Rules-related weird stories: 4016

“I don’t mess with mystic runes; I'm not familiar with them.”

“Not mystic runes?” Zhao Lingxiao's eyes darted around. “Then, could it be ritual studies? Actually, I'm also somewhat interested in ritual studies…”

She observed Lin Yi's expression, cautiously probing, “Or… alchemy?”

“Hmm… Your dream-weaving major?”

“But I haven't heard of such things having a sleep-aiding effect on dreams… That's really strange.”

Lin Yi revealed a cold smile: “What if my major is architecture?”

“I guessed right!” Zhao Lingxiao snapped her fingers, silencing Lin Yi.

Lin Yi: “…”

Please, you’d say that no matter what I said, right…

He felt that this seemingly pitiful but actually black-bellied little devil had a strong NPC vibe… Like those conversations you can't skip even if you spam the spacebar, she could talk non-stop, making your thumb ache from pressing so much.

“But… architecture… sounds like a really old major…” Zhao Lingxiao tapped her finger on her lips, as if lost in thought.

But what I'm going to do actually has nothing to do with architecture… Lin Yi looked at Zhao Lingxiao like that, and said silently in his heart.

He silently climbed the steps, and the moment he stepped on, he glanced at the time.

12:41.

The return trip took nearly 20 minutes.

He looked at Zhao Lingxiao, who was closely following him, and said with a very serious expression: “I'll say it one last time… If you continue to follow, you will bear all the consequences of what happens. If an accident occurs, I definitely won't be able to save you.”

Zhao Lingxiao's face still had the same playful smile as all the way here: “Relax, I understand! Let's go, let's go!”

Seeing that Zhao Lingxiao hadn't changed at all, Lin Yi was silent for a moment, then stopped saying anything and walked towards the corridor bridge on the side of Class 3, Group B.

The afternoon sun was gloomy, as if the entire teaching building was shrouded in a haze. Those nocturnal species curled up in the shadows seemed to have smelled the aura of the “roots” and were ready to move.

But after all, it was daytime. Although the sun was not strong, it was still there. Even if the nocturnal species were a little restless, they didn't dare to go too far.

On the corridor bridge, Tian Bufan, Kuai Hongji, and Wei Liang were already waiting, but Wei Shan was not there.

Seeing Lin Yi carrying two sections of “roots,” Tian Bufan revealed a hint of surprise, but quickly returned to calm. In comparison, Kuai Hongji's expression was much calmer.

However, he glanced faintly at Zhao Lingxiao, who was following behind Lin Yi…

Zhao Lingxiao was following Lin Yi, with a smiling face, but suddenly she seemed to sense something, and looked towards the front of Lin Yi following some kind of premonition in her heart.

The front of Lin Yi was… Kuai Hongji.

His thin, bamboo-like figure was just standing there, as if it was a thick darkness that even a hurricane could not blow away.

The moment she saw Kuai Hongji, Zhao Lingxiao only felt a blockage in her chest, as if an extremely cold aura had fallen from the void, enveloping her.

Her body tensed up all of a sudden, as if a pair of invisible hands were grabbing her ankles, dragging her into a gloomy ice cellar.

Just seeing Kuai Hongji's appearance made her body tremble, her legs weakened, and she almost fell onto Lin Yi.

Lin Yi secretly quickened his pace by two steps, and Zhao Lingxiao fell to the ground because she couldn't lean on Lin Yi.

Lin Yi glanced back at Zhao Lingxiao.

“What are you doing???”

Why are you suddenly putting on such a delicate, willow-supporting-the-wind act?

He was puzzled and had no intention of helping her up. After all, this little devil had too many micro-operations, and he didn't want to be manipulated by her at a critical moment, so he continued to walk towards Tian Bufan and Kuai Hongji.

After falling, Zhao Lingxiao felt the cold touch and rough texture of the teaching building's ground, and her spirit also recovered.

She looked at Kuai Hongji in front of Lin Yi with incomparable dread, and her already somewhat pale face suddenly became even paler.

She looked at Kuai Hongji, and suddenly felt that Kuai Hongji had become much more normal. The terrible darkness that was as thick as ink seemed to have never appeared at all.

Seeing Lin Yi coming over, Tian Bufan spoke first: “Wei Sang went back to the class.”

“Hmm…” Lin Yi nodded, then looked at Wei Liang in surprise, “Eh, why are you here too, Liangzi?”

Wei Sang needed to conserve his energy to deal with possible emergencies that might occur at night, so it was normal for him not to be here, but Liangzi was actually here.

You know, Wei Liang was becoming more and more mysterious now. He never participated in their discussions before, but now he was actually together.

“What's with being here or not? I was just passing by on the way to the toilet, you understand?” Wei Liang curled his lips, completely ignoring Lin Yi's skeptical gaze, “I'll just take a peek and then go back to the class.”

“Moreover, eh…?” He suddenly noticed the “roots” in Lin Yi's hand and became interested all of a sudden, “Old Lin, where did you dig up these two big radishes from?”

Wei Liang suspiciously came closer, hunching his back and carrying his hands behind his back, like an old man circling a young man returning from hunting.

“No, no… radishes don't grow like this either.” Wei Liang shook his head.

Rarely seeing Wei Liang become interested, Lin Yi smiled and handed the roots over: “Want to take a closer look?”

Who knew that the moment these two sections of roots left Lin Yi's hand, Wei Liang screamed strangely and jumped back: “Don't look, don't look, don't look! You can keep them for yourself and eat them slowly!”

Lin Yi sighed helplessly and stopped paying attention to Wei Liang, looking at Tian Bufan and Kuai Hongji and saying: “I've got the stuff, it should be better than the expected materials.”

Tian Bufan looked at the roots and nodded slightly: “It looks like they are indeed a bit unusual… Did you steal them from the green apron chef?”

The corners of Lin Yi's mouth twitched slightly: “You guys knew from the beginning that there was something wrong with that chef, right?”

“What kind of proper chef would take the initiative to come to you?” Tian Bufan asked rhetorically, “Taking materials from the green apron chef is indeed better quality than from the pseudo-human sculpture.”

Lin Yi said: “But this isn't the green apron chef…”

While putting it down, he told about the situation in the other passage.

“I suspect…” He paused for a moment and glanced at Zhao Lingxiao.

Zhao Lingxiao had a look of eagerness to learn, pursing her lips, her eyes full of anticipation.

Lin Yi stopped paying attention to her. After all, he had already advised Zhao Lingxiao twice, but Zhao Lingxiao's head was still so stubborn. Once she was contaminated by cognition, she could only accept her fate.

“I suspect this is part of the 「Burial Body」. Although the convenience store has contained the 「Burial Body」, perhaps its capacity is limited and it cannot carry the entire 「Burial Body」…”

“The remaining part is in the green apron chef's base.”

“Moreover, the Burial Body there is like a huge old tree root, with countless roots hanging down, covering the entire stone cave.”

He simply explained again his discovery regarding the number ten dining window and the cooking ingredients.

"I manipulated the green apron chef to chop off the tips of two of them and transported them out."

"I think this thing, in essence, should be some kind of raw material. As long as I break down the useful parts from it, I should be able to assemble a 'puppet'."

Tian Bufan nodded: "Then take advantage of the fact that they haven't started to petrify yet, and quickly give it a try."

Although these two root tendrils were stolen from the main body of the 'Burial Entity,' they cannot avoid being petrified under the sunlight. It's just that their resistance is greater, and they petrify more slowly.

Kuai Hongji also stepped forward, taking out a corroded bronze vessel.

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This bronze vessel was somewhat incomplete, about the size of a foot warmer—perhaps it was once a fragrant foot warmer. However, after losing its lid and handle, it was taken out by a fanatic from who knows what corner to hold extraordinary substances.

That basin of extraordinary substance, in the daytime, looked like a non-Newtonian fluid, presenting a somewhat grayish-white liquid texture.

When this vessel was taken out, Lin Yi keenly felt that the surrounding temperature had dropped significantly.

In the dark areas of the teaching building, a series of "rustling" sounds echoed, and vaguely, there seemed to be some murmuring whispers.

Kuai Hongji glanced around indifferently, a cold smile on the corner of his mouth.

He didn't say anything, but those restless sounds seemed to sense something and calmed down one after another.

Zhao Lingxiao looked at the viscous, paste-like extraordinary substance in the vessel, a pair of eyes faintly shimmering with golden light. She lowered her head and tried her best to push up her glasses, and after a while, she calmed her mind.

But despite this, she still looked over again.

The light in her eyes still flickered, and her tongue also poked out from the corner of her lips, gently licking them.

The look of desire in her eyes ultimately couldn't be restrained at all, as if it was about to flow out of her eye sockets.

She knew very well that kind of solid-liquid mixed extraordinary substance was "materialized extraordinary substance," but she had only seen it in the illustrations in textbooks and had no chance to see the real thing at all.

Not to mention such a large basin of extraordinary substance.

Where did he get it from?

In an instant, Zhao Lingxiao thought of many possibilities if she could get the extraordinary substance in the future—even if she only got a little bit, it might be enough to change her life!

She could use the extraordinary substance to exchange for a spot in Master Matthew's academic research course, "On the Revelation of Star Secret纹 to the Barren Present World." No, it was even far more than that. Master Matthew might even be willing to pick her up in person!

Extraordinary substances that are not easily obtained are precious treasures in the world, let alone already materialized extraordinary substances!

The desire in Zhao Lingxiao's heart was gradually ignited, but suddenly, a gloomy sneer sounded in her ears.

This sneer was like a bucket of cold water being poured on her head, instantly extinguishing the desire in her heart. She lowered her eyes in horror, daring not to look at anyone except Lin Yi.

"Kuai Kuai."

She knew that it must be the man named "Kuai Kuai" who was watching her.

That kind of gaze was as cold as ice, like a poisonous snake lurking in the rainforest, even more terrifying than a poisonous snake—it was a huge sea snake under the sea, looking at her on the surface of the water under the dark ice pool, ready to drill out and eat her at any time.

How did that Lin Yi get involved with them...? Could he be controlled, forced to do something? Or are they in the same group?

Zhao Lingxiao's thoughts surged, and some strange emotions spread in her heart.

This emotion seems to be... regret?

Regret?

Regretting getting involved in this matter?

No, she doesn't regret it.

Compared to "regret," she seems to be more "annoyed."

She is annoyed that she doesn't have the ability to intervene at this time and then directly and forcibly "requisition" this entire vessel of extraordinary substance.

Lin Yi, who was on the side, captured Zhao Lingxiao's emotional changes and could also clearly perceive her desires and impulses, but he didn't say much because he knew that Kuai Kuai had already given Zhao Lingxiao some warnings.

In this situation, if Zhao Lingxiao still dares to influence him, then he will not be soft-hearted.

Looking at this vessel, he opened his mouth in surprise: "How did you take someone else's thing?"

Kuai Hongji was speechless: "Otherwise, what would I use to hold it?"

His answer was too natural, and his indifferent face seemed to be engraved with words like "The facts should be so, you and I don't need to discuss it too much."

Lin Yi pursed his lips, silently took the foot-warmer-sized vessel, placed it at his feet, and then threw the two sections of "root tendrils" aside.

He silently adjusted his breathing, as if he was refining his energy, spirit, and essence, preparing to cook a big meal.

Tian Bufan watched him with great interest, seemingly looking forward to what he would do next.

Wei Liang also rarely looked over, looking at the two huge "radishes" with curiosity.

Zhao Lingxiao didn't actually know what "root tendrils" were. Even if Lin Yi mentioned something about a "Burial Entity," she didn't understand it at all, but she vaguely felt that this unrecognizable thing might also be some kind of rare material, perhaps even more valuable than extraordinary substances.

It's unbelievable... So many people entered the campus, even excavating some information would be amazing, why can he still collect special resources from the campus? Zhao Lingxiao's heart was full of restless thirst for knowledge. She had a little bit of regret. If she hadn't lied to Lin Yi in the first place, wouldn't the relationship between the two of them be so bad?

Or... her deception should be more secretive, at least not discovered by Lin Yi.

In that case, if she asked Lin Yi for some scraps, would Lin Yi possibly give them to her?

While she was in a state of inner turmoil, Lin Yi had already adjusted his state. He recalled the green-aproned chef's skillful knife work like a butcher dissecting an ox, slowly permeating the "root tendrils" with his perception, trying to sort out the boundaries of each broken corpse that made it up.

But as he continued to perceive, he gradually frowned. These corpses were all growing together in a way that violated human cognition. Some bones were connected to the spine, while others had arms attached to the sternum of another corpse, like ribs blossoming.

If you want to sort out a "human-like" appearance like this, it really requires a lot of dissection skills.