DipNovel Chapter 34 Cross-World "Costume Change"
Chapter 34 Cross-World "Costume Change"
These hands didn't seem to be reaching out from the mirror to grab Zhang Kai; instead, they seemed to have grown directly from Zhang Kai's neck, firmly stuck to it.
His pale, dry fingernails had a sickly grayish-purple tinge, and Zhang Kai's face instantly turned a deep liver color, with veins bulging on his forehead. But the mirror in his hand seemed welded to his palm, and he refused to let go no matter what.
"Oh......"
Zhang Kai rolled his eyes, gasping for breath, and kicked his feet wildly on the ground. His bloodshot eyes were fixed on the mirror, his gaze revealing a touching stubbornness.
"What is this? Zhang Kai, didn't the teacher teach you not to touch things randomly? Let go! Let go right now!"
Bao Ping, who rushed over, was horrified and tried to pry open the ghostly hands. But as soon as he touched them, a bone-chilling cold made his fingers go numb.
"Don't touch it!" Zhang Kai forced out the words through gritted teeth, spittle flying everywhere. "The uncle's over there!"
Just then, Su Ke, who had been going crazy staring at the glass, suddenly quieted down.
She turned around, her movements stiff. Her eyes, which had just been filled with madness and chaos, were now fixed on dormitory 304. An extremely strange longing appeared on her face, much like someone who had been starving for many days seeing freshly baked bread.
"Mine!" Su Ke muttered to herself, her lips twitching uncontrollably. "Those are my clothes, give them back, give my clothes back!"
The next second, she burst forth with astonishing speed, passing by Lin Xiaoxiao and Li Mu, and rushing towards 304.
......
The Otherworld, Dormitory 304.
Lu Dan felt as if he were wrapped in a wet, cold raincoat covered in superglue.
The human-skinned legs tightly strangled his neck, and the empty face was pressed against the back of Lu Dan's head in an extremely bizarre position.
Lu Dan bit his lip hard, the blood and excruciating pain keeping him conscious for the last moment. He fell backward again, crashing hard into the invisible wall of air.
"Bang!"
The resistance behind him disappeared by more than half in an instant, but he felt that the skin only passed through his arms and upper body, while his legs were still stuck to his body tightly, like a piece of dog skin plaster that he could not get rid of no matter what.
Lu Dan grabbed his broken ribs with his backhand, feeling the wet, cold, and disgusting sensation—it was a thigh made of human skin.
With a low, beast-like growl, he yanked outwards violently, as if tearing off a layer of his own skin, a heart-wrenching pain.
Just as the two sides were locked in a stalemate, and Lu Dan felt as if his spine was about to be broken, a tremendous pulling force suddenly came from the other side.
"Sizzle!"
A tearing sound rang out, and the weight on his back suddenly lightened; the shameless human skin was finally forcibly pulled away.
Losing his footing, Lu Dan staggered forward and fell heavily onto the dusty floor.
"Cough cough cough."
He coughed violently, coughing up blood mixed with fragments of internal organs.
Before he could catch his breath, a crisp "snap" sounded in the air, and the ethereal connection point behind him disappeared.
......
Table World, Dormitory 304.
Su Ke, who arrived from behind, rushed straight to Zhang Kai, stretched out her hands, and tightly gripped the ghostly hand that was choking Zhang Kai's neck.
"Get down, you're mine!"
Su Ke screamed, kicking her feet against Zhang Kai's chest, leaning back and unleashing all her strength.
Zhang Kai, caught in the middle, rolled his eyes, feeling like a tug-of-war rope being pulled from both sides.
Finally, with a cracking sound, the ghostly hands, along with a large chunk of pale human skin behind them, were forcibly pulled out of the small round mirror.
"Splash!"
The mirror shattered into dust, and shards flew everywhere, cutting Zhang Kai's cheek.
In the instant it arrived, the piece of human skin unfurled in the air and instantly enveloped Su Ke.
"Aaaaaaah!"
Su Ke let out a terrible scream and fell to the ground, writhing in pain.
The human skin quickly merged with her flesh, and the pale dead skin covered her original skin, while the flesh at the edges wriggled and stitched together wildly.
"Su Ke!"
Zhang Kai clutched his neck and scrambled to his feet, trying to rush forward. A bloody hand blocked his way.
Li Mu stood outside the dormitory with Lin Xiaoxiao. He stared solemnly at Su Ke on the ground and shook his head: "Don't go over there. She's getting 'clothes' on. Whether she can return to her original appearance depends on this."
A few minutes later, the rolling stopped.
The girl on the ground slowly stood up. Although her clothes were disheveled, she exuded a sense of neatness.
She slowly raised her head and looked at everyone. A flawless face struck everyone's eyes, with big eyes and a high nose.
"Good evening, everyone." Su Ke's voice was sweet and gentle. "I was so sorry for my lapse in composure just now."
Her gaze swept over Lin Xiaoxiao, Bao Ping, and Zhang Kai, finally settling on Zhang Kai: "Zhang Kai, your school uniform is dirty. That will cost you points."
Zhang Kai trembled all over: "Su Ke, is that you?"
"Of course it's me." Su Ke tilted her head.
The next instant, Su Ke's head began to shake violently, and a blurry image appeared.
Li Mu's tears began to stream down his face uncontrollably: "Did we fail?"
When Su Ke stopped swaying, a stiff smile appeared on her lips: "I am Su Ke, the class monitor of Class 2, Grade 12. Always will be."
Lin Xiaoxiao felt a chill run from the soles of her feet to her head—a soul that could feel pain and struggle seemed to have been completely sealed inside this perfect vessel.
"wrong."
Zhang Kai suddenly spoke up: "The leather doesn't fit properly, look at her hands."
As everyone looked over, they saw that Su Ke's left hand, which was behind her back, was convulsing uncontrollably, her nails digging deep into her flesh, and blood dripping from her fingertips.
The body is rejecting it, or rather, the soul is rebelling.
......
The Otherworld, Dormitory 304.
Lu Dan lay on the ground, feeling as if a tendon had been pulled out of his body.
"This damn job, let whoever wants it do it!" he cursed, trying to sit up, but his upper body was completely numb, and even the slightest movement felt like being on fire.
To make matters worse, perhaps because the tug-of-war had been so loud, the deathly silence in the hallway outside began to stir.
"Pat, pat."
The human skins hanging from the ceiling seemed to have been awakened by the commotion; they swayed in the wind, making a rustling sound.
Immediately afterwards, a series of hurried footsteps came from the stairwell.
"security guard......"
"Disobedient security guards..."
"If we catch them, we'll skin them alive..."
Lu Dan glanced at his watch; there were only 15 minutes left until the deadline for clocking in, and that damn clocking machine was still on the balcony of another world.
"A dead end?"
Lu Dan leaned against the bed leg, took a cigarette out of his pocket, put it in his mouth, lit it, and took a deep drag.
He glanced down at his left ankle, where the shadow was shifting restlessly, as if urging him to find a solution quickly.
"Stop rushing me, my roommate. If you keep urging me, I'm really going to lie down."
Lu Dan took another drag of his cigarette, forcing his brain to work.
The core concept of this script is the interplay between the real and the imagined worlds, and the spatial dislocation.
The time clock is on the balcony of the surface world, while the psychological counseling station is on the balcony of the inner world. To complete the task, either a person needs to go there, or the machine needs to come over, or...
Lu Dan's gaze fell on a piece of mirror debris that had fallen from the other side when they crashed into the air wall.
Since human skin can pass through, it means that as long as the medium is suitable, material exchange is feasible.
A crazy idea flashed through Lu Dan's mind.
The rules at Chengde Middle School are based on order.
Security guards are responsible for patrolling and clocking in; this is for maintaining order.
Psychological counselors are responsible for treating students; this is also part of the order.
If it can be proven that the current layout violates the rules, will the rules themselves force a scene refresh in order to fix the bug?