Chapter 75
All joking aside, Lin Yi still didn’t find a partner at the orientation.
The old members of the patrol team were of two extreme opinions regarding Lin Yi. One side believed that he was very powerful; after all, Qin Zhou had nominated him to be his partner in the 16-8 Rule World. But, once such a powerful partner is possessed by a Monster, it would instantly turn the difficulty of the Rule World into hell mode.
The other thought that Lin Yi was simply lucky, meeting Qin Zhou every time he entered a Rule World. They believed he simply followed Qin Zhou and won by doing nothing. To them, accounts of his strength were exaggerated.
At the end of the orientation, when only Wang Feihang and Lin Yi were left in the classroom, Wang Feihang patted Lin Yi on the shoulder and comforted him, “None of them meant anything by it. They just don’t know you yet. It’ll be fine once they get to know you better.”
Lin Yi nodded. He could hear what Wang Feihang was implying. He won’t be assigned any missions for a while. But, in any case, he had no plans of being a model worker, jumping into another Rule World when he’d just made it out of the 16-8 Rule World.
“Captain, what should I do now?” Lin Yi asked.
“Just attend your classes like normal.” Wang Feihang said, “When we need you to go out on a mission, you’ll be notified in advance.”
Lin Yi said, “Then can I learn more about the Rule Worlds in the mean time?”
“Of course.” Wang Feihang nodded, “What else do you want to know?”
It seemed he was going to answer Lin Yi’s question directly. Lin Yi thought for a while and said, “For example, their origins or something.”
“Oh.” Wang Feihang said, “The Student Union hasn’t figured out why the Rule Worlds exists or even why the Unnatural Engineering University exists.”
Lin Yi said, “Aren’t there any records?”
“There should be some, but they are all in the archives.” Wang Feihang said, “There are many important documents in the archives and these documents are all very precious. In order to preserve them, not everyone is allowed entry. You’ll have to apply to Qin Zhou.”
“Oh,” Lin Yi said. He then used a cute tone of voice to ask, “Then isn’t it troublesome if the Student Union wants to check information? For example, if you want to check the date of birth of a certain member, you still have to ask permission from Senior?”
“Information about the members won’t be in the archives. That would mean too much work for Zhou Ge.” Wang Feihang smiled, “You can check student information on your mobile phone.”
Lin Yi stopped asking questions, afraid that Wang Feihang would become suspicious.
Wang Feihang said, “It’s getting dark, hurry back to the dormitory.”
“Okay, Captain.”
Lin Yi went back to the dormitory. On the way, he saw some members of the student union standing on duty. The 16-8 Rule hadn’t been banished. Until Zhou Chi manages to work out a countermeasure to the 16-8 Rule, the student union will need to prevent the 16-8 Monster from continuing to drag people into its Rule World. After a countermeasure is found, they’ll add it to the campus rulebook and the student union won’t have to mobilize so many people to be on guard duty around the 16-8 Monster’s hunting grounds.
He closed the door. He’d missed the time for hot water and could only wash up with drinking water.
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After washing up, Lin Yi climbed onto the bed and lay down. He took out the MP4 player and put the earphones into his ears.
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Cheng Yang: “…”
During the break after first period, their advisor came to the classroom. Although the fourteen bioengineering majors have been forced to adapt to campus life, they were still a little scared to see their advisor. The advisor’s “the year I committed suicide…” had left too strong an impression.
The advisor came specifically to find Lin Yi.
Lin Yi: “Teacher Jiang, good morning.”
“That, Lin Yi,” The counselor seemed very unaccustomed to communicating with people face to face. He was even wearing high-collared clothes to cover the deep strangle marks on his neck: “You…you joined the Student Union, right?”
Lin Yi nodded. “The patrol team.”
“Patrol, patrol team, yes, the patrol team.” The advisor said, “I know that.”
Lin Yi could tell that their advisor was much more of a social phobic than he was. When two social phobic meet, one has to be the social bull. Lin Yi took the initiative to ask the advisor, “Is there something the matter, Teacher Jiang?”
“Yes, yes.” The advisor took out a student attendance sheet and said, “How many classes did you miss last week and which classes were they? I came to confirm the details with you. It wouldn’t be good if I made a mistake. Actually, I should be coordinating and getting these details from the Student Union. I should coordinate with them to fix the schedule for your studies and work. But…but I don’t dare. ”
Lin Yi: “…”
Lin Yi glanced at the attendance record in the advisor’s hand and said, “Teacher Jiang, the attendance record is correct. I don’t have any assignments yet. I’ll let Teacher Jiang know once I’ve received any.”
“It’s good that there were no mistake. That’s good, that’s good. Thank you, thank you.” The advisor breathed a sigh of relief. He then stared at Lin Yi. He didn’t dare look into Lin Yi’s eyes so he was left looking at Lin Yi’s nose, hesitant to speak.
Lin Yi: “Is there anything else, Teacher Jiang?”
The school bell rang.
“Is there anything else? Is there or is there not?” The advisor squeezed the attendance sheet tightly and finally said, “It seems that there is, yes. I have something to ask you.”
Lin Yi quietly waited for their advisor to continue.
The advisor said, “Student Lin Yi, I think that last time you asked me about two names.”
“Yes!” Lin Yi suddenly became nervous.
He was nervous but his advisor was even more nervous. “Then I, I thought about it later. I don’t know Lin Zhen, um, I’m sure I don’t.”
Lin Yi asked cautiously, “What about Yuan Yuan. Does Teacher Jiang know her?”
“That’s what I wanted to talk about.” The advisor squeezed the attendance sheet in his hand. The A4 paper was already crumpled. “I seem to have a little bit of an impression of her.”
Among the few memories Advisor Jiang Tao had of his lifetime, there was a memory of Yuan Yuan.
He was very timid, and after becoming a student of the Unnatural Engineering University, he felt like he’d been plunged into a nightmare.
Not only was he afraid of the Rules in the campus rulebook, he was also afraid of the Student Union. The Student Union would send students to the Rule Monsters to be eaten. In order to survive, Jiang Tao could only keep studying. His most ardent hope was to graduate and leave this place after his senior year.
Until he found out that a senior he knew became a university professor after graduation.
The only reward was that university professors needn’t stay on campus all the time like the students. They could leave the campus temporarily but the fetters that tied them to the school were basically un-severed.
Therefore, all the employees on campus save for the employees who weren’t students were those who’d successfully graduated from the Unnatural Engineering University and the Unnatural Engineering University provided them with employment.
Jiang Tao collapsed and he decided to end this nightmare by committing suicide.
But suicide is also a matter that requires courage. Jiang Tao’s several suicide attempts ended in failure and that’s when he attracted someone’s attention.
This someone was Yuan Yuan.
The only thing Jiang Tao knew about Yuan Yuan was that she was a member of the Student Union. But he no longer remembered which part of the student union Yuan Yuan was in charge of.
She must have been responsible for people like him. Yuan Yuan encouraged him and comforted him. In a sense, he was Jiang Tao’s first therapist.
Although Jiang Tao felt in his heart that comfort and encouragement were useless, he no longer thought about committing suicide like he had previously. It would be too embarrassing. If he did, wouldn’t he be rendering Yuan Yuan’s work useless?
On that day, Jiang Tao went to see Yuan Yuan for psychological counseling just as he had agreed with Yuan Yuan, but Yuan Yuan missed their appointment. It wasn’t that such a thing had never happened before. Yuan Yuan was very busy and finding time to provide him guidance wasn’t easy.
Jiang Tao simply waited for Yuan Yuan at their agreed meeting place. He was very familiar with the routine. Generally speaking, Yuan Yuan would show up within half an hour after being late. If she didn’t show up, Yuan Yuan would definitely call him to apologize and make another appointment.
But on this day, Jiang Tao waited for two hours but did not see Yuan Yuan.
And he didn’t receive Yuan Yuan’s call either.
It was getting dark and Jiang Tao was debating whether to continue waiting or to call Yuan Yuan. Yuan Yuan had given him the authority to call but despite knowing each other for so long, Jiang Tao had yet to call Yuan Yuan on his own initiative. Firstly, he had nothing to say. Secondly, he was afraid of disturbing Yuan Yuan’s work; after all, Yuan Yuan was so busy…
Jiang Tao decided not to call. He planned to wait another hour.
An hour passed quickly and it was completely dark. Students who don’t return to the dormitory after dark won’t just be at heightened risk of being dragged into a Rule World but they’ll also be reprimanded by the Student Union members on duty.
Jiang Tao had no choice but to go back. After returning to the dorm, he was restless. Jiang Tao already had a vague answer in his heart as to the reason why Yuan Yuan didn’t show up.
But he was so cowardly; he was a wimp and a coward. He didn’t even dare to make a phone call to confirm, let alone ask the Student Union about Yuan Yuan’s situation.
It was exactly seven days after that he found out about Yuan Yuan’s death.
During this week, Jiang Tao heard the conversation among the students. They said that the new Rule was next to Rule 2-6 in difficulty. The Student Union numbered it 4-4.
Even its number was so very unlucky.
Seven days had passed and the Student Union had yet to even figure out the pattern of the 4-4 Monster’s appearance. Many of the Student Union’s members have already gone into the 4-4 Rule World to tackle it but the campus rulebook hadn’t been updated. The only list they’ve updated is the student death list.
Jiang Tao saw Yuan Yuan’s name on the death list. He stared wide-eyed to confirm that he had indeed seen the words ‘Yuan Yuan’. He rubbed his eyes to confirm that he was not mistaken.
“Oh, so I read it right.” Jiang Tao lowered his head and couldn’t help but get choked up. “But why, why is it like this?”
The emotions that had been suppressed for seven days completely exploded at that moment when Jiang Tao tried his best to read the death list. But he was very cowardly. He was too cowardly. Although he always knew that he was, he had never been made aware of it so acutely as he had at that moment. He simply abhorred his cowardice.
The outburst of emotion gave him a short-lived courage buff. He took out the hemp rope that he had prepared earlier and looped it into a noose. He compared the size of the noose and after confirming that he’d be able to get his head through it, he put it on.
The memory of his life had already blurred but Jiang Tao still remembered his death clearly. After waking up, he understood why the Student Union meant by a “punishment worse than death” — it was to remain as a living dead forever trapped in the Unnatural Engineering University.
The principal regretfully and helplessly informed him, “You are the 213th person to commit suicide. You will gradually forget all the memories of your life, including your name so that even if someone were to still call you by your name, you’d feel it unfamiliar.”
“So 0213 is your number.”
“And it is also your new name.”
Translator’s note: Awww, Teacher Jiang. =( 
I supposed some graduates go someplace else other than the Unnatural Engineering University. After all, if they had so many ‘job applicants’, their professors wouldn’t need to teach multiple subjects.
Thank you for the update ❤️💯
So sad. 🙁
I wonder if Lin Yi will go into 4-4 for revenge?
I’ve always been curious from the start about the contents of that music player
It said a ways back that it was a recording of his parents, but like, a heccing weird recording ’cause his parents are all “basically zombies”
So basically he listens to creepy zombie noises complete with eerie crying and nails-scratching-the-door/wall as his only way to fall asleep
maybe there’s several universities like this?
Perhaps the deads will also be erased after a long time.. Or perhaps they will become NPCs..
then the senior student who become a profesor also committed suicide? Or did he stay to help students survive even if graduating school
It says ‘trapped inside the university’ but his parents are outside and did they also….
Lin yi’s parents were zombies, did that mean they commited suicide too?
I see… now, my theory about the possibility of Lin Yi is a monster who infiltrate the real world is higher than my other theories.
wow….i feel bad for teacher jiang..ah
….and also the part about number 4 being an unlucky number ……me being born on 24-04-2004…
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I remember, earlier, towards the beginning of this danmei, the number 4 also came up a lot when he was looking at the university entrance quals. I wonder if this has any significance?