AnalogHorror: Rule Kaidan 4016
Chapter 78 - 78 36 The Call of the Art Building_2

78: Chapter 36 The Call of the Art Building_2 78: Chapter 36 The Call of the Art Building_2 “Art Building!”

“This is…

the Art Building?!”

“I’m in…

the Art Building?!”

Already dizzy and disoriented, he was overwhelmed by a strong feeling that told him he was right here.

“Wrong, wrong, wrong!!!!”

“I’m not in the Art Building!

I’m in front of the Teaching Building, I just finished eating, I…

I just got back to the classroom with Liangzi!”

He kept recalling everything, he looked up at the sky, trying to find that blank space torn open by thunder in it!

He felt like a boat about to be blown out of the harbor by the storm, he needed to drop his anchor hard.

But in the heavy sky, a gloomy breath lingered, moonlight spilled over the castle’s brick walls, and the cold air chilled his limbs.

There was no storm in the sky, nor thunder.

“How…

could this be?”

His head swelled and ached, something was about to burst out of his skull.

The cold air rushed in from all directions, the pale white fog spread from below the cliff, embracing him.

He encountered a paint palette that had fallen on the ground.

He saw a painting that had fallen to the ground.

The painting depicted a bell tower engulfed by a storm, lightning tearing through half the sky.

The shattered painting was exactly the sky he saw.

Deep in the sky…

was S City University’s campus.

A phrase welled up in his heart:

“When you gaze into the abyss…

the abyss devours you.”

He muttered to himself, his eyes panic-stricken, his gaze drifting left and right, speeding up.

“I…”

Just as the mist was about to embrace him, he closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and slowly crouched down, whispering with utmost determination:

“I am in front of the Teaching Building.”

“My name is Lin Yi…”

“My student ID is X0230506098…”

“I am in front of the Teaching Building.”

“My name is Lin Yi…”

“My student ID is X0230506098…”

“I am in front of the Teaching Building…”

He crouched down, his fingers touching something sticky and wet…

He opened his eyes.

In front of Building B of the Teaching Building, Lin Yi was crouched down, his fingers touching the moss.

“I…

am in front of the Teaching Building,” he murmured softly yet resolutely.

His gaze firmly fixed on the moss, and deep in his eyes, a glimmer seemed to fade away into obscurity.

“Old…

Old Lin?” Wei Liang’s trembling voice sounded behind him.

Wei Liang’s hand hung in mid-air, conveying a hesitation as if wanting to touch down yet not daring to do so.

“Are…

are you okay?”

He gently placed his hand on Lin Yi’s shoulder, feeling the warmth from Lin Yi’s shoulder into his palm, he quietly sighed with relief.

“Phew…”

“I…

had a slight issue,” Lin Yi immediately realized something was wrong and added, “but now I am fine.”

“Glad you’re okay, glad you’re okay,” Wei Liang said, patting his chest, “Let’s go back to the classroom and rest a bit.

After walking around following our meal, it’s better to sit down and rest.”

Wei Liang stepped up to the entrance of the classroom.

Lin Yi looked down at his watch.

13:25.

Only a minute had passed, but the feeling…

felt as long as an hour.

“Liangzi, do you remember what happened to me just now?” He asked as he walked up the steps, confirming the classroom number “Group B Class 2” before reaching for the door handle to open it.

Wei Liang said, “You gave me a scare earlier, I’m not sure what happened to you, I just saw you standing below the steps, lost in thought.”

“You were lost in thought for a while, then you started looking at the sky and then at your feet…

and then after a few seconds, you crouched down.”

“How come?

You don’t remember it yourself?”

Lin Yi opened his mouth and then helplessly shook his head, “I probably got a bit light-headed from low blood sugar or something…”

“I thought so,” Wei Liang nodded, yet he didn’t bring up the matter of Lin Yi’s body becoming cold.

After entering the classroom, Lin Yi found a seat by the window where the sun was shining and sat down, then pulled out his small notebook from his pocket.

This little notebook contained his notes, and now he intended to take advantage of the lunch break to double-check the notes he had written before and add some new discoveries.

But just as he was about to open the notebook, something green caught his eye from the corner of his vision.

It was the Green Forest Belt outside the Teaching Building’s Block B.

He glanced over there, then continued to focus back on his notebook…

“Huh?!”

His gaze abruptly shifted back, staring intently at that patch of the Green Forest Belt.

After a fruitless search, his eyebrows relaxed, and he felt a chill in his heart.

The Little Genius’s sculpture had been there in the morning.

But now it was gone.

“A sculpture disappears during a mealtime?”

“Everyone’s gone to eat, who would move a sculpture?”

But the sculpture had indeed vanished!

“Could it have run off on its own?”

Lin Yi felt extremely eerie.

He also thought of the sense of being watched when he had been walking towards the Staff Passage, and the chill running down his spine as he walked through the shady avenue…

He also recalled the cold wind that blew between the trees, as if hiding many unsettling entities.

He shivered, feeling an inexplicable dread.

He looked up at the sky.

The cloud, after all, had drifted away, and the sun poured down its warm light, shining upon him, dispelling his persistent chill.

He calmed himself down and then refocused on the notebook in his hands.

He opened the notebook, and the notes, marked with corrections and scribbles, reappeared before his eyes:

———[Considering suspicions of impending character count in the water, I’ve put the previous notes into this chapter’s comments for everyone to see (I’m too conscientious, boo hoo…)]——

He read through the previous notes from start to end, confirming there was nothing that needed correcting before turning to a new page.

Recalling the journey from leaving the Teaching Building to eating at the Cafeteria and then returning, he began to add to the notes starting from entry 10.

In the process, he hesitated by note 5 [Sports Student “seems” (the word “seems” had been smeared away) to be a good person, trust the words of the Sports Student.], then eventually decided against adding anything.

He flipped back to review note 5 again, then went back and wrote:

“10.

A sports student’s sharp reaction can deal with those unsettling things.”

“Under the sun, the combat capabilities of sports students are very strong.

(Currently, it’s unknown whether every Sports Student carries a baseball bat.)”

Then, he truly began to write:

“11.

The food in the Cafeteria has a purification effect similar to health packs in games; one must eat in the Cafeteria when the weather is good.”

“Take the Student Passage to the ground floor Student Cafeteria, order meals at service window number 3 and eat.

After finishing, drop off the tray and leave immediately through the Student Passage.”

Having written this, he thought of the green-aproned chef that could pop out of service window number 10, so after pondering for a bit, he amended the last sentence to: “After eating, drop off the tray and immediately run into the Student Passage to leave the Cafeteria.”

He then added:

“No matter if you encounter a green-aproned chef, a blue-aproned chef, or someone else sitting next to you, don’t pay attention to them.”

He continued writing:

“12.

If you step on a green-aproned chef or those unsettling classmates, your shoes will get tomato sauce on them.”

He thought: “If that’s the case, then theoretically counteracting them might get you covered in tomato sauce, right?”

Thinking about having to throw away any article of clothing or other items stained with tomato sauce, Lin Yi considered for a moment, then added:

“Avoid them as much as possible; don’t confront them…

perhaps ask a Sports Student for help?”

Twirling his pen, he felt the wording was fine, so he continued:

“13.

The trash bin is at the entrance of the Staff Passage, which leads to the basement of the Cafeteria.”

“If you need to throw away trash, don’t dawdle on the way; toss it quickly and leave immediately.”

“Oh, right!

I almost forgot the most important thing!”

Lin Yi’s eyes lit up as he hurriedly noted:

“14.

Tomato sauce under the sun turns into plaster (the principle is unknown for now).”

[Note: There’s no such thing as time travel in this book, so everything the protagonist sees and experiences is…

well, you can guess.

I hope everyone’s spirit is normal when reading the first part of this chapter because I didn’t feel quite normal writing it…]