Chapter 106 The Right Target

Chapter 106 The Right Target

Chapter 106 The Right Target

The elevator was still slowing down, but Tian Bufan suddenly spoke up: "Lao Lin, feel the elevator."

"Ah?" Lin Yi was stunned, but his body was very honest and he had already felt the subtle changes in the decelerating elevator.

As the elevator slowed down, there was a palpable feeling of weightlessness, like...

"It's not you, wait!" Lin Yi immediately discovered the problem, "Feeling of weightlessness?!"

Lin Yi suddenly realized something. He glanced at Tian Bufan, only to find that Tian Bufan had already discovered it and was signaling him to continue with his eyes.

He then took a breath and continued thinking along this line.

"The elevator was going from the 14th floor to the 1st floor. Normally, when the elevator slows down, it should produce an upward thrust. The feeling of weightlessness... that's what happens when the elevator slows down from a low place to a high place!"

"But why is it like this now...?"

"We went from the 1st floor to the 14th floor by the elevator accelerating continuously, but now... the elevator is accelerating continuously from the 14th floor to the 1st floor as well?" He expressed his feelings.

The elevator stopped, and with a "ding" sound, a number popped up on the floor display.

"1".

Indeed, we arrived at the first floor.

“Bang…clang!”

The elevator door opened, and fresh air with a hint of coolness poured into the elevator. The wonderful feeling of reconnecting with the world returned to everyone.

After walking out of the elevator, Tian Bufan looked at Lin Yi with a smile: "So, what do you think the reason might be?"

Lin Yi narrowed his eyes, looked at the elevator door that closed again, and hesitated, "Could it be that... the entire elevator system is a closed-loop system, and all the elevator cars can only move forward on the track. No matter where they are, they will return to the starting point after completing a circle?"

"Like the circular structure of the dormitory corridor?"

Tian Bufan smiled but said nothing.

"What's wrong? Was my guess wrong?" Lin Yi asked.

Tian Bufan smiled and said, "I was just guessing, how can I give you the answer? I just asked you to guess with me."

Lin Yi: “Uh… okay.”

Tian Bufan rubbed his chin and said, "But I feel that this elevator may not be a ring structure, but it must be a closed loop structure. It may have an independent and special layer that can keep it accelerating, but when it slows down, it will slowly 'slide' from that layer into reality."

"what?"

"It's just a guess. I'll verify it later when I have a chance. Let's go have breakfast first and talk on the way. We still have plenty of time."

At this moment, the elevator behind him made another "ding" sound. After the door opened, four trainees walked out of the elevator.

But these four people were not the ones who took the elevator behind Lin Yi and the others on the 14th floor.

Lin Yi and the others withdrew their gaze and walked along the stairwell toward the dormitory building entrance. Gradually, more and more people appeared around them.

Lin Yi lowered his head and glanced at his watch.

6: 55.

"It took a total of 8 minutes from leaving the dormitory to taking the elevator down."

The cafeteria is open for breakfast from 5:40 to 8:00, so they have plenty of time to eat breakfast in groups.

Just by walking in the stairwell of the dormitory building, you can feel the fresh air outside the building mixed with the fragrance of soil and flowers.

When I arrived at the exit of the dormitory building, I stood on the steps and looked down, and immediately saw a cobblestone road filled with a thin morning mist.

The morning light sprinkled through the quilt-like clouds, sparsely, as if the entire campus was sinking into the shallow sea.

The fog in the open areas had almost dissipated, but it was still very thick in the green forest belt.

Lin Yi walked down the steps and looked at the nearest lamppost. As expected, it was marked with "Dormitory Building -096". Opposite it was "Dormitory Building -068". "Dormitory Building -095" and "Dormitory Building -094", which were in normal order when the layers fell, were both very far away.

After walking along the cobblestone road for a while, Lin Yi suddenly turned around and looked at the dormitory building.

The 39-story dormitory building stood in the thin mist that distorted the morning light, like a thick pillar supporting the sky. However, only the dormitory building that Lin Yi saw in his vision gave him an indescribable and terrifying feeling of oppression. The current dormitory building, and even the dormitory building he saw when he arrived in front of the dormitory building last night, did not give him that feeling.

On the way to the cafeteria, Lin Yi told everyone the unfinished story about his dream about Mao Feiyang. Except for Wei Liang who sealed his hearing and was humming a cheesy love song over there, he basically covered everyone with the information.

After hearing this, Tian Bufan nodded slightly: "It seems that Maozi is fine."

"No, Mr. Tian, ​​this is just my dream. Can you really believe it?" Lin Yi hesitated.

Tian Bufan said: "Dreams... are a very magical thing. Since many details fit perfectly, it is possible that you and Maozi have reached a resonance to some extent, and then captured his 'memories'."

Lin Yi was slightly stunned, and suddenly thought of the white powder particle pollution chain with Mao Feiyang as the core. He thought, could it be because of that pollution chain that he could sense other people's feelings?

"Maybe... Then Mr. Tian, ​​did you dream about anything?"

Tian Bufan avoided the question and just said ambiguously: "I dreamed of something interesting."

"Weisang, Kuai Kuai, what about you?"

"Don't ask us. We didn't sleep well last night because of all the shit that happened."

"Uh..." Lin Yi paused and looked at Wei Liang, "What about you, Liangzi?"

Wei Liang saw that Lin Yi was obviously talking to him, so he said, "Aba Aba, Aba Aba..."

The corner of Lin Yi's mouth twitched violently, and he almost forgot that this guy had sealed his hearing.

Tian Bufan asked, "Do you still remember the specific contents of the 'Art Building Rules' and the 'Art Student Rules'?"

Lin Yi did not answer immediately, but tried to sort out his memories in his mind. Then he found that he could still remember every word of the rules he had memorized in his dream: "I still remember it."

"Then when we get back to the teaching building, memorize it and give it to me."

"Do you want me to recite it to you?" Lin Yi thought that with Tian Bufan's intelligence, he would almost certainly remember it once he heard it.

"It's been too long. Let's talk business on the way. Just give it to me at noon after you calm down." "That's fine."

"Then...Mr. Tian, ​​what do you think about Maozi's experience?"

"As for the experience, I need to think about the details carefully and I will tell you later." Tian Bufan said, "There is not much time left, let's talk about business."

"Okay, but wait a moment. Before I tell you what you want to say, I have something else to tell you." Lin Yi suddenly said in a serious tone, "How about you listen to me first and then I'll listen to you?"

Tian Bufan couldn't help showing a hint of surprise at Lin Yi's words, but he was not unhappy. Instead, he smiled happily and said, "Very good, Old Lin. It seems that you have the right goal."

Tian Bufan glanced at Wei Liang, who was still humming with his hands covering his ears, as if he didn't hear what he was saying.

Seeing this, Wei Liang immediately became alert: "I seem to hear someone saying bad things about me behind my back!"

"If you have the guts, take your hands away and listen to us." Tian Bufan raised his eyebrows rarely, but Wei Liang naturally couldn't hear anything.

"The right target?" Lin Yi on the other side was stunned for a moment, and continued: "I found that Maozi was seriously polluted, and the source of pollution was spreading to several of us through Maozi."

"Mr. Tian, ​​I think our top priority is to find a way to rescue Maozi from the art building. He is suffering from pollution every moment."

"But." Tian Bufan shook his head. "Let's not talk about it. Taking Maozi out of the art building may not be a solution to the problem. Even if it is a solution to the problem, we can't enter the art building by conventional means."

"Do you remember the paths I told you about last night? Those 'paths' I was looking for."

Lin Yi thought about it briefly and soon remembered it.

There are three types of pathways: one is for traveling between different buildings on campus;

The second is the way a single building floats and sinks between different layers;

The third is the conversion pathway between experience students, sports students, art students, and other "identities" or units within the campus.

"Mr. Tian, ​​you are right..." Lin Yi suddenly understood what Tian Bufan meant. "It is not enough to just let Maozi return to campus. The Art Student Code has a way to return to campus, but the Art Student Code also stipulates that art students cannot stay outside the art building for more than 24 hours."

"So..." Tian Bufan said, "It's not about coming back like this, but we need to find a way to transform Maozi from an art student to an experience student, and let him leave the art building. That's the only way."

"From what you said, the art student code includes ways to travel between the campus and the art building. I'm very interested in this."

"However, although you now know the Art Building Rules and the Art Student Rules, you must always remind yourself that the Art Rules are just a clue for you, not a constraint. We, the experience students, cannot abide by the Art Student Rules, so when you consider the problem, don't integrate irrelevant conditions into it."

"In addition, we need to help Maozi find a way to transform an art student into an experience student, and then find a way to convey this clue to him by predicting the timing of his travel between the campus and the art building."

Lin Yi nodded: "This is my initial idea, but the problem is, let's not talk about how to pass the information to Maozi. For now, we have limited time and limited scope of action. How can we get as many clues as possible?"

"Old Lin, you are wrong to think so." Tian Bufan glanced at the gradually brightening sky, "It is true that time is limited, but the limitation of the scope of action may not be the case."

Lin Yi thought for a moment: "Tell me about it."

"Do you remember the class schedule?" Tian Bufan asked, "During the seven-day trial period, the only classes that are clearly stipulated as not to be missed are three physical education classes. The rest of the classes are all self-study classes."

Lin Yi immediately understood: "You mean... we use the study time to explore the campus?"

Tian Bufan nodded and said, "That's what I mean."

Lin Yi lowered his eyelids and thought for a moment: "If we use the self-study time to explore the campus, the thing we need to pay most attention to is..."

"Time." Tian Bufan narrowed his eyes, "But don't forget, the thing that is most in short supply on campus is pendulum clocks."

"As long as you don't get lost on the roads between buildings and stay in the normal layer where the buildings are, knowing the time won't be a problem."

"And to be honest... I think this is a loophole in the student code, and one of the functions of study sessions may be to allow certain special groups of people to explore the campus."

"Special groups of people?" Lin Yi murmured.

Tian Bufan said: "Teachers, security guards, chefs... and even some other units."

"The 'others' mentioned in the code may not only refer to those non-human units and sculptures, but also to them."

"It is precisely because they may appear in other buildings that the code mentions 'ignoring' them, because encountering them or those non-human units under special circumstances represents abnormality."

"Of course, at the moment we are considered as well. After all, we are all contaminated, right?"

Lin Yi nodded slightly: "As for the time issue, it's actually not that difficult to control it."

"There are only a few things on campus that are explicitly mentioned that are related to exact times."

“第一，宿舍楼电梯的开放时间，早上6:00～7:40，晚上21:00～22:00。”

"Second, you are not allowed to leave the classroom after 21: every day."

“第三，食堂开放时间，每天上午5:40～8:00，中午10:40～13:20，晚上16:00～20:00。”

"Also, if you have physical education classes, you need to leave the classroom half an hour in advance."

"Among them, you should try to eat every meal in the cafeteria, pay attention to weather changes, and never stay in the classroom if you can go back to the dormitory."

Tian Bufan said with relief: "That's right."

"And we also need to be mindful of all the emergency-related aspects of the code that we are currently a part of."

"The student code of conduct states [Please pay attention to your physical health. If you find yourself experiencing symptoms such as dizziness, blurred vision, nausea, etc. during your stay at school, please find the dormitory manager or class teacher before staying overnight. He will take you to the infirmary, and the school doctor will take you to the school gate. When you see a blue school bus (note that it is a blue school bus, other colors such as green school buses please ignore), get on the school bus immediately, and the driver will take you out of the campus and end your experience.]"

"Canteen Rules: If you accidentally violate the above rules, please leave through the student channel as soon as possible, then immediately enter the staff channel and ask for help from the blue bib staff or security guards. You must show your student ID in advance before seeking help.

At any time, please trust the security guard absolutely and unconditionally!
If you cannot leave the cafeteria after violating the above rules, please go to the canteen and wait until the canteen owner appears, tell him the problem you encountered, and follow all his arrangements. 】"

"The gymnasium rules and dormitory rules are more complicated, so don't explore them in the early stages. Also, our physical education classes and dormitory stages overlap, so we'll try to act together when the time comes."

Lin Yi said, "You mean, we should explore the teaching building and the cafeteria area first? But Maozi entered the art building by taking the dormitory elevator."

Tian Bufan shook his head and said, "Since we want to explore, then just treat it as a blank slate and start with a place that looks simpler."

"It's too difficult to explore the dormitory area. How can you eat a fat man in one bite?"

(End of this chapter)