AnalogHorror: Rule Kaidan 4016
Chapter 179 - 83 Is There Really Such a Book?

Chapter 179: Chapter 83 Is There Really Such a Book?

"Tian Bufan was speechless and held his forehead, "No, how did your train of thought suddenly jump to such an extent?"

"How about you ’restrain’ yourself a little? Your unfounded wild guesses make me feel a chill down my spine."

"Uh..." Lin Yi touched his nose awkwardly, "Alright, my bad. Could you continue?"

"What else is there to say? I’ve finished talking about the issue with the number ten food service window," Tian Bufan said.

"So... is there a remaining issue with the area?"

"The area issue, we only have a concept for now."

"Then... have we finished discussing the cafeteria?"

"Having only been to the cafeteria twice, it’s quite remarkable that we can discuss these matters," Tian Bufan spoke. "The rest of the information won’t be so easy to obtain."

"The student cafeteria in the cafeteria, as a place teeming with all sorts, appears to only have students, but in reality, any unit may show up. Therefore, the cafeteria seems safe, yet it’s actually full of potential crises."

"Given our intuition, trying to follow that cafeteria rule of ’not caring about anything, just eat and run’ is definitely more dangerous than safe."

"So, in general, no matter how many times we go to the cafeteria later on, we must remain very cautious."

After discussing the cafeteria matters, Tian Bufan glanced at the clock.

23:23.

"37 minutes until lights out," Tian Bufan calmly stated, "Now we’re left with the gymnasium and our dormitory building."

"Hmm." Lin Yi added, "But there doesn’t seem to be much to say about the gymnasium."

"Just say what you can," Tian Bufan said.

Lin Yi thought for a moment, then spoke: "There’s a path in front of the gymnasium, I got lost on that path..."

He told Tian Bufan about the incident of taking that non-existent path and then returning, omitting the struggle he went through.

After speaking, he got up from the bed and glanced over at Tian Bufan’s position.

He saw Tian Bufan resting his head on his arms, staring at the ceiling, then looked his way upon hearing his movement: "Why are you looking at me? You must have some answer in mind, right?"

Lin Yi narrowed his eyes and spoke in a deep voice, "’A non-existent path, leading to a non-existent sea.’"

"’A non-existent path, leading to a non-existent sea,’" Tian Bufan repeated, with a hint of a smile on his lips. "Sounds really interesting."

Lin Yi said, "I smelled the briny scent of the sea breeze, heard the sound of the waves, and in the blink of an eye, I walked onto that path."

"I suspect, the phantom vision I always see, is the world after the layers have fallen... perhaps it’s another world."

"Tell me about it," Tian Bufan urged. "About that world... describe it."

Lin Yi frowned, lying on his bed with his eyes closed, recalling for a moment, searching for the sensation, then slowly began to speak: "In that world..."

"A gold-rimmed black sun hung high in the dim sky, indistinguishable as day or night."

"Dense mist shrouded a vast sea, the geographical location unclear."

"Near the shore, the black water slapped against rocks as solid as steel."

"Beside the rocks, there was a large expanse of mud swamp, in which who knows how many rotten fish bodies were buried, their stench mixed with the sea breeze, drifting from the seaside, all the way to that non-existent path..."

"That swamp is the source of the seafood smell in the school area."

"And that sea breeze, is the origin of the sea breeze on the path by the gymnasium..."

He closed his eyes, slowly complementing the details in his mind. The originally fragmented patterns and details slowly came together like a puzzle.

The phantom visions he produced seemed to have formed some kind of tight connection.

His words gradually turned into a mumble, like sleep talk, he felt a drowsiness sweeping over him.

In his ears seemed to echo the sound of the tide, he felt... the bed swaying, like a ship pushed by the sea, rocking and lulling one to sleep.

"?!"

Lin Yi sharply opened his eyes to the pure white ceiling of the dormitory.

"Huff! Huff! Huff..."

He panted, remembering the other world while relying on being in bed, he had been slightly "reckless," and indeed, he was affected negatively.

He glanced at his watch.

23:26.

"Very interesting," Tian Bufan’s voice rose beside his ear. Lin Yi looked over and saw that the other’s eyes were filled with intense curiosity.

Lin Yi then asked in a hushed voice, "Young Master Tian, what did my state just now look like to you?"

Tian Bufan thought for a moment and then stated, "I wasn’t looking at you just now."

Lin Yi furrowed his brows, decided not to pursue that question, and instead asked again, "What do you think about this path?"

"We can only think about this issue from the perspective of layers for now," Tian Bufan said. "If the moss you stepped on with the soles of your shoes truly originates from the cliffs in that world, then it proves the reality of that world."

"My next deduction will be based on the real existence of that world."

"As you’ve said, you got lost while leading the way and then crawled back by that method, which means..."

"First, the layers of the school area and the other world have always been in some form of immeasurable overlapping state."

"And the key factor in determining which layer you inhabit is your ’cognition’, also referred to as the ’anchor’."

"Your cognition can to some extent change the outside layers’ influence on you, even causing some changes in the layer of the area you’re in, causing you to fall through—if this conjecture is established, then it means there’s no safe area in the entire school, even during day time."