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Chapter 76 Grandma… What grandma?

“This… moss?”

Lin Yi's pupils contracted violently, and a layer of fine cold sweat had already seeped out of his forehead.

“When did I step on this?”

Almost instantly, he quickly went through several terrains in his mind…

The student passage?

He had specifically checked his clothes and shoes when leaving, and there was no moss on them at all.

The steps in front of the classroom?

The steps in front of the dormitory building?

Perhaps there was a slight possibility, but moss of this thickness… as thick as silt, didn't seem like something you could find on campus!

“Wait…? Not the campus!”

Lin Yi's thoughts raced, and a picture involuntarily flashed in his mind, like Spider-Man standing on a cliff.

The scene in the dark world where the ocean and the sky each occupied half of the world, the pitch-black water and wind, the black sun with gold trim, and the cliffs… were covered in moss!!

He carefully brought his nose closer and sniffed.

Immediately, an extremely solemn expression appeared in his eyes.

Hidden within this patch of moss was a very restrained and subtle odor.

This smell was like the rotting, fishy smell of silt where fish and shrimp corpses had been buried, and it also had a strong, cold, and salty atmosphere, which almost immediately made people think of that strange world shrouded in darkness.

This was indeed the moss from that cliff!

“I… brought something back from that world?!”

At this moment, an extremely absurd idea arose in his mind. The boundary between layers seemed to have a problem. He seemed to have accidentally obtained something from another world.

Even if it was just a piece of moss stuck to the sole of his shoe.

He took a deep breath and stuffed the shoes into the washing machine.

“Hey, there seems to be a piece of paper in here?”

Lin Yi suddenly said, subconsciously pointing to a crumpled piece of paper inside.

“Come on, please don't pick up trash, okay?” Wei Liang, who was standing next to him, couldn't help but say helplessly.

Suspicious glints flickered in Lin Yi's eyes: “You guys didn't throw the paper from my pocket in, did you?”

Wei Liang said speechlessly: “No, it's all on your desk!”

Kuai Hongji blurted out: “We don't have the habit of helping people throw away trash.”

Wei Shan, who was holding clothes and walking to the bathroom door, couldn't help but laugh.

Lin Yi slammed the washing machine door shut and walked to Tian Bufan.

“Young Master Tian, I've been holding back a lot of questions.”

Tian Bufan smiled calmly: “I didn't say I wouldn't chat with you… Why don't you get on the bed first?”

“Well… okay.”

Going to bed after a shower was the most correct “guideline,” and Lin Yi had no reason to refuse.

So he climbed onto the bed.

But just as he sat on the bed, it suddenly shook a little…

“Huh? What's going on?”

He couldn't help but look at the bed, and then he found that this seemingly ordinary bed actually had a special design.

The bed and the bed frame were not welded together at all, but had a section that allowed movement.

This was a design Lin Yi had never seen before. No, if he had to say, it was a bit like… a double-wishbone suspension? Shock absorbers?

No… did a bed need this kind of design?

“Don't just stand there blankly.” Wei Liang said, “This is just a sleep aid design, like a baby cradle, you know?”

The corners of Lin Yi's mouth twitched violently. He was such a big person, did he still need a baby cradle?

He sat down.

Then he froze for a moment.

Huh… I must say, it really feels a bit like it…

“Cough.” Tian Bufan coughed dryly.

Lin Yi quickly grabbed the edge of the bed: “Inertia, it's shaking on its own.”

“I'd say, I believe half of that.” Tian Bufan said seriously.

Lin Yi: “…”

He glanced at his watch.

21:52.

“There are still 8 minutes left…”

“Don't look.” Tian Bufan interrupted, “Maozi won't be back.”

Lin Yi gritted his teeth and scolded angrily: “How can you say that so lightly?!”

Tian Bufan calmly glanced at him: “From the moment you said that, I knew you hadn't 'adapted' enough… If getting angry could solve problems, then no one would need to use their brains.”

The angry emotions that had just sprouted in Lin Yi were extinguished.

Tian Bufan continued: “Remember what I said in the gymnasium? 'Impulsiveness makes people lose their minds, calmness is the way to solve problems.'”

Lin Yi was silent, then he nodded slightly and said: “I still want to discuss Maozi's matter with you again.”

Tian Bufan shook his head: “Let's not talk about Maozi's matter first.”

“?”

Tian Bufan said calmly: “Don't you understand? What you want to talk about is not Maozi's matter at all.”

Lin Yi was stunned.

“Not refuting?” Tian Bufan rarely showed a smile, “It seems that you have at least changed in this regard…”

Lin Yi didn't speak. Tian Bufan's words struck him in the heart.

He… seemed to be thinking about Mao Feiyang, but he didn't know why, he had forgotten many things related to Mao Feiyang.

For him, Mao Feiyang seemed to have become a symbol.

Something like a badge pinned to his chest. You keep wearing it, and you will remember that you once wore a badge, but you don't remember anything except the badge.

He… was about to forget Maozi.

Lin Yi's eyes gradually widened. He wanted to say something to argue, but no matter what kind of defense, it seemed extremely pale at this moment.

It was difficult for people to naturally say insincere words, especially when they were unceremoniously exposed like this.

Tian Bufan continued to ask: “Leaving Maozi aside, Lao Lin, do you still remember why you came here?”

“Why… did I come?” Lin Yi was stunned again.

“Why?”

“Yes, why did I come here?”

“What was it…?”

He thought around and around, he always felt that there was some shadow hovering in his mind, something was about to break out of its shell, but he couldn't remember anything.

Tian Bufan said: “You came here for…”

“Have you forgotten?” Wei Liang interrupted Tian Bufan, “Lao Lin, you came here to subsidize your grandma's medical expenses!”

“Grand… grandma?” Lin Yi chewed on this extremely unfamiliar but somewhat familiar word like he was chewing wax, and a look of confusion appeared in his eyes.

Wei Liang was pacing around anxiously, scratching his ears and cheeks, as if he was the one with amnesia.

But in the end, Lin Yi shook his head blankly.

“I… I can't remember.”

Wei Liang's body froze. He looked at the confused Lin Yi and Tian Bufan with a faint smile on his lips, and only felt extremely terrified. There was even a kind of emotion called fear in his eyes.

Not because of Tian Bufan, but because Lin Yi had so smoothly forgotten his original intention for coming here.

He forgot his grandma.

But his grandma…

Wei Liang also suddenly froze for a moment.

Wait…

Lao Lin's… grandma?

Did Lao Lin… have a grandma?

No… who was Maozi they were talking about just now?

Wei Liang suddenly confused himself, feeling like his brain was in a mess.

He reached into his pocket, where his student ID and a piece of paper were.

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Paper?!

He remembered that this was a piece of paper from Lin Yi's notebook that he had written on in the classroom, but he suddenly couldn't remember what he had written on the paper.

So, he subconsciously pulled out the piece of paper.

There was only a sentence on the paper, no, it wasn't even a complete sentence.

After reading this short sentence, he subconsciously looked around the dormitory.

Immediately afterward, he quickly climbed onto his bed and lay down.

Wei Liang's movements also startled Lin Yi.

"Liangzi, what's wrong with you?"

"I'm fine! I'm going to sleep first, you guys keep chatting!" Wei Liang covered himself with the blanket, and even through the blanket, it seemed like he was shivering.

"This…" Lin Yi opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but considering that they were in the dormitory, and the things he was about to say might be beyond Wei Liang's scope of "knowing," he could only say, "Then good night."

"Good night," Wei Liang replied.

Tian Bufan withdrew his gaze from Wei Liang and said faintly, "It seems like someone doesn't want you to remember too much?"

Wei Liang's shivering body suddenly stiffened, and then he buried his head in the pillow, looking like an ostrich with its butt sticking up from Lin Yi's perspective.

"Indeed, haste makes waste," Tian Bufan said with a chuckle, "So, where do you want to start?"

"Let's go through them one by one," Lin Yi thought to himself, 'Why are you even asking? I was about to start with Maozi, but you interrupted me as soon as I brought it up.'

He took out the student handbook, then flipped to the end and spread out the campus map under "normal" circumstances.

"I need to go over everything carefully with you and also bring up those questions I haven't figured out to discuss with you," Lin Yi said frankly, "Also… I have another question before we start discussing."

"Go ahead."

"You're also here for the first time, so why… do I feel like you know everything?"

"Regarding this question," Tian Bufan said, "I can't tell you right now. I can only tell you… everything I know is what you guys know, it's just that I can know more than you, that's all."

"What kind of tongue-twisting riddle are you talking about?" Lin Yi was a little dizzy.

But Tian Bufan obviously didn't want to waste time here, he said, "The fifth day."

"If we can still meet smoothly in the dormitory on the evening of the fifth day, then I will tell you everything."

"Of course, with your adaptability, perhaps you will have figured it out yourself before then."

"Let's just go over everything at your pace, it's a good opportunity… for me to sort out my thoughts as well."

"Wait a minute, Young Master Tian," Lin Yi said, "What if it's not 'smooth'?"

Tian Bufan looked at him and smiled, but didn't say anything.

Lin Yi instantly wilted: "Let's go over everything!"

"In order not to miss any details, let's start from the moment we entered the school gate," Tian Bufan reminded.

"Okay," Lin Yi replied.

Having already organized his thoughts, he decided to start with a big move right away.

"I think the entire campus of S City University is not on the same layer as the outside world."

Tian Bufan revealed a slight look of surprise, but he didn't show too much emotion because of it, and then said, "Tell me your basis."

"First of all, there's that stretching feeling when we step through the school gate, and then there's the fact that we can never find the school gate again after we enter the school gate."

"Secondly, the student handbook mentions one point: [Please pay attention to your health. If you experience dizziness, blurred vision, nausea, or other discomfort during your time at the school, please find the dormitory administrator or your class teacher before nightfall. They will take you to the infirmary, and the school doctor will take you to the school gate. After seeing the blue school bus, get on the bus immediately, and the driver will take you out of the campus and end your experience.]"

"So far, this is the only rule in all the rules I've seen that involves how to leave S City University."

"The subtext of this sentence is like saying that we can't leave on our own."

"Young Master Tian, what do you think?"

Tian Bufan shook his head slightly and said, "You're being too absolute, you should look at this issue from a more relative perspective."

"For example, the layer of S City University should have a band."

"Look."

Tian Bufan pulled a thread from Wei Liang's bed sheet and placed it on the table.

Lin Yi quickly looked down from the bed.

"Assume that this thread is the layer where S City University is located."

"First, let's establish a relatively normal frame of reference."

"From our standpoint, the so-called 'normal situation' should be the period of time when we can move around safely, right?"

"So let's assume that 'a sunny day with a gentle breeze' is the normal situation."

"Under normal circumstances, the layer of S City University is like this."

"Then, once a special situation occurs, the layer will fall downward."

Tian Bufan pointed to the middle part of the thread with his finger and moved it downward.

The thread looked like a "√".

"One of the external factors that can cause the campus layer to fall is 'fog', but fog alone is not enough. Only fog that is thick to a certain degree will change the campus layer."

"That is to say… the normal situation on campus should have a range."

"Or rather, it has a critical value when it falls."

Tian Bufan walked to Wei Liang's bed, pulled another thread, then walked back to the table and placed it horizontally on the "√".

At this time, it looked like a simple function, the second line was the X-axis, the top was positive, and the bottom was negative.

"So when fog appears, the campus layer begins to fall, but as long as it is still above the X-axis, it is normal."

Lin Yi nodded slightly. This was similar to the observation method that Wei Liang had mentioned. In layman's terms, it corresponded exactly to the situation where "the fog is not thick enough."

"When the fog concentration exceeds a certain level, the campus layer falls below the X-axis and enters a 'negative' state. At this time, the campus is abnormal… When we entered the campus yesterday, it should have corresponded to this situation."

"In fact, what really interests me is this situation," Tian Bufan's eyes flickered with a strong desire to explore, and this look made Lin Yi's heart turn cold.

Because he had seen similar eyes before.

This kind of somewhat obsessive, with some longing eyes… just like those strange classmates!

However, compared with them, Tian Bufan's eyes had some extraordinary… rationality, calmness, and a certain terrifying, perverted focus.

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