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Chapter 249: Xu Shunkang and the Homeroom Teacher - 040's Conversation

“Mu Daxian… that guy actually dared to leave the art building…” Xu Shunkang seemed to know something. Upon hearing “carrying a drawing board,” he identified Mu Daxian, his eyes flashing with a hint of worry.

“What happened to that person later? When did you see them?” Xu Shunkang asked urgently.

“Uh… it was during dinner yesterday. Judging from their tone, it seemed like there weren't any problems, right?” Lin Yi said uncertainly.

“This matter must be reported to the boss…” Xu Shunkang's expression became much more serious. “Given his status, it's unlikely he would leave the art building… Something must have happened… I'll go to the classroom first, then immediately return to the gymnasium.”

“Hey, wait, Xu Shunkang, I still have questions to ask you!” Lin Yi quickly jogged to catch up.

“Hey, those things aren't urgent! Ask the boss during PE class! My side is more important, I'm leaving first!”

“Hey! Xu Shunkang! Xu Shunkang! Don't be like that, say a little something!” Lin Yi quickly said, wondering what could be so important that he couldn't even chat for a bit.

Xu Shunkang brushed Lin Yi's hand away: “You already know about the 'Gray Mist Invasion,' have a deep conversation with the boss during PE class!”

“No, it's just one hour, how deep can it be?”

“These are troubled times, you can go as deep as you can handle! I'll go back and report the situation to the boss first, then you guys can get straight to the point!” Xu Shunkang said. “Oh, right, there's a girl named Li Huiyuan who was sent to the gymnasium by security last night, seems like she's related to you?”

Lin Yi thought, you don't have time to answer my questions, but you have questions to ask me? Are you just asking without answering?

“Uh… I know her, looks like she became a sports student?”

“That's right, she's temporarily a sports student, learning from the boss.” As Xu Shunkang spoke, he arrived at the classroom of Class 2 in Group B. He pushed open the door and looked at the homeroom teacher - 040 on the podium. “Sports student Xu Shunkang, sports student number 「Sun-X0221006033」.”

As he said this, he lifted the left side of his school uniform, seemingly showing something to the homeroom teacher - 040. Lin Yi was standing behind and to his left, so he didn't see anything.

But he saw the homeroom teacher - 040's gaze suddenly sharpen, then slightly nod, flipping through the folder to a list near the front and marking a “√”.

Xu Shunkang then took out a sky-blue card and handed it to the homeroom teacher - 040.

“Also, I'm following the PE teacher's orders to report the casualties of our class's sports students last night. This is the proof.”

Upon hearing this, a hint of sadness flashed in the homeroom teacher - 040's gentle eyes, and her lazy posture straightened up: “Speak, I'll record.”

Xu Shunkang said: “Our class has a total of 18 sports students. Last night, three classmates sacrificed themselves, namely Li Minghua, Zhou Bohai, Guo Wen… If you see 'them' appearing in the teaching building again, be careful.”

“Okay, I know what to do.” The homeroom teacher - 040 nodded slightly.

“In addition, six classmates were injured and are currently not suitable for appearing in the teaching building…” Xu Shunkang then reported the names of the six sports students, including Xie Huayang.

The homeroom teacher - 040 marked them one by one: “Anything else?”

Xu Shunkang looked around the entire lecture hall: “I originally wanted to see the casualties within the class, but it seems most people haven't returned?”

The homeroom teacher - 040 lowered her eyes, sighed softly: “When I arrived at the classroom this morning, I only saw 14 people…”

“How many were there last night?”

“72.”

“How many were impostors?”

Hearing “impostors,” the homeroom teacher - 040 was stunned, then glanced at Lin Yi beside Xu Shunkang, her eyes seeming to say, “Someone's here, why did you say that term?”, Xu Shunkang glanced at Lin Yi following her gaze, then smiled: “It's okay, Little Linzi is practically one of us… He already knows some things.”

The homeroom teacher - 040 opened her mouth, seeming a little surprised, but continued: “There were 38 impostors and 34 trainees… Among them, 8 were told by me to go to the dormitories, and one was sent to the gymnasium by security…”

“Li Huiyuan, we have accepted her and reassigned her identity credentials, she will temporarily be a sports student fighting alongside us.” Xu Shunkang pondered, “So… there were probably 24 people in the class yesterday…”

The homeroom teacher - 040 said: “It can't be ruled out that some people followed those 8 to the dormitories, but overall, it shouldn't be too different…”

“Hoo…” Xu Shunkang also sighed, unable to help clenching his fist, “That is to say… last night, at least half of the trainees in our class were lost.”

He narrowed his eyes, his gaze flickering.

“I wonder how many of these people will turn around and become obstacles for us…”

The homeroom teacher - 040 fell silent. She hesitated for a moment, then asked: “How's the overall situation at the gymnasium?”

“They survived the first wave.” Xu Shunkang said, “With the teacher and the boss there… the problem won't be too big…”

“That's right… after all, it's her.” The homeroom teacher - 040 seemed relieved. “By the way, can the gymnasium provide shelter? If they can't return to the dormitories, can they go to the gymnasium?”

Xu Shunkang thought for a moment, then said: “It's barely possible… but I can't guarantee it, I'm not too clear on this, I have to ask the teacher. If there's really no other way, they have to come… but if they don't come, perhaps it'll be 'everyone is a soldier'.”

“Becoming a 'soldier' is better than becoming an 'impostor'.” The homeroom teacher - 040 said helplessly.

Xu Shunkang put away the blue card: “Ah, right, last night… did you leave the office?”

The homeroom teacher - 040 said without thinking: “I didn't leave, what happened?”

Xu Shunkang was slightly moved, hesitated for a few breaths, then said: “The teacher suspects that something above the 「Third Order」 appeared…”

“「Third Order」?!” The homeroom teacher - 040 paled, “How is that possible, the gymnasium is still intact, how could they sneak over… Wait, the cafeteria?! Could it be related to the convenience store…”

“I'm not sure, the teacher just asked me to ask, it's okay if you don't know, anyway… unless absolutely necessary at night, try not to leave the office, we'll handle the rest.”

The homeroom teacher - 040's expression was solemn: “Okay, I understand… By the way, will there be problems with the basement? Should we go take a look?”

“The basement…” Xu Shunkang was stunned for a moment, then shook his head, “There's no way to deal with that, we can only hope for others, there's nothing we can do.”

Lin Yi felt very surprised, what's going on, doesn't Xu Shunkang not know about the teaching building basement, are they not talking about the teaching building basement but the gymnasium basement?

But the meaning of that conversation was clearly referring to the teaching building basement?

“Okay, teacher, I'll go back first.” Xu Shunkang finished speaking and turned to leave. Seeing Lin Yi's shocked expression, he couldn't help but reach out and wave in front of him, “What's wrong, dumbfounded?”

“You… basement…?” Lin Yi hesitated.

Xu Shunkang suddenly understood, then couldn't help but chuckle and say, "You thought that thing was outside my understanding?"

"How could that be? It's just that there were too many people around that day. I didn't want to create unnecessary complications because of you, causing you or others to think of something like a 'basement'."

Lin Yi was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized something—Xu Shunkang didn't actually know that he had arrived at the teacher's office through the basement and obtained the student ID.

Xu Shunkang thought he had accidentally seen the staircase leading to the basement at the stairwell and was worried about his perception being distorted, so he used that kind of "improvised" acting to try to correct his understanding of the basement!

So Xie Huayang reacted so strongly, not entirely because he subconsciously asked some "beyond the syllabus" questions in front of everyone, but also because he had shown… some curiosity about the campus?

「I see… were there so many twists and turns back then?」

While Lin Yi was having his "sudden realization," Xu Shunkang had already pushed open the classroom door and walked out, closing the door behind him.

"Student Lin Yi, is there anything else you need?" The homeroom teacher - 040 looked at Lin Yi curiously. At this moment, she had become somewhat curious about Lin Yi because of Xu Shunkang's words.

An exchange student whose understanding has expanded to knowing about "pseudo-humans," and who even remains calm about everything Xu Shunkang said, without showing any unexpected emotions… is really too interesting.

But she didn't know that Lin Yi, who now received the evaluation of "too interesting" in her heart, was still considered "certain to die," "impossible to be let in," and "impossible to survive until now" by homeroom teacher - 039 and the boss three days ago…

Of course, homeroom teacher - 040 understood even better what "curiosity" meant in this place, so even though she was very curious about what Lin Yi was all about, she appeared very calm on the surface, just like an ordinary homeroom teacher asking an ordinary student.

Is there anything else? If not, go to your seat and study on your own.

Lin Yi naturally had something to do, but he couldn't do it now.

Song Rentou sat in a corner of the classroom by the window, flipping through the book in his hand with a gloomy expression, not looking like he was reading at all.

Lin Yi couldn't hand over that piece of paper at this time, so he could only say "nothing" and then went to the last row of the classroom to find the folding chair he always sat on.

Most ⊥ New ⊥ Small ⊥ Say ⊥ In ⊥ Six ⊥ 9 ⊥ ⊥ Book ⊥ ⊥ Bar ⊥ ⊥ First ⊥ Post!

Besides the H manga, he had too many new clues to sort out.

As for exploration, there was no rush.

As Tian Bufan said, the only area with a chance for free exploration was actually the teaching building.

All other areas, except for the gymnasium, had time limits.

And the gymnasium… There would be plenty of opportunities to ask the boss during physical education class—provided that the boss was patient and willing to talk, instead of communicating with him with his feet.

By the time he returned to his seat, Wei Liang was already reading a pile of H manga.

And today, H manga would also be the focus of his efforts.

But besides that, there were still many things to do.

He quickly opened the folding chair and sat down, then took out the small notebook he carried with him and began to sort out his thoughts.

Looking at the pocket-sized death note in his hand, a strange thought suddenly appeared in Lin Yi's mind.

The cultivation protagonists in novels would refine some strange natal magic treasures. If this notebook was the magic treasure he refined, after refining it until now… it must be a highly polluted tool, right?

Every time he wrote something in it, it was like he was refining it…

Thinking about it this way, the more he looked at this notebook, the stranger he felt…

But thinking that this was his own thing after all, he didn't feel so strange anymore.

He opened this notebook, as if he could see a green aura, like an old witch uncovering a jar filled with green, evil potion…

Taking a few deep breaths, Lin Yi sat down and briefly flipped through what he had written before.

Over the past three days, many things were actually different from what he had initially thought, and some logical chains had also been supplemented, but if he wanted to reflect them in the notebook, there were too many places to modify.

Most importantly, the palm-sized paper surface was not enough for him to write anything else.

So he turned to the back, pondered for a moment, and selected some keywords to record. And this time, what he recorded was more concise, and… more outrageous.

For example, “230609 Gray Mist Invasion,” “1414030 Water Sound,” “Ta - I, II, III”… They were almost all “codes” that only Lin Yi himself could understand, because this writing method was simpler, and he would immediately understand what it meant when he saw it later.

Secondly, it was also convenient for him to supplement information later, otherwise, if a page was full, he would have no place to write, and it would be stupid if he had to flip back and forth to find notes like an open-book exam when he came back to look at them.

Of course, what Lin Yi wrote was not all "encrypted information," there was also some simple information:

“My watch appeared in my dream, and it keeps accurate time. The security guard said time is a curse… I don’t know if there is a connection.”

“My vision seems to have evolved. I don’t know if my world has been upgraded…”

“H manga is very interesting.”

When he wrote this sentence, Lin Yi suddenly paused.

Looking at this sentence [H manga is very interesting] on the paper, the more he looked at it, the stranger he felt, and then he felt a chill down his spine.

After carefully thinking about it, he realized that this sentence was ordinary and probably shouldn't have been recorded, but in the current environment, appearing in a book full of abnormal words actually had a sense of "horror game"…

That uncomfortable feeling probably came from this.

He continued to add notes, and then thought of the appearance of the light bulb in Mu Daxian's hand.

「That light bulb…」 He couldn't help but narrow his eyes, trying to recall the light bulb in his mind…

The appearance of the light bulb was a round stone ball the size of a baby's fist, but it had concentric circles one after another, looking… like an eagle's eye, almost the same as the eagle eye of the Seven Warlords of the Sea in 《Nika King》.

「Wait… eagle's eye… eye? !」

「Could it be that the light bulb… is the 'eye' of some kind of creature? !」

「Could it be… the eye of the angel statue? !」

Thinking of this, Lin Yi's body shook, and the appearance of the grinning angel broke into his mind like a gust of wind for no reason, and then became clearer and clearer!

He seemed to see a grinning angel standing quietly at the exit of the stairwell, soaked to the skin in the rain, covering his face and facing away from the stairwell.

Suddenly… the grinning angel turned half of his face.

Thank you book friends "usjdnshhs" and "琳 skylark" for the reward! !

Slightly add 200 words.

PS: Today I suddenly discovered that the names Hu Chuan and Liu Jing can be found, so I quickly went back and changed the names to Hu Chuanzhang and Liu Jingning…