AnalogHorror: Rule Kaidan 4016
Chapter 597 - 271: The Nameless Creepy Feeling_2

Chapter 597: Chapter 271: The Nameless Creepy Feeling_2

"Huh?" Lin Yi was momentarily stunned, then followed Wei Liang’s gaze upward, and that’s when he saw the Boss, garbed only in a black yoga suit.

Even though they were far apart, Lin Yi felt as though he had made eye contact with the Boss for just a moment. In the next second, the Boss nodded expressionlessly towards him, which served as a form of acknowledgment.

And beside the Boss, Li Huiyuan could hardly conceal her delight, already waving at him; from a distance, she looked just like one of those adorable anime girls who tip-toe on a platform in the gentle spring breeze, waving at a friend who has just disembarked from a train.

"It really is Li Huiyuan!" A mix of surprise and relief appeared in Lin Yi’s eyes; knowing that Li Huiyuan was at the Gymnasium and actually seeing Li Huiyuan were two entirely different kinds of reassurance.

However, he didn’t understand why he felt a sense of relief upon seeing Li Huiyuan.

"Don’t space out. If the Boss catches you staring at Li Huiyuan or if Li Huiyuan catches you eyeballing the Boss, neither is going to end well for you!" At this point, Wei Liang, beside him, elbowed him frantically, finally snapping him out of his daze.

Lin Yi said speechlessly, "What are you even talking about?"

"Shura Field!" Wei Liang said excitedly, "That’s how it is in the comics, right!"

"I don’t want any bloody Shura Fields!" Lin Yi broke into a sweat and thought to himself, how did I end up in a Shura Field when my connection with the Boss is only one class and my acquaintance with Li Huiyuan is merely a day old, all clear and simple?

"And what manga are you reading, dammit! That kind of H-plot where they get up close and personal after just flipping three pages, how can you dare apply that to reality?"

Wei Liang adjusted his cap brim and said seriously, "Old Lin, I didn’t expect you to have discerned the patterns in H-manga. All those H-manga I picked out for you have not been in vain, to boost your posture—oops, I mean knowledge. As the saying goes, train a soldier for a thousand days to use him for one moment, now it’s your time to take action!"

"Get lost!" Lin Yi said with a dark face, thinking if the Boss overheard the kind of inflammatory talk that Wei Liang was inciting, they’d probably both get their asses kicked...

"Alright then~ I’m gonna go wash up and maybe bump into a beautiful Sports Student girl~" Wei Liang giggled in a cheap manner, then hunched his neck, clutching a bag, and ran off towards the Swimming Hall, laughing weirdly like someone who’s sneaked off with a dog.

Lin Yi watched Wei Liang’s retreating figure with mixed emotions, then let out a deep sigh. Since starting school, it was only in the Gymnasium that he would see Wei Liang so uninhibitedly relaxed.

He glanced in the direction of the Gymnastics Hall, hesitated for a moment, but then decided to go directly to find the Boss and Li Huiyuan.

After all, other than Xu Shunkang, he was a stranger to everyone else, and now that he had found the Boss, there was no need to look for anyone else.

Looking over the entire Gymnasium, was there any Sports Student who was a better target to report to than the Boss?

So, he slung his bag over his shoulder and made his way to the stairs leading to the Gymnastics Hall.

But just as he started to move, a premonition surged within his heart without any reason, and his vision flickered a few times. Operating on instinct, he quickly turned his head to look back to his previous spot.

On looking, he saw the floor, which had been restored, had once again become dented down with exposed rough edges all around.

Yet this scene switched back and forth between the dented and normal floor each time he blinked...

Lin Yi felt his eyes were getting blurry; the fast-flashing changes without much color difference were simply disorienting.

But then, he heard a sound that sent chills down his spine.

"Clang... Clang... Clang..."

It was not the sound of chains being dragged, but rather the noise of chains swinging in the wind, metal links grating against each other.

The sound came from above his head, which immediately reminded him of that group of broken sculptures that were chained and hung up in the abandoned bookshelf area...

"They really can’t rest in peace?!"

Lin Yi’s body stiffened all of a sudden, and he felt a chill run through him.

He’s already in the Gymnasium; how could this happen?!

He shook his head vigorously, and when he focused again, the floor was back to normal, and the grating "clang" sound of the chains had also disappeared...

"Sigh..."

Lin Yi took a long sigh and quietly wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

"Let’s meet up with the Boss first..."

For some reason, after feeling the terrifying pressure from the Physical Education Teacher, Lin Yi suddenly felt that the "cost-effectiveness" of sticking with the Boss was the highest; after all, the only threat the Boss posed to him was his foot, at worst just a kick.

If it were the Physical Education Teacher, it could mean a whipping with an iron chain...

Passing by the entrance of the Gymnasium, Lin Yi suddenly thought of something and glanced in the direction of the entrance.

He had run so fast earlier that he had overlooked an issue, which was that there did not seem to be any Sports Students standing guard at the Gymnasium today.

"Could it be because physical education class hasn’t started yet?"

Lin Yi guessed briefly, then immediately shook his head, deciding not to dwell on these things.

"However, if you really think about it..." Lin Yi glanced over the first floor of the Gymnasium, only then noticing that there were very few people playing on the basketball courts, pitifully less compared to his last visit to the Gymnasium.

The casualty situation mentioned by Xu Shunkang came to his mind, and a shade of worry couldn’t help but emerge in his eyes.

Mu Daxian had once said that during the 70th Grey Mist Invasion, the defenders in the Cafeteria area were nearly wiped out, yet that was not the most tragic site in the entire school area. As a "frontline" area, how could the Gymnasium fare any better?

"Was the Grey Mist Invasion last night so terrifying that the Gymnasium also suffered heavy losses?!"

"I wonder if Boss and Li Huiyuan got hurt..."

Unconsciously, he had reached the stairs.

Looking at the staircase in front of him, for some reason, an odd sensation surfaced in his heart.

The emergence of this feeling was not abrupt, but once fully realized, it made Lin Yi feel very sudden.

In theory, the Gymnasium should inspire a sense of safety everywhere, yet now Lin Yi felt a lack of security...

The staircase in front of him did not seem to have anything wrong with it; it even featured incandescent lighting, which was quite sufficient.

"Maybe I’m just being paranoid..." Lin Yi laughed at himself mockingly, shook his head, and then set foot on the stairs.

When he had climbed a few steps, he suddenly realized that there were actually no windows in the staircase of the Gymnasium, not even on the second-floor walls.

This was a very unusual design. Normally, gymnasiums would have windows built into the high walls, but this one had none, seeming to be a completely enclosed environment, with the only contact to the outside being the exit on the first floor and the safety exit leading to the Giant Dome.

This was something Lin Yi had not noticed when he previously observed the Gymnasium, and he didn’t understand such a design, nor did he stop to take a closer look.

However, just as he turned the corner of the staircase and continued to climb, a groundless chill wind blew from somewhere, stirring the hair beside his ear...

He then inexplicably heard the flapping sound of flames and found that the surrounding glow seemed to change, with his own shadow flickering uncertainly.

It was as if... an unstable light source had appeared behind him, casting his shadow into irregular shapes.

As he passed the bend of the stairs and continued upward, his gaze naturally fell, attempting to locate the uncertain source of light.

And just as he looked towards where the light source was "supposed" to be, his entire body stiffened vehemently, and his pitch-black pupils suddenly constricted!

He saw that on the normally smooth wall, a candelabrum had inexplicably appeared at some point!

It was an ancient bronze candelabrum, the intricate and old circular holder was covered in congealed wax, and a candle upon it flickered uncertainly, as if it would go out at any moment.

Lin Yi recognized the style of this candelabrum; it was something that shouldn’t belong in the school’s layers—

This was the type of candelabrum found in the castle of the Art Building!!!