Only one way out remained now-force their way back to the Teaching Building before the fog swallowed them, or maintain the cognition that they were [on the road].
And the Teaching Building looming faintly in the distant fog was a goal Lin Yi had never abandoned-he had designated it as his anchor from the start, ensuring that he was [heading toward the Teaching Building] regardless of his condition. So even though Pebble Road had twisted into a corkscrew, he had never lost his way in the fog.
This had proven an effective way to avoid getting lost, but it alone could not get them back to the Teaching Building.
But it did not matter if they could not return, because what Lin Yi wanted to achieve was to ensure that they remained [on the road].
Article 7 of the Student Rules: [If you cannot immediately find a numbered streetlamp, lower your head and stare at the ground beneath your feet. Find any reference point that can confirm you are still on the road. If you discover that the ground is twisting, stretching, or undergoing any changes that defy common sense, immediately clutch your Student ID and Map tightly in your hands, and repeatedly remind yourself of your name and student number. Remember that you are a student, "this sentence is bold and underlined."]
[Staring at the ground beneath your feet] was meant to anchor you within the campus, thereby [ensuring you were still on the road], so you would not get lost as the layers dropped.
Now there was something wrong with the ground, but that was fine. I couldn't anchor myself to the ground anymore, but I could fucking anchor myself directly to the Teaching Building.
And so Lin Yi led Li Huiyuan along the distorted Pebble Road at