Rules-related weird stories: 4016

A strong sense of doubt arose in Lin Yi's heart, but at the very moment this doubt appeared, his train of thought suddenly swerved like a car drifting in a drainage ditch, using the rear end to forcefully redirect the impending line of reasoning.

"Forget it, I'll deal with it later."

"I'll just lay low until I get to the dorm."

As if a cigarette with sparks flying was lightly pinched between two fingers and then directly extinguished, Lin Yi shook his head slightly, muttering to himself:

"Today, even if the dorm elevator is a goddamn Transformer, I don't want to deal with it."

He followed the surging flow of people, pushing forward, and soon stepped onto the stairs in front of the dormitory building, entering a brightly lit hallway.

As he stepped onto the stairs, he didn't forget to look down at the moss growing in the cracks.

The entire hallway had a curved structure, like the base of the dormitory building's hula hoop structure.

In the hallway, there was an elevator lobby every three to five meters.

The doors of the elevator lobbies opened and closed continuously, with about ten people entering each time. After the doors closed, they would open again in three to five seconds.

And when the doors opened, there was another spacious and empty elevator lobby inside.

The original people were gone without a trace, as if they had been eaten by the elevator lobby.

Walking through the hallway, Lin Yi noticed a line of text written in front of each elevator:

【Each elevator has a capacity of ten people.】

So, each elevator really took in ten people.

Soon it was his turn, but he happened to be the tenth person for the elevator, so he chose to wait for the next one, giving the tenth spot to the classmate behind him and Wei Liang.

He glanced at the elevator lobby's number.

"Elevator - 23"

Then, he retracted his gaze and calmly scanned the ten people in the elevator lobby.

The ten people had different expressions. Seven of them had relatively numb expressions and didn't carry anything, which immediately indicated that they were returning students. The remaining three were carrying backpacks, and some were even holding handbags, with nervous expressions, their eyes darting around inside the elevator lobby, obviously freshmen moving in.

"Clang… Crash!"

The doors of the elevator lobby closed in front of Lin Yi with a whooshing sound, and with that final "Crash!", Lin Yi couldn't help but feel a kind of indescribable sensation.

This feeling was a bit like when he left the classroom and casually closed the door behind him, and a bit like he was crossing from one area to another. Sloppily speaking, there was a strange sense of separation, but meticulously speaking, he couldn't quite put his finger on it.

At this moment, a distinct mechanical operating sound came from inside the elevator lobby.

This sound was different from any kind of mechanical operating sound he had heard in his life, and it didn't sound like the mechanical sounds in sci-fi movies either. If he had to say, it sounded more like the mechanism sounds from the Snake Spirit's cave in Calabash Brothers, plus some bubbly sounds.

Like something along the lines of gurgling, clicking, and crackling…

Immediately after, the elevator opened with a "Clang…", and as expected, there wasn't a single person inside the elevator lobby.

With some curiosity, Lin Yi followed Wei Liang into the elevator lobby.

This was a very traditional passenger elevator, more like an elevator in some high-end commercial buildings than in a dormitory.

Inside the elevator, there were four LED lights on the ceiling, and there was a floor button panel on each side of the elevator doors.

The buttons on the floors were composed of simple "Open", "Close", numbers "1" ~ "39", and a few traditional symbols, like a small yellow speaker and a red "↑"\n… … What kind of symbol is this?

Lin Yi looked at this "↑" button, which had a plastic cover on it, with a large "×" on the cover.

Lin Yi was stunned.

The position of this button was very subtle. Judging from the order of the buttons, its position seemed to represent a non-existent… 40th floor.

The other eight people each pressed the buttons for the floors where their dorms were located. Wei Liang, seeing that Lin Yi was observing the panel, took the initiative to press "14".

Their reserved dorm was "1414", that is, the 14th room on the 14th floor.

There was a reason for reserving this dorm.

Theoretically speaking, for the sake of safe escape, when choosing the floor of the dorm, one should ensure that they can quickly leave the dorm using the stairwell if the elevator is unusable, so the lower the floor, the better.

But there were quite a few people with this consideration, so the dorms within 10 floors were basically fully reserved. Many people didn't want to share rooms with strangers to fill vacancies, so they gradually broadened their options.

And the "1414" that Lin Yi and his friends chose, because it sounded unlucky, wasn't reserved by many people, and was a rare completely vacant dorm.

Of course, if they didn't choose "1414", they would have to go to the 35th floor or higher to find a 6-person dorm.

As for the 35th floor and above… if something really happened to the elevator, going downstairs might as well be jumping out of the window.

After Wei Liang pressed the button, he stepped aside, while Lin Yi silently moved to the side, shrinking into a corner near the door.

Although the elevator had a capacity of ten people, the remaining space wasn't crowded even when ten people were standing inside.

Soon, Lin Yi keenly captured some vibrations.

This vibration was very subtle, like the wind from the elevator shaft blowing against the elevator car, causing a trembling sensation.

But Lin Yi faintly felt a trace of something wrong, that wind sound… it didn't feel normal to him.

He suppressed this sense of discomfort and began to wait for the elevator doors to close.

"Clang… Crash!"

As the elevator doors closed, a feeling of being cut off from the outside world instantly filled Lin Yi's heart, causing his discomfort to instantly rise to its peak.

The elevator was very spacious, and the LED lights on the ceiling illuminated the elevator thoroughly, without any dark corners, but Lin Yi felt very oppressed. He was somewhat disgusted by this physical sensation, as if he was sealed in an impenetrable pressure vessel, and subconsciously had an impulse to break out of the cage.

His breathing faintly became heavy and low, and he subconsciously leaned closer to the side of the elevator car, as if trying to embed himself into the corner.

"Woo—"

The elevator rose smoothly, constantly accelerating, and the frantic wind sound constantly tore at the outer wall of the elevator car. The already somewhat abnormal vibration began to rise sharply, and in the blink of an eye, the entire elevator began to sway precariously.

Lin Yi clenched his teeth, but he thought that the elevator doors would open 3~5 seconds after closing, and then the people inside would disappear.

So he took a deep breath, using this method to restrain the strong sense of discomfort and impulse, and then began to keep himself calm.

1 second, 2 seconds, 3 seconds, 4 seconds, 5 seconds…

Half a minute passed, and the elevator doors didn't show any signs of opening.

He maintained a steady breathing, using this way to relieve the pressure from the enclosed space of the elevator, and then lowered his head and looked at the time on his watch.

21:04.

His gaze didn't leave the dial, but continued to stare at the second hand on the dial.

34 seconds, 35 seconds, 36 seconds…

Time was passing at an observable speed, without any abnormalities.

But the elevator doors still didn't open. Not only didn't they open, but even stronger vibrations were constantly coming from the outer wall of the elevator.

Like an invisible hand had grabbed the elevator and was constantly shaking it up and down.

Lin Yi, who was close to the elevator car, vaguely captured some abnormal fluctuations.

This kind of fluctuating sensation usually comes from some kind of high-speed running machinery, like a race car pulling its horsepower for a sprint, but the key is... the thing maintaining the accelerated sprint state is an elevator.

What kind of demonic elevator needs to accelerate for a full minute? Come on, even climbing the Statue of Liberty X doesn't need that kind of treatment, right?

After another few seconds of such intense activity, the elevator gradually began to brake and finally stopped smoothly. Then, with a 'ding,' the number on the floor display jumped to 18.

"18th floor?!" Lin Yi's expression instantly turned strange.

He glanced at the floor buttons.

The lit buttons were for the 7th, 8th, 11th, 13th, 14th, 17th, 20th, and 23rd floors, indicating that the button for the 18th floor was indeed off.

But... the previous floors hadn't even stopped, so how did it directly reach the 18th floor?

What the hell?

Just as Lin Yi was hesitating, a student in the elevator, seeing that no one was getting out, couldn't help but say, "The 18th floor is here, is no one getting off?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a girl who had been buried in a book next to Lin Yi looked up in surprise.

"Ah? 18th floor?"

She adjusted her glasses and glanced at the floor display with some surprise, then looked at the button panel, a deep look of doubt appearing in her eyes.

It seemed she was thinking: Why didn't it stop at the previous floors?

But since the floor had arrived, she quickly nodded and apologized repeatedly: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry... I'll get out right away..."

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After saying that, she closed her book and walked out of the elevator, still looking suspicious as she walked, muttering to herself: "Strange, why did it go to the 18th floor first?"

Looking at her, Lin Yi couldn't help but feel a sense of foreboding for her. This girl was clearly here for the first time, and she had already started thinking about the problem!

This was just like him yesterday, but the girl was alone, while he had Wei Liang with him.

The elevator door was about to close when the girl suddenly seemed to have a flash of inspiration and rushed back into the elevator.

"Ah, wait a minute, wait a minute, don't close it yet!" The girl hurriedly came to Lin Yi's side, picked up her bag from the floor, and then, while saying "Sorry," stepped out of the elevator.

Just as Lin Yi was about to remind the girl not to overthink things, the elevator door closed with a 'clang... clank' sound.

And at the moment the elevator door closed, Lin Yi seemed to see a faint mist, like a group of snakes, lingering around the girl's feet...

Lin Yi couldn't help but narrow his eyes, his mood slowly becoming heavy.

"What an idiot." A student with a book bag slung over his shoulder sneered and cursed coldly, "Being in the same elevator with this kind of bookworm is such a waste of time..."

Lin Yi didn't react, pretending not to hear the student's voice.

The elevator continued to run, and he continued to watch the time on his watch.

But this time, the elevator stopped after only 15 seconds, stopping on the 11th floor, and a student with a somewhat numb expression left the elevator.

The elevator continued to run, and after 47 seconds, it stopped on the 20th floor, and the student who had been cursing earlier walked out with his book bag.

Lin Yi observed his back and the surrounding environment without making a sound.

The corridor on the 20th floor was exactly the same as the 18th and 11th floors. Looking out, it was an arched corridor full of incandescent lights, with dorm rooms distributed on both sides of the corridor.

Lin Yi watched him leave until the elevator door completely closed.

"Woo--"

The elevator continued to run, the sound of the wind whistling like the whispers of a demon.

...

Dormitory building, 20th floor.

"Clang!"

The elevator door closed, and the entire hallway seemed to dim a little.

The boy, slinging his bag, walked unhurriedly with somewhat arrogant steps.

2001, 2002, 2003...

He looked at the doorplates of the dorm rooms, walking cautiously along the corridor, and then naturally turned a corner.

"Eh...?"

He paused, suddenly realizing something, and looked back uncertainly.

"I just... seemed to have walked past a corner?"

He looked back, but found that there was no corner behind him at all.

A look of doubt couldn't help but appear in his eyes.

"What's... going on?"

He subconsciously touched the back of his head.

Suddenly, he felt his hand being sprayed with an extremely cold aura.

His body stiffened slightly, and boundless fear surged towards him like Pandora's Box had been opened. He didn't know what was happening behind him, but the intense fear of the unknown instantly occupied his brain.

He ran wildly for his life, not even bothering to observe the doorplate numbers.

"Rustle, rustle..."

He heard indescribable, eerie sounds coming from behind him, like countless ants crawling on his body.

"Whoosh..."

He also heard a faint gust of wind from behind him, this wind haunting his figure like a poisonous snake following him.

"Don't chase me! Don't chase me..."

He instinctively closed his eyes and sprinted with a breath of air.

But after only a few steps, he felt himself crash heavily into an icy wall.

The collision made him dizzy and disoriented, and he opened his eyes in a daze.

He saw a doorplate, the number on the doorplate was a character he didn't recognize at all, like English with special symbols, or some kind of strange Arabic, or perhaps a pictographic symbol of some tribe or clan...

When he saw this character, some ancient and mysterious pattern flowed slowly into his mind as if self-taught.

He uncontrollably thought of some unspeakable and terrifying things. His pupils slowly dilated until they became unfocused, and his body gradually lost temperature until it became icy cold.

His throat began to uncontrollably emit some kind of human, no, some kind of sound that did not belong to any species in this world.

It was like a hurricane blowing through his blood vessels, sweeping through his bones, devouring his bone marrow, and then whistling and swirling in the hollow bones, making that kind of whimpering sound in a narrow and confined crack.

Countless fragmented and chaotic images appeared before his eyes, countless thoughts filled his mind at this moment, and a terrifying stream of information poured into his brain.

At this moment, he had a feeling that he had to say something, but as soon as he opened his mouth, countless syllables were twisted and intertwined, like hemp ropes twisted together, and finally only the most primitive and pure sound of fear remained:

"Ah..."

"Ah-- Ah--"

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Wuwuwuwu... I was so miserable yesterday. I went out to repair my phone in the afternoon, and I used the demo phone in the phone store to write. I wrote about 1500 words. When I was paying, the lock screen of the demo phone automatically cleared the document. Wuwuwuwu... I couldn't find it at all. The people in the demo store said they forgot to remind me that it would be cleared, and I didn't think it would be like this for a while... Wuwuwu, it was so miserable. After I got home, I coded until 1:30 and I was still 1,000 words short. I couldn't code anymore, so I could only finish coding during the day and update it...