Reverse flow of the Yellow Springs

Chapter 55: The Strange Tale Begins

After Cheese pulled Li Yelai into the dormitory, Li Yelai's phone was bombarded with text messages.

The continuous beeping sounds revealed the other party's anger and jealousy.

Yes, the Ghost Stories Notes can display the location of people within a certain range.

From the holder's perspective, the two are alone in a dormitory room, and their numbers even overlap.

In the holder's mind, those girls he closely watches will eventually become his possessions.

Now, however, a man brought her into the dormitory, and they were even stacked together!
This gave him a strange feeling of being cuckolded, so how could he not be angry?
And cheese is all about that kind of anger.

Regardless of whether the other party's purpose is intimidation or threat, these text messages with ghost story rules can enable the authorities to efficiently collect ghost story information.

Li Yelai responded, "It's all show! But are you really not concerned about your reputation?"

Cheese found Li Yelai's bed in the dormitory and lay down lazily on it.

She swung her legs by the bedside, resting her head on Li Yelai's blanket, and said casually with a smile, "Then come over here?"

As he spoke, he even beckoned to Li Yelai with his finger.

This inexplicably reminded Li Yelai of the spring scenery he had unexpectedly witnessed during the Black Prison riot.

Trying hard to shake off that image, Li Yelai ignored Cheese. Looking at the text messages on his phone, he sent all the rules to the branch office, whereupon the branch liaison would pass them on to all the handlers responsible for executing the task.

Seeing that Li Yelai didn't respond, Cheese pouted and started looking at the rules of ghost stories on the communicator.

Meanwhile, in another dormitory building, a long parchment was spread out on a table.

Below the parchment is a detailed map of the university.

Strangely, the numbers move around on the map.

In Building No. 1 of the boys' dormitory, there are two overlapping numbers.

The numbers are 5230 for women and 9527 for men.

Seeing this, one man angrily shouted, "How can someone who looks so innocent be so shameless? She went into the boys' dormitory on her very first day of school. What a slut!"

He pounded on the number 9527, seemingly trying to vent all his anger.

"Alright, second brother, maybe they're already a couple. Don't assume everyone who's pretty is your woman." Another voice rang out in the room: "Before, you went crazy over a brother and sister being a little affectionate. What's wrong with you?"

Upon hearing this, the man called "Second Brother" had an uncertain expression: "Since we already possess this power, why should we care about this? Boss, don't judge me, didn't you agree with this plan?"

The man called "Boss" sneered, "I'm just using this opportunity to get close to those wealthy businessmen's children. Rescuing them will bring me a generous reward and valuable connections. I'm thinking about my future. Unlike you, who's only after women! Why don't you learn from me? With money, what can't you get?"

"Isn't that just scheming? You're just laughing at me for being no better than me, what right do you have to judge me?" The second brother sneered.

"Alright." At this moment, a third voice rang out: "You all have your own goals, so stop arguing here."

The two immediately stopped, and the eldest asked somewhat ingratiatingly, "Third brother, when can we start?"

The man called the third brother, wearing gold-rimmed glasses, said, "It'll be soon. I've already figured out all the rules of this parchment. As long as you do as I say, nothing will happen. You can even use it to kill the people you hate. Whether you use the suspension bridge effect to attract women's attention or use the debt of saving lives to obtain financial resources, you will achieve your goals, and no one will find out the truth."

Both of them smiled, clearly indicating that this third brother was their leader.

"Then what do you want to gain, third brother?" the second brother asked.

The third brother adjusted his gold-rimmed glasses, a smile on his face. He, however, did not respond.

The feeling this power gave him was so wonderful, like the authority of a god, that he was completely captivated by it.

More than wealth and women, this power was what he needed.

After this experiment, he will have a better understanding of the power of this treasure.

Since the band incident, he has known that the dark side of this world hides secrets unknown to the public.

And now, he is getting closer to this secret!
An hour later, Li Yelai sent all the strange tales he had received to the branch office and learned about the rules collected by his colleagues.

Throughout the entire Huancheng University, almost every area has five or six strange tale rules.

It is currently uncertain whether these rules are comprehensive.

According to official sources, this ghost story notebook often hides some rules, which are only revealed to the trapped person through various means after the ghost story begins.

After Li Yelai diligently memorized these rules, he got up and stretched his limbs.

At the same time, he said, "Alright, Cheese, let's go."

But Li Ye didn't hear a response from Cheese. He turned around and found that Cheese had fallen asleep.

She had taken off her white sneakers at some point, curled up on the bed, hugged her pillow, and fell fast asleep.

too.

Last night, after taking Li Yelai to buy clothes and supplies, she drove him home. It was very late when she got home herself.

I got up very early this morning, I guess I must be quite tired.

Cheese is a psionicist of the Whispering Path, and the psionic/physical enhancement ratio of the Whispering Path is 7:3.

Even as a third-level psychic, Cheese's physique is not considered particularly strong.

So, as soon as I leaned against the soft quilt, I felt sleepy and fell asleep quickly.

"Sigh, you're really carefree. You can fall asleep like this when a boy is alone with you. Luckily, I'm a gentleman, otherwise I would have shown you how treacherous people can be," Li Yelai complained.

He felt that cheese was too easy to be taken advantage of, even though he was the one who was always the one taking advantage. *cough*

After hesitating for a moment, I stepped forward to prepare to awaken the cheese.

If we let her sleep any longer, she'll probably be asleep until the next day. Xinghuo probably won't dare come back.

Furthermore, spending the night in a male student's room wouldn't be good for Cheese's reputation. His colleagues would probably misunderstand.

So, Li Ye came closer to the bed and reached out to tug at the pillow.

Feeling the movement in his arms, Cheese opened his eyes in confusion, looked around, and saw Li Yelai by his bedside.

He yawned and said, "Sleeping Beauty gets kissed, but you can pull a pillow? You're not a professional prince charming! Let's try again!"

"Come on, the one riding a white horse isn't necessarily a prince, he might just be Tang Sanzang," Li Yelai retorted. "And you're not Snow White, you're Pigsy! Get up, Pigsy!"

"That's too much!" Cheese sat up and stretched.

As she moved, even the loose sweatshirt could not hide her voluptuous figure.

Li Yelai asked, "Have you finished reviewing the intelligence?"

“Almost there. I have a good memory. That’s one of the benefits of high psionic energy.” Cheese smiled, then bent down to put on his shoes.

As she leaned forward, the loose neckline of her hoodie drooped down, allowing Li Yelai, who was standing, to see what was beneath it. Cheese, however, was probably still half asleep and completely unaware of this.

"How many times are you going to be taken advantage of? If I get a nosebleed one day, it'll all be your fault!" Li Yelai said helplessly, quickly helping her tighten her collar.

Unbeknownst to him, Cheese's cheeks were already flushed as he lowered his head.

Although he constantly makes witty remarks, it's all just talk. It's not that he's not shy.

Perhaps it was because we were too relaxed, or perhaps it was because we trusted each other too much.

She was not on guard against Li Yelai, which led to her making frequent mistakes, like a fool.

Li Yelai's actions made her cheeks flush and her heart race.

But he still said, "Then let me see yours next time!"

"What a scoundrel!" Li Yelai clutched his chest. Meanwhile, Cheese had already gone into the bathroom, splashed cold water on his face a few times, and finally managed to suppress the blush on his cheeks.

As if nothing had happened, a calm smile returned to his face: "Let's go eat. I heard the roast chicken at the school's No. 3 cafeteria is really good."

Time passed day by day. Li Yelai and his accomplices had been disguised as college students for five days.

I go to different areas and classrooms every day according to the class schedule, so I'm quite familiar with the place.

Occasionally, I would see a few familiar colleagues.

Tonight's class is an elective, a course on art appreciation at an art museum.

But when Li Yelai, Zhishi, Xinghuo, and others arrived at the art museum, they found a group of people arguing about something.

When the group approached, they found that the argument had ended.

An ordinary-looking young man, his face ashen, covered his nose and hurried away.

Behind him, a well-dressed but furious young man was still shouting, "You're a piece of trash, you've got a death wish! Your dad lost his job!"

The former paused for a moment, but continued walking.

The young man laughed angrily, then turned and left.

"What's going on?" Li Yelai stopped and asked.

One bystander commented, "The person who left looks like the son of one of the family's employees. I don't know where he got the nerve to harass the boss's son's girlfriend. Now he's even lost his family's job; I don't know what he was after."

Li Ye came to understand, but he had no interest in exploring such gossip.

Without thinking too much, I walked with my teammates to the classroom on the third floor of the art museum.

Unbeknownst to him, the boy who had been beaten was now sitting on the art museum's emergency staircase. He first plugged his bleeding nostrils, then dialed a phone with a ferocious expression.

"Third brother, activate it! I want him dead! I want him dead right now!" he said through gritted teeth.

"Alright, let's begin the plan then." The other party laughed, "Remember, once we find the rules, we are gods!"

On the other side, Li Yelai and the others had just walked up the stairs when they heard a series of piercing screams and roars.

At the same time, everyone's mobile phone received a text message.

Li Yelai was taken aback. He was about to accelerate and sprint toward the direction from which the scream came from.

But the cheese grabbed it.

Cheese's eyes flashed, and he said in a low voice, "A ghost story has appeared. Let's look at the rules first!"

Starfire and Shadow Stream also realized what was happening and stopped in their tracks.

Among them, Ying Liu, who was already holding a phone, took the opportunity to glance at the screen.

Those were detailed, bizarre rules.

"The rules of the art museum are as follows."

1. Please do not chase or shout loudly inside the venue. Please keep quiet.

2. Please do not make eye contact with the paintings on the first floor, the wax figures on the second floor, or the statues on the third floor. If you feel disoriented, please leave the area immediately.

3. If you find the door to the wax room open, immediately light the items and slowly leave the second floor. If you hear any voices asking questions along the way, do not answer.

4. Please memorize the location of each sculpture. If you notice a statue has moved, leave the room and close the door while keeping an eye on them. If the door is already closed, find the key on the back of one of the statues' heads.

5. If the emergency exit door has a green light, you may pass through. If it has a red light, please do not approach.

6. The security room is on the first floor. During the day, if you encounter any problems, you can ask the patrolling security guards. At night, no matter what happens, please do not approach the security guards or the security room. Do not get caught by them.

Fortunately, Li Yelai was stopped by the cheese; otherwise, with that sprint, he would probably have violated the first rule.

They will be directly attacked by the strange monsters derived from the forbidden objects.

Of course, directly luring the monsters to attack is also a method, allowing teammates to take the opportunity to rescue other students. However, since the number of monsters in the story is uncertain, this is a last resort.

Li Yelai reached down to his waist and grasped the handle of the hot-melt axe.

The large black umbrella was too big to carry around all the time, but the molten axe didn't have that problem. It was also Li Yelai's only weapon.

“The signal was indeed cut off. Let’s disperse and move on. Let’s make sure the students are safe first.” Cheese suggested, “I’ll go to the first floor and see if I can hypnotize that security guard. I’ll also see if I can open the main gate.”

“Then my sister and I will go to the second floor. It seems like they need to ignite something there, which is my specialty,” Xinghuo said quickly.

“Then I’ll go to the third floor.” Li Yelai nodded.

"Be careful, everyone, don't let anything go wrong," Cheese reminded Li Yelai.

The four then split up in the stairwell.

Li Yelai went up to the third floor alone. There were several classrooms and rooms on the third floor.

At that moment, suppressed sobs could be heard coming from a classroom. That was the classroom where Li Yelai was supposed to be having class.

As Li Ye approached, he saw the situation inside the classroom from the doorway.

Several tall statues stood out abruptly around the classroom.

The young man in the expensive suit was lying on the ground, his head bleeding profusely, his life hanging in the balance. Several students and a teacher lay beside him, also lying in bed.

Beside the wounded, about twenty other people were nervously looking at the statues around them.

Unable to make eye contact, they all looked down at the statue's lower limbs.

The fear caused several of the girls to sob, but they dared not make a louder sound.

After the initial loss of control, they all followed the rules: no noise, no eye contact, and making the statue look away.

It seems there are some clever people among them.

It's the same boy who got beaten up earlier.

At that moment, he looked resolute, comforting the female classmate beside him while directing the other students to keep their eyes fixed on the statue.

Li Yelai breathed a slight sigh of relief and quietly entered the room.

At this moment, everyone noticed Li Yelai and were surprised.

The boy's eyes flickered slightly as he spoke, "Excuse me, there seems to be a first-aid kit in the cabinet next to you. Could you please take it? They're badly injured. Don't worry, we're keeping an eye on them. As long as you don't see their eyes and don't make any loud noises, the statues won't attack you."

"You're quite magnanimous," Li Yelai nodded slightly to the boy.

This person was beaten before, but now he repays evil with kindness and helps the person who beat and humiliated him. He has a magnanimous heart.

The man chuckled softly but did not respond.

Following the instructions, Li Yelai opened the cabinet next to him.

I saw the medical kit, but then the cabinet opened.

A glass bead filled with glass balls also fell in an instant.

The glass shattered and the sound of glass beads bouncing echoed in the quiet classroom.

At the same time, the statues that had been surrounding the students all turned to look at Li Yelai.

Li Yelai was taken aback, but then he saw the malicious smile on the boy's face, and several tall statues that lunged at him in an instant.

(End of this chapter)