AnalogHorror: Rule Kaidan 4016
Chapter 411 - 185: Sky Blue Steam (Extra 1100 words!)

Chapter 411: Chapter 185: Sky Blue Steam (Extra 1100 words!)

Dorm 1414, 23:55. At Lin Yi’s insistence, everyone went to the bathroom before midnight came around.

Lin Yi was the last one to go, and after finishing, he planned to check the windows and doors before going to bed.

But as he touched the doorknob, he suddenly retracted his hand subconsciously.

Cold!

It was too cold!

The spot where he touched the doorknob instantly bore the print of his warm hand. The entire dormitory door had already frosted over!

Looking down, he saw mist seeming to seep in under the door crack, only to dissipate quickly when exposed to the light.

Lin Yi sucked in a breath of cold air, but immediately spat it out again.

Shit, I wasn’t careful and almost inhaled that mist...

He checked the windows at the washstand next; the glass had fogged over due to the temperature difference inside and outside the dormitory at night, appearing as a white blur.

Just as he had confirmed that the windows were securely locked and was about to turn away, a black shadow suddenly flashed past outside the window!

"Shit?!" he exclaimed subconsciously, jumping. He hurriedly scurried into bed, shivering under the covers.

Had it been the first day, he might have still stared at the window and pondered what that big black rat was, but now his approach had changed; first, he made sure to secure his safety, then he stealthily watched.

Young Master Tian frowned and withdrew behind everyone.

He glanced at the clock.

23:57.

Then he looked at his watch; the time matched.

Only then did he look out the window, silently counting the seconds.

He gave himself 30 seconds. If he saw nothing within that time, he’d stop looking and ensure that he closed his eyes to sleep between 23:58 and 23:59.

Based on his understanding of himself, one minute was enough to fall asleep, barring any surprises.

If there was a surprise, it would be too late to sleep now.

Missed by 30 seconds?

That would be unfortunate.

Suddenly!

Another shadow flashed by outside, but Lin Yi realized that the shadow...

"Why is it leaping upwards?"

If something was jumping down from above, it should be falling downwards, so why was it moving upwards at an extraordinary speed, as if accelerated?

"Did I encounter a failed man?"

Lin Yi muttered in his mind, adjusted his sleeping posture, and closed his eyes to sleep.

The dormitory beds had a unique design that, with even breathing, allowed one to feel a light swaying sensation, like a wave pushing against the body, relaxing the whole body.

Before long, Lin Yi fell into a deep sleep, and at that moment, the wall clock’s time was 23:59:43...

"Tick-tock... Tick-tock... Tick-tock..."

The clock continued to move slowly, completing its last round.

The moment the time reached 0:00:00, all three incandescent lights in the dormitory went out with a "pop".

The whole dormitory was instantly immersed in darkness, and the previously white windows became the brightest thing in the room, like a fluorescent screen, eerily emitting a cold light...

From time to time, shadows darted past the window, but at one moment, a pitch-black shadow slowly appeared from the top of the window, crawling over like a humanoid spider...

...

As Lin Yi lay in bed, he gradually felt his body becoming lighter, followed by the sound of "whooosh" in his ears.

He soon felt the sensation of falling and abruptly "woke" to find himself wrapped in countless broken clouds, shuttling through them like a skydiver, yet without feeling the acceleration of gravity, only the uniform and gentle wind from below.

"I..." he tried to remember and then gradually realized, "I’m dreaming."

"It’s amazing... I realized so quickly that I’m in a dream this time."

Some people don’t realize they’re dreaming until they’re shocked awake by some major shift in the dream, but this time Lin Yi maintained an incredibly clear consciousness within the dream.

"Could it be that I’ve ’adapted’ to such dreams?"

Tian Bufan had defined "adaptation", but Lin Yi didn’t expect to be able to adapt even to dreaming.

He looked down at his watch, his eyes lighting up.

0:03.

The watch in the dream... it actually still worked?!

"Interesting... now it’s really getting interesting!"

"I wonder how long it’ll take before I ’fall’ into another person’s perspective?"

Lin Yi looked around with curiosity but realized that apart from scattered mist, there was nothing else.

Despite the sparse surroundings, he couldn’t see any other scenery around him.

Suddenly, he felt his foot touch something, followed by the sensation of being buoyed by the ground, which traveled up his legs and into his body.

The mist cleared abruptly, and he found himself in a place within the Teaching Building.

The environment was very familiar, and he recognized it as the corner near the staircase.

"Is this Young Master Tian’s perspective?" he guessed it might be the scene from the day when Tian Bufan was "playing with barbecue."

Indeed, in Lin Yi’s view, two Sports Students wearing blue and white striped tracksuits were carrying the large mirror from the bathroom, huffing and puffing as they came around the corner.