Chapter 1 When Can We Have a Vacation?

“Zhang Ziliang, when can we have a vacation then?……”

Shen Wei asked again, still unwilling to give up.

“Today is Monday, you know. We have to wait until Saturday and Sunday for a vacation, and then there are the statutory holidays. That will be a long wait……”

Zhang Ziliang thought for a moment and then said seriously.

“Damn it! By the time we get a vacation, we’ll be dead for sure……”

Yang Chen thought for a while and asked Zhang Ziliang, “Is there any way to leave without going through the main entrance?”

Zhang Ziliang pondered for a moment and said again, “There is one place. It’s the iron fence behind the teaching building. The spacing between the bars is wider in some places, and thinner students can squeeze through. You, Yang Chen, are about right. Your brother, Shen Wei, might have some difficulty……”

“Hey, Zhang Ziliang, you’ve really helped us out a lot! Yang Chen, time is of the essence. Let’s go straight down from the second floor, avoid the teachers, school doctors, and security guards, and head straight for the back of the teaching building……”

A hint of excitement appeared on Shen Wei's face!

“But we’re on the second floor now. How can we get down with our current physical abilities………”

Yang Chen looked at Shen Wei speechlessly.

“What an idiot! Tie several bed sheets together, then tie the bed sheets to the heating pipes. Our current weight will be more than enough to hold, and there will definitely be no danger……”

Looking at Shen Wei's confident appearance, Yang Chen seriously suspected that this guy used to be a delinquent and had skipped class more than once.

“Shen-ge, Yang Chen, you guys aren’t thinking of skipping class, are you? Please don’t! If you get caught, you’ll get a major demerit or even be expelled………”

Zhang Ziliang looked at Shen Wei and Yang Chen, who had begun to connect the bed sheets, with a look of horror on his face. Then, he began to explain to them the serious consequences of getting caught skipping class.

“Don’t worry, Zhang Ziliang! We’re not skipping class, we’ll be right back. Um… in case we don’t come back, be sure to remember to move to another dorm room immediately. If you still hear someone talking to you from the walls, don’t believe them, and don’t be fooled by them. Find your parents and have them transfer you to another school. Okay, Yang Chen and I will take our leave first……”

After saying that, Shen Wei grabbed the rope made of long bed sheets and slid down from the second-floor window.

Yang Chen followed closely behind and slid down as well!

“Shen Wei, where did you run off to?”

Yang Chen looked around, but couldn’t find Shen Wei anywhere.

“I’m under your feet, you bastard. You’ve stepped out my dinner from last night…”

“Speaking of which, Shen Wei, why are you so weak?……”

Yang Chen lifted his foot, barely suppressing a smile.

Shen Wei patted the dust off his body and grumbled as he got up, “You little brat, talking nonsense. Okay, stop talking nonsense, let’s go. Whether we can escape depends on this…”

After saying that, Shen Wei and Yang Chen carefully avoided the school staff and quietly arrived at the back of the teaching building.

Sure enough, it was as Zhang Ziliang had said, the gaps between the iron bars were very large, and thin children could easily squeeze through.

“I’ll go first…”

Yang Chen squeezed through without any effort, but when it was Shen Wei’s turn, it was a disaster. His frame was relatively large, and his figure was relatively broad. He got stuck immediately, and now he was in a dilemma.

“Are you a pig or something? Couldn’t you eat a little less?”

Yang Chen pulled him while complaining.

“Stop talking nonsense, pull me out quickly! Right Hand, help me!……”

“You brat, didn’t I tell you? My abilities have been completely sealed. Now, I can only chat with you, but chatting with me costs money, one year of life per hour. If you really want to chat, I can give you a 20% discount……”

“Get lost!”

Shen Wei kept squeezing outward, and Yang Chen kept pulling from the outside. They still couldn’t pull Shen Wei out.

“Someone’s coming! Shen Wei, it looks like the school security guard……”

Yang Chen’s expression changed drastically.

“Yang Chen, you go first, leave the school grounds, and test the correctness of the path of survival! If the path of survival is correct, I’ll find a way out. If the path of survival is wrong, you come back and we’ll think of another way…”

Shen Wei waved to Yang Chen, who was standing outside the school, signaling him to leave the school grounds and test the correctness of the path of survival.

“Shen Wei, then be careful……”

After saying that, Yang Chen reluctantly ran out of the school grounds, leaving Shen Wei stuck between the school’s iron bars with an embarrassed expression.

“Ropes break at the thinnest point, and misfortune picks on the wretched. I’m really unlucky, opening the door for misfortune, unlucky to the extreme…”

Just as Shen Wei was complaining endlessly, a middle-aged security guard wearing glasses walked towards him with a smile.

“Little friend, at such a young age, you have quite a few insights into life. However, you must not skip class, or you’ll let down your parents’ hard work………”

“Sorry, uncle, I don’t have parents, I’m all alone, pursuing a free and unrestrained life…”

Seeing Shen Wei’s serious expression, the middle-aged security guard wearing glasses was amused by him again.

“You’re quite open-minded at such a young age, living quite clearly, better than me, uncle. Seeing how destined we are, I’ll give you a hand this time………”

After saying that, the middle-aged security guard uncle wearing glasses put his hands on the iron bars and exerted force, then pulled Shen Wei out with a yank.

Almost at the same time, Yang Chen, who had escaped the school grounds, returned. He followed the same iron fence and returned to the school.

“Hehe, there’s another one here. Quite loyal, running back again. Speaking of which, this little friend looks like my son, so cute!”

The middle-aged uncle wearing glasses touched Yang Chen’s head and said with a smile.

Yang Chen dodged the middle-aged uncle’s hand with a wary expression and ran to Shen Wei’s side, whispering in his ear:

“Shen Wei, the path of survival is not right at all. Escaping the school doesn’t mean we can leave this world at all. The outside world is empty, filled with white mist everywhere. It’s obviously not the real world, and there’s no prompt telling us to complete the Rule Anomaly task……”

After hearing this, Shen Wei’s face showed a hint of annoyance:

“Damn it, the damned Rule Anomaly! Sure enough, the path of survival is not that simple. It wants us to prevent the incident from the source, that is, to change the future and use the butterfly effect to prevent what happens later from happening.”

“Since those gray lines and black lines can penetrate space from another world and come to this school in the real world, someone must have performed a blood sacrifice, maybe one person, maybe a group of people. Although the channel they opened is not large, it does connect two different worlds. Zhang Ziliang is definitely a key figure. Yang Chen, find a way to move into dorm 505. I’ll leave Zhang Ziliang to you to investigate……”

“I’ll go investigate the security room in the teaching building…”