Rules-related weird stories: 4016

"That Black Chef was already dead over there, how could you possibly come back...?"

As the eerie art teacher stood up, Lin Yi finally saw her current appearance clearly.

Actually, she was almost the same as she was last night, except she was missing the tattered robe she had draped over herself.

At the same time, Lin Yi also noticed that her newly grown leg, the one Mu Daxian had cut off, wasn't wearing a stocking.

It seemed that the stocking from before had been cut off along with her leg.

"If changing clothes requires going to a fixed location, then does that mean... she also returned to the campus on May 7th and has been here ever since?"

Lin Yi frowned deeply.

At this moment, he seemed to have thought of many clues.

Could the appearance of these fanatical believers also be related to the 'Ashbringer'?

Wasteland, Matrix, extraordinary substances, plus the eerie art teacher and a group of fanatical student believers... so many factors stacked together, it's really hard not to connect all the clues together.

"Oh... I also thought I wouldn't be able to come back," Lin Yi said.

The eerie art teacher restrained her eerie smile, recalling the time when she was still human, trying to appear more like a 'person' in front of Lin Yi: "Want to have a chat?"

With each meeting, she increasingly felt that Lin Yi had more and more things about him that attracted her.

Of course, all these attractive points had nothing to do with so-called masculine charm.

What she was interested in was the faint, almost imperceptible aura of 'extraordinariness' that belonged only to Lin Yi...

The eerie art teacher's words made Lin Yi narrow his eyes subconsciously, but since he had come here, he himself had many doubts, perhaps he could get answers from this eerie art teacher.

According to Lao Mo, there were many divisions among the fanatical believers.

These fanatical believers who were 'dispatched' to the campus seemed to be somewhat distant from the true 'power center' of the fanatical believers, and were more like people, perhaps more suitable for communication.

"That's exactly what I was thinking," Lin Yi said.

Although he said so, Lin Yi didn't expect to get much real information from her.

But similarly, he believed that the eerie art teacher wouldn't dare to fabricate things casually.

After all, he was someone who frequented the art building, and he knew quite a bit, so it wouldn't be easy to fool him.

"Teacher, I..." The leading fanatical believer on the other side felt confused by all this, but still insisted on seeking benefits for himself.

The eerie art teacher glanced at him indifferently, and then said: "I'll give you a reward after I'm done."

Upon hearing this, the fanatical believer immediately revealed a look of ecstasy, the uncontrollable smile splitting as if it had been torn open, appearing particularly eerie: "Thank you, teacher, thank you, teacher..."

Lin Yi walked onto the podium, his eyes catching sight of a dark green file folder, his eyebrows raising slightly: "Fanatical believers even do attendance checks?"

The eerie art teacher smiled unnaturally: "You're so humorous, who said file folders are necessarily used for attendance checks."

"You're right, I was thinking too simply," Lin Yi nodded.

The eerie art teacher said directly: "What's your name?"

"Huh?" Lin Yi hesitated.

The eerie art teacher asked: "I know about the rules, so I won't ask for your student ID number, but is it inconvenient for you to even say your name?"

"That's not inconvenient, my surname is Xiao, my given name is Zi, Xiao Zi," Lin Yi said without hesitation, his expression natural, his tone sincere.

This was not actually a fabrication, but rather 'logical', because Lao Mo had been calling him 'kid' all the way, so he simply came up with this, using 'Xiao Zi' to refer to himself, while also hoping to deceive the eerie art teacher.

"Xiao... Zi...?" The eerie art teacher was slightly stunned, and then she really thought of how Lao Mo had addressed him, and her heart immediately clicked, "Nice to meet you, nice to meet you, you can call me teacher like them."

"I wouldn't dare, you'd better reveal your identity," Lin Yi replied calmly.

Within the campus, units with 'identity' are different.

The eerie art teacher wasn't angry upon hearing this, and slowly said: "I don't have the kind of identity you're referring to..."

"So fanatical believers don't have numbers," Lin Yi revealed a hint of realization.

The eerie art teacher sneered upon hearing this: "Numbers? How could we not have numbers?"

She reached out and tugged at the clothes on her chest, and a brand-shaped thing could be vaguely seen inside the tight uniform lining.

But she didn't take it out, but continued: "But what you call 'fanatical believers'? That's just ridiculous!"

"The concept of 'fanatical believers' is just a definition given to us by those pedantic worldly people.

We are also 'Black Moon Apostles' of the art department, but they think that their old-fashioned approach is orthodox, and they are unwilling to embark on the great voyage of 'glorious evolution'!"

"We have set foot on 'transcendence', so we should progress in the direction of transcendent life!"

"In the long river of history, the evolution of mankind is itself a history of evolution.

When a new era emerges, those who are unwilling to take a step forward are destined to be abandoned by the torrent of the times!"

"The era of 'glorious evolution' is coming, child!"

She stood on the podium, which was some distance from the ground, like a madman giving a passionate speech.

Lin Yi had to admit that the fanatical believers did have great ideals and pursuits.

He shook his head and said: "However, not every stream can flow into the sea."

"Then how do you know that we are not the stream that can flow into the sea?" The eerie art teacher looked at Lin Yi and asked.

Lin Yi pursed his lips, he knew in his heart that she was now reasonable and had faith and pursuits, and he couldn't convince her with a few words.

In fact, he couldn't convince anything.

He did know something, but he only understood some of the secrets of the campus, and he couldn't talk about revenge and ideals.

The eerie art teacher continued: "I noticed your extraordinary qualities when you first entered the school.

I think you should be able to understand the meaning of 'transcendence' after experiencing so much, right? And you, 'Dawn Walker' little girl..."

"The path of the 'Dawn Walker' is not bad, but only 'glorious evolution' is the real ultimate!"

"We will become... 'Light'!"

"'Light'...?!" Lin Yi hissed, thinking to himself that he had carelessly lent out the Light because he was ignorant, which led to his life being dark until now, and now you dare to tell me to 'become light'?

Do you believe I'll give you two big ones and make you shout 'Gaia'?

"Wait... you want to become... 'Angels'?!" Lin Yi exclaimed.

The eerie art teacher smiled slightly: "You know so much. Could it be that you came here specifically to seek us out? Have you figured it out? Or perhaps… last night's experience enlightened you?"

Lin Yi's eyebrows curved, and a gleam appeared in his eyes: "Whether I can be enlightened or not depends on how many secrets you, teacher, are willing to reveal to me."

"How much I'm willing to reveal depends on how much you want to know." The eerie art teacher was not angry at all upon hearing this; on the contrary, she was a little happy.

She wasn't afraid of Lin Yi trying to trick her into talking; she was only afraid that Lin Yi would be so stubborn that he wouldn't listen to a single word.

Little did she know that Lin Yi had exactly the same thought.

He was afraid that the eerie art teacher wouldn't even bother to lie to him. If that were the case, he wouldn't even get a single hair.

Even if the eerie art teacher lied to him, he would have a way to identify the authenticity of that hair.

Lin Yi seized the initiative and asked first: "This place used to be part of the teaching building, right?"

The eerie art teacher glanced at the layout of the classroom and said noncommittally: "Is there even a need to ask? Of course."

His guess was confirmed, and Lin Yi couldn't help but rub his chin: "So, the teaching building originally had eight floors, and the school rules are updated…"

His muttering was very soft, but the eerie art teacher still responded: "Of course. The entire campus is not immutable. Necessary rules will naturally be updated in real time."

Lin Yi looked at her strangely and pondered: "So, your method of catching people… wouldn't it also be exploiting loopholes in the rules?"

The eerie art teacher was immediately displeased upon hearing this and couldn't help but frown: "What do you mean by 'exploiting loopholes'? You're really asking for a beating. We're just making reasonable use of the rules."

"Besides, we occasionally do a quality check during campus admissions. What's the problem with that? Isn't becoming an art student still becoming someone?"

Hearing this, Lin Yi couldn't help but think of the one-size-fits-all approach in the rules. According to the eerie art teacher, fanatics are also a type of art student, and art students are also a type of 'other people.' Therefore, the rule about not trusting the words of 'other people' is very correct.

Was it just correct?

It was practically correct to the point of being evil!

Lin Yi asked again: "When did this place start becoming four floors?"

He felt that it must have been many years ago because whether it was the overall environment of the classroom or the peeling wallpaper, it all felt like it had been through a lot.

The eerie art teacher surprisingly shook her head: "I don't know exactly how many years… Why are you looking at me with that kind of look?"

She noticed that the moment she said she didn't know, Lin Yi's expression changed, becoming a little… disdainful.

"If I remember correctly, you patted your chest just now and made a solemn promise, saying that how much you were willing to reveal depended on how much I wanted to know… And that's it?!"

The eerie art teacher felt a little embarrassed: "Let me emphasize… I didn't pat my chest just now!"

If a normal 'person' had brought up this topic, Lin Yi would have been happy to make a couple of jokes, but when he thought that the eerie art teacher in front of him was a pseudo-human whose whole body could be 'disassembled,' he immediately lost that interest and continued: "Then do you know what happened here before?"

The eerie art teacher said: "I can't tell you."

"Damn…" Lin Yi was speechless. "Then doesn't that mean you don't know anything I ask?"

"You… ask another question." She felt a little embarrassed and gritted her teeth. "You've only asked two questions."

Lin Yi thought that was true, so he asked again: "Then what are you doing here?"

The eerie art teacher was silent again.

"…" Lin Yi was stunned for a moment and then fell silent as well.

The two stared at each other, and the atmosphere suddenly became awkward. In the end, Lin Yi cleared his throat, but the moment he opened his mouth, he exacerbated the awkwardness of the atmosphere: "No, you… you don't know anything I ask?"

The eerie art teacher subconsciously clenched her fists, and the veins on her forehead throbbed: "Can't you… ask something I can answer?"

Lin Yi weakly said: "Then you still dared to make such bold claims… I'm not saying… I feel like you're not even as good as artificial intelligence."

The eerie art teacher immediately felt insulted, but she couldn't refute it. She tried her best to maintain some humanity when communicating with Lin Yi, and humanity would allow her to more keenly capture Lin Yi's emotions, such as the somewhat embarrassing… playful look she felt now.

"Then how about… I wander around myself?" Lin Yi thought that he might be able to randomly run into a few fanatics who seemed to have some spirituality and ask them. After all, the vast majority of people here were hostile to him, and the way they looked at him was more "primitive," and their attitude towards him was more like looking at food rather than a "partner" who needed to be enlightened and then put on the path of "glorious evolution."

"No!" The eerie art teacher became angry. "Ask a few more questions. I definitely have something I can answer!"

Lin Yi even suspected that he was hallucinating. The current situation was a bit like when he was sitting with classmates in junior high school, and everyone was quizzing each other, but a confident guy couldn't answer a single question and insisted on reciting a sentence before giving up, his face flushed red.

It was too surreal.

Seeing this, Lin Yi couldn't bear it, so he changed his mind and tentatively uttered four words: "'Ashen Apostle'?"

He didn't say anything about the subject, predicate, or object; he only said a noun, but the eerie art teacher's expression suddenly changed.

Such a detail immediately confirmed Lin Yi's guess.

"I'm going to take a look around." Lin Yi dropped a sentence and quickly grabbed Li Huiyuan's arm to walk to other places.

"No!" The eerie art teacher shouted in a low voice, her tone carrying the inhuman coldness again. "Don't go!"

Before she finished speaking, the fanatics who had been staying in the classroom, looking like walking corpses, turned their gazes to Lin Yi. At the same time, the fanatics who had been following him also shrank the encirclement.

The uniform movements made Lin Yi's heart skip a beat, and his footsteps paused.

"No, I haven't gotten any information at all. Tearing up the pretense now would be a huge loss!" Lin Yi's mind raced, and then he turned around and said with a smile, "If I can't go, then I can't go. Why are you shouting so loudly? I'm not leaving!"

When he turned around, he gently patted Li Huiyuan's hand to soothe her somewhat nervous emotions.