"No wonder it looked so familiar!"
"No wonder it looked so familiar!!"
"It's the Student Passage!"
"The Convenience Store's exit connects to the Student Passage?!"
Amid his shock, Lin Yi also thought of something-
Could this be just like the walk from the Teaching Building to the Gymnasium, where a seemingly straight route between two points actually concealed one Nonexistent Road after another, with a similar "Nonexistent Road" at the Convenience Store's exit that had brought them back onto the route where the Student Passage was?!
Still reeling, Lin Yi stepped through the thin fog and down the stairs, leaving the Student Passage. He looked back at the sign, and sure enough, it fucking read [Student Passage]!
"It really is the Student Passage? For now, that's the only explanation that makes sense..."
Once again, that "classic line" from the Cafeteria Rules popped into Lin Yi's head-[Due to its location, the Convenience Store can serve as a Student Passage for you to leave when necessary.]
[Due to its location], [serve as a Student Passage].
"So the Convenience Store's exit leads to the Student Passage, and that's the 'truth'?"
"What the fuck..."
Although it still wasn't entirely reasonable, Lin Yi decided not to dwell on it for now. He would brush it aside with a simple "that's just how it is."
With his wealth of experience, he had already decided that after dark, whatever questions arose could wait until he returned to the Dormitory, provided they weren't urgent.
He lowered his head to check his watch. It was 17:33.
From reaching the Convenience Store's exit to leaving the Student Passage, four minutes had passed...
Walking the Student Passage from end to end took anywhere from two to eight minutes.
The timing was normal too.
"Hmm..." After mulling it over briefly, Lin Yi