Rules-related weird stories: 4016

Taking advantage of the fading darkness and dissipating sea breeze, Lin Yi seized the opportunity to reinforce his own perception with all his will.

As the illusory dormitory building walls flickered and jumped repeatedly before his eyes like a slideshow, he suddenly reached out his hand…

“Fuffuffuffuffuffu…”

As he reached out, images of the ocean and the walls flashed alternately, like looking at an alternating scene through the blades of an electric fan, one frame of the ocean, one frame of the wall, flashing back and forth at twenty-four frames per second.

His hand finally passed through the electric fan, and he reached out and pressed it against the cliff's stone wall.

But just as he was about to touch the stone wall, he suddenly clenched his fist—

With this grasp, a black hole seemed to appear in his palm, and the whole world began to shrink towards this palm…

The light and shadow in the endless space, the fragments of distortion and collapse, all transformed into the purest and most primitive lines, and then surged into this area like elongated light particles.

When he clenched his fist, everything in front of him turned into a blank, empty world again… This change was extremely short, like the flash of white light when an old-fashioned camera shutter is released, and after that flash…

In the corridor on the 14th floor of the dormitory building, Lin Yi's hand was tightly gripping a doorknob.

His body was a little stiff, and he hadn't yet adapted to this sudden change, but he still felt extremely relieved by this result, which was both within reason and beyond expectation.

Without time to lament the ups and downs of life, before completely returning to the dormitory, all safety was illusory.

But he didn't rush to swipe his student ID to open the access control, but first raised his head to confirm the dormitory's door number.

1412.

“Damn! It really is 1412…”

He took a deep breath and turned his head to look not far away.

In the curved corridor, the number “1414” was clearly marked on a doorplate not far away.

“Found it!”

He took a breath, locked his eyes on dormitory 1414, and then reached out and patted his left shoulder.

Feeling Wei Liang's somewhat cool hand that had been on his shoulder, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

When his appearance was hallucinating and even losing its anchor point, he was eager to find a reference, but he didn't dare to use Wei Liang's hand on his shoulder as a reference.

He could actually feel the temperature of Wei Liang's palm, sometimes cold and sometimes warm, and this feeling became clearer when he used his willpower to strengthen his perception.

He could feel his physical body and spirit repeatedly jumping back and forth between two layers through the contact between Wei Liang's palm and himself.

One layer was the world where the black sun was located, and the other layer was the world where the dormitory building was located, which was also the world where Wei Liang was located.

However, Wei Liang's own condition was not good either. He was not sure whether using Wei Liang as a reference would further worsen Wei Liang's situation. If the anchor was not stable enough, the final outcome would only be mutual destruction, or even falling into some more unpredictable and dangerous situation.

But fortunately, although there were rollercoaster-like ups and downs, the result was still considered good.

So he walked step by step towards dormitory 1414.

And just as his palm released the doorknob of dormitory 1412, he suddenly heard a strange sound from inside the door, but at this moment he directly chose to ignore it, and then brought Wei Liang to the front of dormitory 1414.

He reached out and grasped the doorknob of dormitory 1414.

Only at this moment did he feel a little more at ease.

Immediately afterwards, he gently patted Wei Liang's hand with his other hand.

“Liangzi, we’re at the dormitory!”

Wei Liang's numb and empty eyes gradually regained their brilliance.

“We’re here…” He raised his head and saw the doorplate of dormitory 1414.

“Hoo…” He breathed a long sigh of relief, and then lowered his voice and said, “Lao Lin, don’t say anything, you go in first, after you go in, close the door first, I’ll open it myself.”

“Or should you go first?” Lin Yi was a little worried about Wei Liang’s condition.

Wei Liang shook his head: “It’s okay here.”

Lin Yi took a deep look at him, then lowered his eyes slightly and nodded gently: “Okay… be careful.”

“Don’t worry, nothing will happen.” Wei Liang replied.

Lin Yi then reached into his pocket.

“Wait a minute.” Wei Liang suddenly said, “Do you remember how to swipe the card in the cafeteria?”

Lin Yi was stunned, and then said: “You mean…?”

“Don’t expose it, swipe as fast as possible.” Wei Liang said in a deep voice.

Lin Yi's expression turned stern, but he still did as he was told.

He took out his student ID and swiped it across the sensing area on the doorknob at the speed of light.

“Di di di—ka! Ka!”

A series of mechanical operating sounds rang out from inside the door. Through the subtle vibrations, Lin Yi seemed to see a picture of a series of locking tongues being pulled out of the lock one after another.

This dormitory door seemed to be filled with locks.

When the sound ended, Lin Yi felt the resistance on the doorknob disappear.

He pressed it gently, and the door opened with a “ka” sound.

Strands of warm air permeated from inside the door, making people feel extremely comfortable.

Lin Yi did not hesitate, quickly entered the dormitory, and then closed the door behind him.

“Bang!”

The first thing Lin Yi did after the dormitory door closed was to look at the time.

21:18.

…

In front of the 1414 dormitory door, even though the doorknob was already within reach, there was no trace of relief on Wei Liang's face. On the contrary, his expression was more solemn than ever before.

He looked at the door in front of him, but hesitated to reach out and grasp the doorknob.

He squinted his eyes, as if he was undergoing some kind of thought storm that would never appear on him.

Finally, his gaze changed from solemn to firm.

He took a deep breath, and then reached out his hand, reaching for the doorknob of the dormitory door.

But during this process, illusory shadows began to emerge around his body, like countless souls lost in the abyss and shadows, or like cold corpses shrouded in a forest-white mist…

They climbed on steep and slippery rock walls like spiders, like walking corpses, desperately climbing to the top of the cliff…

Wei Liang seemed to have noticed their existence long ago, but he hid his tracks from their perception through self-deception, and continued until now—until the moment he reached into his trouser pocket and grasped his student ID.

When his student ID was in his hand, he seemed to become the brightest light in the night, and these countless lost souls, like suddenly capturing the most exciting scent, turned their directions one after another and looked at his location…

They seemed to notice Wei Liang's existence, so they swarmed towards him like scarabs, hovering around Wei Liang.

The forest-white mist enveloped their forms, but those pair of cold golden eyes, as if hiding the abyss of hell, unreservedly revealed their greed and desire.

They emitted obscure, low-pitched syllables, communicating primitive signals in pronunciations that did not belong to this world at all, and then swarmed towards Wei Liang —

Wei Liang grasped the doorknob with one hand, and with the other, he swiped his card at light speed like a drawing sword.

"Di Di Di — —"

At the instant he was about to be submerged, all the bolts of the dormitory door lock retracted, and then he pressed down on the doorknob with a "Ka!" sound.

The moment the dormitory door opened, the steep mountain wall, the distorted light and shadow, and the bizarre creatures like a swarm of insects all dissipated like smoke.

His surroundings were so clean that it seemed like not even air remained.

“Huff… Huff… Huff…”

Wei Liang continuously exhaled three breaths, each one more relieved than the last, and by the end, a hint of post-traumatic elation even appeared on his face.

But he didn't immediately enter the dormitory.

As if realizing something, he held onto the half-closed door with one hand and put his student ID back into his pants pocket with the other.

Then, he hid his face behind the door, and with the hand freed up after putting away his student ID, he vigorously rubbed the hardened muscles of his face, completely breaking up the expression that had almost solidified on his face.

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Soon, the playful smile from before returned to his face.

Then, he entered the 1414 dormitory.

"Clang!"

The dormitory door closed tightly.

A single door separated two different worlds.

… …

In the black sky, a black sun hung high, and black tides crashed against black reefs.

A security guard-like figure, holding an ancient green lamp, stood silently at the edge of the cliff.

He looked down at the steep mountain wall that was almost perpendicular to the ground, and his crimson-golden gaze eventually landed on a certain spot on the mountain wall.

The damp mountain wall was covered with moss, and in that location, there was a footprint that was neither too deep nor too shallow.

“… … ”

He fell silent as he stared at this footprint, and a slight fluctuation appeared in the crimson-golden light in his eyes.

His throat moved slightly, and the low-pitched syllables were like a giant ship breaking through an iceberg, but the whistling wind swept across the cliff, completely drowning out his voice.

… …

May 7, X023, 21:18.

After entering the dormitory, Lin Yi clearly felt that the lingering discomfort had dissipated a lot. Although he still faintly felt that something was not right, at least there was a sense of being grounded.

He began to observe the dormitory in front of him.

This dormitory was a six-person room, with three beds placed against the walls on the left and right sides of the door.

The beds consisted of an upper bunk bed board and a desk and storage cabinet on the lower bunk, which was a very common style in universities.

The distance between the beds on the two walls was about one and a half meters, and a glass window faced the dormitory door. The hazy moonlight outside the window shone through the glass onto the dormitory corridor, giving people a sense of peace and tranquility.

Near the window was a washstand, and opposite the washstand was the bathroom.

The entire dormitory was very normal, so normal that it was somewhat abnormal.

As Lin Yi was observing the environment, he suddenly noticed a pendulum clock hanging on the dormitory door, and the time on the clock matched the time on his watch.

And on the back of the dormitory door, there was actually a notice posted, and the four characters written in large letters on the notice made Lin Yi's heart seem to skip a beat.

"Dormitory Rules."

He thought to himself that he didn't know why, but as soon as he entered the dormitory, he always felt like something was missing. Now that he saw these dormitory rules, he didn't feel panicked. Instead, a sentence popped out: The flavor is right.

"So, it was the dormitory rules that were missing!"

"No wonder it felt wrong!"

Just as he was about to read the dormitory rules, the dormitory door opened. After a moment of pause, Wei Liang darted in like a monkey and immediately closed the door.

Immediately afterwards, Wei Liang skillfully looked up at the time, then carefully read the dormitory rules, and then walked to a bed, put down his backpack, and effortlessly opened the wardrobe, taking out the standard toiletries such as a change of clothes, slippers, and a bath towel.

“Lao Lin, I'm going to take a hot shower first!”

Wei Liang picked them all up in one go, and then walked into the bathroom. Before long, the sound of rushing water came from inside.

Lin Yi didn't even have time to say a word to Wei Liang.

But he had no objections to this. Wei Liang had already said that he needed to take a hot shower, and it was assumed that a hot shower could combat and alleviate his contamination, so naturally Lin Yi couldn't possibly drag him and prevent him from taking a shower.

Lin Yi first found a bed and put down his backpack, then walked to the dormitory door and looked at the dormitory rules.

"[Dormitory Rules 1]:"

"The dormitory is the safest area in the campus (unequivocally). To maintain this 'safety,' please abide by the following rules:\n1. The dormitory's power supply system is different from the dormitory building's power supply system. The time for lights out and the cessation of water supply is 0:00 every day, not 22:20.

Your change of clothes and daily necessities are in the wardrobe. Please arrange your time reasonably for bathing and washing."

"2. The dormitory power outage period is: 0:00 ~ 18:00.

Please leave the dormitory building within the specified time."

"3. You can discuss any issues with your roommates before lights out. If you want to discuss or think about issues after lights out, please make sure you are already lying in bed."

"4. Be wary of roommates who do not spend the night in the dormitory, especially when they ask you anything related to your student ID."

"5. Never invite anyone who knocks on the door. Only people with student IDs can return to the dormitory, and they will open the door themselves."

"6. Never get out of bed after the dormitory lights are turned off. Try to fall asleep."

"Note: Falling asleep in bed is the safest state, but never oversleep."

"7. Under no circumstances will the dormitory supervisor inspect the rooms."

"If someone claiming to be the dormitory supervisor knocks on the door and orders you to open it, please follow Rule 5 and ignore them."

The above are the 7 dormitory rules, which seem to be "ordinary," but Lin Yi discovered that the dormitory rules were actually different from other rules. After writing 7 rules, it didn't continue to write Rule 8, but instead directly posted another set of dormitory rules…

To be precise, it should be—Dormitory Rules "Emergency Edition."

Lin Yi's eyelids twitched fiercely the moment he saw the emergency rules.

"Isn't… wasn't it said to be 'the safest,' 'unequivocally'?! There are still conditions?!"

He couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth, then read it word by word:

"[Dormitory Rules 2 "Special Circumstances Edition"]:\nIf your mental state is abnormal and you still can't fall asleep after lights out, please remember the following rules in case you can't stay in a 'safe' state…"