Gradually, the rustling sounds grew clearer in his ears, like an old television full of static sharpening from a fuzzy signal into a clear picture as Lin Yi's hearing picked them up.
Within that rustling, there seemed to be dry whispers in a language he understood, as though they were saying:
[Is it... time?]
[It's time... seems like it.]
[Get out! Let's get out!]
[I'm suffocating!! I'm suffocating!!!]
[Another day twisting and squirming, another year huffing and puffing...]
[Stop dawdling! Let me out, let me out!]
[I need air! I need air...]
[...]
Lin Yi's scalp prickled. He suddenly realized that these were the sounds the writhing flesh inside the elevator car made as they communicated!
"They want to come out?"
"But I was the one who opened the elevator doors... it shouldn't be time for them to come out yet, right?"
"So what will they do now? Wait for the doors to close again?"
Lin Yi retreated into the safe area. After making sure he was all right, he cautiously observed the logic behind their behavior.
Because the units with exposed eyeballs were still examining their surroundings, those squeezed into the depths grew impatient.
[Something seems wrong...]
[It's light out... it's still light out...]
[Light, my fucking XX... let me out! Let me out!!! My XX has been twisted into a spring!]
[I want out too! Who stuck their foot up my Xhole!]
[Fuck off-you think I enjoy stirring your guts and churning up all that undigested tomato sauce?!]
Countless voices clamored and jostled inside the elevator, their buzzing chatter sounding like a headful of flies swarming over there.
[Stop pushing! It's still light out, it's still light out!]
[Out!! Out!! I want out!!]
[For fuck's sake, stop pushing... stop pushing...]
[I want out!!]
[Fuck, fuck, fuck... stop pushing!