Chapter 24 The notice board in front of the cafeteria
The lunch opening hours of the university cafeteria in S City are 10:40~13:20, but the morning classes do not end until 11:00.
Despite this, there is still plenty of time left for students to have lunch.
X On May 7, 2023, at 11:02, Lin Yi and Wei Liang stepped out of the classroom one after another.
The moment he walked out of the classroom, Lin Yi's heart suddenly palpitated. He subconsciously looked back at the classroom and the door frame of the classroom.
It was obviously only a door away, but Lin Yi had a strange feeling in his heart - it seemed that as long as this door was closed, the entire classroom would be isolated from the world.
There seem to be two worlds inside and outside the door.
He lowered his head and looked at his surroundings. The gray-white corridor walls were paved with tiles carved with exaggerated patterns, like the reliefs carved under the stone bridges in ancient villages to suppress evil spirits, which gave him a strong sense of cult.
He looked ahead. In front of the teacher's office, the house number of Class 1, Group B, was clearly visible, and behind it was another teacher's office and the house number of Class 3, Group B.
Although there is some distance between classes, it is not like last night when you can’t even see them after walking for so long.
He looked at the environment near the classroom door again, then squinted his eyes and squatted down.
I saw a material similar to the sculpture fragments beside the podium remaining on the ground at the door of the classroom. There were also many hardened fragments scattered around. It seemed that the security guard was not careful last night.
But what puzzled him was that there were steps outside the corridor. If he remembered correctly, the security guard should have rolled down the steps with the unknown creature yesterday, but there was no trace of damage on the entire step.
"With a body like a security guard, plus such a thick iron chain, let alone holding an unknown creature, even if you roll down a bucket of water, the steps will not be intact, right?"
"At least there should be some scratches..."
He was thoughtful, and suddenly remembered the scene he felt in a trance last night.
When the thick fog rose, the entire campus seemed to be covered by a quilt, so groggy that even the moonlight could not penetrate.
The teaching building eroded by thick fog in that environment is like a ship lost on the vast sea under the mist of a moonlit night.
It was like a deep ocean under the steps, and the security guard seemed to have fallen into the ocean with the thing.
"But...this feeling is just a "feeling" after all. Could it be that there is something weird under the thick fog? It's ridiculous...impossible."
He shook his head. How could a situation like that that almost subverts reality appear around him?
At this moment, his eyes fell on the door of the teacher's office, and then his expression suddenly froze.
"Subvert reality..." He didn't know what he thought of, and suddenly hesitated, muttering, "...is it really impossible?"
"If it's not possible, what's going on in that stairwell?"
His eyes were staring at the door of the teacher's office, but his eyes were not focused.
He thought of a reality-subverting thing that happened to him -
Known:
[After arriving at the teaching building, the group of them first saw a notice board, and then followed the guidance of the notice board and entered a stairwell. And after going down the stairs in the shape of the Fibonacci sequence for 20 minutes, I went out and turned left to the door of the classroom office. 】
And:
【After entering the teacher's office to obtain the student ID card and the teaching building rules, the first door after turning right out of the teacher's office is the door of Class 2, Group B. 】
Then let me ask:
[The spatial relationship between the stairwell and Class 2 of Group B is...? 】
There is no need for brainstorming at all, just judging from his cognition, you can come up with a very subversive answer:
"The door of the stairwell is the door of the classroom of Class 2, Group B!"
"If we use the teacher's office as the reference system, the positions of these two things overlap!"
"Fuck!" Lin Yi couldn't help but vomit, "How the hell is this possible?!"
Illogical!
What kind of logic? There is no logic at all!
Just when Lin Yi's mind started to buzz with thought, Xu Shunkang's voice came out from the classroom door: "So... what happened last night? Looking at your appearance now, I am getting more and more curious."
Xu Shunkang and Xie Huayang walked out of the classroom and stretched out in the sun: "The sun is better! It's warm, and I feel full of strength!"
He shook his body, and then set his eyes on Lin Yi, looking forward to his answer.
Lin Yi took back his thoughts, glanced at him, and asked curiously: "If you are so curious, why did you leave yesterday? Why don't you just stay and take a look."
Xu Shunkang said noncommittally: "I personally want to stay and see more, but there is no other way. If I don't leave..."
"Ahem!" Xie Huayang scalped him and reminded, "Don't talk nonsense!"
Xu Shunkang shrank his neck, and then smiled and said: "I almost said too much... Anyway, I can't do it without leaving, but I am still curious about what the situation is like."
Lin Yi curled his lips and said, "If I knew the situation, how could you see me today?"
Xu Shunkang was stunned for a moment, but immediately understood the meaning of Lin Yi's words. Thinking about it, he couldn't help but rub the back of his head and said with a smile: "You're right! I was careless! Hahaha... let's go, let's go to the cafeteria to have dinner together!"
"You're going to eat too?" Lin Yidao said.
Xie Huayang said angrily: "Damn it, Fatty Xu pretended to eat the biscuits for you. If we don't go to eat, why should we stay and nibble on the table?"
Lin Yi said nothing in anger.
Wei Liang came over to smooth things over and said: "Okay, okay, let's go together, but before we start talking, let's each swipe our cards!"
Xie Huayang sneered: "Hey, I have a lot of money on my card."
Wei Liang did not speak, not because he was unwilling. In fact, the student regulations stipulated not to hand your student ID card into the hands of others.
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X May 7, 2023, 11:12.
Lin Yi took a look at the time and walked down the steps of the teaching building, following the route marked on the map to the canteen.
Walking on the cobblestone road, Lin Yi carefully paid attention to the positions and numbers of the street light poles at the passing points, and at the same time took out a map to compare them one by one.
Himmediately, he discovered that the number and location of the street light poles on the ground were exactly the same as those given on the map.
But in this case, problems arise.
"Since the location information is exactly the same as on the map, it means that my distance from the school gate to the teaching building is actually not long...but I actually walked for a long time."
"And after the fog rose yesterday evening, the distance between the street lights was obviously different from the one on the map, and even the location seemed to be different..."
Lin Yi was thinking about the problem as he walked.
"Are some street lights not on? Just like the lights in the classroom, they will go out?"
Thinking of this, he shook his head again.
All the street lights in the area will be on, so there is no need to turn off the lights! "
"Then what's going on?"
He frowned, he couldn't figure out this question no matter how hard he thought about it.
The reason is not that the logic is wrong, but that the situation he encountered in reality conflicts with the rules, which makes the whole problem more subtle...
There is another problem that has been bothering Lin Yi, and that is this one:
[After 18:00, the street lights in the campus will light up. At this time, you can find the street light closest to you, follow the street light in the direction of decreasing numbers, and you will meet the security guard.
Please follow the security guard until you reach the building on the map, and leave the security guard before other students find you. 】
Just follow the street lights in the direction of decreasing numbers and you will meet the security guard.
Judging from the map of S City University attached to the teaching building code, the street lights on the campus are completely arranged in a disorderly manner. For example, "Teaching Building-017" is surrounded by "Teaching Building-016" and "Teaching Building-012", and the positional relationship between them is completely opposite.
If you really walk in the direction of decreasing street light numbers, you may go straight to insanity.
Lin Yi was walking and thinking, and suddenly found some strange marks on the cobblestone ground, and then he stopped and squatted down.
"What's going on, Lao Lin?" Wei Liang asked.
Lin Yi squatted on the ground and looked at the gaps between the cobblestones, frowning, and said, "Liangzi, look, is there gypsum powder here?"
"Huh?" Wei Liang exclaimed, and quickly looked down, only to see that the gaps between the cobblestones were filled with a hardened white gypsum-like substance, as if someone was rubbing plaster on the cobblestone pavement.
Such gypsum-like material is scattered in the gaps on the cobblestone floor, extending to the end of the road.
When Xu Shunkang and Xie Huayang saw that Lin Yi had discovered something, they both glanced at the plaster-like substance and said nothing.
The four of them walked towards the canteen.
Lin Yi's face darkened immediately when he saw such substances along the way. Under the sunlight, he still felt a cold feeling.
He didn't know how it was formed, but a very unpleasant feeling still planted the seeds in his heart at this time.
While walking and walking, at about 11:12, a building appeared behind the green belt in the distance.
According to the map, it is the cafeteria of S City University.
Since the universities in City S are built around mountains in the suburbs, the ground not only tends to slope, but some even cut out part of the gentle mountains and build teaching buildings based on the mountains.
The canteen is also a similar building.
The canteen looks like a two-story building from a distance, but it actually has three floors.
Due to the location of the mountain, the floor that Lin Yi saw with the naked eye was actually the second floor of the cafeteria, which could only be reached by stairs or elevators.
The overall appearance of the canteen is very popular. It looks like a long box embedded in the mountain, and then partially painted with orange-yellow paint that is full of school style.
However, due to its attachment to the mountain, the walls of the canteen have been covered with vegetation, and even the windows cannot be opened in some areas.
"The canteen is almost here, Lao Lin, how long have we been walking for?" Wei Liang asked with concern.
Lin Yi glanced at his watch, and then said: "So far, I've been walking for 10 minutes. From the looks of it, we can reach the cafeteria in about 15 minutes."
"Well, it's similar to what I walked at that time." Wei Liang nodded.
Lin Yi's mind was agitated: "What do you mean? You were not taking this path at that time?"
Wei Liang's eyes flashed with confusion, and then he said uncertainly: "I can't remember clearly, but it feels like there is a slight discrepancy... But it may be because of my 'Mandela Effect', so I remembered it wrong."
Lin Yi nodded silently and said nothing.
X On May 7, 2023, at 11:16, Lin Yi and four others came to the canteen.
On the only way to enter the canteen, there is a huge and eye-catching notice board. The content on the notice board is very simple:
【Canteen opening hours:
5:40~8:00;
10:40~13:20;
16:00~20:00]
Following this, there were four rows of warnings with strong exclamation marks:
It is prohibited to enter the canteen outside the opening hours!
It is prohibited to enter the canteen during abnormal weather!
You are not allowed to enter the cafeteria without your student ID card!
Please abide by the canteen rules in the canteen area! ]
In addition to this, there is a line of small print:
[Details of the canteen rules can be found on the shelf below. Before entering the canteen, please make sure you have read the canteen rules to understand the relevant contents. You can also bring the canteen rules with you in case you forget the rules, but please return the canteen rules when you leave the canteen and return here. 】
This huge notice board was inserted into the ground like an archway to exorcise evil spirits. The four warnings seemed ordinary, but in such an environment, they had a strange smell. It obviously had a sense of alarmism, but Lin Yi didn't find it strange at all.
He approached the notice board and saw a large copy of "Canteen Rules" on the shelf under the notice board.
Lin Yi and Wei Liang followed the reminder on the notice board and each picked up a book.
Just when Lin Yi was about to flip through the pages, he found Xu Shunkang and Xie Huayang standing aside indifferently.
"Don't you see it?" Lin Yi asked puzzledly.
"Okay, okay, okay... don't be angry, don't be angry." Xu Shunkang smiled and dismissed Xie Huayang's displeasure, and said quickly, "Anyway, you can just read it. We will wait here for you to finish it before we leave together."
Although he talked about the "Canteen Code", his eyes avoided the "Canteen Code" from beginning to end.
Thanks to the book friend "Fleeting Phantom" for the reward! !
(End of this chapter)