Chapter 24: Club Recruitment (Part 1)
time--
Mu Yu immediately looked at his phone. It was 7:00 p.m.
"Why is there such a thick fog? Wasn't everything fine just now?"
"I'm a little afraid to go out. Is there such heavy smog in the weather forecast today?"
“There’s nothing to see outside!”
There were exclamations one after another. Seeing a boy about to go out, Jiang Shuyue immediately stopped him: "Don't go out, you can't go out now!"
"Ah? Why…"
“Has this thing been here before?”
"What is this?"
“Why can’t I get through?”
More chaos began to occur, and finally someone realized that something was wrong and started to panic.
The sturdy senior from the basketball club who was walking in front of Fu Xiaoju frowned, strode up to Jiang Shuyue and grabbed him by the collar: "What's going on now, do you know?"
"I'll explain, you guys are cold—"
"Then speak quickly!" the other party roared.
His wrist was suddenly grabbed and torn off Jiang Shuyue's collar. Just as he was about to explode in anger, he met a pair of calm eyes behind the lenses: "He has already said he will talk, why don't you just let go and let him talk?"
"you--"
"Smart people don't waste time at this time."
The senior was choked.
Mu Yu let go of his hand and gave Jiang Shuyue a look. Jiang Shuyue choked twice with lingering fear and nodded at him.
They need to divide the work and cooperate.
Mu Yu patted Ye Sui and Niao Ge on the shoulders and whispered, "I'm sorry for involving you guys."
Bird brother looked confused, but Ye Sui had understood and said calmly: "Do you want to involve us just because you want to?"
Obviously, Mu Yu also encountered such a situation without expecting it.
Everyone here at this moment has entered this student activity center for their own reasons and purposes. Their being trapped here has nothing to do with anyone, it’s just because that unknown force chose this place.
But it's okay...
Ye Sui adjusted his glasses. This turned out to be what Mu Yu wanted to tell them but couldn't.
This way, he wouldn't have to talk to Mu Yu again.
Mu Yu was silent.
He grabbed a handful of his hair and let out a breath.
Come on, the dungeon has already started, so let’s hurry up.
Jiang Shuyue began to explain the situation to other students. Ye Sui, the confused Fu Xiaoju and Niao Ge all gathered around, while Mu Yu and Lu Chongnian began to observe the surroundings.
After the copy arrived, subtle changes occurred in the lobby on the first floor of the entire student activity center.
Originally, the recruitment booths of several clubs were placed on the left and right sides of the hall, and the middle aisle was kept clear. However, at this moment, three tables were blocking the center.
There are some things on the table.
One of them is an acrylic stand with an A4 paper in the middle, on which are written two familiar rules:
1. Please find the monster generator as soon as possible and destroy it.
2. If you cannot complete the task within three hours, please be mentally prepared... to face death.
Missing a rule?
Lu Zhongnian quickly determined: "There is no NPC this time."
I don’t know if it was a coincidence, but when the copy came, there were only a dozen or so students in the hall on the first floor.
The missing NPC-related rule seemed to imply that there was no one on the second and third floors at the moment.
If there is any, it's probably only monsters.
Mu Yu noticed the time limit in the second rule: "We have three hours this time?"
Having more time may seem like a good thing, but it may also mean that...
"This time the copy may be more complicated."
Lu Chongnian said what he was thinking, and Mu Yu turned his head and glanced at him.
Lu Chongnian noticed his look and tilted his head, looking a little obedient.
He stood behind Mu Yu, supporting himself with one hand, a gesture that showed he wanted to get closer to him.
Mu Yu's ears felt hot. Before she could say anything, she heard Lu Zhongnian suddenly ask in a low voice: "'New husband'?"
Mu Yu: “…………”
Mu Yu: "You heard it wrong, it's 'new teacher'."
Lu Zhongnian curved his lips and said, "Why am I your 'teacher'?"
Lu Chongnian's voice was very pleasant, very low, but it had not yet transitioned to a very adult low voice. It still had a hint of the clear boyish tone. When he pronounced these two words word by word, there was always a feeling of... a hint of bitterness in the purity.
Mu Yu: “…………” What’s going on? Why are you teasing him again?
When he was talking nonsense, he never thought that he would be exposed in front of Lu Chongnian.
Mu Yu changed the subject abruptly and asked fiercely, "Don't ask me, you, you, are you here with Yan Shaowen again this time?"
Lu Zhongnian paused and explained seriously: "I really came here with Yan Shaowen last time. I wasn't lying to you."
Mu Yu's face turned cold: "What about when the last instance was almost over? You already knew something at that time, right?"
Lu Zhongnian immediately apologized and admitted his mistake: "At that time, I just had a hunch, and I didn't know the details very well. I didn't want to make you worry, so I didn't say it. Sorry."
"Don't you want me to worry, or don't want me to be unable to step on the monster generator at the last minute and miss the chance to leave the dungeon?"
Lu Zhongnian looked at him quietly, his figure reflected in his dark eyes.
Mu Yu turned around and whispered, "There are still four lives left. I won't be so confused."
If they couldn't leave the copy, six people including him and Lu Chongnian would have died.
Therefore, even if something unexpected might happen to Lu Chongnian after the copy was over, Mu Yu's values would not allow him to hesitate at that time.
He could sacrifice himself for Lu Chongnian, but he couldn't let others sacrifice themselves for Lu Chongnian with him.
"I'm not doubting your character, Mu Yu," Lu Zhongnian held his wrist and pulled him closer, "I just hope that you can leave the dungeon safely at that time."
Mu Yu pursed her lips and asked again: "What about you? What happened? Where have you been all this time?"
Lu Zhongnian's answer surprised Mu Yu: "To be honest, I don't know."
"Everything was normal before the dungeon happened that day. Yan Shaowen and I came to your Xinlian Theater, but the moment the dungeon started, I noticed that the figures around me had changed."
Mu Yu frowned: "The figure has changed? What does that mean?"
Lu Zhongnian recalled: "Yan Shaowen disappeared, and the students who had passed by me also disappeared. People who were sitting in the audience suddenly became standing, and those who were standing became sitting. People appeared in the empty seats, and the seats with people became empty."
It was like a video had a frame freeze, going directly from one scene to another, with the image switching simply and roughly.
"At that time, I only knew that something unusual had happened, but I thought that the anomaly was only due to the appearance of the copy. It was not until later that I slowly realized that the copy was just a copy, and the anomaly I encountered at that moment had nothing to do with the copy itself. After the copy ended, I confirmed the answer."
Mu Yu's heart seemed to be grasped by a hand, and his throat became dry: "What is it?"
Lu Zhongnian looked down at him and said in a light voice: "——The answer is, for some reason, the world I live in is separated from the world you live in."
Mu Yu suddenly opened his eyes wide.
The world...separated?!
"The world I'm in is exactly the same as the world you're in, but when the copy comes," Lu Zhongnian's voice was light and slow, "I will come to your side."
"The figures around me are changing because the world I'm in has changed. I'm cracking the dungeon with you, but when the dungeon is finished, I'll return to my world, and everything in the world I'm in is normal, nothing has happened."
Mu Yu was stunned.
What is this? A parallel world?
But if it is a parallel world, why did the Lu Chongnian in their world disappear, and only one Lu Chongnian was left in the two worlds?
"This is all I know for now," Lu Zhongnian raised his hand, gently rubbed his head, and said to him seriously, "As for why there are two worlds like ours, and why I was able to come to your side when the dungeon happened, I still don't know."
"I guessed that the copy wouldn't just happen once, so I came to the Polytechnic every day these days, and finally saw you again today."
Mu Yu's mind was in a mess.
He stared blankly at Lu Zhongnian. Lu Zhongnian moved his hand down, cupped his face, and said in a coaxing tone: "No matter what, what is certain at the moment is that I'm fine, so you can rest assured."
“…You call this okay?!” Mu Yu glared at him.
Everyone flew to another world?!
Lu Zhongnian thought for a moment: "At least he's not missing any limbs, and he's still alive and well?"
Mu Yu: “…………” He didn’t want to listen to this person telling jokes anymore.
Lu Zhongnian's words gave him too much information, and he needed to digest it.
On the side, Jiang Shuyue was still explaining the current situation to the other students. Mu Yu and Lu Zhongnian looked at each other, moved their lips, and finally chose to keep their words to themselves.
There are too many issues to understand, and they cannot be solved in a short period of time.
...Let's finish this copy first.
On the table, next to the stand, there is something similar to a lottery box. On the front of the box there is a small screen that looks like a QR code scanner.
The most important thing on the entire desktop seems to be a stack of papers.
Mu Yu collected his thoughts, picked up one of the papers and flipped through it.
The rules were printed on the front of the paper and the form was printed on the back. He and Lu Chongnian looked at them intently.
The front is——
Society application process and regulations:
1. If you want to establish/join a club, please be sure to fill out the club application form carefully.
2. There is no limit on the number of clubs that can be established, but each club must have a president and a maximum of two members.
3. Please fill in the application form after careful consideration. Once completed, please do not change the application form easily.
4. If you need to change the application form, please fill it out again on a new blank application form and destroy the old form.
5. After completing the application form, please scan the QR code to receive the key to the activity classroom. The key will be kept by the president.
6. Please go to your respective classrooms to prepare for the club presentation. After the preparation is complete, all club members should bring their club application to the club office for review. Once the review is passed, the club will be established.
The sixth rule caught the two people's attention. This rule directly told them the process of this copy.
Turn to the back and you will see the main body of the form, which includes items such as name, age, gender, club name, club type, club goals, whether a mentor is needed, etc.
Mu Yu and Lu Zhongnian's eyes swept over the four words "instructor".
...This is definitely not a serious teacher.
There is a QR code in the upper right corner of the form. That is to say, if you use this QR code to scan the screen of the lottery box, the key will pop out of the lottery box?
Mu Yu put down the application form, walked around the three tables and tried to go inside, but found an invisible barrier blocking him.
"It seems that we can only go in after we are divided into groups and fill out the forms," Mu Yu narrowed his eyes, pointed forward, and said to Lu Zhongnian, "Are there any rules on the wall over there?"
Mu Yu's eyesight was too poor. He could only see a KT board on the wall at the far end of the stairs leading to the second floor. It seemed that the board had only appeared after the copy was created. Looking at the list of items, it was most likely rules.
"It should be," Lu Zhongnian shook his head, "It's too far away, I can't see clearly."
This time the copy clearly asked them to follow the steps, and only after completing this step could they see the next clue.
One thing worth noting is: it seems inevitable that there is more than one set of rules in a copy?
In the previous copy, the first and most conspicuous rule they saw was the "New Lotus Theater Usage Rules". After exploring the copy to a certain extent, they discovered the rules in the three graded copies.
A similar situation occurred again this time.
The first and most conspicuous rule they see is the "Club Application Process and Regulations". Only after completing the club grouping and filling out the form, they may be able to cross the invisible barrier to the other side and see the rules on the other side of the KT board.
If there are at least two rules in each copy, will the truth and falsehood of these rules be similar?
For example, the most obvious rule, perhaps they can call it the general rule of the copy - all the general rules are true.
But there may be pitfalls in the secondary rules?
The two were thinking about the same question, but could not come up with an answer for the time being.
Whether a rule is a rule needs to be verified at least two or three times.
At this time, Jiang Shuyue finished his explanation.
What is a copy, how to leave the copy, what they may face, what they need to pay attention to - explaining these is not a waste of time, but to enable the group of people here now to unite and cooperate more efficiently than they did in the previous round of copies to crack the copy.
However, some people accepted the reality after being shocked and started thinking, while others were still panic-stricken.
The tall and strong senior from the basketball club pointed at the gate and said with a ridiculous look on his face: "You guys can do whatever this copy tells you to do? The door is right there, have you never tried to walk out?"
Some people were moved after hearing what he said.
Ye Sui reminded: "Walking into an area that is obviously a barrier under unnatural circumstances is not a wise choice no matter how you look at it."
The senior student said: "Maybe they are just fooling you idiots. Maybe the outside is a normal world, and the fog is just blocking the door to scare you!"
Lu Zhongnian spoke at this time, and said calmly: "Then you can try."
The senior was choked by him: "Are you provoking me?"
"No, just an objective suggestion."
Mu Yu felt something was wrong and turned to look at the boy next to him.
The boy glanced casually at the thick fog outside the door and said calmly, "Maybe I'll give it a try someday."
Mu Yu was stunned and clenched his fists instantly.
Noticing his gaze, Lu Chongnian looked over subconsciously, then paused.
The senior still felt that Lu Zhongnian was trying to provoke him, and he scolded, "Why don't you try and let me try alone? Do I look like a fool?"
The girls watching couldn't stand it anymore: "Weren't you the one who first said that the fog was a trick for fools?"
"I--"
"Okay, okay, can you please stop arguing? What are we going to do now?"
Mu Yu walked over with a cold face: "There are several application forms over there, everyone take a look at the rules first."
Lu Zhongnian watched him walk away in silence, and after a moment, he followed him.
Before leaving, his eyes swept over Ye Sui and Fu Xiaoju, and he nodded lightly to them as a greeting.
Fu Xiaoju: “……???”
Ye Sui: “…”
He was sure that this person knew that they didn't know him now.
This nonchalant attitude is really...
Ye Sui and Fu Xiaoju have actually been observing Lu Zhongnian.
Ye Sui's gaze was inquiring, while Fu Xiaoju looked a little dazed and confused.
For some reason, he had clearly seen a photo of this man named Lu Chongnian in Mu Yu's circle of friends. He didn't feel anything at that time, but now that he saw the real person, he felt an indescribable sense of familiarity in his heart.
At this moment, a group of people gathered around the three tables.
Someone asked Jiang Shuyue anxiously, "Just now you said that there might be falsehoods in the rules, so could there be falsehoods in these rules as well?"
Jiang Shuyue said: "I don't know, but I have also said the criteria for judgment. In the absence of clues and evidence, we can assume that the rules are true."
After the last copy was over, they discussed this issue in the small group.
First of all, judging from Jiang Shuyue and Jing Qiao’s experiences in the rehearsal area, they were able to find a basis for judging the false rules they encountered.
The same goes for the aisle area. Su Mingyun and Chang Sen did not find any basis for contradiction, and the rule in the aisle area was indeed true.
Only Mu Yu and Lu Zhongnian encountered unexpected situations.
So we can temporarily assume that some false rules that do not necessarily kill players after being hit may not have any auxiliary basis for players to make judgments.
But it doesn't matter.
Since death is not inevitable, there is still room for recovery.
When faced with complex dungeon levels and rules, they still need a clear criterion to simplify the judgment process.
Therefore, the method given by Lu Chongnian, "no clues, assume the rule is true", can still be used.
Just to be wary of potential pitfalls, they need to be more careful.
Mu Yu analyzed with concentration: "Based on the experience from the last instance, the monster generator will not be hidden in an obvious place. It is likely that it can only be found by completing levels and obtaining clues."
"But you still need to be familiar with the entire dungeon map, otherwise it will be difficult for us to find the target's hiding place even if we have clues. When you complete the task according to the rules later, you can find an opportunity to walk around, but of course you must always pay attention to safety."
"The dungeon starts at seven o'clock sharp, and the time limit is three hours. We must find the monster generator and destroy it before ten o'clock, otherwise we will be wiped out."
Except for two seniors from the basketball club who were uneasy, everyone else was concentrating on listening to Mu Yu.
"Now," Mu Yu shook the application form, "we may need to divide into groups."
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