Rules-related weird stories: 4016

It was a solid sphere. Lin Yi's naked eyes couldn't discern whether it was pure white or grayish-white, or even some other color. He also couldn't determine its material, only judging from his first impression that it was probably a kind of stone.

On that stone were carved several concentric circles, looking like an eagle's eye. At the center of that eagle's eye, there seemed to be some kind of symbol cast from molten gold.

And the true source of light was actually this stone.

"This is the 'light bulb'? !"

Lin Yi gasped, a strange feeling in his heart. Only now did he realize he had a huge misunderstanding about the streetlights on this campus.

"Could it be that all the lights on campus are produced by these magical stones?"

"Wait a minute! !" Lin Yi's pupils suddenly constricted. "Is that why conventional lighting fixtures can't expel the non-human students!"

The little genius's flashlight had no effect after the classroom lights went out because what could expel the non-human students wasn't light, but the "light" emitted by this magical stone?

"Eh, wait a second…"

Speaking of lights…?

Lin Yi subconsciously thought of the stone bridge leading from the watchtower to the castle. The bridge piers had shrines-like candle holders. Those candles… were they the same kind of thing as this magical stone?

And the old kerosene lamps!

"Hiss…" Lin Yi inhaled sharply, instantly thinking of four words: "Extraordinary characteristic."

The light emitted by objects with extraordinary characteristics was the key to expelling the non-human students!

"The energy source supporting the lighting of some facilities on campus isn't 'electricity,' but something with extraordinary characteristics!"

"That makes sense!"

"Otherwise, how could circuits be laid out to overcome the distortion caused by the layers and transmit 'electricity' to the entire campus?"

"Because the streetlights don't use electricity at all, but a special energy source!"

Perhaps it was a reactor like Iron Man's, or some other special energy, but whatever it was, it was unlikely to be an electrical grid!

The moment he thought of this, Lin Yi felt as if an invisible shackle in his mind had been broken, and his "cognition" seemed to touch a brand new field.

But before he could think about it, the streetlight flickered as if blinking…

This flicker intensified the unease in Lin Yi's heart.

"Damn it, even the streetlights can flicker?!"

"How many unstable places are there on campus?"

"Wait…"

Lin Yi narrowed his eyes, warily glancing at the fog not far away, guided by his unease. Whether it was an illusion or not, he felt the outlines of the humanoid statues in the fog had become clearer, with a strange tendency to break through the fog and attack…

Just as he hesitated, the streetlight flickered again.

This time, the flicker lasted for half a second. When the light came back on, three hideous humanoid statues appeared in front of him!

Lin Yi's pupils contracted sharply, and he took a half-step back subconsciously. But then he suddenly remembered something. He turned his head and, sure enough, saw several humanoid statues three positions behind him!

These humanoid statues remained completely still in the light, but they maintained the posture of pouncing and killing, only a few positions away from Lin Yi and Wei Liang!

When they were illuminated, a forest of white mist sizzled from their bodies. However, unlike the humanoid statues transforming into non-human students, these statues didn't seem to have the ability to transform. As the mist sprayed from their bodies, they began to harden, their texture becoming closer to pure white plaster.

Compared to the process of "humanoid statues transforming into non-human students," what happened to them was more like "Night-walking creatures being dried into stinky mud sculptures under the sunlight!"

Before he could think about the difference, an urge to kick them back into the fog surged in Lin Yi's heart. But his reason suppressed the impulse and told him that light was poisonous to them, and fog was what restored their vitality.

"Not only can't I touch them, but I have to keep them illuminated!"

Lin Yi was startled by the humanoid statues, and cold sweat broke out on his back. But it had to be said that the more critical the moment, the faster his emergency thinking worked.

He also realized that the two consecutive flickers indicated a very serious problem—

"The light is failing!"

He glanced at the streetlight again, only to see that the light in the lampshade was like a dying lamp, with only a faint glow left.

What he didn't notice was that the white painted number on the lamppost was also fading as the light dimmed…

Just then, the light and shadow in the bulb suddenly swayed…

"Damn it! Again?!"

Lin Yi's heart sank, and his gaze swept over the humanoid statues in the fog like a sharp sword. Then he took a deep breath.

"Poof…"

The light went out instantly!

A full second later, the light came back on!

When the light came on, what was frozen under the streetlight was an extremely bizarre scene—

Thirteen humanoid statues surrounded the streetlight from all directions, almost completely occupying the limited illuminated area.

They were frozen in various poses, some crawling on the ground like humanoid beasts, others already under the streetlight, holding up their arms in a strangling posture, their faces hideous and terrifying, as if they were from the hand of a vengeful, psychologically twisted sculptor.

No matter which angle they invaded the light of the streetlight from, all of them aimed at the streetlight, and the hands of each statue pointed to the lampshade!

Their target is the light bulb?

No, it's Lin Yi and Wei Liang.

Because in this almost frozen picture, there was an even more abstract scene than the thirteen humanoid statues besieging the lamppost—Lin Yi carried Wei Liang on his back, climbed onto the lamppost. One hand used the bed sheet to stabilize Wei Liang's body, the other hand tightly framed the lamppost, his left foot stepped on the tooth protruding from the lamppost base, and his right foot directly kicked on the forehead of an unlucky humanoid statue…

Looking at the integrated shape of Lin Yi, Wei Liang, and the lamppost, it was simply an abstract "Monkey Stepping on a Stick Watching the Sea," and if you add the thirteen humanoid statues below, it was suddenly full of Western heretical J art.

Not only abstract, but even the brain will be drawn out.

Lin Yi also didn't react. No, did I do this?

It's even more coquettish than bizarre skills!

Especially that calm foot that "borrowed strength" on the face of the humanoid statue, quite like the style when the boss kicked him into the swimming pool!

To be honest, at the moment the streetlight went out, he keenly captured the movement trend of those humanoid statues, simulated their attack trajectory in his mind, and calculated some escape routes. But at the last moment, he saw those restless figures in the fog, and overturned all the routes at once, choosing this seemingly most dangerous and coquettish operation.

Even he himself didn't realize that at this moment, his eyes were shining brightly, like a blazing sun deterring the world.

At this moment, "climbing high," he distinguished the direction in the vast night with his scorching golden eyes and saw a large area of lampposts emitting a faint afterglow!

"I see it!"

"I see them all!"

The vision that was originally blocked by the thick fog suddenly became much clearer. He felt as if his eyes had gained a night vision-like ability at this moment. To be honest, this kind of vision was similar to his previously uncontrollable black and white overexposed image quality, but it was even more powerful than that effect, like an enhanced version of black and white vision.

In this kind of vision, he saw a twisting, illusory road. This road slowly wriggled like a snake, occasionally emitting ripple-like undulations to the surroundings. At the key nodes of the "snake," there was a street lamp after street lamp.

And the end of the "snake" seemed to be fixed on something. Needless to say, Lin Yi also knew that that place was the location of the dormitory building!

He quickly counted, and there were indeed only four street lamps in front, and the fourth one was the first street lamp pole in front of the dormitory building—「Dormitory Building - 096」!

But he also discovered a problem, that is, in front of the 「Dormitory Building - 094」 and 「Dormitory Building - 095」 street lamp poles, there were non-human students maintaining a wall-facing posture!

Lin Yi knew that these non-human students were definitely not simply facing the wall. The dimming of the street lamps was basically inseparable from them, but there was no time to think so much now. The most important thing was to return to the dormitory building first!

"Lao Lin... go... go quickly..." Lin Yi seemed to hear Wei Liang's weak voice, but he was sure that Wei Liang would not speak at this time.

Feeling Wei Liang's increasingly cold palm, Lin Yi gritted his teeth and nodded heavily, saying in his heart: 「I have to leave immediately!」

Leaving was a must. The street lamps could go out at any time, and the humanoid sculptures could move again at any time. There was not much time left for him!

He held his breath and looked as far as he could. His line of sight crossed the street lamp poles in the middle. He simply deduced the twisting trajectory of this "snake"-shaped route in his mind, and finally locked onto the 「Dormitory Building - 096」 street lamp pole!

The trajectory was worth a look, but only the unchanging end point was truly trustworthy.

He took a deep breath, glanced at the time, and then, carrying Wei Liang on his back, used the solidified humanoid sculptures as steps, stepped on them to the ground, and then rushed straight towards the 「Dormitory Building - 096」 street lamp pole.

… …

May 8, X023, 21:13, the dormitory area where the fog gradually turned gray.

Lin Yi carried Wei Liang on his back and rushed into the slightly gray fog. The heavy fog, like a cotton quilt, blocked the light and ruthlessly covered Lin Yi's figure.

Not long after he left the 「Dormitory Building - 092」 street lamp pole, the street lamp number written in white paint completely faded and disappeared, followed by the light bulb in the lampshade completely extinguished, turning into a round stone ball with some concentric circle patterns.

「Swish swish swish…」

「Swish swish swish…」

When Lin Yi entered the thick fog, countless nocturnal species and humanoid sculptures began to move in the darkness. All the non-human units, far and near, began to surround him, like a large group of ghouls capturing the scent of a living person and then swarming over.

Lin Yi could naturally hear such sounds, but he couldn't care so much anymore. He was now racing against the humanoid sculptures, who were like the Grim Reaper.

One humanoid sculpture was not scary, but what about ten, a hundred, or even more?

Humanoid sculptures covering the mountains and plains could crush people to death!

Lin Yi maintained a rhythmic breathing and stride frequency, running on the ground, which he couldn't tell whether it was a cobblestone road or some kind of soft sandy soil. He himself didn't know where he got this kind of strength, that he could actually carry Wei Liang, who weighed almost as much as him, and walk like flying.

You must know that a person who has almost lost consciousness will not adjust his center of gravity, so carrying him on his back is not as easy as it is shown on TV. Moreover, the people on TV are carrying beautiful little princesses, and in terms of plot, they all escape to some desolate mountain temple, then set up a bonfire, and the camera shows the scene of drying clothes, but in reality, they are doing some healing scenes that require payment to unlock hundreds of millions of points of power, so when people run, they are full of enthusiasm and power.

It's completely different from his current situation, okay!

Lin Yi is not sprinting straight towards the 「Dormitory Building - 096」 street lamp pole, but is running as close as possible to the twisted and undulating route of 「Dormitory Building - 093」, 「Dormitory Building - 094」, and 「Dormitory Building - 095」 in the darkness, according to the deduction in his mind.

In this way, even though the lights of those street lamp poles are also faltering, he can more or less rub against the afterglow of those street lamp poles and slightly relieve the pressure.

This time, it only took him 25 seconds to rush to the area illuminated by the 「Dormitory Building - 093」 street lamp pole. When he arrived under the street lamp, the non-human units that were originally surrounding him quickly dispersed to the surroundings, and none of them dared to approach the illuminated area with him.

Even though the light of this street lamp looked extremely dim.

There were no non-human students facing the wall in front of the 「Dormitory Building - 093」 street lamp pole. Lin Yi took a few breaths with Wei Liang on his back, and then continued to sprint.

As soon as he left the illuminated area, those non-human units who dared not approach immediately surrounded him again.

Under the darkness and in the gray fog, these non-human units seemed to form a wave with their huge numbers.

It was as if someone stretched their hand into a pile of soybeans and pushed forward. Lin Yi, carrying Wei Liang on his back, was like that hand, and the wave formed by the non-human units was like the wrinkle-like ripple caused when the hand pushed the soybeans. They seemed to have surrounded Lin Yi, but they had not had the opportunity to take that final step, so that the encirclement was completely closed.

30 seconds later, the 「Dormitory Building - 094」 street lamp pole finally appeared in front of Lin Yi.

And those non-human students who were facing the wall also seemed to sense something, and they slowly turned around like puppets on a rotating platform, and then stood silently in place, their eyes falling on Lin Yi from afar, with a set of abstract expressions on their cold faces that said "I want you to feel that I am very nervous and scared."

"Student... student! Come quickly! Come here!" One of the non-human students waved and shouted loudly at Lin Yi and the others.

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Lin Yi acted as if he didn't hear its call, gritted his teeth and continued to sprint, and after a few seconds, he broke through the fog and entered the illuminated area of the 「Dormitory Building - 094」 street lamp pole.

He knew that the other party was deliberately luring him over, but what could he do? He really needed this opportunity to catch his breath and that little bit of gap to bathe in the light.

Even though the light at this time could no longer make him feel any warmth, when he came under the light, feeling somewhat tired, he could still produce a feeling like being recharged.

This feeling was not obvious at ordinary times, but it became clear when he was tired to a certain extent.

"Student, are you okay?" A non-human student asked with concern, while the other non-human students slowly approached them, vaguely surrounding the two of them.

"It's not safe over there, come to the street lamp pole." Another non-human student wanted to go over to help Lin Yi.

Lin Yi grabbed the sheet with one hand to stabilize Wei Liang, and supported his knee with the other hand, staring at the ground to relieve his strength like a person who had run a few kilometers with a weight on his back, completely ignoring the meaning of these non-human students.

It was clear that they were about to come to his side, but he seemed to be still immersed in his own world.

21:15:43, the non-human student was only two body lengths away from Lin Yi.

21:15:48, the closest non-human student, the tip of his toe had already appeared in Lin Yi's field of vision.

"Student, come." The non-human student slowly stretched out his hand towards Lin Yi.

“Sigh…” Lin Yi sighed deeply, supporting himself on his knees to stand up. He slowly released his hand, which had been gripping the bed sheet tightly, as if he were about to reach out and take the hand of one of the inhuman classmates.

“Yes, yes, that’s it…” The inhuman classmate’s mouth slowly widened, soon to stretch beyond a normal curve, transforming into that eerie grin that reached the ears. The sound coming from its mouth also became increasingly seductive, changing from dry and hoarse to gentle and peaceful, as if capable of soothing the heart.

“Come on, come on… you’re safe…”

“Safe…”

Seeing Lin Yi’s hand slowly rising, the inhuman classmate couldn’t help but reveal a smile of triumphant cunning: “Come on… come on…”

It tried to grab Lin Yi’s palm, but just then, Lin Yi grabbed the bed sheet, abruptly tore it off, and flung it at the inhuman classmate in front of him.

Inhuman classmate: “Huh?”

It was stunned for a moment. The next instant, a fist, separated by two layers of bed sheet, slammed heavily into its face!

「Bang!」

The inhuman classmate staggered, stumbled backward a few steps, and fell to the ground. Its already cracked mouth was directly caved in a bit by this heavy punch, and more cracks spread out, making its already hideous face even more terrifying.

Stars filled its eyes as it propped itself up from the ground, a question mark hanging over its slightly deformed head, like a dumb Buddha.

Directly in front of it, Lin Yi swung his arm, wrapping the bed sheet around it like a child winding clothes around their arm as a boxing glove, forming a somewhat substantial ring. The remaining part was lifted and flung behind him, just covering Wei Liang.

“So Wei Shan felt this good?” Lin Yi looked at the bed sheet wrapped around his hand. There was still some ketchup on it, but he had to admit, the moment of delivering that heavy punch was indeed a bit exhilarating.

Lin Yi felt a little itchy in his feet, and subconsciously wanted to take small steps and bounce around. His neck also felt like it wanted to sway.

Even though he hadn’t moved yet, a phantom little man seemed to have jumped out of his little brain, that little man shaking his head and bouncing in small steps like a boxer warming up, looking very deserving of a beating, but paired with the expression on Lin Yi’s face, which vaguely opened the door to a new world, it looked very interesting.

Lin Yi’s actions completely confused the inhuman classmate. Wasn't it the case that we didn't reveal any flaws, big brother? Why did you come up and start punching?

But Lin Yi simply went all the way, directly punching another inhuman classmate who was closest to him. With a bang, the punch was quick and accurate, directly denting its face.

The remaining inhuman classmates all revealed fierce expressions and pounced over, but they thought they were swift, but in reality, that speed was “relative.” In Lin Yi’s eyes, they were actually just a few stiff, zombie-like things.

They didn’t even realize they didn’t look like people. Aside from the brainwashing demonic sound, they didn’t resemble normal people at all, including their lack of or exaggerated expressions, stiff and unnatural body movements, dry and hoarse voices, and so on…

It was just that they themselves were completely unaware.

Thus, the situation under the lamplight completely turned into Lin Yi surrounding several inhuman classmates alone. Even though he was carrying Wei Liang on his back, he was far more agile than the inhuman classmates. Coupled with using the lamppost to circle around, he struck the inhuman classmates so they had no power to resist.

Lin Yi thoughtfully reflected: 「Lamplight has a strong 'sterilizing' effect on most humanoid sculptures and nocturnal species, and also has a very strong suppressive force on things that have been transformed into inhuman classmates…」

「However, these inhuman classmates are not quite the same as the inhuman classmates I observed in my dream through Tian Gongzi’s perspective… Their agility and intelligence seem to be somewhere between 'the inhuman classmates illuminated by the classroom lights' and 'the inhuman classmates after the lights are turned off'…」

「It seems it’s still a matter of light intensity…」

Lin Yi began to adjust his output rhythm, making himself able to conserve strength as much as possible while still inflicting damage on these inhuman classmates, preventing them from approaching him.

Just as his rhythm was starting to improve, the light from the lamppost suddenly flickered like candlelight…

A sense of unease suddenly rose in Lin Yi’s heart. He knew he couldn’t stay here either.

So he no longer lingered, using his fists to open a path that was blocked, and then, carrying Wei Liang, he zipped out of the illuminated area of 「Dormitory Building - 094」 and rushed towards 「Dormitory Building - 095」.

Having the precedent of solo-farming 「Dormitory Building - 094」 while carrying someone, Lin Yi felt very confident about the future. However, what he didn’t realize was that even after he left the illuminated area of 「Dormitory Building - 094」, those inhuman classmates he had attacked didn’t get back up, but instead fell there, swaying, gradually turning into that lifeless, pure white, plaster-like substance…

And from their bodies, some faint wisps of mist floated out. These wisps of mist were as thin as cooking smoke, merging into the surrounding dense fog with the evening breeze, and then, as if able to track a target, they lingered around Lin Yi like a clinging vine, and were gradually inhaled into his body with his breathing rhythm.

Then, under the darkness of the night, the fog was like countless strands of hair, making it impossible to distinguish the differences within it. Coupled with the dim light and the faintly distorted space, these few wisps of mist were mixed in, making them completely invisible.

Lin Yi was also completely unaware of this problem, but for some reason, the humanoid sculptures that had been biting at him very tightly slightly relaxed their grip on him. Although they were still chasing him, they kept a distance from him.

This was a good thing. Lin Yi didn’t have the mind or time to think about why, so he seized the time to continue running.

But gradually, problems began to appear…

As he ran, the ground beneath his feet suddenly turned into a surface that was neither cobblestone nor soft soil, and began to be accompanied by fine “crackling” sounds, giving him a feeling of walking on thin ice.

He glanced down at his feet and immediately noticed that a dense, spider web-like pattern of cracks was clearly expanding outward at the junction of his soles and the ground.

「Tsk… here we go again?」

It was the same scene last night. He didn’t expect it to be staged again now.

Was this ultimately a drop in the texture, or… would this kind of situation be encountered whenever approaching the dormitory building under abnormal weather conditions?!

「Don’t mess around… there’s not much time left…」

Lin Yi gritted his teeth, stepping on this bizarre road covered with cracks.

But suddenly, he noticed that the space in front of him suddenly swayed.

That’s right, it was that kind of… the entire road was being lifted up and swung around by some force, like pulling noodles.

And as a result, Lin Yi, who was walking on this road, suffered greatly.

The cracked road surface, accompanied by the ramen special effect, began to merge into a strong sense of contrast and collapse. Lin Yi’s front foot was still stepping on a fragile ice layer, and his next foot landed on some kind of soft, glutinous road surface.

He felt that his body balance was being ravaged and destroyed by the texture, nearly falling several times.

And around him, the shadows of the humanoid sculptures surged up and down like stepping on waves, the sounds of “rustle, rustle…” endless.

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