56: Chapter 56 The Rule Correction Wrench is Not for Use as a Sample.

[External monitoring countdown: 04:59]

The red numbers pulsed second by second on the wall of the School History Sealing Room.

With every pulse, the iron cabinets throughout the room trembled slightly.

It was as if something that had been asleep for twenty years was being forcibly awakened.

Lin Jin stood at the doorway, his gaze falling on the automatically opened file.

[No. 9 Forbidden Zone Project, God System main wreckage contact list]

[Lin Shoushan: Maintenance position sample, recovery incomplete]

Recovery incomplete.

These four words pierced Lin Jin's eyes like cold needles.

In this file, his father was not a student.

He was not a professional.

He wasn't even a person.

He was a sample.

Chen Ye also saw that line of text, and his expression darkened immediately.

"What does it mean by sample?"

"What do they take people for?"

Shen Tingxue did not speak.

Her gaze continued to scan downward.

On the second line of the list, the handwriting was half-covered by gray-black stains.

But a few words were still legible.

[Shen Qingshuang: Ice-type containment sample, port freeze adaptation, status: lost contact]

Shen Tingxue's eyes turned icy to the extreme.

The frost condensing from her fingertips froze a layer of white mist directly onto the ground.

Lin Jin glanced at her.

"Don't touch the file."

Shen Tingxue took a deep breath.

"I know."

The more something was written about Shen Qingshuang, the less it could be touched recklessly.

In this School History Sealing Room, every record could be a trap.

Teacher Xu Wenzhou had warned them earlier.

This place wouldn't fabricate things out of thin air.

But it would write causality in reverse.

It would write success as failure.

It would write coercion as voluntary.

It would write murder as rescue.

Therefore, the list in front of them might not necessarily be presented in true chronological order.

Lin Jin raised the wrench.

The Hand of Rules unfolded.

[Target: No. 9 Forbidden Zone Project contact list]

[Status: Original file copy]

[Record nature: High-risk project regulatory document]

[Fault: Identity definition pollution]

[Abnormal fields: Sample, recovery, adaptation]

[Note: This file has a forced-read marker; do not sign or press a fingerprint directly]

Sure enough.

This wasn't an ordinary file.

If he touched it while emotionally agitated, or confirmed reading according to the rules, it was highly likely to be judged by the system as a "cognizant heir."

He might even directly inherit the so-called sample number.

Lin Jin sneered.

"They really love making people sign things."

Chen Ye gritted his teeth and said:

"Then what do we do?"

"Looking is fine."

Lin Jin placed the 105 file copy under his hand, flipping through it through the pages.

"Whether I acknowledge it or not is another matter."

The second page of the file unfolded.

On it was a brief introduction to the No. 9 Forbidden Zone Project.

[Project goal: Analyze the God System main wreckage, build a stable connection framework for professions, levels, and dungeons.]

[Project regulator: Department of Education, Special Profession Development Division]

[Collaborating units: Jiangcheng First Combat Academy, Abyss Processing Bureau partial observation groups, Forbidden Zone Experiment Committee]

[Risk level: Top secret]

[Remark: Rule-type professionals can directly touch the underlying faults of the system and possess irreplaceable research value]

The more Chen Ye read, the angrier he became.

"Irreplaceable research value?"

"In plain terms, it means they are useful, so they are taken to be tested on?"

Lin Jin did not answer.

He continued reading downward.

The third page was records related to the 104 Incident.

But the page title read:

[Lin Shoushan violated regulations by contacting the God System port, leading to 104 containment]

Chen Ye immediately cursed.

"Isn't this just shifting the blame?"

Shen Tingxue said coldly:

"The title is fake."

Lin Jin nodded.

"The content might contain some truth."

He tapped the wrench gently next to the title.

[Target: Incident title]

[Fault: Conclusion placed first]

[Maintenance suggestion: Retrieve original timeline]

In the School History Sealing Room, a row of iron cabinets suddenly chimed simultaneously.

Click.

Click.

Click.

It was as if countless file locks were automatically locking.

The countdown on the wall jumped to:

[03:58]

Time was short.

Lin Jin looked toward the deepest part of the School History Sealing Room.

Inside a glass cabinet, that rule correction wrench was floating quietly.

The fragment in his hand was vibrating more and more violently.

He had to get the main body first.

Otherwise, once the external monitoring was truly triggered, this room might be sealed off again.

Lin Jin walked toward the glass cabinet.

Chen Ye immediately followed, blocking the left side with his shield.

Shen Tingxue walked on the right, frost spreading to prevent anything from suddenly reaching out of the iron cabinets.

There was a metal plaque in front of the glass cabinet.

[Incident relic]

[rule correction wrench main body]

[Affiliation: No. 9 Forbidden Zone Project]

[Usage: Maintenance position sample recovery tool]

Seeing the last line, Lin Jin's eyes turned cold.

Maintenance position sample recovery tool.

This thing was clearly a tool for the Rule Maintenance Special Class.

It was clearly a wrench Lin Shoushan used to fix wrong answers and save teammates.

Yet in the Department of Education files, it had become a tool for recovering samples.

Lin Jin raised the wrench.

[Target: Glass containment cabinet]

[Current authority: Department of Education project asset containment]

[Retrieval condition: Confirm project inheritance identity]

[Warning: After confirmation, you will be bound to the No. 9 Forbidden Zone Project regulatory chain]

After hearing this, Chen Ye's face turned green.

"Inheritance again?"

"Why do these people love packaging traps as procedures so much?"

Lin Jin did not answer.

He stared at the plaque.

The Hand of Rules continued to refresh.

[Fault: Item ownership definition error]

[Original ownership: Rule Maintenance Special Class teaching tool]

[Current erroneous ownership: No. 9 Forbidden Zone Project asset]

[Maintenance plan: Correct it from project asset to incident evidence, apply for temporary evidence custody]

[Success rate: 67%]

67%.

Lower than before.

Because this wasn't just repairing equipment, but redefining assets within the Department of Education's School History Sealing Room.

But this definition had to be changed.

Otherwise, the moment he took the wrench, it would be equivalent to admitting he was the project heir.

Lin Jin stuck the [Incident Responsibility Dispute Confirmation Form] he had just generated onto the glass cabinet.

He also pressed the [104 Incident Failure Cause Determination Table] against the edge of the plaque.

"The 104 Incident has already entered dispute correction."

"This item is no longer a project asset."

"It is incident evidence."

The cold voice of the monitoring shadow came from the doorway.

[Changing asset ownership is prohibited.]

[Removing regulated items is prohibited.]

The old monitoring shadow with the silver mask outside the door actually stepped into the School History Sealing Room.

The crack on its mask was still there, but the silver light on its body was stronger than before.

Chen Ye immediately turned and raised his shield.

"It's inside!"

Shen Tingxue raised her hand, and an ice wall rose instantly.

The monitoring shadow smashed a fist into the ice wall.

Crack!

The ice wall split.

Shen Tingxue's face went pale.

"Its authority has increased."

Lin Jin glanced at the countdown.

[03:12]

There were three minutes left.

He had to be fast.

Lin Jin struck the first blow with the wrench onto the plaque.

Click.

[Usage: Maintenance position sample recovery tool]

The words twisted.

The monitoring shadow attacked again, the silver light turning into chains that lashed directly at Lin Jin.

Chen Ye roared and rammed with his shield.

Bang!

He was knocked back two steps, his arm numb.

"Hurry up and fix it!"

"This thing is really strong!"

Lin Jin's second strike landed.

[Affiliation: No. 9 Forbidden Zone Project]

Started to crumble.

The rule correction wrench inside the glass cabinet vibrated slightly.

The fragment flew out of Lin Jin's hand and stuck to the outside of the glass.

Separated by a layer of containment glass, the two emitted a faint buzzing sound.

Shen Tingxue gritted her teeth, frost binding the monitoring shadow's legs.

"How much longer?"

Lin Jin didn't look back.

"Right away."

The third strike landed.

Bang!

The plaque was completely rewritten.

[Incident relic]

[rule correction wrench main body]

[Affiliation: Rule Maintenance Special Class old tool]

[Current status: 104 Incident key evidence]

[Temporary custodian: Lin Jin]

The glass cabinet cracked with a click.

The red countdown froze for half a second.

The monitoring shadow seemed enraged, and a line of cold text appeared on the silver mask.

[Illegal transfer of regulated assets detected]

[External monitoring acceleration]

[Countdown: 01:59]

Chen Ye's eyes widened.

"It even has acceleration?"

Lin Jin reached out.

This time, the Hand of Rules did not sound an alarm.

He grasped the main body of the rule correction wrench.

Cold.

Heavy.

More complete and sharper than his rusty wrench.

The four words on the wrench handle emerged clearly.

[rule correction]

The fragment automatically embedded itself back into the notch.

Click.

Gray-gold rule lines spread from the break, stitching the fragment and the main body back together.

At the same moment, Lin Jin's own rusty wrench also vibrated.

Between the two wrenches, a new prompt appeared.

[rule correction wrench acquired]

[Current completeness: 61%]

[Function: Rule definition correction]

[Restriction: Can only correct rule definitions proven to be erroneous]

[Warning: Cannot rewrite normal rules based on subjective will]

[Note: Correction requires evidence, anchor points, and cost]

After reading it, Lin Jin felt relieved instead.

It wasn't an omnipotent modifier.

That was good.

The more omnipotent something was, the more it resembled a trap.

Truly usable tools must have boundaries.

Seeing him get the wrench, Chen Ye immediately shouted:

"Get out now that you have it!"

But Lin Jin looked at the automatically opened file next to him.

[No. 9 Forbidden Zone Project, God System main wreckage contact list]

Less than two minutes remained for external monitoring.

Under normal circumstances, he should run once he had the wrench.

But if he left now, this file would be sealed back up.

He might not be able to open it again next time.

Lin Jin asked the Hand of Rules:

"Can I take it?"

[Target file: No. 9 Forbidden Zone Project contact list]

[Containment level: Top secret]

[Direct removal: Extremely high failure rate]

[Alternative: Create error-correction copy]

[Time required: Ninety seconds]

Ninety seconds.

Countdown on the wall:

[01:43]

Enough.

But very risky.

Shen Tingxue saw his intention.

"You want to copy the file?"

"Yeah."

Chen Ye almost jumped up.

"Brother, there's only a minute left!"

Lin Jin had already pressed the rule correction wrench onto the file page.

"So you guys keep blocking for another minute."

Chen Ye took a deep breath.

"Fine."

"Door panel it is!"

He raised his shield and rushed toward the monitoring shadow.

Shen Tingxue no longer held back, the Ice Phoenix phantom briefly unfurling behind her, the chill instantly covering half of the School History Sealing Room.

The monitoring shadow was suppressed by both the shield and the frost.

But the silver light on its body surged continuously.

Every second, it was breaking free.

Lin Jin lowered his head.

The rule correction wrench was truly activated for the first time.

It wasn't copying text.

It was correcting the "portable copy definition" within the file.

[Target: Containment file copy authority]

[Original definition: Only Department of Education monitors can possess]

[Evidence: Incident Responsibility Dispute Confirmation Form, Failure Cause Determination Table, Rule Maintenance candidate error-correction authority]

[Correction target: Error-correction applicant can possess disputed copy]

Lin Jin's wrist sank.

It felt like an iron gate was pressing down on the wrench.

He gritted his teeth and pressed down.

The pages began to flip on their own.

With every page turned, a gray-gold copy was peeled from the file.

[Lin Shoushan: Maintenance position sample, recovery incomplete]

[Shen Qingshuang: Ice-type containment sample, port freeze adaptation, status: lost contact]

[Teacher Xu Wenzhou: On-site signing observation sample, long-term psychological stability tracking]

Lin Jin's eyes narrowed when he saw the third line.

Teacher Xu Wenzhou was also a sample.

Not a maintenance position.

But an observation sample.

No wonder the Department of Education let him leave alive.

They weren't just studying how Lin Shoushan performed maintenance, but also the choices, guilt, and stability of people like Teacher Xu Wenzhou after the incident.

Chen Ye shouted:

"Still not done?"

Countdown:

[00:38]

The monitoring shadow had already broken free halfway.

Blood spilled from the corner of Shen Tingxue's mouth again.

The Ice Phoenix phantom began to destabilize.

Lin Jin continued to press the wrench.

The last few pages of the copy were peeled off.

One of the pages had only one line of text.

[No. 9 Forbidden Zone main wreckage recovery progress: Maintenance position sample Lin Shoushan still has residual consciousness, suggest guiding his descendant to inherit the Rule Maintenance path to complete secondary positioning.]

Lin Jin's pupils shrank.

Guide his descendant.

In other words, from the moment he awakened, or even earlier, the Department of Education or the God System wreckage had already targeted him.

Having him walk the Rule Maintenance path wasn't just an arrangement left by his father.

There was another hand that wanted to use him to locate Lin Shoushan.

And even complete the so-called secondary recovery.

The last page of the copy was formed.

[Error-correction copy creation complete]

[Please evacuate immediately]

Countdown:

[00:09]

Lin Jin grabbed the copy and the rule correction wrench.

"Go!"

Chen Ye retreated immediately.

Shen Tingxue withdrew the frost, and the three rushed toward the door.

The monitoring shadow broke free at the very last moment.

It raised its hand, and silver chains stabbed directly at Lin Jin's back.

Lin Jin turned abruptly, holding the rule correction wrench horizontally in front of him.

[Erroneous definition detected: Error-correction applicant is equivalent to illegal information thief]

[Correct?]

Lin Jin gritted his teeth.

"Correct!"

The wrench smashed down.

The silver chains shattered in mid-air.

The monitoring shadow's mask shattered completely.

At the same second, the countdown hit zero.

[External monitoring triggered]

[Department of Education anomaly uploading]

The three rushed out of the School History Sealing Room.

The iron door behind them slammed shut.

The red lights in the fourth-floor corridor all lit up.

And on the first page of the error-correction copy in Lin Jin's arms, a new line of tracking prompts suddenly appeared.

[External monitoring target locked: Lin Jin]

[Processing level: High-risk error-corrector]