AnalogHorror: Rule Kaidan 4016
Chapter 492 - 220: Deep into the Green Forest Belt

Chapter 492: Chapter 220: Deep into the Green Forest Belt

Mu Daxian hurried over and when he saw Mao Feiyang standing still at the edge of light and darkness, he couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief. Xiao Mao, although somewhat despicably cheap in nature, had a decent perception of dangerous things...

"Brother Xian, look over there! There... It’s all Student Souvenir Coins!!" Mao Feiyang pointed at the shelves within the shadowy area, his tone somewhat dry as he said, "But something feels very off, really off, and I can’t quite put my finger on what exactly it is!"

"Being able to sense that something is wrong is already quite good." Mu Daxian patted Mao Feiyang’s shoulder, paused for a moment, then continued, "Apart from the Student Souvenir Coins here, have you checked the other shelves?"

"All of them... Ah no, almost all of them..."

"It seems my guess was correct."

"Huh?"

Mu Daxian looked at the Student Souvenir Coins in the shadowy area and said gravely, "In fact, you’re not mistaken, these are all real Student Souvenir Coins, and all those shelves are real as well... It’s just that they’ve been taken by someone."

"Huh? Could it be the convenience store shopkeeper who took them?" Mao Feiyang asked subconsciously.

Mu Daxian nodded and said, "That should be the case. I saw these just now, and there were some areas I had not yet checked when I was summoned over by the noise you made... It seems likely that those areas are gone too."

Upon hearing this, Mao Feiyang suddenly panicked: "So, what do we do? Can we go in there?"

"Don’t do anything stupid." Mu Daxian pressed Mao Feiyang’s shoulders, "What’s in front of you is an absolute dead-end."

"Then what should we do? Just leave like this?" Mao Feiyang said unwillingly, mainly because if they left like this, wouldn’t their trip to the cafeteria be in vain?

"Leave?" Mu Daxian frowned, "Damn, what nonsense are you spouting, we’ve come all the way here, how could I, Mu Daxian, leave empty-handed?"

"Huh?"

"Stop ’huh-ing’, let’s head to the shopping terminal!" Mu Daxian quickly took off toward the blue [Exit (Arrow)] sign, "I can’t believe I have to sort this out again!"

Mao Feiyang: "???"

...

Inside the convenience store, filled with the red emergency lights and the urgent buzz of the alarm, two silhouettes dashed swiftly between the aisles, quickly arriving at the shopping terminal.

Just as Mao Feiyang steadied himself, Mu Daxian pointed at the convenience store exit beside the shopping terminal: "You go ahead, once outside, wait for me in place, I’ll grab some Student Souvenir Coins and come back."

"Huh?" Mao Feiyang was stunned. If it was possible to get the Student Souvenir Coins, why didn’t he just do it earlier instead of now?

"Damn it, some trump cards are so scary that even I find them terrifying when I use them. Hey! Off you go!" Pressed for time, Mu Daxian kicked Mao Feiyang’s backside, "Wait for me outside, I’ll be back!"

"Those are supposed to be my lines... Ah... Ah... Ah..." Mao Feiyang, like a grey wolf tumbling out, fell past the door of the convenience store, his echo fading rapidly...

In the last moment, Lin Yi saw the figure of Mu Daxian turning around at the shopping terminal, but there was no time to observe closely as his vision followed Mao Feiyang through the door of the convenience store...

But the most terrifying thing was yet to come...

After leaving the convenience store, Lin Yi found that a large area of thin mist had appeared on the edge of his vision...

"This...?"

"Have I returned to that ’transition animation’ again?" Lin Yi was somewhat at a loss, "What the hell, a scene change at a critical moment? Did Maozi and the others manage to get the Student Souvenir Coins?"

This was related to his planning upon waking up.

Suddenly, he thought of something and quickly looked down at his watch.

’5:10’.

"It’s only 5:10 now?"

Last time the scene changed, Lin Yi remembered the time being 4:20, which meant from the time Maozi was chased by the Sneering Angel to ’now’, such a long dream had only actually taken 50 minutes?

"Looks like there’s a chance to observe a bit longer..."

True enough, the misty clouds around Lin Yi quickly dissipated, and as his vision cleared, he found himself in... a Green Forest Belt.

’Green Forest Belt? Why did I end up back in the Green Forest Belt again?’

He intentionally took half a step back to see if he was still in Mao Feiyang’s viewpoint.

Sure enough, as he stepped back, he floated out of Mao Feiyang’s body like a little ghost.

’It seems it’s still Maozi’s perspective! Good!’ Lin Yi couldn’t help but clench his fist, then hurriedly looked around in an attempt to pin down the time once more.

Turning around, he was surprised to see a familiar building.

’The cafeteria?’

At the foot of a hillside outside the Green Forest Belt, a large cafeteria protruded like a huge corn cob nestled in the valley. However, viewed from this angle and bathed in the morning light, the cafeteria resembled a sunflower.

The cafeteria itself was like the flower’s center, and the scattered paths around it like petals stretching in eight directions, giving the whole architectural form a floral appearance.

Lin Yi immediately determined the time; this moment should connect right after the recent one, no, that’s not right, not right at all...

’What’s not quite right here...’

He looked closely at the cafeteria again, then suddenly a realization struck him—the angle of the light was wrong!

This strong light was not morning light, but... midday light?!

’Damn... Has time jumped to after lunch?’

Lin Yi stroked his chin and pondered.

So it means... even if Mu Daxian truly got the Student Souvenir Coins, they hadn’t managed to catch the 6:00 elevator, the last service of the day.

But what concerned him most at the moment was whether they had obtained the Student Souvenir Coins.

While pondering over the issue, he hung behind Mao Feiyang not far away, like a lonely ghost. Thanks to the vision mechanism, he was inadvertently led along by Mao Feiyang without having to do anything.