season comes, and the rainfall is excessive, the rivers have the risk of breaching. The role of the gymnasium is the dam."

"All sports students of the second rank and above need to shoulder the responsibility of building the dam at this time."

"Some dirty things will be mixed in the water and washed ashore. We need to deal with them in time, otherwise, if they enter the plain behind the dam, the consequences will be disastrous."

"I don't know why, but the dam, which originally had some cracks, has become surprisingly stable, so our work has become much easier."

"But Boss sensed some ominous things, so she took some students to the Art Building…"

"You came back from the Art Building, you should know what the situation is like there."

"If the gymnasium is the dam, then the Art Building is the first sluice gate in the river."

Xu Shunkang paused, then continued: "You didn't see Boss and the others because they didn't enter the Art Building…"

"Didn't enter the Art Building?" Lin Yi narrowed his eyes, a strange color flashing in his eyes, "Could it be that they went to the coastline?"

"You really know these things," Xu Shunkang said.

Lin Yi didn't deny it: "Lao Mo took me on that road, and I think it might be the same one Boss and the others took."

"That non-existent road outside the gymnasium, it seems to be a road that is tacitly acknowledged by high-combat-power people, but because stepping on that road requires a certain level of strength, some people who are not strong enough don't know about it…" Lin Yi understood in his heart.

"But if that's the case, why is Xu Shunkang's expression so ugly?"

Lin Yi asked; "What exactly happened when Boss and the others went to support the Art Building? Did something unexpected happen?"

Xu Shunkang gritted his teeth and said: "You have also walked that road, you should know that not everyone can walk that road. Even with Boss leading the team, only a small number of second-rank or higher sports students can go, and the rest stay in the green belt to clear out some enraged angels and fanatical believers."

"The problem appeared here."

"This time, the fanatical believers don't know what they did, but they actually summoned an ominous thing…"

"That was an existence that surpassed the ordinary angel sculptures, emitting a glass-shard-like luster, filled with dust like the afterglow of the setting sun…"