AnalogHorror: Rule Kaidan 4016
Chapter 420 - 188 The Sound of Bathing in the Dorm at Midnight_2

Chapter 420: Chapter 188 The Sound of Bathing in the Dorm at Midnight_2

Immediately following, Lin Yi, who was supposed to transition dreams by falling through the clouds, gradually began to feel a supporting sensation from behind.

"What is this...?! Not good!"

Lin Yi suddenly realized something, but it was too late. By the time he realized, the sensation of support was full-blown, and the next moment... he awoke on his dormitory bed amidst the fall.

In fact, when that sense of support appeared, he had a premonition of waking from the dream. Yet, waking from a dream sometimes felt like not being able to wake up at all, utterly beyond his control; then the surrounding clouds suddenly vanished, enveloping him in darkness.

As he was about to open his eyes, he felt his "perception" had already returned to the bed in the dormitory.

He should have immediately opened his eyes, but some dormitory rules swiftly emerged in his mind, and he again feigned sleep to maintain a state of safety.

Meanwhile, he planned to fall back to sleep to continue the precious dream VR session...

After all, although things in dreams felt real, they were not tiring, and indeed, sleeping could genuinely adjust his physical and mental state.

However, just as he prepared to adjust his breathing to sleep, the sound of water transitioned from the dream into reality.

"Splash, splash, splash..."

"Splash, splash, splash..."

The noise grew louder, disturbing Lin Yi’s peace and hindering his ability to sleep.

But Lin Yi suddenly realized, this sound of water... it seemed not to originate from the dream.

He then listened intently.

It was now about 1:30 a.m. on May 9th, and the entire dormitory building was immersed in darkness without a single light, but in this supposedly silent world, the sound of "splash" suddenly emerged.

Lin Yi pinpointed the direction of the sound, which seemed to come from... the wash basin area?

Yet, this sound did not resemble hand washing but more like...

"A bath?!"

Lin Yi’s heart shuddered harshly.

At 1:30 a.m., what creature... was taking a bath in their dormitory?!

"What is going on here?"

"Not right!"

But that wasn’t the strangest part—the strangest thing was—

After midnight, the dormitory not only stopped electricity supply but also the water supply; how is there water in the washroom?!

At this moment, countless thoughts should have sprung into Lin Yi’s mind, but among these thoughts, one voice overpowered all others, resounding like a loud bell.

Song Rentou’s note:

["I don’t know why they can open the door at this time..."]

["I saw them looking for my roommate..."]

["My roommate is taking a bath..."]

"My roommate is taking a bath."

Lin Yi’s heart skipped a beat.

"Wrong!"

"Terribly wrong!!"

"Song Rentou is not the one with the biggest problem... the real cursed one, is his ’roommate’?!"

"Damn, does Song Rentou really have a sinister roommate and he’s actually trying to kill this eerie roommate?!"

Lin Yi realized that perhaps the notes left by Song Rentou could be interpreted in an entirely different way, and this interpretation was key to deducing the truth!

Images exploded in Lin Yi’s mind—Song Rentou supposedly asleep at some point in the early morning, startled by the sound of water, then groggily discovering in the washroom there was a so-called "roommate" taking a shower? Was it even human?

This was the real mental shock, encountering such bizarre events, no wonder his sanity was dropping!

["I don’t know why they can open the door at this time..."] and "this time" referred not to after 22:00, but... after midnight?!

According to Dormitory Rule 2 ’Special Circumstances Edition’, it is known: after the dormitory lights are out, those hidden in the darkness will enter the dormitory in an unknown manner, and if one is not yet asleep, one needs to—

1. Believe in their existence;

2. Ignore their existence.

Never try to find the source of those noises...

As long as you pretend to be asleep, nothing will happen, even if...

"They have already crawled to the side of your bed."

Thinking of this, Lin Yi suddenly felt an icy chill envelop his whole body. He thought he heard some faint breathing sounds, an entity exuding a cold breath, as if... right beside his bed!

"Sshh, sshh, sshh..."

"Sshh, sshh, sshh..."

The thing lingered under his bed, walking back and forth, yet also seeming... completely still.

The "ssh" sound and the "whoosh" sound of a shower, wandering in this dead-quiet night, were like countless reptiles crawling about his mind, almost enough to drive a person insane.

At that moment, he thought he heard some wind leaking sounds in the dormitory, akin to an unsecured window being buffeted by the wind, then making an elusive "whooo" sound.

"Is the window open? Did those things come in through the window?"

"But I clearly checked several times..."

A strong urge to open his eyes and look emerged in Lin Yi’s mind, and as soon as this thought appeared, it burned up rapidly, like a faltering candle encountering a flame.

Open your eyes and look!

No, I can’t!

Definitely can’t open them!

Lin Yi’s reason and impulse fiercely clashed.

Suddenly...

His vision changed...

Closing his eyes, he should have seen nothing, or at least, "seen" nothingness.

But as he was fiercely controlling the urge to open his eyes, yet also wanting to check his dormitory environment, his "perception" suddenly expanded in an inexplicable way. His hearing began to capture all the subtle sound waves.

The sound of the wind, water, friction...

Various sound waves echoed through the dormitory at different frequencies and were received by his auditory system.

Gradually, Lin Yi, like a bat, began to sketch a picture of the dormitory at that moment in his mind, using sound waves as his brush.

He remembered the layout of the dormitory, and with "My World" as a backup, crafting it from nothing was completely feasible. And as he slowly constructed the dormitory, he suddenly felt the void in front of him turn transparent, his gaze seemingly penetrating his eyelids, seeing... the ceiling.

A ceiling that looked like transparent glass.

"Hmm...?"

"What is this?"

Lin Yi was momentarily stunned.

He felt a bit light. Looking down, he saw "himself" lying properly on the bed.

"It’s ’My World’!"

Lin Yi suddenly realized; this time, he had entered into that state of "My World" similar to when he was exploring the Corridor Bridge of the Teaching Building C.

The last time he entered "My World," it was because he had imprinted the entire Teaching Building into his mind, and this time, it was due to the intense stimulus of his urge to explore that he reconstructed the "Dormitory" in his mind.

But the current dormitory wasn’t complete, just a glass room constructed of countless transparent glass pieces.

In this glass room, there were six beds, a washbasin to the south, and opposite the basin was the restroom.

Through Lin Yi’s editing of "My World·Dormitory," the transparent glass room was displayed flawlessly before him, covering all angles without any blind spots...

At this moment, his body was still feigning sleep, while his consciousness, like a soul leaving its corporeal form, half sat up on the bed. From his current vantage point, the edited "My World·Dormitory" overlapped bit by bit with the actual dormitory, until they aligned perfectly, merging into one.

"Lin Yi," with a thought, floated lightly from the bed to the floor.

He quietly stood within "My World·Dormitory," feeling the cool breeze seeping through the window gaps, listening to the running water in the restroom washing over his body and the unknown entity in the dormitory moving positions and making rustling sounds. Then, he initiated the second round of editing for "My World·Dormitory"...

This time, using his capture and perception of sound waves, he planned to imprint the contours of the "things" currently in the dormitory into "My World·Dormitory." He couldn’t open his eyes, but he would use his five senses to forcibly "see" what kind of ghosts these things were!

And he dared to do so relying on one fact only: Being asleep in bed is the safest state, even if it’s just pretending to sleep.