"Is this one of the transformation pathways that Young Master Tian wanted to know about?"
"However, these details only supplement the pathway; the entire pathway is still incomplete..."
"At the very least, we still need to know how to get to the Art Building after obtaining the Student Souvenir Coin, right?"
"Is it by elevator? The teaching building elevator, or the dormitory building elevator?"
"Or... is it to take that non-existent road? It shouldn’t be this road; there are too many suspicious things about it compared to the elevator."
Lin Yi pondered for a moment and slowly discarded the idea.
These were all speculations about the subsequent pathways, for which there was, temporarily, no related clue.
Now there was something even more perplexing than the Student Souvenir Coin—the convenience store.
On the third day of entering S city university, which was 42 hours after admission, he finally came across a clue related to the convenience store.
Was he finally going to intersect with the convenience store?
Even if it was an indirect connection due to Li Huiyuan.
What was intriguing was that he had never even seen a glimpse of the convenience store while eating in the Student Cafeteria.
Yet, the sports students were able to buy biscuits there, and Wei Liang had also mentioned the convenience store during their chat, but... he mentioned it only that once.
Lin Yi had intended to ask, but seeing Wei Liang’s somewhat guilty appearance, he didn’t.
Where is the convenience store?
According to the student rules, the convenience store is on the first floor of the cafeteria.
But he hadn’t seen the convenience store during his few visits to the cafeteria.
"It’s not that cursed No. 10 meal window, is it?" he scoffed at himself with a touch of black humor in his thoughts.
He had never even seen the convenience store, and yet, the sports students and art students were able to buy what they needed there; the art students seemed even able to buy food.
Is this the purpose of the convenience store’s existence?
To directly provide three supply chains?
Lin Yi felt the convenience store could not be so simple, and besides, there seemed to be an "nonexistent" convenience store owner.
"Nonexistent," that’s a very eerie definition, often involving a concept of layers; therefore, the existence of the convenience store owner became utterly enigmatic.
"Don’t fucking tell me the convenience store owner isn’t human," Lin Yi muttered.
No matter how you look at it, it seemed that the convenience store held some sort of transcendental status in the cafeteria, or even across the entire campus of S city university, or perhaps the builders of S city university endowed the convenience store with a terrifying role.
"You mean, the class headteacher told you to buy a Student Souvenir Coin at the convenience store while having dinner? Did she say anything else, like how to swipe the card for your meal? And what about... going back to the dorm in the evening?" Lin Yi asked solemnly.
Li Huiyuan thought for a moment, then shook her head slightly, "She only mentioned that, nothing else... Oh, right! The teacher said, after getting the Student Souvenir Coin, then go to eat, swipe with... the Student Souvenir Coin."
Lin Yi’s expression grew grave.
"You can swipe with the Student Souvenir Coin to eat? It seems the Student Souvenir Coin indeed serves as an identity credential... an art student, huh?"
"Then, after leaving the cafeteria, I should go to the office to find her. She said she’d tell me what to do next at that time?"
"So, it means there’s a chance you might not find the convenience store or get the Student Souvenir Coin?"
Li Huiyuan fell silent for a moment, then nodded.
"Right, doesn’t buying stuff at the convenience store require swiping a Student ID card?"
"The teacher said the Student Souvenir Coin is free of charge."
Lin Yi frowned; it sounded like the Student Souvenir Coins at the convenience store were something that could be freely obtained, which was consistent with the Art Student Rules, but... free stuff always comes with a catch!
The student rules also specifically emphasized that the Student Souvenir Coins do not exist...
But if you could only see the Student Souvenir Coins when there’s a perception problem, doesn’t that mean those who have a Student ID but are perceiving things wrongly could also see the Student Souvenir Coins?
And if someone who loves taking advantage of freebies sees a Student Souvenir Coin for zero dollars, wouldn’t they be tempted?
Lin Yi rubbed his temples, feeling a bit overwhelmed... but fortunately, this wasn’t something he needed to worry about.
"Did the class headteacher give you any other tasks?" Lin Yi felt there should be more information.
"It seems... that’s all," Li Huiyuan still shook her head.
"That’s it?" Lin Yi touched his chin, "She didn’t tell you which passage to use to enter the Student Cafeteria?"
Lin Yi elongated his tone with a "Hmm," "If she didn’t mention it, does that mean you’re supposed to take the Student Passage by default...?"
"It should be, right? I suppose the other passages are not to be used?" Li Huiyuan whispered.
Lin Yi nodded slightly, "So you plan to stay here and wait until it’s time to go for dinner?"
"If you... need me as cannon fodder now, I could also... follow along," Li Huiyuan seemed to have made up her mind.
Lin Yi expressed surprise, "You sure?"
Li Huiyuan pursed her lips and tucked a strand of hair behind her ear, "I always feel it won’t be that simple... so, if I agree to follow you now, can you... help me look for the convenience store while we have dinner?"
Lin Yi pondered and then shook his head, "That’s beyond my capacity, so I can’t promise you anything."