Rules-related weird stories: 4016

May 7, 2023, 19:45.

The classroom of Class 2, Group B, was filled with noise. The twenty-five new students were completely unaware of the seriousness of the situation, still laughing and chatting.

Lin Yi didn't know if they had attention problems, but they all seemed to subtly ignore the thirty-eight odd classmates.

He briefly scanned the classroom, and under the illumination of the fluorescent lights, he examined the faces of those thirty-eight strange classmates one by one.

"Hmm… something's changed?"

If he remembered correctly, among these thirty-eight strange classmates, sixteen of them originally had a demented and crazed look on their faces, staring wide-eyed at the other students in the classroom.

The remaining twenty-two had vacant and unfocused eyes, curled up in their seats like hermit crabs, their eyes not even blinking, as if they were static, lifeless, cold stones.

But today, he noticed that the number of strange classmates with vacant eyes had increased from twenty-two to twenty-five, while the number of strange classmates with demented expressions had decreased by three.

In other words, three of the strange classmates with demented expressions had transformed into strange classmates with vacant eyes.

"It should be related to the depth of 'contamination'… I wonder if their contamination has deepened or lessened," Lin Yi murmured to himself.

He looked at the other students again.

Currently, there were forty normal students in the class, including him and Wei Liang.

Of the remaining thirty-eight normal students (experiential students), thirteen had arrived earlier than him, and now they were somewhat numb, as if they had sealed themselves in their own little worlds.

Like pseudo-autistic individuals, they built high walls with books, arming themselves within the high walls, ignoring everything happening outside.

Looking at them, Lin Yi felt that they must have noticed something was wrong, but they were somewhat self-doubting due to a lack of inspiration.

But sometimes they were more sensitive to the slightest disturbance, to the point where they became paranoid and distracted, only able to build psychological high walls.

They seemed to have taken the physical education students' advice and given up all thought, and they also seemed to have taken the head teacher's advice and stopped communicating with anyone, ignoring any external movements—blindly, indiscriminately, and extremely following these opinions, even if there was nothing wrong with the fluorescent lights in the classroom.

The remaining twenty-five new experiential students didn't show any abnormalities yet.

Finally, there were the eighteen physical education students, including Xu Shunkang and Xie Huayang.

Lin Yi hadn't paid attention to their clothing yesterday, nor had he counted their numbers, so he couldn't determine whether their numbers had increased or decreased.

But he noticed that the physical education students were sitting very close to the classroom windows.

Not the windows on the corridor side, but the windows on the other side.

They were chatting together, their eyes occasionally scanning the classroom, seemingly discussing things related to the students.

When they noticed Lin Yi looking at them, they didn't say anything.

But Lin Yi noticed that they paid more attention to changes in the weather outside than anyone else, frequently glancing out the window.

Apart from that, he couldn't see any behavioral trends that distinguished them from other people.

He simply glanced at them a few times and then returned to his seat.

It wasn't until he returned to his seat that Wei Liang noticed his arrival.

"Yo, you're back?" Wei Liang put down the manga in his hand, glanced at the clock on the wall, and said with a smile that wasn't quite a smile, "Half an hour, not short, but not long either."

"…" Lin Yi frowned, somewhat annoyed, "Liangzi, can you be normal for once in a while?"

Wei Liang spread his hands, helplessly saying, "Please, I've always been the normal one. It's you who's acting strange. What's wrong? You look so worried and preoccupied after just one trip back and forth?"

"Let me guess, she doesn't like your type? You got rejected?"

Lin Yi's mind was full of the head teacher's appearance and words, and he couldn't help but feel upset. He waved his hands repeatedly and said, "Hey, Liangzi, don't joke with me right now, I'm thinking about something!"

Wei Liang was slightly stunned, then narrowed his eyes, tactfully put away his joking expression, stopped mentioning the head teacher, and said, "Okay, okay, thinking, thinking… But, why don't you go back to the dormitory to think about it? It's not like you're short on time right now. Don't cause any trouble."

Lin Yi was taken aback and immediately understood Wei Liang's meaning. He nodded and said, "You're right, I was being rash."

"These things are too complicated… Whether it's organizing my thoughts or really thinking, it's better to wait until I get back to the dormitory."

Wei Liang was surprised and said, "Oh, you really don't want to?"

"Really don't want to," Lin Yi shook his head.

"That's not like you," Wei Liang chuckled.

Lin Yi didn't answer, silently picked up the notebook on the desk, and then opened the chair and sat down.

"Oh, you're already done with it?" He waved the notebook.

"I just thought of something, so I jotted it down. Just a few words," Wei Liang said irritably, "Do you think I'm writing an essay?"

"Oh… then you didn't flip through what I wrote, did you?" Lin Yi suddenly worried.

"I wouldn't flip through your crap," Wei Liang said, "I don't want to know things I shouldn't know."

Lin Yi raised his eyebrows, puzzled, "How do you know what I wrote?"

Wei Liang curled his lips, "I know everything about you."

"Okay…" Lin Yi scratched his head, then suddenly thought of something and said, "Oh, right, the head teacher told us to leave at 20:30."

Wei Liang wasn't surprised at all and said calmly, "That time is about right. According to my experience, leaving fifteen to thirty minutes early is indeed the most reasonable, no matter where you're going."

Lin Yi asked curiously, "Oh, is there a reason for that?"

"No reason," Wei Liang shook his head, "But going too early is useless! The dormitory only allows entry and exit from 21:00 to 22:00 for one hour in the evening. Going too early means waiting, which is boring."

"Right, should we go check the weather first?"

Lin Yi said, "I saw it when I came in. The weather is okay. The fog is only slightly thicker than it was when we had dinner. The visibility is still acceptable."

"That's good." Wei Liang was relieved and handed a few volumes of "Ikki Tousen" to Lin Yi, "Then read a book for a while to pass the time before we leave? I remember you saw the third volume yesterday. I found the later ones for you."

"Okay… I guess." Lin Yi hesitated, but ultimately accepted the volumes of "Ikki Tousen".

But as he flipped through them, he found that the manga he had been able to immerse himself in yesterday now tasted like wax.

Finally, he took out his notebook again, flipped to a fresh page, and wrote:

An iron will is key to resisting contamination.

...

A heavy thud suddenly rang out, interrupting Lin Yi's manga-reading rhythm.

When he said "reading manga," he really meant the literal "looking-at-the-pictures-in-the-manga." He opened the manga and stared at a certain place, lost in thought.

This method of losing himself didn't actually require a manga. Sometimes a calculus or English book could get him into this state faster…

He looked at the lines on the book, thinking about many things aimlessly—many things completely unrelated to the school district.

His brain was approaching blankness. He was thinking about everything and nothing at the same time.

He was actually just spacing out.

He was actually just thinking about the head teacher.

Until the heavy thud disrupted his thoughts and pulled his attention back.

"Thump, thump, thump!"

Lin Yi raised his head in confusion, following the sound, and was shocked to find that Xu Shunkang was vigorously pounding on the desk at the front of the classroom, seemingly trying to attract everyone's attention.

"Xu Shunkang?!" Lin Yi's spirits lifted, and his attention immediately focused.

In his impression, Xu Shunkang wasn't the type to be a show-off, so he must have a plan if he was trying to get people's attention at this time.

The noise in the lecture hall disappeared instantly, and everyone's eyes shifted to Xu Shunkang.

Seeing that the classroom had quieted down, Xu Shunkang quickly said, "Everyone, please listen to me! The fog outside is getting thicker. Please leave the classroom now and go to the dormitory immediately!"

"Whoa—"

As soon as these words came out, the wooden normal students raised their heads one after another. When they saw that the person speaking on the podium was a physical education student wearing a blue and white sports uniform, a few fluctuations instantly appeared in their originally somewhat sluggish eyes.

But some of the new students sneered coldly, then continued to bury their heads in their conversations in groups of two or three.

Xu Shunkang saw all the situations, he sneered, then looked back at the clock hanging above the blackboard on the podium, and continued:

"I'll only say everything once. It's 20:15 now, and you have 15 minutes of effective time to leave the classroom."

“By 20:30, we sports students will leave the classroom on time to go to the dormitory... You better pray you don't travel with us.”

After Xu Shunkang finished speaking, he glanced at the lecture hall, then left the podium and returned to the group of sports students.

“Tch!” Some of the freshmen who were playing with their phones showed scornful and disdainful smiles, sneering, “Who do you think you are, bossing us around?”

“Heh, exactly! Who are you trying to impress?”

Regarding Xu Shunkang's straightforward warning, some of the freshmen not only didn't take it to heart, but also felt very unhappy, feeling like, “Who do you think you are, telling us what to do?”

However, after the sports student finished speaking, the thirteen experienced students who had arrived early all stood up from their seats, packed their things, walked down the steps, and opened the door to leave the classroom one after another.

“Let's go too.” Lin Yi decisively put away his notebook and rummaged through his backpack at his feet to put it on.

“Okay!” Wei Liang replied directly.

If it hadn't been for the heavy fog yesterday that made it impossible to leave the classroom, they would have returned to the dormitory to sleep long ago, and wouldn't have had to stay up until now.

After being awake for a day and a night, their bodies had already passed the sleepy stage and entered an unusually excited stage.

This stage is actually very energy-consuming, basically belonging to a magical state where they can last for a while without touching the bed, but will fall asleep as soon as they touch the bed.

The two packed their things neatly and quickly, and then immediately walked down the lecture hall.

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Among the twenty-five new experienced students, some people hesitated for a while, and then a few people walked out sporadically, choosing to listen to the sports student's suggestion.

The girl wearing a Lolita uniform and dressed in pink, after a very obvious consideration, expressed her desire to go to the dormitory to the boys who had been surrounding her, but those boys seemed to reject her request.

The girl was obviously a little annoyed, so she took advantage of Lin Yi and Wei Liang passing by her and called out to them.

“Um…” she said in a high-pitched voice, “Big brothers, can you help me carry my bag? I have a lot of bags…”

Lin Yi and Wei Liang stopped and looked at her.

This girl seemed to be wearing a pink twin-ponytail wig. There was an obvious look of unease on her face. She rubbed her hands while explaining apologetically, “My companions and I have some disagreements… They don't really want to stay overnight in the dormitory.”

“So… I'm sorry, big brothers, can you help me carry my bag?”

Lin Yi frowned slightly, looked at the girl's pitiful appearance, and showed a thoughtful expression.

The girl immediately showed a happy expression, and upon seeing this, she wanted to push a heaviest suitcase to Lin Yi.

But Lin Yi had no intention of taking it at all, and only said calmly, “Classmate, if you really want to go to the dormitory, you can leave some bags here and only take valuables.”

“Hey!” The girl heard this, and immediately put her hands on her hips unhappily, making a two-dimensional style of cute anger, and said, “But, these are all my treasures, I can't leave any of them!”

“Big brother~ Big brother~ Please help me~”

Lin Yi didn't fall for it at all. He glanced at his watch and only left a sentence: “There are changes of clothes in the dormitory, so it doesn't matter even if you don't bring anything. Don't waste time here, go if you want to go,” then he turned around without hesitation and walked down the steps of the lecture hall.

“Wuwuwu… Why is he like this!”

Seeing that Lin Yi didn't buy it, the girl looked pitifully at Wei Liang again.

Wei Liang moved his gaze away from her white silk beautiful legs wearing pink square-toed leather shoes, and praised with a smile, “Hey, you don't understand, he likes mature women in black silk, what I like is little lolis in white silk.”

The girl seemed to foresee Wei Liang descending from the heavens to help her transport a lot of luggage, and couldn't help but show a happy smile on her face, and her whole person also made a gesture of about to cheer and jump.

But… her prediction was wrong again and again.

Wei Liang didn't have any extra actions at all.

In the girl's eyes, Wei Liang's next operation, like the cold, unromantic wood of Lin Yi before, only used the simple four words “Nice stockings” to express his high praise for her outfit, and then turned around without nostalgia, catching up with Lin Yi's steps, leaving her standing there with a stiff expression.

No… don't you like little lolis in white silk like me?

You're just saying it??

She was messed up on the spot.

…

May 7, 2023, 20:19, Teaching Building B, at the bottom of the steps.

“Lao Lin, you ran so fast, you actually left me alone with her!” Wei Liang said indignantly.

Lin Yi raised his eyebrows slightly and asked calmly, “I thought you would help her and drag me to carry the luggage together.”

“Are you serious?” Wei Liang said.

“Just kidding, I guessed you wouldn't help either.” Lin Yi said, “But I didn't expect you to not hesitate at all.”

“What's so surprising about this? Please…” Wei Liang smiled contemptuously, making a gesture of showing a broad mind, “As a person of universal love, how can I bend for mere white silk? I read the Spring and Autumn Annals!”

“I think it's 'The Erotic History of the Spring and Autumn Period,' right?”

“Tsk~ Isn't erotic history history? Don't have such a small pattern, it's the same in essence!”

Lin Yi didn't speak again, but observed the surrounding environment.

At 20:21, the campus was shrouded in a gloomy atmosphere.

Under their feet was a cobblestone road, and on both sides of the road were lit streetlights.

The amber streetlights hung on the branches like lanterns, and the scattered brilliance overlapped with the cobblestone road, paving a slightly warm road in the darkness.

Behind the streetlights was a darkness, and the outline of the mountain and the shadow of the green forest belt were covered by the light of the streetlights.

Due to the existence of the lighting effect, after the naked eye captured the light, it was impossible to see the darkness outside the light.

Only the faintly visible blue-gray sky at the horizon stood like an ancient city wall at the end of the world.

The mori-white mist spread out unscrupulously from the darkness behind the lamppost, rolling along the cobblestones, gradually submerging the backs of Lin Yi and Wei Liang's feet.

Today's mist was indeed much thinner than yesterday's. Through the orange light, Lin Yi could vaguely see figures walking on the road, heading towards the dormitory building.

They walked like this for thirteen minutes.

When Lin Yi took a certain step, his heart suddenly thumped, and a strange feeling, like a water curtain, gently affected him.

He looked back as if he felt something.

The corner of his eye twitched fiercely.

「The teaching building… is really gone!」

He looked at the lamppost next to him again.

Dormitory Building - 087.

「Sure enough, I have entered the dormitory building block!」

「The area where the dormitory building is located is another independent space!」

He slowly narrowed his eyes and took a deep breath. Such a discovery unexpectedly verified his deduction once again: Each building in the campus is in an independent space.

Just as his gaze returned from the lamppost and looked at the road ahead, a strong sense of oppression that could not be expressed in words suddenly appeared in the darkness and thin mist at the end of the road!

Between the dim and intertwined light and shadow, a dark tide that covered the sky and the sun seemed to appear.

Lin Yi's pupils slowly dilated, his vision seemed to penetrate the darkness, and his soul seemed to arrive at the end of the road one step ahead of his body.

He saw an indescribable huge building.

It stood like an ancient stele between the mottled and blurred light and shadow. The endless mori-white mist entangled its outline, and the icy cold frost eroded its body. Dim, desolate, ancient, distant, deep, terrifying, cold… Countless breaths intertwined and wrapped around it.

It stood there.

Right in front of Lin Yi.

The distant moon seemed to be behind it.

In the chaos, it was like a standing god.

「Dor…mi…tory…building?」

In Lin Yi's mind, these words arose inexplicably.

「No, wait…」

「This damn… is the dormitory building?!」

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