Chapter 142: Staring into the Void

Chapter 142: Staring into the Void

Chapter 142: Staring into the Void
Because of the lack of sunlight for a long time, the green scar on her back began to grow thicker and thicker, from the original thickness of a hair to the thickness of a black signing pen, and then to the thickness of a green tear mark...

Green mist began to emanate from her wounds, lingering around her like armor.

At this time, she had a kind of artistic conception of "clouds follow dragons and winds follow tigers" in Lin Yi's "deduction"...

But this is not a good thing.

As the green mist penetrated, the tear-like wound continued to expand. This time, the green mist that permeated the crack became condensed, and began to change from floating mist to emitting green powder particles one by one...

This was a scene that gave people goosebumps. Just thinking about it would make people with trypophobia die on the spot. Lin Yi felt that he was almost killed by this damn scene.

After the green powder particles appeared, Li Huiyuan's body began to undergo a terrifying change. Her skin color began to turn grayish white at a speed visible to the naked eye. She looked like an ancient grayish-white portrait, and her eyes began to lose their last bit of brilliance...

Her steps as she climbed the stairs became increasingly awkward and stiff, until they finally froze completely, transforming her into a pure white human sculpture that maintained the posture of climbing the stairs.

At this moment, the spiral Fibonacci sequence of stairs was still below her, and the spiral Fibonacci sequence of stairs was still above her head. However, she seemed to have become a lonely, tiny, insignificant speck of dust among the endless stairs...

The picture "deduced" in the mind was completely frozen at this moment, and then it exploded into countless broken fragments with a loud "boom".

"?!"

Lin Yi suddenly came back to his senses and looked down at the time.

15: 14.

"One minute!"

"Only one minute has passed?!"

But the deduction in his mind seemed to have followed Li Huiyuan for a long time!

He glanced at Li Huiyuan beside him, only to find that Li Huiyuan was also looking at him with a puzzled look in her eyes: "Why are you looking at me like this all of a sudden?"

"Nothing." Lin Yi shook his head, thinking that the image floating in his mind just now was too real, as if Li Huiyuan in a parallel universe had completed that action, and he witnessed it with his own eyes in this layer.

"Is it because I guessed this scene, so my brain imagined such a scene based on my existing 'cognition'?"

Lin Yi didn't know.

But after what happened just now, he suddenly remembered something - something he had ignored for a long time.

Or rather...the basic operation that he almost forgot.

"Don't move around here. I'll be back soon." Lin Yi turned around, looked at Li Huiyuan seriously, and said something that was too complicated.

As he said this, he wanted to let go of Li Huiyuan's hand and walk into the stairwell, but Li Huiyuan held him back.

"It's okay. I'm confident." Lin Yi comforted.

"I... take me with you." Li Huiyuan held his hand tightly, like a stray cat who was afraid of being abandoned.

Lin Yi hesitated for a moment, then nodded: "Okay, but you'd better pay attention to me the whole time, and once you feel unconscious, tell me immediately."

"Okay." Li Huiyuan nodded heavily.

Lin Yi then held Li Huiyuan's hand with one hand, and put his other hand into his trouser pocket, tightly holding the student ID in his trouser pocket, and then silently recited in his heart:

"I'm Lin Yi, my student number is X0230506098, and I'm walking from the first floor to the second floor in the stairwell of Building B of the teaching building..."

"I'm Lin Yi, my student number is X0230506098, and I'm walking from the first floor to the second floor in the stairwell of Building B of the teaching building..."

"I am Lin Yi..."

Sure enough, when he forced himself to strengthen his will, the entire stairwell became normal, and then, the two steps that were originally symmetrical to each other with the axis of the stairwell in the distorted layer became only the one on the right.

"It really works! I fucking knew it!" Lin Yi was delighted.

I have played too many high-end games, and always relied on my willpower to correct my cognition. I almost forgot about this simple and basic operation.

Lin Yi walked up the stairs, then took Li Huiyuan's hand and walked slowly up along the right wall, until he reached the corner, and then walked the remaining half floor in the sunlight, arriving at the second floor of Teaching Building B.

Taking a look at the architectural style, columns and corridor design outside the stairwell that were almost identical to those on the first floor, Lin Yi suddenly had a strange feeling - if he forgot the number of floors here, would it become a horror story?
This thought immediately came to mind, but before it could take shape, he shattered it with a punch. Then he took a deep breath and continued to recite in his mind:

"I'm Lin Yi, my student number is X0230506098, and I'm walking from the second floor to the third floor in the stairwell of Building B of the teaching building..."

"I am Lin Yi..."

……

"I'm Lin Yi, my student number is X0230506098, and I'm walking from the third floor to the fourth floor in the stairwell of Building B of the teaching building..."

"I am Lin Yi..."

……

He followed the same method and reached the fourth floor of Building B of the teaching building.

Of course, after reaching the fourth floor, the stairs become the end point.

He squinted his eyes and glanced at the end of the stairwell, then looked at the last step and gradually narrowed his eyes.

"Lin, classmate Lin..." Li Huiyuan on this side suddenly called his name in a trembling voice.

At the same time, he also felt Li Huiyuan subconsciously tightening his hand, and he could also feel the other's body trembling slightly.

The slight tremor caused by the fear of the unknown was transmitted along his arm to his hand. At the same time, he could clearly feel the chill emanating from Li Huiyuan's palm.

Lin Yi wanted to pat her shoulder and tell her not to worry, but when he thought of his other hand holding his student ID in his pocket, he gave up after a little hesitation.

"Don't worry, we'll go back to the first floor now."

Lin Yi tried to calm Li Huiyuan with a calm and low voice. Li Huiyuan said "hmm" softly, but Lin Yi did not feel relieved. On the contrary, her hands clenched even tighter.

Lin Yi quickly recited the "protective spell" in his heart, and then began to rush to the first floor with Li Huiyuan.

"I'm Lin Yi, my student number is X0230506098, I'm walking down the stairwell of Building B from the fourth floor to the third floor..." "I'm Lin Yi..."

He muttered to himself in his heart, and it really made him feel like he was reciting the Taoist magic formula to exorcise demons and ward off evil spirits...

Not long after, the two successfully returned to the first floor and walked out of the stairwell.

Lin Yi lowered his head and glanced at his watch.

15: 27.

"It took 14 minutes to go back and forth... not bad."

Because he had to take Li Huiyuan with him, and Li Huiyuan had to focus her attention on him, so he had to slow down. In this way, the whole trip only took 14 minutes, which could truly be called "smooth".

But is it really going smoothly in reality?

When Lin Yi walked out of the stairs, the fine beads of sweat on his forehead had already sparkled in the sunlight...

All this happened just because of a glance he took towards the end of the stairs when he was on the fourth floor of the teaching building.

When he arrived at the fourth floor of the teaching building, he originally wanted to take Li Huiyuan out of the stairwell, and then look back at the environment on the fourth floor. But the moment he turned around, his intuition immediately told him - no, in fact, there was no need for intuition at all. When he arrived at the fourth floor of the teaching building and stopped silently repeating "I am Lin Yi..." in his heart, he could already clearly feel a tingling sensation as if countless wheat thorns were pressing against his back.

It was a terrifying feeling as if he was being stared at by a swarm of bloodthirsty rats. He could feel countless cold, evil, greedy and bloodthirsty eyes staring at him from somewhere behind him.

At that moment, his vision once again entered the quality of an exposed black and white photo, and he saw the terrifying green mist behind him.

He then squinted his eyes and looked towards the end of the stairs.

In the dead, broken wall, he saw a staircase winding and twisting out from the end of the staircase.

The stairwell formed by the steps was densely packed with countless nocturnal species. They huddled in a layer that was impossible to see with the naked eye, all squeezed to death in the narrow and claustrophobic corridor. Various fleshy lines twisted and intertwined, and their large bloodshot eyes rolled around, as if staring at every person who stepped onto the stairs...

When he was targeted by those twisted nocturnal creatures, he felt that the green mist mark on his chest suddenly became active, as if it was sending out some kind of signal.

He didn't dare to stay any longer and quickly pulled Li Huiyuan down the stairs.

When he reached the first floor of the teaching building, completely left the stairwell and basked in the sunlight, the feeling of being stared at slowly receded like a swarm of snakes wrapped around his legs...

His back was already soaked, and the hand that was tightly holding the student ID card slowly loosened its grip...

"Li Huiyuan, we are back." Lin Yi took his hand out of his trouser pocket, placed it on Li Huiyuan's hand, and said soothingly in a gentle voice.

Feeling the warmth of the sun on her body and hearing Lin Yi's voice, Li Huiyuan's body, which was tense and stiff due to nervousness and fear, slowly relaxed a little...

She calmed down and let go of Lin Yi's hand: "Thank you..."

"I'm glad you're okay." Lin Yi said calmly.

"Um……"

"It's getting late. Let's go back to the classroom and meet up with Liangzi, then go to the cafeteria for dinner..." Lin Yi added, "Well, I'll also help you find a canteen."

……

X023年5月8日，15:32，林异带着李慧鸢回到了B组2班的教室门前。

After confirming that the house number was correct, Lin Yi pressed the door handle and pushed the door open with a "click".

When he pushed the door open, he was suddenly stunned. He actually heard some laughter and chatting sounds through the crack of the door.

Pushing the door open with Li Huiyuan, the two of them instantly attracted the attention of the newcomers in the classroom.

Lin Yi had no intention of retreating. He just looked back at these people's gazes, then frowned slightly.

"A new batch of 'new students' have arrived? Are there people coming every day? Are there really so many people signing up?"

Hearing Lin Yi's muttering, Li Huiyuan was slightly stunned, then looked up.

Looking at the people laughing and chatting in the classroom today, she suddenly felt like she was in a dream again.

Lin Yi did not rush to find Wei Liang, but looked at everyone in the classroom as usual.

In addition to Wei Liang, there are currently 18 sports students in the classroom, 24 experience students who entered the campus yesterday or before, and 7 new experience students.

Lin Yi frowned secretly and whispered to Li Huiyuan: "Another person who came in with you is missing. We walked back from the direction of the bathroom and did not meet him along the way. I think he was killed..."

Li Huiyuan's body trembled when she heard this, and her eyes dimmed. Who could have thought that among the "classmates" who came in together yesterday, there would be so many casualties in just one day.

And thinking that this might be her future, she couldn't help but feel a little sad.

Lin Yi didn't say anything else to her. He knew that Li Huiyuan would be able to adjust her mood by herself.

Excluding him and Wei Liang, there were originally 26 probationary students in the classroom. Now, excluding Li Huiyuan, there are only 24, which naturally means that something has happened to someone.

On the other hand, there were no casualties among the sports students. There were 18 of them when they left last night, and there are still 18 of them now.

As for the seven new interns, Lin Yi originally wanted to simply memorize their characteristics so that he could check tomorrow morning to see who died and who was still alive, but he immediately realized that there seemed to be some "special" people among these people.

There are 7 experience students, 5 males and 2 females.

The reason why I say they are males is because among these five people there is a particularly old male who looks to be around 5 years old.

This person was wearing a khaki windbreaker, his hair was neatly cut, and there was a bulging mountaineering bag at his feet. He was huddled in a seat, looking around the entire classroom, with some panic and restraint in his eyes, as if... he was a little scared.

Two of the four boys who came with him were laughingly joking with him, saying something like "Uncle, you're already old and still come to experience college life". The embarrassment on the uncle's face became more and more intense, and finally he had to shrink back into the seat, with the word "restrained" hanging on his head.

In addition, the remaining two boys and two girls were attracted by Pan Jian’s female companion in the morning. They were listening to the girl’s intermittent description of the strange incident she encountered yesterday with interest, their eyes surging with curiosity and expectation...

Pan Jian's female companion was actually a little dazed. She had experienced too much stimulation last night, and she had survived until now after "witnessing" Pan Jian's death. She had not been able to get out of the shadow of last night, so that she was now in a daze.

(End of this chapter)