Chapter 335: Lao Mo leads the team, the non-existent road

Chapter 335: Lao Mo leads the team, the non-existent road

Chapter 335: Lao Mo leads the team, the non-existent road
Because theoretically speaking, Mu Daxian also got the "Chef's Code" from Lao Mo, so maybe he can also get the "Chef's Code" from Lao Mo?

At this moment, he suddenly missed Mao Feiyang. If that guy Mao was here, he would probably have been acting very servile and getting along well with Lao Mo.

When he thought of Maozi, Lin Yi suddenly felt a sense of dog-shit echoing in his chest. In addition, he looked at the mountain-like bag on Lao Mo's back. Every time he walked, it was like a wave crest, trembling "DuangDuangDuang~", with an inexplicable silicone temperament.

So at a certain moment, he seemed to be possessed by Maozi, and couldn't help but say: "Lao Mo... Will it consume your energy to carry such a big bag? Do you want me to help you carry a smaller bag?"

He pointed to the other backpack that Lao Mo was carrying.

Lao Mo thought about it, then said, "That's fine, it's prepared for you anyway."

As he spoke, he put the huge bag down from his back, motioned for Lin Yi to take it, and he put on another small bag.

Lin Yi looked at the bag that was as big as a mountain man's snail shell, tilted his neck slightly, and put on a black question mark face: "???"

"I'm being polite, but you're not being polite at all"

But he was secretly happy in his heart. Isn't this breaking the ice?

At least it’s a good start!

He reached out to take the bag. With his current physical condition, it was naturally easy for him to carry it on his back, but when the bag was on his back, he could judge what was inside the bag through the feedback.

"Huh...this is all food?"

At this moment, he suddenly realized that what Lao Mo said was "It's prepared for you anyway."

Lao Mo said, "Before I left, I went to the store and picked up some for you to use on your journey. If you feel hungry on the road ahead, tell me and I'll let you stop and eat to replenish your energy."

"So many?" Lin Yi was a little surprised, and then he realized something, "That's not right... In the store's instructions..."

The canteen instructions stipulate that for units without student ID cards:

[You can take away any item in the store (note that it must be a labeled item), but no more than three items and no duplicates. After selecting your items, please follow the blue exit sign to leave the store immediately.]

It was obvious that such a large bag could not contain only three items. There seemed to be six or seven bottles of water alone, clanging and swaying on his back.

Lao Mo said calmly, "The boss of the convenience store will treat you."

Lin Yi was suddenly silenced.

"Okay, you're awesome. The store owner is treating us. We really can't afford to offend him..."

He also noticed that the texture of this bundle seemed to be very similar to the style of the bed sheet he had taken...

It seems that the store owner not only treated us to a meal, but also gave us a take-away box as a gift.

only……

"Can you finish all this?"

Lao Mo patted his backpack and said, "I was afraid you didn't have enough, so I went to the cafeteria and brought you some extra food."

"Ah? Isn't takeout not allowed in the cafeteria...Okay, just pretend I didn't ask..." It's impossible to restrain someone who even asks the canteen owner to treat you. Lin Yi's mouth twitched slightly, "But what's that?"

"Some fresher ingredients." Lao Mo looked into his eyes.

Lin Yi gave a helpless smile: "It can't be a tomato, right?"

Lao Mo smiled without saying anything, his smile as ugly and creepy as ever.

Lin Yi shut up instantly.

“Oh my god…”

Lao Mo's reaction made him feel creepy, and also made him feel that if there were only tomatoes in the bag, it seemed acceptable. He was afraid that it was something even more outrageous than tomatoes.

Just then, Lao Mo stopped beside a lamppost.

Lin Yi then stopped.

Under their feet was some rolling white mist.

Around them was a thick fog that had already spread.

A little further away is the green forest belt.

Lao Mo simply identified the location and said, "Follow me."

After saying that, he raised his foot and stepped toward the outside of the cobblestone road...

Lin Yi yelled in his heart, but he still hurriedly followed.

As soon as he stepped out of the lighted area, an indescribable chilly feeling came from all directions like cold air, constantly stimulating the touch of his skin.

“Swish…”

“Swish…”

In the mist, the sounds of the nocturnal creatures and the pseudo-human sculptures moving could be vaguely heard.

These dark and crawling non-human units only dared to approach them at this moment, but as if they were afraid of Lao Mo's breath, even though they had left the protection of the street lights, those nocturnal creatures still did not dare to act rashly.

Lin Yi followed Lao Mo closely. He knew that these nocturnal creatures relied more on instinct than wisdom, and even if it was out of instinct, they knew to avoid Lao Mo's edge.

This shows the value of Lao Mo.

"Don't worry, these are things that are not allowed to see the light of day. With me here, they dare not come near us."

Lao Mo's calm voice slowly sounded in front of him.

"Not daring to get close is the best, and it saves me a lot of energy."

Lin Yi nodded silently, but he was behind Lao Mo, so Lao Mo definitely couldn't see him.

Lao Mo continued, "We will walk along this road for a while. If nothing goes wrong, we will arrive at the area where the art building is located at 22:00..."

"It'll take an hour and a half?" Lin Yi glanced at his watch. It was now 20:36.

"Normally, it would take this long," Lao Mo said. "However, considering the distortion of time and the deviation in space, it may not be so accurate. It doesn't matter if there are some accidents. As long as we arrive at the Art Building before midnight, it will be fine."

In Lao Mo's self-customized plan, there is a 2-hour tolerance for time.

Lin Yi was a little confused: "What does the distortion of time and the deviation of space mean?"

Lao Mo kept walking, but paused for a moment before continuing, "I don't understand this either, so I can't give you too much explanation. If you want to know the principle, you have to ask someone more professional... I'm a cook, not an inventor of how to cook. I know how much salt to put in a dish, and what to do if I put too much, but I don't know why I have to put so much salt. Do you understand me?"

"I understand a little bit..." Lin Yi nodded.

"I know you don't understand, you're just trying to deal with me." Lao Mo said bluntly, "But it doesn't matter, you will slowly see some 'phenomena', those phenomena are distorted manifestations, but don't take them too seriously or over-interpret them." "For the part that you can't accept cognitively, just keep the first impression of the phenomenon, otherwise your brain will burn out and it will really become a supply station without thoughts."

Lin Yixin said you are a very nice person.

Lao Mo added: "The boss is a little concerned about you."

"Eh..." Lin Yi's heart skipped a beat. "Why are you bringing up something irrelevant? But how do you know that the boss cares about me?"

The corners of his mouth curled up slightly, and he couldn't suppress it.

"Anyone with a discerning eye can see that." Lao Mo said, not forgetting to pour cold water on him, "But it's not the kind of concern you think... It's more like the kind of care for newcomers."

"If I come across a good seedling, I will not give up on him easily."

"On the contrary, it's the girl next to the boss who seems to be very worried about you."

"I feel like if she was strong enough, she would definitely take down one of us on the spot..."

"Isn't it Li Huiyuan that Lao Mo is talking about..." Lin Yi's heart moved slightly, and then he asked tentatively: "Then your seedling, could it be Mu Daxian?"

"You know him?" Lao Mo was a little surprised. "No, he has never left since he entered the school... Did you know him outside the school?"

Lin Yi was immediately convinced by Lao Mo's reaction, but he could only evade the question by saying, "It's a bit complicated... I can't explain it."

Lin Yi curled his lips in his heart, thinking that if he said he had seen Mu Daxian in his dream, he would definitely be beaten by Lao Mo.

What man normally dreams about men...

"Everyone has some secrets. It's okay if you don't tell them." Lao Mo was also very calm. "Since we know each other, it will be much easier to talk about it..."

Lin Yi's heart moved when he heard this, and he felt that he had accidentally poked the paper that communicated with Lao Mo?

He felt that he was one step closer to getting the Chef's Code!
After all, in terms of exploring the campus, Lao Mo seemed to be the only person he could get intelligence related to the cafeteria from.

Of course, Lin Yi also knew that he shouldn't be too presumptuous to ask Lao Mo about things like the "Chef's Code", but perhaps he could first ask about information related to the cafeteria.

However, just as he was about to speak, Lao Mo said, "You have to follow me closely from now on. The wind will be a bit strong. If you can't bear it, call me and I will help you."

"Wind?" Lin Yi was stunned for a moment, but immediately realized something, and a light bulb went off in his mind -

"Could it be that 'road that doesn't exist'?"

"It can't be wrong!"

That non-existent road leads to the direction where the sea breeze comes from, and this direction is naturally the seaside!

Lao Mo affirmed: "It's not just wind, it's sea breeze... the wind at the seaside."

After he said that, he raised his foot and stepped out.

Lin Yi followed in real time.

“Bo…”

A cool feeling passed along Lin Yi's skin, making him feel as if he was passing through an invisible curtain of water.

“Hoo—hoo—hoo—”

Behind the water curtain, the sound of the rushing wind echoed directly in Lin Yi's ears, almost making him lose his balance in his first step.

There was also a faint stench of rotten fish and shrimp mixed in the wind, as if the thick smell was torn apart by the wind and spread over.

"It's this road!"

Lin Yi's eyes lit up. In this way, the path he had deduced before was verified at this time.

As for the details of the route, they can be supplemented by what you see and hear along the way for subsequent deductions.

If possible, this road might be his way to the Art Building in the future.

Lao Mo didn't look at Lin Yi, but he seemed to have eyes behind him that sensed his every move.

The two of them moved forward slowly along this road.

Soon, a figure appeared in front.

"That is..." Lin Yi said. He naturally didn't know that person, but he had seen similar features on the little genius.

He walked dully and sluggishly like a zombie.

"That's a person who's already dead," said Old Mur. "Death has allowed the pollution to seep into their bodies, and it continues to haunt them after death, taking them back to their roots like salmon returning to their spawning grounds."

"Return to the source, upstream?" Lin Yi seemed to have thought of something. "After the gray fog appeared, ripples would appear on the campus from time to time. Could that kind of fluctuation be coming from the so-called source?"

"What ripples?"

"Just like... when the lights on campus flicker, they change at a certain frequency. Is that fluctuation related to that source?"

"Oh? Can you feel that fluctuation?" Lao Mo's tone changed from being rare and dull to showing some ups and downs.

Lin Yi said: "I have started to feel it recently. I couldn't feel it at the beginning."

"Then you have made great progress. From the first time I saw you until now, your changes can be described as a complete transformation... You should understand that I am not only talking about 'cognition', but also 'physiological' and 'psychological' changes."

Lin Yi groaned: "So that kind of fluctuation...?"

"That kind of fluctuation needs to be differentiated and cannot be generalized. Any unit, once the life form begins to move closer to the 'root', will produce that kind of aura... You can think of it as a limited 'magnetic field', 'tide', or use the official definition - 'field'."

"'Root'... is it the source of the pollution in the entire campus? The thing in the deep ocean?" Lin Yi asked.

Lao Mo was a little surprised: "You seem to know a lot... It seems that you agreed to go to the art building with me because of some personal matters?"

"Forget it. I don't care about your personal affairs. As long as they don't conflict with my purpose, we can just get what we want."

Lin Yi was a little surprised by Lao Mo's frankness, but this was just right and was exactly what Lin Yi wanted.

Lao Mo continued, "There are many different opinions about the 'origin'. Some believe it is in the depths of the ocean, some believe it is the ocean itself, and some believe it is a mysterious extraterrestrial creature, or even an energy form that does not belong to the category of living things, that has an impact on the earth."

"Like the tides, this influence indirectly affects the earth through the ocean, and through the ocean on the other side of the art building, pollution continues to seep in..."

"I've been to the art building a few times. I personally tend to think that the source of the pollution is the ocean or an extraterrestrial being... an existence that is far beyond our understanding no matter from which angle it is observed. It doesn't even matter whether it is a living thing or not, and it doesn't matter whether it can be observed or not."

"That kind of thing changed the whole world, but it's not like cooking a pot of food all at once, but it ignites a certain area and radiates it everywhere."

“And the area that was on fire was the ocean over there on the art building.”

(End of this chapter)