AnalogHorror: Rule Kaidan 4016
Chapter 297 - 137 My World_2

Chapter 297: Chapter 137 My World_2

A virus...!

"’Contamination’..." Lin Yi squinted, guessing, "The pollution I’ve been subjected to seems to have seeped into that imagined world I created..."

"That kind of mist spreading under the corridor bridge, it’s like the boundary of a world!"

On one side is the imagined world, on the other side is the polluted world...

"No... it’s not a sense of division like that, it’s more like the boundary between reality and imagination!"

Lin Yi pondered thoughtfully, vaguely feeling that this imagined world was of great significance; even he had a kind of counter-logical speculation—could it be that he was once again attracted by the "abnormal environment on campus," thus experiencing a "daydream daytime" that he assumed was under his own control, but in actuality, was guided by a "strange environment"?

Just like the thoughts he had on the evening of May 6, that blurred sense of boundary made it hard for him to distinguish between being active or passive.

Could it be the same now?

Only... he assumes he is being active?

Although the him now and the him from May 6 had become completely different, but... contamination is also gradual!

As the saying goes, for every skill there is an equal challenge; as Lin Yi grew, the pollution inside him might have grown more and become even less noticeable!

Otherwise, why could he see something similar to the boundary of the world in the "Daydream Daytime" world, and feel the existence of the waves?

It must be because all those terrifying, dangerous, dark, strange... indescribable things were all hidden under the mist, lurking under the corridor bridge!

And he... had he completed an imagination that felt no sense of danger, under the care and guidance of contamination?

In Daydream Daytime, the real danger is not the imagination, but comes from the voyeurism of the real world hidden behind the imagined world!

Lin Yi realized this, but as soon as this thought emerged, it became difficult to understand logically, as if several mutually contradictory laws were suddenly entangled together, creating a paradoxical loop...

Lin Yi didn’t dare to continue thinking further; considerations in this aspect have already become like a ball of yarn played with by a cat—seemingly having a lead thread, but actually, internal chaos, thoughtlessly pulling at the thread would only entangle oneself further within.

Xu Shunkang’s warning played a crucial role at this moment—walking by the river was fine, wet shoes were also fine, but remember to control the extent, falling into the river, that’s when you’re really done for.

And Lin Yi had already felt the logical problems here, logically inconsistent and self-contradictory, each could be proved on their own when isolated... It was too messy, the problems here, for him at present, were definitely beyond his scope.

"Better to save it for the evening, when I return to the dorm, and discuss it with Young Master Tian..."

Lin Yi settled on this thought and buried all these observations deep within his heart.

He glanced at his watch.

14:52.

"It’s almost three o’clock, let me rest for a bit, and then we’ll head to ’the next stop’." Lin Yi squatted down on the spot, leaning against a post to rest, "No wasting time, just a three-minute break to catch my breath will do."

Li Huiyuan pursed her lips and nodded her head.

"By the way, when you were shaking me earlier, did you feel any drop in body temperature or anything like that?" Lin Yi suddenly asked.

"No." Li Huiyuan shook her head.

Lin Yi breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, feeling slightly more at ease.

However, Li Huiyuan’s expression was somewhat unnatural, and after hesitating for a moment, she indeed spoke the words Lin Yi didn’t really want to hear: "But..."

"But what?" Lin Yi’s heart jumped like a roller coaster.

"But when I was shaking you, it seemed like there was smoke coming off your body..." Li Huiyuan blinked her eyes.

"..." Lin Yi pursed his lips slightly, "Was there any color?"

"Overall it was white, and then it seemed to be mixed with a bit of green..."

"Smoke? Are you talking about the mist?"

"Ah? Oh oh oh yeah yeah yeah, it’s the mist. Huh, Classmate Lin, how come you don’t find it strange?"

Lin Yi let out a sigh, "Alas, I’ve seen it all before, what’s there to feel anymore?"

Li Huiyuan pondered seriously for a moment, then shook her head slightly, "Seems like it’s gone."

"Phew..." Lin Yi breathed a sigh of relief and said to himself that it was good that the sensation was gone.

"So this means that all the changes that just happened fall within the range of ’symptoms’ I usually experience, although the emergence of the mist... that’s worth paying attention to."

Considering his Pollution Depth, a bit of mist was normal, but he hadn’t had this problem before.

He continued to rest and the two of them fell silent again.

Lin Yi maintained his squatting position against the pillar, lifted his head and let it rest against the pillar’s surface as he slowly regained his mental strength.

Suddenly, he furrowed his brow and then narrowed his eyes.

In a dark corner of the ceiling, he seemed to see a shadow writhing...

"Nocturnal species?" He was startled for a moment, then quickly rubbed his eyes trying to pretend he hadn’t seen it before the Nocturnal species realized he’d spotted it.

But obviously, he failed.

The Nocturnal species, clinging to the corner of the wall like a lump of rotten flesh, had eyes that were bloodshot within its twisted, facial-like contours.

The large, rolling eyeball had been watching Lin Yi before he even noticed it!

"Fuck!"

Lin Yi cursed inwardly, great, they’ve started to blatantly spy on me, have they?

Great great great, since you’re playing like that, don’t blame me for flipping the table!

Mirror!

"Li Huiyuan, lend me your mirror." He stood up slowly, with a sense of deep thought and reached out to Li Huiyuan, somewhat resembling the poised gesture of a master requesting a sword.

Li Huiyuan hurriedly fumbled in her pleated skirt and then handed over the mirror to Lin Yi.

Lin Yi took the mirror and stepped into the sunlight, flipped open the cover, and adjusted the angle with his hand, sending a beam of sunlight that pierced through the dark corner like a razor-sharp blade, striking the large eyeball fiercely!

[Ah—]

Lin Yi thought he heard a scream, and immediately after, the eyeball rolled off from the Nocturnal species’ body, reminiscent of a lizard shedding its tail for survival.

After the eyeball fell to the ground, it first "plopped" into a burst tomato pancake, then started to emit white mist under the sunlight, and soon hardened into a plaster-like substance.

Seeing this, Li Huiyuan was shocked, but Lin Yi remained expressionless and continued to shine the light on the hidden Nocturnal species in the corner.

He hadn’t figured out yet why the Nocturnal species was targeting him, but since it had made its move, it was a do-or-die situation. If he didn’t take the initiative now in broad daylight, by nighttime, when it transformed into a Non-human Classmate and played Void Target Search, he would really be in deep trouble.

[Please... spare me—]

The Nocturnal species writhed continuously, as if it had lost a certain pulsating frequency, and its sticky state became more and more unstable.

Lin Yi heard its voice but ignored it, continuing to mercilessly scorch its body with the sunlight, making it emit a sizzling white mist as if it were a piece of marbled beef getting more and more cooked on a grill.

[Ah— Ah—]

The Nocturnal species howled in pain, but as its body solidified, it gradually lost its ability to cling to the corners of the ceiling, it started to fall like malleable clay influenced by gravity, separating bit by bit from the ceiling until it transformed into a solid-liquid mix, thumping to the ground.

The corridor was flooded with sunlight, so once it fell, Lin Yi put away the mirror and watched coldly as it underwent changes under the sun.