Chapter 117
Lin Yi startled Cheng Yang and he quickly retracted his hand as if he had been electrocuted.
There were two other participants, who like them, were assigned rooms on the second floor of the dormitory. One was Xia Hui and the other was a girl named Zeng Nannan.
When Xia Hui and Zeng Nannan heard Lin Yi, they didn’t dare touch the door again and took a few steps back.
Like a monkey, Cheng Yang jumped a few times before he was able to shake loose some of his tension. “What’s wrong with this door?”
“There should be no problem with the door.” Lin Yi rubbed his nose awkwardly.
Cheng Yang asked, “Then is there something wrong with the key?”
“There should be no problem with the key.” Lin Yi noticed the looks Xia Hui and Zeng Nannan were directing at him. His words could indeed be easily misunderstood. He explained awkwardly, “There’s nothing the matter with the door or key.”
Cheng Yang quickly asked, “Then what is it?”
Lin Yi said, “The delivery lockers.”
Lin Yi wasn’t some stupid donkey either. Before Cheng Yang could ask further, Lin Yi quickly said, “We should see if there’s anything in the delivery lockers.”
While Cheng Yang was still thinking whether there was any profound meaning behind Lin Yi’s words, Xia Hui and Zeng Nannan next to him paused and then hurried downstairs.
When these two people passed by him, Cheng Yang finally understood.
Rule 8-4 had to do with packages and they’d seen the delivery lockers. The delivery lockers is where packages are stored. Just like in the 7-7 Rule World, where an open window was a signal that the Rule of Death had come knocking on your door, a package in your delivery locker, would also likely be a signal that you were being targeted by the Rule of Death.
After thinking about it, Cheng Yang became anxious. The sun was setting and it was about to turn completely dark. Nighttime was when NPCs could kill people.
“Let’s go, let’s go.” Cheng Yang said.
“Let’s.” Lin Yi agreed.
The two of them followed Xia Hui and Zeng Nannan to the row of delivery lockers at the entrance to the dormitory.
The lockers were equipped with locks but probably because the lockers were too old and the keyholes were covered in rust, it seemed that you could simply open it without need for a matching key.
Lin Yi ran to delivery locker No. 202 and Cheng Yang stood next to him.
The two of them opened their respective lockers at the same time.
Cheng Yang: “Huh——”
Cheng Yang breathed a long sigh of relief and glanced at Lin Yi’s locker No. 202.
Their lockers were empty. There was nothing there, only the smell of stuffy dampness.
Lin Yi looked towards Xia Hui and Zeng Nannan.
That the appearance of a package in one’s delivery locker was a sign that the Rule of Death was targeting a participant was just Lin Yi’s guess. If he wants to be able to ascertain this guess, he has to see if there are packages in the other people’s lockers.
If everyone’s lockers were empty then the Rule of Death in the 8-4 Rule World was formless and everyone would be on tenterhooks tonight.
Zeng Nannan’s locker No. 205 was also empty. Lin Yi set his sights on Xia Hui.
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Zeng Nannan was right next to Xia Hui. Catching hold of the smell, she couldn’t help but hold her chest and retch.
Cheng Yang also retched.
Lin Yi didn’t have time to wonder what that smell coming from the express cabinet No. 204 was because the moment Xia Hui opened the door, his eyes were firmly fixed on what was inside the locker.
He saw a package in cabinet No. 204.
The package was a small box. Judging from Lin Yi’s limited experience sending and receiving express delivery, a box this small could only be used for something the size of a USB flash drive.
There was a courier note attached to the box.
But Lin Yi didn’t get enough time to see what was written on the note.
“Bang–”
Xia Hui slammed the door of the locker shut. The auntie in the mail room next to them stuck her head out and said annoyed, “Take it easy. If you damage it, you’ll have to pay to get it fixed.”
Xia Hui probably hadn’t heard a word of what the mail room auntie said. Xia Hui trembled and opened the locker door again. The package was still there. It hadn’t disappeared as Xia Hui had hoped. The package was still lying quietly in package locker No. 204.
“Bang.”
Xia Hui closed the locker door again. Lin Yi still hadn’t been able to see what was on the delivery note. All he saw was that the swollen as if it had been soaked in some dirty liquid.
“What are you looking at!”
Xia Hui suddenly shouted at Zeng Nannan.
Zeng Nannan had subconsciously cast her eyes on it. When Xia Hui shouted, she quickly lowered her head and looked away. “I’m sorry, I’m just…just…”
Xia Hui said fiercely, “Just what? Watching a good show? It’s none of your business.”
Zeng Nannan: “Sorry, sorry.”
Cheng Yang couldn’t stand it and said, “It’s not like the girl put that package there for you. Why are you being so mean? You’re an idiot taking your anger out on a girl.”
Xia Hui had originally wanted to vent his anger on Cheng Yang, but when he laid his eyes on Cheng Yang’s face, he remembered the friction he had with Cheng Yang before entering the 8-4 Rule World. He held his breath and stopped talking.
Cheng Yang wanted to say something more but Lin Yi pulled at the corner of Cheng Yang’s clothes.
Now that a package has appeared in Xia Hui’s locker, he was practically standing on the edge of an abyss. He was worried that Cheng Yang would make Xia Hui angry and Xia Hui would drag Cheng Yang into the abyss with him.
Cheng Yang didn’t understand what Lin Yi meant but stopped to give Lin Yi face.
He shut up and stopped making a ruckus.
Lin Yi quickly said, “Let’s go back up.”
Cheng Yang nodded. “Alright.”
Then he turned to Zeng Nannan and asked, “Let’s go together?”
Zeng Nannan nodded quickly.
On the way back to the second floor, Zeng Nannan said to Cheng Yang, “Thank you.”
Cheng Yang sighed. “It’s no big deal, it was nothing.”
Afterwards, Zeng Nannan asked Cheng Yang’s name. They’d arrived at the second floor.
Cheng Yang told her his name and Zeng Nannan thanked him again.
Lin Yi next to him turned the key and with a click, opened dorm room 202.
The condition of the room was much better than the delivery lockers. There is no musty smell in the dormitory.
Lin Yi walked in. The room was furnished very simply, with a bed and a desk and chair for studying. He reached out and dragged his index finger across the table. There was no dust on the table and the floor was very clean. Although there were no personal items like the dorm rooms in the 7-7 Rule World, the clean and tidy room still gave Lin Yi the feeling that someone had been staying in this room.
After Lin Yi checked the room carefully, he heard the sound of a door opening and then closing. Then there was the sound of a lock turning. He reckoned that Cheng Yang and Zeng Nannan had finished talking. Lin Yi quickly walked to the door and called out softly, “Cheng Yang Xiong.”
“What…what’s wrong?” Cheng Yang turned his head to look at him, becoming nervous once again.
He knew that Lin Yi wasn’t used to rooming others, so Cheng Yang never stayed over at Lin Yi’s room even though he’d willingly sleep on the floor. The Unnatural Engineering University when they first enrolled wasn’t any safer than their situation now. Cheng Yang certainly didn’t think that Lin Yi was merciful enough to let him stay in Room 202 with him.
Which meant that Lin Yi must have discovered something.
Lin Yi waved to him. “Come quickly.”
Cheng Yang became even more nervous and he fearfully approached Lin Yi’s and stood there. Lin Yi pulled Cheng Yang in. Lin Yi then poked his head to look at room 204. He took a long look before looking away and closing the door.
Cheng Yang covered his eyes and looked through the gaps between his fingers for something scary that might be in the room.
“There’s nothing wrong in the room.” Lin Yi said.
“You nearly scared me to death.” Cheng Yang put down his hand and breathed a big sigh of relief. He then looked at Lin Yi, feeling moved. “Then Lin Yi Xiong, have you changed rooming alone principle for the sake of your good brother?”
Lin Yi decided not to tell him that not only had he roomed with someone but even slept on the same bed.
He just pointed at the door and said, “The scary thing is outside.”
To prevent Cheng Yang from being frightened to death by his own imagination, Lin Yi explained in a low voice, “Xia Hui hasn’t come back yet.”
Cheng Yang didn’t understand: “What’s wrong with him not coming back yet?”
“He was probably so scared seeing that package that he can’t even walk. It’s probably pretty normal that he hasn’t come back…”
“It is normal.” Lin Yi still kept his voice low. “Then what’s even more normal?”
Cheng Yang: “What?”
Lin Yi said, “Wouldn’t he want to resist?”
Cheng Yang: “I think so. How can a person just stand back and wait to die?”
“If I were him and I saw a package in my locker, I would definitely…”
Cheng Yang suddenly cut off.
Lin Yi nodded. “You would save yourself.”
If he were Xia Hui and found that the package that represented the Rules of Death had appeared in his locker, he would find a way to save himself; like throwing the package into someone else’s locker. After all, everyone’s lockers were unlocked. .
No matter whether this method would be effective or not, one had to try. What if? What if there was no need to die?
Lin Yi has experienced this before. In the 7-7 Rule World, Xu Xiazhi had moved his wardrobe. It was similar in nature to Xia Hui’s moving of the package now.
Lin Yi asked, “Do you think Xia Hui would put the package in someone else’s express locker?”
Cheng Yang nodded stiffly. “That…that guy looks shrewd and doesn’t seem like a good person.”
Lin Yi nodded, he thought so too.
“Cheng Yang Xiong, whose locker do you think Xia Hui will transfer the package to?” Lin Yi asked again.
Cheng Yang was momentarily speechless.
There was no need to think about it. There was a high probability that Xia Hui would transfer the package to Cheng Yang’s locker, so that not only could he escape the disaster but Cheng Yang, whom he disliked would be killed as well.
“Not necessarily.” Lin Yi comforted: “Xia Hui looked a little panicked.”
Cheng Yang’s lips moved and Lin Yi said: “When a person is in a panic, his thoughts won’t be so clear. He might consider it in terms of proximity.”
In other words, everyone above, below, immediately left or right to Xia Hui’s locker might suffer.
“He could also move it little farther away.”
Lin Yi spoke again.
The farther away the package is from you, the safer it will be.
Cheng Yang took a deep breath. “In other words, any locker might be made to carry that disaster.”
Lin Yi: “Yeah.”
Cheng Yang: “What should we do? Should we go take a look now?”
“We can go and have a look but not now.” Lin Yi said, “We have to wait until Xia Hui comes back.”
It was impossible for the two of them to guard the delivery cabinet all the time and they were in a more dangerous position than the others right now since Ren Li might be watching them.
If they move on the front foot and Xia Hui moves the package on the back foot, their attempt would only be in vain.
The only thing they could do was wait for Xia Hui to come back before they exchanged the package.
Cheng Yang walked to the window and looked at the sky outside. “But…”
It was getting dark.
Night was coming.
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Xia Hui 🫣 you’re a disaster man. I’m so curious what his note said! And what’s inside that box? Considering the smell, I wonder if it’s something like a body part.
What happened to Xu Xiazhi in the end ??? Is he still alive ??? Totally forgot..