Rules-related weird stories: 4016

"No wonder it felt so familiar!"

"No wonder it felt so familiar!!"

"It's the student tunnel!"

"The convenience store exit connects to the student tunnel?!"

Amidst his shock, Lin Yi also thought of something—

Could it be like when walking from the teaching building to the gymnasium, where the seemingly straight line path actually hides nonexistent routes? And does the convenience store exit have a similar 'nonexistent route' that brings them back to the path where the student tunnel is located?!

While still in shock, Lin Yi stepped down the stairs through the thin fog, walked out of the student tunnel, and looked back at the tunnel sign. Sure enough, it said, [Student Tunnel]!

"It really is the student tunnel? It seems this is the only explanation…"

The cafeteria rules' "classic quote" popped into Lin Yi's mind again and again—[Due to its location, the convenience store can serve as a student tunnel for you to leave when necessary.]

[Location reasons], [serve as a student tunnel].

"So, the convenience store exit leads to the student tunnel, is this the "truth"?"

"What the f…"

Although it wasn't very logical, Lin Yi decided not to dwell on it for now, and just brush it off with a "that's just how it is."

With his rich experience, he had already decided that after dark, no matter what problems arose, unless it was an emergency, everything would wait until he returned to the dormitory.

At this moment, he looked down at his watch, the time was 17:33.

It took a total of 4 minutes from arriving at the convenience store exit to leaving the student tunnel…

And walking through the student tunnel from beginning to end takes anywhere from 2 to 8 minutes.

The timing is also normal.

“emmmm…” Lin Yi pondered for a moment, then suddenly thought of something. First, he looked at the western sky.

The setting sun, which had been about to sink behind the western mountains at 16:00, was still struggling on the horizon. The afterglow, with its indistinguishable shades of orange-yellow and blood-red, reflected on the rolling mountains, like a person about to fall off a cliff, desperately clinging to the edge, kicking their feet against the mountainside, and muttering, "I feel like I can still be saved."

Only a sliver of the sun's edge remained visible on the horizon. Outlined against the blood-red sunset, the mountain ranges were clearly visible, beautiful like silhouettes.

A cool breeze swept through the mist-shrouded treetops, carrying the mist little by little out of the green belt, permeating the surroundings. The mist, tinged with the sunset's afterglow, wandered like blood-red light, giving the mountains a sense of impending doom after sunset.

"We have to go!" Lin Yi said with a solemn expression, withdrawing his gaze.

The sun seemed to be stubbornly holding on, refusing to set, but Lin Yi felt that this last sliver of gold could not last much longer. It was now 17:34, and the campus lights would come on at 18:00. Once the sun set, everything before the lights came on would be considered a dangerous area.

So, they had two choices: one was to reach the teaching building before the sun completely set, and the other was to return to the cafeteria through the student tunnel and wait for the streetlights to come on before heading to the teaching building.

The moment these two thoughts appeared in Lin Yi's mind, he immediately began to weigh them.

The time to return to the teaching building from the cafeteria was usually between 15 and 20 minutes, and basically 15 minutes would be enough if there were no accidents.

The question was, could this sun, with only a sliver of gold remaining, still provide 15 minutes of residual heat?

The second option seemed very safe, but in fact, it had greater hidden dangers.

Because, theoretically, the cafeteria was currently in the most dangerous state—lights off. Returning to the cafeteria was no different from courting death.

Of course, before confirming whether the cafeteria had restored lighting, they could actually choose to linger without going inside—hiding in the student tunnel where the incandescent lights were always on.

But the problem with doing so was that, although the incandescent lights in the student tunnel were currently still on, when the white fog that could extinguish the lights poured out of the student cafeteria and entered the student tunnel, would there still be any safety here?

Also, the weather today was not very good. The year-round mist surrounding the deep mountains was restless, and there was already a tendency to spread out from the green belt.

Once the sun went down, the white fog containing pollution would flood into the campus along with the mountain mist, and it was very likely that the abnormal weather when they entered the school on May 6th would repeat itself.

And what was the first principle when abnormal weather came—was to go to the nearest building at all costs, or to wait for the patrolling security guards under the lit streetlights.

But the nearest building was the cafeteria with the lights off, and the streetlights had not yet reached the time to turn on.

Although Lin Yi was also in a state of [abnormal weather] + [no student ID] on the day he entered the school, things were different now. At that time, they could forcibly anchor themselves on the cobblestone road, but now Li Huiyuan's state was too unstable—of course, although he felt that his state was very stable, he was very likely in a state like "I think I am very stable, but in the eyes of others, I am a gas tank."

He was now too self-aware, even abnormally self-aware.

Therefore, if these two suicide pilots were exposed to abnormal weather, it was unknown what outrageous reactions would occur or what misfortunes they would encounter.

Therefore, this second option, which theoretically looked very stable, was simply a dead end under the current circumstances.

They only had one choice left—return to the teaching building as quickly as possible.

This thinking process seemed to involve many thoughts, but it was actually completed in a matter of seconds.

And during this process, Lin Yi's actions did not stop. He and Li Huiyuan were constantly checking each other for tomato sauce stains.

Fortunately, although they encountered several crises in the cafeteria, they did not get tomato sauce on their bodies, which saved them the time of going to the staff channel to dispose of their belongings.

"We're going back to the teaching building," Lin Yi said in a low voice.

“Um… okay!” Li Huiyuan nodded.

She didn't know what kind of considerations Lin Yi had gone through, but Lin Yi's firm eyes were enough to convince everything at this time.

After putting the cafeteria rules back on the bookshelf next to the notice board, the two immediately walked along the cobblestone road towards the area where the teaching building was located.

…

May 8, X023, 17:43.

A thin layer of mist filled the cobblestone road, seemingly sprinkled with a layer of golden sand in the afterglow of the setting sun.

Lin Yi supported Li Huiyuan as they walked on the cobblestone road. The two cooperated better and better, walking unhurriedly towards the teaching building.

Lin Yi silently calculated the time, and the sun finally sank in the west at this moment.

When the sun completely set, there was still a circle of brilliant afterglow in the sky, which was the last ashes of the sunlight blooming out on this day.

Lin Yi looked ahead, the outline of the teaching building was clearly visible.

But as the ashes burned, Li Huiyuan's body temperature also seemed to drop uncontrollably.

“Light.”

Lin Yi knew that light could dispel some pollution, and Li Huiyuan needed light at this moment.

"Keep the rhythm, stay focused, look at the cobblestones under your feet, just a few more steps, hang in there!"

Lin Yi tried to keep his voice steady, so as not to cause emotional fluctuations in Li Huiyuan.

Li Huiyuan nodded slightly, and with Lin Yi's support, continued to walk towards the teaching building.

In fact, Lin Yi could have carried Li Huiyuan in his arms or on his back, just like he did in the convenience store, but the situation was different now.

Now there was no light, and he had to make sure that Li Huiyuan's attention was always online, and once he carried Li Huiyuan on his back or in his arms, she would easily start to think wildly.

In these limited 17 minutes without lights and sunlight, this section of the road was destined to be very long and difficult.

But in fact, if nothing unexpected happened, the remaining journey should take about 5 to 8 minutes.

Well... if nothing unexpected happened.

As night fell, the fog that had been seeping out of the green belt little by little, as if it was no longer pretending, began to pour out in large swaths.

It was as if there was a transparent dam at the edge of the green belt, and now it suddenly burst, causing the fog that was originally blocked behind to be released all at once, rushing into the campus like an avalanche.

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Lin Yi looked around in shock and found that the cafeteria area behind him was the first to be submerged by the fog.

He suddenly thought of something—the terrain where the cafeteria was built was originally low-lying, and it was indeed one of the buildings most susceptible to being submerged by fog!

And this was something he hadn't considered when he was thinking about it before!

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a burst of fear, and at the same time, he felt a burst of joy for his consideration.

Although he missed a condition when calculating this question, fortunately, missing this condition only deducted a few points, and the final answer was still correct!

He just glanced at the surrounding environment and retracted his gaze, then looked at the teaching building in front of him, and unconsciously quickened his pace.

As the fog thickened, he no longer dared to put his sight into it.

Because he knew that there were endless arrays of sculptures in the green belt, these things had been driven away by the sunlight and could only curl up in the green belt, but as night fell, they were very likely to regain their mobility and blend into the fog, walking on the campus.

The fog gradually deepened, and the fog that was originally floating on the cobblestone road like a layer of smoke had submerged Lin Yi's instep.

Suddenly, Li Huiyuan's face changed, and her body staggered.

"What's wrong?" Lin Yi turned to look at her.

"I..." Li Huiyuan frowned, "My feet, seem to have regained consciousness... and... it feels like they have a lot of strength."

She tapped the ground with her toes and tried to move her ankles.

She should have been happy to regain consciousness, but her face was full of solemnity.

"Then let's go back to the teaching building first!" Lin Yi let go of Li Huiyuan, "Run over there?"

"Yeah... okay."

"You run first, I'll cover you."

"Okay." Li Huiyuan took a deep breath and immediately started running.

But after only a few steps, her body staggered because she was not used to the sudden force on her right foot. Fortunately, Li Huiyuan immediately adjusted her center of gravity and slowed down a bit, and then she ran much more steadily.

Looking at Li Huiyuan's back, Lin Yi glanced at the fog under his feet and couldn't help but narrow his eyes.

"The power of pollution has healed Li Huiyuan's feet?"

"Or...?"

He didn't feel happy for Li Huiyuan, but instead felt a little bad, because the first thing that came to his mind was the green apron chef who looked like a humanoid spider.

After the green apron chef's face was kicked to pieces by Wei Liang, it slowly recovered in the fog.

And now they are walking in the fog...

If the fog containing pollution can heal the green apron chef, then does it mean... that Li Huiyuan now has some of the characteristics of the green apron chef?

Or in other words, Li Huiyuan and the green apron chef have certain common characteristics... both belong to polluters?

"But if that's the case... isn't my pollution more serious?"

That's really strange...

Lin Yi didn't think much about it and quickly ran towards the teaching building.

The time was very awkward. The western red glow had turned purple, and the moonlight under the night was not bright enough. The students who had eaten dinner in the cafeteria had already escaped from the cafeteria and returned to the teaching building when the lights flashed, so now this road looked deserted, without even half a person in sight.

The cool evening breeze rolled up the fog, slapping it on the ankles like water splashes. The cold air seemed to come alive and desperately drilled into the trouser legs, and the slight coolness gave people a feeling of stepping on ice slag.

Suddenly, a gust of wind surged from the mountains, causing the leaves all over the mountains to make a " rustling " sound. The fog between the mountains and forests was like white snow covering the treetops. With the trembling of the leaves, pieces fell down.

"Squeak... squeak..."

Dense dark figures showed their heads in the green belt, and the neatly arranged array of sculptures appeared under the moonlight.

And with the surge of the wind, clouds converged in the night sky, and a huge dark cloud, like a cotton quilt stained with water, floated over from nowhere and covered the sky layer by layer, tightly and impenetrably obscuring the already dim moonlight.

Darkness was like a tide, gradually enveloping the campus, and the fog spread rampantly on the campus like an avalanche, submerging large areas in an instant.

Lin Yi watched as the snow-white fog gradually submerged his ankles, climbed up his calves, and then came to his knees in a short period of time, and his heart gradually felt like he was walking in a swamp.

The cobblestones on the road were completely invisible. Now the only landmarks were the unlit lampposts and the outline of the teaching building in front.

But as the thick fog surged, the outline of the teaching building gradually blurred.

From a distance, it looked like the top floor of a building was emerging from the sea of clouds.

Lin Yi ran "huh huh", but he had consumed too much energy before, and now he couldn't pull up much speed at all.

Seeing that the outline of the teaching building was becoming more and more blurred, Lin Yi couldn't help but feel a little anxious.

What made him even more anxious was that because the fog diluted his vision, the distance between him and the teaching building also became blurred.

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