This path didn’t just lack streetlights, it literally didn’t have a damn thing.
The low roar of Thor circled in the sky, seemingly reminding Lin Yi that it was going to rain.
Lin Yi clenched his teeth, constantly reminding himself of the regulations related to the gymnasium in his mind.
Firstly, "The location of the gymnasium is a bit special, the wind might be a bit strong, don’t worry, as long as there is no rain mist, it’s a normal phenomenon."
Secondly, "If you find it raining on your way to the gymnasium, please decide your direction based on the first building you see..."]
"There are just these two related to the gymnasium, the rest are all measures for abnormal weather."
"But even the options for abnormal weather don’t include ’looking around and not seeing any buildings at all!’"
The four options corresponded to seeing the gymnasium, the teaching building, a Western-style castle, and other buildings apart from the castle on a rainy day.
The only situation that bore any semblance to his current circumstances was the fourth one:
[If you don’t see any building apart from the castle, please find the nearest street lamp according to the "Student Code," hug it tightly, and wait until a PE teacher or security guard appears.]
But... there are absolutely no streetlights around him right now!
"Wait, what was that rule about finding a streetlight in the student code again?"
Lin Yi’s mind was spinning quickly, but the sense of crisis was too strong, so he had to start reciting from the first rule until——
[If you can’t find a numbered streetlight at the first instance, please look down at the ground intently, searching for any reference that ensures you are still on the road. If you notice the ground warping, stretching, or undergoing any other unnatural changes, immediately grasp your student ID card and map tightly in your hand, and repeatedly remind yourself of your name and student ID in your mind. "Remember you are a student," this phrase is bolded and underlined.]
"Please look down at the ground intently, searching for any reference that can ensure you are still ’on the road’..."
Lin Yi’s pupils moved quickly left and right, muttering two words under his breath: "On the road!"
On the road! On the road! On the road!
So! There has to be at least a "road"!
"Road! Reference! Road! Reference!!"
An idea flashed through Lin Yi’s eyes, but in that moment he couldn’t grasp the epiphany!
He kept grabbing his hair, his face showing the painful color of strenuous thought.
The sea breeze became even stronger, a cold breath spreading from the direction of the Little Genius Sculpture, as if a layer of frost had spread across the ground.
Along with the arrival of the frost, mist seemed to appear out of nowhere, gradually submerging the silhouette of the Little Genius Sculpture and then slowly spreading towards Lin Yi...
The wind blew hard, but the speed of the mist’s spread was unaffected.
This eerie scene carried a strong sense of conflict, but Lin Yi only glanced at it before looking away.
His mind retained only one piece of information: The location of the gymnasium’s construction is a bit special, the wind might be a bit strong, don’t worry, as long as there is no rain mist, it’s a normal phenomenon.
As long as there’s no rain mist, it’s a normal phenomenon.
With rain mist, it’s not normal.
And now... damn it, there’s fog!
In a flash, he remembered the situation when he had just entered the campus the night before, the mist was thick, the streetlights not yet lit, and he had encountered a strangely behaving female teacher as well as a group of students in costume.
It seemed as if something lurked in the mist, but as long as he kept his back to them, he wouldn’t face any danger.
"No, no, that’s not right! It’s not that there’s no danger when turning your back to them, but... there’s no danger as long as you don’t look back."
And the premise of not looking back is to walk towards the streetlights or something else.
Now, without streetlights, if something came with the mist, he couldn’t ensure that nothing would appear in front of him.
At that time, if it wasn’t a streetlight ahead, the thing he would encounter if he turned back might very well stand before him.
With such thick fog, the probability of walking into a figure... might not be small at all!
The faint mist grew closer, soon spreading across the ground at his feet.
"What do I do, what do I do, what do I do..."
Lin Yi painfully tugged at his hair, clearly feeling that his intelligence was a bit inadequate for the situation.
The mist at his feet kept accumulating, the fog at the end of the path grew denser, faintly already seeming like overlapping mountains, pressing towards him.
"Road... Reference! Reference!!"
"This is a road, this is a road..."
He kept murmuring, his brain spinning at high speed, like a smoking old tractor.
He chased the inspirations in his mind continuously, repeating the phrase that provided him inspiration.
Suddenly, his eyes lit up.
"This is a road, at least this is a road!"
"And the reason it can be defined as a ’road’ is because..."
He crouched down suddenly, pressing his hand onto the shoe on his left foot...
His eyes were fixed on the shoe of his left foot, then slowly, he moved it away...
Underneath where his shoe had been, there were several cobblestones.
The moment he saw these cobblestones, Lin Yi’s eyes showed a strong sense of joy.
All the paths within the campus were paved with cobblestone.