Chapter 243 Step Back
Chapter 243: Step Back
The exclamation completely attracted Lin Yi's attention, and the subconscious desire to fight back dissipated for the most part.
Wei Liang paused and took a step back...
Lin Yi reacted very quickly and braked to avoid a collision with Wei Liang.
It was this feint backward step that caused the sunlight from the window that had been shining on Wei Liang to, without the shielding of his body, shoot like a sharp arrow onto the chef in the green bib who was already approaching!
The green bib chef was very fast, but compared to the light, he was not fast enough and was directly hit by the morning light.
"laugh--"
The two chefs in green bibs were unable to dodge and were hit by the sunlight. It was like pouring a basin of water on a scalding stone. A large amount of green mist quickly evaporated, and the body was sculpted at a speed visible to the naked eye...
As for the other half, because its speed was lagging behind, the lower half was still outside the shadow. Its upper body was hit by the sunlight and turned into a sculpture. Then, under the force of gravity, it fell to the ground and was covered with cracks with a "pop".
Half of his body was badly injured, but the chef in the green bib was not fatally wounded. His two legs kept digging the ground like chicken claws, and then he dragged his broken upper body and crawled into the shadow area little by little.
But the cracks couldn't bear the weight, and they peeled off piece by piece, until finally they all broke into pieces with a "snap", leaving only half of the pale spine, stained with some ketchup, which was slowly dragged into the shadow area.
The remaining two chefs in green bibs did not act rashly. Although their eyes showed strong desire, greed and murderous intent, they did not dare to do anything presumptuous because they were afraid of the sunlight.
However, Wei Liang seemed to be "completely unaware" of the changes on the green bib chef's side. He touched his head, glanced at the floor tiles at his feet, and said speechlessly: "Oops, I saw it wrong... Let's keep going, we should be there soon."
He continued walking forward as he spoke.
This move directly eliminated two and a half chefs in green bibs, but in the eyes of normal and mediocre trainees, it was just Wei Liang taking a step back because he misread the floor tiles.
Just this one step, like a butterfly effect, set off a series of chain reactions, killing the two green-bibbed chefs who were chasing them!
Such operations made Lin Yi's eyes flicker, as if the door to a new world of operations had been opened.
In the eyes of those who don’t understand, Wei Liang is just like that, but in the eyes of Lin Yi who knows many details, Wei Liang’s operation is full of details, and it can even be said to be top-level micro-management and precise calculation, with a kind of beauty of simplicity!
After walking a few steps, Wei Liang pointed ahead and said, "Look, it's over there, but I've never been in there. I always take things at the door and swipe my card to leave."
Several people looked in the direction of Wei Liang's finger, and saw a somewhat messy door in a corner that even the incandescent light in the cafeteria could not reach.
The portal had one door closed and a round sign saying "Open for Business" hung on it. The other door was open to the inside, but inside the door was a mess with a strange white mist floating in it. It was hard to tell whether it was foggy or shiny...
But around the portal, there was an area of illumination composed of orange light, which looked like an invisible street lamp.
Outside the half-open door, there were some stalls and shelves, on which different types of biscuits, breads and mineral water were placed in a disorderly manner. It looked like some unwanted expired food that had been thrown there casually.
"It is indeed the entrance to the convenience store!" Lin Yi exclaimed in a low voice.
Wei Liang said, "Okay, okay, that's right, but I advise you not to go in. It looks like tear gas has been thrown in here. It's all gray and gloomy. It's too discouraging! Let's each pick three items of food, then swipe our cards and run!"
As he spoke, he nimbly moved from the area of light to the door of the store, skillfully selected a roll of biscuits, a loaf of bread and a bottle of mineral water, then went to the shopping terminal nearby and swiped his card.
Then he put down the backpack, unzipped it, stuffed the biscuits, bread and shoes together, and adjusted the position with effort. Finally, he stuffed the mineral water into the bag instead of putting it in the pocket on the side of the backpack.
Lin Yi came to the shelf and saw a small sign hanging on it. It read concisely:
[You can purchase up to three items at a time, and each meal period is considered as 'one time'! ]
[Do not choose food coated with ketchup!!!]
[If you do not find the shopping terminal when checking out, please discard the selected food and return along the original route as soon as possible. If you find that the original route is abnormal, enter the canteen immediately! ! ! ]
【Violation of any of the rules will result in consequences!!!】
Compared to other notices, the words on this sign cannot even be considered as "rules". At most, they are just some "reminders". For Lin Yi, who has seen a lot of ups and downs and even entered a convenience store, it does not have much information value at all.
There is only one new clue: [If you find it during settlement... enter the store immediately!!!]
He followed Wei Liang's example and picked out a roll of biscuits, a loaf of bread and a bottle of water. After swiping the card, he also stuffed them all into his bag.
In this way, including the one biscuit roll each yesterday, there were two biscuit rolls, a loaf of bread and a bottle of mineral water in each of their bags.
The rest of the people also swiped their cards.
"If everything is done, shall we go?" Wei Liang asked.
"Let's go." Lin Yi glanced at his watch.
"7:28"
Everything went smoothly until they reached the exit of the student cafeteria and opened the plastic curtain without any problems.
Before lifting the plastic air curtain, Lin Yi observed the entrance on both sides of the student passage from two perspectives, before and after lifting the plastic air curtain. Unfortunately, he did not see Lao Mo in both observations.
Lao Mo...seems to be really gone.
But Lin Yi couldn't judge whether Lao Mo "no longer existed" or "was not here" just from these superficial observations.
After leaving the student cafeteria, the figures of several people disappeared in the student passage.
In a corner of the student cafeteria, a pair of eyes slowly withdrew their gaze until their figures disappeared from sight.
This is a boy wearing a dark green art student uniform, who looks to be around 25 or 26 years old. There is a hideous scar at the corner of his mouth that splits towards the left. He is eating a tomato bite by bite.
“I actually… escaped from there unscathed…”
He looked at the vague door of the store with some fear, and then suddenly, as if he saw something, a hint of panic appeared in his eyes. He quickly lowered his head and began to eat a tomato in silence.
…The orange light of the store flickered like an unstable electric current, and the grayish-white mist that filled the store door fluctuated like green smoke.
When the light mist fluctuated, it seemed as if the outline of a human figure was floating vaguely.
This figure was standing right at the main entrance of the store. He seemed to have always been there, but even such a figure standing at the door, only one step away from several people, did not attract anyone's attention!
Even though Lin Yi glanced at the portal a few times, he didn't have any warning at all, and didn't even notice anything was wrong.
……
At 023:5 on May 9, X7, Lin Yi and his group left the sign in front of the cafeteria and stepped onto the cobblestone road.
When leaving, some latecomers were still rushing into the student passage and heading to the cafeteria to have breakfast.
Glancing at the figures gradually disappearing in the student passage, Lin Yi couldn't help but smile bitterly.
For ordinary people, half an hour is more than enough to have breakfast, but for them, it seems that if they enter the cafeteria at the opening time, they have to worry about whether they can leave on time...
It’s just a meal, but every time it feels like I’m experiencing a perverted version of the “Hey! Running Gay” chasing game.
"call--"
After a sweaty breakfast, they finally left the cafeteria, and everyone breathed a long sigh of relief.
Tian Bufan glanced at Lin Yi and asked, "Old Lin, what do you want to say after the word 'and' when you were drinking porridge?"
"What do you mean 'and'?" Lin Yi asked in surprise.
"You don't remember?" Tian Bufan was stunned and asked in surprise, "How long has it been since you last remembered?"
"Damn, who can remember this! Okay, let me think about it..." Lin Yi said speechlessly, thinking to himself, Mr. Tian, you are such a ruthless file-loading machine, how can you continue this?
"When we were talking about something going wrong in the cafeteria, you said something else..." Tian Bufan reminded in a low voice, trying to put Lin Yi into the "conversation archive" of that time.
"Okay, I remember a little bit..." Lin Yi couldn't help but cover half of his face, "I remember that at about that time I wanted to say 'and the people in the cafeteria are also weird', because I... I actually saw the people queuing up for meals at the No. 1 and No. 5 meal purchase windows."
Wei Liang shuddered suddenly and jumped up in fear: "Damn it, Lao Lin, even though we are in broad daylight, please don't scare me!"
"There's clearly no one there!"
"Oh, yes, yes, there is indeed no one there." Lin Yi nodded repeatedly, then looked at Tian Bufan and said, "Let's continue to talk about the topic of people there?"
Wei Liang: “…”
Then he quietly covered his ears and stole the bell.
Tian Bufan thought for a moment, then nodded: "You go ahead."
Lin Yi then told him everything he had seen.
After hearing this, Tian Bufan narrowed his eyes and stroked his chin, pondering: "A group of people lined up... and there is a shadow behind them... The shadow is different from the people... It's quite interesting..."
"What do you think?" Lin Yi asked.
Tian Bufan said: "If we only focus on this phenomenon, then perhaps there are some problems with the layer they are in, just like when we were having dinner a few days ago, there were also 'fake people' queuing at the No. 10 purchase window but we couldn't see them clearly for a while."
"But the time period is a bit special now, and there is a problem in the cafeteria... If we take the cafeteria's problem into consideration, it may not be that simple. I need to organize some information, and then analyze and think about it... Let's talk about it at noon or the next time we meet."
"Okay, I'll just think about it." Lin Yi nodded. This kind of thing cannot be rushed. Just like doing a question, you have to analyze it patiently first.
He changed the question and said, "Speaking of which, have you noticed that there are no green-bibbed chefs sneaking around to watch people today? Those fake people have also been much more well behaved. Only the green-bibbed chefs at the No. 10 purchase window are still 'following the procedures' to hunt us down... I don't know what happened to the others."
Tian Bufan pondered for a moment, then said: "Generally speaking, for these units that rely on 'sensing', there are very few factors that can affect their behavior, and almost all of them need to start from the point of 'sensing'..."
"And judging from what you said about the differences in status between 'Him', 'Angel', and 'Angel Sculpture', it is very likely that some special being has entered the area where the cafeteria is located and has had some impact on their 'activities'."
"It could also be like in the animal world, where lions appear, jackals will retreat."
"However, these are just my guesses and should not be taken seriously."
"Could the lurking of the green bib chef be related to Lao Mo's disappearance?"
“It’s hard to say…”
Lin Yi thought for a moment, then said, "However, the blue bib chefs have become a lot weirder...theoretically, they should be 'honest', right?"
"If you really want to divide them into 'positive' and 'negative', you can say that. They should at least be on the 'school' side, right?" Tian Bufan nodded. "I also feel that they are not normal. I suspect that the ones we saw are most likely transforming into green bib chefs..."
"Yes, I thought so too." Lin Yi then shared his observations of the chefs in blue bibs. "They are not normal at all. They look like ghosts. They seem to walk without taking any steps, and they linger in the shadow area. It's very scary..."
After briefly discussing the issue of the blue bib chef, Lin Yi decided not to continue discussing this fruitless issue.
He was still very concerned about what happened in the dormitory last night, or what happened to Tian Bufan and the others who were pretending to be asleep, so he said, "By the way..."
"By the way..." Tian Bufan spoke in unison with him.
"Uh...you say." Lin Yi was stunned for a moment, then said.
Tian Bufan then asked, "Do you have anything else to say about that dream?"
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