AnalogHorror: Rule Kaidan 4016
Chapter 56 - 56 26 Student Passage_2

56: Chapter 26 Student Passage_2 56: Chapter 26 Student Passage_2 If you notice someone entering a passage other than the “Student Passage,” and there’s a security guard nearby, you may inform the guard immediately or choose to ignore it.

If you decide to report to the security guard, please leave the cafeteria right after reporting and never stay behind, let alone be curious about what the guard might do next.

Be wary of those who invite you to take other passages; they harbor evil intentions toward you.

Reject them and try to memorize their appearance.

Keep a safe distance and remain highly vigilant when encountering them in the future; they won’t take rejection lying down.

Lin Yi was also utterly astonished, but before he could say anything, he saw Wei Liang stretching his neck and looking around.

“Liangzi, what are you looking at?” Lin Yi asked.

Wei Liang replied earnestly, “I’m looking for the security guard!”

“Damn, you’re actually going to tell the security guard about this?” Lin Yi said with a strange look on his face.

The rules state you can tell the security guard, or not, but Wei Liang…

his dictionary seemed to truly lack the word “consider.”

At least…

it lacked the phrase “consider carefully.”

An image of the security guard, with his towering stature and that thick, long chain, uncontrollably flashed through Lin Yi’s mind.

A security guard walking through the mist could, barring his head not emitting fire, be a magnified version of the Evil Spirit Knight.

It was impossible to imagine the impact on others after the guard entered another passage, and besides…

he had no idea what the security guard represented in this campus area!

Seeing Lin Yi’s serious expression, Wei Liang muttered “Ah, this” for a while and then said helplessly, “No, you got it wrong.

Although that girl seemed off, Xu Shunkang and Xie Huayang are actually pretty decent guys…”

“Alright, alright, let’s go eat!”

The two of them headed straight for the cafeteria.

Actually, the sign “in front” of the cafeteria wasn’t placed at the entrance of the cafeteria.

There’s a long flight of steps from the sign to the cafeteria, and only after climbing the steps do you reach the entrance of the cafeteria.

After passing the sign, Lin Yi fixed his gaze on the cafeteria.

For some reason, he felt okay when he was outside the territorial boundary of the cafeteria, but as soon as he crossed the limit of the sign, he felt his hairs gradually standing on end.

He hadn’t yet entered the cafeteria, but his subconscious was already generating an unfounded sense of aversion.

Although it was a sunny noon, the cafeteria felt as if it were enveloped in a gloomy cloud of darkness.

When the S University cafeteria was constructed, several meters were dug downward to accommodate the design of the basement floor, making it appear like a cornstalk planted in the ground from a distance.

The middle section of the cornstalk is the first floor, slightly above the ground level, the root is the basement floor, and the upper part is the second floor.

Because the cafeteria was built in a mountainous area, the surrounding green plants easily shaded parts of the cafeteria, leaving some of its areas always in shadow.

The edge of that shadow, like a crystal-clear dividing line, demarcated light and shadow.

Three sets of staircases with arched ceilings extended from the cafeteria, resembling those large shopping mall carpark ramps built upward from the ground.

These three passages are the Student Passage, Staff Passage, and one without any signs.

As Lin Yi walked towards the Student Passage, he curiously observed the surrounding environment.

To the naked eye, these three passages looked identical; remove the signs, and it would be impossible to tell them apart.

Moreover, from a functional perspective, all three passages lead to the first floor of the cafeteria, but because of the arched ceiling design, they didn’t reveal whether their extensions went up to the second floor or down to the basement.

Soon, he and Wei Liang arrived in front of the steps, then they looked up at the sign directly above the passage.

The sign depicted a backpack with the words “Student Passage” written underneath.

Lin Yi glanced inside the entrance of the Student Passage.

Grayish-blue stone bricks formed the stairs along with brick walls on the edges.

Atop the walls was an arched dome, with an incandescent light hanging down every meter along the dome.

The constantly on incandescents carpeted the dome like stars, stretching to the end of the steps.

Combined with some quirky cloud-patterned murals, the design of the Student Passage was akin to the hall of some religious sites.

However, the somewhat dim environment still cast a dusty air over the stairs under the light.

Lin Yi didn’t rush into the Student Passage.

He stopped in front of it and turned his gaze towards the cafeteria’s basement floor.

About the cafeteria’s basement floor, the cafeteria’s rules specifically listed it separately, expressly prohibiting students from going there.

[At any time, do not pay attention to the strange noises coming from the negative first floor of the Cafeteria, even if you hear your name being called.]

Access is forbidden to all areas inside the Cafeteria except for the Student Cafeteria area, especially the negative first floor of the Cafeteria.]

Lin Yi, of course, wouldn’t go either, but that didn’t prevent him from taking a look.

So he looked towards the negative first floor of the Cafeteria…

Due to design issues, most of the negative first floor of the Cafeteria remained in an unlit condition all the time.

When Lin Yi looked over, he could hardly see anything due to the lighting issue; he could only make out some vague figures, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t clearly see what they were.

The rush hour in the Cafeteria arrived, and the students from the Teaching Building gradually made their way to the dining area.

Lin Yi noticed that most of the university students still took the Student Passage, but a considerable number of them took other passages, including a significant number of people dressed in sports attire.

“Could it be that Sports Students don’t take the Student Passage?” Lin Yi speculated, but he didn’t linger on this thought.

After glancing at the time on his watch, he stepped onto the first stair of the Student Passage.

…

May 7, X023, 11:34, S City University Cafeteria.

As soon as Lin Yi entered the Student Passage, he immediately felt a warm sensation, as if he had returned to the classroom.

Walking up the stairs for a distance, Lin Yi suddenly discovered a patch of greenery at the seam between the stair and the wall.

“Hmm?

What is that…” Lin Yi leaned in for a closer look, “Moss?”

At first glance, Lin Yi didn’t think it was a problem, but upon closer inspection, a spine-chilling feeling instantly enveloped his entire body.

“Moss only grows in moist and dark places, how can there be moss inside the Student Passage?”

Mist?

Even if the mist was thick after midnight, it couldn’t possibly create an environment suitable for moss to grow in the Student Passage, could it?

He was puzzled.

Once puzzled, the question clung to him like a relentless spirit; he hurried up the stairs, continuously observing the condition of the steps as he walked.

“There’s moss here too!

And here!”

The more Lin Yi saw, the more he felt something was amiss; moss almost reached the end of the Student Passage, which stretched for dozens of steps!

“Why is this happening?!”

If it were anywhere else, an irregularity would just be an irregularity, but this was S City University.

After wandering on the brink of life and death the previous night, he firmly believed that anything related to the abnormal weather deserved high vigilance!

The real danger often lurks beneath the most ordinary facade!

He rushed down the stairs.

“Old Lin!” Wei Liang saw Lin Yi’s abnormal reaction and, despite his confusion, quickly followed him.

Lin Yi rushed out of the Student Passage and looked around!

But there was no moss growing on the tiles around him!

“Only the Student Passage has moss!”

“Something’s not right!

Not right!”

He frantically looked around, his vision spinning, making his head dizzy.

Suddenly, he noticed something and, ignoring the strange looks from other students, he leaned over the edge of the stairs, peering down at the walls surrounding the negative first floor.

His spirit was jolted, yet a chill settled at the bottom of his heart.

“There really is moss!”

With this discovery, he observed the environment of the negative first floor a bit more, then stood up, disregarding Wei Liang’s calls, and dashed straight into the Student Passage, not stopping until he reached the end!

Then, he immediately turned to look back.

At that moment, he seemed to discover something, a cold current rose from his feet, rushing up his legs, and in a few breaths, his body was overcome with a bone-chilling cold!

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