Chapter 85 Special Pattern
In the first instance, "Sweet Home", Lin Xi saw this sign the first time he went downstairs to throw away the garbage, but until now, Lin Xi had never thrown garbage in there. Lin Xi frowned, wondering what this sign was.
It must not be a simple thing, otherwise it would not appear one after another.
Lin Xi raised her head and looked around, and found a salesperson not far from her. So she raised her hand and was about to speak, but suddenly remembered that this was not the real world, and even if it was the real world, there was a universal rule in the bookstore - keep quiet.
In fact, in a real bookstore, if you are asking questions, it is okay to lower your voice.
But the rules of the world of rules and ghost stories will be magnified. For example, if you say "keep quiet" in the study, it will really mute people. Not only can you not speak, but even the sound outside cannot reach the study. It's a close call. I almost triggered the rules by accident. Lin Xi closed his mouth and put down the book in his hand with some regret.
-_-!
I can only wait until next time to ask another ghost.
Lin Xi hadn't planned on buying the book and taking it home. It looked strange, with severed arms and legs on the cover. What if it was actually a widely circulated ghost story? Bringing it home and provoking the real ghost story wouldn't be fun. Lin Xi knew Chen Sang Ning was powerful, but she didn't know her limits. Bringing home something she couldn't handle would be sheer folly.
So Lin Xi put down the book. At this moment, she realized that she was a little too relaxed. This behavior was really bad. Lin Xi took a deep breath, looked around, and confirmed the rules of the bookstore before continuing to move forward.
The rules of the bookstore were posted on the wall next to it, and the content was similar to what Lin Xi had imagined, such as keeping quiet, not opening the books unless you were buying them, not disturbing the busy staff, etc. This kind of architectural weird rules were almost the same as those in the real world, but they were more stringent than in the real world.
Lin Xi came to the "Tutoring Materials" area and found the third grade of elementary school, and then bought a workbook for each of the subjects listed there, namely: Chinese, mathematics, English, morality and law, science, information technology, art, and music. Information technology only had teaching materials but no exercise books, so he skipped it directly. In addition, the covers of the art and music workbooks were too weird, so Lin Xi looked at them and didn't take them.
Which exercise book is good? The art cover is a little man with open eyes and tears of blood, and the music cover is about someone holding a harmonica and gesturing on their neck?
It was too embarrassing. When Lin Xi saw the covers of these two things, she forgot about them. Lin Xi took the five exercise books and prepared to check out. On the way, she was still thinking: Nowadays, even the ghosts in the world of rules and monsters have to learn English. It's too difficult. Her English is very poor. If it weren't for Chen Sang Ning's loving tutoring, she would have a hard time passing the Level 4 exam.
Lin Xi brought the exercise books to the cashier. After scanning each book, the salesperson pointed to the small screen in front, which showed the price. Shen Sang Ning remembered that Lin Xi said it was unhygienic to spit out something from the mouth, so she took out the money from her stomach this time and put it on the table.
The salesperson silently collected the money and gave change, and Shen Sangning swallowed the bills again.
When Lin Xi led Chen Sang Ning out of the bookstore, Chen Sang Ning couldn't help but tilt her head and ask Lin Xi: "Lin Xi, why don't you let me eat?"
Lin Xi lowered his head and thought for a while before saying, "I still think it's too weird. I'm afraid something might happen. The symbol on the book is also a bit strange. If you can't handle it, something bad might happen."
"Oh." Shen Sangning was about to say something, but when she heard Lin Xi's words, she knew that she cared about her, so a smile appeared on her face.
They didn't stay in there for long. Before the driver came to pick them up, they sat and waited for a while at the station. Lin Xi and Shen Sang Ning simply got together and studied the information in the exercise book.
These exercise books that Lin Xi carefully selected were very similar to the real world, except that there were no publishers, no release dates, no barcodes, etc. After removing the plastic film, Lin Xi first turned to the back page and confirmed that the exercise books had answers and the solution ideas on the answers before he breathed a sigh of relief.
Without these things, how could she help Lin Lin improve?
She was actually a little confused. She was confused about, "Will this really win the favor of teachers and students?" She wasn't sure. Even in the real world, she wasn't sure it would work, let alone in the world of rule-based weirdos. And her biggest confusion wasn't this, but "Lin Lin looks even worse than me in school. Can she really make such rapid progress that it will impress teachers and classmates?"
Furthermore, even if we count physical education and public health, there are 10 courses in total. If none of the anchors who serve as teachers die, she must at least get the approval of five teachers. The students are even more difficult. She doesn't think Lin Lin won the first place.
Although the academic masters may sound impressive, the poor students will not truly identify with them.
At the very least, children at this stage will not recognize academic masters and just think they are "pretending".
Lin Xi was a little worried, but she was only worried for a moment. What should she do? She couldn't think of any good solution except this one. She could only try her best. When it was time to pick up the children from school, Lin Xi stood at the school gate, waiting for the children to come out. Soon, it was the third grade's turn. After picking up Lin Lin, Lin Xi didn't rush to leave. Instead, she waited for Wei Ziqi and Wang Xue like yesterday.
Lin Xi also saw the three anchors. Anyway, the best news was that they were not killed. They looked at Lin Xi with grievance in their eyes. They had no choice but to follow their ghost parents and leave first. When Wei Ziqi and the others came out, Wei Ziqi gave Lin Xi a note.
This piece of paper contains the home addresses of student anchors collected by Wei Ziqi, 17 of them, and not a single one was included.
"This is what they told me today. I wrote it down first. I took Du Kang to explore the school last night, but I didn't find any mechanism similar to the Mahjong ghost in your last instance. The principal of this school was not elected through a selection system."
Wei Ziqi told Lin Xi about his discovery, and Lin Xi nodded and understood. It seemed that they also wanted to replicate the previous operation of Lin Xi and He Sitong, and obtain more resources by replacing the principal and becoming the backbone of this school, which would make it easier to pass the level.
But unfortunately, this copy should be what the current owner of the funeral home said, the part where there is no staff meeting.
"And the thing you asked me about Thursday evening study... We actually tried asking about this yesterday, but there was no reliable information until today. We finally found some information. A teacher in the same office said that there should be evening study on Thursdays. The principal felt that the students' grades hadn't improved and couldn't compare with other schools, so he came up with this idea. I've also shared this information with the other anchors. Please pay attention to the pick-up and drop-off times for your children on Thursdays."
Lin Xi thought for a moment and told Wei Ziqi and the others about the principal and the committee. Wei Ziqi was stunned for a moment and sighed, "According to this statement, the principal might be the big boss in this instance. He's definitely someone we need to be wary of."
“But what is going on with the committee… is still a question.”
Wei Ziqi was right. The committee was indeed a huge problem. Not only were people within the world of strange stories speculating, but those outside were also coming up with ideas. After Lin Xi visited the bookstore today, Cai Hua printed out several important points. Some people on the team also expressed their opinions:
"I have a bad idea. Could this croissant-like pattern actually represent a human?" said a folklore researcher. "This analogy is actually quite common. For example, in ancient times, there was the saying 'two-legged sheep,' which referred to humans. The croissant symbol on the trash can might mean that after ghosts eat humans, they throw away any undigested remains, which are then collected."
The idea she raised was also the most common one online. Of course, the team members in the control room also had other ideas: "There's another possibility. Could it be the intelligence Lin Xi obtained yesterday, the logo of the committee?"
This possibility is not impossible. A committee generally refers to a team organization formed to achieve a certain purpose.
There is also a "XX Production Committee" that has become more famous in recent years. If it is applied to the "Rules and Talk Live Room App Production Committee", it can be fully explained.
"But if it's the committee's logo, why is it on a trash can? That's really weird, isn't it?"
With each man having his own reasons, Caihua could only hope to make the final decision. Caihua propped up her head to think for a moment, while her hands scrolled through other people's livestreams. Linxi's livestream content was relatively stable for now, and there was one thing she cared about: a small discovery she had shared with Caihua after coming out of the previous dungeon.
The undertaker's size has grown somewhat dramatically.
In fact, it wasn't just Lin Xi; He Sitong and even other streamers had experienced this phenomenon. But instead of growing in size, it was the level of pranks being played on them that was gradually increasing. She'd felt there was something fishy going on at the time, but she hadn't thought of anything. But this time, observing the livestream and the comments again, something vaguely emerged in her mind.
But before Cai Hua could figure it out, someone in the team pointed out the problem: "Speaking of which, there is a student in Wei Ziqi's group who escalates his behavior of teasing Wei Ziqi too quickly." In the world of rule-based weirdos, being a student is not easy, and teachers are not much better. As the head teacher of a class, Wei Ziqi has been harassed by students.
He had experienced everything He Sitong had experienced before. He'd almost shaken her off during a handshake, heard a hand so cold it chilled his bones, and then heard someone laugh out of nowhere and suddenly had their head drop off. Wei Ziqi remained relatively calm, but even so, he was nearly frightened by the student.
At this moment, Cai Hua's expression suddenly froze. After a while, she slowly said, "I understand."
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