Chapter 168 "Gray Fog Invasion"
Chapter 168 "Gray Fog Invasion"
"Liangzi, have you never encountered this situation before?" Lin Yi glanced at Wei Liang and asked.
Wei Liang shook his head: "I seldom walk at night, so it's normal that I didn't encounter him."
"Oh..." Lin Yi responded.
Suddenly, Wei Liang shouted "Oh shit", which scared Lin Yi.
“Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck…” Wei Liang pointed tremblingly in the direction of the “Canteen-001” lamppost. His voice was fluctuating like an electronic music. “Old, old, old… Old Lin… Then, then, then, is it… that who?!”
Lin Yi looked in the direction of Wei Liang's finger and his scalp went numb.
I saw a figure facing the wall under the street lamp of "Canteen-001", and that figure seemed to be...
"Zhou Yuting?"
Wei Liang was also startled. He seemed to have thought of something and muttered, "Come to think of it... I remember seeing her when I left the cafeteria. She was still in another passage at that time. Then the cafeteria lights flickered, and I guess she didn't enter the cafeteria. I don't know why she ran down from the street light now."
Lin Yi took a breath and quickly shook his head, "Don't worry about her... Less trouble is worse than more trouble. Besides, it's hard to say whether she is still a human being at this point."
Wei Liang shuddered and nodded quickly.
The two immediately found the location of the "Dormitory Building-001" lamppost and set out on this road.
……
"Canteen-001" Under the lamppost, "Zhou Yuting" was leaning her head against the lamppost like a mentally ill patient, her body twitching slightly.
From another angle, you can see that she is not facing the wall at all, but pressing her face against the lamppost, like a drug addict, greedily sucking the words "Canteen-001" sprayed with white paint. As she continues to suck, the words drawn by the white paint actually release some faint white powder particles...
As these white powder particles dissipate, the light of the "Canteen-001" street lamp pole is becoming dimmer and dimmer...
……
May 023, X5, Teaching Building B, Teacher’s Office “Group B Class 8”.
Li Huiyuan sat stiffly on the sofa, not knowing what to do. Her wandering eyes sometimes fell on the pendulum clock on the wall, and sometimes on her homeroom teacher -040.
Homeroom teacher 040 tilted his neck, as if he was counting the student list in the blue folder.
Li Huiyuan didn't know why an additional count was needed when the roll call had already been taken once.
Suddenly, the homeroom teacher-040 looked up at the pendulum clock on the wall, sorted out the documents on the table, and smiled, "It's almost time."
Li Huiyuan pursed her lips, feeling even more uneasy and awkward.
When the pendulum clock struck 20:00, the head teacher-040 came to the door of the office and waited silently.
“Tick! Tick! Tick…”
As time passed, the office became eerily quiet, and Li Huiyuan became more and more uneasy.
Finally, there was a knock on the door.
“Boom! Boom! Boom…”
The sound was heavy, like the beating of a drum.
"Are you here to deliver food?" asked the homeroom teacher-040 calmly.
"I'm 'Chef-0213'..." The voice outside the door fell silent for a moment, then continued, "Take a look for yourself."
Class Teacher-040 opened the peephole and looked out, then she silently opened the door.
Li Huiyuan looked over and saw a chef wearing a blue bib standing at the door of the office holding a lunch box.
The chef in the blue bib seemed to have sensed Li Huiyuan's gaze. He slightly side-glanced, and his sight passed over the head teacher-040 and fell on Li Huiyuan. He immediately anticipated something and asked in a deep voice, "Is there something wrong?"
Homeroom Teacher-040 nodded slightly.
Chef-0213 responded calmly: "Take her to the school doctor, or...?"
"Don't look for the school doctor." Class teacher-040 glanced at Li Huiyuan and shook his head, "She has a high level of inspiration. There are more suitable ways for her... Is the security guard here?"
"I'm here." The low and peaceful voice, as if carrying some kind of soothing magic, rang out from the darkness outside the teaching building like a bell.
Then, a tower-like figure holding an old kerosene lamp slowly appeared at the door of the office, pushing away the darkness and fog.
Seeing the old kerosene lamp, Li Huiyuan behind the head teacher-040 began to tremble unconsciously. Golden light appeared in her eyes several times, but eventually dissipated like egg white meeting water.
The security guard seemed unaware of Li Huiyuan's presence. He just looked down at the head teacher, waiting for her next words.
Homeroom teacher-040 said: "Please take her to the gymnasium."
The security guard seemed like a cold terminator, silent and without further ado: "No problem."
Homeroom Teacher-040 was silent for a moment, then asked, "The gray fog is invading. Can we deliver it smoothly?"
The security guard then glanced at Li Huiyuan and said coldly, "Whether you can get there or not doesn't depend on me, but on her."
Class teacher 040 waved to signal Li Huiyuan to come out, and then instructed: "I have already told you most of what to say. Next, you just follow the security guard, he will take you to the gymnasium."
"You will know what to do after you meet the physical education teacher. No matter what happens during this journey, do not leave the security guard's side. He will help you solve any crisis."
"Remember, security guards are absolutely trustworthy at any time and any place."
Li Huiyuan glanced at the security guard with some fear, then gritted her teeth and said, "Okay, teacher... I understand."
Homeroom teacher-040 smiled and patted her head: "Don't worry, everything will be fine."
Li Huiyuan pursed her lips and nodded.
Teacher-040 then took the lunch box from Chef-0213, and then, as if thinking of something, asked again, "How is the situation in the cafeteria?"
Chef-0213 was slightly stunned and asked, "Do you want to ask about the previous incident?"
"I want to know what happened to the previous one..."
Chef-0213 said in a deep voice: "The previous incident... We still haven't found any trace of the store owner, and we can't be sure whether he is related to it..."
The head teacher was silent for a moment, then asked, "What about today? 'Gray Fog Invasion'?"
"Yes, the 73rd Gray Fog Invasion Incident," said Chef-0213. "You should remember that from our observations of Doomsday, this period was indeed during the Gray Fog Invasion period, so the outbreak is not surprising."
"It's just... you know, there seem to be some problems beyond the control of the campus layer recently. Although the cafeteria is one of the fortresses, it is only a logistics base for cleaning up the mess after all. Its defense ability is not as good as the "city wall" and "outpost"..."
"Also, with the loss of the store owner, the defense of the store has become much more relaxed... But it will be much better if we can hold on through tonight."
“How many students were evacuated?”
Homeroom Teacher-040 nodded and said, "Most of those with high inspiration have been arranged according to the "Emergency Response Plan Appendix B"... I also gave everyone the right to choose according to their own will."
"Choosing is the hardest thing to do, but to a certain extent, it can make them stick to their choices, and it can also be considered as helping them strengthen their self-will." Chef-0213 nodded.
"Can the campus hold up?" Homeroom Teacher 040 looked at the increasingly dim streetlights in the thick fog, and a hint of worry appeared in his eyes. "In theory, if the experience students are not wiped out, it should be enough to hold up tonight." Chef 0213 said.
"So...what about the next few days?"
"..."
"Let's take it step by step. Protect yourself tonight. Lock the door of the classroom and don't leave the office. Leave the rest to us for now."
"it is good."
After a brief explanation, Chef 0213 and Class Teacher 040 followed the security guard into the thick fog. Li Huiyuan followed them closely, and their figures soon disappeared into the darkness.
Homeroom Teacher-040 sighed quietly, turned around and walked to the classroom of Class 2, Group B, locked the door with his key, and then returned to the office.
"The shop owner is missing... The 73rd gray fog invasion..."
"Hey……"
……
X023年5月8日，20:47，「宿舍楼-087」路灯杆下，林异和魏亮缓缓停下了脚步。
"Something is wrong..." Lin Yi muttered.
Wei Liang asked in confusion: "What do you mean?"
"Some of the lamp posts are not lit." Lin Yi said in a deep voice.
They did not walk past every lamp post along the way. From "Dormitory Building -001" to "Dormitory Building -087", sometimes "Dormitory Building -010" was not followed by "Dormitory Building -011", but directly by "Dormitory Building -015", skipping four lamp posts.
"As long as the numbers are increasing, it should be fine, right?" Wei Liang said uncertainly.
"Theoretically, it's okay." Lin Yi nodded, but looked ahead with some worry.
The cobblestone road ahead of "Dormitory Building-087" was completely submerged in thick fog. No street lights could be seen at a close distance. Only a hazy light and shadow remained in the distance, and...it was not certain whether it was a street lamp pole with ascending numbers.
"For some reason the street lamps have dimmed..." Lin Yi said worriedly, "I'm a little worried that we'll get lost here..."
When the evening breeze blew, Wei Liang's body began to tremble slightly.
"How about...how about we wait here for the security guard?" Wei Liang said, "That's what Teacher Lin said."
Lin Yi hesitated for a moment, then glanced at his watch.
20: 48.
[Between 20:00 and 21:00, security guards will patrol between the teaching building and the dormitory building...]
"There are still 12 minutes left." Lin Yi hesitated for a moment, "It's not that we can't wait... it's just that the street lights are getting dimmer and dimmer. If we can't wait, we still have to bite the bullet and fight our way through..."
Wei Liang's face turned slightly pale: "I still insist on waiting..."
"Then wait a moment." Lin Yi nodded slightly.
After all, this is in line with the arrangement of the homeroom teacher-040, so it’s okay to wait a while.
The two of them then leaned against the lamppost and waited silently.
Suddenly, Wei Liang asked out of the blue: "Lao Lin..."
"Ok?"
"Your watch... look at the time more often..."
Lin Yi was slightly stunned, then said: "Don't worry."
Wei Liang heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this: "Okay..."
"Are you tired? Don't fall asleep!" Lin Yi quickly reminded.
Wei Liang rubbed his temple and waved his hand, "My eyes are just a little sore from reading comics for so long, it's nothing."
After saying that, he began to breathe slowly.
Lin Yi looked down at his watch, then looked around, searching for the security guard...
The fog is now very thick, thicker than last night, and comparable to the pitch-darkness on the day we entered the school.
Coupled with the psychological and visual impact of "the street lights becoming dimmer and dimmer" on Lin Yi, the street lights in front of him became increasingly unclear.
"Liangzi... do you feel that the street lights have become dimmer?" Lin Yi asked Wei Liang.
Wei Liang narrowed his eyes and said hesitantly, "Maybe the street lights have dimmed, or maybe it's because the distance is too far that I can't see clearly?"
"You mean to say that some of the street lights along the way have already gone out, so it is equivalent to the distance between the lit street lights?"
"Uh... I guess so." Wei Liang opened his mouth and thought to himself, how the hell did you understand this?
Lin Yi narrowed his eyes and muttered, "But the rules say that the street lights on campus are always on... emmm... No, it's not necessary to think so..."
"The code also says that the teaching building will provide us with shelter, and that the gymnasium is one of the safest areas on campus... It may have both shelter and safety, but neither is absolute. We can only say that, within a large range, the code is correct."
"And what's happening now may have exceeded the limit, or... reached some kind of critical value?!"
Lin Yi's eyes flickered as if he had thought of something. He took a deep breath and continued to observe his surroundings, but he could not even see the shadow of the security guard in the dense fog.
He glanced down at his watch.
"What time is it?" Wei Liang asked.
"20:52."
"Eight minutes left..." Wei Liang's face looked a little ugly.
"Can you still hold on?"
"We can hold on as long as the lights are on." Wei Liang looked at the cobblestone ground with some difficulty.
I saw that the places where the street lights were connected had been cut off by thick fog, and the thick fog was gradually eroding the area formed by the street lights.
The range of the light is constantly being compressed, and it will take a long time for the fog to completely submerge the area, but... if they cannot leave, they will be swallowed by the fog sooner or later.
The time came to 20:56. The dark white fog was accompanied by the cold and damp night wind and lingered outside the lights. In the darker place, the shadow of the dark white fog revealed a grayish-white texture, like countless gravels crushed and blown in the wind, full of substantial granularity...
“Swish…”
“Swish…”
The mists of the mountains kept interweaving, and shadowy figures wandered in the darkness. It was hard to tell how many were human sculptures and how many were nocturnal creatures...
These inhuman units are like insects curled up at the bottom of the underworld, spying on the appearance of the human world through tiny holes, and constantly looking for opportunities to rush ashore and drag people into the water.
Thanks to the book friends "usjdnshhs" and "Emperor Desire" for their rewards!!
(End of this chapter)