If on his first night he had attracted the attention of "the undead non-human classmates"...
Lin Yi had suddenly shuddered vigorously; the consequences would have been unimaginable!
Lin Yi felt a bit fortunate now that on that first night, the contamination he had received from Mao Feiyang hadn’t been particularly significant. Had it been under today’s circumstances, the moment the lights went out, it would definitely have attracted the "attention" of the non-human classmates.
The process of returning to the Dormitory building tonight felt to him like the great migration of African animals.
There was a river ahead, filled with crocodiles, yet you had no choice but to walk through it.
Lin Yi’s complexion looked somewhat ugly.
This campus was simply like an onion, just when he thought peeling off this layer of secrets would be the end, the campus would reveal yet another layer inside.
He peeled one layer after another, sinking deeper himself, while the onion seemed to have endless layers.
After finishing talking about the Nocturnal species, the two naturally switched to the matter of stairwells.
About the floors above the fifth floor of the Teaching Building, Lin Yi said that through that miraculous Vision, it was like seeing through overlays, and he directly saw the Nocturnal species densely packed in the stairwell, raising the question of whether the Teaching Building could be a nest for the Nocturnal species.
Tian Bufan shook his head after listening, "Speaking of nesting places of the Nocturnal species, Old Lin, don’t you think that actually the entire campus seems a bit like the nest of Nocturnal species?"
"Hmm...?" Lin Yi was stunned.
Tian Bufan then explained, "The university is built amidst the mountains, and aside from the campus area, all other regions in the mountains are covered with vegetation. Who knows how many Human Sculptures are hidden in the mountains. Thinking about it, don’t you feel surrounded by Human Sculptures?"
Lin Yi shuddered subconsciously.
Yes, reminded by Tian Bufan this way, he recalled those unpleasant details again, such as the fact that all the windows on the outer side of the classroom were blast-proof glass, which was clearly to prevent Human Sculptures from breaking in through the windows when the layers fell!
"Right, I also figured out what the stairwell leading to the sub-first floor is about..."
"That stairwell is actually the stairwell of the Teaching Building, but it can only be seen by people whose mental state is unstable when there is fluctuation in the layers."
"Li Huiyuan saw the stairwell leading to the sub-first floor, and she seemed to feel a kind of allure... whereas I did not."
"But there’s still one point of doubt here," Lin Yi said, "the location of the stairwell wasn’t quite the same as on the day we entered the school. That day the staircase was right off the steps, roughly at the classroom area... I still don’t understand that part."
"However, I still feel that the Teaching Building and the Dormitory Building are connected in some layer, and the stairs and elevators are likely interconnected too," Lin Yi said gravely, "and even... could it be that the elevators in the campus are actually the same elevator, but due to the difference in layers, it seems to be in the normal layer but actually runs through the entire campus?"
"Like a mille-feuille, a skewer from top to bottom runs through the cake, so you can see the skewer on every layer?"
"Your thoughts are too interesting," Tian Bufan laughed.
"You’re actually not dismissing my speculation?" Lin Yi felt somewhat surprised.
"Why dismiss it?" Tian Bufan retorted, "Any intriguing speculation is worth considering, what if this is the answer?"
Lin Yi thought to himself that was right; careful exploration, bold assumptions, and patient verification had always been Young Master Tian’s approach, sure as an old dog.
"By the way, Young Master Tian, did you only study the elevator today?"
Tian Bufan frowned slightly, "Mind your words, what do you mean by ’only’? Burning off all the Nocturnal species in an entire elevator is a very time-consuming task itself. Don’t forget, it’s not a matter of having an elevator on each floor left and right; there are only two for a whole building."
"Er... my bad," Lin Yi sheepishly admitted and quickly responded.
Indeed... Tian Bufan had brought over a mirror and sent all the Nocturnal species in one elevator flying to heavens! Such a feat was far more rugged than his own aimless wandering.
"But I actually did squeeze in some other things," Tian Bufan added.
"I tried to find the campus exit."
Lin Yi was somewhat taken aback when he heard this. Tian Bufan, who was set on exploring the campus, actually wanted to find the campus exit?
"Are you trying to find us a way out?"
"You’re thinking too much," Tian Bufan scoffed, "Once you’re in, is there really a way out? I was just curious to see the school gate while exploring."
Lin Yi immediately said, "With you asking like that, you surely didn’t find the school gate, right?"
"Right, I didn’t find the school gate, which theoretically shouldn’t be the case," Tian Bufan spoke calmly, as if he had anticipated this, "This shows that the location of the school gate is not on the regular layer."
"A campus with an abnormal entrance and exit, can you believe it?"
"I wouldn’t have believed it before, but now, I have to," Lin Yi spoke like an utterly resigned person, "But how exactly did you look for the school gate?"
"You forgot, we have a map!" Tian Bufan reminded, "There’s a fold-out map attached to the back of the Teaching Building regulations, and the location of the school gate is on it."
Lin Yi was startled, quickly got off the bed, took out the Teaching Building regulations from his bag, got back on the bed with the student regulations, then flipped to the map page and looked at it.