Chapter 155
The black dragon tattoo thug made no attempt to conceal the malice in his words. The baldfaced malice in this threat made the participants pale. Qin Zhou frowned and stared at Lin Yi closely.
What he’d been in the middle of telling Lin Yi was: ‘Tell them it was me who told you to do this.’
But although he didn’t get to finish speaking, Qin Zhou was sure that Lin Yi understood.
With the thug’s threat, Lin Yi became the focus of everyone’s attention.
Every nerve in Qin Zhou’s body was wound as tight as they would go. He was keenly aware that Lin Yi was, once again, not going to listen to him.
Sure enough.
Lin Yi nodded. Compared to the others, he was unusually calm. “Alright.”
Qin Zhou gritted his back molars. He could even hear the sound of his teeth grinding together.
Hearing what Lin Yi said, the participants, despite feeling tense, showed expressions of surprise and curiosity. Lin Yi answered in an indifferent manner, as if he truly knew what these eight bald thugs were thinking.
But this restart had already deviated from the last plot. No matter which way you look, Lin Yi was just an ordinary person. He didn’t look to be someone who could real minds.
If Lin Yi really had the ability to read minds, it would be a good thing for the others. He’d be able to understand the inner thoughts of NPCs and Xiushen Academy would be a piece of cake. But Lin Yi restarted four times along with them. If he really had the ability to read minds, he wouldn’t keep risking his life with them. It was obvious that Lin Yi didn’t have this special ability.
Everyone held their breath and looked fearfully at Lin Yi.
Their hearts were all lodged in their throat, not knowing how Lin Yi would resolve this crisis.
Firstly, they were worried that Lin Yi wouldn’t be able to fool these eight people and secondly, they were worried that these thugs would take out their anger on them.
Xixi and the other girls looked at these eight bald men. They won’t be easy to fool. Otherwise, when Lin Yi tricked the black tattoo baldie the first time, they would have already believed him and wouldn’t have come looking for him again at this time. He even threatened Lin Yi.
Lin Yi knew that he was the center of everyone’s attention. Right now, his matter was all anyone was thinking of.
Among all these gazes, Qin Zhou’s was the one that bored the deepest on his bad. But it also gave Lin Yi a sense of peace in his heart. Qin Zhou was staring at him and Qin Zhou was at him. Right now, he didn’t have the spare mental capacity to make any plan for if he failed but Lin Yi was sure that Qin Zhou was already making arrangements.
Thinking like this, Lin Yi said, “Have you brought your mobile phones?”
The thug stared at Lin Yi unkindly.
Lin Yi asked again, “Have you brought them with you?”
The lead thug looked at Lin Yi’s expression. The bald thug behind him said, irritated, “What does this matter? Are you playing a trick on us?”
Lin Yi met the gaze of the thug who spoke. He said nothing and simply watched.
At first, when Lin Yi turned his gaze at him, the thug felt inexplicably guilty. Then, he turned angry because of his own guilty conscience. “You…”
The thug with the black dragon tattoo stretched out his arm to stop him. He glared at Lin Yi and said, “We’ve got our phones.”
“I guarantee you’ll need it.” Lin Yi returned his gaze to the black dragon baldie and then said, “Think of a number between 0 to 10.”
The green dragon baldie next to him smiled. “We told you to tell us what we’re thinking and now, you’re ordering us around. Why, are you going to guess the number we chose?”
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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Lin Yi nodded and said, “Alright then as long as you’re not afraid of being punished for letting secrets leak, I have no objection at all.”
The black dragon thug was momentarily stunned. The other baldies too fell silent.
Lin Yi’s words seized their weakness.
Lin Yi saw their reactions in the depths of their eyes. “We can avoid that if I just read the number in your heart but since you’re prepared to bear the consequences then fine.”
Saying so, Lin Yi looked directly into the eyes of the thug with the black dragon tattoo. He stared unwaveringly; he didn’t even blink. “What you’re thinking is…”
“Fine.” The black dragon baldie cut him off, saying, “Just numbers. We just choose between 0-10, right?”
Lin Yi said, “Yes.”
The black dragon baldie breathed a sigh of relief.
In fact, Lin Yi too secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He didn’t really have the ability to read minds. If he were lucky, he’d be able to infer maybe a couple people’s thoughts, but there were eight people at this time. It was impossible for him to get all eight people’s thoughts correct.
The bald black dragon baldie said, “I’ve got my number. Now tell me what number I’m thinking of.”
The other thugs stared at Lin Yi. Judging from their expressions, they had also thought of their numbers and were waiting for Lin Yi’s answers.
The atmosphere was unbearably tense at this moment.
The participants were facing a formidable enemy.
There is no difference in difficulty between guessing numbers and guessing words. They are both of the same nature.
Lin Yi glanced at the eight bald men and asked, “Are you sure?”
Seeing Lin Yi asking so confidently, the eight bald men couldn’t help but feel their hearts start to pound. If Lin Yi really was a medium then their words and tone just now had been extremely disrespectful.
Wanting to remedy the situation a bit, they spoke softly and nodded. “Yes.”
Lin Yi said, “Multiply your number by 2 and then add 5.”
The eight bald heads were silent for a moment. The head thug was a little irritated but when he caught Lin Yi’s gaze, he still followed Lin Yi’s request.
Qin Zhou’s tense nerves got a chance to loosen for a moment after hearing Lin Yi’s words. Though he still kept his eyes unaweringly on Lin Yi.
He recalled what Lin Yi had said when he’d been promoting himself in the 7-7 Rule World.
-“Senior, do you know about Mensa?”
-“Senior, I’m a probationary member.”
That’s what Lin Yi had said at that time but Qin Zhou ignored him.
“Multiply this result by 50,” Lin Yi continued.
Memories and the present overlapped in front of Qin Zhou’s eyes. He let out a breath and looked helplessly at Lin Yi.
He now believed that Lin Yi was a probationary member of Mensa.
The thugs were already impatient. They could do the first calculation in their heads but now they had to multiply by 50. Who could do that mentally?
Lin Yi knew that these words would definitely make these baldies rebel. He said quietly, “Your mobile phone.”
Head thug’s rebelliousness instantly disappeared without a trace. And not just him, the other thugs as well. They quickly took out their mobile phones and multiplied the number by 50 as Lin Yi had asked.
Lin Yi just said had assured them they would need their mobile phones.
And now, his prediction proved correct.
In this confrontation, Lin Yi was slowly gaining the upper hand. Knowing that the thugs would be obedient for a while, he continued, “If you have a birthday this year, add 1772, if you don’t have a birthday, add 1771.”
The thugs tinkered with their mobile phones.
Lin Yi paused for a while, giving them time to calculate. He then said, “Subtract the year of your birth from the calculated number, okay?”
The eight bald men nodded.
Lin Yi said, “You got a three-digit number.”
The eight baldies looked at their mobile phone screens and nodded.
Lin Yi said, “The first number is the number you choose.”
The thugs’ faces turned pale.
Lin Yi took advantage of the victory and pushed on, “And the last two digits are…” He paused deliberately and emphasized, “Your age.”
The head thug suddenly looked up at Lin Yi, sobered up.
The other baldies looked at Lin Yi with conflicting emotions, though all showed varying degrees of admiration.
The participants were still unsure of the situation and they were still worried. Only Qin Zhou breathed a sigh of relief.
Lin Yi had frightened these eight thugs.
“Um…I…what…” The bald thug with the black dragoon tattoo said uneasily, “If you don’t mind, can I find a different room for you?”
Lin Yi nodded and said politely, “Okay.”
The thugs thought of the state the entire school was in. After a moment, he said, “We’ll go and clean things up for you first, you…”
Lin Yi said, “I can wait here.”
“Okay, okay.” The black dragon baldie was about to leave with the other intimidated thugs, when upon he reaching the door, he suddenly paused.
Lin Yi’s heart tightened and his fingers curled up.
The thug looked back at Lin Yi and said fearfully, “We had eyes but were blind to Mount Tai. Please do not blame us.”
Lin Yi said nothing and thug didn’t dare say anything else. He quickly led his people away.
Eyes didn’t get to see the show he’d been anticipating and he irritably made to lock the door.
Lin Yi hesitated again and again but did not say anything to stop Eyes from locking the door, otherwise his purpose would be too obvious.
After thinking about it, he pointed to Eyes and said pretentiously, “Take him away, he is a little…unlucky.”
Before Eyes could say anything, the black dragon baldie slapped him saying, “Fuck you. Why haven’t you left yet?”
Eyes :”……”
Hearing Lin Yi say that Eyes was unlucky, the eight baldies left, dragging Eyes with them.
Eyes was as thin as a bamboo pole. He found it difficult to even struggle in the hold of these thugs.
After the door was closed and the footsteps disappeared, everyone quickly gathered around Lin Yi. They were still trapped in the tense atmosphere, their voices trembling, “What’s going on? Can you really read their chosen numbers and ages?”
“I didn’t read anything. I don’t know the numbers they chose or their ages. They were fooled.” Lin Yi scratched his head and said, “I asked them to subtract their year of birth. In mathematics, that’s known seeking known, conclusion pushing conclusion. That’s all.”
Seeing that everyone didn’t understand, Lin Yi explained, “Suppose the number from 1-10 is x and the year of birth is y. Then substitute in the regular equation I had them calculate. The equation is?”
Everyone shook their heads.
They didn’t quite understand what Lin Yi was saying, but now that this incident has passed, it didn’t matter.
The important thing now was that Lin Yi would be able to leave the dorm room soon.
As long as he’s out of the dorm room, he’ll have the chance to try to find that reporter who came to Xiushen Academy for the interview. He can then send a distress signal to the reporter.
Lin Yi then looked at Qin Zhou. The other participants got the message from his body language and all walked away.
“Senior…” Lin Yi said, “Now that matters have come to this, may I suggest you not to be angry?”
Qin Zhou: “…”
“Okay.” Qin Zhou said, “As matters stand, I only need to hear one thing from you.”
Lin Yi said, “I like you.”
Qin Zhou: “…”
Lin Yi changed his words, “No, I mean, I love you.”
“Little genius,” Qin Zhou put his hands on Lin Yi’s shoulders and held him. “I want you to promise that you will think about me before making any decisions.”
Qin Zhou stared at Lin Yi and said softly, “It can’t be helped. My heart is fragile. If something were to happen to you, I wouldn’t be able to bear it.”
Qin Zhou pressed him and asked, “Do you agree or not?”
Lin Yi nodded. “I agree, I promise.”
Lin Yi and his dangerously brilliant plans QAQ
I love that his response to Qin Zhou’s scolding is a love confession/affirmation
Ahh! He really knows how to pick his timing!
lolololol I was cackling all the while reading him trick them. but, Lin Yi!!!!! you really know how to make people worry for you!!!!!!
… That is the most unromantic confession I ever read…Ah, the mood, there is no mood at all!
I was so scared when Lin Yi tried to trick them cause that is the lousiest trick I’ve seen, but also…..I forgot those men are only brawn no brain