Rules-related weird stories: 4016.

The small card in the dotted section of Chapter 654, "Dormitory Rules"

Moreover, this was not part of the planned steps.

Moreover, Lin Yi realized that although it was the principal's writing, not just anyone was qualified to see it. That plastic-like file bag was actually a screening material. People who weren't deeply contaminated wouldn't be able to see it even if they opened the drawer.

Even if you see it, you won't know what's inside.

That layer of material is an extraordinary substance, like thick, black stockings, so that once you put them on, it's very difficult to see if there are any patterns tattooed on your skin.

But at Lin Yi's level, one is qualified to take off stockings.

"Any other questions? If not, I'll be leaving." Mao Feiyang slowly placed his hand on the doorknob.

"No problem..."

"Okay." Mao Feiyang nodded slightly and pressed the doorknob.

……

X023年5月11日，21:09，宿舍楼14楼，1414号宿舍前。

Tian Bufan and Kuai Hongji stopped at the door.

Just as Tian Bufan reached for his student ID, he suddenly stopped as if he had thought of something, looked at Kuai Hongji, and said, "I'm going."

"Hmm." Kuai Hongji nodded coldly, waving the dormitory building rules in his hand. "I won't go in."

According to the plan, he was going to start working as a dormitory manager.

"Okay, see you tomorrow." Tian Bufan pushed open the door and entered the dormitory.

Kuai Hongji stood calmly at the dormitory entrance.

"We still have to wait for more than an hour..."

He put away the dormitory rules and then paced around the dormitory hallway by himself.

According to the dormitory rules, [the dormitory lights will be turned off 20 minutes after the designated time. Please ensure you are in your dormitory before 22:00.]

If you have not left the dormitory by 7:40 AM or have not returned by 22:00 PM, please immediately cease all current activities, tear off the dotted line from the rules, find the note in the inner lining of the rules, and follow the instructions on the note to go to the dormitory management office.

As Kuai Hongji paced back and forth in the corridor, a faint mist gradually seeped into the surrounding space. From within the mist, a "rustling" sound began to emanate, as if something was slowly moving by rubbing against the ground.

Kuai Hongji ignored these things. He knew perfectly well that these were fake people, but since the fake people couldn't take him to the dormitory manager's office, he didn't bother to waste his breath.

Some foolish imposters tried to approach Kuai Hongji, but as soon as their tracks emerged from the mist, before they even touched him, they mysteriously burst into flames.

"Bear--!"

In the damp, misty stairwell, it was as if a fairy wand had suddenly been lit, bursting into dazzling fireworks.

The fake man screamed and stumbled backward, falling into the mist. His burning form acted like a flare, illuminating the mist and revealing the silhouettes of the horde of fake men.

It's not all pseudo-humans here; there are also some nocturnal creatures that look like rotten flesh. They have no fixed shape and crawl everywhere like mud, stretching out their forms in the slowly unfolding layers.

"Shh...shh..."

Kuai Hongji calmly paced back and forth, waiting for the time to come.

Before long, some figures seemed to appear in the corridor again. Through the thin mist and distorted light and shadow, it was possible to make out that they were real people. Kuai Hongji had no intention of approaching them and walked to the other side of the circular corridor on his own.

On the other side of the corridor, the layer of the map was relatively stable, and there was indeed a group of people moving around. This group was none other than that other team.

Su Yao, who had the strongest senses in the group, stared in the direction of Kuai Hongji and pondered, "Captain, that person seems to be one of the people we encountered this morning."

The captain raised his hand slightly and lowered his voice, saying, "Don't cause any trouble. Whatever he wants to do, let him do it... Let's just go back to the dormitory and sleep."

"Understood." The others nodded slightly and continued to grope their way towards the dormitory.

……

Time slipped by quietly, and soon it was past 10 PM.

The incandescent lights in the hallway began to flicker, like candles that could go out at any moment.

The dormitory rules state: "You have 20 minutes to find the dormitory manager's office. You must arrive at the dormitory manager's office before lights out; otherwise, our school will not be responsible for your life or property safety."

Kuai Hongji took out the "Dormitory Rules" and was about to tear off the dotted line and head to the dormitory manager's office when, in front of him, a distorted figure appeared in the hazy mist. The figure looked like it was carrying a lamp and resembled the dormitory manager.

Kuai Hongji stopped in his tracks, a cold smile playing on his lips.

22:00 is still not the time when the dormitory manager will appear.

The dormitory supervisor will only appear at 22:20, after all the lights in the dormitory hallways have been turned off.

"Excuse me, you seem to be lost. Do you need my help?" The twisted figure slowly approached, gradually emerging from the mist, and greeted Kuai Hongji with a somewhat low voice.

As it approached, the figure stopped distorting, and when it emerged, it was a dormitory supervisor with a somewhat pale face.

However, despite carrying a lantern, it exuded an eerie chill, like a piece of half-melted ice pulled from a river.

Kuai Hongji glanced at it indifferently, stood still, and silently waited for time to pass.

The fake dormitory supervisor, like an old witch, raised the lamp beside him to his chest. In the flickering light, his face looked as eerie as a zombie.

"Excuse me... you're lost..."

As it spoke, it slowly approached Kuai Hongji, then leaned close and took a few deep breaths from him, just like Li Huiyuan had inhaled the scent from Lin Yi. However, the scene was anything but beautiful; it was filled with an indescribable eeriness and chilling atmosphere.

"Come with me...come with me..."

It reached out to grab Kuai Hongji's wrist, and as it did so, the shadows in the surrounding corridors suddenly became menacing, like a swarm of snakes, as if trying to devour Kuai Hongji.

Just as it was about to grab Kuai Hongji's wrist, Kuai Hongji was one step ahead and grabbed its wrist instead.

The fake dormitory manager was taken aback.

But then he heard Kuai Hongji say in a sinister tone, "Actually... I'm quite bored..."

After a moment of stunned silence, the fake dormitory manager revealed a sinister and evil smile, because to him, whether he captured Kuai Hongji or Kuai Hongji captured him, the meaning was essentially the same.

"You...responded to me..."

The fake dormitory supervisor grinned wickedly, his body swelling as if filled with bubbles. Only Kuai Hongji's grip on his wrist remained unchanged.

For the fake dormitory manager, the concept is the same, but for Kuai Hongji, it is a completely opposite concept.

“You’ve got it wrong,” Kuai Hongji said calmly. “It wasn’t that I responded to you, but rather that I was so bored that I begged you for your mercy and gave you, my humble self, a tiny, insignificant response.”

The fake dormitory manager: "???"

“Normally, you wouldn’t even be worthy of my attention.” Kuai Hongji remained silent until he spoke, then launched into a tirade, “From now on, I’m in charge of this floor, understand?”

"What did you say...?" the fake dormitory manager asked, puzzled.

Kuai Hongji frowned slightly, and a wisp of flame spread directly from the wrist of the fake dormitory manager he was holding, instantly igniting the fake dormitory manager with a "whoosh".

With his arm set on fire, the fake dormitory manager immediately felt a devastating threat and nodded repeatedly, "I understand, I understand, I understand, I understand... You, you, you... whatever you say goes!"

Kuai Hongji released the fake dormitory supervisor's wrist, tearing off its arm in the process.

"You understand too late... This arm is the price."

The fake dormitory manager was like a lackey, not daring to say a word.

Kuai Hongji gently patted its shoulder: "My friend in dormitory 1414 wants to get a good night's sleep. I'm too lazy to kill all the filth here. You can keep them quiet. If there's a party, go to a dormitory further away."

"I understand, I understand..." Driven by the will to survive, the fake dormitory manager squeezed out the highest IQ he had ever had as a human being and responded to Kuai Hongji's words, almost bowing 90 degrees and sticking out his buttocks to respectfully hand over his letter of surrender.

"Get lost." Kuai Hongji waved his hand.

"Hi~!" the fake dormitory manager replied, then quickly slunk away.

It wasn't very intelligent, but it was quite rebellious. After walking a distance, it became determined to get revenge on Kuai Hongji for dominating it, so it headed straight for dormitory 1414.

However, as soon as it approached dormitory 1414, the clothing-like body began to emit a burning warning. When it looked down, it was shocked to find that its body was covered with dark red patterns, which looked as if they had torn its skin, with a blood-red luster flowing inside.

As it got closer to dormitory 1414, the crack widened, and sparks began to appear faintly beneath the skin.

It was terrified and dared not approach dormitory 1414 again. Even the pseudo-humans and nocturnal creatures that made a "rustling" sound as they moved were guided away from dormitory 1414 by it.

Dorm 1414 was finally quiet, but the other dorms on the other side were suffering terribly. Su Yao lay in bed with her eyes closed, counting the number of sundaes she had drunk, but still couldn't fall asleep...

……

On the other hand, after saying goodbye to the little incident, Kuai Hongji decisively tore off the dotted line part of the "Dormitory Building Rules".

At that moment, all the lights in the dormitory hallway, which had been flickering, seemed to flash in response to Kuai Hongji's actions. The hallway, mixed with mist, was as dark as a body of water sprayed with ink by an octopus.

Kuai Hongji ignored him and simply took out the sticky note from the inner compartment of the rules.

It was a small card, much like the little cards often slipped under the doors of old-fashioned hotels.

Upon opening it, the card clearly stated:

"Don't look back, you have no way out."

"From now on, hold this card tightly, walk forward, keep walking forward, and you will see a right-angle corner. Go into the corner, and the dormitory manager's office is at the end of the corridor."

"You will become a dormitory supervisor for a short period of time, and find redemption in that role."

"Go! Hurry! Get to the dormitory manager's office before the lights go out!"

"Before you reach the dormitory manager's office, do not listen to any sudden sounds, and do not trust any sudden figures! The only person you can trust is yourself!"

"Good luck!"

The text on the small card was very short, and at first glance it looked like a short poem translated from a Scottish poem. The entire text only mentioned how to do it, without mentioning anything about not doing it or the consequences of failure.

Clearly, if we fail, everything will be meaningless.

Perhaps the fake dormitory manager that Kuai Hongji just encountered was someone who failed on this path.

The contents of this card were far too impactful for the new students who knew nothing about the campus, and could very well shatter their understanding of the campus. But for Kuai Hongji or Lin Yi now, it was too ordinary, just like a regular note.

Kuai Hongji held the small card in his hand and walked forward at a leisurely pace.

The appearance of right angles is unrelated to movement speed, but only to changes in perception and layer depth.

After walking a few steps, a sharp corner appeared in front of Kuai Hongji.

He walked in without hesitation, and the dim light and shadow immediately swallowed his figure.

From the perspective of the dormitory corridor, Kuai Hongji's figure was constantly moving in the hazy mist. The layers of mist seemed to form one figure after another, but in the fluctuations of the breath, Kuai Hongji's figure disappeared silently.

Following the corridor, Kuai Hongji soon saw a small room emitting a dim yellow light.

The small room, dimly lit, shone with a faint glow, much like a village guard post from the 1980s or 90s.

The closer you get to the small room, the more you can feel its old-fashioned atmosphere, which is completely out of place with the style of the dormitory building.

The small room has a window, but you can't see inside from the outside. You can only see some shadowy figures under the light—it seems there are already some dormitory supervisors in the dormitory room.

Upon arriving at the dormitory manager's office, Kuai Hongji quickly spotted a nail. It seemed like something used to hang there, but it was gone now.

Kuai Hongji's expression shifted slightly, and an even colder smile appeared on his sinister face: "Interesting... The 'Dormitory Management Rules' have actually been removed?"

He seemed very familiar with the dormitory manager's office; a few murmurs revealed that he knew everything about it.

He reached out and grabbed the doorknob, about to press it down, but found that the doorknob wouldn't budge.

He frowned slightly, then continued to grip the doorknob without moving. However, countless secret patterns began to writhe, and the doorknob rapidly heated up within seconds, becoming like a red-hot branding iron.

"Oh--!"

A scream came from behind the door, and at the same time, the force that had been restraining Kuai Hongji from behind the door disappeared.

“Crack!”

Kuai Hongji pressed the doorknob and slowly pushed the door open.

(End of this chapter)