AnalogHorror: Rule Kaidan 4016

Despite the men's locker room being empty at this time, the shower area was still filled with white steam.

As soon as Lin Yi stepped into the shower area, he felt a warm and humid heat.

He still remembered the last time he showered, Boss suddenly tested him by having him take out a Pseudo-Human Sports Student.

Was that sports student called Li Kai?

Not important anymore.

"Boss shouldn't test me again this time, right?"

Lin Yi pondered for a moment, then shrugged, casually picked an empty shower stall, and slipped inside, pulling the waterproof curtain closed behind him.

"Whoosh——!"

Just as he pulled the waterproof curtain, the temperature in the entire shower area instantly dropped...

Lin Yi's brow immediately furrowed.

"No way...? Really a test?"

"What kind of test could challenge me at this time?"

Lin Yi couldn't help but mutter.

Not that he's conceited, right now, besides Boss, in the whole Gymnasium, is there anyone or any Extraordinary Creatures that can threaten him?

So he didn't give it much thought, and when the waterproof curtain was pulled shut, the entire shower stall became an area independently divided by the Door Attribute. Without his consent, no creature could break in.

Of course, if they did break in, it probably wouldn't be possible for any creature to leave.

This level of confidence he still had.

Lin Yi turned on the faucet, and while waiting for the hot water, slowly extended his Perception Tentacles out of the waterproof curtain.

The shower area was still the same, steam was still warm, but what came back to his Perception Tentacles was cold.

A layer of frost was spreading along the non-slip flooring, slowly reaching him.

"Is it really targeting me?" Lin Yi was slightly startled, but thought at this time the whole shower area only had him, if not targeting him, who else could it be?

Just then, warm water came through, and Lin Yi continued to shower while waiting to see if the other side would make any moves.

But strangely enough, until he finished showering, the other side didn't make any moves.

In fact, his Perception Tentacles didn't discover anything in the shower area, the only odd thing was just ice shards appeared on the floor.

"Huh...? Not right..."

He found the source of the ice shards.

That place seemed to be another shower stall within the shower area.

Due to the presence of waterproof curtains, that stall was also separated by the Door Attribute. Regardless, ice shards seeped out from that shower stall, giving the feeling of someone in the bathtub cutting their wrist and holding their hand down, allowing blood to flow out.

Lin Yi furrowed his brow, turned off the faucet, dried himself, and walked quietly out of the shower stall.

Strangely, once he pulled back the waterproof curtain, the cold feeling in the shower area disappeared, along with the ice shards on the floor.

Clearly, whatever released the ice shards wasn't in this layer.

"Could it be this wasn't Boss's test?" The thought floated in Lin Yi's mind.

Yet driven by curiosity, he still intended to take a look.

After all, now he's somewhat bold due to his high skill level.

So he followed his perception to the source of the ice shards.

But after a few steps, he stopped.

There was no path ahead of him.

"Even that shower stall is within the layers?" Lin Yi was surprised.

He then turned and left.

Despite some curiosity, he wasn't willing to waste time.

First to report the discovery to Boss, and see what Boss says.

This situation, completely doesn't look like a test.

...

May 11, X023, 16:03, Gymnasium 2F, Gymnastics Hall exit.

But when Lin Yi left the men's locker room, he didn't see Boss, nor Li Huiyuan.

"Huh? Was I too fast?"

He then came to the Q version Boss directional sign, idly waiting.

After waiting another five minutes, he checked his watch, then walked out a few steps to the handrail.

Standing here wouldn't break the sightline from the locker room entrance, and once Boss and Li Huiyuan stepped out, they could see him, and he could also observe the situation on the first floor of the Gymnasium.

On the vast basketball court of the Gymnasium's first floor, many sports students were playing basketball, while others were freely moving about the edges.

Overall, there were many sports students, but those like Xu Shunkang had a relatively low proportion among them, most were initial stage sports students, akin to a group of chicks during the Grey Mist Invasion unable to offer any help.

With this thought, Lin Yi couldn't help but reveal a self-mocking smile.

"Chicks... heh... probably how Xu Shunkang and Xie Huayang felt about me back then..."

Who would've thought, in merely a week, this chick had grown into KFC.

He leaned over the second-floor railing, his gaze sweeping the first floor and landing on the Sports Office.

"'Sports Office'..." As soon as he saw the nameplate, Lin Yi thought of the soft feeling as if stepping on flesh, regarding whether the Gymnasium had also been parasitized by some mysterious creature, he couldn't say.

But perhaps, he could consider asking Boss, after all Boss's Position was somewhat high, being someone who existed since the school's founding, she might know secrets far beyond what the officials had explored over the years.

Still, Lin Yi was a bit curious. Given Boss knew so much, why did the officials choose their own exploration instead of asking Boss directly?

Could it also be a matter of "adaptability"?

The officials couldn't know too much at once either?

Or perhaps... outside the campus, the real world couldn't handle too much information from the Transcendent side at once?

Just like how physicists limited Transcendent aspects to certain intervals?

Also...

Old coal oil lamp.

Lin Yi's gaze fell on that row of old coal oil lamps along the gymnasium wall.

In this Gymnasium filled with LED lights, the faint glow of old coal oil lamps was almost like decorations, but such old coal oil lamps in the Physical Education Teacher's hands could become a tool to suppress the Sneering Angel.

"Speaking of which..." Lin Yi muttered to himself, "The Physical Education Teacher seems to lack 'Supreme Judgment' power..."

From Boss's tone, the minimum limit for the 'Supreme Judgment' path was Security Guard, with no upper limit.

And even Old Mo, who could pull the Sneering Angel out from the layers to kill, seemed only to have touched the 'Supreme Judgment' path.

That means, today's Wei Shan might be similar to Old Mo's level.

And his composite strength might be slightly stronger than Wei Shan... no wonder Boss said he's not as good as a Security Guard.

Whereas the Physical Education Teacher, wielding old coal oil lamps, simple combat performance might just reach Old Mo and Wei Shan's level.

Therefore, the combat power matches up.

"Still need to ask Boss how to light the old coal oil lamp..."

"Wonder if Wei Shan met with Young Master Tian... I probably won't have the chance to visit the 'School Clinic', wonder if Wei Shan can check out the 'School Clinic'."

After a few more minutes, there finally was some noise from the women's locker room side.

Following the sound, Lin Yi watched Boss and Li Huiyuan walk out together.

Li Huiyuan's face was flushed, breath a bit unstable, steps somewhat unsteady, like she'd just been through an intense training session that almost wore her out.

While Boss's brows were furrowed, her cold face displaying a rare expression of seriousness.

"What happened to you two?" Lin Yi approached them, puzzled and curious about what Boss and Li Huiyuan could have done in the women's locker room.

Boss glanced at him, "In the end, it has something to do with you."

Li Huiyuan also spoke softly, "Lin Linzi, this time you must take full responsibility."

"Huh?" Full responsibility brother was baffled, "Explain it clearly!"

Boss signaled with her eyes, and Li Huiyuan slowly raised her left hand.