Chapter 44 The World is Forgetting Him

Chapter 44 The World is Forgetting Him

Chapter 44 The World is Forgetting Him
"basement……?"

The moment he discovered the basement, Lin Yi suddenly felt that the darkness at the end of the corridor seemed to be slowly moving in a strange way...

It was not known whether it was because his sight was attracted or because he was paying too much attention, but the darkness slowly expanded in Lin Yi's vision, like ink soaking into white paper, and it swept in front of him...

[No entry to the gymnasium basement!!!]

At this critical moment, the huge red font on the gymnasium rules suddenly flashed in Lin Yi's mind.

"!!!"

A string of extremely impactful exclamation marks in the form of symbols popped out from Lin Yi's forehead as if an explosion, and his train of thought was cut off by his own will!

“Oh! Shit!”

Lin Yi shook his head and drew his gaze back from the darkness like a sword.

"Huh...huh...huh..."

He took a few deep breaths, looked around, and found that he was still in the gym.

He glanced at his watch.

14: 35.

"It didn't take long. It seems that he was just in a daze for a while."

He looked at his feet.

A few steps further is the white line, which means...

"I am attracted, but not attractive enough..."

"Is it because I didn't cross the line?"

"Or is it because... of the special nature of the gymnasium?"

This white line is the dividing line in the stadium. It is not only the dividing line between the various sections in reality, but also the dividing line between the experience area and the non-experience area on the map.

Once you cross this line, you will enter the non-experience area.

Lin Yi didn't know whether it was because his willpower had become much stronger after a period of torture, so he was able to pull himself back from the edge of being lost, or because he was in the experience area and was protected by the lights.

Lin Yi personally believed that his willpower had improved a little, because the corridor leading to the basement was hung with old kerosene lamps.

The light from the kerosene lamp was like a field, and also like some kind of seal, suppressing the darkness in the basement and preventing it from spreading.

Lin Yi withdrew his gaze from the corridor and looked at the row of old kerosene lamps.

There was a little candle-like thing in the old kerosene lamp, like a flame, and like a firefly. They gathered and dispersed, seemingly not flames, but at some stage more like flames.

Although they were in the corridor of the gymnasium without any wind or rain, the candlelight seemed to be flickering as if it was being blown by the cold wind.

"It seems you have noticed it too." A calm voice suddenly sounded beside Lin Yi.

Then, a burly and strong figure walked out from his side and stood shoulder to shoulder with him.

This familiar voice made Lin Yi's soul tremble. He turned around in surprise. The person standing next to him was indeed...

"Mr. Tian?!"

Lin Yi was surprised and delighted, because the person standing next to him was Tian Bufan.

"Eh~" Tian Bufan waved his hand in disdain, "Don't say anything like we've met again after a long time... PE class isn't for chatting, so I came here early to meet you."

Lin Yi showed a surprised look and asked: "Are you so sure that I will come here?"

"Not only am I sure you will come, I'm also sure you will come at this time and in this place." Tian Bufan's eyes fell on the old kerosene lamp in the corridor and said calmly, "Don't be surprised. You just need a simple way of thinking to make a reasonable prediction."

He said slowly, "Based on my understanding of you, when you enter an unfamiliar environment, you will usually stop at a location you consider 'safe' to familiarize yourself with the environment."

"Compared to the gym rules that you have in your hand ready to read at any time, you will definitely observe the environment by comparing it with the map at the first opportunity."

"So it only took a simple process of elimination for me to know you were here."

Lin Yi opened his mouth. Even though Tian Bufan said it very simply, it was too outrageous to predict the time and location of his appearance.
He suddenly felt like he was being manipulated - although he had been manipulated many times before, this was still too outrageous.

"Although...how did you know that I have physical education class at this time?" Lin Yi slowly expressed his doubts, "Guessed it?"

If it were him, he would definitely not be able to predict Tian Bufan's position so accurately. Instead, it was like a blind cat catching a dead mouse, and the possibility of him hitting the right one was higher.

"Guess?" Tian Bufan raised his eyebrows. "Things like this that require the result to be tied to luck are never within my consideration."

"Uh..." Lin Yi felt that he was being looked down upon.

"I found that all classes in the school have physical education classes at this time, so you must be at this time and at this place." Tian Bufan said.

"Okay." Lin Yi felt that he was gradually being crushed by Tian Bufan, so he spread his hands and said, "So, you came to talk to me in advance?"

"Like I said before, time doesn't allow us to chat for a while." Tian Bufan said, "Physical education class has its reasons. If we just want to chat, we can chat in the teaching building... Of course, the premise is that we can find each other's classrooms and don't accidentally go to the wrong class."

"But considering that there are strict regulations for going up and down the stairs in the teaching building, plus some other factors, it's easy to make mistakes accidentally, so it's better for you and me not to meet in the teaching building unless it's necessary."

"It's best not to even know the other person's classroom or student number, so that you don't accidentally think of the other person's classroom number or student number when you are confused, and then go to the wrong place."

Lin Yi couldn't help but ponder: "So...you took the initiative to come to me, do you have some very important information to tell me?"

He had a lot of information he wanted to communicate with Tian Bufan, but Tian Bufan obviously just wanted to meet him now - as if he wanted to see whether he was dead or alive first.

So Lin Yi gave the initiative of speaking to Tian Bufan.

Tian Bufan narrowed his eyes, and a sharp light flashed in his eyes: "I came to you to tell you... Maozi is in trouble."

Lin Yi's heart tightened. He had not found any clues related to Mao Feiyang. Has Tian Bufan already determined that something happened to Mao Feiyang?
"how do you know?"

"Because... I found that I am losing my memory about Maozi. This is illogical. 'Forgetting' will never happen to me." Tian Bufan said seriously.

"You mean, you lost your memory?" Lin Yi asked in surprise.

"Amnesia means I don't remember anything. This obviously doesn't apply to my situation."

"So... Alzheimer's?"

Tian Bufan: “?”

"It's hard to imagine that someone with your intelligence could say something like that... It seems like you have 'restrained' too much in order not to be affected by the environment."

"So..." Tian Bufan touched his brow bone, looking quite embarrassed, "With your current IQ, it's hard for me to explain to you... If not, let's talk about it when we get to the dormitory tonight."

Hearing what Tian Bufan said, Lin Yi did not show any displeasure.

"You said...you are forgetting Maozi?"

"Try to recall him?" Tian Bufan said, "You should have known it, but you restrained yourself too much."

"There's nothing I can do. If I don't control myself, something bad will happen easily..." Lin Yi said in confusion, "If Liangzi hadn't been there last night, I might not have had enough time to 'adapt' and something bad would have happened." "Your weakness is that you need to 'adapt', but your advantage is also that you can 'adapt'," Tian Bufan said, "Besides, sometimes it's not that you are not 'restrained' enough, but that you are too sensitive to changes in the environment itself..."

“You feel so much more than others.”

Lin Yi lowered his eyelids slightly and said, "I want to think about Maozi's matter..."

He tried to recall things related to Mao Feiyang and found that the recent events were still very impressive, but the further back in time he went, the more vague his memory became.

He showed a look of shock: "I am also losing my memories related to Maozi!"

"It's not just you, others are probably the same." Tian Bufan said.

Lin Yi asked: "How could this happen? Could it be related to that stairwell?"

"It must be related." Tian Bufan nodded. "I still can't deduce Maozi's location information. Considering the weirdness of this campus itself, we should have lost contact with Maozi."

"More than that... I feel like the world is 'forgetting' Maozi."

"why?"

Tian Bufan said in a deep voice: "There is no 'why', no 'how could it be', only 'it is'."

Lin Yi was stunned and felt the pressure rolling in.

Tian Bufan said: "I can't tell for now whether there is an indescribable 'rule' that is tampering with our memory, but one thing is certain, Maozi is leaving us."

"You know what the scariest thing in life is?"

"Is it death? No, it's not."

"It's 'oblivion', which is more terrible than death."

"'There is no return for those who are forgotten.'"

"If the whole world forgets Maozi, and he gets lost in that stairwell, what's the difference between that and eternal exile?"

Lin Yi gritted his teeth and said, "We have to rescue him."

Tian Bufan sneered: "Ridiculous."

"What did you say?" Lin Yi glared at Tian Bufan, "He is our roommate!"

Tian Bufan shook his head: "Impulsiveness will make people lose their rationality. Calmness is the way to solve the problem."

"How can you talk about saving him with nothing? You don't even know where he is."

"I..." Lin Yi opened his mouth but was speechless.

"I went to the stairwell and looked for it." Tian Bufan shook his head in disdain. "How ridiculous! There is no stairwell at all!"

"The sign in front of the teaching building says that the teacher's office is on the left after exiting the stairwell."

"But the classroom is on the right when you walk out of the classroom office."

“If the classroom is the reference point, then the classroom is the stairwell.”

"But... we arrived at the door of the same teacher's office. After we went in and reopened the door, I didn't see you."

“So I suspect that the location of the teachers’ offices is always changing.”

"Behind that door is a, no, a whole cluster of active teachers' offices."

“So we’ll end up at different classroom doors after we go in and leave.”

Lin Yi thought for a moment, then said, "You mean, if the teacher's office is an independent building structure inside the teaching building, and it is also carrying out some kind of periodic activities, then we can use the teacher's office as a transfer station and return to the stairwell on the right side of the door?"

Tian Bufan glanced at Lin Yi, and had no doubts about the fluctuation of Lin Yi's IQ. He nodded and said, "That's about it, but I don't have enough information about the teacher's office."

"The student rules and building rules don't mention faculty offices at all."

"For something like this that is not mentioned in the code, there is only one situation."

"That's something that's beyond the control of the person who makes the rules."

"Until we are absolutely sure, none of us should rashly go to the teacher's office and make any tentative moves."

"After all... I feel like the 'class teacher' isn't quite normal."

Tian Bufan said slowly.

Lin Yi groaned and said, "There is something wrong with my head teacher too..."

"I'll think about the class teacher's question later." Tian Bufan raised his hand to interrupt. "I've just conveyed the most important point right now. What I'm also concerned about is... how are you adapting?"

"So what if I can control myself?"

"I still need to exercise restraint... I thought it was safe enough under the sun, but I still encountered a lot of trouble." Lin Yi shook his head.

"'Under the sun'? This is such an intuitive clue, it doesn't seem like something you could have deduced."

"The sports students told me that you can think as much as you want under the sun."

"Haha." Tian Bufan smiled, "You're lucky that there's a sports student reminding you of this kind of thing."

"What about you?" Lin Yi asked.

Tian Bufan shrugged: "Last night, the sports students and the art students got into a fight in the classroom."

"A fight broke out? Art students?" Lin Yi was shocked. "Didn't the sports students leave the classroom before 21:?"

"Who told you that you had to leave? Hmm..." Tian Bufan suddenly pondered, "Was it the athlete who reminded you that you could think under the sun who told you that?"

"Yeah." Lin Yi nodded.

"What else did he say?"

Lin Yi hesitated and said, "Can I talk to you? Will it make you overthink and cause problems?"

Tian Bufan glanced at him and said, "I can tell you. But... from your tone, even though you were very restrained, you still stepped on a lot of landmines?"

"Uh..." Lin Yi looked embarrassed and scratched his head, "If it weren't for Liangzi, maybe... I would have been forgotten by the world."

He thought of the non-existent road, which really felt like walking on a desolate and empty land.

Tian Bufan raised his eyebrows. It was obvious that Lin Yi seemed to have encountered a life-or-death catastrophe, but when he heard it, the corners of his mouth could not help but curl up a faint arc: "Interesting... I am very interested in what you have experienced in the past two days."

"But there's no rush. We'll talk about it in detail when we get to the dormitory tonight."

"Now I want to hear first...what the athlete told you."

(End of this chapter)