Chapter 96 "Welcome to the Art Building"
Chapter 96 "Welcome to the Art Building"
He could no longer remember the specific appearance of the strange geometric structure. He only remembered that he saw a pseudo-geometric object that was difficult to describe, feel and observe intuitively. It seemed to be composed of countless irregular structures that were indistinguishable as concave or convex. It was even unknown whether it could be called an "object".
The composition of this geometric body seems to be inextricably linked to the layer logic between the teaching building, dormitory building and art building, but other than that, it does not leave any intuitive and clear feeling in his perception.
This feeling is like the vague feeling of "I vaguely remember picking up a stone when I was a child", but no matter how hard you rack your brains to think about it, you can't remember any details related to the stone.
As if it was just a piece of stone.
As if it was just a geometric body.
As if it was just “1+1=2”.
As if everything... was as it should be.
Lin Yi suddenly shivered, his back felt cold, and cold sweat broke out.
"Damn it... the overwriting of cognition is everywhere, penetrating every pore..."
"I just...did I touch some kind of mystery, and the moment I touched it, everything related to this mystery was overwritten in advance?"
He collected his thoughts and looked down at the student commemorative coins.
The number that he hadn't seen clearly before was now remembered in his mind.
The number engraved on the student commemorative coin is "月-X02305070323".
"It seems that this '月-X02305070323' is equivalent to Maozi's student ID number..."
「0507是5月7日的意思，0323的意思是……3：23吗？」
He noticed that the time on the pendulum clock in the art office was 3:36, but the art teacher had started carving the numbers at about 3:23.
He silently memorized the number of Mao Feiyang's student commemorative coin, which might be of great use in the future.
There is a lot of knowledge about this student commemorative coin just from the surface.
At least it seems troublesome for the experience students to lose their student ID cards, but the art students only need to go to the canteen to buy a new one. And when encountering sculptures, they can even take the initiative to discard the student commemorative coins. This operation is simply too outrageous.
But then again…
Since art students are allies of sports students to a certain extent, would the experience students who lose their student ID cards be arranged by their class teachers to go to the canteen to buy student commemorative coins and then take the path of art students?
Ok? ? ?
Why do I think so?
Lin Yi suddenly narrowed his eyes, revealing a black question mark face.
……
Based on the shocking scene just now, Mao Feiyang suddenly became much more obedient and silently memorized the rules for art students.
Because according to the art teacher, Mao Feiyang had nearly an hour to memorize two rules. Based on the time at that time, it can be speculated that at around 4:00, the art teacher would have other arrangements, and he might be thrown out of the art office and forced to start his art journey.
Lin Yi didn't know when he would wake up from his dream, but the scene just now gave him a signal that he needed to hurry up. So he tried to use his existing knowledge to understand it a little bit while memorizing the rules for art students... while he still had that magical protection mechanism in his dream.
While carrying it on his back, Lin Yi suddenly thought of something.
The teaching building seems to have eight floors under abnormal weather conditions, and the elevator can only be used under abnormal weather conditions. Could it be that the four "empty pavilions" that cannot be seen at normal times are related to the art building?
However, compared with the traditional teaching building architectural style, the teaching building D that appeared in the hallucination as the campus layer fell seemed to be more in line with the appearance of the art building described in the rules.
"Teaching Building D... Art Building... Teaching Building, floors 5 to 8..."
Lin Yi rubbed his brows and planned to try to write down this information in a small notebook after waking up from the dream to see if words could carry this information.
Lin Yi also discovered that the art student code did not mention anything about lampposts. It seemed that they would not be restricted by cobblestone roads and lampposts when moving.
In addition, there is the most critical issue - leaving the campus.
There are thousands of words in the Art Building Rules, but apart from the last card in the black card holder that seems to be usable only in desperate situations, there is no mention of any method to leave the campus.
Not to mention the school bus, they didn’t even tell us how to get to the school gate.
How does the Art Student Guidelines describe this card in the black card holder?
[From this moment on, you will only be able to survive based on your own judgment. Despite this, our school will still provide you with one last help.]
[The method recorded on the card is the only method our school has found since its establishment that can help you escape from the campus.]
[You can only open the card holder when the card turns green. Never try this method out of curiosity. ]
the last time!
only one!
Absolutely not!
This is tantamount to slapping the eight words "a strategy for desperate situations" and "a strategy for the last century" in the face.
When it comes to this, it means that Mao Feiyang has violated the Code for Art Students and has lost the "protection effect" of the Code for Art Students. It can be said that he is almost dead!
So if we put aside this last card which can be called a "legacy"...
"Could it be that... under normal circumstances, only students who are on trial can leave the campus?"
If this is the case, it means that if art students want to leave the campus, they need to find a reverse transformation path from "art students" to "experience students".
"Eh?!" Lin Yi's eyes suddenly lit up.
The Art Student Guidelines...seems to actually mention something related to this!
[When you are studying in the study room of the teaching building and encounter malicious students attacking the experience students, please remain silent. When the sports students stand up, cooperate with them to eliminate those malicious students.
During this period, if the student is fatally injured, please find an opportunity to find the "student ID" from him and keep it carefully. After returning to the art classroom, tell the art teacher, who will tell you what to do next. 】
This rule mentions a key clue. Simply put, it requires art students to touch the corpse and obtain the ownerless "student ID" from the dead experience student, and then go to find the art teacher. If the student ID is simply handed over to the art teacher, then the rule would not write "the art teacher will tell you what to do next."
Lin Yi boldly speculated that art teachers must know at least one way to transform art students into experience students.
Mao Feiyang recited and turned the pages like a young monk, while Lin Yi memorized while reciting. Time passed quietly and soon it was 4:00.
"Almost." The art teacher standing by the French window retracted his gaze from the outside world, looked at Mao Feiyang, and smiled, "After reading the rules, do you have any questions?"
Mao Feiyang took a deep breath and closed the notebook.
In the next three minutes, Mao Feiyang asked a series of questions that sounded like he was asking for trouble, including but not limited to "Is the outside world really a virtual environment?", "Are sculptures really sculptures?", "I have never heard of castle-like buildings in S City", etc.
The art teacher's mouth twitched as he asked, and Lin Yi's eyelids twitched violently...
"Okay, you'd better stop asking." The art teacher was speechless, thinking to himself, where did this iron-headed kid come from and ask such a question right away? Is he really not afraid of death?
"The progression and transformation of 'cognition' is a continuous and long process. Before you accept it yourself, nothing I say will be of any use." "You are really curious and suspicious. I can only tell you that you'd better keep your tail between your legs after leaving the office and don't try to get involved in everything. Follow the rules honestly, and those abnormal things will come to you on their own..."
"No..." Mao Feiyang couldn't help but said, "I follow the rules, so they will still come to me? Isn't that the same as me going to find them?"
The art teacher gently pulled the brim of her beret and said, "If they look for you, you at least have the candlelight. If you go look for them, you'll be forcing yourself into the darkness. How can it be the same?"
"Uh..." Mao Feiyang was stunned for a moment, then nodded thoughtfully, "I understand..."
"Anything else to say?"
Mao Feiyang's eyelids twitched violently.
What else do I want to ask? You didn't answer any of the questions I asked just now!
"I won't ask anymore..." Mao Feiyang shook his head speechlessly.
"Then you can leave. They will be back in half an hour." The art teacher smiled and looked at the other desks.
Mao Feiyang shuddered suddenly. He didn't know why, but he felt that the look in the art teacher's eyes just now was so cold that it could freeze the entire office, so cold that his hair almost stood up.
But Lin Yi picked out different words.
【They are coming back soon. 】
"'They'? Is it them or them?"
Lin Yi thought of the non-human classmates and abnormal art students who left the lecture hall at 4:30, and wondered if the art teacher was referring to them?
Mao Feiyang did not stay for long and left the art office with the Art Building Rules and Art Student Rules.
"Mao Feiyang." The art teacher called out to Mao Feiyang who was pressing on the door handle.
"Teacher, is there anything else?"
"Keep the two codes safe, especially the art student code. When you really want to look at the code, try to make sure you are in the art classroom or in a safe area under the light."
"After you leave the office, find the sign and I'll help you."
"Okay, teacher." Mao Feiyang nodded and pushed open the door of the art office.
Just as Mao Feiyang closed the door of the art office, Lin Yi suddenly noticed that the art teacher's eyes narrowed slightly.
……
X023年5月7日，4:08。
Mao Feiyang looked at the environment of the art office and couldn't help but feel as if he was dreaming.
Even though he kept telling himself that all this was a "virtual environment", he still wasn't autonomous enough to believe that such a place must really exist somewhere in the world.
Before his eyes, there was a Gothic castle that was "inconsistent with reality".
In the dark night, the towering spire of the castle rises to the sky, decorated with spike-like spires.
In the dense white mist, the ancient bell tower and the thick stone walls are intertwined, and the gloomy atmosphere makes people shudder.
In the shadows, the windows were hung with heavy iron bars, behind which was a glass window inlaid with gorgeous and complex colored patterns.
The dim candlelight was projected onto the ground through the glass, forming mysterious patterns that seemed to echo the position of ancient stars beyond the long night.
What shocked Lin Yi and Mao Feiyang was that the art office was not in the castle, but in a watchtower scattered around the castle.
To reach the castle from the watchtower, you need to cross an ancient and mottled stone bridge.
Below the stone bridge is a cliff, below the cliff are dark reefs and black sea water. The howling sea breeze blows the gurgling sea water onto the reefs and smashes it to pieces. Humidity permeates the sea fog and the air, revealing a salty, damp and cold breath.
In the whistling sea breeze, the candle flames burning on both sides of the stone bridge swayed, making a "whooshing" sound, as if they would go out at any time.
At the other end of the stone bridge, huge stone pillars support the vault above, and strange symbols are carved on the stone beams and porches, exuding a heavy and long sense of history.
In front of him, there was a wooden sign nailed to a stone pillar. On the sign was written:
【Welcome to the Art Building! 】
Below the signpost, there is a tetanus iron sheet hung by a rusty iron chain. In the sea breeze, the chain and the iron sheet clanged.
Mao Feiyang walked over and stretched out his hand to hold the iron sheet, only to find that it was actually a notice board.
Lin Yi and he looked carefully and saw the sign read:
“When you see this sign, it means you have entered the Art Building’s territory.”
"Don't try to backtrack. There's nothing you can do but keep going."
“You can’t escape the call of the Art Building by conventional means, but the Art Tour will be kind to everyone who arrives.”
“Before entering the Art Building, please remember:”
“Art originates from life and is higher than life. Please abandon your own perceptions and re-understand everything in the art building with an “artistic eye” and tell yourself that this is how it should be.”
Just as he was looking at the iron sheet, a distorted beam of light suddenly came from behind him, covering him and the signboard like a stage spotlight.
Mao Feiyang was slightly stunned, turned around and looked at the source of the light, and discovered that the art teacher was standing on the watchtower, using glass to focus the light from some burning object onto him.
"Walk toward the Art Building, my light will keep shining on you until you reach under the arch!" The art teacher held onto the glass, his windbreaker fluttering in the sea breeze, like a captain on the Caribbean Sea, so cool and handsome.
Mao Feiyang let go of his hand and let the sign continue to clang. He took a deep breath, looked at the castle arch at the end of the stone bridge, and then walked over.
Looking at his back, the art teacher sighed quietly: "The "supernatural characteristics" of the stone bridge candlelight have been almost worn out by time. They alone may not be able to protect him..."
"The experience students became art students before they got their student ID cards..."
"Haha, that's quite interesting..."
Thanks to "book friend 20230629231321740" for the reward! !
(End of this chapter)