Rules-related weird stories: 4016

Having said that, Old Mo silently turned around and left, the pig-slaughtering knife in his hand seemingly entwined with a circle of shadows, but under the scouring of that liquid nitrogen-like aura, the shadows quickly disappeared…

Lin Yi held the light bulb in his hand, slowly straightened his body, his gaze fixed on Old Mo's back.

"Old Lin, what just happened?" Tian Bufan's gaze followed Lin Yi's to a void.

He didn't see Old Mo.

"You… didn't see Old Mo?" Lin Yi asked, puzzled.

"Old Mo was here?" Tian Bufan squinted his eyes, paused, and then asked, "Did you two interact?"

Lin Yi quickly recounted what had just happened, and then added, "Old Mo absorbed the power that the light bulb had just gathered, and then told me that I must go to the gymnasium."

"Oh right, the Grinning Angels! They really do seem to be a kind of quantum state thing!"

"It's just that I'm still not sure how I was locked on, most likely it's related to the 'He-I' mark, it shouldn't be just through my imagination that I was locked on…"

Tian Bufan lowered his eyelids slightly, thought for a moment, and then said, "In that case, hurry up and eat, then go to the gymnasium, I'll wait for Wei Sang."

"Okay, that works…" Lin Yi nodded, "Also, I feel like Old Mo is different from how he is in my dreams… His bib has turned black again, and the cleaver in his hand has become a larger, wider pig-slaughtering knife, of course, it's not just that, mainly the 'feeling' he gives me is different."

"But I can't quite put my finger on where he's changed, anyway… it's just very strange…"

Tian Bufan pondered, "Perhaps… he never left the cafeteria area, not now, not even in the morning, it's just… the layer he's in has become deeper, so low that even our depth of perception isn't enough to detect his existence?"

"A deeper realm of perception requires a stronger anchor."

In terms of IQ and mental agility, Tian Bufan really far surpassed Lin Yi, instantly connecting some key points together.

"What you said makes sense…" Lin Yi's eyes lit up, "So that's why he reverted to the appearance of a black-bibbed chef? Since no one can see him anyway!"

He felt a little more at ease, and after confirming that Old Mo still existed, he didn't know why, but he felt a sense of reassurance.

Perhaps it was because Old Mo represented the last drop of blood of the cafeteria.

"I'm here." Just as Lin Yi finished speaking, and was about to enter the student restaurant, Wei Shan, though late, finally walked out of the student passageway.

"No need to wait for Yin Bi, that guy definitely doesn't eat lunch," Wei Shan said as soon as he appeared.

"Yeah, we weren't planning on waiting for him, let's go, into the cafeteria," Tian Bufan said, then came to the plastic curtain, hesitated for a moment, and slowly reached out towards the plastic curtain.

"I'll do it," Wei Shan said, before he had even finished speaking, he had already stepped past Tian Bufan, and then violently kicked the plastic curtain.

«Bang—»

With a muffled sound, it seemed like the sound of a sandbag hitting a dining table came from inside the student restaurant, but from Lin Yi and the others' perspective, everything was normal.

Once the plastic curtain settled, Wei Shan reached out and grabbed the plastic curtain, slowly lifting it.

A student restaurant with some areas illuminated by incandescent lights appeared before their eyes, and not far from them, there was also a relatively disheveled dining table stall.

That dining table was in the darkness, tilted and crooked as if it had been hit by a private car, but other than the messy stall, no one could be seen.

"Let's go," Tian Bufan said, then lowered his head and stepped into the student restaurant.

Lin Yi retracted his gaze from the stall, and then followed him in.

After Wei Liang also went in, Wei Shan then entered the student restaurant as the rearguard.

The student restaurant at this time was not much different from in the morning, only windows 3, 4, and 5 were open for ordering, and only a small part of the dining area was illuminated by the incandescent lights above.

The remaining ordering windows and dining areas were all in darkness.

Lin Yi noticed that the darkness had become even more intense, as if it had been dyed with layers upon layers of ink, the gloomy and eerie aura seemed to overflow from within.

In the dark areas, the pseudo-humans and the eerie art students were lined up, some were going to windows 1 and 5 to get food, while others went directly to window 10.

In their hands, the trays uniformly contained food with tomato elements, of course, for them, a delicate and dripping scarlet tomato after the meal was also essential.

"Should we go to the convenience store later to stock up on some food?" Lin Yi asked softly.

Before Tian Bufan could agree, Wei Liang interjected, "Stock up on what? Can you even fit it in your little backpack?"

"Uh… I can hold it in my hand!"

"…" Wei Liang was speechless, "Okay, whatever you want."

The few of them chatted as they slowly walked forward with the line, and as they spoke, the eerie atmosphere in the student restaurant seemed to avoid them, making it difficult for them to notice.

But Tian Bufan would occasionally look around, as if he hadn't relaxed for a moment.

"I always feel like something's not right…" Lin Yi said softly, although he didn't look around, his senses were more acute, and he seemed to be able to spot some strangely dressed chefs wearing bibs in the gaps between the pseudo-human test subjects and the pseudo-human art students.

There were more of them, like ghosts floating around on the floor of the student restaurant, and there was also a beam of green light shining from somewhere, making their faces look green and ghostly, as if they were stepping on the cracks of hell.

In such green light, it was already difficult to distinguish with the naked eye whether the bib was dark blue or dark green.

Wei Liang quickly put on a mournful face and said, "Bro, can you wait until we leave here to say any flags? I'm a little scared!"

Lin Yi quickly shut up and silently followed the line forward.

Soon, they arrived in front of window 3.

As the test subject in front finished getting their meal and left with their tray, the scene inside the ordering window appeared before him.

Lin Yi, who was originally planning to order, suddenly froze as if he had been possessed when he saw the cafeteria auntie.

The cafeteria auntie in the ordering window, no, it couldn't be said to be a cafeteria auntie anymore, but a young girl serving food, was actually…

"Li Huiyuan…? !" Lin Yi's pupils shrank slightly.

"Student, what would you like to order?" «Li Huiyuan» didn't seem to recognize Lin Yi, and asked calmly.

Lin Yi's thoughts were called back, with some doubts, he casually pointed to some dishes: "Just these few."

«Li Huiyuan» calmly scooped a large spoonful of chicken strips, and was about to pour it into the tray, but Lin Yi hesitated and said, "Um… aren't you going to toss the spoon a bit?"

«Li Huiyuan's» movements froze slightly, and then her lowered head slowly lifted up a bit, the light inside the ordering window was reflected onto her face by the alloy window, the slightly raised face directly showed a backlight shadow, terrifying like a wronged woman burning paper money at a grave at midnight…

"I think… there's no need to toss it, right…" «Li Huiyuan» said gloomily.

Lin Yi's gaze flashed across her chest, where a chef's badge was pinned. However, scrawled haphazardly on the badge were the numbers "…30507…"!

A thunderous boom erupted in Lin Yi's mind. In that instant, a series of images flashed before his eyes!

The "…30507…" wasn't a chef's badge number at all, but… a part of Li Huiyuan's student ID!

Li Huiyuan's student ID number was "X0230507046." Clearly, the "Li Huiyuan" before him wasn't Li Huiyuan, but… the green-aproned chef who had devoured Li Huiyuan's student ID, stolen her identity, and now made a "comeback" as a cook!

Realizing this, Lin Yi looked again at the greasy face of "Li Huiyuan." The more he looked, the stranger it seemed. "My Vision" silently activated, and he noticed that the light and shadow within the No. 3 window were distorted. The billowing steam didn't resemble water vapor; it was more like a dense, floating mist.

"No need to stir-fry anymore. That's fine. Thank you…" Lin Yi reached out, attempting to take the tray from "Li Huiyuan's" hand.

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"Li Huiyuan" paused slightly, but immediately filled the plate with food and handed it to Lin Yi.

Lin Yi took the tray, offering a friendly smile. "Thank you… Ge Qing."

"Li Huiyuan" truly froze this time. A hint of confusion flickered in those cold eyes.

Before she could figure it out, Tian Bufan stepped forward, following behind, and questioned her sternly, "Why are you standing there like an idiot? Are you serving food or not?"

"Li Huiyuan's" train of thought was interrupted. She quickly grabbed the rice scoop with one hand and frantically picked up an empty plate with the other, then said, "Serving, serving right away. W-what do you want to eat?"

"The same as him." Tian Bufan pointed at Lin Yi's back. "Speaking of which, what did he order? Was it the tomato beef brisket or the fried chicken strips…?"

"Uh… it seems like…" "Li Huiyuan's" brow furrowed, her eyes darting around. She started to say "tomato" several times, but in the end, she changed her mind. "It's fried chick…"

"Oh, I remember!" Before "Li Huiyuan" could finish, Tian Bufan snapped his fingers, as if suddenly realizing something. "It's braised chicken! Oops, I remembered wrong!"

As he spoke, Tian Bufan took the plate with the fried chicken strips, laughing. "It really is you, classmate Nie Yun, giving me so much tomato chicken!"

After he finished speaking, he turned and walked towards the card swiping machine, leaving "Li Huiyuan" alone, utterly bewildered in place. Her eyeballs rolled wildly in their sockets, muttering to herself, "What dish is it exactly…?"

"Is it chicken strips… or chicken pieces… is it fried?"

She looked down at the fried chicken strips in the utensil, but her eyes kept flickering. One moment, she saw bits of flesh, and the next, she saw ketchup. She shook her head vigorously, finally seeing things a little more clearly. It seemed to be fried chicken strips…

But she was confused again. If it was fried chicken strips, then who was she?

"Who am I… am I Nie Yun?"

"No, that's not right… then am I Ge Qing?"

"That's not right either… I'm a chef…"

She glanced at her badge. "Aren't I 'Chef-30507'?… My name should be…"

"Li…"

"Hui…"

Wei Liang gave Wei Shan a look.

Wei Shan decisively cut in front of him, reaching out and heavily pounding on the glass of the serving window.

"Hey, hey, hey!!!" Wei Shan's chaotic roar and heavy knocking abruptly interrupted her thoughts. "Are you serving food or not! What are you doing!"

Wei Shan frowned, looking at her with extreme displeasure.

He pointed at the fried chicken strips, saying, "Serve me that braised chicken! Hurry up! I'm starving!"

"Li Huiyuan," who could no longer distinguish her own identity, looked at the fried chicken strips that Wei Shan was pointing at, lost in thought.

Wei Shan was enraged, heavily pounding on the glass of the serving window several times. "Hey! Are you serving food or not?! Forget it! Where did they recruit this chef? They're completely clueless!"

In his anger, he directly left the serving window, leaving only "Li Huiyuan" standing there in a daze.

"What… what dish is this?" "Li Huiyuan" looked at the fried chicken strips in her hand, her two eyeballs no longer synchronized. Her face also seemed to have some skin laxity, as if she couldn't anchor her own identity…

Seeing this, Wei Liang quickly went up, smiling obsequiously. "Classmate, classmate, if he doesn't want it, I'll eat it, hehe! I'll eat it! Just give that portion to me!"

"Li Huiyuan" was confused and, hearing Wei Liang's voice, dazedly handed the plate to Wei Liang.

Just as Wei Liang took the plate, he suddenly hesitated. "Hey, wait a minute… are you a chef or a student?"

"I… I am…" "Li Huiyuan's" eyeballs spun, seemingly trying to find herself from the many pieces of identity information and anchor herself.

But at this moment, Wei Liang suddenly clapped his hands, attracting her attention like a hypnotist hitting a beat. "I remember! I remembered wrong, aren't you the chef here!"

Hearing this, "Li Huiyuan" couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief, as if this was the only one of her many anchors that hadn't been muddied.

"Thank you…" "Li Huiyuan" muttered.

"You're welcome." Wei Liang took the plate. Before leaving, he suddenly seemed to think of something, and suddenly looked at "Li Huiyuan," whose eyes were gradually clearing from confusion and who seemed to have lowered her guard against him, asking innocently, "Chef sister, your badge… it looks like a student ID!"

Hearing these words, "Li Huiyuan's" expression drastically changed. Her body suddenly stiffened, and then, as if she had encountered something terrifying, her hand loosened and she dropped the spoon in her hand…

"Li Huiyuan" staggered backward, but accidentally tripped over herself, falling to the ground with a "smack." She fell like a boneless lump of soft mud, slumped into a soft, limp meat patty. She scrambled to get up a bit, then crawled towards the exit of the No. 3 serving window in terror…

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