AnalogHorror: Rule Kaidan 4016
Chapter 227 - 106 Suspicion_2

Chapter 227: Chapter 106 Suspicion_2

Throughout the entire process, he hadn’t even taken the step of silently reciting his name and student ID to stabilize his grasp on the current world, nor had he taken the step of using the thought of black silk stockings to divert his attention and break free from the dark encroachment.

He continued to think, letting the darkness encroach upon him slowly like an incoming tide.

He could distinctly sense that devouring feeling while thinking, and he could feel his body gradually losing warmth at a certain rate, as if a white sheet of paper was slowly turning yellow, until the hairs on his body stood on end again, until his flesh began to shiver from the cold once more, until he once again felt himself falling into an abyss.

Only then did he take a deep breath, and with a confidence that could be called "blind," he told himself in his mind:

"I am Lin Yi, my student ID is X0230506098, I am on my way from the dormitory to the cafeteria."

"I am Lin Yi, my student ID is..."

As he began to recite this information, the icy sense of erosion slowly receded, as if time were flowing backward, and the darkness that had extended from behind him like tentacles also dissipated quietly. He walked a few steps forward and emerged from the dark and eerie atmosphere, returning to the cobblestone path.

As soon as he came back, he saw that Tian Bufan and Wei Shan were all staring at him in unison.

He noticed that Wei Shan had visibly relaxed, his body easing from that tense state.

"Are you okay now?" Wei Shan asked in a low voice.

"Yeah, I’m fine now," Lin Yi nodded.

Tian Bufan smiled and said, "It seems that your ’adaptability’ speed has entered the right track, which is good news for our operation."

"What did I look like just now?" Lin Yi asked curiously.

"Body temperature dropped, complexion turned pale," Tian Bufan said.

"Is that all?"

"What else do you expect? A beam of light descending from the sky, and then you transform?"

"Uh..." Lin Yi pursed his lips. He thought to himself, I thought you would have noticed more...

If that was all, it was indeed similar to his own performance when he saw "his past self" through Mao Feiyang’s perspective in his dream.

"It seems that’s due to overthinking, and then the physical changes caused by the will beginning to fall through the layers," he mused.

Lin Yi narrowed his eyes.

"That being said... Liangzi’s twice becoming like this in front of and inside the dormitory building, could it be because of... overthinking?"

"It shouldn’t be..."

"Liangzi has been walking on thin ice since he came in, blocking out any unusual clues in advance, so why would there be signs of ’overthinking’?"

A giant puzzle emerged in Lin Yi’s mind, and he couldn’t help but glance back at Wei Liang.

Wei Liang... was lagging at the end of the team, hands covering his ears, and when he saw Lin Yi looking over, he made a teasing face as if he were a dashing version of Second Senior Brother.

Lin Yi silently withdrew his gaze.

"The abnormal behavior Liangzi showed was in the dormitory building... could it be related to him spending the last two days there?"

The more Lin Yi thought about it, the more curious he became about what Wei Liang had experienced during the last two days in the dormitory, because from the current situation, it was definitely not as easy as Wei Liang had described.

"Directly asking won’t work, Liangzi can be ruthless enough to deceive even himself... He seems to know something, yet also as if he’s convinced himself he knows nothing, opposite to Young Master Tian..."

"Those crafty tricks..."

Lin Yi even suspected that Wei Liang’s various crafty tricks might all be "self-developed" based on his own experiences, just like—

His pupils contracted slightly.

"Just like the truth about the campus is a taboo, hence the need to use ’rules’ to define the ’correct behavior’ to be undertaken! Liangzi is using the crafty tricks ingrained in his bones to reflect his approach towards the anomalies in the campus!"

"It seems... that’s the case!"

"He knows, but he chooses not to know, and he steadfastly believes that he does not know?"

"But the only thing that doesn’t make sense with this notion is, if Liangzi knows the problems with the campus or part of the truth, why did he come back?"

"Just for the thirty thousand yuan prize money, or trying to show off as a seasoned driver in front of me?"

"It doesn’t make sense..."

"This place is too dangerous, with such high death rates or rates of people disappearing. Anyone who knows even a little about the truth wouldn’t come here to risk their lives..."

Before deciding to sign up, he had researched the experience life content on the official website of S City University and on some forums. According to those up-mainstream creators and so-called veteran big V bloggers, the campus was just somewhat eerie and could be considered an adventure with a strong atmosphere. They never mentioned any words related to life-threatening dangers...

He thought it was similar to one of those survival reality shows, where completing the challenge would yield thirty thousand yuan. But the strange events he frequently encountered since entering the campus hammered against his "perception" like a sledgehammer, causing his subconscious to begin doubting the truth of the rules and the boundary between reality and falsehood...

Indeed, his contamination originated from Mao Feiyang, but after being infected by Mao Feiyang, his so-called high sensitivity also started to dominate, forcing him to begin these wild thought processes. The existence of these thoughts had pushed him into deadly situations again and again, until he relied on a kind of "adaptability" he himself didn’t understand to overwrite his cognition, and then the situation started to improve...

But what about Wei Liang...

What was the deal with Wei Liang?

Lin Yi couldn’t help but take another look at Wei Liang, observing his naively innocent smile. For some reason, he felt an urgent impulse to go over and give him a good beating.

Lin Yi suddenly realized that he not only had an inadequate understanding of Tian Bufan but also... developed some unfamiliar feelings toward this guy Wei Liang.

"So strange... Really so weird..."

"If he had known in advance that the campus posed a life-threatening danger, he definitely wouldn’t have come in..."

"After all, there’s no need to risk his life just to gather thirty thousand yuan for Grandma’s medical fees."

"Wait a minute... you said Grandma?"

"What... Grandma?"

In Lin Yi’s eyes, a shade of doubt suddenly appeared.

"’Grand... ma...?’"

Such an unfamiliar term...

"Do I... have a Grandma?"

"No... I should have a Grandma, right?"

"If I don’t have a Grandma, then what’s my purpose in coming here for the thirty thousand yuan?"

"Not my... purpose...?"

"Is my purpose the thirty thousand yuan...?"

"No... If it’s not for the thirty thousand yuan, then what am I here for?"

Lin Yi’s thoughts became more and more chaotic, and he started to seriously doubt the reason for his presence here...

Just as his thoughts were about to turn into a myriad of tangled threads, Tian Bufan patted him on the shoulder.

"Old Lin, what’s wrong? You okay?"

Lin Yi suddenly snapped back to reality, "No, nothing..."

He shook his head, feeling that his previous thoughts were absurd.

He laughed at himself, thinking that he must have been influenced by the campus atmosphere, to the point where even the reason for his being here became uncertain.

"It’s nothing, let’s go." He looked down at his watch.

7:11.

Wei Liang, who was trailing at the end of the group, looked at the silhouettes of the people ahead. The muscles at his cheeks tensed slightly, and his brows furrowed as well.

"There’s something off about Old Lin... always looking back every three steps, the fuck, he better not have indecent thoughts about me?" he muttered quietly, suddenly feeling a chill down there and subconsciously clenching a bit tighter...