At that moment, in the Student Dining Hall outside the Convenience Store, only the three Incandescent Lights in front of the store were still flickering. Darkness had swallowed every other area, leaving only writhing Bone-White Fog, like countless tentacles squirming and twisting.
Within that pitch-black domain, a ceaseless rustling sounded like swarms of sandworms moving about, making anyone who heard it shudder.
"Pfft! Pfft... pfft!"
As the last three Incandescent Lights went out, the entire first floor of the Student Dining Hall fell into boundless darkness.
Finally, those jostling heads slowly emerged from deep within the fog. Figures stepped through the mist and approached the edge of the light outside the Convenience Store, lingering like ghosts and phantoms...
They were a group of night-walking species. Some were nonhuman classmates, while others were things like the Little Genius sculpture. Faint golden radiance flowed through all their eyes as they surrounded the Convenience Store like stiff corpses.
At the store entrance, the half-zhang domain spread by the dim yellow haze struggled to hold out against the darkness, as though it might go out at any moment.
Lin Yi lowered his head and checked his watch.
16:52.
"The Sun is about to set..." Lin Yi felt immense pressure. "We have to leave the Cafeteria through the Convenience Store and return to the Teaching Building as soon as possible..."
The weather looked bright today, but there was actually something seriously wrong with it. Lin Yi had never seen the Sun set this early... The last time had been May 6, the day he entered the school.
But that day had involved abnormal weather. Rain and mist had shrouded the Mountainous Region just after 17:30, and by the time he entered the school at 17:45, thick fog had filled the air.
He had an ominous