AnalogHorror: Rule Kaidan 4016
Chapter 551 - 248 Conversation between Xu Shunkang and Class Teacher-040_2

Chapter 551: Chapter 248 Conversation between Xu Shunkang and Class Teacher-040_2

"Becoming a ’soldier’ is definitely better than becoming a ’pseudo-human,’" Class Teacher-040 said with a sense of resignation.

Xu Shunkang put away the blue card, "Ah, right, last night... did you leave the office?"

"Didn’t leave," Class Teacher-040 replied without hesitation, "What happened?"

Xu Shunkang seemed slightly moved and hesitated for a few breaths, then said, "Teacher suspects something above ’Third Stage’ appeared..."

"’Third Stage’?!" Class Teacher-040’s face paled, "How is that possible, the gymnasium is still intact, how could they have smuggled themselves here... wait, the cafeteria?! Could it have something to do with the convenience store..."

"I’m not sure, it’s just that teacher asked me to inquire, it’s fine if you don’t know, anyway... unless it’s an emergency, try not to leave the office at night, we can handle the rest."

Class Teacher-040 looked grave, "Alright, I got it... By the way, is there any trouble with the basement, should I check it out?"

"The basement..." Xu Shunkang paused then shook his head, "There’s no hope for that area now, we have to rely on others, there’s nothing we can do."

Lin Yi was very surprised, what was going on, wasn’t the teaching building’s basement beyond Xu Shunkang’s cognitive range? Were they not talking about the teaching building’s basement but the gymnasium’s basement?

But the meaning of that conversation was clearly about the teaching building’s basement!

"Alright, teacher, I’ll head back now." Finished speaking, Xu Shunkang turned to leave. When he saw Lin Yi’s shocked expression, he couldn’t help but wave his hand in front of him, "What’s the matter, got dumbfounded?"

"You... the basement...?" Lin Yi hesitated.

Xu Shunkang seemed to have a sudden realization, then couldn’t help but smirk, "Did you think that thing was not in my cognition?"

"No way, it’s just that there were too many people around that day, and I didn’t want you creating extraneous concerns—worrying about the basement or other people thinking about such things. That’s why I improvised my acting to try and redirect your cognition of the basement!"

Lin Yi was stunned, then suddenly realized something—Xu Shunkang actually did not know that he had arrived at the teacher’s office through the basement and then obtained the Student ID card.

Xu Shunkang thought he had accidentally seen the stairs to the basement at the staircase entrance, and was worried about cognitive distortion, which is why he tried to improvise his performance to switch back his cognition of the basement!

That’s why Xie Huayang had such a strong reaction. It wasn’t only because Lin Yi had inadvertently asked some "off-topic" questions in public, but also because he had shown some... curiosity about the campus?

"I go... were there really all these twists and turns back then?"

While Lin Yi was "suddenly enlightened," Xu Shunkang had already pushed open the door of the classroom and walked out, closing the door behind him.

"Lin Yi, is there anything else you need?" Class Teacher-040 curiously looked at Lin Yi; now, she was somewhat curious about Lin Yi because of some things Xu Shunkang had said.

An Experience Student whose cognition had expanded to the point of knowing about "pseudo-humans," and who was completely at ease with everything Xu Shunkang said, showing no surprises or emotions beyond expectations... was really too interesting.

But what she didn’t know was that while Lin Yi currently seemed "very interesting" in her mind, just three days prior, he was considered "sure to die," "impossible to be let in," and "impossible to have survived until now," by Class Teacher-039 and the Boss...

Of course, Class Teacher-040 understood what "curiosity" meant in this place, so even though she was very curious about what was going on with Lin Yi, she maintained a very calm demeanor, like an ordinary class teacher questioning an utterly normal student.

"If you have nothing else, go back to your seat and study."

Lin Yi certainly had things on his mind, but now was not the time to bring them up.

Song Rentou sat in a corner of the classroom by the window, flipping through a book with a dark expression, not truly reading it at all.

Lin Yi couldn’t possibly hand over that piece of paper at this time, so he just said "Nothing," and then went to the back row of the classroom to find the folding chair he had always sat on.

Besides the matter with the explicit comics, he had too many new clues to sort through.

As for exploration, that wasn’t urgent anymore.

As Tian Bufan said, the only area where one had the chance to freely explore was actually the teaching building.

All other areas, except for the gymnasium, had time restrictions.

And the gymnasium... there would be plenty of opportunities to ask the Boss during PE class—assuming the Boss was patient and willing to talk, instead of communicating with his feet.

When he returned to his seat, Wei Liang was already engrossed in a pile of explicit comics.

And today, H-manga would also be his primary focus.

But beyond that, there were still plenty of tasks to be done.

He hurriedly unfolded the chair and sat down, then pulled out a small notebook he always carried with him and started to organize his thoughts.

As he gazed at the pocket-sized Death Note in his hands, Lin Yi suddenly had a bizarre thought.

In novels, protagonists of cultivation stories would refine all sorts of strange life-bound magical treasures; if this little notebook were his own magical treasure, then having refined it until now... It must have become a highly contaminated item, right?

Every time he wrote something in it, it felt like he was enchanting it...

With this thought in mind, the more he looked at the notebook, the stranger it seemed...

But then he remembered it was, after all, his own possession, so it didn’t seem so odd anymore.

He opened the notebook and could almost see a greasy green aura emanating from it, like an old witch unveiling a jar filled with green evil potions...

After taking a few deep breaths, Lin Yi settled down and briefly flipped through what he had previously written.

In three days, many things had actually changed compared to what he had originally contemplated; some logical connections had also been filled in, but if he wanted to reflect this in the notebook, there were far too many parts that needed revising.

The most crucial issue was that the palm-sized page space was insufficient for him to add anything new.

So he flipped to a new page, pondered for a bit, and began recording some key words. This time, what he noted down was even more concise and... even more outrageous.

For example, "230609 Grey Mist Invasion," "1414030 Water Sound," "Ta-I,II,III"... Almost all of them were "codes" that only Lin Yi understood, because such a way of writing was, firstly, very concise and he could understand the meaning instantly upon seeing it.

Secondly, it made it convenient for him to add information later on; otherwise, if the page were completely filled, he would have no space to write, and it would seem stupid for him to flip back and forth looking for notes as if taking an open-book exam.

Of course, not everything Lin Yi wrote was "encrypted information"; there were also some simple messages:

"My watch appeared in my dream, and it kept time precisely, the security guard said time is a curse... Wonder if there’s any connection."

"It seems like my vision has evolved, not sure if my world has upgraded..."

"H-manga is quite interesting."

As he wrote this sentence, Lin Yi suddenly paused.

Gazing at the words [H-manga is quite interesting] on the paper, the more he looked, the stranger it seemed, until he felt a chill go down his spine.

Upon closer reflection, he realized that the sentence, quite ordinary, probably didn’t need to be recorded, but in the current environment, sitting among pages full of abnormal phrasing, it actually gave off a kind of "horror game" vibe...

That unsettling feeling might also stem from this.

He continued to add to the sticky notes, and then he thought of the lightbulb that Mu Daxian had in his hand.

"That lightbulb..." he couldn’t help but squint, trying to recall the lightbulb in his mind...

The lightbulb looked like a round stone ball the size of a baby’s fist, with one concentric circle after another... resembling an eagle’s eye, almost identical to the eyes of ’Hawkeye’ from the Seven Warlords in "Nika King."

"Wait a minute... an eagle’s eye... Eye?!"

"Could that lightbulb be the ’eye’ of some creature?!"

"It couldn’t be... an Angel Sculpture’s eye, could it?!"

At this thought, Lin Yi’s body trembled, and the image of the Sneering Angel forcefully entered his mind, becoming clearer and clearer!

He could almost see a Sneering Angel drenched in a downpour, standing silently at the staircase exit, covering her face and turning her back to the stairwell.

Suddenly... the Sneering Angel turned half her face towards him.