Rules-related weird stories: 4016

Lin Yi's pupils trembled fiercely. In the shattered mirror world, the fragmented body of Mu Daxian could be faintly seen!

Due to the distance, Lin Yi couldn't clearly see Mu Daxian's current state, but from the glimpse he caught, Mu Daxian looked as if he had been torn apart by some force and thrown into that mirror world. Compared to Lao Mo, whose body was already riddled with holes, Mu Daxian's condition could only be described as utterly broken.

He was like a dark mage nailed to a cross, his body shattered and split apart, with only his heart in his chest still slowly beating.

No wonder Lao Mo didn't seem very anxious after confirming that Mu Daxian had reached the clock tower. Perhaps he also knew that Mu Daxian would become like this—this appearance of being completely dead yet not entirely dead, existing in the state between 'life and death'.

Lao Mo seemed to be trying to pull Mu Daxian out while restarting the old kerosene lamp. This action probably hadn't started long ago, so there was no obvious effect.

However, both Lao Mo's extinguishing body and Mu Daxian's current appearance made Lin Yi very worried.

He didn't know how Mu Daxian had become like this under the noses of the Watchers, but he didn't have time to think so much—because he had finally arrived in front of the Watcher.

His body uncontrollably leaped from the last fragment of the stone slab…up, his body turned upside down one hundred and eighty degrees in mid-air, sliding to the Watcher like on a slide, landing in a 'Deadpool-style superhero' manner, firmly shattering his kneecap.

"Hiss…"

He grinned, sucking in cold air, and staggered to his feet.

Only at this moment did he feel the control of his own body.

「Great…playing bumper cars and crashing into a wall, so you returned the remote control to the original owner…right…」 A random thought popped into his head. Sky-blue energy surged from his knee, repairing it like weaving fabric and 'plating' it with a layer of gold.

"I…"

"You…"

"That…"

Looking at the Watcher's profile so close, Lin Yi opened his mouth, but couldn't think of what to say at first. So, in the end, as if possessed by a Russian, he awkwardly said, “Uh… hello… Watcher.”

The Watcher didn't speak, his body remained motionless, only his black trench coat fluttered in the air.

The atmosphere seemed to solidify, and Lin Yi was also a little at a loss. Just as his toes in his sneakers couldn't help but start digging at the insole, the Watcher finally spoke: "He kept his promise… You really came here."

The Watcher's words were astonishing, seemingly revealing some earth-shattering secret as soon as he opened his mouth, causing Lin Yi's heart to be shocked.

"Wh-what?"

「'Kept his promise'? ! What does this mean?」

The Watcher's dignified and cold voice continued to sound: "It seems that the situation in other 'Dark Zones' is not optimistic either, otherwise there wouldn't be two people like 'you' after only a few Gray Mist intrusions…"

"Ah?" Lin Yi opened his mouth wide, "Two? Wait… what does 'like me' mean?"

The Watcher still didn't answer immediately, but moved.

As if a predetermined moment had arrived, he began to stir up terrifying extraordinary power, fiercely striking the floating bell body of the Quantum Great Clock, which was covered with countless secret patterns.

「Duang—!!!」

The majestic bell sound stirred up surging air waves, violently rushing out in all directions. The air waves swept over the Watcher's body, causing even the closest Watcher to experience some "lagging" frame drops.

Then, the air waves pushed past Lin Yi's body, bringing out many particles from his body again. However, at this time, his body would no longer spew out blood mist, but all were strange powder particles.

But now Lin Yi had long adapted to this kind of scouring. In this scouring, his body only staggered a little before stabilizing, and his broken body was immediately repaired.

Immediately afterwards, the air waves swept past Lao Mo's side, which made the boundaries of the annihilation of Lao Mo's body, which was already like being eaten by insects, expand some more…

In such air waves, Lao Mo's body was like a castle piled on the beach. Every time a wave hit, it would obliterate some areas on the edge. As the waves expanded, he would eventually be completely erased from this beach.

"Lao Mo!" Seeing this, Lin Yi couldn't help but feel a little anxious.

"Worry about yourself…" The Watcher's voice slowly sounded.

Lin Yi's spirit was shaken, and he quickly looked at the Watcher, puzzled and said: "What does 'like me' mean?"

The Watcher faced away from him, his voice thick and ethereal: "A person with the 'Dreamweaving' characteristic."

"'Dreamweaving'?" Lin Yi didn't understand.

"Can you only repeat?" The Watcher questioned, but immediately expressed understanding, "Judging from the stupid look you are showing now, you must have been tampered with… That's right, not being able to distinguish between dreams and reality is the greatest danger for someone like you."

"But stupid as you are, this time… the excellent qualities you have shown in other aspects have exceeded my expectations."

「Excellent qualities?」 Lin Yi subconsciously wanted to repeat, but after being scolded by the Watcher for being a repeater, he still didn't go up to be humiliated…

"I really don't understand… They would actually be willing to let a special talent like you come in to take risks…"

"Interesting…"

"Really very interesting…"

Lin Yi pursed his lips. He could understand some of the Watcher's words, but there was more that he didn't understand.

He really wanted to ask questions, but he wasn't familiar with the Watcher at all. In front of the Watcher, he didn't dare to interrupt rashly.

If it were Lao Mo, he probably would have asked for an explanation long ago.

Lao Mo, who was not far away, widened his eyes as he listened to the Watcher's words to Lin Yi. But when he thought of the abnormalities that Lin Yi had shown along the way, some expressions mixed with doubt and relief appeared in his widened eyes from time to time.

After all, he also clearly remembered… that kind of illusory figure had appeared behind this guy Lin Yi…

The Watcher, with his back to Lin Yi, seemed to have taken in the expression on Lin Yi's face, which was full of confusion but also had big, innocent, and eager eyes for answers.

So he didn't give Lin Yi a chance to speak at all, and said directly: "He once said, 'When friends come from afar, it is a pleasure'… So since you have come, just do the work for me in peace during this limited time…"

「I'll go! What is all this? Didn't anyone at your S University learn the Analects?」 Lin Yi wanted to open his mouth, but found that his mouth couldn't move at all.

Damn it!

The Watcher didn't give him a chance to speak at all?!

"Since you have no objections, I'll take that as your agreement," the Night Watchman said calmly. "After all, this is what he and I agreed upon."

Lin Yi: "???"

Wait, hold on a second!

He frantically gestured in sign language, only now understanding why the Night Watchman had been facing away from him all along.

《Premeditated》

The dignified Night Watchman, one of the six, no, rather, the now remaining three pillars of the Black Moon Outpost, actually set a trap for a naive, chubby junior like me?!

And who exactly is that 'he'?!

The only ones who designed 'me' are 'us,' could it be Young Master Tian?!

But Young Master Tian is also here for the first time! Otherwise, why would he be tricking me into exploring some damn campus! Could it be related to his memories that haven't been 'decompressed' yet?

Then could it be Kuai Kuai? But that scheming bastard never does anything human. If he stood in front of the Night Watchman, he'd probably be killed directly... …

Then... Wei Sang? Good job, Wei Sang, so even you with your thick eyebrows have betrayed 4016?

"After helping with this, take your 'final payment,' and we'll be even," the Night Watchman said flatly, his tone suggesting he was quite familiar with both him and the 'he' who sold him out, yet didn't want to get involved in overly complicated relationships.

This made Lin Yi, whose mind was already a mess and couldn't figure anything out, even more confused.

But despite the confusion, as soon as he heard the words 'final payment,' Lin Yi's eyes sparkled with a strange light.

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「There's still a 'final payment'?!」

The Night Watchman's payments don't sound simple!

At this point, regardless of whether being sold out was a misunderstanding or not, Lin Yi's interest immediately skyrocketed at the mere mention of collecting the final payment—after all, being caught by this old and disrespectful Night Watchman to work for him was already a done deal, so getting some benefits in this situation would be a small recovery.

"What do you want me to do?" he asked.

But as soon as he spoke, he realized something was wrong! Why did he speak at this moment?!

So he immediately wanted to say, how about we discuss it further, but the Night Watchman had already spoken: "I need you to help me find something..."

"Huh? Me?" Lin Yi pointed at his nose. "No, if you can't find it, how am I supposed to find it? Could it be something in the campus that you can't access, so you want me to go?"

"Listen to me," the Night Watchman's voice was extremely cold, scaring Lin Yi into quickly shutting his mouth.

"If it were just a conventional search, would I need you?"

"When the time comes to work, I won't be able to provide you with much help, so listen carefully, young man..."

"The characteristic of 'Dreamweaving' is the ability to interact with the 'world' through 'dreams' or some instantaneously occurring 'hallucinations,' which are also known as 'pseudo-dreams,' thereby obtaining a lot of hidden information..."

"I need you to enter the state of 'Dreamweaving' and help me find an item in the Arts Building."

「'Dreamweaving'?」 Lin Yi suddenly felt like the clouds were parting and he was seeing the clear sky. So, all the various hallucinations he had been experiencing were manifestations of the 'Dreamweaving' characteristic?

But... according to Lao Mo, extraordinary characteristics should slowly manifest as the pollution deepens, right? How could he start experiencing these symptoms as soon as he entered the school?

Could it be that it was a "shallow" change back then?

That's not impossible... …

"Then... what item are you looking for?"

"I can't tell you," the Night Watchman refused. "I will sense your state. When the aura of that item appears on you, I will tell you, and then you just need to pinpoint its location for me."

"It's that simple?"

"'Simple'?" The Night Watchman was amused by Lin Yi's naivety. "If I weren't afraid of you dying in the 'dream,' I really wouldn't say anything and just let the dream give you a 'surprise.'"

"Young man, you don't seem to realize that what you're about to 'explore' is the Black Moon Outpost, known as one of the eight extraordinary mountains in history that can never be surpassed—designed by the 'Designer' Lord Amon."

"In order to prevent those with the 'Dreamweaving' characteristic from spying on the Black Moon Outpost, Lord Amon has set up multiple traps... Even Dreamweavers who have mastered the blueprints may not be able to successfully return from the abyss of layers..."

"Throughout history, many outstanding Dreamweavers have appeared, but without exception, they have all become 'souls chasing phantoms'..."

"「I AvgruNnen av tKe og mrke jaGer forTapte Sjeler fanTome」..."

"Wait, wait, wait!!!" Lin Yi suddenly interrupted forcefully. "Everything else is fine, but what does this sentence mean?"

"Which sentence?"

"This precept!"

"You know about the precepts too? Did Mo tell you about them?"

Mo... …

"Uh, no..." Lin Yi seemed to hear the Night Watchman's displeasure. He couldn't betray Lao Mo at this critical moment, but honestly, Lao Mo hadn't said this sentence. "In several previous hallucinations, I heard similar sounds. I feel like it's the sentence you just said..."

"You... are you sure?"

"This sentence... is it very special?"

"The Night Watchman's precepts have different effects, and this one is for suppressing... for appeasing the vengeful spirits of Dreamweavers."

"「I AvgruNnen av tKe og mrke jaGer forTapte Sjeler fanTome」 means... In the abyss of mist and darkness, lost souls chase phantoms."

"There is no time in dreams... When Dreamweavers get lost in endless time loops, their instincts will guide them to find a way back. But some Dreamweavers, after getting lost, believe that only a very short time has passed, but in reality, many years have passed outside. Their bodies have long since turned to dust, and even if they are properly preserved, they are no longer themselves..."

"They are lost in the abyss of time and layers, eventually becoming souls that only exist in the cracks of layers and remnants of time... Their penetration of the layers causes certain special extraordinary powers to be condensed and then descend back, mixed with their will..."

"Dreamweavers who return to the present world in this form are called—Grinning Angels."