"Li Huiyuan"

"X0320507046"

Li Huiyuan's whole body suddenly trembled as if struck by lightning from the sky, sending her staggering backward, nearly falling to the ground.

Suddenly, she felt the ground beneath her feet stiffen. Looking down... she shockingly discovered that the floor tiles had somehow turned into a pure white sculpture base, and the human sculpture that had been in front of her eyes was nowhere to be seen.

The sculpture was gone?!

The sculpture can move...

The sculpture can move!!

She felt a chill run down her spine, a fine layer of cold sweat forming on her forehead. But something felt off, so she looked down again...

The sculpture was still there.

The sculpture was still on its base.

She was on the base.

She was the sculpture.

Realizing this, her mind shook, and she lost the ability to think entirely.

She suddenly fell onto the base, feeling darkness all around, as if she had fallen into an abyss.

Her wooden brain uncontrollably started to outline a white human sculpture and its face, shockingly, was her own...

Suddenly, that face spoke.

"Li Huiyuan..."

"Li Huiyuan..."

That was not her voice, but a male voice that seemed to have traveled across oceans from a far-off place to reach her, intermittent and unclear yet as if right in front of her...

That voice... it was so familiar...

Such a familiar voice...

Who is calling me...

Who is it...?

"Li Huiyuan!"

"Li Huiyuan!!"

The voice grew louder and more urgent, as if with a kind of magic power, resounding in her ears.

Suddenly... she found that the human sculpture in her mind, bearing her own likeness, had its contours suddenly rippled by the calling voice...

As the ripples pushed, the original appearance started to distort, gradually, the face began to change into another, extremely vague appearance, but the mouth area kept talking: "Li Huiyuan! Li Huiyuan! Li Huiyuan..."

The calling voice was unmistakably coming from the mouth of the sculpture in her mind!!!

Yet, the voice was so familiar...

Who is it?

Whose voice is it...?

She fell into a bout of confusion, but the vague appearance started to solidify, finally turning into a completely new face, astonishingly, it was...

Lin Yi?!

The sculpture bore Lin Yi's appearance, voiced with Lin Yi's voice...

No, that wasn't a sculpture... that... that was Lin Yi.

"Lin... classmate?" Li Huiyuan, looking at the familiar handsome face before her, suddenly felt a comforting sensation.

...

May 8, 2023, 14:06.

In the corridor in front of the stairs, Lin Yi placed his hands on Li Huiyuan's shoulders, continuously calling her name while Xu Shunkang beside him furrowed his brows deeply, staring at Li Huiyuan, wondering about something.

Xie Huayang, meanwhile, had already slung a baseball bat over his shoulder, seemingly brewing an urge for a "physical awakening."

Feeling the rising body temperature of Li Huiyuan and seeing her eyes refocusing, Lin Yi finally breathed a sigh of relief, gently patted Li Huiyuan's shoulder, signaling that everything was alright.

Xie Huayang tucked the baseball bat back into his sports jacket, then furrowed his eyebrows, about to start a barrage of questions when Xu Shunkang quickly grabbed him, silencing him with a look, and asked Lin Yi with a smile, "You knew from the start that there was something wrong with her?"

Xu Shunkang, observing how expertly Lin Yi revived Li Huiyuan, felt like Lin Yi was about to wear the phrase "nothing but a skilled hand" on his face.

Someone skilled like that definitely wouldn't be a "Novice."

Moreover, had not Li Huiyuan suddenly fallen off the layer, they wouldn't have noticed anything off about her, yet Lin Yi's reaction was incredibly fast, like a racer who knew, as soon as the bend started, where a drainage ditch was to cut across...

After calming Li Huiyuan down, Lin Yi then said calmly, "Li Huiyuan's Student ID card was eaten by a Pocket Chef in green."

The air suddenly stilled.

Then, three phrases started circulating in Xu Shunkang and Xie Huayang's minds, "Student ID card, green Pocket Chef, eaten."

"No..." Xu Shunkang's expression turned extremely peculiar, "With so many complex elements, how the hell can you say that so calmly?!"

Lin Yi was somewhat speechless, "What, should I add some sad background music and tell you with a mournful face?"

"..." Xu Shunkang pursed his lips, "Not really necessary, I just mean... you seem too calm."

Lin Yi shook his head slightly, "These last couple of days, I've practically used up all my 'shock,' so it's normal to be a bit calm."

Xu Shunkang wiped off some sweat, "I can understand that..."

"So, now you've got this person suddenly by your side?" Xie Huayang couldn't hold back anymore and questioned, "Aren't you afraid of dooming yourself by hiding a bomb in your pants?"

"I have my plans," Lin Yi responded.

"Your plans are only leading you to self-destruction!"

Lin Yi frowned slightly. The first night, Xie Huayang had given many "mandatory" suggestions with some fanatical tone.

At that time, he thought it was just because Xie Huayang was hot-tempered, but now he faintly felt that there might be a strong desire for control in Xie Huayang's character, who liked to teach him based on his own experience— without even caring if he understood him or knew his situation; he simply wanted him to act according to his words.

As Xie Huayang was about to start "teaching" Lin Yi, Xu Shunkang quickly grabbed him again and then said, "So her Student ID card is gone, and now she's following you... trying to save her life?"

Lin Yi didn't want to explain the concept of "cannon fodder," fearing that just speaking out might get him clonked by the hot-headed Xie Huayang, so he simply nodded, "That's about right."

Xu Shunkang fell silent for a moment, "Without the Student ID card... staying in the classroom isn't absolutely safe either; take her along if you dare."

Lin Yi noticed Xu Shunkang had used the word "dare" and not "want," so he asked, "Is there a problem?"

Xu Shunkang patted his shoulder, speaking earnestly, "Don't worry, if there are more problems, it'll just be that."

Lin Yi: "???"

"The class teacher should have her arrangements; heed her on big matters, for small matters, you guys handle it as you see fit." Xu Shunkang suddenly remembered something, glanced at the direction of the elevator, and added, "Right... Walking by the river is okay, wet shoes are okay, but remember to keep a good measure; actually falling into the river, now that would really be the end."

Lin Yi didn't know why Xu Shunkang suddenly changed his view of him, but he still nodded, then said, "So the Sculpture also said, and after saying so much, can we continue talking about the 'Nocturnal species' matter?"

He had just asked what Nocturnal species were when Xu Shunkang said that in a sense, Nocturnal species are like Sculptures, then asked him if he knew what Sculptures were. Before Xu Shunkang could say more, Li Huiyuan's layer dropped...

After he rescued Li Huiyuan from the layer, Xu Shunkang seemed not so willing to continue the discussion, making him have to realign the topic to get back on track.

After speaking, he looked down at his watch.

14:13.

He slightly frowned; time seemed ample but was actually running short, leaving him only a little more than one hour to explore.

Information gathered near the elevator was scant but had cost him nearly an hour.

That's too low an efficiency!

If he couldn't directly get some intelligence from Xu Shunkang, then it would be a significant loss.

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