AnalogHorror: Rule Kaidan 4016
Chapter 359 - 167 "Grey Mist Invasion" _2

Chapter 359: Chapter 167 "Grey Mist Invasion" _2

Li Huiyuan pursed her lips and nodded slightly.

Class Teacher-040 then took the lunchbox from Chef-0213’ hands, and as if something occurred to him, he asked, "How is the situation at the Cafeteria?"

Chef-0213 was slightly startled and said, "Are you asking about that incident from before?"

"Want to know about both, how is it from before..."

Chef-0213 said gravely, "That incident... We still haven’t been able to find the Convenience Store owner’s whereabouts, and we can’t confirm whether it’s related to him..."

Class Teacher-040 remained silent for a moment, then asked, "And today? A ’Grey Mist Invasion’?"

"Yes, ’the 73rd Grey Mist Invasion event’. You should remember, according to our observations of ’Doomsday’, it indeed falls within the period of ’Grey Mist Invasion’, and it’s not surprising that incidents occur."

"Just... as you know, the recent control over the school’s layers seems to be a bit off. The Cafeteria, although one of the fortresses, is after all just a logistics site used for trivial matters, and its defense capabilities are inferior to the ’The City Wall’ and ’The Outpost’..."

"Furthermore, losing the Convenience Store owner has also relaxed the defense line in that area considerably... However, holding out tonight will be much better."

"How many Experience Students have been evacuated?"

Class Teacher-040 nodded and said, "Most with high spiritual sensitivity have already been arranged according to ’Emergency Disposition Plan·Appendix B’... I have also given everyone the freedom to choose based on their own will."

"Making choices is most difficult, but to a certain extent, it allows them to persevere for their choices and can be considered as strengthening their will," said Chef-0213 with a nod.

"Can the campus hold out?" Class Teacher-040 looked through the dense mist at the increasingly dim streetlights, a hint of worry emerging in his eyes.

"Theoretically, if those Experience Students haven’t been completely wiped out, it should be enough to hold out through tonight," said Chef-0213.

"And... what about the next few days?"

"..."

"Let’s take it step by step, tonight you should first secure yourself, lock the classroom door and do not leave the office afterwards, the rest will temporarily be left to us."

"Okay."

After briefly instructing him, Chef-0213 followed the Security Guard into the dense fog, with Li Huiyuan closely following them, and their figures quickly disappeared into the night.

Class Teacher-040 sighed faintly, turned around, and walked to Class B Group 2’s classroom, locked the classroom door with a key, then returned to the office.

"Convenience Store owner missing... The 73rd Grey Mist Invasion..."

"Alas..."

...

Year X023, May 8, 20:47, beneath the lamppost of ’Dormitory Building-087’, Lin Yi and Wei Liang slowly stopped their steps.

"Something feels off," muttered Lin Yi.

"How so?" asked Wei Liang curiously.

"Some of the lampposts aren’t lit," Lin Yi said somberly.

Along their walk, they hadn’t passed each lamppost, and between ’Dormitory Building-001’ and ’Dormitory Building-087’, sometimes after ’Dormitory Building-010’ there wasn’t a ’Dormitory Building-011’, but directly a ’Dormitory Building-015’, skipping four lampposts.

"As long as the numbers are increasing it should be fine, right?" Wei Liang said uncertainly.

"Theoretically, it should be fine." Lin Yi nodded, but his gaze still bore a worried look ahead.

The cobblestone path in front of ’Dormitory Building-087’ was completely engulfed by the dense mist, close-up visibility was absolutely zero, only a distant, blurred light remained, and it was uncertain whether it was a sequentially increasing lamppost or not.

"I don’t know why the light from the lamppost has dimmed..." Lin Yi voiced his concern, "I’m a bit worried we may get lost here..."

A gust of evening wind made Wei Liang shimmer slightly.

"Maybe... maybe we should wait here for the Security Guard?" Wei Liang said, "That’s what Teacher Lin said."

Lin Yi hesitated for a moment, then glanced at his watch.

20:48.

[Between 20:00~21:00, Security Guards patrol between the Teaching Building and the Dormitory buildings...]

"We have 12 minutes left," Lin Yi hesitated for a moment, "it’s not that we can’t wait... it’s just that the streetlights are getting dimmer, and if we don’t make it, we’ll have to brave the full stretch of road..."

Wei Liang’s face turned slightly pale, "I still insist on waiting a bit longer..."

"Then let’s wait a bit longer," Lin Yi nodded slightly.

After all, this was also in line with the arrangement of Class Teacher-040, so waiting a bit more wouldn’t hurt.

The two then leaned back against the lamp post and silently began their wait.

Suddenly, Wei Liang abruptly asked, "Old Lin..."

"Hmm?"

"Your watch... keep an eye on the time..."

Lin Yi was slightly startled, then responded, "Don’t worry."

Relieved by Lin Yi’s words, Wei Liang took a deep breath: "Good..."

"Are you very tired? Don’t fall asleep!" Lin Yi quickly reminded.

Wei Liang rubbed his temples and waved his hand, "I’m just a little tired from reading comics for too long, it’s nothing." He then took a slow breath.

Lin Yi looked down at his watch, then surveyed his surroundings, searching for the figure of the security guard...

The mist was already very thick now, denser than last night, comparable to the visibility on the day he arrived at school where you couldn’t see your hand in front of your face.

Added to the psychological and visual effect of "the streetlights getting dimmer," it caused the streetlights ahead of him to become increasingly obscured.

"Liangzi, have you noticed the streetlights getting dimmer?" Lin Yi asked Wei Liang.

Wei Liang squinted his eyes, hesitatingly said, "It could be that the streetlights are getting dim, or maybe it’s just harder to see because they are too far away?"

"So you mean, some of the streetlights have already turned off, effectively increasing the distance between the ones that are still lit?"

"Uh... something like that," Wei Liang opened his mouth, thinking how on earth did you reach that conclusion?

Lin Yi narrowed his eyes, muttering, "But the regulations say that the campus streetlights are always on...emmm... no, it’s not necessarily the case..."

’The regulations also state that the Teaching Building will provide us shelter, and the Gymnasium is one of the safest areas within the campus... There may be shelter and safety, but nothing is absolute, it can only be said that within a large range, the regulations are correct.’

’And the current situation might have exceeded those boundaries, or... reached some kind of critical point?!’

Lin Yi’s eyes flickered as if he had realized something. He took a deep breath and continued his observation around, but in the vast fog, he couldn’t even see the shadow of the security guard.

He looked down at his watch.

"What time is it?" Wei Liang asked.

"20:52."

"Eight minutes left..." Wei Liang’s expression looked somewhat difficult.

"Can you hold on?"

"As long as the light holds, I can hold on," Wei Liang looked painfully at the cobblestone ground.

The areas between the streetlights were being severed by the dense fog, and the rich mist was gradually creeping over the domain formed by the light.

The range of the light was being continuously compressed, and while it would take some time before the fog completely engulfed the area, if they were unable to leave, they would eventually be consumed by the fog.

Time moved to 20:56, the pale white mist hovered outside the light in the moist, chilly night air. In those darker areas, the shadowy white mist revealed a grey-white texture, like countless bits of gravel crushed and tossed in the wind, filled with a tangible sensation of particles...

’Shasha shasha...’

’Shasha shasha...’

The layers of mist intertwined constantly, shadows loomed in the darkness, indistinguishable whether many were human sculptures or Nocturnal species...

These non-human entities curled up at the bottom of the netherworld, peeking at the human world through tiny holes, continuously finding opportunities to rush to the shore to drag people into the water.