AnalogHorror: Rule Kaidan 4016
Chapter 406 - 183: Does Contamination Originate from the Transcendent? (Additional 2700 words)_4

Chapter 406: Chapter 183: Does Contamination Originate from the Transcendent? (Additional 2700 words)_4

The school map indeed marked the location of the school gate, and that direction faintly matched the one he remembered coming from.

Not far from the school gate, there was another small notation— "Security Room."

This icon, which had always been there but he had subconsciously ignored, suddenly caught his attention at this moment.

"There’s a ’Security Room’ here? Damn, I never noticed it before!" Lin Yi exclaimed in surprise.

"Never noticed it?" Tian Bufan was also taken aback, "Maybe it’s because the map’s orientation is so easy to remember, so after you looked at it once, you never flipped through it again?"

The school map was indeed very simple, with only five buildings: the Teaching Building, Cafeteria, Dormitory building, Gymnasium, and Library, plus some roads and randomly arranged lamps. Lin Yi memorized it all after the first glance and never took it out again.

His focus had always been on the buildings, and together with the dense little symbols marking the lamp numbers on the map, he subconsciously ignored the school gate and the "Security Room" mark at the edge of the corner.

Upon closer thought, it seemed that when they encountered the dense fog upon entering the school, they could initially see the shadow of the Security Room in the mist, and those strange Art Teachers and Art Students didn’t dare approach the school gate... now it seemed to make sense.

They feared the Security Room, so they didn’t dare to come close!

"Hiss... So, that means, initially all of us in the vehicle were safe, and even if we really got out, it was relatively safe near the Security Room. Those weird members of the Art Department wouldn’t dare to force their way, but then, the passengers voluntarily walked towards them..."

Lin Yi’s scalp tingled as he put himself in the shoes of the girls in the sailor uniforms, feeling a chill as if the little lambs had cleaned themselves and delivered themselves into the tiger’s mouth.

"Those people really had a hellish start... Although Maozi blew up a bit at the start, at least he got the Student Souvenir Coin and the Art Student status, but those people were led astray by the weird Art Teachers, it’s unclear what path they’re going to end up on!"

"Er, no that’s not right... from the Phantom Vision images, it seems Maozi lost his Commemorative Coin within a day."

"What on earth did he do, damn it... it’s like my mouth is twisted just talking about it..."

"Then you just came back?" Lin Yi asked.

"I’m not done yet," Tian Bufan said helplessly, "The fun part is just beginning."

"Ah?" Lin Yi thought it would be over without finding the school gate.

"I followed the direction indicated on the map towards where the school gate ’should be’ and after walking a bit, I discovered..." Tian Bufan paused, "the end of the road led to the Green Forest Belt."

"Hiss—" Lin Yi drew in a sharp breath, as if in the time it took to have this discussion, he was about to vacuum all the air out of the dormitory with spasmodic breaths.

"Green Forest Belt?!" His mouth agape, he exclaimed, "What the hell, how could this happen?"

"If the layer of the map where the school gate itself is located is not normal, then it makes sense in a strange way."

"But!" Lin Yi corrected, "The rules state that all buildings except for the Art Building are marked on the map, right?"

Tian Bufan replied, "That’s right, take another look. It mentions ’buildings’, and whether the school gate is a ’building’ is debatable, but its location... is indeed marked on the map, it’s just that I couldn’t find it."

"Uh..." Lin Yi was at a loss for words for a moment.

"Take another look at the map, you will find something else interesting," Tian Bufan reminded.

"Ah?" Lin Yi quickly scanned the school map, but found nothing after several looks, "Uh... I guess I’m just blind to the obvious, why don’t you just tell me?"

Tian Bufan replied, "Alright, and this is exactly what I wanted to discuss."

Lin Yi nodded eagerly in agreement.

"We’ve been at the school for a few days now, but there’s one building we haven’t come into contact with at all, don’t you find that strange?"

"You mean...?" Lin Yi pondered while looking at the school map in his hand, "The Library?"

"Yes..." Tian Bufan sighed deeply, "The Library."

"What’s the issue with the Library?"

"Tell me, with our daily routine being just Cafeteria, Teaching Building, Dormitory—and the Gymnasium when there’s a PE class—there’s simply no way we could come across the Library. They might as well have written in the rules just to stay out of the Library instead of specifically reminding us that in the Library we should only take the elevator. Isn’t it redundant?"

"Uh... your perspective is always so unique," Lin Yi said admiringly, "So?"

"So, I boldly speculate that the Library must have some special mechanism, which is very likely to make someone inadvertently reach... thus, the part mentioned in the school rules would have its purpose."

"So, I made a point of looking for the Library’s location," Tian Bufan raised the school map, "With a map, you don’t lose your way!"

"And then?"

"Then the interesting thing is... after coming out of the Cafeteria, I found the ’Library-001’ lamp post, and then walked towards the Library following the general directions on the school map. When I arrived at the ’Library-102’ lamp post, what appeared before me was..."

Lin Yi held his breath.

Only to hear Tian Bufan lower his voice, then slowly let out three words:

"The Green Forest Belt."