Chapter 1188: 560: Bell Sound Rings the Signal of Doomsday (Part 2)
Chapter 1188: Chapter 560: Bell Sound Rings the Signal of Doomsday (Part 2)
Compared to last night, the arrival of the Sneering Angel at this moment seemed much safer. During the infiltration process, the Sneering Angel didn’t suffer much damage, unlike last night, when most were squeezed through the cracks of the layers, with only a few managing to smuggle through safely.
This indicates that the interaction between the Art Building layer and the campus layer had stabilized to some extent.
“Are you talking about the Sneering Angel, or…that black droplet thing?” Lin Yi furrowed his eyebrows. This was not a good omen.
The stabilization of layer interaction means the emergence of a round-trip pathway.
But when the subject of this pathway is not “humans,” it signifies the arrival of disaster.
The Sneering Angels will pay a much lighter price than “death” to reach the campus, which will cause an exponential increase in the damage they can inflict. It’s unknown whether this will lead to a qualitative change in their actions today.
And as for that black liquid, it’s uncertain what it is, but it’s certain that whatever infiltrates through from the other side is certainly not good.
“The Sneering Angel is no big deal.” Kuai Hongji suddenly walked over, coolly saying one sentence, “That black liquid is the truly dangerous thing.”
“What on earth is that thing?” Lin Yi asked, “Hey, hey, hey, why are you leaving already?”
Kuai Hongji floated over like a ghost, said one sentence, and floated away, leaving Lin Yi speechless.
Tian Bufan took over the conversation, “It’s a kind of complex extraordinary material, primarily seawater from a black ocean, mixed with some silt, remains of dead creatures in the black ocean, and even substances secreted from extraordinary creatures…”
“In short, take one sip, and you’ll know the taste of the ocean.”
Upon hearing this, Lin Yi had no mood to mock Tian Bufan’s rare black humor. He just stared at that twisted line etched in the thick clouds in the sky, with a more grave expression.
Those droplet-like black substances squeezed out of that twisted line and dripped into reality.
As they dripped, they didn’t shatter into vapor like regular water droplets due to height difference, but instead fell in an aggregated state and then bizarrely disappeared into the air.
“No, something’s wrong.” Tian Bufan suddenly said.
“What?” Lin Yi was stunned, “What’s wrong? What did you discover?”
“Open the window and check again.” Tian Bufan said.
“Open the window?” Lin Yi’s heart moved. With Tian Bufan’s reminder, he seemed to have guessed something and pushed the window open.
However, no matter how he looked, the outside still looked the same, only without the reflection of the Art Building layer, the Sneering Angels, the lines, or the black droplets.
“Still no sun…” he murmured.
Wei Liang, appearing from somewhere, leaned over and took a look, “It’s a mountainous area, the geographical environment causes it… cloudy and foggy is normal!”
“Strictly speaking, the sun is there, but it’s covered by clouds. I remember there’s a very precise term for this kind of weather, what is it…”
Wei Liang scratched his nose, looking like he was thinking hard.
“So there is a term after all… as expected of Fortune Life Wei Liang the Celestial!” Lin Yi’s expression turned solemn.
“Oh, I remembered!” Wei Liang snapped his fingers, “It’s called ‘cloudy’!”
“…” Lin Yi’s solemn expression crumpled, “Liangzi, I really want to stuff a slipper in your mouth.”
Wei Liang quickly made a gesture of refusal, “I don’t have that kink, I’d rather respectfully decline.”
“Grrr, I’ll fight you!” Lin Yi, enraged, made a motion to charge at Wei Liang, but the bathroom door beside him suddenly opened.
Wei Shan poked his head out, “With so much energy, why don’t you two come take a break?”
“Forget it, forget it, leave the physical work to you. How can I, a slim dog, handle it?” Wei Liang, upon hearing Wei Shan’s invitation, quickly shut his mouth, smiled obsequiously a couple of times, and then went back to organizing his backpack again.
After an unsuccessful observation, Lin Yi turned his attention to the bathroom, “What’s up with the bathroom?”
Wei Shan opened the door, revealing the inside of the bathroom, “Some moss has popped up from somewhere. Young Master Tian told me it’s a bit eerie and asked me to clean it up.”
Lin Yi quickly looked over, and indeed, he saw the traces of growth on the inner wall of the shower in the bathroom, with very patchy moss.
“Moss growing in the bathroom? Isn’t moss something that the Nocturnal species turns into when sun-dried? But… since the sun set last night until now, there’s no way the campus got any sunlight. How did the Nocturnal species die?”
“I don’t know.” Tian Bufan said, “But I guess they got into the bathroom through the dormitory’s drainage system… otherwise, relying solely on them, they wouldn’t be able to pass through a bathroom with Door Attributes.”
“Then… how did they die?” Lin Yi pondered.
“No time to think about it.” Tian Bufan said, “Let Wei Sang clean it up first, then we should get going, it’s getting late.”
“Let’s talk on the road.”
Upon hearing this, Lin Yi silently nodded and began organizing his backpack as well.
“Why are you packing so many tomatoes?” Wei Liang grabbed a tomato from the desk and fiddled with it.
“You’re not afraid of tomatoes now?” Lin Yi asked in return.
Wei Liang curled his lips and tossed the tomato back to Lin Yi, “Who would be afraid of vegetables and fruit? But I don’t eat tomatoes, so here, have it.”
With that, he pulled out two umbrellas from the bottom of the wardrobe and handed one to Lin Yi.
“I’ve almost finished organizing your bag for you, just check if anything’s missing. Here, take the umbrella, it might come in handy.”
Lin Yi silently took the umbrella, checked his backpack, then placed the tomatoes back on the table one by one.
Once they were mostly packed, he looked up at the wall clock again and compared it with his watch.
6:32.
Today they left the dormitory a bit later than last time.
By the time Wei Shan finished dealing with the moss in the bathroom, it was already 6:40.
Everyone geared up and set off, chatting and laughing as they opened the dormitory door.
But the moment their dormitory door opened, a “click-click, click-click, click-click…” sound echoed from the corridor of the dormitory building.
Centered on their Dormitory 1414, the doors of the dormitories on both sides seemed pre-rehearsed, with the doorknobs being pressed down one after another…
Lin Yi’s expression changed slightly, “What’s going on?”
“I understand now!” Tian Bufan’s eyes suddenly flashed with brilliance, and he exclaimed, “Quick! Elevator! Head to the elevator room!!”
He didn’t explain much more and led the charge directly.
At this moment, their tacit understanding was evident. None of Lin Yi’s group voiced any objection and followed Tian Bufan, rushing out of the dormitory. Wei Liang, the last to leave, closed the door behind him, and then everyone sprinted along the dormitory corridor towards Dormitory 1414 — the elevator room was right next to Dormitory 1414!
In the area near Dormitory 1414, some room doors were open, and a few people about to leave were startled by the commotion made by Lin Yi and his group, their faces suddenly displaying panic.
Immediately after, they noticed something unusual about the other dormitories. All the doorknobs were being pressed down and were making “ka-ka-ka, ka-ka-ka, ka-ka-ka…” noises, as if something behind the doors was violently trying to break out.
“If you don’t want to die, follow us quickly!” Kuai Hongji’s voice came from the front, startling these few people into action, and they swiftly followed Lin Yi’s group.
Lin Yi glanced at Kuai Hongji.
He knew Kuai Hongji wasn’t usually someone with such good intentions.
At this moment, Tian Bufan’s voice sounded in his ear, “Old Lin, give me two tomatoes.”