AnalogHorror: Rule Kaidan 4016
Chapter 92 - 42 Gymnasium Rules_2

Chapter 92: Chapter 42 Gymnasium Rules_2

"Never ask a Sports Student for help when you spot an Angel Sculpture (in super conspicuous bold text)!!"

"12. The Gymnasium is a closed environment; it is absolutely impossible for wind to blow in or for rain to fall inside."

"If you feel a breeze carrying the scent of the sea, please hold your Student ID card in your hand immediately and head to the second-floor stand of the Giant Dome via the Safety Passage; the interior of the Gymnasium is no longer safe."

"If you are dripped on by rain and notice mist seeping out from underneath the floor, please hold your Student ID card in your hand immediately and leave the Gymnasium."

"At this time:

If it’s not raining outside the Gymnasium, even if there is fog, please run desperately along the road lined with street lamps until you leave the area of the Gymnasium."

"If it is raining outside the Gymnasium, please head straight to the second-floor stand of the Giant Dome and wait for the arrangements of the sports teacher."

"13. If you see fragments of a sculpture or elements containing tomatoes outside the experience area of the Gymnasium:

Please check your location immediately upon realizing this. If you remember that you have accidentally taken the wrong path, please leave immediately, and do not touch them during this time."

"If you find that you cannot leave, please close your eyes before the sculpture’s fragments begin to tremble slightly, and tell yourself in your heart that you have already left the Gymnasium."

"When you feel a sea breeze coming right at you, open your eyes, and you will know what to do."

"14. Entering the Gymnasium basement is strictly forbidden!!! (in red font with an underline)."

"Wish you safe entry and exit."

"Wish you safe entry and exit..." Lin Yi looked at the last six words and couldn’t move his gaze away for quite some time.

Putting aside the other rules, just the events of the past two days had already given him the feeling that even achieving "safe entry and exit" was a luxury.

As for the other rules, Lin Yi had only glanced at them and had not yet started to memorize them when Wei Liang’s urging voice already rang in his ears:

"Old Lin, hurry up and grab the Gymnasium Rules; that’s all we need. Let’s go to class!"

"If the sports teacher doesn’t show up and lets us have a study period, that’d be fine, but if he comes and we’re late... that would be too horrible."

...

May 7, 2023, 14:30.

Lin Yi and Wei Liang arrived at the basketball court on the first floor of the Gymnasium. The sports teacher wasn’t there, so this was theoretically a "free activity class."

"Great... it’s a free activity." Wei Liang obviously heaved a huge sigh of relief.

Lin Yi asked in confusion, "What’s the matter, Liangzi? Is the sports teacher that scary?"

"The sports teacher..." Wei Liang thought for a moment and then shuddered suddenly, "The sports teacher is too scary!"

He explained, "Last time I came for a trial, I also had three sports classes. My third sports class was on the sixth day. Damn it, I was almost starved for a day by then, my mind was getting hazy, and I was starting to feel groggy. And guess what?"

"The sports teacher, who had been skipping classes, suddenly turned up for class. Not only did she come, but she also caught me alone for victimization. During the entire 1-hour sports class, she held me underwater for an hour!!!"

"I felt like I was gonna drink the entire swimming pool dry!"

"Then I went back to the dorm and came down with a high fever!"

"Following the advice of the ’Student Rules,’ I wanted to go find the head teacher, but the fog that day was just too dense, and it seemed like it was also raining, so I just stayed in the dorm..."

"After enduring the last day, I left immediately."

"It was almost because of the sports teacher that I almost died!"

Wei Liang was full of resentment towards the sports teacher, yet he also held a sense of dread, suggesting that the water in the Swimming Hall was not pleasant to drink.

"Gymnastics class is so much better... tsk tsk." Wei Liang clicked his tongue in admiration, "Alright, now that it’s a free activity for sports class, Old Lin, I’m going to find a gymnastics senior to learn some moves—not that, to acquire some knowledge. You stay here... never mind, just wander around!"

"Ah right, remember to move within the experience area marked on the map! My suggestion for you is to find a place to sit down and familiarize yourself with the Gymnasium Rules first. I’m off then~"

"Senior sister, senior sister, I’m on my way~~~" Wei Liang said before he, as if greased on the soles of his feet, joyfully jogged towards the stairs, rushing to the gymnastics room on the second floor.

"See color, forget friends." Watching Wei Liang disappear up the stairs, Lin Yi sneered coldly.

He caressed the Gymnasium Rules in his hand, flipped to the last page, and unfolded the map from it to start examining.

The map of the Gymnasium was a bit like those flat maps found in shopping malls, with the main body being the first floor’s plan, and the expansion being the second floor’s plan.

From the first floor’s plan, the positions of the PE teacher’s office, equipment room, Swimming Hall, basketball court, and other locations were clear at a glance, and in the top-left corner of the Gymnasium, there was a marked "Safety Passage," connecting the first floor of the Gymnasium to the first tier of stands in the Giant Dome.

In these areas, most of the zones were blue, while places like the PE teacher’s office and equipment room were green, and some areas where entry was forbidden were simply blacked out with heavy ink.

The map’s permitted activity areas were nearly identical to those described in the Gymnasium Rules, essentially serving to help students quickly locate their own positions.

Lin Yi folded the map and started observing the interior environment of the Gymnasium.

The entire Gymnasium featured a cantilevered structure, with just the first layer reaching over five meters high, and the ceiling was filled with many high-intensity LED lights, the dazzling white light blinding to the eyes, preventing Lin Yi from observing for too long.

But he still noticed something.

He squinted and took another look at the ceiling.

LED lights made up the majority in the ceiling, but it was not entirely LED lights; in the gaps between the LEDs, there were also many incandescent bulbs.

The incandescent bulbs may have been lit as well, but their light was entirely covered by the LEDs.

Besides, since the interior of the Gymnasium was all flooring, even if the white light mixed with some yellow light from the incandescent bulbs, it didn’t look very noticeable.

"Why would they install some incandescent bulbs when they already have LED lights..." Lin Yi looked around and suddenly, his entire being was startled!

"Is that... a kerosene lamp?!"

In such a modern and fashionable Gymnasium, there was an old-fashioned kerosene lamp!

Moreover, this was not an old kerosene lamp for decoration, but one that was in actual use, emitting light!

"This lamp?!"

He instantly thought of something, hurriedly rubbed his eyes, and looked again.

With this look, it was as if he had the Thousand Li Eye, and he immediately identified the texture and quality of the old kerosene lamp.

At that moment, he was absolutely certain it was the same kind of old kerosene lamp that the security guards carried!

He was shocked and couldn’t help but stand up from his crouching position and then quickened his pace towards the location of the kerosene lamp.

However, he had not walked far when he stopped near the location of the old kerosene lamp,

He keenly sensed something, hurriedly took out the map to compare his position with that of the old kerosene lamp.

He then found that while he was indeed within the experience area, that old kerosene lamp was hanging within a forbidden area!

The spot where the old kerosene lamp was hanging was a rather dim area of the Gymnasium, mounted on the wall, with its amber-yellow glow spreading out a domain, imparting a warm and reassuring feeling.

Lin Yi looked at the old kerosene lamp and suddenly realized it was not the only one.

At a distance not much different from it, there was another lamp, exactly like the old kerosene lamp.

And then, after a certain distance, there was another old kerosene lamp mounted on the wall.

One after another, the old kerosene lamps, with their light screens, paved a path that seemed out of place in the new-style Gymnasium.

Lin Yi followed the direction of the old kerosene lamps and saw that the corridor led to an unknown destination, with the end apparently lit but still utterly dark.

Indistinctly, he saw a door in the dark area, and behind the door was a flight of stairs.

A flight of stairs leading to the basement.