Chapter 70
Jiang Man’s crying out to stop Qin Zhou made Lin Yi even surer that the 16-8 Monster was between Chen Yang, Yi Jiayue and Wen Xiaoxuan.
Receiving a note in the Rule World about the person you thought of as your pillar of support, having your belief in him collapse — Lin Yi believed that these first time Rule World participants wouldn’t have experienced anything like that and without the relevant experience, there would be no memory the 16-8 Monster could copy.
This was a very bad thing for the 16-8 monster that wanted to hide itself. Its only choice would be to imitate the reaction of the other participants and reduce its own sense of existence. It would never draw attention to itself at a time like this.
From the moment she entered the cafeteria, Lin Yi already noticed that something was wrong with Jiang Man.
At first, he thought that Jiang Man, just like Wang Duo, had wanted to tell Qin Zhou something and since Patient 201’s condition had worsened during the night, he thought this something was about Patient 201’s condition.
But now, Lin Yi’s heart was pounding. He was no longer so sure.
Even the 16-8 Monster knew the danger of calling attention to oneself. Jiang Man had no need to tell Qin Zhou about Patient 201’s illness in front of so many eyes.
Unless what Jiang Man wanted to talk about was not the condition of Patient 201, nor what had happened last night.
So what was Jiang Man going to say?
Lin Yi’s mind was racing. He suddenly thought of the sound of a window being pushed and pulled when he and Qin Zhou came back to the patients’ building last night.
But because they had still been some distance away from the building at that time, he wasn’t sure if he’d actually heard it. Lin Yi had also followed the sound to look but he hadn’t seen anyone behind the window.
So Jiang Man was the one who caused that sound of the window opening?
Jiang Man had seen him and Qin Zhou.
If this was the case, combined with Patient 201’s condition, Lin Yi already had a guess as to what Jiang Man was about to say.
Sure enough, Jiang Man stared intently at Qin Zhou. “Senior, we’re all here.”
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Qin Zhou asked, “So?”
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Lin Yi looked at Jiang Man nervously. He understood Qin Zhou’s hint instantly, but he didn’t know if Jiang Man did. Lin Yi looked at Jiang Man’s expression, his heart was beating fast. He felt that Jiang Man hadn’t picked up on Qin Zhou’s hint.
Jiang Man tried to restrain her emotions but the emotions in her heart were still so intense that tears rolled down her cheeks. “Isn’t it the responsibility of the Student Union to ensure the safety of the students?”
She felt cheated.
Originally, Jiang Man had been expectantly waiting for Qin Zhou to tell everyone the Rules of Death but then she saw Qin Zhou stop arguing and then take Patient 303 to eat.
After eating a few mouthfuls, Qin Zhou was about to leave with Patient 303. It seemed he had absolutely no intention of sharing the Rules of Death with them.
Jiang Man abided by all the rules set by the Student Union, doing her part to maintain the order they’ve set. Therefore, she believed that Qin Zhou had the obligation and responsibility to share the Rules of Death with them.
But Qin Zhou simply looked at her coldly, refusing to answer her question directly.
Jiang Man simply smashed the cracked pot. “I saw it last night…”
Lin Yi was shocked.
In desperation, the only way Lin Yi could think of was to cover Jiang Man’s mouth to stop her from continuing.
He propped himself on the table and tried to rush over to her but Qin Zhou grabbed his wrist.
“He and you came out of Doctor Zhu’s building. You must have been looking for clues and now you’ve put on this inexplicable display. You must have found the Rules of Death! The two of you must be doing it to avoid the Rules of Death, leaving us to be your shields.” Jiang Man broke down emotionally: “Am I right, President Qin Zhou!”
This wave of accusations stirred up waves. Yi Jiayue, who was still at a loss because of the note, Chen Yang, who was panicked by the note, and Wen Xiaoxuan, who was angry because of the note, all looked at Qin Zhou.
Not just the three of them, all the patients in the cafeteria looked at them with complex and malicious eyes.
Patient 203, who was closest to Lin Yi, stared at him sullenly. “Xiao Lin, do you already know everything?”
Lin Yi was surrounded by all these complex gazes. It was something Lin Yi had never experienced before and it was even more chilling than Xu Xiazhi taking away his wardrobe.
The other participants stood together with the Rule World’s murderous NPCs to accuse these two who were their co-participants.
Qin Zhou pulled Lin Yi to his side. Lin Yi had never experienced something like this so he was at a loss, but Qin Zhou was not.
Protecting Lin Yi behind him, Qin Zhou tilted his head slightly and asked softly, “Little genius, who is it?”
After Qin Zhou blocked off their nausea-inducing eyes, Lin Yi’s brain started to recover from its crash.
He knew that Qin Zhou was asking about the 16-8 Monster. There was now a second Rule of Death and Jiang Man’s accusations have already triggered the 16-8 Monster to target them. Even if they manage to avoid the two Rules of Death, they’d have to deal with the living-dead participants.
What’s more, they’ve become the target of the public. Even if they survived the night against all odds, the patients might band together and attack them.
They couldn’t stay in the 16-8 Rule World any longer. They had to find the 16-8 Monster for the Replay right now.
Lin Yi whispered in Qin Zhou’s ear, “Senior, can you give me a minute?”
Qin Zhou: “No rush, I’ll give you five minutes.”
Lin Yi temporarily left Qin Zhou to handle their current situation alone. Staring at Qin Zhou’s back, he begun to think.
The reactions of the three participants were all normal in Lin Yi’s eyes. One minute was very short and he couldn’t waste time studying the reactions of the three participants.
The 16-8 Monster hiding among the three must have imitated someone in order to give the correct response.
The three participants have three different reactions so they couldn’t have imitated each other.
The only ones left to imitate were him, Qin Zhou and Jiang Man.
The answer was self-evident. He and Qin Zhou were arguing at the time. Jiang Man was the only one that the 16-8 Monster could have imitated.
So the one he needed to analyze was Jiang Man.
Lin Yi tried to analyze Jiang Man’s frame of mind.
-‘You must have been looking for clues and now you’ve put on this inexplicable display. You must have found the Rules of Death!
This statement had no logic; no reasonable cause and effect.
Lin Yi thought that while he and Qin Zhou had been arguing, Jiang Man must have been dazed which was why she was able to put together two irrelevant statements and she even used the word “inexplicable”.
So Jiang Man didn’t know why he and Qin Zhou were arguing and she felt at a loss.
This could rule out Chen Yang.
Chen Yang’s reaction after seeing the note was to go pale from fear. He wasn’t at all dazed.
Among the three people, the one who appeared at a loss was Yi Jiayue.
But Lin Yi hadn’t seen Wen Xiaoxuan’s reaction when she opened her note, so he couldn’t rule her out. So now the 16-8 Monster was between Yi Jiayue and Wen Xiaoxuan.
It was one of the two.
The probability of being correct was high but the probability of being wrong was also high.
Lin Yi has always been the type to get “thank you for your patronage”; he’s never gotten “one more bottle“. He was no god of luck, so he needed to analyze this further before making his selection.
Thank you for the chapter ˗ˏˋ ♡ ˎˊ˗
Can’t wait to see what happens next !
AIYAAA ALMOST DONE
What a pig teammate, though her reaction is totally normal in such a horrific situation..
I understand that she might feel anxious cause she might die but being all accusing and her actions are all very reckless and she’s getting fucking annoying
She pissed me off.
Thank you for the update ❤️💯
Thank you for the update!! I can’t wait for Lin Yi to tell us exactly what is going on. My brain is too slow to catch up to them
Thank you for the chapter ❤
im sweating buckets here