Chapter 51
After leaving Ou Ying’s place, Lin Yi, unable to control his feet, asked several seniors for directions and found himself headed to the campus infirmary.
He couldn’t get close to the infirmary though because the student union had already built a duty station outside the infirmary.
Unlike the duty stations Lin Yi had encountered before, there were many more people stationed outside the infirmary. Among them, Lin Yi saw a senior from yesterday’s meeting. Ou Ying had introduced this senior as the one in charge of the school rules.
Lin Yi remembered that his name seemed to be Zhou Chi.
Zhou Chi said to his subordinates, “Zhou Ge wants to use this new rule. Sunday night is the deadline. We must figure this rule out.”
Sunday afternoon at 17:00 was Luo Yi’s farewell ceremony.
Everyone nodded and gave their assent. They quickly threw themselves back into their work.
Lin Yi watched from a distance. He waited and waited, until the sky gradually darkened. Just when he was debating whether to go back to the dormitory, there was finally a different sort of reaction at the duty station.
Lin Yi heard someone shout, “It’s here, it’s here. It appeared!”
Although Lin Yi was tall, he was standing quite a distance away and couldn’t really see the situation at the duty station. So he found a place with a relatively high vantage point and then looked again.
This time, he saw a person appear outside the infirmary.
Lin Yi was very familiar with the clothes this person was wearing. He looked down at himself; he was wearing a T-shirt faded from so many washes; his sweatpants had elastic bands that had gone slack and useless because it was one he’d bought on sale a few years ago.
And this person was wearing the same exact get up.
He was wearing the same exact clothes as Lin Yi, even the fading on the T-shirt was the same.
Lin Yi was stunned for a moment and then he immediately changed his position to get a better look at the person from the infirmary. This made Lin Yi even more confused.
Isn’t that…his face?
There was someone who looked exactly like him?
Now that Lin Yi’s position was closer to the duty point, Lin Yi heard gasps from the members of the student union.
“Why… how does it look…just like me?”
“It looks like you? Doesn’t it look like me?”
Lin Yi was relieved hearing these from the on-duty students. Every person must be seeing an exact copy of themselves.
Zhou Chi hurriedly said, “Don’t keep staring at it. Don’t let it drag you in. There’s no patrol member here to follow you.”
“What time is it now? Write down the time it appeared. Move back the duty point another ten meters. The infirmary in this building will be temporarily closed until Zhou Ge handles this rule.”
Zhou Chi quickly issued orders and then took out his mobile phone to contact Ou Ying. “Ou Ying Jie, it has appeared. It hasn’t drawn anyone in yet. Yes, it just appeared. 16-8 is still wandering around the spot it appeared. At present, we still have to way to predict its actions. Please inform all the students to stay inside their dormitories for now.”
“As of current record, the number of people who have disappeared within the 16-8 Rule is eighteen people. We estimate that nine people are involved in each instance.” Zhou Chi said to Ou Ying, “En, I will ensure the safety of the students on duty. You can rest assured.”
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Lin Yi turned around and went back immediately after witnessing all this.
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And with the 2-6 Rule World as precedent, Qin Zhou knew the danger of him being possessed by a Monster. So, they had to be very careful in choosing who would go with him in this new Rule.
But since Qin Zhou wanted to verify his conjecture about Monsters growing stronger as time went on, he must enter the 16-8 Rule World.
Moreover, Ou Ying also said that after being possessed by a Monster, there is a certain scent that only Monsters can smell left on the person’s body. The longer the possession, the stronger the smell.
She also took out a file, a record of every person who was possessed by a Monster and won by lying down.
Lin Yi saw Wang Duo’s name on it.
The first time Wang Duo was involved in a Rule World, he was with Qin Zhou. Qin Zhou quickly led everyone out of the Rule World so Wang Duo was possess for only a very short period of time.
However, the 7-7 Monster who had a high frequency of appearance and who had its abilities enhanced, possibly also had the ability to judge the strength of the participants drawn into its Rule World.
At least, Cheng Yang, who it had choses to possess, was physically stronger than Wang Duo.
The 2-6 Monster had existed for ten years. It was more capable of finding the most powerful participant than the 7-7 Monster who only looked at the physical attributes.
The 2-6 Monster had chosen Qin Zhou.
“This data is the basis for Zhou Ge’s speculation.” Ou Ying said, “A Monster’s ability increases along with the number of people it’s eaten or perhaps along with time. It will be a big challenge for the patrol team if it can increase its ability to select who to possess among the participants. However, if the Monsters are strengthened as a whole and if even new Rule Monsters can judge the strength of the participants, it will be a disaster for all of us.”
“The specific situation will depend on the situation of the 16-8 Monster.” Ou Ying said, “If we had to choose one of the two, I would rather that time strengthen the monster’s ability.”
If Qin Zhou wanted to enter the 16-8 Rule World to verify his speculation, he had to be accompanied by someone. If Qin Zhou’s guess was wrong, once the 16-8 monster chooses Qin Zhou and Qin Zhou was possessed once again, it would practically mean a complete wipe out.
Qin Zhou’s death would be an immeasurable loss to the student union.
Therefore, this candidate had to be capable of defeating a possessed Qin Zhou and getting him out of there.
Lin Yi concluded that Qin Zhou hadn’t found a candidate yet.
And that he had a good chance of being selected.
Ou Ying said that she would recommend Lin Yi to Qin Zhou and told Lin Yi to wait for new for the next few days.
Although Lin Yi’s curiosity had compelled him to take a look at this Monster who was born on the day of their school registration, he didn’t want Ou Ying to think him disobedient.
He hurried back to the dormitory and ate the three soy eggs that Cheng Yang had bought for him.
As soon as he got back, everyone’s cell phones rang.
Notice from the Student Union: Do not leave the dormitory save for emergencies until further notice.
Lin Yi rushed to take a shower before the hot water was cut off and then went to bed early.
This night, many student union members stayed up all night.
If a Rule Monster is unable to find enough people to fill an instance, the Monster could dawdle on campus. It might even more away from the spot where it appeared to find prey elsewhere.
This was the third appearance of the 16-8 Monster. No one had found it the first two times and it successfully drew in enough people to fill an instance. But it lost tonight.
It wasn’t until dawn that it reluctantly left.
“The 16-8 Monster stayed from 7:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. and the number of people drawn in was 0.”
At the student union’s emergency meeting, Zhou Chi reported, “A newborn monster that can exist in the real world for ten hours. It basically no longer belongs to the low-level category. It’s initially assessed to be a mid-level Monster.”
Ou Ying’s expression didn’t look very good. This wasn’t the first time they’ve encountered a new Monster but new Monsters were often the best to deal with because they all started from low-level Monsters and gradually increased their abilities by eating people.
The higher the level of the Monster, the more elusive the patter of its appearance. Just like the 7-7 monsters before; no one knows when and where it would appear.
Zhou Chi said, “The next time the 16-8 Monster appears it might not be outside the infirmary.”
“Okay, I understand.” Ou Ying said, “Do you now have an outline for the 16-8 Rule?”
“We do but…” Zhou Chi hesitated for a while and asked Ou Ying, “Now that we have an outline for it, can Zhou Ge enter the 16-8 Rule World ahead of schedule?”
No matter how you looked at it, the 16-8 Monster was tricky. It would be safest to find a countermeasure for it as soon as possible.
Ou Ying thought for a moment and said, “I will contact Zhou Ge after the meeting.”
Zhou Chi nodded.
“Let’s update the campus rules first.” Ou Ying asked Zhou Chi, “Can the updated campus rulebook be distributed by tomorrow night?”
“We’ve got more freshmen this year than the years previous. By our estimation, it will take at least two days before it’s ready.” Zhou Chi shook his head with difficulty and then proposed, “Can’t they just add in the 16-8 Rule to the campus rulebooks themselves?”
Ou Ying opened a campus rulebook and handed it to Zhou Chi.
Zhou Chi didn’t understand what he was looking for so Ou Ying said, “Any markings on the campus rulebook disappears. At most, it lasts a day.”
This campus rulebook was the one Lin Yi had read earlier.
“How could this be?” Zhou Chi’s face changed suddenly: “…That’s never been the case before.”
Everyone else in the meeting also looked at each other in blank dismay.
The printing department will print the new campus rules first. I will also notify the whole school to watch out for the 16-8 Rule while the new campus rulebook is not yet available.” Ou Ying said, “Thank you for your hard work, everyone. Go back and catch up on sleep. Let’s adjourn today’s meeting here.”
After everyone left, Ou Ying stood by the window. She pushed open the window sealed for many years.
She looked at the scenery of the campus. Ou Ying’s intuition was telling her that the 16-8 Monster wasn’t going to be easy to deal with.
A newborn Monster that was a mid-level Monster…
One that appeared during freshmen registration…
For some reason, Ou Ying had this feeling that something appeared that strengthened these Monsters.
Fortunately, Lin Yi appeared among these freshmen.
It was like God closed a door and opened a window for them.
Ou Ying took out her mobile phone and contacted Qin Zhou.
“Zhou Ge,” Ou Ying told Qin Zhou about the 16-8 Monster situation.
The original plan was for Qin Zhou to enter the 16-8 Rule World after attending Luo Yi’s farewell ceremony but the current situation was not very optimistic.
Zhou Chi’s way of thinking was reasonable. No matter how careful they tread in light of the 16-8 Monster, it was still better to find a countermeasure as soon as possible.
“Can I recommend someone to you?” Ou Ying asked.
“Who?” Qin Zhou said.
“Lin Yi.” Ou Ying said.
Qin Zhou was silent for a while.
Ou Ying said, “He can’t?”
“I didn’t say he couldn’t be.” Qin Zhou said, “Do you think I haven’t considered him? It’s just…”
After hesitating to speak, Qin Zhou said, “He’s afraid of me.”
“Afraid of you?” Ou Ying asked, “Why would he be afraid of you?”
Qin Zhou: “If I put you in the refrigerator, wouldn’t you be afraid of me?”
Ou Ying smiled. “Zhou Ge, guess why I’m recommending Lin Yi to you.”
Qin Zhou: “…”
Ou Ying smiled and said, “Zhou Ge is really amazing.”
Qin Zhou: “…I didn’t say anything.”
Ou Ying said seriously, “But you thought of it.”
After a while, Qin Zhou said, “Understood.”
When Qin Zhou was about to hang up the phone, Ou Ying said, “Zhou Ge, there’s one more thing.”
Qin Zhou: “What?”
Ou Ying said, “Forget it, it’s nothing.”
“I’ll be waiting for good news from both of you.”
Looking forward to the new monster. Thank you for the new chapter.
I really think the appearance of the new monster and Lin Yi‘s arrvival on campus are linked.
Thank you for the chapter! <3
Isn’t the case for every mc heehehehe
Lin Yi enters the game and it automatically swapped to a higher difficulty. The poor cannon fodders — i mean, the other students are going to suffer.
Oof a ghost walked into the room and accidentally leveled everything up in the process
I guess “It” might be strengthening the other monsters —
Lin Yi : Then am I not like their father ???
16-8 monster : Dad ~ (^_^)/
Thank you for the update ❤️💯
What do you mean “forget it”??! Those “forget it”s are always the important stuff!!
Also, Lin Yi’s “It” might be a catalyst? Like, not that it strengthens the other rule monsters, more like the rule monsters are afraid of “It” and are trying to find a way to get rid of “It”. Like countermeasures of some sort?
Additionally, I think it interesting if Lin Yi were to enter rule worlds that his parents had been to, which might scare the living daylights out of the monsters, but who knows, there might be clues~
Thank you for the chapter.
Thanks for the chapter ≧◡≦)/