AnalogHorror: Rule Kaidan 4016
Chapter 960 - 446

Chapter 960: Chapter 446

But this reaction is definitely the real Wei Liang.

Lin Yi let out a faint sigh, his breath finally calming down, but as he glanced up, he saw Li Huiyuan with a serious expression.

Thinking about how he couldn’t differentiate between Li Huiyuan and the little girl earlier, his toes couldn’t help but curl inside his shoes. If he mentions this, would Li Huiyuan actually take out that Yang...energetic baseball bat and beat him?

"Uh, I..." Lin Yi hesitantly began, unsure of what Li Huiyuan’s expression meant.

But he could never keep up with Li Huiyuan’s thought process. Li Huiyuan demanded with a cute yet stern face, "Honestly, who did you dream of?"

"Uh... what?!" Lin Yi exclaimed in surprise and quickly said, "I was just tricking Liangzi... I actually fell through the layers earlier; my consciousness was taken by a fake version of you and I almost couldn’t come back."

Hearing this, Li Huiyuan maintained a serious expression, "So your dream lover was a fake me? Why couldn’t it be the real... um, I mean, how do you know it was fake?"

Having entered the Student Passage, how could I not know it was fake? Furthermore, the little girl had already shown her true form... Lin Yi muttered to himself, but suddenly realized something and quickly tapped Li Huiyuan on the head, "Come on, Li Huiyuan, is your mind filled only with these things?"

Li Huiyuan immediately panicked upon hearing this and pointed at Wei Liang’s back, her face full of innocence, "It’s all Liang Liangzi’s fault! If it weren’t for him giving me so many good books, I wouldn’t know so many strange positions—no, so much strange knowledge!"

As Wei Liang took a step into the Student Passage, he staggered, nearly losing his balance.

"Ahem... let’s not worry about this now, let’s hurry and eat," Lin Yi suggested.

Li Huiyuan nodded, "Okay, I’ll go ahead then."

After the farewell, Li Huiyuan headed towards another passage. Lin Yi withdrew his gaze and couldn’t help squinting toward the direction of the Green Forest Belt, then made his way to the entrance of the Student Passage.

He was about to take another step into the Student Passage, but did not enter; instead, he stood at the entrance, recalling the scenes of when he was guided away by the Contractor through the layers.

The intense sense of reality made him question the boundaries of reality, and the one thing he could rely on for self-anchoring might not just be identity proof, but his watch.

More precisely, it was the consistent flow of time on the watch.

[Time is the eternal anchor]

This phrase unexpectedly surfaced in Lin Yi’s mind.

Perhaps this is the underlying logic of exiling the Contractor, and also the reason the Contractor found him.

He quietly gazed at the Student Passage before him. Having been here so many times, it was the first time he felt an aversion to entering.

The Student Passage was clearly filled with amber light, exuding a gentle atmosphere, yet he felt the light colder than usual, as if the cool autumn moonlight had been shattered and scattered haphazardly within the passage.

The slowly swaying chandelier seemed like a glowing head from a damaged sculpture, while the pitted marks on the surrounding stone walls resembled the wrinkles formed from twisted and contorted library floors.

Taking a deep breath, he stepped into the Student Passage.

At the moment of entry, the cold sensation washed over him like a wave, the chill causing the fine hair on his skin to stand on end.

In a fleeting moment, he seemed to hear those intermittent calls, as if calling his name, or perhaps whispering that ancient and obscure language...

[Lin Yi...]

[Når den...]

[Lin Yi...]

[svarte månen...]

[...]

But these whispers came quickly and disappeared even quicker, almost occurring just as he crossed into the passage, and once inside, everything vanished without a trace.

"Hiss..." Lin Yi gasped, adjusted his sleeve, and hurried forward.

After taking a few steps, he noticed Wei Liang waiting ahead. At this moment, Wei Liang was rubbing his hands and exhaling, muttering, "You know what, Old Lin, it really is a bit cold... but why does it feel like my neck is even colder?"

Of course, that’s because your admirer Huihuizi is appreciating you... Lin Yi internally mourned for Wei Liang for a moment but did not respond.

Having previously been secretly messed with by the Contractor, Lin Yi was now much more careful, regardless of whether the person in front was really Wei Liang, he remained silent.

Moreover, Wei Liang had entered the Student Passage separate from him, logically speaking, it would be best not to acknowledge him before leaving the Student Passage.

So he quietly passed Wei Liang, heading towards the exit of the Student Passage.

Wei Liang got angry upon seeing this.

"Hey, Old Lin, you rascal, did a dream cause you to grow up? Or did you dream of fighting off fairy warriors like Jia Baoyu? Did you get to play with real fairy warriors?"

Wei Liang chased after Wei Liang, looking like a young boy planting rice rushing to eat watermelon in the hot summer.

Lin Yi fixed his gaze on the exit of the Student Passage, silently counting the steps in his mind. When he counted to one hundred, his view suddenly widened, and he successfully completed the Student Passage.

He instinctively glanced at a specific spot at the exit of the Student Passage, and the smile on his face faded considerably.

He pressed his lips together, a wave of sadness slowly spreading in his chest.