Chapter 2 Don't look back
Seeing that the bus didn't open the door, the female teacher couldn't help but speak urgently: "Students, it's going to be dark soon, please hurry up and get off the bus!"
"Yes, master, why don't you open the door?" Upon hearing this, the passengers became anxious and started urging the driver to open the door. Seeing that the driver was indifferent, some even threatened to complain against him.
"Listen to me, everyone, this driver may have mental problems! I was sitting behind him just now, and I listened to him reciting the driver's rules in a deep voice all the way. I don't think he will open the door for us!" A girl couldn't help but speak, and then shouted to the passengers at the door, "Brother, please open the door. If it continues like this, it will get dark!"
“Yes, open the door quickly! Don’t waste time! I heard that this school is quite weird after dark.” Passengers urged anxiously one by one.
Lin Yi and Wei Liang sat relatively back, looking at the large and small bags crowded in the bus aisle. Since they couldn't get out, they simply sat in their seats and waited.
While waiting, Lin Yi clung to the car window and looked at the people outside. Although their voices were urgent, their figures remained motionless in the mist, like sculptures.
After waiting for a long time, Wei Liang couldn't help but frowned and muttered in confusion: "There's something wrong with this driver. When I came last time, the driver opened the door as soon as he arrived. Why does it look like a piece of wood this time?"
At this moment, a passenger close to the driver's seat took advantage of the driver's attention being focused on the female teacher to look at the door open button, then quickly reached up and pressed it quickly.
"Let's go! Get off the bus!" As the first passenger rushed out of the bus, many people who had been waiting for a long time also rushed out of the bus.
The driver reacted immediately and closed the door in time, but several passengers had already got out of the car. Looking at these people who walked straight towards the female teacher after entering the school gate, he rolled down the window and shouted loudly: "Hey! Check to see if they have name tags!"
One of the passengers suddenly stopped, exited the school gate and came to the bus. Just when the driver was about to speak, the man raised his middle finger at the driver: "Sabi!"
Then he rushed into the fog without looking back.
The driver looked ugly and banged the steering wheel hard: "You are a bastard! A bunch of pamphlets are seeking death!"
"Brands?" Lin Yi was stunned for a moment, and then immediately remembered the second article of the student code - except for students, all staff on campus wear specific uniforms and wear badges. Be wary of people without badges and don't believe anything they say.
“Don’t get out of the car until I see it clearly!” The driver said in a low voice through gritted teeth. “Don’t worry about time. As long as you don’t enter the school, you don’t have to abide by the rules. I always feel something is wrong with those people. It’s a foggy day. You guys can stay in the car overnight and wait until tomorrow to go to school.”
"Master, you are so stupid, do you really believe in that weird stuff?" A girl wearing a sailor suit and a pink cartoon cat hairpin blew bubble gum and shrugged with disdain, "Those things are just mysteries and gimmicks to attract attention. How come it's been 23 years and people still believe it?"
Hhearing these remarks, the driver couldn't help but said: "Little girl, you come here but you don't believe in the student code? You don't even memorize it, right?"
The girl weighed the pamphlet in her hand, shook her head and said with a smile: "Master, these rules are just nonsense, what's the point? I might as well follow everyone. With so many people walking together, it's safe, right?"
The driver couldn't help but huffed when he heard this: "It's hard to persuade someone who wants to die, little girl, you are so brave."
The girl wanted to say something to despise the driver, but the voice of the passenger who got off the car earlier came from the fog: "Master, you have a name tag, no problem!"
"Do you have a name tag?" The driver muttered, but still frowned. He thought for a while and asked, "The fog is so thick, did you really see clearly? Did you see the number?"
"Master, please stop being so suspicious!" the girl muttered while chewing gum, carrying her satchel in one hand and walking to the door of the car. She said impatiently, "That's almost it. You can open the door, master!"
There were also urging voices in the mist from time to time. The driver was forced to open the door slowly and hesitantly.
The remaining passengers began to get off the bus one after another, but the driver still reminded them to take a closer look.
Lin Yi went to the last row and patted his roommates: "Maozi, Wei Sang, Mr. Tian, Kuai Kuai, wake up and get out of the car!"
Wei Liang shouted at the door of the car: "Old Lin, hurry up, we're going to leave you!"
"You go first, we'll be here soon." Mao Feiyang yawned sleepily and waved his hand.
Lin Yi hesitated for a moment, then hurriedly got out of the car: "Liangzi, wait for me, here we come!"
After Lin Yi got out of the car, the driver glanced at the back row with some confusion, then he didn't know what he thought of, and silently looked away.
The mountain fog was very thick. Lin Yi and others walked on the ground with ripples every step of the way, like stepping on smoke rings.
After entering the school gate, Lin Yi suddenly had the illusion that the world was leaving him, and the ground behind him seemed to be stretched countless times in an instant.
He turned around, and the strange sense of space stretching disappeared instantly. The nearby bus was still looming in the fog, but for a moment he couldn't tell whether it was blue or another color. He shook his head suddenly, and after taking a closer look, he was sure that it was still a blue bus.
He turned to look ahead and saw that the first group of passengers to get off the bus had disappeared into the mist along with some of the student leaders, leaving only the female teacher and a few students still greeting them.
Lin Yi looked at the chest of the female teacher and saw a badge stuck there. But just when he was about to walk over with a sigh of relief, his whole body suddenly trembled.
He caught up with Wei Liang and grabbed his hand: "Liangzi, wait a minute! Don't go there!"
Wei Liang jumped a little as he was pulled, and turned his head in confusion: "What's going on?"
Lin Yi came up and whispered in a low voice: "Don't go there, she doesn't have a badge!"
"Ah?" Wei Liang was stunned.
"Look carefully, that badge... looks like it was drawn on paper!" Lin Yi lowered his voice and said, "Have you not been here before? Do you think that badge is real or fake?"
Wei Liang quickly calmed down and glanced at the female teacher cautiously, then withdrew his gaze as fast as lightning. He shuddered and subconsciously shrank behind Lin Yi: "Fuck! It's really fake! It's fake. Compare! What’s going on with this horse? ”
“Wait a minute! Teacher, student, teacher, student...” Wei Liang’s thoughts started to change, his eyes rolling wildly, “Damn, are they the legendary art teacher and art student?!”
“Student code! Student code!” Wei Liang muttered to himself, and Lin Yi could feel the impatient and dangerous atmosphere like the smell of garlic.
Wei Liang hurriedly said: "Street light! Yes, Old Lin, look for a street light!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Yi felt a breath of fresh air blowing through the fog. The fog not far away dispersed, revealing a dark street lamp pole.
Wei Liang saw this street light pole that appeared as if he heard a call. The air-conditioning in Tianling Gai was surging, and his body was trembling slightly. He grabbed Lin Yi's wrist in turn and said in a trembling voice: "Old Lin, don't be fooled! Find a bright street lamp!"
His voice was extremely low: "I remembered! In abnormal weather, the only reliable thing is the bright street light!"
At this moment, some students around noticed something unusual about Lin Yi and Wei Liang, and the female teacher also began to urge: "Classmates, come here quickly! Time is running out!"
The female teacher's calm voice seemed particularly harsh at this moment, stimulating Lin Yi and the two like a magic sound.
Other passengers also started chirping to let Lin Yi and others pass, so as not to waste everyone's time.
Wei Liang was very anxious, but he did not dare to show any abnormality.
At the critical moment, Lin Yi came up with a plan, and then said loudly: "Teacher, wait a minute, we still have roommates in the car, let's go and call them!"
"You... tut! You go back quickly!" There was a hint of urging in the female teacher's voice.
"Okay teacher!" Lin Yi quickly tugged at the corner of Wei Liang's clothes, and the two of them hurriedly walked towards the bus at the school gate.
But before they had taken a few steps, there was a "rustling" sound behind them, like the sound of stones rubbing against the ground.
Something hidden in the mist was approaching them. It was not fast, but it was enough to give them a strong sense of oppression.
At this moment, the female teacher’s urging voice came from behind them: "It’s too slow! Go faster!"
The voice was a little stiff, but there was an undeniable flavor.
"If it's too late, just turn back."
Lin Yi and Wei Liang only felt a cold air going back and forth on their spines, shuddering.
"Don't look back! Don't look back! Don't look back!" The content of the student code suddenly appeared in Lin Yi's mind.
Student Code of Conduct Article 3: If you hear footsteps or calls from behind at any time, no matter how close the footsteps are or how urgent the calls are, please do not look back. The footsteps will disappear when you return to the streetlight or building.
"As long as you don't look back, it's theoretically safe!"
However, originally they only got off the bus and walked a few meters. When Lin Yi looked back, the bus was looming not far away, but when they turned around and returned along the original road, there was no trace of the bus at all!
A strange feeling mixed with mist enveloped Lin Yi like a tide. He suddenly reacted. The mist and the brick patterns on the ground under their feet had lost their direction. They had turned around just now, but they were most likely not walking towards the school gate!
"Lost..." Lin Yi clenched his fists and gritted his teeth unwillingly.
Wei Liang also reacted belatedly, and cold sweat suddenly broke out on his forehead.
"Yes, it's raw once, cooked twice, sprinkled with cumin three times and served to the table. If I had known better, I wouldn't have been a repeat customer!" Wei Liang looked extremely ugly, the streetlight was nowhere to be found, and the bus was nowhere to be seen. He was really doomed right now!
Lin Yi suddenly discovered something and said in a deep voice: "Liangzi, there is a lamppost in front of us!"
Wei Liang said with a sad face: "But Lao Lin, it didn't turn on the light!"
Lin Yi rolled up his sleeves, and the old-fashioned quartz watch on his wrist beat the hands vigorously: "It is now five-fifty-eight, and the campus lights are turned on at six o'clock. In two minutes, if the light comes on, we will go there!"
“What if it’s not bright?” Wei Liang subconsciously panicked, but Lin Yi had already lowered his head and stared at the ground at his feet.
"I don't know either... so we'd better pray that it's true."
Wei Liang's lips were trembling, and two contradictory emotions of calmness and fear appeared on him at the same time. He subconsciously said: "Then, what should we do now?"
In this extremely dangerous time, At this time, Lin Yi squatted down calmly and touched a certain cobblestone on the ground with his hand, "Liangzi, do you still remember the 7th rule of the student code?"
The 7th rule of the student code: If you cannot find the numbered street light at the first time, please lower your head and stare at the ground under your feet to find any reference that can make you sure that you are still on the road.
"It doesn't matter what is behind us, as long as we abide by the rules, we should be safe." Lin Yi said calmly, "There are still 2 minutes... no, 1 minute and 34 seconds! We can give it a try! What do you think?"
"What do you think at this time, so be it, I'll stud with you!" Wei Liang could clearly feel something calling him from behind.
The best case scenario is that it is really just the female teacher calling him.
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The sound of the scratching hands of the quartz watch and the sound of Lin Yi's increasingly precious breathing could be clearly heard in the mist.
Lin Yi's heart was beating hard, stuck in his chest and stuck in his throat. He could feel the ground under his feet changing slightly, and the texture of the cobblestone floor began to become like the lines of a python...
In the flowing mist, there seemed to be eyes watching them...
From behind.
From all directions.
17:59:57……17:59:58……17:59:59……”
Lin Yi gritted his teeth, his eyes piercing the fog like a sharp sword, staring straight at the street lamp in front of him.
18:00:00!
Time is up!
The traditional incandescent lamp in the lamppost lights up as the electricity is turned on, and the orange-yellow light curtain disperses the fog, forcing away the weird atmosphere like a pair of invisible big hands.
The two of them ran away and rushed towards the street light.
Under the light, the shadows of the two people lengthened behind them and penetrated into the depths of the thick fog.
Dense fog surged from all directions, and the rustling sounds became anxious and annoying. The female teacher let out a low growl, like the sound of a crawling beast rolling its throat.
The two of them rushed under the street lamp. Lin Yi immediately looked at the lamp post.
"Teaching Building-023"
"The scope of the teaching building..."
He collapsed and leaned against the lamppost, breathing heavily.
But before he could breathe a sigh of relief, Wei Liang's frightened voice trembled.
Even through the thick fog, Lin Yi could see their bloodless, pale, waxy faces.
The passengers who originally gathered around the female teacher have long since disappeared.
XMay 6, 2023, 18:03.
S city university teaching building - under the lamppost of No. 023 Road.
Outside the range of the bright yellow incandescent light, there were crowds of people in the swirling fog, and figures hidden in the darkness stared at them like sculptures.
(End of this chapter)