AnalogHorror: Rule Kaidan 4016
Chapter 42 - 42 19 Supplementary Notes_2

42: Chapter 19 Supplementary Notes_2 42: Chapter 19 Supplementary Notes_2 The more he wrote, the more attention he paid to them.

He simply stopped writing.

After thinking for a while, he crossed out the original “9, evening self-study” and began writing anew:

“9, areas within the campus that are illuminated by lights are safe, parenthesis: only lights installed within the campus count, portable light sources brought by oneself do not count.”

“When the lights in the classroom begin to flicker, immediately crawl under the desk, stare at the legs of the desk with one eye squinted, or hug your head and look at the ground, and only come out after the lights restore.”

“During this period, do not close your eyes and ignore all noises, and you shall be absolutely safe.”

After finishing writing, he picked up the previous torn piece of paper, looked at “4:30,” thought about it, wanted to add a tenth rule, but no matter how hard he thought, he didn’t know how to write it, so he gave up for the time being.

But he added behind the original “4:30”:

“Unusual classmates got up and left the classroom at 4:30…

I don’t know the reason yet.”

After finishing writing, he folded the paper and put it in his trouser pocket, then glanced at the time.

5:40.

“The cafeteria is open now, but I can’t go yet, I still have to wait two hours,” Lin Yi thought.

He put the notebook away into the other trouser pocket and picked up the comic book again to read.

Although, with those unusual classmates leaving the classroom, the safety level inside had greatly increased, the threat from the classmates was only a part of all dangers.

The truly dangerous aspect was the eerie noise that could seep into the brain at any moment.

After flipping through the comic for a while, Lin Yi felt that the classroom’s lights had brightened somewhat, and he looked up at the wall clock.

5:56.

He glanced at the classroom’s window again.

The mist on the window glass gradually turned into droplets, and the yellowish dawn light shining on it felt incredibly warm.

“It’s daylight…” Lin Yi uttered with a sigh.

For some reason, the sight of the dawn’s early light made him sigh with relief from deep within.

Up to now, recalling some of the events from last night still felt absurd and unreal.

It seemed like a bizarre nightmare.

Next to him, Wei Liang closed the comic book, stood up, and stretched deeply.

“Second day!”

“Just six more days until we can get the money!”

He laughed carelessly, then elbowed Lin Yi, grinning, “Old Lin, do you think Xu Shunkang and Xie Huayang will be surprised to see us still well?”

Lin Yi shook his head, distractedly responding, “I don’t know.”

He felt somewhat heavy-hearted.

All night long, he had been wondering about Young Master Tian and the others, and especially Maozi.

Lin Yi was most worried about Maozi, but he was powerless at the moment.

He had even put himself in dangerous situations several times due to pondering issues, and it was only through Wei Liang’s help that disaster was avoided.

Although this earned him the experience that “thinking correctly about certain problems could keep him safe,” the component of luck in it was significantly high.

Wei Liang could see that Lin Yi was feeling melancholic, but if it were him, he definitely wouldn’t be so concerned just because a teammate wandered off.

Exactly because of this, he could try to understand Lin Yi, but found it hard to empathize.

Just then, Wei Liang suddenly noticed a silhouette reflected on the classroom glass.

“Huh?

Old Lin, there’s someone outside!” he exclaimed instinctively.

Lin Yi followed his gaze.

But before Wei Liang finished, he realized something quickly and turned his head sharply, saying at the same time, “Ah, not right, don’t look!

Old Lin, don’t look!”

Rules of the Teaching Building, Rule 5:

[After 9:00 PM, do not leave the classroom, stay studying until the following day at 7:40 AM.

In the meantime, if you see any unusual situations outside the window or someone calling you from outside the door, ignore them.]

Yet Lin Yi had still glanced a few more times unintentionally.

Wei Liang was very anxious, but Lin Yi said, “It’s okay, Liangzi, don’t panic.”

“But Old Lin, it’s only six o’clock!”

Lin Yi patted his shoulder, shaking his head reassuringly, “The lights in the classroom and corridor are still on, according to my experience, one glance would still be safe.”

“Oh…” Wei Liang responded, somewhat doubtfully.

Lin Yi lowered his head and glanced at his watch.

6:00.

“Six o’clock sharp.”

“Who would be walking outside at this ambiguous time?”

…

May 7, 2023, 6:00.

A chef dressed in a blue apron, carrying a lunch box, passed by classroom B group 2 and stopped in front of the office door to the left of the classroom.

The chef lifted his head to look at the office doorplate.

However, there was no doorplate on the office door.

He furrowed his brow, glanced at the doorplate of B group 2’s classroom, then looked back at where the office’s doorplate should have been.

Suddenly, a white acrylic doorplate appeared in the original position, neatly labeled: Teacher’s Office.

He breathed a sigh of relief and knocked on the door of the Teacher’s Office…

…

May 7, 2023, 6:59.

B group 2’s classroom.

Lin Yi held his breath, squinting his eyes to stare at the quartz watch on his wrist, his gaze slowly following the moving hands.

“Tick!

Tick!

Tick…”

6:59:55…6:59:56…6:59:57…

6:59:59…

7:00:00!

“Seven o’clock sharp!” Lin Yi’s heart skipped a beat as he raised his head to look at the ceiling.

“Buzz!

Buzz!

Buzz…”

As the sound of the incandescent lights turning off rang out, the light in the classroom dimmed, and natural light shone through the window glass, immediately warming the area near the window.

“The lights are off, the classroom should be quite safe now, right?” Lin Yi muttered.

Wei Liang smiled, “Although it’s not written in the rules, it should be the case.

The last time I was here, I really didn’t encounter any problems during the day.”

“Of course, you can take my ‘during the day’ to mean the time period ‘when the weather is clear and the time is between 7:00 and 18:00’.”

Lin Yi asked, “So you’re saying, as long as the weather is good, the campus is safe?”

“Relatively safe!

I wouldn’t dare guarantee it,” Wei Liang said, “If it’s still this sunny at 7:40, we might consider going to the Cafeteria for breakfast.”

He opened the map and calculated, “I remember when I went for lunch previously, it took about 15 minutes to reach the Cafeteria.

If we jog a bit, we should manage to grab a couple of buns and a cup of soy milk.”

Lin Yi frowned slightly, “Will time be a bit tight?”

“It’s manageable, but if there’s any mist, we won’t go,” Wei Liang said seriously, “If not, we’ll just have to skip a meal.”

“Maybe we should skip it then,” Lin Yi pondered, “You said the Cafeteria’s breakfast hours are from 5:40 to 8:00…”

“But if we spend the night in the classroom, we can’t leave until 7:40, and it takes 15 minutes to walk from the Teaching Building to the Cafeteria…”

“If we really go, we’d only have about 5 minutes left in the Cafeteria, which seems problematic!”

Unable to help it, Wei Liang said, “Listening to you say that does seem quite off, so what do you suggest?”

Lin Yi pondered, “Honestly, I feel like the person who set the rules doesn’t really want students who spend the night in the Teaching Building to go for breakfast.

What do you think?”

“Hisss—” Wei Liang inhaled sharply, quickly revising Lin Yi’s statement in his mind, then nodded, “Sounds reasonable, so I’ll follow your lead!”

Lin Yi doubted that Wei Liang had really thought it through.

“Then let’s wait until 7:40 and see,”

“Alright, I’m with you,” Liangzi said.

…

Time quickly reached 7:40.

The classroom door was opened from the outside, and the class teacher in professional attire walked in.

Upon seeing the class teacher, Lin Yi’s expression subtly changed.

“Something seems…

off!”