Rules-related weird stories: 4016

"To move around in the dormitory building, we must adhere to the dormitory rules' timings. Assuming we get on the elevator by 9:00 PM, even then, we must return to the dormitory before 10:00 PM, otherwise, we'll trigger the rule about not being able to stay overnight."

"If we get to that point, before we have a clear solution, it's game over."

"That is to say, exploring the dormitory building, conservatively speaking, we have less than 40 minutes of limited time. Even with that 40 minutes, we need to consider the possibility of losing time due to encountering special situations in the dormitory hallways..."

"In short, the investigation... exploration of the dormitory building isn't urgent. Let's practice with other things first, get used to it, and then tackle the dormitory building."

"In comparison, the teaching building and the cafeteria give us plenty of time."

"Especially the teaching building, there are so many parts to explore. For example... we can take a step back and first find out what's going on with that stairwell leading to the first basement floor, and also see what's up with the teaching building elevator."

"Remember my game theory?"

"Assuming the area we're in now is the newbie village, what we need to do is follow the rules, understand the rules, and then use the rules to gradually expand our cognitive range."

"The size of our safe zone depends on our level of understanding."

"As long as we can expand our territory, then the newbie village can be continuously enlarged."

"Just like the information you wanted to write down on paper before, when you affirm them cognitively, they will become the knowledge you have mastered."

"We don't have teachers, all 'knowledge' must be learned by ourselves. For those we haven't learned, we will feel incomprehension and confusion, we will feel lost and distorted, so we must gradually grasp it from fragments, grasp the context of 'knowledge', and then gradually piece together its full picture, incorporating it into our cognition."

"Only the 'cognition' that you rewrite step by step can make you firmly believe it. When you master the exam questions, you can take the exam, otherwise, you will hand in a blank paper, which is useless."

Lin Yi kept thinking: "Are you saying that we explore the campus as much as possible within the scope allowed by the rules?"

"And make use of all available resources," Tian Bufan lowered his voice.

"All resources?" Lin Yi couldn't help but narrow his eyes.

"Still the game theory." Tian Bufan's tone suddenly became extremely cold, as if he were a precise calculating machine, simply introducing a concept.

"If we are playing a game, and everyone is a chess piece and also an NPC to each other, then, that is to say, besides our own people, all units, remember, all units, including Xu Shunkang, the boss, etc. mentioned by you, as long as they can achieve our goals, then we must make good use of them."

Tian Bufan's words shocked Lin Yi: "Treating everyone as chess pieces? This..."

"Too cruel, or too ruthless?" Tian Bufan raised his eyebrows, then shook his head, "This is a death game with almost no fault tolerance, Lao Lin."

"I can understand that you can't understand my statement right now." Tian Bufan patted Lin Yi's shoulder and squinted his eyes.

"But in order to prevent any of us from having an accident one day, I must tell you in advance what should be said. True calculation is to calculate even yourself when necessary."

"Because if we fail... we will become that kind of inhuman thing here."

Lin Yi's pupils shrank slightly.

Yes... If they failed, they might turn into that kind of inhuman thing, or even, turn into something beyond cognition that they didn't even know now!

Although he didn't know what the transformation path was like, that kind of thing that was infinitely close to death or even completely dead but could still move must be some kind of "unit" located in the deep contamination zone.

"Contamination..."

"White powder particles..."

"Green powder particles..."

"That kind of powder particles... after being absorbed by the boss, turned into some kind of plaster-like crystalline substance on her skin. If it is always adsorbed in the body, will it infect the human body like a virus, and then transform the human body into... that kind of plaster-like substance?"

"And the plaster-like substance... seems to solidify into... sculptures?"

At this time, the sculpture Lin Yi thought of was the pure and true sculpture, just like the sculpture in the stairwell connecting the teaching building to the dormitory building, rather than the indescribable and incomprehensible bizarre existence with a human outline that he saw in Tian Bufan's illusion, which was crowned with the concept of "sculpture" and seemed to be composed of countless broken glass shards.

"Or... is there some kind of unknown connection between these two kinds of sculptures?"

Thinking of this, a dark shadow suddenly spread in his heart like falling into an abyss.

That long-lost, uncomfortable and creepy cold aura swept over again, as if countless cold tentacles protruded from the darkness and wrapped him.

But this time, after only a trace of panic, he immediately consciously controlled his breathing rhythm, and slowly smoothed out his panic in a relatively gentle way, and gradually suppressed the discomfort and horror in his heart.

Throughout the whole process, he didn't even get to the point where he needed to silently recite his name and student number in his heart to stabilize his cognition of the current world, nor did he get to the point where he needed to use black silk beautiful legs to divert his attention to let himself escape the erosion of darkness.

He continued to think, letting the tide-like darkness slowly envelop him.

He could clearly perceive the devouring sensation while thinking, and he could also realize that his body was losing temperature at a certain speed, just like a piece of white paper was gradually turning yellow, until he started to feel his hair standing on end again, until his muscles started to tremble again because of the cold, until he felt himself falling into the abyss again.

He took a deep breath, and then told himself with a confidence that could be called "blind":

"I am Lin Yi, my student number is X0230506098, I am on the way from the dormitory to the cafeteria."

"I am Lin Yi, my student number is..."

When he started to silently recite this information, the cold erosion slowly subsided as if time was flowing backwards, and the darkness that had stretched out from behind him like tentacles also quietly dissipated. He walked a few steps forward and walked out of this dark and eerie atmosphere, returning to the cobblestone road.

He had just returned when he noticed that Tian Bufan and Wei Shan were all looking at him.

He noticed that Wei Shan visibly relaxed, his body slowly loosening from its tense state.

"Are you alright?" Wei Shan asked in a low voice.

"Yeah, I'm fine," Lin Yi nodded.

Tian Bufan smiled. "It seems your 'adaptation' speed is on the right track. This is good news for our operation."

"What was I like just now?" Lin Yi asked curiously.

Tian Bufan said, "Your body temperature dropped, and your complexion turned pale."

"Only that?"

"What else do you want? A beam of light descending from the sky, and then you transform?"

"Uh…" Lin Yi curled his lips. He thought to himself, 'I thought you'd have more observations…'

If that's all, then it's the same as what he saw through Mao Feiyang's perspective in his dream when he saw the "past self."

"So, that's overthinking, which leads to a drop in the level of consciousness, causing physical changes…"

Lin Yi narrowed his eyes.

"If that's the case… then Liangzi's two instances of turning into this state in front of the dormitory building and in the dormitory hallway were also because of… overthinking?"

"That shouldn't be…"

"Liangzi has been walking on thin ice since he came in, avoiding any unusual clues in advance. Why would he still show signs of 'overthinking'?"

A huge mystery emerged in Lin Yi's heart, and he couldn't help but look back at Wei Liang.

Wei Liang was hanging at the back of the group, covering his ears with both hands. When he saw Lin Yi looking over, he winked and teased him, like a handsome version of Pigsy.

Lin Yi silently withdrew his gaze.

"Liangzi's abnormal behavior occurred in the dormitory building… Could it be related to the last two days he spent there?"

Lin Yi became increasingly curious about what Wei Liang had experienced in the dormitory during the last two days, because from the current situation, those two days were definitely not as easy as Wei Liang had said.

"Asking directly definitely won't work. This guy Liangzi even deceives himself when he gets ruthless… It's like he knows something, but he also deceives himself into believing he knows nothing, like he's going against Tian Gongzi…"

"Those strange skills…"

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Lin Yi even suspected that Wei Liang's strange skills were "self-developed" based on his own experiences, just like—

His pupils shrank slightly.

"Just like how the truth of the campus is a taboo, so 'rules' are needed to describe the 'correct behavior' that should be followed! Liangzi is using his ingrained 'strange skills' to express his unusual approach to the campus!"

"It seems… that's how it is!"

"He knows, but he chooses not to know, and he firmly believes that he doesn't know?"

"But the only thing that doesn't hold up is, if Liangzi knows the problem with the campus or part of the truth, then why would he come back?"

"Just for the 30,000 yuan bonus or to show off in front of me as an experienced driver?"

"That doesn't make sense…"

"This place is too dangerous, the mortality rate or the disappearance rate is so high, no one who knows some truth would come in to risk their lives…"

He had also learned about the content of the experience life from the official website of S City University and some forums before choosing to sign up. According to those up hosts and those so-called senior big Vs, the campus was just a bit strange and could be regarded as an adventure with a strong atmosphere, without mentioning any words related to life-threatening dangers…

He also thought it was similar to those survival-type special variety shows, where you get 30,000 yuan for passing the level or something, but the strange events he frequently encountered since entering the campus directly bombarded his "cognition" like a heavy hammer, making him subconsciously begin to doubt the truth of the rules and the boundary between reality and falsehood…

Admittedly, the source of his pollution came from Mao Feiyang, but after being infected by Mao Feiyang, his so-called high inspiration also began to dominate, forcing him to start some crazy thinking. The existence of this thinking repeatedly pushed him into desperate situations, until he relied on a kind of "adaptability" that even he himself didn't know how it worked to overwrite his cognition, and then the situation improved…

But what about Wei Liang…

What exactly is going on with Wei Liang?

Lin Yi couldn't help but look at Wei Liang again. Looking at Wei Liang's innocent smile, he didn't know why he had an urge to go over and beat him up.

Lin Yi suddenly realized that he not only had some insufficient understanding of Tian Bufan, but also had some unfamiliar feelings about this guy Wei Liang…

"How strange… It's really strange…"

"If he knew in advance that the danger of the campus was likely to endanger his life, then he would definitely not come in…"

"After all, there's no need to put his own life on the line to raise 30,000 yuan for his grandmother's medical expenses."

"Wait a minute…"

"Grandmother?"

"What… Grandmother?"

In Lin Yi's eyes, a hint of doubt suddenly appeared.

"'Grand… Grand…'?"

What a strange term…

"Do I… have… a grandmother…?"

"No… I should have a grandmother, right?"

"If I don't have a grandmother… then what is my purpose for coming in to get 30,000 yuan?"

"No… My… purpose…?"

"Is my purpose 30,000 yuan…?"

"No… If it's not for 30,000 yuan, then why did I come?"

Lin Yi's mind became more and more chaotic, and he suddenly had serious doubts about his purpose for coming here…

Just as his mind was about to become a mess, Tian Bufan patted him on the shoulder.

"Lao Lin, what's wrong? Are you okay?"

Lin Yi suddenly came back to his senses: "N-nothing…"

He shook his head, suddenly feeling that his previous thoughts were a bit absurd.

He laughed at himself, thinking that he was probably affected by the campus, and even his purpose for coming here had become unsteady.

"It's nothing, let's go," he looked down at his watch.

7:11.

Wei Liang, who was walking at the back of the group, looked at the backs of the group, the muscles in his cheeks tightened slightly, and his brows also furrowed.

"Lao Lin, this bastard… is not right… He turns his head every three steps, damn it, could it be that he really has ulterior motives towards me?" he muttered, suddenly feeling a slight chill in his chrysanthemum, and subconsciously tightened it a bit…

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