Chapter 137
After much anxious waiting, night finally came.
Cheng Yang glanced at Xia Hui, who was sleeping under the bed. The remaining participants would leave the 8-4 Rule World but Xia Hui and Chen Zixun would stay here forever.
But this place, too, was about to be destroyed.
Perhaps because he was about to leave this place, Cheng Yang was no longer afraid of Xia Hui. He knelt down and said to Xia Hui, “Although we’ve had our disagreements, I wouldn’t have made it without you. Don’t worry, I’m not the type of man who forgets. I will definitely remember your life-saving kindness for the rest of my life. When I get out of here, I will definitely build a memorial for you…”
Lin Yi was listening to Cheng Yang and Xia Hui’s chatter. Standing by the window, he lifted up the curtain and looked down.
Outside the dorm building, Ren Li was holding the package he’d taken out of his locker. It had been placed back in his locker after being rejected. He opened the package and looked at the curse letter.
Looking at it, Ren Li suddenly paused. He then put the curse letter against the tip of his nose and took a deep whiff.
After taking in the smell, Ren Li’s body became more stagnant.
He raised his head suddenly and instantly zeroed in on Lin Yi’s position.
After that one look, Ren Li turned around and walked back into the dormitory.
Lin Yi quickly put down the curtain and walked to the door, listening to the goings on outside.
Nearby, Cheng Yang was still talking to Xia Hui. “Don’t worry…”
“Meow–”
A sharp cat meow suddenly sounded, interrupting Cheng Yang’s one-sided communication with Xia Hui. Cheng Yang was startled, then quickly got up and walked towards Lin Yi. “Has…has it started?”
Lin Yi nodded. “En.”
Saying so, Lin Yi continued to listen against the door, one hand on the doorknob. He was afraid that, in the spirit of smashing a cracked pot, the 8-4 Monster, might retaliate against the other participants before it can be killed by the Rule of Death. If there were any signs of this, Lin Yi would have to go out and stop it.
But Lin Yi listened by the door for a short while and heard no other sounds except the cat’s meow.
Cheng Yang was a little nervous. “Lin Yi Ge, the curse letter cats… they don’t meow, right?”
Lin Yi kept his ear against the door. “Yeah.”
He knew why Cheng Yang was asking. “This should be the cry of the 8-4 Monster.”
The biggest difference between 8-4 Monster and the Monsters they’d encountered before was that this Monster was a cat.
Monsters like the 7-7 and 2-6 Monsters cursed Lin Yi out loud after being finally killed by the Rules of Death. But the 8-4 Monster, perhaps because it was just a cat, did no such thing.
Cheng Yang gave an “Oh”. He was about to say something when his expression suddenly changed.
He heard the cat’s meowing getting closer to Room 204.
“Lin Yi Xiong, it…it-it…it’s coming here?!”
Lin Yi thought for a bit and pressed down on the door handle.
Cheng Yang panicked and made to stop him.
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
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Ycf bo atf kjiir bo Ebbw 204 cbk ibbxfv ilxf j mgjmxfv wlggbg, ojiilcu rlifcais qlfmf ys qlfmf. Ktlr qgbnfv atja Olc Tl’r wfatbv tjv yffc remmfrroei jcv atja atf 8-4 Zbcrafg tjv yffc xliifv ys lar bkc Eeif bo Gfjat.
Lin Yi also heard the cat meowing. At first, it was far in the distance but now it was right at the door of their room, as if the cat had specifically come looking for them.
He thought of what the 2-6 Monster had said. He also thought about the clues regarding his identity he’d found while in the 4-4 Rule World. That was why Lin Yi couldn’t help but open the door.
However, Lin Yi didn’t dare open the door completely. After all, the place hadn’t completely collapsed yet. Moreover, it would be bad if the cat outside suddenly spoke human words and Cheng Yang heard what it said.
Lin Yi carefully looked at the black cat outside the door.
This wasn’t the one that had scratched him in the classroom; rather, this was the Monster cat born from evil.
It stared at Lin Yi, then lay down and rolled around on the ground, exposing its belly.
Lin Yi was shocked.
Cheng Yang, who was behind Lin Yi, saw Lin Yi’s reaction and thought that something had happened. He hurriedly squeezed over to take a look. Lin Yi didn’t have time to react, so Cheng Yang saw this scene. Cheng Yang smiled when he saw it. “Lin Yi Xiong, is it acting cute with you?”
Lin Yi’s palms began to sweat and he quickly denied, “No!”
Cheng Yang was frightened by Lin Yi’s reaction. “Huh?”
Lin Yi quickly said, “It’s acting cute with you.”
Cheng Yang was confused. “With me? Why?”
Lin Yi quickly dragged Cheng Yang into the room. “No reason, maybe you’re more…more…”
Before he could think of an adjective, fortunately, the white light had already swept over them, drowning them in an instant.
—–
When he woke up, he was in the lecture theater.
Lin Yi was the first person to wake up in Area 8-4. When the officer in charge of Area 8-4 saw Lin Yi waking up, he was momentarily stunned before exclaiming in surprise, “You’re awake?”
Lin Yi nodded. He looked to the side and saw that there were 12 spots in all. At this time, two were vacant. Apart from him, the other nine were still asleep.
The officer in charge walked towards him, unconcealed joy on his face, “You’re amazing. You’ve been in the 8-4 Rule World for less than 6 hours and the mortality rate is much lower than expected! That’s great!”
As he spoke, he excitedly showed Lin Yi the information he had on hand.
Lin Yi took the information sheet.
The officer in charge offered, “Would you like some water?”
Lin Yi was indeed a little thirsty and he nodded. “Thank you.”
The officer in charge said, “My pleasure, thank you for your hard work.”
After the officer in charge went to fetch him a glass of water, Lin Yi lowered his head and looked at the information sheet.
The information sheet contained the student union’s record of this current mission and a new assessment.
Led by patrol team members Lin Yi and Ren Li, twelve students went sent into the 8-4 Rule World.
In the first hour after this instance of the 8-4 Rule World began, the first deceased person appeared, named Xia Hui.
In the third hour after entering the 8-4 Rule World, a second deceased person appeared, named Chen Zixun.
According to the information sheet, the student council’s mortality rate assessment for this Rule World was 40%.
There was also a space for the actual mortality rate, which had yet to be filled in.
Lin Yi did the math and found that the actual mortality rate for this instance was 12%.
He put down the information sheet. He could gauge the speed at which time flowed in the 8-4 Rule World since he never felt hungry. Even Cheng Yang, who grew hungry after just one skipped meal, hadn’t complained about hunger. Though he might have just forgotten about eating from the fear.
But Lin Yi hadn’t expected for time outside to have passed so slowly, not even six hours.
Lin Yi felt a little panicked. Their time in the 8-4 Rule World corresponded to less than six hours in reality, which meant that Qin Zhou might not have calmed down yet.
After all, too little time had passed.
Lin Yi was thinking this when the officer in charge came back with his water.
After Lin Yi said ‘thank you’, he lowered his head and took a sip of water, thinking about what words to use to ask the officer in charge about Qin Zhou.
Before he could figure out a way to ask, the officer in charge contacted Ou Ying. “Ou Ying Xue Jie, the 8-4 instance is over.”
Lin Yi waited for the officer in charge to finish his report to Ou Ying.
Officer in charge: “Yes, Lin Yi has woken up. Do you want to inform Zhou Ge? Yes, Zhou Ge has given instructions before for him to be informed as soon as Lin Yi wakes up…”
Lin Yi choked and saw the officer in charge looking over. He wiped the water from his lips with one hand and said, “I’m fine. I’m fine.”
The officer in charge continued his report to Ou Ying, “Team Captain Wang isn’t here now and I don’t have the authority to contact him. I’ll tell Lin Yi right now.”
Lin Yi couldn’t hear what Ou Ying said to the officer in charge, but he could probably guess.
Sure enough, the officer in charge said to Lin Yi sheepishly, “Lin Yi Tongxue, Ou Ying Xue Jie is in the middle of something right now and Team Captain Wang isn’t here. Can you report to Zhou Ge yourself that you’ve woken up?”
Lin Yi: “…”
Lin Yi scratched his head and felt around in his pants pocket. He couldn’t find his phone.
The person in charge then remembered and said quickly, “I’m sorry, we accidentally dropped your mobile phone when we brought you back from the drop-off point.”
People who enter Rule Worlds would appear in the real world as though they were asleep. The student union would then carry them to the lecture theater to look after them. Lin Yi reckoned that his phone must have fallen from his pocket when he was being carried back. The pockets of his sweatpants were relatively shallow and slippery.
The officer in charge looked very guilty. “I’ve taken it to be repaired but it was a bad tumble. I’m not sure if it can be repaired.”
“It’s okay, it’s okay.” Lin Yi said quickly, “My phone is worthless.”
The scholarship money will be awarded after this midterm exam. He can just ask a teacher who has access in and out of the campus to bring him a mobile phone.
Moreover, every month, the student union also records the students’ needs that cannot be met on campus and then make a bulk purchase.
Saying so, Lin Yi suddenly thought of something and he felt for the MP4 player in his other pants pocket.
The MP4 player was gone too.
He was stunned for a moment. “My…”
At the same time, the officer in charge said, “Lin Yi Xiong, you also have an MP4 player, right?”
Lin Yi nodded quickly.
The officer in charge said, “The MP4 player fell out together with your mobile phone…”
Lin Yi’s heart suddenly tightened. In terms of price, the MP4 player was worth about the same as his mobile phone but its value was completely different. There were many things in that MP4 player. “Did it get broken?”
The officer in charge said, “It should be fine but we saw some scratches on it so we sent it for repair too.”
Despite hearing this, not only did Lin Yi not relax, but his whole heart seemed like it was being squeezed.
Repair?
He knew that the school had a repair center.
But during the course of normal repair wouldn’t the technician test the MP4 player? If the repair technician listen to the recordings there…
Lin Yi didn’t dare think about it.
He immediately jumped off the bed and made to walk out.
The officer in charge didn’t know what was had gotten into Lin Yi. He hurriedly chased after him, “Lin Yi Tongxue, what’s the matter?”
It was impossible for Lin Yi to explain. He hurriedly said, “I suddenly remembered that I have to take care of something.”
“Oh,” the officer in charge said, “Will you be coming back? There should be a review meeting soon. If you don’t have a mobile phone, you might not know where the meeting will be.”
Lin Yi said, “I’ll be back soon.”
Officer in charge: “Okay.”
Lin Yi pushed open the door of the lecture theater. The officer in charge watched Lin Yi leave in a hurry. After a while, he remembered that he had not reported to Qin Zhou yet. The person in charge was about to contact Ou Ying again when he looked back and saw a second person waking up in Area 8-4.
It was the other member of the patrol team.
The officer in charge hurried over and asked, “You’re awake? Are you feeling uncomfortable anywhere?”
“You did a great job on this mission. You spent less than 6 hours in the 8-4 Rule World and the mortality rate…”
At first, Ren Li looked at him in confusion. He then realized what had happened.
He’d been chosen by the 8-4 Monster.
Ren Li was about to get up when he found that a sturdy leg was lying across his body.
He threw this muscled leg aside then sat up, cradling his head in his hand. “Where’s Lin Yi?”
The officer in charge, “Lin Yi Tongxue had something he needed to attend to. Oh, by the way, Ren Li Tongxue, can you contact Zhou Ge?”
Nooooo not Lin Yi’s MP4 player… and it’s so sweet the 8-4 monster laid down for them. Uh. Too bad it was in the body of Ren Li though lol
Ren Li acting like a pampered house cat
Was the cat acknowledging the monster inside MC?
Thanks for the chapter!
If I’m not mistaken, two other monsters (vase girl and woman in red dress) also expressed gratitude to Lin Yi at the end of their lives for figuring out the main plot (their life stories) and either avenging or bringing peace to them. Even though they were evil and ate humans to survive, that evil came from a place of hurt. So I think the cat’s doing the same thing here rather than submitting to whatever is inside Lin Yi
Actually, you may be right.
If the repairman hears the music of “ka-ka-ka-ka”, it’s debatable whether or not he’d have a heart attack..
Tbh I’d just be like “ah yes teenagers I’m better off not knowing tf that is” and just out of sight (earshot?) out of mind it