Chapter 11 Corridor Light Flickers_2

"Yeah..." Lin Yi forced a smile.

"Let's go, let's go, we really don't have much time," urged the classmate, "Follow me!"

As he spoke, he took it upon himself to lead the way out of the men's restroom and turned to the left.

It was only then that Lin Yi noticed an indented architectural area to the left of the restroom, shrouded in shadows where the incandescent light couldn't reach, covered in floating mist.

The classmate stepped confidently into the shadow and then reached out to press something on the wall.

A "↑" arrow symbol lit up on the wall.

There was actually an elevator there.

"If it's class 6... just take the elevator up and it's a few steps away, come on," the classmate invited.

「?!!」

Lin Yi and Wei Liang's pupils were shaking.

Hearing the word "elevator," even Wei Liang suddenly realized the seriousness of the situation.

"Run!" Lin Yi grabbed Wei Liang's hand, pulling him into the corridor.

"Damn, you react fast now!" Wei Liang exclaimed as he was dragged along by Lin Yi like a kite, but his superior physical strength was fully demonstrated at this moment.

At first, his steps were very stumbling, his legs nearly tangled together.

But after a few breaths, his pace stabilized, and he was running shoulder to shoulder with Lin Yi.

"Go, go, go! Back to the classroom!" Although Wei Liang was nervous, his breath was very steady.

Lin Yi gave him a surprised look.

"What are you looking at? I have been in a wilderness survival show, you know!" Wei Liang couldn't help but say.

Suddenly Lin Yi felt that Wei Liang, who had been on that show, did have some solid skills.

Lin Yi looked back and saw the classmate wasn't chasing them but was just standing numbly at the elevator entrance, staring at them with a cold gaze.

「Huh, he didn't chase after us?」

「Wait...!!」

After they had gotten some distance from the elevator entrance, Lin Yi suddenly noticed that as the mist thickened and the light dimmed, the classmate standing at the elevator entrance looked exactly like the skinny figure he had glimpsed earlier in the shadowy corridor!

「Was it him I saw at first?!」

A wave surged through Lin Yi's heart, and just then, his hand felt a heavy force, as if someone had suddenly grabbed him.

Wei Liang had grabbed him.

"Old Lin, slow down, slow down, stop running! We're here!"

"Huh?!" Lin Yi was startled, and on looking up, he saw Class B2's sign just on the wall not far off.

「This...?」

「We're back so soon?!」

「Why is the round trip time so different?」

Many questions involuntarily sprang to his mind.

And in that instant, the thoughts he had suppressed burst forth like bamboo after rain, and although he hadn't thought it through properly, a weariness began to uncontrollably spread from the depths of his heart.

"Old Lin, do you prefer black silk or white silk?" Just then, Wei Liang's roar reached Lin Yi's ears.

「Huh?」 Lin Yi was stunned, his previous thoughts crushed by the mention of black and white silk.

Almost instinctively, his mind was filled with images of many black-silk beauties and white-silk lolitas' legs, and without a moment's hesitation, he blurted out:

"Black silk a bit more."

As soon as he said it, the weariness in Lin Yi's heart instantly vanished.

"Fake! I clearly remember you're into white silk lolitas!" Wei Liang scorned, and by then they had reached the doorstep of classroom B2.

The classroom door was slightly ajar, and the warmth behind it seemed like a blaze dispelling the fog at the door.

"Go!" Wei Liang pushed the door and rushed into the classroom.

Lin Yi followed closely behind.

After entering the classroom, Lin Yi went to close the door.

"Hold on." The homeroom teacher held the door, "Don't close it yet, I'll close it later."

Lin Yi paused, then nodded, "Okay, teacher."

"Report your names and student numbers." The homeroom teacher opened a folder, taking out a list.

Lin Yi glanced at it and noticed that some names were crossed out on the list, while others were checked off.

Light swept across, and he noticed that some people's names had neither a check nor a cross, but an underline.

"Lin Yi, student number X0230506098."

"Wei Liang, student number X0230506096."

"Huh?" Lin Yi suddenly turned his head to look at Wei Liang, "Didn't you say you were 097?"

Wei Liang awkwardly rubbed his nose, "I had to test the waters when I first met you, didn't I?"

Lin Yi clenched his fists, really wanting to punch him right then and there.

"All right, you can go back to your seats now." the class teacher said after completing the registration.

Wei Liang then walked back to his seat first.

Lin Yi just glanced outside the door.

The door of this classroom was truly strange. When opened, a warm current seemed to flow out from outside, dispersing some of the mist at the doorway.

Yet from inside, one could see mist continuously seeping in through the door crack, accompanied by strands of icy cold wind.

He looked toward the dark steps outside the door and suddenly saw some vague figures amid the layered mists...

He rubbed his eyes and stared hard, only to see the rolling mist sweeping across the campus like smoke, making the already dim streetlights grow even dimmer, like a sea marker about to be engulfed by a torrential downpour.

The rain seemed to intensify; Lin Yi could hear the rustling sound even through the door, an indescribable sense of terror spreading through the rolling fog afar, like a snake, as if frost was about to erode the ground of the Teaching Building.

A trace of worry appeared in the class teacher's eyes as she glanced at the clock in the Teaching Building.

21:35.

"Five more minutes..." Lin Yi heard her mutter.

Just then, the corridor lights suddenly flickered.

The cold seemed to intensify.

The class teacher's complexion changed instantly, and she glanced at the clock again.

21:35.

Then she picked up her folder and directly went to the classroom door, peering out.

About half a minute later, another incandescent bulb in the corridor flickered.

"Not good!" the class teacher exclaimed softly.

Then she looked around the classroom and raised her clear voice, "Attention all students staying in the classroom overnight, today's situation is special. After I close the door, everyone is forbidden to leave the classroom!"

"Once the lights in the classroom begin to flicker, you must immediately crouch under the desks and hold onto the legs of the tables and chairs!"

"The lights in the classroom will not go out all at once. Once they are all off—do not close your eyes tightly! Do not look around or look up! Focus on the patterns on the floor or the legs of the desks, and it's best to recite your name and student number in your mind!"

"Also, do not communicate with anyone! Do not pay attention to any sounds! Wait until the lights in the classroom are back to normal!"

"One last thing!"

"Be wary of anyone who enters the classroom after I close the door! Do not interact with them at all!"

The class teacher spoke very quickly but her enunciation was exceptionally clear. After finishing, she closed the door without hesitation.

"Bang!"

The classroom door slammed shut heavily.

...

X023 year, May 6, 21:38.

The class teacher closed the door to Class B, Group 2, then inserted the key into the lock and frantically began to turn it.

"Click, click, click, click..."

One turn, two turns, three turns...

As the class teacher muttered to herself while locking the door, the latch seemed endless, never reaching the end no matter how much she turned it.

"There!"

She pulled out the key and without hesitation rushed to the left, reached out, and blindly grabbed a doorknob.

She glanced up.

"Teacher's Office (Beside in small print: B Group 2 Class)"

She breathed a long sigh of relief, then turned the doorknob and pushed open the door.

At that moment, the lights in the corridor flickered abruptly.

"Teacher..."

A hoarse voice suddenly called from behind the class teacher.