AnalogHorror: Rule Kaidan 4016
Chapter 162 - 74: The Sensation of Being Watched from Outside the Window_2

Chapter 162: Chapter 74: The Sensation of Being Watched from Outside the Window_2

Once the lights are extinguished, prey would display themselves in an utterly defenseless manner before them.

They would enter the dormitory through doors, windows, and all other means, attacking those who did not present a "sleeping" state!

Rushing to take a hot shower, Lin Yi immediately thought of the phrase in the cafeteria rules: "A darkened cafeteria is unlike classrooms, there is no safe area."

A darkened cafeteria is different from classrooms, but a darkened dormitory... perhaps is somewhat similar, and not only that, it might also have an enhanced safety factor.

Therefore, while one needs to crawl under a table in a classroom, lying in bed in the dormitory is sufficient.

That is why the student regulations specifically listed the sleeping priorities—dormitory above Dormitory Management Office equals Teaching Building!

"If that’s the case—"

Lin Yi suddenly thought of something.

"It’s 21:40 now..."

"First, this is a safe period before lights out."

"Second, I am in the dormitory, one of the places deemed safest in the entire campus, where even thinking and discussing brazenly is possible."

"Lastly, I am currently meeting all conditions to maintain myself in a ’safe’ state."

"So..."

He waved at the window, parting the mist gathered before him, revealing a... tightly closed window.

The built-in blinds on the window were even drawn down, making it impossible to see outside from the inside, and vice versa.

"What the hell..."

The window was sealed shut, blinds were down, completely obstructing the view in and out.

So where was that feeling of being watched coming from?!

He narrowed his eyes and stopped what he was doing.

After a while, the mist thickened, and that intense sense of being watched clawed at his body once more...

He waved his hands again, and both the mist and the sensation of being observed dissipated.

"This..."

He couldn’t help but look toward that window, which after the mist, exuded a sense of blur and unreality.

The window in the mist seemed... different from the usual.

"Wait?!"

He shuddered, yanking his gaze back as if unsheathing a sword—

"I’ve got it!"

"Layers!"

"The mist can affect layers!"

"Damn! Can it be..." Lin Yi broke out in a cold sweat, then the shower immediately washed it away. "Does the mist produced by water vapor have the same effect as the mist outside?"

"Could it be...?"

While he was hesitating looking at the window, the mist seeped out from beneath the shower curtain.

Under the glow of the incandescent light, layers of mist twisted upon each other, casting a distorted human-like silhouette on the shower curtain.

This silhouette, with the spreading mist, continued to contort, as if some unknown creature truly stood there, separated from Lin Yi by a mere curtain!!!

That feeling of being watched enveloped Lin Yi once again, sending chilling shivers down his spine.

"Behind me...?"

Lin Yi’s pupils contracted instantly, and he turned around alertly.

The turn disrupted the mist, and the shape of the unidentified creature reflected by the mist dissolved, leaving nothing behind.

But that feeling of being observed grew even stronger, and to Lin Yi, it still came from behind him, and this time, unequivocally, it was... the window.

He turned extremely slowly, making a great effort to keep the mist in its "original shape."

Based on the mechanism for the killing in the classroom against students who behaved unnaturally, Lin Yi suddenly believed that these creatures described by the rules must possess their unique mechanisms.

The most basic point was, do not question their existence, believe that they do exist.

Believing in their existence, and ignoring them at critical moments, are two completely non-conflicting actions.

In other words, if there really was some ghastly thing peeking at him from the window, it was just that the conditions weren’t met yet, so it couldn’t knock on the window or crawl inside.

"Open the window and see."

These four words sprung up in his mind without warning.

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The four characters emerged as if opening Pandora’s Box, scattering throughout his mind and refusing to disperse, and like a drill, they crazily burrowed, angling for the depths of his soul.

On his left and right shoulders, two little figures appeared.

The little demon with two horns incessantly tempted him, "Open the window, open the window! You’re safe, so why panic? Take a look, opportunities like this don’t come twice!"

The little angel with a pair of wings solemnly advised, "Don’t open the window, don’t listen to his words!"

The two figures bickered, buzzing annoyingly in Lin Yi’s head.

He slowly extended his hand towards the window.

At the window, the cold breeze seeped through the cracks, hissing as it entered, like the sinister smile of a ghost from the chilled pits of hell.

Just as his hand was about to touch the window, he waved it.

The mist dispersed, and the eerie sensation was shattered completely.

Lin Yi, expressionless, stared at the perfectly normal window and turned to shut off the shower.

It was then that he suddenly looked at the hand that had turned off the shower valve and paused.

That same hand had reached for the window, but—

"Why do I feel nothing about that paranoid act just now?!"

Lin Yi felt a chill.

The act of reaching to open the window had not seemed problematic at the time, but now, looking back, he felt as if... he had been controlled!

The worst part was, he hadn’t noticed anything amiss!

As he began to dry himself off with a towel, the mist in the bathroom also began to dissipate.

At that moment, Wei Liang’s taunting call came from outside the door: "Hey, Old Lin, are you done washing? Don’t always reward yourself while taking a shower!"

"All done, all done! Didn’t you hear me turn off the shower?" Lin Yi responded.

Soon enough, he got dressed and opened the door.

As he stepped out of the bathroom, he couldn’t help but pause.

Immediately after, his eyes filled with intense excitement.

"Wei Sang, Kuai Kuai! You guys are back too?"

In the dormitory, aside from Tian Bufan and Wei Liang who were already there, Wei Shan, who was somewhere between chubby and muscular, and Kuai Hongji, tall and thin as a bamboo pole, had returned to the dormitory during Lin Yi’s shower time.

However, unlike Kuai Hongji, who seemed no different from when they last parted, Wei Shan’s clothes were clearly damaged, and they seemed to have been stained with quite a lot of white marks.

Seeing this, Wei Shan nodded and tersely said, "Yeah, I’m here, Old Lin."

The bamboo pole-like Kuai Hongji replied with a feigned smile, "Of course I’m back, and what time is it now?"

Lin Yi instinctively glanced at his watch, then took another look at the clock hung on the dormitory door.

21:48.

There were only 12 minutes left until the dormitory building hallway’s lights would go out.

That meant... once the time was up, it indicated that Mao Feiyang truly wouldn’t be able to return.

Seeing Lin Yi’s gloom, Tian Bufan was the first to speak, "Wei Sang, Kuai Kuai, you two go wash up first. I’ll chat with Old Lin, and then we’ll wash up last."

"I’ll go first," said Wei Shan, already on the move. He sprang into action, opening the cabinet door, picking out the clothes he needed, and headed straight for the bathroom.

"Hey!" Lin Yi suddenly pointed upwards, "Wait a second, let me get the dirty clothes out first."

He hurriedly went into the bathroom to fetch the dirty clothes.

"Throw them here!" Wei Liang opened the door of the object under the washbasin, which resembled a washing machine, and signaled for him to throw the clothes inside.

Lin Yi subconsciously looked at the washing machine.

It seemed to be a washing machine, with a drum inside, but... Wei Liang’s previously thrown clothes and socks were nowhere to be found.

"Just throw the clothes in there, there’s a passage inside that will collect and process all the gathered clothes. If needed, you can get them from the school authorities when leaving," explained Wei Liang.

"Look," Wei Liang pointed at the washing machine, and sure enough, there was a sign above it.

The sign read:

[The dormitory has prepared an adequate supply of replacement clothing for all students. Please place all clothes to be changed daily, including shoes, into the recycling chute.]

Lin Yi hadn’t expected even the shoes needed to be changed, so he stuffed all the clothes in.

When it came to the shoes, his body suddenly stiffened.

His gaze fixed dead on the soles of the sneakers, and there he saw a large patch of moss clinging to them.

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