AnalogHorror: Rule Kaidan 4016
Chapter 661 - 302: Illusion... "4016

Chapter 661: Chapter 302: Illusion... "4016

Li Huiyuan became somewhat entranced as she watched, and for a moment, she forgot to swim. Her body slowly sank into the water, until the pool’s water brushed past her nose and choked her, which suddenly snapped her back to reality, and she quickly regained her senses.

"Too bizarre!" Li Huiyuan shuddered uncontrollably. When she looked at Lin Yi again, there was still light rippling around him, but the blending sensation of light and shadow breaking apart was no longer there.

It seemed that the scene she had just witnessed was nothing more than an illusion.

Just then, she saw Xu Shunkang, who had changed into swimwear, enter the Swimming Hall and head straight for the Boss.

Xu Shunkang said something to the Boss, but Boss’s face showed no change in expression as if everything was within his expectations.

Xu Shunkang paused for a moment, only to see the Boss give him further instructions. A series of odd expressions flickered through his eyes, and he quietly stepped back.

Lin Yi also noticed this scene but had no idea what had happened.

Just as he was distracted by this, he heard a calling voice beside his ear:

[Lin Yi...]

At the same time, he felt as though something cold and sinister was silently winding around his ankle...

"?!"

He was shocked to find that his feet were indeed unable to move and were about to sink.

He quickly held his breath and dunked his head underwater, looking down at his feet.

He did not find anything on his feet that could have wrapped around them, but he noticed due to the change in light and shadow, a shadow cast on his foot, and where that shadow fell, a strong gripping sensation emerged, as if something had entangled his foot.

He tried to stir the water, but the underwater light and shadow were unaffected by the rippling water.

He felt the shadow’s binding sensation growing stronger, and this kind of non-physical entity had surpassed his cognition and resistance, so nothing he did had any effect.

[Lin Yi...]

He heard that voice again.

[Lin Yi... it’s Wei Liang...]

[I’m Wei Liang...]

A terrifying calling voice grew clearer by his ear...

His vision suddenly flickered, and he realized that the pool floor that should have been there, laying flat against the tiles, had disappeared at some point, and below him was an endless, deep black hole...

He was clearly in the swimming pool, but a sense of terror akin to thalassophobia instantly enveloped him...

That dark abyss seemed to possess a sort of magical power, shadows tangling around his leg like tangible tentacles, beginning to creep up bit by bit...

Meanwhile, that deep and echoing voice intermittently made its way from the black abyss...

[I’m Wei Liang...]

[I drowned at the beach...]

[You looked for my corpse... you didn’t find it...]

[The one by your side is a fake...]

[Don’t trust him...]

[Don’t... trust him...]

[Trust me... Lin Yi...]

[I’m still here... quickly bring me back...]

[I... am right here...]

[Come quickly... come quickly...]

In the dark depths, the sound of clanking chains traveled better through water, blending with the intermittent voice, as if some eerie entity was using mimicry to call out.

Yet, in the dim space where light and shadow intersected, he seemed to see a vague outline gradually emerging, appearing as a corpse or something else, its body bound by chains, with the other end extending into the darkness of the void.

That figure... seemed to really be Wei Liang.

Its skin displayed an unnatural gray-blue hue, like the texture of ancient sculptures that have undergone the baptism of long years, and the pattern of clothes on it was covered with moss...

It was a statue...

A broken statue, shackled by chains, like those in the abandoned Group 18 classroom, only this statue was, for some reason, locked in the water and also floating upward.

If not for the chains, Lin Yi even suspected it would come directly to him.

[Lin Yi... take a look at me...]

[Look at me...]

[Come look at me... and you’ll know everything...]

[Come quickly...]

[Come on...]

Lin Yi had an eerie feeling in his heart, wanting to go over and yet his instinct was to resist...

He didn’t believe it was Wei Liang, but curiosity was pounding in his chest.

However, the abyss slowly grew in his sight...

He had not approached the abyss; instead, the abyss moved towards him.

He was shocked.

He remembered he was underwater!

And being under the water... means sinking!

He urgently raised his head, feeling a chill in his heart.

"Indeed..."

Although he had only held his breath and dunked his face under the surface of the water, when he raised his head now, he found he was at a considerable distance from the surface, and the binding sensation on his feet had disappeared.

He hurriedly swam upwards.

Upwards... upwards...

"Hmm?!"

Lin Yi’s heart skipped a beat, a chill running down his spine.

With horror, he realized he had lost control of his body!

It was not that the sensation of being bound had disappeared, but he could no longer feel that binding!

Despite having undergone recovery training, this "special effect," completely unrelated to recovery from injury, left him utterly helpless!

"Gurgle..."

He struggled a bit, and bubbles rose from his mouth.