AnalogHorror: Rule Kaidan 4016
Chapter 160 - 73 Dormitory Rules 2 "Special Circumstances Edition"_2

Chapter 160: Chapter 73 Dormitory Rules 2 "Special Circumstances Edition"_2

"If you can’t do it, it’s dangerous; if you can, it’s safe" — is that really reasonable?!

However, Lin Yi could only lightly vent about this old trough; after all, life must go on.

Soon, he caught a key word — lights out.

These seemingly contradictory rules were actually just highlighting one issue, that is, "The dormitory after lights out is completely different from the dormitory before lights out."

At this thought, a strange gleam suddenly flashed in Lin Yi’s eyes.

Regarding lights out, there are two scenarios in the dormitory building.

One is the lights out in the corridors of the dormitory building.

The corridors of the dormitory building turn off their lights at 22:00, and at this time, the lights in the rooms are still on, but the dormitory building regulation clearly states that from this time point, students are prohibited from entering the dormitory.

However, the lights in the dormitory building do not go out instantaneously; according to the dormitory building regulations, it is known: "The dormitory building will turn off the lights 20 minutes after the specified time."

That is to say, the corridors of the dormitory building fall into darkness starting from 22:20.

And these 20 minutes are not for opening doors; they are for going to the Dormitory Management Office.

Without sufficient information, he could not think through what the logic was behind this.

Another scenario is the lights out in the dorms themselves.

The lights out time in the dorms is midnight, and it should be instantaneous, and after the lights out, it’s very likely that some indescribable, ignorable things might enter the dormitory.

The emergence of the keyword "lights out" effectively helped him extract another related regulation from his memory — "Cafeteria Rules" also had a record about lights out!

According to the Cafeteria Rules:

"The lighting in the Student Cafeteria area is on 24 hours a day; do not enter areas without lighting."

"A darkened cafeteria is different from a classroom; there are no safe zones!"

"A darkened cafeteria... a darkened classroom... a darkened dormitory..."

These rules from various buildings simultaneously emerged in Lin Yi’s mind; then, suddenly, an astonishing conjecture struck him:

"Could ’light’ also be a kind of ’anchor’?"

"Does the light anchor the building in the normal layer, and when the building loses light, does the stability of the anchor fail, causing the building to fall into other layers?!"

"But... buildings are ’inanimate’ objects; they inherently don’t have ’cognition’ — how can this be?"

"Am I wrong, or did I miss something?"

He continued to watch and think, organizing his thoughts.

After all, the dormitory is a place to unleash constraints and think freely.

Time passed bit by bit.

Lin Yi suddenly felt a sense of oppression and anxiety.

He looked down at his watch.

21:31.

It had been 13 minutes since he arrived at the dormitory, but Tian Bufan and the others had not returned to the dormitory.

"How are they doing now?"

Lin Yi couldn’t help but feel anxious, a trace of irritation rising in his heart.

Just then, the bathroom door opened, and Wei Liang came out holding his changed clothes, also dressed in a brand-new outfit.

Although S City University provides replacement clothes, it does not include pajamas, so some Experience Students would bring large and small bags, but Lin Yi and his group hadn’t thought about this.

Just wearing a T-shirt as pajamas or sleeping naked was fine; big guys don’t need to think too much.

After his bath, Wei Liang was invigorated, as if he’d refreshed his status at a respawn point.

"Did you wash your hair?" Lin Yi asked in surprise.

"Yes, I had to wash my hair or my brain would be in chaos," Wei Liang laughed heartily, completely opposite to his near-neurotic state in the mist earlier.

"How did you manage to wash your hair with your eyes open?" Lin Yi was curious. The student regulations stipulated that one should not close one’s eyes while washing their hair.

Wei Liang raised his eyebrows, showing a mischievous grin, and waved Lin Yi over, "Come here, I’ll teach you...hehe."

If it weren’t for that "hehe," Lin Yi would have really been worried about Wei Liang’s mental state, but now he was certain that Wei Liang was okay for the time being.

So, he walked toward the bathroom.

The bathrooms in the dormitory building of S University weren’t those traditional space-saving shower stalls with integrated squat toilets; instead, they were relatively spacious.

One corner of the bathroom held the toilet, while the other side was the shower area, separated by a waterproof curtain that could be pulled across.

What surprised Lin Yi, however, was the window he found in the shower area.

The window was small, only able to be opened about 30 degrees, presumably for ventilation during showers.

The entire bathroom was tiled with square ceramic tiles, all the lines looking perfectly straight.

While Lin Yi was surveying the bathroom environment, Wei Liang, with his dirty clothes and a big stack of socks in hand, walked over to the wash basin, pulled open the door of the washing machine hidden under the basin, and tossed them all in.

Next, he took off his slippers, grabbed a towel, and walked barefoot into the shower area right in front of Lin Yi.

As he walked, he muttered under his breath, "If you had said earlier that you wanted to know, I would have let you come in to watch me shower just now..."

Lin Yi couldn’t help but twitch the corner of his mouth, "Get lost."

"Tsk!" Wei Liang sneered, "If it were the Boss here, I don’t believe you’d be all eyes."

"..." Lin Yi said impatiently, "Hurry up, will you teach me or not?"

"Teach! Why wouldn’t I teach?" Wei Liang said as he leaned back, then folded the towel and placed it on his forehead, continuing, "You keep this position, just let the shower water flow down from the top of your head, and then just keep your eyes on the patterns on the ceiling... how about it, simple right?"

Looking at Wei Liang’s bizarre posture, Lin Yi couldn’t help but twitch his eyes again.

"Crafty tricks."

"Right on point!"

"That familiar Wei Liang is back!"

Seeing Lin Yi somewhat dazed, Wei Liang waved his hand with a hint of regret, "Old Lin, I can understand your struggle... after all, this bridge pose looks simple but actually requires a lot of core and lower back strength... mainly focusing on integrating hips and back, it’s normal for a weakling like you to not be able to withstand it."

"If you really can’t do it, just let the water out and move over to the wash basin, I’ll wash it for you... but the effect might be a bit lacking."

"Get lost! You are the one who’s weak!" Lin Yi said exasperatedly.

Wei Liang chuckled: "Alright, I’m going off to dry my hair, just toss the clothes you change out of into the washing machine by the wash basin... but that thing actually just looks like a washing machine, remember to take out anything useful from your clothes before throwing them in, otherwise, they’re gone forever."

With that, he went off to dry his hair by himself.

Lin Yi’s gaze shifted away from Wei Liang, glanced at the washing machine, and then decided to go take a shower first.

He didn’t want to waste time. Instead of just waiting around, it was better to get something done. Taking advantage of the fact that Young Master Tian and the others hadn’t come back yet, he decided to get his shower out of the way to avoid queuing up later and wasting time.

He walked over to the bed where he had placed his bag, opened the closet, took out his change of clothes, and then put on a pair of slippers.

Just then, he heard the dormitory door’s latch clicking.

Someone was opening the door from outside.

Wei Liang was using the hairdryer and didn’t hear the sound.

But when the dormitory door was pulled open, the cold draft stirred the warm air in the room, making Wei Liang aware and then he turned off the hairdryer and looked over.

A burly figure, like a bear, entered the dormitory under the watchful eyes of Lin Yi and Wei Liang.

The corners of Lin Yi’s eyes curved slightly, a hint of unspoken joy emerged in his eyes.

Tian Bufan had arrived.

"Young Master Tian!" he called out happily.

Tian Bufan entered the dormitory looking travel-worn and closed the door behind him.

Unsurprised to see Lin Yi and Wei Liang had already returned to the dormitory, Tian Bufan glanced at the clothes in Lin Yi’s hand and then at Wei Liang, who was drying his hair, and slightly furrowed his brows.

"Has Wei Liang already taken a shower?" he asked without much preamble.