Mao Feiyang circumnavigated the huge oak tree and came to a wooden post to take a close look, only to see that the post was nailed with several signboards:

"Gallery ←"

"Art Classroom →"

"Sculpture Classroom →"

"Watchtower ←"

Among them, the Art Classroom and Watchtower had several signs, but some were marked with a red "×" symbol. Along with it, other damaged signboards marked with "×" featured other locations such as "Altar" and "Observatory."

Mao Feiyang chose what could be considered a "brightly lit" corridor and then plunged into it.

"Rustle, rustle, rustle..."

"Rustle, rustle, rustle..."

Mao Feiyang constantly caught these rustling sounds in his ears, but he dared not look around randomly and could only keep moving forward according to the directions on the signs, hoping to see a classroom door ahead.

But Lin Yi was much bolder.

With the experience of having wet shoes by the river one day and forcefully returning to shore, and after undergoing Tian Bufan's baptism along with understanding the Art Department's rules for an hour, he had accepted the abnormalities of the Art Building on a cognitive level already.

At least those sculptures or whatever could no longer instill in him that kind of fear that reached the depth of his soul.

Of course, the inner repulsion and discomfort, as well as the trembling sensation from instinct, were inevitable, especially when it happened suddenly – no amount of mental preparation could help.

It was like at the amusement park while riding the tower drop and pirate ship, when the body instinctively feels averse to the sensation of weightlessness.

Since nothing like the ground stretching or layer falling happened in the corridor, Lin Yi silently noted down the distance Mao Feiyang moved, and after advancing around one hundred twenty to thirty meters in the corridor, Mao Feiyang finally found a door labeled "Art Classroom-IV."

[When entering or exiting the Art Classroom, just make sure the door is marked as "Art Classroom," no need to note the room number.]

After briefly confirming, Mao Feiyang reached out and touched the doorknob.

The instant he grabbed the doorknob, the corridor's existing rustling sound due to the statue's movements was suddenly accompanied by a whimpering wind.

"Whoooosh—"

The sea breeze swept over everything in the quiet corridor, cutting across the castle's stone walls like a sharp blade, rushing towards Mao Feiyang's position.

Mao Feiyang did not hesitate to open the door to the Art Classroom and entered before the sea breeze could reach him.

Lin Yi's view quickly shifted, but he used the last moment to look in the direction from whence the sea breeze howled.

There, he thought he heard familiar yet strange footsteps, resembling the sound of high heels tapping on the ground.

"High heels…?!"

Lin Yi's eyes twitched slightly.

"The class teacher?"

"No... at this hour, the class teacher should still be in the Teaching Building, contending with the supernatural beings at the unit, so could that possibly be...?"

An idea formed in Lin Yi's mind, and as if to confirm his suspicion, the moment Mao Feiyang closed the door, his gaze darted towards the direction of the high heel's tapping sound. In the dark, confined corridor, a line of people was walking towards him with the sea breeze...

The person at the forefront was indeed the mysterious female teacher who had appeared in the thick fog the previous evening.

And behind the female teacher, there were some people dressed like student leaders.

The door to the Art Classroom closed, cutting off Lin Yi's view of them.

But the moment the door closed, a strange feeling passed through the doorknob and through the door panel into Mao Feiyang's palm, which Lin Yi sharply caught.

It was as if the doorknob had been pressed down right before it returned to its normal position.

Immediately afterward, the doorknob was pressed down from outside...

"Click!"

This cold mechanical sound, like pressing on Lin Yi's heart, made his breath hitch for a moment.

Mao Feiyang felt a chill down his spine, and an overwhelming sense of impending danger made him rapidly move away from the door, searching for the nearest candelabra.

He succeeded.

Almost every corner of the Art Classroom was enveloped in candlelight, making it easy for him to find a spot.

After settling down, he tucked his neck in and buried his body deep, wishing he could sink into the chair, his gaze irresistibly driven by both curiosity and fear, looking back towards the original position of the door.

Lin Yi suddenly understood Mao Feiyang's behavior.

Just like in the old Hong Kong zombie movies, where people being chased by zombies would still look back toward the original direction even though they seemed to have escaped the zombies' pursuit—it was because they were actually very frightened, but still, they wanted to see if the zombies really hadn't followed them...

And indeed, after the doorknob had been pressed down, the mysterious female teacher did not push open the classroom door, seemingly waiting for something.

Lin Yi's eyelids throbbed violently.

He guessed something—

"Could she be waiting for someone to 'invite' her in?"

He recalled the rules about "inviting" in the dormitory regulations, even though it wasn't mentioned in the student rules, perhaps there was a similar underlying logic!

So, as long as they weren't invited in, they couldn't come in?

Thinking this, Lin Yi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"They've been waiting outside for so long, could they have been waiting for such an opportunity?"

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