CH 32

Chapter 32

The smell made Ou Ying’s face pale instantly and she straight out started sprinting. LdyzKh

Lin Yi also quickened his pace. He saw Ou Ying standing by the door, her bloodless face turning ashen.

Lin Yi had an ominous feeling that something was wrong. He reached the room in two or three strides and stood behind Ou Ying.

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He was a whole shoulder and head taller than Ou Ying, so he had a clear view of the situation inside.

Luo Yi was dead. 097ptB

The way Luo Yi died made Lin Yi’s expression change.

A chopstick had been pierced through Luo Yi’s neck, exactly the way Li Ying had been killed!

The only difference was that while Li Ying showed no signs of struggle, Luo Yi did. Not only Luo Yi’s body, but the whole room was full of traces of the fight.

Lin Yi couldn’t see the expression on Luo Yi’s corpse. Since entering the 7-7 Rule World, he’d noticed it. Every corpse, immediately after death, would show him a strange smile. It was the same in the 2-6 Rule World. Luo Yi stared at Lin Yi with eyes wide open, his lips stretched into a smile so wide it almost reached his ears.

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But this time, Lin Yi’s intuition was telling him something.

Luo Yi’s smile was the 2-6 Monster greeting him.

Probably because he had killed the 7-7 Monster, one of their kind, the 2-6 Monster was giving him this gift in return.

In the room, apart from Luo Yi’s body, was Cheng Yang, who was passed out in a corner and Qin Zhou, who stood staring blankly at Lin Yi. D4SIHC

“Zhou…Zhou Ge.” Ou Ying said with a sob in her voice, “What happened?”

Qin Zhou didn’t answer, he looked down at his hands.

He kept flipping it over and over.

His hands were covered in blood. Blood dripped down the lines of his palm and fell to the floor with little ‘pop’s. This sound seemed to jolt Qin Zhou awake. “I…don’t know.” UTJs3v

Lin Yi said, “Senior, you…”

Qin Zhou gave Lin Yi a complicated look and then walked out of the room.

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When Qin Zhou’s figure disappeared completely, Ou Ying seemed to come to her senses and she rushed to Luo Yi’s body.

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Lin Yi hesitated for a while. In the end, he decided not to chase after Qin Zhou. He walked into the room and looked at Cheng Yang and then at Ou Ying by Luo Yi’s body.

The relationship between Luo Yi and Ou Ying was very good. After all, they were among the top figures in the student union. Although Lin Yi didn’t know how to comfort others, he still felt that he had to say something at this time. gGw5 Q

“Xue Jie…” Lin Yi had barely opened his mouth and he was already stumped.

Should he say ‘condolences’? Or ‘the dead cannot be brought back’? Or ‘pull yourself together and take revenge’?

Lin Yi felt that no matter whichever he chose would sound inappropriate at this time so he simply shut up.

Ou Ying said, “It’s okay.” tFuXCk

She stretched out her hand to close Luo Yi’s eyelids. “Although I don’t want to admit it, truth be told, we’ve all imagined what it would be for our companions to die. We’ve mentally prepared ourselves.”

Lin Yi nodded.

Ou Ying said, “Zhou Ge said that you’re amazing and you are. You helped us take care of 7-7. So, I want to hear your thoughts now.”

Lin Yi said, “Xue Jie, can you give me five minutes to think about it?” LQH5p3

Ou Ying nodded. “OK.”

Five minutes later, Lin Yi, right on time, asked, “What do you think, Xue Jie?”

Ou Ying said, “The first certainty is that Luo Yi did not violate any rules of death. I know that the 7-7 Monster also killed a girl in the 7-7 Rule World in this way. It looks more like the 2-6 Monster performed an imitation after seeing it in Zhou Ge’s memory.”

Lin Yi nodded. nSdys3

“My thoughts then ran into a dead end.” Ou Ying said, “Luo Yi was killed by the 2-6 Monster. This is the only thing I can be sure of.”

“Perhaps you haven’t personally seen Luo Yi’s true abilities but just from knowing that Zhou Ge personally appointed him to his position in the student union, you can easily imagine his true capabilities. If we were to rank the members of the student union, Zhou Ge would be first and Luo Yi was definitely second.”

Ou Ying stared at Luo Yi’s corpse. “The first and second were in the same room. If the 2-6 Monster were someone else, he would definitely wouldn’t be able to get past the door. That only means that the 2-6 Monster must have been in the room. So the 2-6 Monster can only either be Zhou Ge or Cheng Yang. If it were Cheng Yang, the 2-6 Monster wouldn’t have succeeded; after all, the first and second were here. So that leaves only Zhou Ge as the 2-6 Monster; only Zhou Ge could have beaten Luo Yi.”

Lin Yi listened carefully. a20cZC

Ou Ying said, “But I can’t figure it out. Zhou Ge exposed himself immediately. Whether it was positive planning or reverse psychology, the only effect exposing himself could have is dispelling our suspicion. But on the very first night, Zhou Ge did something completely contrary to his self-exposing. What’s more, he waited until we arrived before leaving with his body covered in blood? The Rule Monsters can indeed kill people at will before the Replay but rather perform the killings themselves, they much prefer waiting for us to trip over the rules it has set. Not unless the existence of a certain someone will affect the order of the Rule World.”

“But what are the rules of death? We don’t even have a clue at the moment. But the 2-6 Monster made a move on the very first night. It must have felt that Luo Yi’s existence would affect the subsequent development of the 2-6 Rule World. But Luo Yi discussed it with me and he agreed with me. Neither of us suspected Zhou Ge of being the 2-6 Monster. So how could Luo Yi’s existence have affected the subsequent development of the 2-6 Rule World?”

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Ou Ying threw out her own questions one by one. She looked at Lin Yi expectantly, as if hoping that Lin Yi could give her a perfect answer.

“Besides, the possibility of Zhou Ge being the 2-6 Monster… Right, Zhou Ge is indeed the biggest suspect of being the 2-6 Monster right now but he was the one who placed all this suspicion on himself. Is this how the 2-6 Monster plays? Using reverse psychology to achieve a paradoxical self declaration?” Ou Ying shook her head and said, “If this is the way it plays, it couldn’t have existed for ten years. Every round of the 2-6 Rule World will have 13 people. Some of the 13 may be good at a reverse sort of thinking but there will always be people who think in a straight line and won’t be confused by this kind of behavior.” DBxaWb

Lin Yi didn’t nod or shake his head. He said, “Xue Jie, think about what happened today with a simple mind. What do you think the 2-6 Monster is doing?”

Ou Ying looked at Lin Yi but couldn’t understand what Lin Yi was getting at.

Lin Yi said, “Does it look like a murder to shift the blame to someone else?”

Ou Ying was silent for a while. LGU1dq

Why wouldn’t it? No murderer would stay at the scene after intentional killing someone. Qin Zhou appeared like a victim deliberately placed at the scene of the murder by 2-6 Monster, specially used to arouse the suspicion of others.

“Xue Jie, maybe Senior’s self-exposing is true. There wasn’t any positive planning or reverse psychology.” Lin Yi said, “You also made a mistake just now. Last night, the student union’s number one and number two were indeed in this room. You believe that if the 2-6 Monster were someone else, there would be no way for it to PK with Senior and Luo Yi. But you’ve forgotten one point. The 2-6 Monster has seen Senior’s memory.”

Ou Ying was startled.

“So even if it were any other one of us, with Senior’s memory, its strength should not be underestimated.” Lin Yi said. “This is a good explanation as to why it killed Luo Yi Xue Chang. Because no matter how you look at it, Senior cannot clear himself of responsibility for Luo Yi Xue Chang’s death. Perhaps Senior is even doubting himself. Xue Jie, did you see it? Senior seemed quite shocked just now. Like this, Senior can’t possibly affect the progress of the 2-6 Rule World, right? The Monster has completely broken our main force.” SceiOP

In order to convince Ou Ying of his words, Lin Yi pointed to Cheng Yang. “Cheng Yang had been chosen by the 7-7 Monster. I asked him how it felt and he said it was like he was dreaming, but he had no memory of what it was like having his memories spied on. But why does Senior have that? Was it the feeling that the 2-6 Monster deliberately left to influence Senior? If so, under such a premise, how can the combined combat effectiveness of the compromised Senior and Luo Yi be compared? Can they stand up to the 2-6 Monster who’s existed for ten plus years, eaten who knows how many people and armed with Senior’s memories?”

Ou Ying was momentarily speechless. Lin Yi gave Ou Ying time to process.

After a while, Ou Ying said in astonishment, “This has never happened before.”

Lin Yi knew that Ou Ying meant the Monster spying on someone’s memory first and then lodging in another person’s body. XdnteS

Ou Ying ran through Lin Yi’s words in her mind several times. “If this is the case, it won’t be easy to find the 2-6 Monster.”

Lin Yi glanced at the door. He lowered his voice and whispered in Ou Ying’s ear, “Xue Jie, I’ve already found the 2-6 Monster.”

Ou Ying immediately wanted to ask who it was, but Lin Yi put his finger to his lips, a gesture to silence Ou Ying.

“I can’t say it yet.” Lin Yi said: “After I figure out the main line of the 2-6 Rule World, I will tell Xue Jie.” j4JeDd

Ou Ying had no choice but to let go of her curiosity. She turned her head to look at Luo Yi’s body and asked softly, “Are you sure?”

“Very sure.” Lin Yi said firmly, “100% sure, please trust me, Xue Jie.”

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Ou Ying nodded heavily. Because of Luo Yi’s matter and all the intricate possibly-true-possibly-false clues, Ou Ying’s mind was already a mess.

“Then now…” ixOkzD

“Let’s let Senior figure things out for himself. If we ask too much, it may be self-defeating. I think with Senior’s ability, he’ll be able to figure it out himself.” Lin Yi said, “Xue Jie, don’t worry about Senior. The 2-6 Monster still needs him to take the blame for it. At least for now, it shouldn’t be targeting Senior.”

Ou Ying lowered her eyes and said bitterly, “That’s true.”

Guilt began to once again grow in her heart. If she’d done her work properly, Qin Zhou wouldn’t have been drawn into the 2-6 Rule World and the 2-6 Monster wouldn’t have gotten so powerful and troublesome from seeing Qin Zhou’s memory.

“Then, Xue Jie, let’s figure out those rules of death.” Lin Yi said. 9o Qkv

Ou Ying glanced at Luo Yi one last time. Suppressing her guilt temporarily, she said, “Okay.”

Lin Yi stood up. He thought about it but he decided against waking Cheng Yang up. He didn’t intend to ask Cheng Yang anything. If even Qin Zhou didn’t know how Luo Yi’s death happened, there was no way Cheng Yang would.

And now he and Ou Ying were going to check on the situation of the three screams last night. Waking up Cheng Yang now would probably just mean taking him somewhere else to pass out.

Lin Yi and Ou Ying went to Gao Xu and Ye Qiong’s room first. 2omkCK

Zeng Jing and He Mei roomed together and Lin Yi heard both of their screams last night. He doubted anyone who screamed last night survived the Rule World.

But for Gao Xu and Ye Qiong, Lin Yi only heard Gao Xu’s screams.

If Ye Qiong, who stayed in the same room as Gao Xu, was still alive, they might be able to find some clues related to the rules of death.

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