AnalogHorror: Rule Kaidan 4016
Chapter 355 - 165: The Non-Human Classmate Who Waits for Rabbits_2

Chapter 355: Chapter 165: The Non-Human Classmate Who Waits for Rabbits_2

"Non-human classmates," Lin Yi paused, "non-human classmates share the classroom with us, and they don’t do anything while the lights are on, but as soon as the lights go out, they become the biggest threat."

He pointed toward the street lamp over there.

"And they give me the same feeling as those non-human classmates in the classroom."

Wei Liang took a sharp breath of cold air, "Shit, are you worried they’ve followed us out?"

Lin Yi nodded slightly, "I do have some concerns about that, but the non-human classmates didn’t show any aggressiveness when the lights were on in the classroom, so I don’t know how those who leave the classroom will behave."

"But those two ahead are obviously lying in wait for someone..." Wei Liang hesitated, "What should we do? We can’t just take a detour, can we?"

"Even if we take a detour, where can we go?" Lin Yi patted Wei Liang’s hand, "I have an idea we might try. Besides, even if it doesn’t work, I trust you have your crafty tricks."

Wei Liang: "What???"

Lin Yi glanced at Wei Liang and said nothing.

Wei Liang..." always talking about only listening to information that he can hear, yet he ends up covering his ears and hearing everything.

Lin Yi couldn’t imagine how Wei Liang had managed to overwrite his understanding of S City University while still pretending to know nothing, rationalizing all the bizarre phenomena that had happened completely from the perspective of a "muggle."

They chatted sporadically, and not long after Lin Yi shared his initial thoughts with Wei Liang, they traversed the area illuminated by successive street lamps and arrived under the light of the "Teaching Building-067" lamp post.

As Lin Yi approached the "Teaching Building-067" lamp post, he suddenly saw that kind of rapidly skipping frame in his eyes, and within this jumpy field of view, he distinctly saw the surroundings of Nie Yun "non-human classmate" and Ge Qing "non-human classmate," where there seemed to be faint afterimages floating around.

Inside those afterimages were two clumps of soft, writhing, plaster-like substances that looked from a distance like a bucket of white paste poured over a humanoid wooden frame, slowly trickling down and forming the thing Lin Yi saw.

At the same time, he thought he heard the others muttering something: one seemed to be saying "I am Nie Yun, my student ID number is...," and the other seemed to be saying "I am Ge Qing, my student ID number is..."

This flickering vision lasted for a few breaths before returning to normal, but Lin Yi was already able to confirm their identities.

"Indeed they are non-human classmates, and... they seem to be anchoring their identities?"

Lin Yi immediately thought of the scene he had extrapolated in the classroom, his heart skipping a beat: "Were Ge Qing and Nie Yun killed and then replaced by them?"

Despite discrepancies in the details, the fact was so.

"So... they are staying here to trap and kill more people?"

Lin Yi realized the crux of the issue and noticed that the area around "Teaching Building-067" was eerily silent, the "rustling" sound of being followed that they could hear all the way here had also disappeared without a trace.

"When things are abnormal, there must be demons around."

Lin Yi felt this challenge was not going to be easy, but after pondering for a while, he still found a way in.

He then whispered, "Liangzi, I have a plan..."

"Spit it out quickly... ah no, oh wise father, please share your brilliant strategy swiftly with Liangzi?" Wei Liang said with a sheepish face.

Lin Yi: "..."

Lin Yi leaned in and whispered the plan to Wei Liang, making his eyes light up as he exclaimed "Holy shit."

"Stop fucking around, Liangzi, with your years of experience in crafty tricks, analyze my plan, what do you think?"

Wei Liang said frankly, "Old Lin, you’re really fucking mean and cunning!"

Receiving such high praise from Wei Liang, Lin Yi felt somewhat relieved, then he approached the streetlight pole. Suddenly, he paused...

Through Nie Yun and Ge Qing’s "non-human classmates" obstructing figures, he could clearly see the number on that streetlight pole—Teaching Building-067.

"Huh?" Lin Yi was startled, remembering the "Teaching Building-070" streetlight pole they had just left. Why had they now arrived at "Teaching Building-067" instead of "Teaching Building-069"?

But he had no time to ponder the missing two streetlight poles as he already reached not far behind the two "non-human classmates" of Nie Yun.

Lin Yi first exchanged a glance with Wei Liang, then without making any noise, he mouthed, "Let’s hold our forces and see if we can get to the next one without stirring up trouble..."

He hoped Wei Liang could understand his message through lip-reading.

Sure enough, Wei Liang nodded solemnly several times.

"If that doesn’t work, we’ll immediately follow the plan!" he added.

Wei Liang nodded solemnly again.

Lin Yi felt greatly assured, thinking to himself that he and Wei Liang were truly in sync.

They then arrived in front of "Teaching Building-067" and proceeded with "Plan A · Secret Passage": ignoring the two non-human classmates facing the wall, they chose to quietly go around them, heading straight for the next streetlight pole.

But the plan quickly failed as the stiff steps of Ge Qing’s "non-human classmate" slowly moved in front of them, accompanied by the sound, "Classmate, we’ve encountered some trouble... we’d like to ask for your help..."

Nie Yun, the "non-human classmate," also slowly moved to Lin Yi’s and his companion’s rear, surrounding them.

As the two non-human classmates enveloped them, the mist around them filled again with the rustling "shasha shasha..." sound.

Calm and composed, Lin Yi looked at Ge Qing, the "non-human classmate" in front of him, and pondered, "Nie Yun, are you encountering any difficulties?"

Ge Qing, the "non-human classmate," who was originally planning to slowly approach Lin Yi while he was off guard and then repeat the trick used on the previous Experience Student, by pushing Lin Yi into the eager crowd of Human Sculptures, was momentarily stunned upon hearing Lin Yi’s words. A crack appeared in its self-awareness, and it quickly said, "No, I am Ge Qing, that one is Nie Yun."

Nie Yun, the "non-human classmate," nodded, "Yes, I am Nie Yun, and he is Ge Qing."

Wei Liang and Lin Yi exchanged a glance, then Lin Yi said with a sneer, "Come on, Ge Qing, don’t tell me you’ve lost it? You don’t even know who you are anymore?"

"Yeah, Ge Qing, we can understand if you’re under a lot of stress, but forgetting who you are can be very dangerous," Lin Yi said gravely, then looking at Ge Qing, the "non-human classmate," he said, "Nie Yun, you two should really look at each other and see who is who."

"Uh... what?" Ge Qing, the "non-human classmate," was originally a transformed Human Sculpture, and although its thinking was somewhat flexible, its identity recognition was entirely based on the Student ID card and the initial assumptions. Now caught off guard by Lin Yi and Wei Liang’s back-and-forth, its incessant murmurings of [I am Ge Qing] and [I am Nie Yun] entangled, and it started to feel genuinely perplexed...

"What?" Nie Yun, the "non-human classmate," was also taken aback.

At this moment, the surrounding mist kept making "shasha shasha" sounds, and numerous Human Sculptures anxiously yelled:

[Don’t let them confuse your cognition, you are Ge Qing!]

[You are Nie Yun, he is Ge Qing! Don’t mix it up!]

[Clear your head! You are Ge Qing! He is Nie Yun!]

[You are Ge Qing...]

The Human Sculptures spoke one after another, some addressing Ge Qing, the "non-human classmate," while others addressed Nie Yun. They all seemed to be giving kind reminders, but precisely because the two non-humans were standing together, it was impossible to distinguish who the words were meant for.

For a moment, the two non-human sculptures listened more and more chaotically, growing increasingly agitated.