Chapter 188: The Strange Tree

Chapter 188: The Strange Tree

Chapter 188: The Strange Tree (500 words more!)

"call……"

“Swish…”

As the "transition" was completed, Lin Yi's senses gradually recovered and he immediately adapted to the surrounding environment. The intermittent conversations coming from around him also drew his attention.

"Calm down, Weisang."

Lin Yi was stunned: "This is... Mr. Tian's voice?! Why is Mr. Tian talking to Wei Sang?"

He immediately looked in the direction of the sound and saw two figures not far from the "Library-102" lamppost, namely Tian Bufan and Wei Shan.

At this moment, Wei Shan's brows were furrowed, his breathing was a little heavy, and he was looking around vigilantly, like a lit gas tank, making a "hissing" sound.

Tian Bufan put his hand on his shoulder to calm him down.

Wei Shan is a tall, strong and slightly fat man, but he still lacks some momentum in front of Tian Bufan, who is 1.9 meters tall and very strong.

"Something... is wrong here, Mr. Tian, ​​we'd better leave quickly." Wei Shan gritted his teeth and said in a low voice.

"I know, otherwise I wouldn't have asked you to accompany me. Just hold on a little longer, it will be fine soon." Tian Bufan said calmly, then slowly walked towards the "Library-102" lamppost.

Lin Yi suddenly realized something and quickly observed the surrounding environment.

At the feet of Tian Bufan and Wei Shan was a cobblestone mountain road with a large number of irregularly arranged lamp posts on both sides of the road, winding until it disappeared at a corner not far away.

A little further out from the cobblestone road is the moist, deep soil covered with thick dead leaves, and further out is a slope with some shrubs and camphor trees growing sporadically on it. The deeper into the slope, the denser the vegetation becomes, and finally, from an unknown area, it connects to a lush green forest belt.

The trees in the green belt are also quite particular. On the outermost edge are some ordinary evergreen trees, and as you go deeper, they gradually become some tall trees. They rise from the ground with lush branches and leaves. Looking up, you have a feeling of blocking out the sky. Even light cannot penetrate this barrier formed by leaves.

Lin Yi's line of sight could only see the trees, and even so, it was already very difficult.

Thick fog lingered in the green forest belt, as if it had divided the depths of the mountain area into another world.

The mountain breeze blew, the leaves rustled, and the shadows of a square formation of human-shaped sculptures were faintly visible among the surging mist.

Lin Yi turned his head to look at the other side of the green belt, but on this side... there was only the "Library-102" lamppost. It's not that there was nothing in front, but that, going forward from the "Library-102" lamppost, there was a slightly inclined hillside with some flowers, plants and trees planted here and there. A little further ahead was the teaching building C.

Standing in front of the "Library-102" lamppost, Lin Yi felt as if he could pee in the wind and a few drops of water would float onto the wall of Building C of the teaching building.

He looked at the sky again. The street lights were not on yet and the sky was a little dim. The sunset glow in the west was like fire, and the outline of the sun had been somewhat obscured by the mountains.

"Mr. Tian said he returned to the teaching building around 16:30, so he and Wei Shan should have gone to eat as soon as they met, and after eating, they came here?"

Wei Shan is really awesome. After losing his shoe in the morning, he managed to spend the whole day wearing only one shoe.

But when he looked at Xianwei Mountain again, he suddenly felt a sense of horror in his subconscious. He didn't think of the reason at first, until the evening breeze blew through the woods, blowing up the gray mist and revealing the appearance of the human-shaped sculptures in the green forest belt.

Lin Yi's sight immediately fell on the square formation of human-shaped sculptures in the green forest belt behind Wei Shan. He saw that several of the human-shaped sculptures had suddenly left the square formation and moved closer to Wei Shan!
"This...?!" Lin Yi was horrified. Only then did he understand where that creepy feeling just now came from!

These humanoid sculptures are not purely static. They even have the ability to move under the sun, but... the speed is extremely slow.

Wei Shan seemed to have sensed it and kept looking around with a vigilant look.

But every time he saw the green belt, the human-shaped sculptures would become completely still, and the fog would "coincidentally" cover them like floating clouds, so he ended up seeing nothing.

"Calm down, they can't get through." Tian Bufan patiently observed the area with sloppy vegetation between the "Library-102" street lamp pole and teaching building C, his brows gradually furrowed.

Wei Shan breathed in and out, and said in a low voice, "If Old Lin hadn't forbidden me to do so, I would have brought my baseball bat!"

"Old Lin, this is also for safety reasons." Tian Bufan comforted him patiently.

"I understand, but I'm still unhappy." Wei Shan clenched his fists.

Lin Yi was confused: "When did I stop Wei Shan from bringing a baseball bat? How come I don't have any recollection of this?"

"Come to think of it, when Wei Shan first entered school, he said he didn't bring a baseball bat, but why don't I remember him having any baseball bat? That's weird..."

Wei Shan had no interest in sports at his school. Not to mention a bat, he didn't even have a baseball. It was really strange...

"Don't think too much." Tian Bufan suddenly spoke, which scared Lin Yi, who thought he was talking to him.

But Tian Bufan continued, "Stay with me for a while. We need to return before the sun sets. I want to see with my own eyes the scene of my classmates who are nocturnal species turning into non-humans."

Lin Yi was a little confused. Tian Bufan's words seemed to be spoken to Wei Shan, but also seemed to be... speaking to him at this moment, transcending reality and dreams.

"Could it be that Mr. Tian used my dream about Maozi to predict that I would dream about him, so...he directly left me a message across time and space?!"

This is actually unreasonable, but considering Tian Bufan's intelligence and calculation, it is both unreasonable and reasonable.

Lin Yi then adjusted his mood, and his sight slowly followed Tian Bufan's movements...

To be honest, after looking at it for a while, he still couldn't see any problem, which made him anxious.

He knew that Tian Bufan would not be mysterious, there must be something hidden here, could it be... there was something wrong with the layer?
He thought about it carefully. Based on the discussion with Tian Bufan before going to bed, he knew that Mr. Tian had not yet obtained any clues from him about Building D and the corridor bridge of Building D...

“Wait a minute!”

"yes!"

Lin Yi slapped his head and said, "I am such a fucking idiot. Mr. Tian really didn't know! But I fucking know now!"

Building D of the teaching building completely exists in the layer. It has a clock tower and looks like a castle!

The only point worth studying is whether this castle-like building is an art building or a library!
But the art building is clearly located on the seaside in the map hierarchy, but there is no sea on the teaching building's side... Wait, there is no sea...?

"Is there an ocean?"

Lin Yi suddenly felt conflicted because he thought of another point.

One... made him unable to judge whether the layer of Teaching Building D overlapped with the library or the Art Building!
It is true that the Art Building is located on the seaside, but... there may not be no sea in the layer after the Teaching Building falls!
Under the mist of the covered bridge, the waves emit the sound of waves...

The strange environment under the steps of the teaching building is like waves...

It seems...it seems to be the case!
Looking at it this way, Teaching Building D seems to be a little bit like an art building!
If it's a library... then I just need to go over what we discussed in the dormitory at night.

So the problem is that just by adding a judgment condition, what exactly is Teaching Building D has become confusing again. And the fact that the "Library-102" street lamp pole ends at the back of Teaching Building C cannot be used as a decisive basis to determine that Teaching Building D is the library.

Because when the layers begin to fall and the various areas of the campus begin to twist and stretch, who knows how much "space" will be opened up from underground?

Lin Yi understood that the only thing he could do now was to remember.

It is enough to write down everything here, even if it is just superficial.

First write down all the appearances you can see and copy them into "My World". Once you make new discoveries in the future, you can directly start to deduce them.

By the way, if Lin Yi had a character card, two skills would be marked on the card now.

One is called "My Vision", which corresponds to the world with exposure quality like opening the third eye;
The other is called "My World", which corresponds to the simulated world edited in the inner world by consuming mental energy.

And these two magical abilities seemed to be gradually awakened as his pollution deepened. Perhaps... these were the abilities that emerged after he was contaminated by the extraordinary characteristics?

Emmm...to put it nicely, it affects his brain, to put it bluntly...is his brain damaged?
The corners of Lin Yi's mouth twitched twice, but since it involved pollution or extraordinary characteristics, no one could tell whether it was a good thing or a bad thing.

At this moment, Tian Bufan glanced at the sky in the west which was gradually being stained with purple-gray, and said calmly: "It's almost time, Wei Sang, it's time to go."

"Let's go!" Wei Shan didn't want to stay any longer, and Tian Bufan's words hit the mark.

The two then returned along the cobblestone mountain path, and Lin Yi suddenly thought of something. He suddenly withdrew his attention from the area in front of the "Library-102" street lamp pole and looked towards the green forest belt behind Weishan.

He immediately saw the shadowy sculpture formation in the mist, as well as the human-shaped sculpture that had been staring at Wei Shan.

At this moment, the human-shaped sculpture had indeed twisted its neck a little, and maintained a posture of staring at Wei Shan with wide eyes, as if it wanted to put Wei Shan into its eyes.

Just as Lin Yi was worried about Wei Shan, a basketball-sized stone suddenly drew a parabola from the air and hit the human-shaped sculpture's head squarely.

"Boom!"

“Crack…Bang!”

The head of the human-shaped sculpture was instantly covered with cracks, and exploded on the spot the next moment, breaking into countless small stones, rolling out of the green forest belt, and arriving at Lin Yi's "feet" in pieces.

Then, in the afterglow of the setting sun, green mist continued to evaporate, and finally turned into white powder particles and completely dissipated.

Lin Yi opened his mouth slightly, turned his head and saw Wei Shan turning around quickly.

Tian Bufan was stunned for a moment, then said: "Old Du told me that you can't kill them this way."

Wei Shan raised his lips slightly: "I know, but I just feel unhappy and want to vent my anger. Besides, they don't know my identity information, so there is no way for them to take revenge."

"..."

At this time, the evening breeze was blowing in the forest, causing the fog to surge. Lin Yi in the dream was in a peculiar VR perspective. He had no body and could not interfere, but he could actually feel the changes in the environment.

He seemed to be able to sense a strange thing in the depths of the greenbelt, like a water tank that was full and overflowing, slowly flowing towards the area where the campus was located.

He subconsciously narrowed his eyes and looked into the depths of the green forest belt.

However, at this moment, his main field of vision suddenly left Tian Bufan, as if seamlessly switching to someone else's first-person perspective, and began to move closer to the green forest belt...

[Hu, hu, hu…]

Rhythmic panting sounds appeared in his ears, and the scene in front of him was like a shot by a "cameraman" carrying a camera while running in the green belt, full of panting and bumpy camera movements.

“Swish…”

There was the sound of stepping on fallen leaves and soft sand.

[Hu, hu, hu…]

The "camera" continued to move forward, and Lin Yi seemed to be stuffed into the camera and began to sprint towards the sloping hillside.

Before Lin Yi could react, he noticed a thin mist spreading between the leaves. The mist rolled down from the front as if someone had set the mountain on fire, making a hissing sound like volcanic ash...

The "lens" paused briefly, then suddenly turned its head as if sensing something.

“Swish!”

I saw groups of sculptures appearing in the back, some of them were human-shaped sculptures and some were broken sculptures, all of them were crawling and chasing after the "cameraman".

Lin Yi could feel the "lens" shaking obviously a few times, as if the "cameraman" was stumbling backwards, and there was a series of "whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..." sounds in his ears.

The "lens" immediately readjusted to the front, but this time the "cameraman" did not continue climbing the slope. He seemed to be afraid of the thick fog in front of him that was like volcanic ash and in order to escape the sculptures behind him, he quickly swung left and right to observe, and then began to sprint towards the place where there was faint light.

The "camera" began to shake again, and Lin Yi seemed to have entered a first-person game live broadcast screen. He followed the "camera" and kept crossing the forest area. The only sounds around him were the "whooshing" sound of the wind, the "rustling" sound of feet stepping on leaves, and the "whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..." sound of panting.

Suddenly, the "lens" shook violently, and then the "cameraman" fell down as if he had tripped over some old tree roots.

The "lens" went dark and immediately emerged from the dead leaves. Lin Yi observed a pair of hands appear in the "lens". The "cameraman" was climbing up by grabbing a tree trunk and looking back at the same time.

The sculpture was not far from "him" like a tide, and the "lens" immediately turned back, but this time it was as if the "cameraman" saw the tree trunk at hand, and Lin Yi also got a close-up of the tree trunk through the "lens".

At this moment, Lin Yi felt as if the top of his head was blown off, and the cold air was stirring his brain, causing him to lose consciousness for a moment.

He saw a huge eyeball - growing right on the tree trunk that he was holding in his hand!

【ah! ! 】

He heard the terrified scream of the "cameraman" in his ears, and the shaking "camera" fell backwards with staggering steps.

Lin Yi tried hard to direct his attention past the shaking "lens" and onto the tree trunk. He stared at the trunk intently, only to see that there was not just one eyeball on the trunk, but... it was densely packed with eyeballs!
But gradually, those eyeballs suddenly began to flow slowly like twisted and sticky liquid patterns, and finally... all those big eyeballs disappeared, and in front of Lin Yi appeared a tree trunk that looked ordinary but exuded an indescribable weirdness.

This picture was taken by someone who recently entered S University for investigation. It is one of the few image materials that can be circulated. It has been partially processed due to consideration of the san value issue.

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Thanks to the book friends "Mingyubeizhanyong", "usjdnshhs", and "Shuihanhan" for their rewards! !
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PS: Let me briefly explain the number of days for entering school. Under normal circumstances, we say May 5th (the first day of school can be fine), but Lin Yi has a precise control of the concept of time when thinking, so he will use 6:18, the time of entering school, as the precise dividing line of the day. You don’t have to care about it. From the reader’s perspective, just use May 00th (the third day) for a macro summary. No matter what calculation of 5 days will not affect the reading of the plot, hehehe (raised eyebrows and sly smile)

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