AnalogHorror: Rule Kaidan 4016
Chapter 435 - 193 "Library-2F" (Additional 2000 words!)_2

Chapter 435: Chapter 193 "Library-2F" (Additional 2000 words!)_2

Lin Yi was very puzzled.

But Mao Feiyang, at this moment, had no such thoughts and was merely following Mu Daxian slowly to the elevator entrance.

With the help of the dim light, Lin Yi observed the environment inside the elevator shaft.

On the walls of the elevator shaft, there were texts that looked very abstract, neither like pictographs nor like cuneiform. At first glance, they resembled scribbles, but a closer inspection would reveal some similar structures in these characters...

Okay, these were indeed characters, it was just a pity that he couldn’t understand them.

Lin Yi shifted his gaze back to the elevator shaft and saw a row of elevator entrances, about five or so illuminated by the light of candlesticks. Between every two elevators, there was a candlestick on the wall, giving a sense of déjà vu similar to transitional animations in Conan where doors open and close, except that the wooden doors needed to be replaced with elevator doors.

In front of them was an elevator with a number: "Moon-IV".

Looking to the left were "Moon-III", "Moon-II"...

To the right were "Moon-V", "Moon-VI"...

"There are more elevators here... than what we saw outside," Mao Feiyang said in surprise.

"They are indeed ingeniously designed," Mu Daxian nodded and said, "It’s said that the school put in a lot of effort into building these public facilities originally."

"When you come to take the elevator, just use whichever is closest."

Mu Daxian said as he pressed the button for the "Moon-IV" elevator.

Interestingly, each elevator only had a "↓" button in front of it, which inevitably reminded Lin Yi of the "↑" button sealed with a red glass cover inside the dormitory elevator; it really matched well.

Soon, a "ding" sounded from behind the door, followed by the elevator door opening with a clang.

There was no one behind the door, it was an empty elevator.

"The elevators here are one-way; you don’t have to worry about people coming out," Mu Daxian explained as he walked into the elevator with Mao Feiyang.

As soon as Mao Feiyang entered the elevator, Lin Yi quickly captured the view inside the elevator.

He knew time was of the essence, so he hurried to observe.

The interior of the Art Building elevator was environment starkly different from the Art Building’s style, as opposed to the overall cult, eerie, abstract, and dark style of the "world" the Art Building was situated in; the interior of the Art Building elevator was extremely minimalist.

And it was this kind of elevator that made Mao Feiyang recall a sentence from the Art Building Rules—["In order to create an artistic atmosphere, our school has trialed a cutting-edge virtual environment technology."]

Lin Yi found that the interior of the Art Building elevator was overall the same as that of the dormitory and teaching building elevators, with the only difference being the floor panel of the elevator.

In the dormitory building elevator’s floor panel, apart from the regular open and close buttons, there was only a "↓" button.

After entering, Mu Daxian casually pressed this button, and several art students who were about to get in let them go ahead as they saw Mu Daxian with Mao Feiyang.

A few seconds after the elevator doors closed, Lin Yi felt the entire elevator start to sink slightly, followed by a ’clunk’, seemingly switching onto another track...

Lin Yi was carefully sensing the elevator’s changes, but other than a bumping sensation, he couldn’t feel anything else.

Throughout the elevator’s movement, he could hear the intense sound of wind, similar to when the dormitory elevator was in operation, but beyond that, there wasn’t much sensation; he even lacked a strong feeling of falling.

Mu Daxian silently estimated the time, then narrowed his eyes, "Move a bit into the corner, someone’s about to get on the elevator."

"?"

Mao Feiyang was startled but quickly shrank back into the corner.

And sure enough, after about ten seconds, Lin Yi felt the elevator start to brake and decelerate.

"Ding!"

The elevator made a clear sound, and a string of text popped up on the floor indicator.

Lin Yi instinctively looked over, but when he saw that floor panel, his "body" seemed to freeze in place, and all the hairs on his body stood on end.

"Library-2F"

"The, Library...?!" Lin Yi took a deep breath, his eyes fixated on the words "Library-2F," then his gaze moved down to the elevator door.

"Could it be that Maozi’s Student Souvenir Coin was lost in the library?"

In that instant, many thoughts flashed through his mind. He focused, planning to observe this mysterious library that was recorded on the map but couldn’t be seen, the moment the elevator door opened.

"Clang—clang!"

The elevator doors opened slowly, and an inexplicable warm breath flowed into the elevator with the opening of the doors.

However, Lin Yi’s plan to observe the library was immediately thwarted. When the elevator doors opened, a person almost pressed against the doors appeared at the elevator entrance.

This person wore a dark green loose coat, with his head hanging and hair disheveled, his complexion pale and expressionless, looking for all the world like a student who had skipped class from Slytherin.

The moment the elevator opened, his somewhat vacant gaze locked onto Mao Feiyang like an automated targeting system, and in that moment, his previously dull eyes suddenly flashed with a chilling brilliance.

"Classmate, coming from the Art Building, eh? Where are you heading?" His face began to form a smile bit by bit, but each muscle seemed to have a mind of its own as they twitched independently making Mao Feiyang’s spine go cold, his mind flooded with horror scenes from movies.