Rules-related weird stories: 4016.
Chapter 3 Security
Chapter 3 Security
"Shit!" Lin Yi broke out in a cold sweat, "Liangzi, what are they?"
Wei Liang trembled and said, "I, I don't know either... It wasn't so strange the last time I came here. How about we run? While we are still at the school gate..."
Lin Yi glanced at the lamppost and reminded bitterly: "But Liangzi, we are no longer at the school gate..."
Wei Liang's face turned pale, and he leaned against the street light, pursed his lips, and remained silent.
"Hey...you guys are walking so fast." At this moment, a voice sounded in Lin Yi's ears.
Four figures walked through the thick fog and approached them in the dim light.
They were Lin Yi's roommates. They dragged their luggage and carried their school bags, and walked slowly to Lin Yi in the light of the street lamps.
Lin Yi looked at them in surprise: "Mr. Tian, how did you get here?"
"He walked here. Did he fly here?" Mao Feiyang showed a look of contempt on his thin and dark face.
Mao Feiyang wanted to say something, but Tian Bufan interrupted him, "We saw the lights on and walked over along the road. Are you okay? Why are you still so frightened?"
"It almost happened." Lin Yi asked, "When you came here, didn't you feel that the road was strange?"
"It's normal to be surprised. Would a school without any problems offer a trial fee of 30,000 for seven days?" Mao Feiyang sneered, "Do you think the school's people are stupid and have a lot of money?"
The skinny Kuai Hongji sneered sinisterly: "That's right, thirty thousand for seven days is enough to buy the lives of the Russians."
"Stop talking nonsense. I'm not comfortable here and I can't stay here for a moment longer!" Wei Shan clenched his fists. The lines of his burly figure were tense, like an aggressive bear who wanted to tear something into pieces.
"I should have brought my bat earlier!" He breathed heavily, emitting strong hostility towards the figure in the mist.
"Okay, you've just arrived, so don't be so irritable, Wei Sang." Tian Bufan gently put his hand on Wei Shan's shoulder, and Wei Shan's heavy breathing eased a little.
Tian Bufan closed his eyes and raised his head. He took a deep breath, and the thick fog entered his nasal cavity and then exhaled from his mouth.
He slowly opened his eyes, with a hint of calm excitement in them.
"It's a really interesting place to explore, much more interesting than just reading the rules."
The conversation among his roommates did not alleviate Lin Yi's fear of the surrounding environment. He looked around with worry in his eyes.
As night falls, the fog will only get thicker and thicker. The "field" originally formed by the lights is gradually eroded by the fog, and it won't be long before they are swallowed up by the fog.
Those female teachers who exuded a strange aura were also slowly approaching them with the student leaders.
Under the thick fog, it seemed as if something was approaching them while trying its best to hide its shape. The speed was not fast, but it was very oppressive.
Wei Shan seemed to sense it and his breathing became heavy again.
His eyes were bloodshot, like a wild beast that could go berserk at any moment.
"Don't be afraid, we are all here." Lin Yi pressed Wei Shan's other shoulder.
As Wei Shan's roommate, he knew that Wei Shan was irritable and claustrophobic, and this thick fog was just like a black box, constantly oppressing Wei Shan's emotions and making him likely to go berserk at any time after extreme depression.
"Hehe, Wei Sang is finally going crazy!" Kuai Hongji said coldly.
"You bastard, believe it or not, I will tear you to pieces first!" Wei Shan let out a low growl from his throat. He stared at Kuai Hongji with bloodshot eyes.
"Okay! Kuai Kuai, Wei Sang, now is not the time to bicker." Lin Yi suppressed his discomfort and spoke in a low voice.
"Hehe." Kuai Hongji curled the corner of his mouth and ignored Wei Shan's threat.
"I'm scared to death now, Lao Lin, what should we do?" Wei Liang said fearfully with his back pressed against the street lamp.
Lin Yi looked in the direction from which Tian Bufan and the others came, thought for a moment, and then said, "If we go back along this road, can we reach the school gate and leave?"
Although the fog was thick, a street lamp could be vaguely seen not far away, standing like a lighthouse.
The street lamp cast a clear yellow light, twisting like a piece of cloth, and continued all the way to the street lamp under their feet.
Wei Liang's eyes lit up, as if he had found a life-saving straw.
"What? You want to leave now?" Mao Feiyang said.
Lin Yi shook his head. He didn't expect to encounter such a strange thing just after arriving at S City University. Wei Liang's face was so dark under his baseball cap that it was hard to see clearly.
"I won't leave, but maybe I can let Liangzi leave."
"You think too much." Tian Bufan poured cold water on him without hesitation, "As soon as we got off the bus and entered the school gate, we found that the school gate had disappeared."
"What kind of disappearance? Disappearing out of thin air?"
Tian Bufan said seriously: "The fog covered the school gate, and then the school gate disappeared. But... I have a strange feeling that the school gate did not disappear, but was pulled away."
“Can you understand that feeling?”
“The school gate is clearly in front of you, but when you are about to walk over, the tiny path is stretched like a rubber band, and no matter how you walk you can’t reach the gate.”
“It’s only one step away, but it feels like a world away.”
Lin Yi couldn't believe it and frowned: "I had the same feeling just now."
Tian Bufan said: "So even if we want to leave, we have to abide by the rules before we can leave... We must first accept the rules and become people who abide by the rules."
"It's like playing a survival game. You use all the rules you can to protect yourself and survive to complete the game."
"We don't need to get through, we just need to... understand the rules and leave at an appropriate time."
There was a gleam in Tian Bufan's eyes, like an excellent player.
Among Lin Yi and his roommates in dormitory 4016, Tian Bufan has the strongest spirit of adventure. He has long wanted to visit S City University.
Lin Yi looked at the swirling mist at his feet, and the rules in the student code began to scroll through his mind one by one.
Although they did not go through the admission procedures and obtain student ID cards, the student code was the only rule they could follow.
"Some rules may be applicable, such as not looking back, and..."
"Follow the street lights in the direction of decreasing numbers, and we will meet the security guards."
"Follow the security guard and we will be able to reach the buildings on the map... For example, the teaching building closest to us."
Lin Yi looked at Tian Bufan: "Mr. Tian, you must have observed that street lamp pole, what is its serial number?"
"Teaching Building-025."
"Ah? There's no street light number 24?" The street light next to Lin Yi is "Teaching Building-023". "We have to find a street light with a number less than 23, or..."
"With this kind of fog, it's hard to say whether going in to look for street lights will be a way to death." Kuai Hongji said bluntly.
"I can go in!" Wei Shan said in a low voice from his throat.
"Don't mess around." Lin Yi frowned, and the restless Wei Shan suddenly calmed down. "Or, we can wait for the security guard here, and then follow him to the teaching building."
"Are you sure you're not waiting to die?" Mao Feiyang asked, "We don't have student ID cards, will the security guard help us?"
"This is the only method mentioned in the rules." Lin Yi said, "Do you have a better method?"
Mao Feiyang said stubbornly: "I'll figure it out." "Then we'll wait here and see if you come up with a solution first, or the security guard comes first."
Mao Feiyang curled his lips.
Tian Bufan made the final decision: "It's settled. We'll wait for the security here. During this process, everyone should use this street light as a reference and don't get lost."
As he said this, he placed his hand on the street lamp.
Lin Yi looked at Wei Liang.
At this moment, Wei Liang was squatting on the ground with his back against the street lamp, holding the student code to his chest like a priest holding the Bible, and breathing out cold air with a hissing sound.
"Liangzi, are you okay?"
Wei Liang shivered and said, "The last time I came here, I saw the security guards from a distance. They were... very strange, and I heard that they don't have a very good reputation in school."
"But reputation is not important anymore... What's important is that we are in the mountains now, and as long as the fog gets thicker, it will definitely rain tonight!"
"We must reach the teaching building or dormitory before it rains. Legend has it that the campus is particularly strange on rainy days!"
……
Lin Yi squinted his eyes and looked at the drifting mist. The layers of mist were like mountains, making it hard to breathe.
The thick fog grew wildly at everyone's feet like vines. Everyone shrank in circle and tried to get as close to the street lights as possible.
The small space formed by the street light curtain was filled with the sound of heavy breathing.
Black shadows were leaping in the fog, and it was unclear whether it was fog or something else, but everyone could clearly hear the rustling sound of stones rubbing against the ground in the fog, and feel the malicious gazes coming from the depths of the fog.
It was like being targeted by a group of unknown creatures.
Lin Yi lowered his head and glanced at his wrist.
18: 21.
Only eighteen minutes had passed, but it felt so long.
Suddenly, Lin Yi narrowed his eyes. He felt that there seemed to be some strange calling sounds mixed in the rolling fog. It sounded like an actor singing, but the sound was erratic, like the echo in an empty valley.
He shook his head, and the voice disappeared immediately, but soon the voice slowly rang in his ears again...
This time, it felt more like someone was calling his name.
Lin Yi felt irritated and wanted to rush into the fog.
Wei Shan crouched down, letting out a low growl from his throat, like a wild beast about to go berserk.
At this moment, the thick fog in the distance suddenly rolled violently, as if someone was walking through the mud and sand on the seabed, breaking out a space.
In the field, a faint yellow light flickered.
"Screw rustle..."
A more rapid rustling sound was heard in the thick fog. The creatures in the fog seemed to have encountered their natural enemies and began to retreat like a tide.
The fog dispersed a little, and Lin Yi turned his head to look, only to see a burly figure as big as an iron tower moving slowly through the fog, like a giant mechanical warrior breaking through the waves in the Pacific Ocean.
When the distance got closer, Lin Yi found that it was a burly man wearing a black coat.
The big man held an old kerosene lamp in his left hand. The light from the kerosene lamp formed a light curtain that split the fog like a sharp blade.
In his right hand, he held a white baseball bat that looked like it was made of plaster. On the tip of the bat, there seemed to be some dark red sticky substance mixed with white powder.
"It's the security guard!" Wei Liang said fearfully and excitedly.
"It's the security guard..." Lin Yi looked at the security guard curiously.
But just as he looked at the security guard, the security guard suddenly turned his head and a pair of golden eyes met his gaze.
Under the thick fog, the security guard's golden eyes shone as brightly as the sun, and deep in his eyes there seemed to be flowing hot gold, stinging Lin Yi so much that he immediately turned his head away.
"Clang clang clang..." The security guard came to the street light like a heavy tank and entered the light curtain.
The security guard was more than two meters tall, and it looked like he could grab the street lamp with just a wave of his hand. He looked down at Lin Yi and the others, his eyes narrowed, as if thinking about something.
Wei Shan's sturdy figure of nearly 1.9 meters tall is considered tall among ordinary people, but he still looks like a child in front of the security guards.
He growled softly and stared at the kerosene lamp in the security guard's hand with fear, but still showed great hostility towards him.
The security guard bent down, sniffed gently in front of Lin Yi, then turned around without saying a word and stepped out of the light into the thick fog.
Seeing that the thick fog was about to submerge the security guard, Lin Yi helped Wei Liang up and shouted in a low voice: "Hurry, follow the security guard!"
……
X023年5月6日，18:33。
In the teaching building area of S City University, thick fog filled the campus like a cotton ball. Lin Yi and others followed the security guard through the fog.
Lin Yi looked around vigilantly. Every few distance, he could see a lit street lamp not far away, but the security guard did not step into the area formed by the light.
Lin Yi noticed that the old kerosene lamp held by the security guard, although not bright, cast a curtain of light like a street lamp.
They are like an icebreaker, cutting through the wind and waves under the leadership of the captain.
Suddenly, Lin Yi noticed something. He lowered his head and looked in the direction where the "clang clang clang" sound came from. He found that the security guard was wearing a pair of shackles around his waist, and at the end of the shackles was a thick and long iron chain.
Part of the chain was dragging on the ground, and the other part... was caught in someone's hand!
Lin Yi's pupils suddenly dilated, and a cold breath suddenly rushed along his spine to the top of his head. Looking in the direction of his gaze, he saw another figure in the mist!
It was a canteen employee wearing a white chef uniform with a blue bib hanging in front of him. He was holding a lunch box in one hand and holding an iron chain in the other. And that iron chain...
"etc……!!"
Lin Yi looked back along the chain and saw another chef following another chef, each disappearing in the thick fog like a long dragon.
They carried lunch boxes in one hand and held iron chains in the other, just like the pagans carrying oil lamps and walking in the long night before the Middle Ages.
Everyone kept a uniform pace and moved forward slowly under the guidance of the security guards, seemingly completely unaware of the existence of Lin Yi and the others.
Lin Yi suddenly realized that this was a complete team, and they were the intruders!
Just as he had this thought, a voice suddenly sounded from the mist beside him:
"Classmate, have you had dinner?"
A cook loosened the chain and walked towards them carrying a lunch box.
"This is the most popular dish in our cafeteria, spaghetti with tomato meat sauce. You can try it for free."
The chef had a normal smile on his face, but it seemed a little off, as if it had been precisely calculated.
Lin Yi felt very uncomfortable and full of resistance. He blinked hard and suddenly found that the chef had a dark green bib hanging on his chest.
(End of this chapter)
