AnalogHorror: Rule Kaidan 4016
Chapter 100 - 46 It’s hard to imagine you could come to the gymnasium alive_2

Chapter 100: Chapter 46 It’s hard to imagine you could come to the gymnasium alive_2

"I’m in the gymnasium, I’m by the swimming pool!"

"I am Lin Yi, my student number is X0230506098, I’m by the swimming pool in the gymnasium..."

"I am Lin Yi, my student number is X0230506098, I’m by the swimming pool in the gymnasium..."

He repeated this phrase to himself over and over again.

"I..."

"Whoosh—Whoosh—"

The sound of waves crashing against rocks suddenly began to fill his ears...

"Whoosh—Whoosh—Whoosh—"

The sound of the waves came one after another, as if he could see the image of the dark waves shattering under the moonlight.

"This is bad, this is bad... I am Lin Yi, I am Lin Yi, I am Lin Yi..."

"My student number is X0230506098, I’m by the swimming pool in the gymnasium..."

"I . am . by . the . swimming . pool . edge!"

He stared unwaveringly at the ancient lamp in the security guard’s hand without blinking, his will was firmer than ever before, constantly reminding himself that he was next to the swimming pool in the gymnasium!

"Huff puff puff—"

The fierce wind surged like a wave, emerging from the sea, sweeping past the security guard’s body, and fiercely rushing towards Lin Yi’s body.

Lin Yi’s expression remained unchanged, his gaze intense; he held his breath, ignoring any scent carried by the sea breeze.

The ancient lamp flickered in the wind, its fluttering flame gradually distorting his shadow; he stared fixedly at the ancient lamp as if the shape of the flame was imprinted in his pupils...

In his field of vision, only the flame of the ancient lamp remained, with darkness all around it.

A faint golden light appeared before his eyes...

"I am Lin Yi, my student number is X0230506098, I’m by the swimming pool in the gymnasium..."

He clenched his fists, murmuring to himself, his face gradually turning a purplish red from concentrating and holding his breath for so long; his eyes began to bloodshot, but he dared not breathe.

Not for a moment did he dare to breathe.

Gradually, the sound of the waves subsided, the sound of the wind lessened, and he felt the darkness moving away from him...

He could no longer hold his breath, his whole body’s center of gravity shifting forward in an instant, as he suddenly bent over and supported himself on his knees.

"Huff! Huff! Huff..."

He opened his mouth wide for a breath of air, and only when he found that the air wasn’t mixed with any other scents did he begin greedily to breathe.

But gradually he smelled another scent...

A faint, tranquil scent that uniquely belonged to a woman...

It seemed like...

"Her scent?"

Lin Yi was slightly stunned; suddenly before him was a floor covered with white tiles, his feet on antislip mats, not far off was the edge of the swimming pool, waves with bubbles surged out, flowing into the drain with a "whooshing" sound...

"This is the swimming pool!!"

A hint of ecstatic joy emerged in his eyes, scattering the faint golden light directly.

He supported himself on his knees, panting heavily for a while, before he noticed that in addition to the white tiles with antislip mats in his field of vision, there was also a pair of long, straight, and slender legs...

Only then did he notice that his field of vision seemed to include the lower triangle area of a deep blue bellyband-style one-piece swimsuit...

And... his action of bending over and gasping for breath, it seemed... maybe, possibly, appeared to... be directly facing a mysterious part of a sports student girl?

He was stunned for a moment and then slowly straightened up.

It was only when he stood upright that he realized the sports student girl appeared to have her hand placed on his shoulder.

He didn’t have time to think.

As he stood straight, his field of vision gradually revealed the complete pair of long legs; the view expanded from the legs, eventually filling the entire body...

"Just as I thought..."

"It’s all over..."

The thought of the image that might have just occurred, and the terrifying proximity between him and the sports student girl, left him utterly tongue-tied, feeling as if the label "Pool Pervert" had come unsolicited.

But when he locked eyes with the sports student girl, he found her gaze to be very calm.

So calm... it made him doubt if he was overthinking.

"I’m sorry about just now..." Lin Yi was still panting a bit, but he tried to make his breathing less heavy, "I didn’t mean to..."

"I understand," the sports student girl looked at him with a calm tone, "It’s all right."

"Eh?" Lin Yi was startled, realizing that the person in front of him was the one Xu Shunkang called ’Boss’, and judging by her posture, she was likely a leader among the sports students. She must know a lot, and it didn’t seem like she was making baseless guesses.

Had his quick "recovery" been because of her help?

After all, when he let his mind wander last evening, it was Wei Liang who patted him on the shoulder and "pulled him back".

"Sorry... but thank you."

Not knowing what to say, he expressed his gratitude first.

The athletic female student shook her head slightly, "It has nothing to do with me. You were already coming to before I touched you."

"Huh?" Lin Yi was taken aback, even he himself was somewhat astonished.

’Another case of self-rescue?’

’Is self-rescue even possible in this situation?’

"I have never seen anyone more intuitive than you," the sports student said, looking towards the end of the swimming pool, "you were ’zoned out’ for about 10 seconds just now, and your body temperature dropped to freezing... I’m very curious what you saw?"

"Ah?" Lin Yi showed a look of astonishment, he had gone all the way to the seaside in his mind, yet in the eyes of the female student, it was merely...

’"Zoned out for 10 seconds"?’

He looked down at his watch, and because it was water-resistant, he had kept it on.

The current time was 15:00, indeed, not even a minute had passed.

Following the sports student’s gaze towards the end of the pool, he suddenly froze.

"The pool... has an end?" He gaped in shock. Though the swimming pool was fairly long, it didn’t have the profoundness of being endless as he had perceived earlier.

The length of the pool was over a hundred meters, and at the end, there was a dim light.

And on the wall at the end... hung an Ancient Lamp.

[Fortunately, you only followed my feeling to ’experience’, if you had gained ’experiences’ from that lamp itself, it would have given me a huge headache...]

The words Tian Bufan had said to him earlier unexpectedly popped into his head.

’So... was I directly getting ’experiences’ from the lamp just now?’

Could it be that in just 10 seconds, he almost completely succumbed to that "Phantom Vision"? If what he had seen wasn’t the security guard holding the Ancient Lamp but some strange entity, would he have died in some unimaginable way over there?

Body present, spirit gone?

Or something else?

"Of course the pool has an end," the sports student said, her voice reaching his ears, "so what did you see just now?"

"I saw... wait, can I talk about it with you?" Lin Yi hesitated to speak but remembered how Xu Shunkang had reacted with horror just at the mention of "basement".

Clearly, sports students had certain cognitive limits.

"If I ask, you speak. If it’s information I’m not supposed to know, I’ll stop you in advance," she stated, her arms crossed in front of her as she looked at him coolly.

"Oh oh..." Lin Yi nodded gratefully, "I just saw a sea..."

Before the word "sea" was fully uttered, he suddenly felt his body become very light, as if he had lost all gravity...

His vision was changing; he was getting closer and closer to the surface of the pool...

Was he just thrown out by the athletic female student with lightning speed after speaking a single word?

’This is your idea of "interrupting"?!!’

’Please! What’s the meaning of this?’

’Plop... Splash!’

Until he splashed into the pool, generating a large spray of water, he couldn’t grasp how someone of his weight could be tossed out like a sandbag, especially by a girl who didn’t seem strong at all!

It was hard to imagine that while having a lovely chat with a beautiful senior, she would suddenly step forward and throw you like a shot put.

Was this... physical interruption?

So... so brutal!

He somewhat understood that the title "Boss" might have been earned through such "solid" means.

Emerging from the pool with a dumbfounded expression, he shook his head and looked towards the edge of the pool, where a pair of long legs had already taken position.

He looked up to see the athletic female student’s silhouette backlit, resembling a War God standing under the sun, illuminated by the LED light behind her.

Without hesitation, she leaned on the edge of the pool with her hands and gracefully sat down on the side of the pool, dipping her fair, slender legs into the water, and naturally started to scoop some pool water to her sides.

She turned her head to look at Lin Yi, a complex expression flickering in her clear eyes.

Finally, she began to speak slowly, not mentioning the physical interruption, "It’s hard to believe you made it to the gymnasium alive."