Chapter 2 No Chapter Heading

Chapter 2 No Chapter Heading

Chapter 2 Don’t look back
Seeing that the bus door was still not opening, the female teacher's tone became urgent: "Students, it will be dark soon, please hurry and get off the bus!"

"Yes, master, why don't you open the door?" The passengers became anxious when they heard this, and began to urge the driver to open the door. Seeing that the driver remained indifferent, some even threatened to complain about him.

"Everyone, listen to me. This driver might have a mental problem! I was sitting behind him just now. I heard him mumbling something about driver's rules all the way. I don't think he will open the door for us!" A girl couldn't help but speak up, and then shouted to the passengers at the door, "Brother, please open the door. If you keep wasting time like this, it will be dark!"

"Yes, open the door quickly! Don't waste time! I heard that this school is quite weird after dark." The passengers urged anxiously.

Lin Yi and Wei Liang sat at the back, looking at the aisle of the bus filled with bags. Since they couldn't get out anyway, they just sat there and waited.

While waiting, Lin Yi leaned against the car window and looked at the people outside. Although their tone was urgent, their figures were motionless in the fog, like sculptures.

After waiting for a long time, Wei Liang couldn't help but frowned and muttered in confusion: "This driver is not right. Last time I came, the driver opened the door as soon as he arrived. Why is he like a piece of wood this time?"

At this moment, a passenger near the driver's seat took advantage of the driver's attention being focused on the female teacher, aimed at the door opening button, then quickly reached out and pressed it quickly.

"laugh--"

The bus door opened outwards, and a light mist poured into the car like a wave, and the interior of the car was soon shrouded in fog.

"Go! Get off!" As the first passenger rushed off the bus, many people who had been waiting for a long time also rushed off.

The driver reacted immediately and closed the door in time, but several passengers had already gotten off the bus. Looking at these people who walked straight towards the female teacher after entering the school gate, he rolled down the window and shouted loudly: "Hey! Check carefully to see if they have badges!"

One of the passengers stopped walking, walked out of the school gate and came to the bus. Just as the driver was about to speak, the man raised his middle finger at the driver: "Sabi!"

Then he rushed into the fog without looking back.

The driver had an ugly look on his face and pounded the steering wheel heavily: "Fuck you! A bunch of pamphleteers are asking for death!"

"Badge?" Lin Yi was slightly stunned, and then immediately remembered the second rule of the student code - except for students, all staff on campus wear specific uniforms and carry badges. Be wary of people without badges and don't believe anything they say.

"Don't get off the bus until I see clearly!" the driver gritted his teeth and said in a low voice, "Don't worry about the time. As long as you don't go to school, you don't have to follow the rules. I always feel that there is something wrong with those people. It's foggy, so you can just spend the night in the bus and go to school tomorrow."

"Master, you are so stupid, do you really believe in that weird stuff?" A girl in a sailor suit and a pink cartoon cat hairpin blew bubble gum, put her hands on her hips and shrugged with disdain on her face, "Those things are just some pretentious gimmicks to attract attention. It's been 23 years, how come people still believe in them?"

Hearing this, the driver couldn't help but ask, "Xiao Nan, you come here but don't believe in the student rules? You didn't memorize them, did you?"

The girl weighed the booklet in her hand, shook her head and said with a smile: "Master, these rules are nonsense. What's the point of reading them? At most, I can just follow everyone else. It's safe for so many people to walk together, right?"

The driver couldn't help but be silent when he heard this: "It's hard to persuade a ghost who wants to die with kind words. You are so brave, little girl."

The girl wanted to say something to disdain the driver, but the voice of a passenger who had gotten off earlier came through the fog: "Master, I have my badge, no problem!"

"There's a badge?" The driver muttered, but he still frowned. He thought for a moment and asked again, "It's so foggy, did you really see it clearly? Did you see the number?"

"Master, please stop being suspicious!" The girl muttered while chewing gum. She came to the door of the car with her bag on one hand and said impatiently, "That's enough, you can open the door, Master!"

From time to time, some urging voices could be heard in the fog. Under pressure, the driver could only open the car door slowly and hesitantly.

The remaining passengers began to get off the bus one after another, but the driver still reminded them to look carefully.

Lin Yi went to the last row and patted his roommates: "Maozi, Wei Sang, Tian Gongzi, Kuai Kuai, wake up, get off the bus!"

Wei Liang shouted at the car door: "Lao Lin, hurry up, you are the only one missing!"

"You go first, we'll be there soon." Mao Feiyang yawned sleepily and waved his hand.

Lin Yi hesitated for a moment, then quickly got out of the car: "Liangzi, wait for me, coming!"

After Lin Yi got off the car, the driver looked towards the back seat with some confusion, then he thought of something and silently withdrew his gaze.

The mountain fog was very thick. Lin Yi and the others walked on the ground, leaving ripples with every step, as if they were walking on smoke rings.

After entering the school gate, Lin Yi suddenly had the illusion that the world was moving away from him, and the ground behind him seemed to be stretched countless times in an instant.

He turned around, and the strange feeling of spatial stretching disappeared instantly. The nearby bus was still looming in the fog, but for a moment he could not tell whether it was blue or another color. He shook his head violently and looked carefully before he confirmed that it was still a blue bus.

He turned to look forward, and saw that the first group of passengers who got off the bus had disappeared into the fog along with some student leaders, leaving only the female teacher and a few students still greeting them.

Lin Yi looked at the female teacher's chest and saw a name badge pinned there, but just as he was about to breathe a sigh of relief and walk over, he suddenly shuddered.

He caught up with Wei Liang in one step and grabbed his hand: "Liangzi, wait a minute! Don't go over there!"

Wei Liang jumped when he was pulled and turned around in confusion: "What's going on?"

Lin Yi came closer and whispered in her ear: "Don't go over there, she doesn't have a badge!"

"Ah?" Wei Liang was stunned.

"Look carefully, that badge... looks like it's drawn on paper!" Lin Yi lowered his voice and said, "You've been here before, haven't you? Take a look at that badge, is it real or fake?"

Wei Liang quickly gathered himself, glanced at the female teacher cautiously, then quickly withdrew his gaze. He shuddered and subconsciously shrank behind Lin Yi: "Fuck! Is this really fake? It's so fake! What the hell is going on?!"

"Wait! Teacher, student, teacher, student..." Wei Liang's thoughts raced, his eyes rolling wildly, "Damn, are they the legendary art teacher and art student?!"

"Student rules! Student rules!" Wei Liang muttered to himself. The impatient and dangerous atmosphere was like the smell of garlic, which Lin Yi could also feel.

Wei Liang hurriedly said: "Street lights! Yes, Lao Lin, find the street lights!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Yi felt a gust of fresh air blowing through the fog. The fog not far away dissipated a little, revealing a pitch-black lamppost.

When Wei Liang saw the street lamp that appeared as if it had heard a call, he felt a chill run down his spine and his body began to tremble slightly. He grabbed Lin Yi's wrist and said in a trembling voice, "Old Lin, don't be fooled! Find a bright street lamp!"

His voice was extremely low: "I remember now! In abnormal weather, the only thing you can trust is the street lights!"

At this moment, some students around noticed that Lin Yi and Wei Liang were abnormal, and the female teacher began to urge them: "Students, come here quickly! Time is running out!"

The calm voice of the female teacher seemed particularly harsh at this moment, stimulating Lin Yi and the others like a devilish sound.

The other passengers also began to chatter and asked Lin Yi and his friends to pass by so as not to waste everyone's time.

Wei Liang was extremely anxious, but he didn't dare to show any abnormality.

At the critical moment, Lin Yi came up with a plan and said loudly: "Teacher, wait a moment, our roommates are in the car, let's go call them!"

"You... Tsk! Hurry up and come back!" The female teacher's voice was a little more urgent. "Okay, teacher!" Lin Yi quickly pulled Wei Liang's clothes, and the two of them hurriedly walked towards the bus at the school gate.

But after they had taken a few steps, they heard a rustling sound behind them, like the sound of stone rubbing against the ground.

Something was approaching them hidden in the fog, not very fast, but fast enough to give them a strong sense of oppression.

At this moment, the teacher's urging voice sounded behind them: "Too slow! Go faster!"

The voice was a little stiff, but it contained an unquestionable tone.

"If it's too late, turn back."

Lin Yi and Wei Liang felt a chill running up and down their spines, and they shuddered.

"Don't look back! Don't look back! Never look back!" The contents of the student rules suddenly emerged in Lin Yi's mind.

Student Code of Conduct Article 3: At any time, if you hear footsteps or calls from behind, no matter how close the footsteps are or how urgent the calls are, please do not look back. The footsteps will disappear once you return to the street light or the building.

"As long as you don't look back, you're theoretically safe!"

However, they had only walked a few meters after getting off the bus, and when Lin Yi looked back, the bus was looming in the distance, but when they turned around and returned along the same route, they could not find any trace of the bus at all!

A strange feeling mixed with fog enveloped Lin Yi like a tide. He suddenly reacted. The fog and the brick patterns on the ground under their feet made them lose their direction. They turned around just now, but they were most likely not heading towards the school gate!
"Lost..." Lin Yi clenched his fists and gritted his teeth unwillingly.

Wei Liang also reacted belatedly, and cold sweat suddenly broke out on his forehead.

"Damn it, the first time it's raw, the second time it's cooked, the third time I sprinkled some cumin on it and served it on the table. If I had known I wouldn't have been a repeat customer!" Wei Liang looked extremely ugly. He couldn't find the street light and the bus was nowhere to be seen. He was really screwed now!
Lin Yi suddenly discovered something and said in a deep voice: "Liangzi, there is also a lamppost ahead!"

Wei Liang said with a sad face: "But Lao Lin, the light is not on!"

Lin Yi rolled up his sleeves, and the old-fashioned quartz watch on his wrist was ticking vigorously: "It's 5:58 now, and the lights on campus turn on at 6 o'clock. In two minutes, if the light comes on, we'll go over!"

"What if it's not light?" Wei Liang panicked subconsciously, but Lin Yi had already lowered his head and stared at the ground at his feet.

"I don't know either... so we better pray it's true."

Wei Liang's lips trembled, and two contradictory emotions of calmness and fear appeared in his body at the same time. He subconsciously said: "Then, then, what should we do now?"

In this extremely dangerous moment, Lin Yi squatted down calmly and touched a pebble on the ground with his hand, "Liangzi, do you remember Article 7 of the Student Code?"

Student Code 7: If you cannot find the numbered street lights immediately, please keep your head down and look at the ground below you, looking for any reference points that can make you sure you are still on the road.

"Don't worry about what's behind us. As long as we follow the rules, we should be safe." Lin Yi said calmly, "There are still 2 minutes... no, 1 minute and 34 seconds! We can give it a try! What do you think?"

"Whatever you feel at this time, then do it. I'll go all in with you!" Wei Liang could clearly feel that something was calling him from behind.

The best case scenario is that it was really just the female teacher calling him.

“Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack…”

The friction sound of the quartz watch hands and Lin Yi's increasingly cautious breathing were clearly audible in the mist.

Lin Yi's heart was beating so fast that it was stuck in his throat. He could feel the ground beneath his feet twisting and changing. The texture of the cobblestones began to resemble the patterns of a python...

In the flowing mist, there seemed to be eyes watching them...

From behind.

From all directions.

「17:59:57……17:59:58……17:59:59……」

Lin Yi gritted his teeth, his eyes piercing through the fog like a sharp sword, staring straight at the street light in front of him.

“18:00:00!”

time up!
"Boom..."

The traditional incandescent lamps in the lamp posts lit up as the power was turned on. The orange-yellow light curtain dispersed the fog and forced away the eerie atmosphere like a pair of invisible hands.

The two of them ran and rushed towards the street light.

Under the light, the shadows of the two people stretched out behind them and penetrated into the depths of the thick fog.

Thick fog surged in all directions, and the rustling sound became anxious and annoying. The female teacher let out an unwilling growl, like the sound of a crawling beast rolling its throat.

The two rushed to the street light, and Lin Yi looked at the lamppost first.

「Teaching Building-023」

"The scope of the teaching building..."

He collapsed, leaning against the lamppost and gasping for breath.

But before he could breathe a sigh of relief, Wei Liang's frightened voice rang out.

“Linlinlinlinyi! You…you look quickly!”

Wei Liang's eyes were fixed on the front, and he saw the female teacher and several students standing in the thick fog not far away, staring at them like poisonous snakes. The rolling fog made their figures looming in the dim light.

Even through the thick fog, Lin Yi could still see their pale, waxen faces.

The passengers who had originally gathered around the female teacher had long since disappeared.

X023年5月6日，18:03。

S City University Teaching Building - Under the lamp post at No. 023.

Outside the range of the clear yellow incandescent light, people were crowded in the swirling fog, and figures hidden in the darkness were staring at them like sculptures.

(End of this chapter)