Chapter 421 Xu Shunkang's Information
Chapter 421 Xu Shunkang's Information
X023年5月10日，8:02，B组2班。
Nine athletes formed a small group and sat in the same area. They didn't speak to each other. Each of them had a heavy heart and a look of deep hatred on their face.
Xu Shunkang clasped his fingers together, with his elbows resting on the folding table in front of him. His face was gloomy and his eyes were out of focus. It was unknown what he was doing. He had a bit of the lonely and cold temperament of Bu Jingyun when he sat on the eaves.
Sensing Lin Yi's approach, Xu Shunkang, who had just sat down, raised his head slightly and looked at Lin Yi. A hint of regret seemed to flash in his eyes.
Lin Yi walked up to Xu Shunkang and asked, "Senior, can we chat?"
Lin Yi's arrival broke the dull atmosphere in this area.
Xu Shunkang looked at him, then at Li Huiyuan, and nodded.
"sit down."
Seeing Xu Shunkang invite Lin Yi to sit down, the athletes around him had a flash of surprise in their eyes, but no one said anything.
"What do you want to ask?" Xu Shunkang asked directly.
Lin Yi did not hesitate and went straight to the point: "Senior, I want to ask what happened last night?"
When they heard Lin Yi ask this, the expressions of the athletes around them became nervous and they all subconsciously looked at Xu Shunkang.
The dull atmosphere that had been somewhat dispersed seemed to become somewhat solidified.
Xu Shunkang clenched his fists suddenly, and his body tensed up slightly.
He slowly uttered four words: "A bloody battle..."
After saying that, he fell silent again.
Lin Yi sat beside him. Seeing that he had not spoken again, he was thinking of some questions. But just when he was about to ask, Xu Shunkang took a deep breath and asked, "I heard that Lao Mo came to see you last night?"
Lin Yi didn't know why Xu Shunkang asked this question, nor did he know that Xu Shunkang actually knew Lao Mo, so he nodded: "Yes."
"What...does he want you to do?" Xu Shunkang asked.
Originally, Lin Yi came to Xu Shunkang to ask about the situation, but now it was Xu Shunkang who started asking him questions.
Hearing Lao Mo's name, the sports students nearby also became interested and turned their attention to Lin Yi, with a hint of curiosity and admiration in their eyes.
Of course, Lin Yi knew clearly in his heart that this curiosity and admiration were not for him, but for Lao Mo.
He fell silent.
Xu Shunkang narrowed his eyes: "Why? Isn't it convenient to say?"
Lin Yi shook his head slightly: "That's not the case...it's just that there are some details that I can't tell you for some special reasons, please forgive me."
Xu Shunkang laughed, but his laugh was a little deep: "I didn't expect that there are things in this campus that I don't know about, hehe..."
"Uh..." Lin Yi asked tentatively, "Can I say Night Watchman?"
Xu Shunkang's gloomy expression changed slightly.
Seeing this, Lin Yi continued to test: "And... the store owner?"
The corners of Xu Shunkang's mouth twitched fiercely, and finally, he uttered one word: "Fuck..."
"Okay, okay..." He leaned back in his chair somewhat helplessly. He had underestimated Lin Yi. Lin Yi's concerns actually made him feel worried.
It's outrageous fucking open the door to outrageous, outrageous home.
"Just tell me briefly..."
"Okay." Lin Yi came to ask for information, but Xu Shunkang needed to "warm up the audience" now, so he answered some questions first so that it would be convenient for him to ask questions later.
"Lao Mo took me to the art building."
"Hmm...then what?"
"It's over..."
"If it's just like this, I can guess it. Is there anything else? Why is he going to the art building? Why does he have to take you with him?" Xu Shunkang asked puzzledly.
"Lao Mo went to rescue an art student named 'Mu Daxian'. I'm not sure what their relationship is, but it seems like they have a good relationship." Lin Yi answered selectively, "As for taking me along... it's because I have some special talents and can help him a little."
"'Mu Daxian'..." Xu Shunkang muttered to himself, "Is it him?"
"You also know Mu Daxian?" Lin Yi asked back.
"I know a little bit about him," Xu Shunkang said. "I heard that he is an art student with great talent in art. We have had the experience of rushing to the art building to help several times before. I have seen him fighting side by side with the art teacher from afar. His ability is outstanding... I am ashamed of myself."
Lin Yi lowered his eyes slightly. Mu Daxian and Yuan Datou had entered the school together, but Xu Shunkang, who had a good relationship with Yuan Datou, didn't seem to know about it.
"Has Lao Mo returned to the cafeteria?" Xu Shunkang asked.
Lin Yi subconsciously tightened the shoulder straps of his backpack, and said in a low voice: "No..."
"This..." Xu Shunkang had a bad feeling, "No way? Could it be..."
Lin Yi said in a deep voice: "Lao Mo...sacrificed..."
"what?!"
"this……?!"
Xu Shunkang's expression suddenly changed, and the athletes around him also showed shocked expressions.
"How could Lao Mo die?!"
"Hasn't he already died once?!"
"This……"
Xu Shunkang's eyes were filled with regret, and he said in a lost voice, "What the boss said is indeed true... Lao Mo went to the Art Building, and he probably won't come back alive... But if he dies, how can we guard the cafeteria for the next few days?"
Lao Mo is the last drop of blood of the cafeteria. As long as Lao Mo is in the cafeteria, no matter how badly the cafeteria is defeated, it will be locked at the last drop of blood. But if Lao Mo is gone, the cafeteria's "blood locking mechanism" will no longer exist.
"Maybe... the store owner is back?" Lin Yi whispered. "The store owner..." Hearing the name of the store owner, Xu Shunkang's face was very unnatural, as if there was more fear than respect. "Did you see him in the art building?"
"I only saw a vague shadow..." Lin Yi shook his head, "Can you listen to this?"
Xu Shunkang said: "You can listen, but not too much. I just want to ask one question...Does the store owner know about Lao Mo's sacrifice in the Art Building?"
"I know." Lin Yi said. The store owner also asked him to take Lao Mo's heart back and give it to him. It seemed that Lao Mo could still be saved, but this was just his inference based on the store owner's words.
But Xu Shunkang's words reminded Lin Yi that Lao Mo was the last drop of blood in the cafeteria. Could it be that bringing Lao Mo's heart back was related to the cafeteria's "blood locking mechanism"?
Xu Shunkang felt a little more at ease after hearing this: "Since the store owner knows about this, he must have a plan to deal with it. However, I still have to report this to the boss as soon as possible..."
"Uh, that..." Lin Yi said quickly, "If you want to tell the boss, please add one more sentence. Try not to worry too much about Lao Mo. Uh, I mean... things are a foregone conclusion. Instead of being distracted by this matter, you should take care of your own affairs first."
Xu Shunkang hesitated for a moment, then nodded: "Okay, I'll take your words over. The boss doesn't like others to tell her what to do, but I will say that you told me to say it."
"Hiss..." Lin Yi took a deep breath, feeling that there seemed to be something behind Xu Shunkang's words.
"Do you have anything else to ask?" he asked. If not, it would be his turn.
"There's more." Xu Shunkang said.
"Okay..." Lin Yi replied helplessly, "You ask."
"Lao Mo died. How did you get back? What happened in the Art Building yesterday?"
Xu Shunkang's question was too broad, and Lin Yi didn't know how to answer it, so he thought about it carefully and then told Xu Shunkang what he wanted to know.
But what else could he say? It was nothing more than the Smiley Angel entering the art building, the art students protecting it, etc. But he omitted what he had experienced.
There were no loopholes in Lin Yi's words, because that was the truth. He chose to tell the truth, but only picked out part of the facts. He even concealed the matter of the library.
Xu Shunkang felt that something was missing, but he couldn't put his finger on it, so he asked again, "Then how did you get back alone?"
Lin Yi said: "Before Lao Mo died, he helped me design a retreat route... I followed the plan and successfully returned to the campus."
After listening to this, Xu Shunkang fell silent. He seemed not to have gotten the answer he wanted, but he didn't know what to ask next.
But this is the crux of the problem. He has no idea what Lin Yi's "schedule" is. Naturally, he can only raise some questions based on "Lin Yi's itinerary in his perception", but he cannot ask targeted questions about Lin Yi's actual itinerary.
Seeing that Xu Shunkang stopped asking questions, Lin Yi said, "Senior, do you have any other questions? If not, can you answer a few questions I want to know?"
Xu Shunkang stared at Lin Yi's face for a few seconds, then nodded: "Ask."
"What happened at the gym last night?"
Xu Shunkang said in a deep voice: "What do you want to know?"
Lin Yi thought about it and wanted to shamelessly say that he wanted to know everything, but considering that this might make Xu Shunkang unhappy, he asked pointedly: "I want to know what the gymnasium looked like when the gray fog invaded, and why the boss and the others went to the art building, but I didn't seem to see them at all?"
This was the benefit of Lin Yi answering Xu Shunkang's question first. According to human relations, Xu Shunkang couldn't refuse Lin Yi's question now, so he nodded slightly and asked first: "Before I say anything, I want to confirm whether your cognition can withstand this answer? About... the invasion of gray fog."
Lin Yi nodded: "Lao Mo told me a lot of things, I think I should know."
He actually doesn't need to use Lao Mo's endorsement, but bringing up Lao Mo will increase the credibility of his words by an order of magnitude.
Sure enough, when Xu Shunkang heard Lao Mo's name, his expression became more serious.
Lao Mo would not bring Lin Yi to the art building for no reason. There must be many reasons behind this, but Xu Shunkang was not sure whether his own knowledge could support him to know the secrets here, so he did not ask any questions.
Now, in Xu Shunkang's opinion, Lao Mo seemed to have foreseen his own sacrifice, so he told Lin Yi some things.
What was Lao Mo planning to do? Was he going to make Lin Yi a black bib chef? But was this the way to become a "black chef"? Xu Shunkang was unsure.
Perhaps only the eldest brother knew what Lao Mo was thinking, but he didn't have the courage to ask the eldest brother about these things.
He sorted out his thoughts and then replied: "Since you know about the 'Gray Mist Invasion', you should know that the essence of the Gray Mist Invasion is that a force that does not belong to this world is trying to invade this world."
Lin Yi nodded.
Xu Shunkang continued: "Whenever the flood season comes and the rainfall is excessive, there is a risk of rivers bursting their banks. The role of the gymnasium is like a dam."
“All athletes of level 2 and above need to shoulder the responsibility of building the dam at this time.”
"Some dirt will be mixed in the waves and washed ashore. We need to deal with them in time, otherwise when they enter the plain behind the dam, the consequences will be disastrous."
“For some reason, the dam that originally had some cracks has become surprisingly stable, so our work has become much easier.”
"But the eldest brother sensed something ominous, so he took some students to the art building..."
"You came back from the Art Building, so you should know what the situation is like over there."
“If the gymnasium is a dam, then the art building is the first gate in the river.”
Xu Shunkang paused, then continued: "You didn't see the boss and the others because they didn't enter the art building..."
"Didn't they enter the art building?" Lin Yi narrowed his eyes, a strange color flashed in his eyes, "Did they reach the coastline?"
"You really know all this." Xu Shunkang said.
Lin Yi did not deny: "That was the path that Lao Mo took me on. I think maybe it's the same path that Lao Da and the others took."
"That non-existent road outside the gymnasium seems to be a road that is tacitly acknowledged to exist by people with high combat power. However, because it requires a certain level of strength to set foot on that road, some people who are not strong enough may not know about it..." Lin Yi understood something in his heart.
"But if that's the case, why does Xu Shunkang's expression look so ugly?"
Lin Yi asked, "What happened when the boss and the others were supporting the art building? Did something unexpected happen?"
Xu Shunkang gritted his teeth and said, "You have walked that road, so you should know that not everyone can walk that road. Even if there is a boss leading the team, only a small number of athletes above the second level can go through. The rest of the people stayed in the green forest belt to purge some angry angels and fanatics."
“That’s where the problem arises.”
"I don't know what the fanatics did this time, but they actually attracted an ominous thing..."
"It was a being that surpassed the ordinary angel sculptures. It radiated a luster like glass fragments and was filled with dust like the afterglow of the setting sun..."
(End of this chapter)