Rules-related weird stories: 4016

"Throw it! Throw it quickly!!" Lin Yi roared, forcefully throwing the shoe in his hand into the trash can.

Wei Liang next to him also successfully tossed his sneakers.

"Glug! Glug!"

The sneakers fell into the trash can with a thud.

"I'm going to let go, hold on tight!" Xu Shunkang shouted while slowly withdrawing his strength.

Lin Yi and Wei Liang took the opportunity to steady themselves, retreating step by step from the employee通道, eventually leaving the disaster area covered by the sound waves.

They retreated all the way to the slope, near the notice board in front of the cafeteria. Only then did Lin Yi and Wei Liang sit down on the ground, exhausted.

"Th... Thank you!" The two thanked, panting heavily.

Looking at Xu Shunkang standing under the sun with a baseball bat on his shoulder, they felt a sense of reverence, as if looking up to a celestial being.

Xu Shunkang waved his hand, let out a long sigh of relief, and then scolded with some anger, "You two are really something, dawdling even when throwing things away."

"If I hadn't anticipated your movements, wouldn't you have been done for?"

"You could even anticipate that?" Lin Yi was greatly surprised, remembering that not long ago, Xu Shunkang was still guarding the cafeteria entrance like a one-man army.

Then, in the blink of an eye, he ran over to save them.

"Not only did he anticipate it, but he also came to save us on purpose, love it, love it..." Wei Liang chimed in from the side.

Xu Shunkang raised his eyebrows slightly, looking down at the two disheveled guys, one with only one sock and the other with none.

"Do you need a reason to save people? I wanted to save you, so I came."

Xu Shunkang smiled, adjusted his pants leg, squatted down, and sat on the steps next to Lin Yi and Wei Liang.

"By the way, how did you predict that we were in the employee通道?" Lin Yi asked curiously.

Xu Shunkang pointed to his bare feet.

"Your shoes were stained with something they shouldn't have been, so you definitely had to throw them in the trash can, is there even a need to ask?"

"But... you haven't read the cafeteria rules, how would you know...?"

"Stop, stop!" Xu Shunkang shook his head and chuckled, "Who told you I haven't read them?"

"Before I became a sports student, I was just like you guys."

"It's just that I don't need to follow the cafeteria rules now."

Xu Shunkang pulled out the baseball bat from behind him and gently weighed it in his hand.

His eyes were sincere, as if an ancient knight was wiping his beloved sword.

"Doesn't need to follow them anymore?" Lin Yi's heart skipped a beat, lost in thought.

"Although, but... still, thank you for saving us."

"Don't thank me, my ears will get calluses from hearing it too much." Xu Shunkang picked at his ear.

Lin Yi couldn't help but ask again, "But... since the cafeteria rules say to throw things stained with ketchup into the nearest trash can, why put the trash can so far away?"

Xu Shunkang shrugged his shoulders: "You'll have to ask the people in the cafeteria about that."

Lin Yi was silent for a moment, then said, "The employee通道... is too dangerous."

Xu Shunkang shook his head and asked, "Otherwise, why do you think the cafeteria rules have such strict opening times?"

Lin Yi was stunned and asked, "Are you saying... that the situation just now is one of the dangers you might encounter if you stay in the cafeteria past the time?"

"So the cafeteria's opening hours don't actually refer to the cafeteria building, but the entire cafeteria area?"

"But... it's only... now..."

He looked down at his watch.

13:08.

"It's only 13:08, how could we encounter danger?"

Xu Shunkang asked, "You can still encounter the lights being turned off in a classroom that's supposed to be lit all night after 18:00, can't you?"

"And didn't the cafeteria rules also say not to go to the employee通道 under normal circumstances?"

"But... the trash can is over there?" Lin Yi indicated that he didn't want to go there at all.

Xu Shunkang nodded: "The trash can is over there, but I'm blindly guessing that you didn't throw the trash away right away. For some reason, you lingered at the entrance of the employee通道 with the trash for a while, and then you heard that sound wave, right?"

Seeing Lin Yi not speaking, Xu Shunkang knew he was right.

"Oh right, let me blindly guess... Did you find that the ketchup on the stained area was gone, and turned into gypsum powder like this?"

Xu Shunkang raised the baseball bat covered in gypsum powder.

"And your little brain was thinking, did you get ketchup on you, or gypsum powder? After a lot of dawdling, you encountered the situation just now?"

"How did you...?" Lin Yi stared at Xu Shunkang in disbelief, everything Xu Shunkang said was correct.

Xu Shunkang waved his hand and slowly uttered four words: "A common sight."

"Uh..."

"So... lingering outside the employee通道 for too long is also dangerous?"

"That's right."

Lin Yi asked in surprise, "You actually answered directly?"

Xu Shunkang pointed to the sun high above his head: "The clear sky is spotless, what's there to be afraid of? On the other hand, you, remember to pay attention to your limits after the time has passed, don't let your imagination run wild and cross the line, and don't blame me for not reminding you when something happens."

"Uh... okay, thanks for the reminder."

"So the correct thing for me to do is to throw away the trash and leave the employee通道 area immediately without looking back, right?"

Xu Shunkang nodded: "Yes, and if you are confident in your ball skills, I suggest you throw it remotely, as long as you can make sure it goes into the trash can."

"But if you don't get it in, the situation will be very awkward... you don't want to hear that sound again because you're picking up something, right?"

"I understand," Lin Yi said.

"Good that you understand. Okay, I've rested enough, I'll go first." Xu Shunkang said, grabbing the baseball bat and getting up.

"Oh right..." He suddenly thought of something, turned half his face to look at Lin Yi and the other, and reminded, "Don't forget to go to PE class this afternoon."

"PE class!" Lin Yi quickly looked down at his watch.

13:10.

He remembered that PE class was from 14:30 to 15:30 in the afternoon.

"Se... Senior!" Lin Yi called out.

Xu Shunkang turned around: "What is it?"

"Can we follow you to the gymnasium now, and then wait at the entrance of the gymnasium until PE class starts before going in?"

Xu Shunkang thought for a while, then answered, "It's possible... but I don't recommend you do that."

"Why?" Lin Yi asked in confusion.

Xu Shunkang looked at the baseball bat in his hand, then grinned, revealing a mouthful of white teeth.

"Because... this road is not easy to walk now."

"You should obediently go back to the classroom for a lunch break, and then arrive fifteen minutes early, don't be too early or too late."

"So particular? But the schedule doesn't seem to say that much..." Lin Yi secretly noted this down.

Based on experience, Xu Shunkang's opinion was correct.

"See you in the afternoon." Xu Shunkang left a dashing figure, carrying the baseball bat and leaving.

"Sports students are so cool!" Wei Liang couldn't help but praise as he looked at Xu Shunkang's back.

"He's kind of cool," Lin Yi also nodded in agreement.

His thoughts gradually returned, and he couldn't help but mutter, "Speaking of which... shouldn't there be employees in the employee通道 (channel/hallway)? How could there be such strange noises?"

Without a second thought, Wei Liang said, "There isn't necessarily a wife in wife cake."

Lin Yiw heard this and was immediately speechless.

But as his mind calmed down, his feet felt that slight pulse again.

The vibration came from the employee通道 (channel/hallway).

"No... that's not right! The source doesn't seem to be the employee通道 (channel/hallway)!" Lin Yi sensed something. He turned his gaze towards the first basement level of the cafeteria.

From his angle, the employee通道 (channel/hallway) split into two, leading to the back of the cafeteria's first floor and the first basement level.

And that unusual noise was clearly coming from the first basement level of the cafeteria.

But the first basement level of the cafeteria appeared to be closed off from the outside, and the employee通道 (channel/hallway) was the only visible通道 (channel/hallway) connecting to it!

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"So that means... the cafeteria's soundproofing is excellent."

Because the terrible commotion coming from the first basement level, just the sound waves alone were unbearable for him and Wei Liang, who were standing at the entrance of the employee通道 (channel/hallway)...

The rules about the cafeteria's first basement level surfaced in his mind:

【At any time, do not pay attention to any strange noises coming from the first basement level of the cafeteria, even if you hear someone calling your name.

It is forbidden to go to any area inside the cafeteria other than the student restaurant area, especially the first basement level of the cafeteria.】

There weren't many rules, only one, but it occupied an entire rule in the cafeteria rules.

"Do not pay attention", "Forbidden to go"...

"But, please, there's no need to forbid going, okay? That earthquake-like commotion is enough to dissuade everyone, right?"

Lin Yi muttered helplessly in his heart.

Suddenly, he felt the light shining down dim a little.

He looked up at the sky and saw a large patch of clouds that had emerged from the mountainside at some point, slowly moving and about to block the sun.

It was just an ordinary cloud, but when Lin Yi thought about the large shadow that was about to be cast, he immediately stood up from the ground.

Given the situation with the cafeteria, Lin Yi had now developed a certain vigilance towards dark areas.

"Liangzi, have you rested enough? Let's go too!" Lin Yi took out the cafeteria rules and put them back under the notice board next to him.

"Okay!" Wei Liang did the same.

The two left together.

The moment he stepped over the notice board in front of the cafeteria, Lin Yi felt that strange feeling again.

It was as if the entire cafeteria was covered by a huge and invisible glass罩子 (cover/shield), and the notice board was stuck in front of the glass罩子 (cover/shield).

When they walked past the notice board, they entered the area represented by the cafeteria.

When they left the notice board, they returned to another area.

This area架空 (suspended/overlying) in the building, perhaps it could be called...

"'Campus'?"

The name popped into Lin Yi's mind, as if by a ghost's command.

...

Following the map through an area filled with lampposts with jumbled numbers, Lin Yi and Wei Liang gradually walked towards the teaching building.

Suddenly, Lin Yi unintentionally saw the cobblestone pavement again, and the white powder filling the gaps between the cobblestones.

"This is...?"

He remembered seeing such white powder on the way from the teaching building to the cafeteria in the morning, but he didn't pay much attention to it at the time.

But now, he knew that this white powder was very likely transformed from tomato sauce...

Realizing this, he instantly felt a strong sense of discomfort.

"Damn it... I've been walking on a road covered in tomato sauce all along?!"

He felt his legs stiffen, and the cold气息 (aura/presence) seemed to turn into pairs of invisible tentacles, drilling out of the cobblestone road's crevices and clinging to his legs, making his stiff legs feel cold.

As the sun was blocked by the clouds, gusts of阴风 (yin wind/ghostly wind) came from the green belts around the cobblestone road.

He seemed to feel countless greedy gazes filled with malicious emotions, as if a group of strange classmates were hiding in the bushes,偷窥 (peeking/spying on) him.

He felt somewhat unable to move, his whole body as if he was in an ice窖 (cellar/house).

He gradually felt the ice-water mixture in the ice窖 (cellar/house) spread up, and a sense of窒息 (suffocation) was about to overwhelm him.

But this time was different. Just as he felt himself having difficulty breathing, his whole body trembled violently...

"Hoo-ha-" He gasped for air, as if he couldn't wait to suck all the surrounding air into his body at once like an air pump.

Then, he "huff huff" gasped for breath.

When he came back to his senses, his back was already soaked in a layer of cold sweat.

His eyes stared blankly at the cobblestone road under his feet.

Cobblestones were still cobblestones, but the white powder always gave him a strong feeling of nausea.

He looked down at his watch.

13:20.

"The cafeteria is closed." This thought suddenly popped into his mind.

He shivered and quickened his pace towards the teaching building.

Wei Liang glanced at Lin Yi's back in confusion, and then at the cobblestone road.

"Eh?" He frowned and looked at the place where Lin Yi had stopped to gasp for breath.

This was a cobblestone road, and where Lin Yi was standing, there were naturally several cobblestones.

Normal cobblestones were oval, but he saw several twisted and deformed cobblestones.

Like橡皮糖 (rubber candy) lined up together, slightly pulled.

"Strange," he muttered, but didn't pay much attention and followed Lin Yi's pace.

Not far away was the teaching building. Although the light was not very good, the three-building, four-story design of the teaching building could still be seen clearly during the day.

After Wei Liang followed, he found that Lin Yi was standing like a log in front of the steps of the teaching building, not moving.

"Lao Lin, what's wrong with you again?" Wei Liang went over and patted Lin Yi's shoulder.

He suddenly withdrew his hand.

"Damn! So cold, like an ice block?!"

He quickly looked at Lin Yi, and then found that Lin Yi was staring at the steps in front of the class with a pale face, his eyes wide open, not knowing what terrifying things he was thinking about, so frightened that cold sweat was streaming down his face.

Wei Liang vaguely heard Lin Yi muttering like a dream:

"苔藓 (Moss)..."

"How could it be...?"

"There really is 苔藓 (moss).."

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