Chapter 136 Talking behind the back
Chapter 136 Talking behind the back
"To be honest, I can't tell either." Xu Shunkang spread his hands. "From her, I can't see the characteristics of an art student, nor the characteristics of a nocturnal species. She's like... an art student who lost his identity certificate. If I have to say, it might be an 'unstable art student'. If they continue to sink, they will also become 'nocturnal species'."
"Ah?" Lin Yi was a little confused.
Xu Shunkang shook his head. "Don't be surprised. Nocturnal species are not a species, but a wide range of species. They do not have only one transformation path. All creatures that have become that state, whether alive or dead, belong to nocturnal species."
Lin Yi suddenly realized that it seemed that Tian Bufan’s speculation was correct.
"In other words, chess pieces that have lost their identity credentials will become nocturnal species, and nocturnal species are the ghosts wandering around the chessboard that you just mentioned?" Lin Yi concluded.
Xu Shunkang nodded: "Yes."
"And if the nocturnal species continues to be polluted, they will turn into sculptures?"
"Yes, no... There's something wrong with you. How did you know so much information in one night? Won't your brain explode?" Xu Shunkang stared at Lin Yi with a very serious expression.
Lin Yi didn’t want to talk more about this topic: “But you said that nocturnal plants are sculptures in a sense?”
"The difference between tadpoles and frogs." Xu Shunkang turned into a master of summarization and said it concisely.
Lin Yi couldn't help but narrow his eyes: "Tell me more specifically?"
Li Huiyuan added: "If possible, please use me as an example..."
Xu Shunkang glanced at Li Huiyuan and continued, "If you can't retrieve your identity certificate, you will be eroded by the 'fog' and mutate both physically and mentally, becoming a 'nocturnal species', just like those people who curl up in their seats during evening self-study in the classroom."
"Your body will gradually adapt to the 'fog' and you will crave it like a person craves food. But at the same time, normal natural light will drive away the 'fog', so that sunlight will be like a poison to you."
"In extreme cases, you may even develop a strong desire to devour things containing 'fog'. These impulses and bloodthirsty instincts will gradually take over your mind until you are completely transformed into a monster between life and death."
"Your body will also turn into a substance with certain shaping abilities. In the sunlight, you will not be able to maintain your human form due to insufficient 'fog'. In order to avoid the sunlight, you need to hide in a dark place as much as possible."
"And at night when the sunlight starts to fade, your body will become as hard as a stone soaked in ice water."
"Especially in abnormal weather with 'fog', your body functions will be unusually active and even reach a peak state."
"'This creature that walks at night, clad in fog, chases the light, hides during the day and walks at night, and ends up as a bubble'."
"This is the 'Nocturnal Species'."
After listening to this, Lin Yi seemed to be thinking about something, and then asked: "Then how did they become sculptures?"
"It's not a sculpture, but something similar to a sculpture," Xu Shunkang corrected.
"'Similar to a sculpture'?" Lin Yi frowned slightly, looking a little puzzled. "This sculpture is not the one I understand?"
He thought that the tadpole turning into a frog mentioned by Xu Shunkang was that process.
Xu Shunkang said: "There is still a gap in the depth of pollution between 'nocturnal species' and 'sculpture'."
"One gear short? Such a big gap?" Lin Yi asked in surprise.
"That's the difference." When Xu Shunkang mentioned the sculptures, his expression became much more serious. "Don't ask too much about things related to 'sculptures'. They are terrifying things located at the center of the magnetic field."
"The more you know about the sculptures, the closer you get to them, and the more you connect with them... This connection is fatal, and no conventional means can break this connection within a low-pollution zone."
Lin Yi was silent for a moment. This time he stopped and did not ask again: "Can you tell me about the sculpture of the nocturnal species?"
"That's not a problem." Xu Shunkang nodded. "Nocturnal species are afraid of sunlight because their bodies haven't been fully formed yet. To put it bluntly, they haven't developed well yet."
"Their bodies cannot store 'fog', nor can they convert 'fog' into their own power, so as long as it is daytime, they will lose the fog in their bodies like a leak, and they will go from barely maintaining their human form to that limp, rotten and smelly state."
"If they are exposed to sunlight, their bodies will become sculpted and become the plaster-like appearance you see."
"I can't really explain this to you. I can only say that the nocturnal species' bodies are constructed like that."
"If you want to know more specifics... you can ask the chef." Xu Shunkang raised his eyebrows slightly and showed a strange smile, "The premise is that you can enter the employee passage of the cafeteria. If you meet the chef in the area outside the cafeteria, you have to be careful. They are not easy to deal with."
Lin Yi thought for a moment: "Okay, I'll remember that."
"Yes." Xu Shunkang nodded, "Is there anything else you want to ask? If not, we will go back to the classroom first."
Lin Yi asked tentatively: "By the way...would you like to talk to me more about the chef?"
"Get lost!" Xu Shunkang waved his hands repeatedly. "I feel like I'm already overstepping my authority by talking to you about nocturnal creatures. How about talking to you about the chef? Haha, why don't you twist my head off and use it as a magic mirror to ask questions? Okay, I'm going back to the classroom to read comics. If you have any questions, you can ask others, such as the boss... Okay, let's go!"
After Xu Shunkang finished speaking, he pulled Xie Huayang away.
Lin Yi looked at the backs of the two men. In fact, he still had many doubts in his heart, but Xu Shunkang had already done his best by telling him about the nocturnal species, so he didn't want to pester Xu Shunkang to ask more questions.
After all, a jock's bat is no joke.
As for asking the boss... Lin Yi suddenly felt a little awed, fearing that the one who would answer him would not be the boss, but the boss's feet.
He glanced down at his watch.
14: 30.
We chatted for 17 minutes and got a lot of useful information, which was a great deal.
"There's only one hour left. Time is running out. Let's go to the next place."
Lin Yi said this and took Li Huiyuan away.
...After Lin Yi walked away, Xu Shunkang and Xie Huayang slowly walked out from the corner of the teaching building.
Looking at Lin Yi's back, Xu Shunkang frowned slightly and sighed: "Boss is right... Lin Yi really has a big problem."
Xie Huayang flared his nose and bared his teeth like a wild animal: "His pollution is really too serious. I can smell the odor of pollution from several streets away. If you hadn't stopped me several times, I would have taken out my baseball bat and hit him a few times."
Xu Shunkang pondered and said, "It is indeed a very strange state. His pollution is so serious that it has overshadowed the girl named Li Huiyuan next to him. We were unable to discover her problem."
Lin Yi actually missed a detail - after Xie Huayang and Xu Shunkang came here, they didn't even go to the toilet and went back, as if they were hunters who noticed something unusual in the trap and came over to take a look.
Xu Shunkang added: "The boss also said that even the water in the swimming pool could not purify his pollution. He even fell off a layer in the swimming pool once, and then he pulled himself back before the boss was ready to pull him back."
Xie Huayang was silent.
Xu Shunkang continued, "The boss suspected that our class had lost a large number of sports and art students after the incident with Big Head, and was unable to replenish its combat power in a short period of time to fight against the nocturnal species and sculptures. Therefore, the school specially let in a highly inspired guy to let him quickly adapt to the abnormality of the campus and become one of our members..."
Xie Huayang hesitated and said, "How long has it been since he entered the school on the evening of May 5th? How long has it been since then, and he has been polluted to this extent? He is not heading for the art department or the sports department at this speed. It seems more like... he is heading directly for the sculpture."
"And he knows too much. I always feel like there is someone around him who is constantly instilling knowledge into him, thus prompting him to grow quickly, just like..."
"It's just like planting trees." Xu Shunkang took over the conversation. "Because of the problem with the chessboard, the 'Soldiers' and 'Princes' outside cannot directly interfere, so the school put a 'Pawn' in, and then used the characteristics of the chessboard to induce him to become a 'Soldier' or 'Prince'..."
"So you deliberately played hard to get and told him the information about the 'Nocturnal Species'?" Xie Huayang asked.
Xu Shunkang nodded: "Someone is trying to instill knowledge in him anyway, so why can't it be us? And this is all I can say. If I say more, it will seem like I am being too deliberate."
"But he only has that stupid-looking guy by his side." Xie Huayang frowned, "So the only way he can communicate, apart from looking for that guy, is through his roommate... Is there something wrong with his roommate?"
Xu Shunkang rubbed his brows and felt a headache: "This is too big a problem... Lin Yi is probably just a chess move by the school..."
"Hmm..." Xie Huayang nodded, "Moreover, the frequency of abnormal weather has increased recently. At some points, I even heard the call of the ocean when I was on the lookout..."
"That layer is getting closer and closer to us..." Xu Shunkang nodded, with a look of deep worry in his eyes: "The boss hasn't left the gymnasium area for a long time... The last time I saw her, she was tearing up an alien sculpture while on "duty."
"The owner of the convenience store hasn't appeared for a long time..."
"The art students said that the strange noises in the castle are getting louder..."
"The more I think about it recently, the more I feel that something is wrong with the Big Head incident. It seems that there are many suspicious points, but they are all covered up by other things. I always feel that there is an invisible force driving everything..."
"Alas..." Xu Shunkang sighed deeply, "We are just small 'pawns'. Even if we realize that we are on the chessboard, what can we do?"
……
X023年5月8日，14:33。
Lin Yi looked a little unhappy as he walked out of the corridor where the elevator was. He thought to himself that he was really deeply polluted. Even Xu Shunkang couldn't see it with his golden eyes?
You know, when the eyes are open, they give people a very awesome feeling, and they sparkle like flaming eyes.
"They saw the problem after staring at Li Huiyuan for a while, but they couldn't see the problem after staring at me! Sigh..."
He sighed in his heart, not knowing that everything was just the opposite. His pollution was so serious that the other party could sense it without even opening their eyes...
He looked at Li Huiyuan and asked in confusion, "Why did you use yourself as an example? Aren't you afraid of hearing some unacceptable answers?"
Li Huiyuan loosened her tightly pursed lips and laughed at herself: "This is what cannon fodder should do! Don't you just want to know that information?"
"Of course I am also afraid of hearing something that makes me despair, but... I also hope that I can get enough information for you in this way."
Lin Yi narrowed his eyes and said nothing.
"Because..." Li Huiyuan sighed, "Because this is a deal in itself. I will try my best to help you, in exchange for you... helping me as much as possible when I'm in danger."
The survival game is a game of vested interests. Li Huiyuan gradually realized that only if she really created enough information value for Lin Yi could Lin Yi help her when encountering certain disasters.
There was actually an element of gambling involved on her part, but from the moment she agreed to be Lin Yi's cannon fodder, she had already started a huge gamble.
After all, the phrase "help me if you're in danger" was just empty talk from the beginning.
……
The teaching building is oriented north-south, and the three tiered classrooms are located on the east-west axis. There are toilets to the east of Class 1 and to the west of Class 3. If you continue walking forward in the direction of the toilets, you can see a north-south axis.
The covered bridge is built on this north-south axis.
On the side of the bridge there is a stairwell with a door that is always open.
After walking through the stairwell and arriving in front of the corridor bridge, Lin Yi stopped.
He is currently located at the intersection of the east-west axis and the north-south axis of Teaching Building B. Starting from here, going south along the corridor bridge is Teaching Building A, and going north is Teaching Building C.
It is clearly the first floor of the teaching building, but a corridor bridge was built between the teaching buildings. This is because the terrain in the mountainous area is undulating. Even the terraced teaching buildings have differences in height. In addition, although the three teaching buildings seem to be connected together, the distance between them is actually very considerable. Therefore, there is a corridor bridge suspended on the ground.
Lin Yi came to the entrance of the covered bridge, stopped, stretched his neck and looked at the outside of the covered bridge.
Although the mountains are rolling, the covered bridge connecting the teaching building is still very straight, just like a pedestrian bridge.
I’ve been in a bad state recently, and I feel like I might need to take a day off…
(End of this chapter)