AnalogHorror: Rule Kaidan 4016
Chapter 88 - 40: The Nonexistent Path (5200 words, extra 1000 words!)_3

Chapter 88: Chapter 40: The Nonexistent Path (5200 words, extra 1000 words!)_3

Even if the whole world had disappeared, even if all he had left were the few cobblestones beneath his feet, that was enough to prove he was still "on the road"!

[Please look down and focus on the ground beneath your feet, looking for any reference that can reassure you that you are still on the road.]

He seemed to have found a lifeline; he lay on the ground, protecting the few cobblestones as if they were heirlooms.

He fixed his gaze on these cobblestones, then suddenly realized that there was a huge problem with them.

All cobblestones should be oval, but the ones in front of him were irregular, as if some strange force had twisted their original shapes!

But Lin Yi watched the cobblestones with frenzied eyes.

The cobblestones were twisted and deformed, like a mad world.

Like... the world he was seeing!

"Whooosh—"

The sea breeze whistled by his ears, as if echoing with the distant song of the Sea Monster.

"Boom, boom—"

The thunder overhead was deafening, as if the eye of the storm wanted to devour the entire world.

"Huff... huff..."

The mist spread, thickened, more like waves or tides, layering over one another, slowly advancing towards him.

"Sea breeze! Cobblestones!"

He pressed his palms tightly against the surface of the cobblestones, feeling their twisted textures, and slowly closed his eyes...

A creeping white fog spread forth, slowly enveloping him...

"My name is Lin Yi, my student ID is X0230506098, I am on my way to the gymnasium..."

He murmured non-stop, affirming his belief, forcing himself to relax, touching the cobblestone textures, feeling the direction of the sea breeze.

Gradually, he turned from facing into the sea breeze to having it at his back.

Then, his palm glided along one of the textures on the cobblestone...

"My name is Lin Yi, my student ID is X0230506098, I am on my way to the gymnasium..."

He kept on whispering.

Just as his palm left that cobblestone, his fingertips touched a new cobblestone ahead...

This cobblestone was still distorted, but not as outrageously as the previous one.

He was delighted, knowing his deduction was correct.

Using both hands, eyes tightly shut, he felt the push of the sea breeze and kept crawling forward, touching the cobblestones.

Suddenly...

A "shuffling" sound came near his ears.

He abruptly stopped moving, tensely arched his back, his whole body’s muscles slowly tensed, like a blinded cheetah.

"Shuffle, shuffle..."

He could feel such sounds continuously approaching from all around, as if someone was dragging stones across the ground.

He paused, then reached into his pocket and clutched his student ID card tightly in his palm.

Then he held his breath, and continued yelling in his mind—

"I am Lin Yi! My student ID is X0230506098! I am on my way to the gymnasium!"

"Shuffle, shuffle—"

The sound of stones scraping the ground around him grew louder; he felt as if he could sense cold stones brushing against his body.

The hairs on his arms stood on end.

He shouted louder in his mind.

And the surrounding "shuffling" sounds became even denser.

He felt as if something was reaching out from behind him, then hovering over his shoulder, seemingly hesitant to land due to some fear.

"Boom——"

A dull thunder rumbled, and the eye of the storm let out a joyous roar.

"Drip...drip...drip...drip..."

"Drip!"

A drop of rain drifted onto Lin Yi.

Just one drop of rain, cold as a bullet, made his body involuntarily spasm!

A strong scent of death instantly enveloped him, and his scalp went numb—he sensed something that hovered on his shoulder, striking down at that moment!

"Rain!!!"

"It’s rain!!!"

"The rain has taken away my ’invincible to attacks’ effect!"

Lin Yi’s back turned cold, and his limbs lost contact with his brain momentarily.

"Damn it! Fucking hell!"

He roared inwardly, and his limbs snapped back under his control!

"I am Lin Yi! My student ID is X0230506098!"

With force in his arms and a kick of his legs, he slid along the cobblestone by a body’s length!

"I am on my way to the gymnasium!!"

Though there was only a shoe print’s area of cobblestone, it seemed to endlessly appear before Lin Yi’s hands, indeed allowing him to slide forward!

Just as he slid forward, a loud "Bang!" noise came from where he had just been.

It was like the sound of someone lifting a rock and smashing it on the ground.

Unimaginable what it would be like to be hit by that thing!

He swallowed, daring not to breathe, to open his eyes, nor to pause even slightly.

He gritted his teeth and continued to crawl forward, touching the cobblestones as the breath of death closely chased him, turning from a "rustling" into a "gurgling" noise, enveloping him from all directions!

Lin Yi moved like a swimming dragon, similar to a lizard crawling close to the cobblestone.

"I am Lin Yi, my student ID is X0230506098, I am on my way to the gymnasium..."

"I am Lin Yi, my student ID is X0230506098, I am on my way to the gymnasium..."

His will was ironclad, his movements ethereal as a deity!

Until the cobblestone, through twisted sensations, straightened into a regular oval shape.

He still hadn’t opened his eyes.

He was still crawling!

But gradually, he noticed the strong sea breeze that brought a tremendous push had significantly weakened.

He noticed those "rustling" sounds fading near his ears until they vanished completely...

The eerie scent of death, somehow, had also disappeared...

His back felt somewhat warm.

"I am Lin Yi, my student ID is X0230506098, I am on my way to the gymnasium..." he slowly opened his eyes.

He found himself lying on a cobblestone-paved road, catching a glimpse of a lamppost in the corner of his eye.

He exhaled softly, then suddenly noticed a pair of feet clad in super thick socks in his field of vision.

He was slightly stunned, then slowly raised his head.

"Why the gloom, buddy? I just walked a couple of steps faster, did you really have to dive to kiss my feet?"

Wei Liang looked down at him with a peculiar expression, with a clear blue sky behind his head.

The sunlight in the blue sky was just right.