Chapter 101
After ending the call, ‘It’ stayed there staring at the phone for a long time.
The lights in the house were dim and half of ‘It’s’ face was also shrouded in shadow. Although ‘It’ was young and his facial features hadn’t matured yet, compared to the current Lin Yi, ‘It’s’ features were much more sunken.
Time seemed to freeze just like this. ‘It’ too seemed to turn to stone as he stood there unmoving. After an unknown length of time, when Lin Yi was beginning to grow tired from standing, ‘It’ finally came alive, turning around to go back to his room.
Ring ring ring——
Ring ring ring——
Just when ‘It’ had taken a step, the landline phone rang. The phone’s mechanical voice emotionlessly read out the mobile phone number calling the landline. “13822——”
Lin Yi remembered this number. It was the number ‘It’ had just dialed.
As they watched, ‘It’ froze for a moment and then immediately turned around.
Unlike when he’d made the call before, ‘It’ didn’t hesitate at all this time. He even seemed pleasantly surprised when he answered the call.
“Mom–”
It’ opened its mouth and called out. Just as ‘It’ had uttered this word, it was immediately covered by the female voice on the other end of the line.
“The money has been credited to your card.” The woman said, “Go and check later to see if it’s in the account.”
Without waiting for ‘It’ to answer, the woman continued, impatience in her tone. “You’re much older now. You’re in your teens already, you’re not a child anymore. You should be sensible! It’s not like you don’t know my situation right now. I have a daughter to raise. If you spend money so recklessly, I won’t be able to take care of you. Whether you go to your dad or become like your dad, I don’t care anymore.”
When they heard the word ‘Dad’, Lin Yi and Qin Zhou looked at ‘It’ a little more intently.
When ‘It’ heard the word ‘Dad’, his brows and eyes drooped completely.
‘It’ didn’t speak anymore but the call continued.
“I don’t mean anything else, it’s just that I’m in a difficult situation right now. I’m giving you money behind your uncle’s back. Our family is not a wealthy family. I think I’ve done my best to raise you until now. If it were someone else, see if they would be willing to raise a…”
As if talking about something cryptic, the woman skipped over it and then continued, “You’re 13 years old now. Are you 13?”
‘It’ opened its mouth, “14.”
“Oh.” The woman on the other end didn’t care how old he was and just continued on, “Over the years, have I ever been late or have I ever forgotten your monthly living expenses?”
‘It’ said nothing.
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“Yeah.” ‘It’ curled his hands and clenched them into fists, his expression extremely gloomy, “I won’t bother you anymore, but today—”
“Happy Mothers’ Day.”
This was why he’d made the call.
“What day?” The woman hadn’t heard clearly.
‘It’ had no intention of repeating it. He simply said, “Teacher said that today is a holiday and the assignment was to greet you.”
“Oh.” The other end of the phone said, “Then that’s fine. So that’s it.”
“And—”
‘It’ said calmly before the call was cut off, “Just because I share his genes doesn’t mean I will become him.”
In the end, he himself cut off the call.
After hanging up the phone, the house fell silent.
‘It’ didn’t look at the landline again. He turned and went back to the room.
Thinking that ‘It’ couldn’t see them, Lin Yi was about to follow in to have a look when ‘It’ came out of the room again, this time with a knife in his hand.
When Lin Yi saw this small knife, his eyes were glued to it.
When the 4-4 Rule World opened, it was this knife that had smashed into the TV in that scene that played out on the lake’s surface.
Lin Yi saw ‘It’ hold the knife and as if venting, he scraped the sofa’s armrest.
Afterwards, still not satisfied, he stabbed the sofa twice with the tip of the knife.
Looking at the marks ‘It’ scratched on the sofa, Lin Yi’s breathing turned heavy.
As far as he could remember, these knife scratches on the sofa, the door, the wall and other items in his home had always existed. He’d always thought that he’d done that damage when he was a child, but now that didn’t seem to be the case…
Unable to hold back, Lin Yi turned his head to look at Qin Zhou, “Senior.”
Qin Zhou also turned his head to look at him. He caught the trace of panic on Lin Yi’s face, and asked, “What’s the matter?”
Lin Yi took a deep breath and asked, “Are the Monsters’ experiences real?”
Afraid that Qin Zhou wouldn’t understand what he was asking, Lin Yi gave an example, “Like the vase girl in the 7-7 Rule World, the woman in red in the 2-6 Rule World and Doctor Zhu in the 16-8 Rule World. Were their experiences real things that happened in the real world?”
He stared at Qin Zhou closely, pinching the corner of his clothes uneasily.
Qin Zhou didn’t know why Lin Yi raised this question so suddenly, but seeing the anxiety in Lin Yi’s eyes, he nodded instead of asking why he wanted to know.
“They’re real.”
Not everyone in the Unnatural Engineering University were restricted within the campus. In addition to the faculty and staff who could leave the school outside of working hours, students too could leave the school at specific times.
Such as during winter and summer vacation.
The reason why Qin Zhou was able to block people on the bus the day before the freshman orientation was because it had been summer vacation. It was just that few senior students were willing to leave school during winter and summer vacations. After all, they have been forgotten by their relatives and friends and they have nowhere to go outside school.
But the Student Union would take advantage of the winter and summer vacations to do some time-limited work. For example, the patrol team would venture to the outside world to find clues on how to get rid of the university. The research department would try to find traces of the Monsters in the real world based on hints from the Rule Worlds.
There weren’t a lot of traces they’d been able to find but these traces were enough to prove that the Monsters had been people who lived in the real world before becoming Monsters.
In other words, the experience of the vase girl, the woman in red, and Doctor Zhu was something that actually happened in reality.
Lin Yi fell silent for a while, and watched as ‘It’ made scratches on the furniture.
He was very clear that he and ‘It’ were two individuals.
Looking around here, Lin Yi’s heart was filled with emotion.
How should he put it? This place was more like ‘It’s’ home. ‘It’ has been the one to leaves those scratch marks. Lin Yi had just been borrowing ‘It’s’ home to live in the real world for more than a decade.
This thought arose when Lin Yi saw this place for the first time. Now, Lin Yi didn’t know whether ‘It’ was in his body or if he was the one borrowing ‘It’s’ body.
Finding that Lin Yi’s expression didn’t look too good, Qin Zhou lowered his head slightly to look at him. “What’s wrong?”
Lin Yi knew that his current expression must be quite ugly. He suppressed his thoughts and said reluctantly, “I feel a little unwell.”
Qin Zhou asked, “Where are you feeling unwell?”
But his thoughts weren’t not so easy to suppress. Lin Yi pointed to his head and said, “Stomach hurts.”
Qin Zhou made no mention of how strange Lin Yi was acting. He’d been possessed by the 2-6 Monster before. Although he didn’t remember what happened in the 2-6 Rule World, he remembered the feeling of being possessed.
Now that this time rewind has been opened, it was enough to prove that Lin Yi’s other personality was possessed by the 4-4 Monster. Perhaps it was also because of this that Lin Yi felt unwell.
He pulled Lin Yi over, letting Lin Yi sit on the sofa. He stretched out his hand and rubbed Lin Yi’s head, comforting him, “Little genius, wait here for me for a bit.”
After saying so, Qin Zhou made a circuit around the room. They only knew that they could leave the time rewind when they’re woken up but they had no idea how to leave if the people in the time rewind wanted to leave.
Qin Zhou could only look around the room to see if he could find a way out of here.
While looking, he kept an eye on Lin Yi. Actually, Qin Zhou had already guessed the real main plot of the 4-4 Rule World.
It was probably the story of a teenager who was treated as a burden by his parents, a victim of divorced parents.
Combining with Cen Qian’s characteristics to fill in the main plot, the boy’s father was likely a notorious criminal and might have been in jail. The boy’s mother remarried and had a daughter and would give the boy some living expenses every month.
But what the teenager wanted obviously wasn’t the money but the care of his mother.
But the mother couldn’t give this love. From the phone call, Qin Zhou could hear that the mother only had annoyance and disgust for the boy. The annoyance was because she had mistakenly thought that the boy was calling to ask for money and the disgust was because the boy shared genes with his father.
A teenager who lacked love, who grew without the care and guidance of his parents. His heart eventually filled with darkness, which bred the 4-4 Monster.
From this point of view, the main plot of the 4-4 Rule World wasn’t complicated. The difficulty lay in the guise of the time rewind. The failure of the previous participants was probably due to the fact that they were unable to discover the “past time” hidden within the time rewind.
However, no matter how simple the main plot may be, this was just a guess. Qin Zhou’s way of dealing with Rules World is to seek clues to fill in the details, such as the boy’s name, whether his father really was a criminal and what his life was like after his parents divorced.
But right now, Qin Zhou wasn’t going to spend any more time in this past time. Lin Yi wasn’t feeling well.
After searching around in the room, Qin Zhou couldn’t find a way to leave. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Lin Yi lowering his head, looking very uncomfortable.
Qin Zhou set aside looking for an escape and he went back to check on Lin Yi’s situation.
“Little genius, you…”
Mid-sentence, he abruptly stopped.
The Lin Yi before him was both familiar and unfamiliar. What was familiar were his facial contours and facial features; those had not changed. What was unfamiliar was the coldness in Lin Yi’s eyes. But this wasn’t the first time Qin Zhou had seen Lin Yi like this. Qin Zhou had also seen Lin Yi like this once, in the 16-8 Rule World.
Lin Yi had explained. This was his sub-personality.
Translator’s note: Sorry the release is so late. Allergies have been extremely distracting.
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Oh god, allergies are such a nuisance… Rest some more, and just continue with your regular schedule once you’re feeling better. Taking care of yourself is the most important.
Thank you for the chapter!
So our lin yi is the one possessing the body so he is a ghost?😶
Hope you are feeling better 💜
Uh oh, that’s the subpersonality that actually is the 4-4 monster 😱
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it’s getting confusing for my little brain 🥲
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………god im so nervous …..ahh….