AnalogHorror: Rule Kaidan 4016
Chapter 419 - 188: The Sound of Showering in the Dorm at Midnight

Chapter 419: Chapter 188: The Sound of Showering in the Dorm at Midnight

The tree trunk was bare; no branches had sprouted from near the ground; the spots that should have been occupied by branches seemed violently torn, with no new buds emerging but rather morphed into a pattern resembling "eyes".

For a moment, Lin Yi could not discern if he saw the tree in such a state because that had been its natural form, or because it had initially appeared full of large eyeballs.

Or was it the scenario where his brain, to swiftly stabilize his san value, forcibly generated the "appearance of an ordinary tree", much like what had happened before with the Conceptual level sculpture in Tian Bufan’s dreams.

At that moment, the "camera" shook swiftly again, bringing the human sculptures struggling up the steep slope back into Lin Yi’s view.

[Damn... damn... huff, huff, huff...]

The "Cameraman" scrambled up frantically, mustering the strength to run toward that illuminated spot.

The "camera" wildly jostled; aside from the shaky, unstable visuals, only the noise from the "Cameraman" and the surrounding environment remained.

Lin Yi could feel the "camera" blurring more and more, yet it also came closer to the source of light.

Finally, after an unknown duration of running, the "camera" finally burst out of the Green Forest Belt, then the "Cameraman" stumbled, stepped into the void, and tumbled down a slope. When the "camera" stabilized again, Lin Yi could already see the dull sky and the clouds.

Apart from the sky and clouds, he seemed to also see... a figure scarred all over, collapsed on the ground.

That was the "Cameraman", and Lin Yi’s viewpoint "camera" seemed to be some sort of miniature camera strapped to a head like those used in expeditions.

When the "Cameraman" rolled out of the Green Forest, the "camera" separated from him and rolled to the side, causing Lin Yi’s vision "camera" to also roll away.

Lin Yi didn’t have time to ponder why he could see what a miniature camera captured in his dreams; instead, he quickly shifted his focus to observing this "Cameraman".

The "Cameraman" appeared to be in his twenties, dressed in a brown coat and athletic shoes, his clothes in tatters, his body covered in mud and fallen leaves.

Beneath the clothes, blood continuously oozed out as if he had been sliced open.

He collapsed on the ground, gasping violently.

[’Huff, huff, huff...’]

His breathing grew more intense, more rapid, then seemed to peak suddenly before chilling rapidly.

Suddenly, a dim figure backlit by the sky appeared. As the shadow appeared, Lin Yi heard the "Cameraman’s" somewhat hoarse, intermittent plea through the "camera": [Help... help me...]

However, the figure said nothing, just coldly looked down at him.

Through the "camera", Lin Yi felt he could perceive the figure’s cold and indifferent gaze.

But suddenly, as if touched by pity, the figure bent down and reached out a hand toward "him".

[Thank... cough, cough... thank you...]

The "Cameraman" thanked him with difficulty, as if coughing up some blood foam.

However, the figure’s hand skipped over the "Cameraman" and reached toward... this "camera".

As the palm enlarged within the "camera", focusing and lighting continuously adjusted automatically, its image quality zooming at the blurred edges until, in a sudden burst of exposure, Lin Yi’s sight through the "camera" captured that face...

It was a face so familiar that it felt foreign.

It was...

"Kuai Kuai?!"

Lin Yi’s pupils suddenly dilated, the figure overlooking the "Cameraman" was actually... Kuai Hongji.

Before Lin Yi could ponder, the "camera" went black.

Lin Yi felt the ground beneath his feet suddenly soften, then a sensation of plunging enveloped him in an instant.

When his vision returned, Lin Yi found himself back among the sparse clouds.

"So..." Although the shock from the Eerie tree was significant, Lin Yi quickly reasoned out the cause and effect, "Even if it’s a dream, it’s impossible to randomly dream up a camera, right?"

Mainly, Lin Yi’s dreams... weren’t nonsensical dreams, but rather seemed like reliving someone else’s experiences through dreams.

And the things captured by the miniature camera, how could he dream of them?

"It must be Kuai Kuai who found the miniature camera, watched its contents, and what I just dreamed of was actually Kuai Kuai’s experience..."

It wasn’t Kuai Hongji who was fleeing.

It was Kuai Hongji watching the content captured by the "Cameraman", and he was accessing the contents through the dream, entering into the first-person perspective and feeling the "Cameraman’s" experiences with his own imagination...

"But... I didn’t dream about Kuai Kuai yesterday, could it be a matter of timing?"

He muttered to himself, then glanced down at his watch.

In the dream, the watch kept ticking and the time was now... 1:23.

Suddenly, intermittent sounds came to his ears...

’Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...’

"What’s that noise?" He paused for a moment.

’Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...’

"Huh?" Only the sound of the wind should exist in the falling clouds, how could there be... the sound of water?

’Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...’

The sound of water persisted, growing clearer and clearer.