X023 Year, May 8th, 20:02.

Lin Yi was the first to lift his foot and step out of the classroom, entering into the thick, dense fog.

As he emerged, the classroom lights shone through the gap in the doorway, and immediately there was a faint "shasha" sound on the corridor ceiling.

Lin Yi's scalp tingled, and he cursed under his breath, his intuition telling him that some rubbery, limp nocturnal species were coiled up in the dark recesses of the corridor ceiling.

The corridor's incandescent lights had a cover, and the area where the cover met the ceiling was drenched in shadow, likely serving as a lair for the nocturnal species.

He subconsciously reached out to touch the wall next to the classroom door.

The once smoothly painted wall was now full of distorted marks, the same as those he had felt in his Phantom Vision.

"The outer areas of the classroom have started to drop layers; it looks like the exposed areas of the Teaching Building are no longer safe. We need to leave quickly."

Soon Wei Liang followed him out of the classroom.

Lin Yi noticed that Wei Liang seemed a bit afraid of the fog-enshrouded campus.

Honestly, he felt that Wei Liang was not that simple, but it seemed that in this kind of environment, the "weakness" that Wei Liang displayed was even less likely to be an act.

It was as if the abnormal weather was suppressing him, diminishing his crafty tricks significantly and making him appear very "unstable."

As they passed through the classroom door, the thick fog enveloped them like a coating of rice bran. The first contact almost gave him the illusion of suffocation, but he quickly adapted.

The mist had invaded the hallways of the Teaching Building. The light from the hallway lamps was greatly diminished but still functional, yet Lin Yi felt Wei Liang's body shaking slightly.

"Let's walk shoulder to shoulder," Lin Yi suggested, "If anyone feels something is wrong, just say so upfront, then lean on the other's shoulder."

"Don't be so modest in your words, just be prepared, it will definitely be me putting my hand on your shoulder," Wei Liang said as he touched his own arm, already getting goosebumps in this kind of environment.

Lin Yi hesitated for a moment, then tentatively said, "Or... shall we hold hands?"

"..."

"Okay then…" Wei Liang, with a stiff face, emphasized, "At times like this, I won't insist on the whole 'men shouldn't touch' thing, but I must make one thing clear—I have absolutely no interest in the same sex, alright!"

"You motherf… piss off!" Lin Yi darkened in the face, his mouth twitching, "Even if you turn into a cute boy, I'd still be immune. I only like black silk and beautiful legs!"

"And Boss's jade feet," Wei Liang added subconsciously.

"Right, right, if you say so."

"And the soft round toes of a white-socked little lolita…"

"Get lost! Don't push your XX on me, dammit!" Lin Yi, unable to bear it any longer, really wanted to punch Wei Liang twice, he said irritably, "Hey, let's just go! Take a step and see… Give me your paw!"

"Hey, what paw, my hands are as tender as a willow!" Wei Liang protested.

"Stop disgusting me," Lin Yi snapped back, then clenched his teeth and grabbed Wei Liang's hand, finding the direction of the "Teaching Building-108" lamp post, and then, with Wei Liang in tow, stepped down the stairs.

With the departure of Lin Yi and Wei Liang, everyone in the classroom divided into four groups.

The first group was made up of students nominated by the homeroom teacher to follow Song Rentou and Lin Yi's footsteps out of the classroom when it turned 20:00;

The second group was those who were deterred by the abnormal weather outside the classroom;

The third group was made up of the Experience Students who weren't called but could choose to stay in the classroom for self-study until 7:40 the next morning. Some of them decided to take a risk and leave the classroom with the first group;

The last group consisted of the remaining Experience Students.

These four groups corresponded exactly to the four choices Lin Yi had in mind.

...

X023 Year, May 8th, 20:08, upon reaching the "Teaching Building-098" lamp post, Lin Yi took the opportunity of searching for the "Teaching Building-097" lamp post to briefly observe his surroundings, then he noticed an "interesting" phenomenon.

When he left the Teaching Building, there were clearly other people who had descended the steps like him, but as they walked, those people disappeared.

It was the same cobblestone path leading from "Teaching Building-108" to "Teaching Building-001," yet only Wei Liang was by his side.

This strange sensation was like playing a multiplayer online RPG, where everyone arrives at the entrance of a dungeon, but only those in a team can enter the same instance.

While the analogy was apt, real life couldn't possibly work like a game, could it?

And surely not every person under an abnormal weather event could have their own cobblestone path at their feet?

Unable to figure it out at the moment, Lin Yi decided not to overthink it and put the thought aside to ponder later when back at the dorm.

The two walked side by side, moving slowly along the fog-shrouded cobblestone path, where the street lamps gradually reduced to vague outlines. Strangely though, the white paint used for the lamp post numbers seemed unaffected by the mist. No matter the distance, as long as one kept looking, the numbers were discernible.

An idea occurred to Lin Yi, and when he reached the lamp post in front of him, he took the chance while catching his breath to touch the white paint.

"Just as I thought!" Lin Yi's eyes brightened. The white paint was as smooth as he had guessed, its texture not like paint but more like... a coating on some kind of acrylic sheet material.

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