AnalogHorror: Rule Kaidan 4016
Chapter 966 - 449: The Convenience Store in the Mist

Chapter 966: Chapter 449: The Convenience Store in the Mist

When the chef in the green apron realized something was wrong, the spatial threads had already begun to reset, while the expansion point on Lin Yi’s side suddenly compressed. He took advantage of this force to reverse compress the spatial threads, propelling himself to achieve short-distance teleportation like the chef in the green apron...

However, unlike the chef in the green apron stealthily moving in the darkness, Lin Yi shot out like Mr. Muscles under the sunlight, "biu!" In the blink of an eye, he slid to the entrance of the convenience store.

One must admit, the chef in the green apron’s trick wasn’t really complicated. But once Lin Yi saw through it, it became a "simple yet domineering" skill of his own.

Lin Yi had several such simple yet domineering skills.

When Lin Yi left, the plastic wind curtain at the entrance of the student cafeteria was lifted, and the dust-covered Mountain Man entered, burdened with large and small packages.

As soon as he came in, the Mountain Man seemed to sense something unusual and instinctively glanced at the convenience store’s location.

But from his perspective, that corner, tangled in lights and shadows, seemed to float with a massive amount of dust, like the visual illusion formed after a light beam pierces the ocean’s surface.

He frowned slightly and then withdrew his gaze.

Just as he withdrew, the sinister pancake face of the chef in the green apron "swooshed" into view right in front of him.

"Student... New product recommendation... Tomato meat sauce dry noodles... Do you want to try it?"

The Mountain Man’s pupils trembled violently, one hand already reaching for the backpack behind him, but he soon restrained himself from making further moves. He silently bypassed the chef in the green apron and lined up to purchase meals...

...

May 10, X023, cafeteria first floor, entrance of the convenience store.

Lin Yi used the "force" from the chef in the green apron as a slingshot, propelling himself to the entrance of the convenience store. A few more steps forward, and he completely arrived at the front door.

The dim yellow light flickering from within the convenience store spread out like an orange mist at the entrance, painting a dark and dreary domain. Even though it was noon, the area around the convenience store’s entrance was still shrouded in darkness.

Lin Yi’s heart suddenly throbbed. He looked back on the path he came from, only to find the student cafeteria behind him had vanished.

"Can’t go back...?" Lin Yi’s heart skipped a beat. Even though he knew the convenience store was the convenience store owner’s territory, the feeling of an invisible hand cutting off his retreat still gave him a constipation-like feeling, as if there was a bone stuck in his throat.

He redirected his gaze to the current convenience store, enveloped in orange light mist. Now in the mist, it stood in an isolated spot, reminiscent of the Dragon Gate Inn in Hong Kong films...

Except the flying yellow sand had been replaced with endless mist, and the vast desert had become an endless darkness.

He was struck by a bizarre illusion that the convenience store to the Misty World was like a streetlamp to a campus at night. Somehow, he felt it was like the only sanctuary in a mist-shrouded dark world...

"Lin Yi... Lin Yi..."

A distant calling voice drifted through the misty sandstorm.

This time, there was no sound of waves crashing against rocks, nor the urgent whistling of wind, only that ethereal voice echoing as if coming through a serene valley.

"Lin Yi... Lin Yi..."

The voice persistently echoed, calling only his name, or perhaps a certain number.

"Sha sha sha..."

"Sha sha sha..."

Amidst the fog of pale white, strange silhouettes seemed to appear; were they nocturnal species, or perhaps not the usual ones, but... nocturnal species resembling hounds from the Art Building’s corridor!

These hound-like figures roamed and wandered in the mist, yet were intimidated by the convenience store’s light, like nocturnal species fearing streetlight poles, they feared the convenience store’s light.

They prowled along the boundary, not daring to make any transgression, but their desire and greed were acutely captured in Lin Yi’s heart.

"Aren’t they from the Art Building? Why appear here?"

Lin Yi felt an inexplicable panic. He wasn’t scared, but when a cockroach appeared at home, it meant a nest of them was already there.

"Lin Yi... Lin Yi..."

"You can’t leave..."

"Can’t leave..."

"We are waiting for you here... waiting for you..."

The distant calling voice trickled in, much like a complete sentence that, after numerous back-and-forth translations between man and machine, lost its original flavor, yet even this residual essence was as striking as a beautiful woman ending her day at a comic expo revealing her glossy lemon-scented jade feet at home...

To prevent this eerie feeling from clouding his judgment while maintaining his perception, Lin Yi, in desperation, chose to associate it with such imagery.

And to reinforce that association, Lin Yi brought Wei Liang into the picture.

If Fortune Life Wei Liang the Celestial were here, he might crown Lin Yi’s unprecedented association with a humorous name filled with Wei-style crafty tricks—Sticky Fragrant Smoked Fish (Jade).

"Pfft..."

Lin Yi couldn’t help but laugh insincerely, his cognition wavering for a moment.

And this adjustment allowed him once more to sink his perception into the mist.

Before this, he focused his attention on his watch.