Chapter 127 The Shaking Balance
Bang!
Ling grabbed the gatekeeper's arm and twisted it hard, and the fat aunt fell to the ground with a roar.
No, no way?
Chen Xiao'er was stunned for a moment before rushing over, grabbing the senior student's shoulder and whispering, "The school wants us to sneak in, so we shouldn't cause any trouble."
The security guards are usually related to the leaders inside. Although the school must have informed the factory leaders, we can't expose our true purpose over such a small dispute!
She leaned against the senior soothingly, smiling sheepishly at the woman on the ground. "Sorry, we were a little startled when you suddenly rushed over. Is there anything I can do for you?"
The gatekeeper squinted his eyes and looked at her uncertainly. After a long while, he said, "Register...register first. Everyone entering the factory must register first."
[“Link… connection. Anyone who wishes to challenge my Lord must first establish a connection with him.”]
Just one glance at the two humans and it felt like its core was about to evaporate.
One of them exuded a strong sense of emptiness, the place where the "core" should be was pale and terrifying. The other was exactly the kind of artificial weapon that anomalies hated the most, exuding the foul air of death and technology.
This abnormal personality had a high degree of similarity, and it immediately came to a rational conclusion: only the owner could deal with these two things, so whoever wants to deal with them can do so!
The empty human stretched out his hand toward it, his words uttered like an order: "Okay, please give me the registration form."
Chen Xiao'er maintained a polite smile, and just when she was about to give up, the guard finally moved.
The plump lady fumbled around behind her and pulled out a notebook. She bit the end of a pen and said, "You all go out here one by one and tell me your names."
"Okay, I'll go first." Chen Xiao'er walked towards the gate with her senior sister, saying as they walked, "Her name is Ling, and my name is Chen Xiao'er~"
Whoosh, whoosh.
Two transparent chains flew from the air. Zero caught one firmly, leaving a mark on her wrist. That was proof of the bond. She could harm her master, and he could harm her.
The second chain whizzed through the black-haired girl's neck and dissipated in mid-air, as if it had never existed.
"Wait, wait a minute!"
The aunt came after them, panting and swaying, blocking their way with her hands: "She, she can go in, but you can't. You...you can't register."
Chen Xiao'er turned around, stunned. "I can't register? How is that possible... Just take notes."
The gatekeeper looked even more devastated than she was, waving her pen and shouting, "It's useless! It's useless! I'm not qualified to register you. Please go find the factory manager yourself and don't cause me any trouble!"
Without waiting for Chen Xiao'er to react, the aunt ran to the door without even turning back, blushing and saying, "Alright, I'll register you all. But you, the one called Chen Xiao'er, I'm telling you, don't go in! You're not allowed to go in without the factory director's permission!"
"......" Chen Xiao'er clenched her fists silently: Am I being targeted again? This is such a long-lost feeling of vomiting.
"Break in?" Ling turned his head and put his arm around her shoulder. The senior's tone was inquiring but not questioning, as if she could find a shovel and shovel open the factory gate if Xiao'er nodded.
"No, I'll make a call first, and then go find the factory manager she mentioned." Chen Xiao'er forced a smile and waved the phone in her hand.
The other students walked into the gate one after another. As expected, the gatekeeper did not stop them. He just stared at her, not knowing what he was thinking about.
Chen Xiao'er ignored him. She took Ling's hand and walked to a bush outside. She opened her phone's address book and skillfully slid to Sister Lan's name.
beep.
The call was connected in 1 second, and Sister Lan said lazily, "Hello~".
Hearing Sister Lan's familiar voice, Chen Xiao'er's anger at being targeted eased a lot.
She asked in a low voice: "Sister, are you busy now?"
"explain."
"I'm in a bit of trouble here. The death of a classmate may be related to the food processing factory. The school gave us the opportunity to investigate, but the people in the factory seem to be targeting me."
"What do you need me to do?"
The resoluteness and indifference in Sister Lan's tone made Chen Xiao'e breathe a sigh of relief. She lowered her voice and said, "Can you help me find a few friends who are more agile to come over? No need to fight, just wait outside and observe the situation. I can pay them! If we really get into trouble, I want them to help me take the evidence to the police."
Before making this call, Chen Xiao'er still had a hard time understanding the situation.
For example, why did the school conclude that her classmate's death was related to the factory? The diary only mentioned that her family wanted to find work there, but did not mention that she was going there or that her family had died.
But when she started contacting Sister Lan by phone, many things became clear to her.
As a larger institution, Taoli University must have a corresponding intelligence network. The cause of death of a student can be investigated through classmates, family, friends and teachers.
Taoli University should have screened the students and teachers in advance. If they can be preliminarily ruled out as suspects, the family's side will be very important.
Regardless of whether the classmate's family members disappeared or worked in the factory, since the factory has indeed committed illegal activities, it is necessary to conduct a simultaneous investigation.
Faced with such a black-hearted factory, the students may not be cunning enough. It would be a pity if their purpose was discovered or the evidence was taken away. They must rely on the shrewd social people from Sister Lan's side!
"Okay, I'll be there soon."
Sister Lan agreed without hesitation. Before hanging up the phone, she said coldly, "Be careful. If anything happens to you... I won't let anyone go."
"No way~"
Beep, beep, beep.
Chen Xiao'er stuck out her tongue. Just when she was about to act coquettishly, you hung up the phone. There was really nothing she could do.
She shook Ling's hand, and her smile faded before it even started. "Ling, what's going on over there with the students?"
The students formed a circle in the open space. There was a girl squatting on the ground with her legs hugged, as if she was crying. There were also many workers watching nearby.
Ling turned around immediately and rushed towards the crowd as fast as she could, causing Xiao'er to stumble and run wildly!
…
A quarter of an hour ago, Liu Ping'an and Lin Lang were the first to establish a connection with the master of the current area and stepped into its territory.
The moment he stepped into the field, Liu Ping'an burst out laughing.
Because the domain actually popped up the corresponding rules in her mind [Don't step on the line, anyone who steps on the line will die].
"Hey, hey, hey~ Just tell me directly."
Her face was lighthearted, but her hands and feet were extremely cautious. Liu Ping'an's movements were brisk, and each step was extremely smooth. Even though the bricks on the ground were uniform in size and had clear lines, she still paid attention to her feet every time she moved.
Lin Lang was extremely tense:
General exceptions will not inform you of all the rules. Only some exceptions that must declare the rules before determining whether they are violations will be announced immediately.
The anomaly here is obviously the type that is announced first and then punished. Because announcing the rules to humans is beneficial to humans, the punishment after triggering will become more severe, which is beneficial to the anomaly.
"Be careful."
Zheng Xiuli was further back. She shouted, "The rule here is [You must cross the line, or you'll die]. Everyone has different rules, and based on the information provided by the church, they might change!"
This reminder was very timely, because in the next second, the font on Lin Lang's iris, which originally read "Don't step on the line", immediately switched to "Must step on the line".
The werewolf girl immediately changed her steps and stepped on the line, thus avoiding a sudden death.
Too fast, the rules are changing too quickly! The ruler here really does possess abilities related to the [rules] themselves, one could even call it...power!
“Don’t panic!”
Xing Shuyao reminded loudly in the back row, and two boys carried his shoulders, and "walked" the distance for him with difficulty, using their toes to touch the ground or not.
He shouted at the top of his lungs, "Even the power is incomplete! If the anomaly is to meet the requirements of [Simple and Rapid Enforcement] and [Severe Punishment], it can't change multiple rules simultaneously. It is also bound by the rules!"
Yes, this anomaly can shake the scales, but it still needs to maintain relative equality of chips, even if it is only superficial equality.
After a brief period of confusion, the students quickly calmed down and regrouped according to the teams they had formed during training.
The physical department is responsible for providing a safety net for those with special abilities, and the alienated people help maintain balance for those with less alienated levels. Everyone uses two sets of gestures and short 1s and 2s to refer to the rules they carry.
The training that has been ingrained in their minds since childhood has allowed them to quickly adapt to this rule of two-to-two exchange, and they are not afraid of any changes.
Whether it was the floor suddenly lifting, cracking, thickening or thinning the grain, or even some playful play on the rules, it had no effect. Occasionally, an emergency situation would arise, and a superpower like Qian Xiaomei's, which allowed her to move, could quickly resolve the situation.
Everything was going in a good direction. The students showed off their talents and moved from the gate to a location close to the factory.
Zheng Lu was using a puppet to assist several students with slower reaction times, using her own reflexes to assist them with backup maneuvers. Halfway through, she suddenly looked up and shouted, "No, there's a trap on the floor tile pattern—"
What trap? How come I didn't notice it... Oh no!
Xing Shuyao looked back and immediately broke out in a cold sweat: despite what they thought was a perfect response, the lines on the floor had all gathered at the edge of their feet.
This is certainly possible, and nominally makes it easier for humans to move around, but what’s missing is that large tracts of the middle land have turned pure white.
The moment they saw the pure white, they understood the malicious intent behind it, and the Abnormal Overlord did not disappoint them.
Brush.
The blank plots switch places with the dense lines beneath their feet.
The next second, the rules for everyone changed to [Must step on the line, those who don't will die].
Without any delay, everyone immediately exerted their abilities to the utmost: those who could move dragged their classmates with them, those who had magical objects tore them apart to create "lines" recognized by the rules or to stay in the air for a short time, and some simply had strong jumping abilities and good luck and jumped back to the safe zone in one go.
Yet someone made a mistake.
Zhao Zhengyi jumped in the same direction as Liu Ping'an, and the two of them collided violently in mid-air!
Zhao Zhengyi was relatively lucky, as he just happened to roll into the line area. Liu Pingan quickly took out a rope from his side and threw it to the ground, intending to use the "line" of the rope to touch the "line" of the rules!
Click.
She landed lightly on the "line" she had created.
Is this okay? Is this rule meant to be taken literally, or does it have to be followed by something else?
Can't.
The Overlord answered with truth, the intense pain piercing her bones. With a cold snap, Liu Ping'an bit her lip in agony and half-knelt on the ground, her legs shattering from the knee down.
It will be impossible for her to step over the line again, and the punishment will be accumulated again and again.
The punishment for being clever doesn't stop there. The dense lines squirmed and flashed with cold silver light, becoming three-dimensional from a flat surface and extending into sharp blades.
They will slice into pieces all humans who fail to follow the rules at an extremely fast speed.
The cold words were projected into everyone's irises. This was the declaration of the abnormal master, which "equally" informed humans of all the rules and the punishments behind them.
Liu Ping'an did not close her eyes. She looked at the wriggling blade with her bloodshot eyes and sneered in pain: Come on, monster, if you shout, you lose!
The execution was slower than expected. Could it be that the anomaly behind this was trying to instill more fear with the imminent threat? It should have realized that this was ineffective against the elites.
Humans will of course be horrified when they witness the tragic death of their companions, but our rage will only grow even stronger, burning away all weakness!
Ta-da. Ta-da.
Someone's footsteps could be clearly heard. As she approached faster and faster, the wriggling lines became quieter, and finally sank back into the ground, solidifying into ordinary lines.
"Did you twist your ankle?"
Chen Xiao'er ran towards her, stepping over the lines and the open space, and finally stopped beside Liu Ping'an.
She reached out and used her arms to hold her classmate steady.
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