Deep in the Living

Chapter 57: Big Changes on Campus
"despair!"

The tongue snaps.

Although his nose was full of fishy smell and there was no ambient sound, Rody still turned around suddenly.

The moment I turned back,

A face was almost in front of him.

Even Rody was startled, and almost instinctively raised his knife to chop. But the face that filled his vision was as gentle as ever, and his arm holding the knife relaxed.

"Are you scared? Hey~"

The squad leader had his usual smile on his face, and there was no trace of tension in the danger.

"Is it still possible to joke at a time like this?"

"Anyway, the threat in this basement has been completely eliminated, but unfortunately the [quasi-corner space] has not been lifted. It seems that the dormitory manager has no direct relationship with the changes in the dormitory building."

Luo Di also gave his conclusion, "This thing is too weak, far weaker than Ms. Wu Huazhen we encountered before, and even weaker than the zombies simulated in practice.

Unconscious, incomplete, not even a pseudo-person.

The blood flowing from this thing is not even interesting to my knife."

The next second, Luo Di changed the subject and said, "Captain, why are you here? With your level, you shouldn't be trapped by something that can't even be called a fake human, right?"

"I hurried back to the dormitory to get my clothes, and even said hello to my aunt when I went upstairs.

But I had just changed into the investigator's uniform and drank a sip of the remaining mineral water on the bedside table because I was a little thirsty. When I woke up, it was already now.

After all, this is the period of college entrance examination, who could have thought that something like this would happen.

Fortunately, you came to the dormitory to find me in time, otherwise I would have been eaten while I was unconscious."

"Where's your sword?"

"It was probably hidden or thrown away by this monster. Whatever! Let's try to leave the dormitory building first."

The squad leader took a small leap to the front of the slain dormitory manager and picked up the metal crowbar as a weapon for self-defense.

Seeing Rody dealing with the blocked basement door,
The monitor also turned to Xiaoying who looked excited. The two didn't say much. A simple hug was enough.

Bang!

Unexpectedly, as the two of them hugged each other, a loud noise was heard.

Rody turned his entire right leg into zombies, raised his foot and broke the door hinge directly, and the entire wooden door was kicked away.

"go!"

The squad leader and Xiaoying held hands and followed closely behind Luo Di.

As they were about to walk out of the newly created corridor, Rody whispered, "The current situation may be worse than we imagined."

The monitor didn't care, "There are so many physical education teachers in the school, and it's the period of promotion, so the security must be better than usual.

Even if there really is a fake person breaking in, or even if he is a fake person born in the school,

Maybe we just need to hide until the danger is completely resolved by the teachers."

"Is it really that simple, monitor? What if this incident is the "Gap" mentioned at the end of the textbook?"

After hearing this, the squad leader was stunned, his cheerful expression disappeared instantly, and Xiaoying was so scared that her whole body stiffened.

"Are you sure? Has the campus environment changed?"

"Hmm...but I only saw some of the changes through the window. Let's leave the dormitory building before drawing any conclusions."

The three of them walked out of the stairwell and returned to their original girls' dormitory building.

However, when they tried to leave the building via the normal dormitory stairs, they froze at the stairs.

The entire stairwell became complicated, and the original simple stair structure was replaced with various small single-person stairs that could only accommodate one person.

Moreover, these stairs have no handrails and are staggered with each other. Some correspond to the closed walls, while others are connected to other stairs through a certain curvature.

The entire dormitory building seems to be undergoing structural changes over time.

Fortunately, the changes were not too big, the total height of the floor remained the same, and the first floor lobby could be seen through the small gaps between the stairs. Luo Di jumped and climbed down the stairs, and the two girls behind him were also very good at this, and they reached the first floor smoothly.

"Door!"

Xiaoying looked at the dormitory door that she had to enter and exit every day, which had turned into a vortex shape. The opening was only half a meter wide, barely enough for one person to squeeze through.

Luo Di also recalled that the dormitory manager who had been entangled with him through rotation had a similar form.

The squad leader looked at the vortex and an extremely ugly expression flashed across his face, but it was quickly covered up.

Because the vortex was too strange, they did not choose to go out through the main gate.

I turned around and went to the dormitory manager's lounge. Everything seemed normal inside, and the student information and daily inspection results were recorded normally in the record book.

You can also see a family photo of a dormitory manager on the wall. At least from the existing information, there is no sign that the dormitory manager has any psychological problems.

The changes in the dormitory managers, perhaps like the gate of the dormitory building, are changes brought about by "some external force".

In addition, the monitor’s sword was not found in the dormitory manager’s lounge.

The dormitory building is so big that I don’t know how much extra space it has. It is definitely not worth wasting time just to find an ordinary weapon, so I can only give up.

Using the open balcony of the dormitory manager's lounge, the three of them easily climbed out and finally left the dormitory building safely.

But their expressions became even worse, the situation outside was far beyond their imagination.

During the half hour of rescuing the monitor, the entire campus had undergone tremendous changes.

1. [Lighting] - The campus, which was originally equipped with a large number of lighting facilities, now has at least 80% of its lighting reduced. The electric lights have either lost power or been damaged by external forces.

The entire campus is in a "dark state".

The sky was just as Rody had seen before, with dark clouds swirling in a vortex, and the bright moon was almost completely blocked.

2. [Space] - The entire campus is no longer "open".

The "wall" that was once used to ensure the safety of the campus has spread into the school like a plant and grown on both sides of the road.

The walls turn the open school space into a "semi-enclosed" one, giving it a maze-like feel. The roads between the walls are about five meters wide, and the space for activities is completely restricted.

The wall itself is about ten meters high, with densely packed high-voltage cables on the top. Unless you can really fly, you will most likely get burned if you try to climb over the wall.

Street lights exist within the walls, providing weak lighting.

The monitor looked at everything in front of him and muttered to himself, "It's really a 'gap'... and it's not quite the same as described in the textbook."

The monitor then recalled the dangerous content described in red at the end of the senior high school textbook.

"Gap, Limbo, Quasi-corner space (complete type).

This is the barrier, or transitional space, between reality and the real corner.

It requires four or more "pseudo-people" who have been in disguise for more than one year, are fully mature, have the "qualifications", are very familiar with the area, and have left footprints in it.

They will receive arrangements from the corners and arrive at each corner of the area at the same time.

Project the corner of your thoughts onto your face, creating a "flesh corner" visible to the naked eye.

Based on four or more flesh corners,
It constructs a perfect polygonal space with the most perfect camouflage properties, and individuals outside cannot detect it at all.

Once the gap is formed, it means that screening begins.

These mature pseudo-people who gather in school because of their "commonality" will receive the "final mission" from the corner of their minds.

In the next 12 hours, they will conduct a life and death screening inside the space, and the pseudo-human who survives will be promoted and obtain the official identity to enter the corner.

Moreover, the speed of time flowing between the gaps is different.
The 12-hour qualification screening will be over in an hour from the outside. It is the important physical examination time now, no one will care about this hour, and no outsiders will come in to disturb. "

Xiaoying, who had never dealt with even the most common "fake people", was completely confused. "I...we were involved in a fake person's promotion incident? This has never happened in No. 4 Middle School, or even in middle schools across the country."

The monitor consoled him:
"According to known information, the formation of the gap is not aimed at us, but is a screening among pseudo-humans. As long as they finish slaughtering each other, the gap will automatically be removed.

All we have to do is ensure our own survival before it's all over.

If we can join forces with the physical education teachers, our survival rate will increase significantly.”

(End of this chapter)