Rules-related weird stories: 4016.

Chapter 679 Violating the rules by viewing the appendix... No harm done.

As Lin Yi got closer, he became more and more convinced that the walls of the dormitory manager's room were a product of cognitive rewriting. Generation after generation of "dormitory managers" had perfected the structure of the dormitory manager's room by constantly rewriting it, whether they were "deceived" by the "dormitory manager's rules" or they firmly believed in it.

"Were the 'Dormitory Management Rules' and 'Dormitory Manager's Rules' added later?" he asked.

Kuai Hongji said, "None of the rules existed when the campus was built!"

"Establishing a stable passage between the campus and the Black Moon Outpost was a challenge ahead of its time for the original group of 'architects.' Without the help of the 'Principal' and Wei Liang, this campus would never have been built in the first place."

"First there was the campus, and then came the rules within the campus, and those forms that transcended the rules."

Lin Yi was shocked: "Liangzi also participated in the construction of the campus? Then we..."

Kuai Hongji shook his head: "Wei Liang isn't directly involved either. Unless a devastating event occurs, the 'Time Council' won't interfere with the timeline, let alone us."

"If I were building the campus, I would definitely find a way to capture the 'High-Ranking Alien Angel' and use the top-tier Matrix to extract extraordinary matter from it to reinforce the framework of this world."

Mao Feiyang suddenly interrupted, saying, "If you do this, you're not much different from the 'Supreme Heaven.'"

“The Supreme One’s overall approach is not wrong, but it’s too radical. My approach is to be a little… more moderate,” Kuai Hongji said.

Mao Feiyang said, "Human destiny should not be locked by an adjustable 'valve'."

Kuai Hongji suddenly stopped, a cold smile playing on his lips: "Oh? Is that so? But physics itself is a variable valve."

"Physics, at least within its controllable scope, presents far too many uncertainties in the mystical," Mao Feiyang insisted.

Kuai Hongji said, "They just lack a leader."

"So what if there are leaders? Have you forgotten how the concept of 'mourners' came about?" Mao Feiyang said. "It's not that simple."

"Wait, wait..." Seeing that the two seemed about to start arguing, Lin Yi quickly stopped them. "Shouldn't we wait until things are resolved before discussing these issues? How about we go to the dormitory manager's office first..."

Mao Feiyang pursed his lips and stopped talking.

Kuai Hongji sneered: "Listen to Lao Lin. In short, if you want to understand the darkness around the dormitory manager's office, what I've said is pretty much it."

"Finally, if these things cannot be redeemed, they will eventually drift to some level of the staircase and become a pile of sculptural waste."

After saying that, Kuai Hongji went to the door of the dormitory manager's office, grabbed the doorknob, and pressed it down.

"Click...!"

The dormitory door opened, and the light from an old kerosene lamp immediately flooded in, drawing the attention of everyone huddled on the sofa.

When the person whose wrist had been burned by Kuai Hongji returned unharmed, even with a "test student" in tow, remained silent and simply curled up further on the sofa.

Of the remaining four, the girl simply hugged her backpack even tighter, while the last three snorted and stretched their necks like animals sniffing for a scent, straining to find the source of the light.

Kuai Hongji walked in naturally, unfastened the chain around his waist, coiled it up like a belt and placed it on the round table, then put the old kerosene lamp on it as well. He then took out the "dormitory manager's" identification card, took out his student ID from it, put the card holder down, moved it over with the old kerosene lamp, and pressed it down along with the "dormitory manager's rules".

After doing all this, Kuai Hongji walked to one of the sofas and sat down by himself.

Mao Feiyang followed without caring.

Seeing that Mao Feiyang was about to sit down, Lin Yi quickly said, "Wait a minute, Maozi, go and take a look at that 'Dormitory Management Rules,' I'm quite curious."

Mao Feiyang pouted: "You can just float over and see for yourself. I'm exhausted and want to rest."

"Alright, alright..." After Mao Feiyang's reminder, Lin Yi suddenly realized what was happening and immediately floated out of Mao Feiyang's body.

But just as his will separated from Mao Feiyang's body, a bizarre scene unfolded.

Suddenly, the dormitory management office began to fluctuate, as if it had been subjected to some irresistible karmic force, and then it started to shake.

Lin Yi's ethereal and three-dimensional will immediately reflected a colorful prism-like light, as if countless gems were embedded in his will.

The light from the incandescent bulbs and old kerosene lamps in the dormitory room was extinguished at this moment. The almost tangible dark barrier of the dormitory room also seemed to be stretched by some great force, rapidly expanding outwards.

In the thick darkness, countless eerie creatures, as if they had smelled some supreme aura, turned their heads and looked toward the dormitory manager's office.

Centered on the dormitory manager's office, ripples spread rapidly outwards, showing signs of stirring up some kind of frenzy in the darkness.

Countless figures transformed into "those who chase the light through the mist" at this moment, beginning to pursue Lin Yi's phantom.

Kuai Hongji's expression changed slightly. Looking at Lin Yi, who resembled a "primordial type Ash Apostle," he decisively shouted, "Russian!"

Mao Feiyang shuddered, suddenly realizing something, and quickly stood up from the sofa, as if using a human-shaped catcher to forcibly "capture" Lin Yi's will back into his own body.

The previously restless dark space suddenly cooled down as if doused with cold water.

"Huh? Just now..." As the agitation subsided, Lin Yi's mind was buzzing. "Did I just cause some kind of disturbance?"

"Hehehe..." Mao Feiyang chuckled awkwardly, "Old Lin, let me take you there."

"What just happened to me?" Lin Yi asked.

Just now, this place seemed to be boiling over, as if any further action by him would cause it to explode.

Mao Feiyang reacted too quickly, but his mind was still buzzing. He seemed to understand something, but it was as if he hadn't quite grasped the situation.

Mao Feiyang said, "If you don't return to your original form, in this state of will, you're no different from a 'Primordial Ash Apostle' in the near-realistic layer... Let me take your place."

"Uh... okay then." Lin Yi naturally couldn't disagree.

Although the "original Ash Apostle" pose looks incredibly cool, and even Xiang Yu had the philosophy that "wealth and honor should not be returned to one's hometown to show off, like wearing embroidered clothes at night, who will know?", he has no one to show off to now. Is he going to show off in front of those weird creatures?
That's not appropriate.

A situation without feedback is like a hidden paradise that suddenly appears after walking several dozen steps; it's not something to be proud of to outsiders.

Mao Feiyang then went to the round table.

"It's up to you, Lao Lin."

"it is good."

Lin Yi "entered the driver's seat," controlled Mao Feiyang's body to move the old kerosene lamp aside, and picked up the "Dormitory Management Rules" to read.

After reading it, he slowly uttered two words: "So short. Oh right, there's an appendix." As he spoke, he unbuttoned the appendix of the "Dormitory Rules" and was about to start reading.

“Um… the appendix cannot be viewed before becoming a ‘dormitory manager’.” A voice rang out, interrupting Lin Yi’s actions.

Lin Yi was taken aback and turned his head away.

The person speaking was none other than the girl on the sofa who was holding a book.

When the girl saw Lin Yi looking over, she instinctively shrank back a little.

They were not yet "qualified" or "well-versed" enough to encounter Lin Yi's willpower, but the aura fluctuations that were destructive to them at the time still made them tremble with fear.

The others on the sofa adopted a "don't offend, stay out of the way" attitude towards this person, but the girl chose to speak up at this moment.

It's clear that most of these people had read the "Dormitory Management Rules" to some extent, but before Kuai Hongji arrived, the old kerosene lamp had always been firmly controlled by that prison bully.

"Thank you for reminding me." Lin Yi nodded politely to the girl.

Then, to everyone's near-dumbfounded gaze, the appendix was opened.

The girl on the sofa, whose face was already somewhat pale, suddenly turned deathly white.

Now it was her turn to have a buzzing in her head.

The last sentence of the main body of the "Dormitory Management Rules" popped into her mind:

[After becoming a dormitory supervisor, please open this guide and read the appendix. Our school will not be held responsible for any actions taken by anyone who reads the appendix before obtaining their dormitory supervisor status!]

She reminded Lin Yi that she actually had ulterior motives.

She wasn't afraid of death, because in her plan, she wouldn't have to die.

She was curious about the "dormitory manager" process, so she deliberately went to the dormitory manager's office.

This time, although she was first prevented from smoothly taking the "dormitory manager" route because the old kerosene lamp was occupied by the prison bully, and then Kuai Hongji suddenly appeared and overtook her to become the "dormitory manager", her little plan was a bit of a failure.

Fortunately, this time her plan was fine if it succeeded, but if it failed, she could still get away unscathed according to plan B. She just needed to stay until 6 o'clock to leave the dormitory management office and then return to the campus through the dormitory building.

After registering with the homeroom teacher, everything can be treated as if nothing happened, and you can explore it next time you come.

But it was almost 6 o'clock when the "dorm manager" brought back a short guy who looked like Fu Hang!
And then Fu Hang, a guy with low-level skills, arrived. But he was restless and unruly, always causing trouble. From an outsider's perspective, he was just asking for trouble.

She was terrified that Lin Yi would pull some weird tricks that would end up killing them all, so she warned him, but now that guy still went ahead and courted death.

"How could this person be so despicable!" the girl thought angrily and resentfully. She thought to herself that she must ask this low-class Fu Hang's name later, otherwise she wouldn't even have a proper target to curse him.

When they saw "Mao Feiyang" slowly flipping through the appendix of the "Dormitory Management Rules," all five people in the dormitory management office couldn't help but turn their attention to him.

But a bizarre and illogical scene unfolded before them: "Mao Feiyang" read through the appendix of the "Dormitory Management Rules" from beginning to end, then fastened the buckle back on. Nothing unusual or terrifying happened during this time.

Could it be that the statement "Our school will not bear any responsibility for this behavior" is just alarmist talk? At that moment, this thought simultaneously arose in the minds of all five of them.

After reading the entire "Dormitory Management Rules," Lin Yi naturally exited "driving mode" and returned control of his body to Mao Feiyang.

With nothing else to do, Mao Feiyang naturally went to sit down on the sofa where Kuai Hongji was sitting.

Lin Yi glanced at his watch; it showed 5:33, but the clock showed a different time.

The pendulum of this clock swings without any regularity, which means that its time is not accurate.

According to the "Dormitory Management Room Rules", the only accurate times for the clock are 6:00 and 21:00. When the time is reached, a bell will ring to remind everyone in the dormitory management room.

……

For a moment, everyone was silent.

……

5: 37.

"Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock—"

On the round table, the pendulum clock swings its pendulum monotonously and irregularly.

On the sofa, some people gradually became restless, their bodies itchy.

All eyes were on the old kerosene lamp on the round table.

More precisely, it's concentrated on the "Dormitory Management Rules" hidden under the old kerosene lamp.

They were all eagerly anticipating the appendix to the "Dormitory Management Rules".

From Lin Yi's behavior, they saw the possibility of being able to read the entire "Dormitory Management Rules" without becoming a dormitory manager and risking the dangers of patrolling the dormitory buildings.

The attention of all five people was shifting back and forth between the dormitory management rules and the clock.

Although the clock's time display wasn't accurate, it still showed the passage of time. As another few minutes passed, the time to leave the dormitory management office at 6:00 was getting closer and closer. The breathing of the group became more and more rapid, and the restless desire in their hearts was constantly attacking the defenses of rationality. The struggle in their eyes became more and more obvious.

Kuai Hongji closed his eyes and leaned back on the sofa as if taking a nap.

Mao Feiyang, meanwhile, sat with his legs crossed, looking rather bored. When he was with Kuai Hongji, he resembled a gloomy version of Erlang Shen and his Paw Patrol.

"Tick-tock, tick...tick, tick..."

Finally, someone couldn't hold back any longer.

The girl loosened her grip on her backpack slightly.

Mao Feiyang glanced over discreetly.

Considering that she had "kindly reminded" Lin Yi, if this girl were to do anything out of line, he would "kindly remind" her in return.

(End of this chapter)