Chapter 119
Thinking this, Lin Yi immediately started searching with his eyes.
The sound-activated lights in the toilet had turned off. There were only a few exhaust fans installed in the upper right corner of the entire indoor space, effectively making it a closed space.
Lin Yi’s eyes searched the restroom bit by bit. They hadn’t entered the wrong restroom; it was the men’s room.
Of course, it didn’t really matter.
The important thing was that Lin Yi didn’t see anything that could move.
Lin Yi breathed a sigh of relief after making sure he didn’t see anything else.
He followed Cheng Yang’s example, relying on the airflow hitting his ligaments to speak. The resulting sound was just as loud as the trembling of Cheng Yang’s legs. “It probably has not…”
He had just gotten first part of “It probably has not followed us” out when Cheng Yang suddenly interrupted.
“What… what’s that sound?” Cheng Yang said, covering his mouth.
Lin Yi heard it too.
Tsk, Tsk, Tsk.
Tsk, Tsk, Tsk.
The sound was difficult to write into words, but it was a very common sound. Perhaps because it is so common, Lin Yi couldn’t immediately pinpoint the image of this sound.
While Lin Yi was racking his brains, Cheng Yang, tightly covering his mouth to prevent himself from making any other sounds due to the excessive fear in his heart, said, “Lin Yi Xiong, this sound… Does it sound like sniffing?”
Lin Yi suddenly paused.
That’s right!
Yes, that’s the sound.
Cheng Yang’s face turned pale to the extreme. If this sound was definitely caused by something sniffing…
That thing was trying to sniff them both out!
There was no use hiding in the toilet. The toilet was enclosed, their odor would accumulate in the air and the exhaust fans would carry out the air containing their odor.
“Lin Yi Xiong,” Cheng Yang held his breath and concentrated. He didn’t ask Lin Yi what to do because he knew the answer very well.
They could no longer stay in the public restroom. They would need to find an open place to let their smell disperse.
But how to get there? If they open the door, will they find whatever that was stuck on the other side?
Will going to an open place even ensure that the smell on their body will dissipate and get that thing off their trail?
Cheng Yang was unable to decide. Him calling out was asking Lin Yi for his opinion.
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But Lin Yi didn’t answer.
Jtfcu Tjcu mjiifv jujlc, “Olc Tl Wlbcu.”
Olc Tl rtbbx tlr tfjv. “Qf mjc’a ifjnf.”
Jtfcu Tjcu’r tfjga revvfcis alutafcfv. “Qt-…kts?”
Olc Tl abbx j vffq ygfjat jcv rjlv, “Olrafc mjgfoeiis.”
Jtfcu Tjcu ilrafcfv mjgfoeiis.
Lf tfjgv la. Krx, arx, arx.
Ktf rbecv mjwf ogbw yftlcv tlw, atja lr, bearlvf atf qeyilm ablifa vbbg.
But when Cheng Yang heard this little bit of something in 3D surround, and when he realized what a sound in 3D surround meant, Cheng Yang suddenly felt weak.
That thing wasn’t only outside the door; it was also in the toilet.
In other words, there was more than one of that thing.
Tsk tsk tsk.
The sound in the toilet gradually became clearer, but it remained very quiet, not loud enough to trigger the sound-activated lights.
Lin Yi looked towards the sound. The strange thing was, though the sound was getting closer and closer to them, he still couldn’t see anything.
He didn’t dare to rashly shout to turn on the sound-activated lights. All he could do was to use all his energy to guard against the approaching sound.
Lin Yi looked warily at the source of the sound, his thoughts racing as it kept getting closer.
There was something outside the door, blocking them from making their escape back to their room. And there was something in the toilet, zeroing in on them. It proved that he and Cheng Yang were being targeted.
But being targeted by these unknown things meant that they had inadvertently stepped on a mine.
But there were no packages in their lockers! Why were they being targeted?
Was it just because they left their rooms at night?
Lin Yi immediately dismissed this Rule of Death speculation. It seemed completely unrelated to the 8-4 Rule.
He held his breath and thought back to all they’d done since entering the 8-4 Rule World.
They went to class, returned to the dorm afterwards, and then went to the delivery lockers to check Xia Hui’s package.
Among this series of actions, the only one that was likely to have caused them to step out of line was the delivery lockers.
Suddenly Lin Yi pulled Cheng Yang hard. “Wash your hands!”
Before Cheng Yang could catch up, Lin Yi’s shout caused the sound-activated lights in the public toilet to turn on. Lin Yi’s voice echoed in the public toilet but there was nothing else in there save for the both of them.
Lin Yi rushed to the sink first. There was a bag of laundry detergent powder next to the sink. He quickly poured the powder out of the bag, then turned on the faucet and started scrubbing.
Seeing this, Cheng Yang came over quickly. Lin Yi directly gave him the foam he had rubbed up on his hands.
The two of them rubbed their skin until they turned red, not even sparing their arms. They then placed them under the faucet to rinse.
After washing, Lin Yi shook the water off his hands and walked to the door of the public toilet. He didn’t care about the dirt on the toilet door and pressed his ear right against it to have a listen outside.
It was quiet outside. There was nothing. The storm seemed to have passed.
However, the two of them didn’t dare go out. They had stayed in the toilet and they were still alive, which meant that the public toilet was still safe.
Since the toilet was safe, they saw no need to go out and hand over their lives to that thing. Better to just wait until dawn.
After sitting there for nearly an hour, Cheng Yang couldn’t help it anymore and asked, “Is it… safe?”
Lin Yi said, “It should be safe.”
With Lin Yi’s answer, Cheng Yang let out a long sigh. “If I had a heart disease, I would be drinking Meng Po soup by now.” This new lease on life brought Cheng Yang unexpected happiness. “Damn it. If I really die here tonight, I’ll have to drink a hundred bowls of Meng Po soup or a shadow will follow me into my next life.”
Lin Yi nodded in agreement.
Cheng Yang then asked, “What were those things?”
Lin Yi shook his head. “I don’t know.”
It was strange. Even in the dark, with his night vision, it was impossible that he wouldn’t have seen what it was. But though he heard the noise, he couldn’t see what made it.
Cheng Yang sighed and said, “But why did we have to wash our hands?”
The two of them had to sit there until dawn anyway, so Lin Yi explained to Cheng Yang in detail. “Everyone came into the school from outside, attended classes and returned to the dorm together. So, there couldn’t have been any Rules of Death from the school to the dorm.”
Since Ren Li had also done the same things.
Cheng Yang nodded. “What then? What then?”
“So the only place where the Rule of Death could have been hidden was in the delivery lockers.” Lin Yi said: “Think about what we did that the others didn’t do.”
Cheng Yang lowered his head and gave it serious thought. “Search for the package?”
The boy can be taught. Lin Yi patted Cheng Yang on the shoulder, a confirmation of Cheng Yang’s answer.
Cheng Yang said, “But we don’t even know where the package went and we didn’t touch it. Is it possible that we took one look at the package and that triggered it? But Zeng Nannan and Xia Hui saw it too.”
Lin Yi said patiently, “Did you smell it when Xia Hui opened locker No. 204?”
Cheng Yang nodded like a chicken pecking at rice. Their lockers had a musty smell but the smell in locker No. 204 was different from the others. It smelled so bad that it was difficult to describable. The reason why locker No. 204 was different was because of the smell. The smell was most probably because there was a package stored in locker No. 204, while the other lockers were empty.
Lin Yi said, “We didn’t touch the package but we touched locker No. 204.”
Cheng Yang was momentarily stunned. They went to check Xia Hui’s package and naturally they looked in locker No. 204. It was at that time that they were exposed to the smell from the package.
So those things kept making sniffing noises because they were zeroing in on the scent on their hands.
Cheng Yang said, “The Rule of Death is getting the smell of the package on you?”
“No, if that was the Rule of Death, those things would have attacked us directly, It wouldn’t have played hide and seek with us.” Lin Yi said: “The signal for the Death Rule to come to your door is not in the express cabinet. It was stuffed into a package, but it smelled like a package.”
Cheng Yang looked shocked, and it took him a long time to say, “Let me figure it out…”
Lin Yi stopped talking and waited for Cheng Yang to figure it out for himself.
Cheng Yang smoothed over his messy thoughts: “In other words, the package stored in the express cabinet is actually a trap. If someone touches it, it will attract those things at night. But touching it does not mean that you will die. Those things have other Rules of Death? Then… what is the Rule of Death? ”
Lin Yi thought for a moment and said, “Let’s see if we can find anything from Xia Hui tomorrow.”
Don’t think about it. Cheng Yang said, “Can Xia Hui tell you?”
Lin Yi whispered, “I mean Xia Hui’s body.”
Cheng Yang was stunned for a moment.
They had gone too check delivery cabinet No. 204 and got contaminated with the smell of the package. Xia Hui, who directly moved the package, would definitely have that smell all over him.
Lin Yi believed that the probability of Xia Hui’s survival was low.
Although Cheng Yang had a bad impression of Xia Hui, after all, it was a human life.
Cheng Yang didn’t gloat over Xia Hui’s misfortune and simply said, “Then we’ll be fine if we stay away from the delivery lockers.”
Lin Yi glanced at him. “Cheng Yang Xiong, what do you think?”
Cheng Yang said, “I think you sounds a bit like President Qin.”
Lin Yi: “…”
“Just kidding, I just wanted to relieve my nervousness.” Cheng Yang apologized quickly, and then said, “No matter what, I think it’s best to stay away from the delivery lockers.”
Lin Yi shook his head and said, “Who put the package in the locker no. 204? What’s in the package? What if the person who put the package took out the contents of the package and put them in the dorm room? Put it on us? Then what do we do?”
They had no idea what was in the package. Even if the contents of the package appeared in front of them in their rooms, they wouldn’t recognize it.
Cheng Yang: “Who would touch the package knowing there’s something wrong with it?”
If he thought about it seriously, no one with a sound mind would touch this express delivery.
Lin Yi said quietly, “Ren Li Ge.”
Cheng Yang immediately shuddered, and Lin Yi said, “How could the 8-4 Monster not know the signal of the Rule of Death? It would only need to get the package and take out the contents during the day and then take a shower to get rid of the smell on itself.”
“Lin Yi Xiong…” Cheng Yang thought in horror: “Stop talking. If you say anymore, cold air is going to starting coming out of the cracks in my bones.”
Lin Yi: “Oh.”
“So…” After a pause, Cheng Yang said, “So we have to find that package?”
Lin Yi: “En, when dawn comes, we have to get our hands on that package.”
Interesting.
Thanks for the update ^^
How nervewracking 😖
😭man why ren-li?? And where is our mr.President? I miss him
Thanks for the update! Can’t wait for the next chapter! ^^
I think Cheng Yang is also sus
Ooooof. Terrifying.
Xia Hui may be rude but at least he didn’t stuff the parcel in other’s locker.. Hope he can survive somehow..