Wei Liang rolled his eyes and said speechlessly, "Fine, fine. I give up. I'll go in first."
He took a deep breath, struck a dashing sword-drawing pose, and swiped his card at lightning speed. Before the door had opened more than a crack, he twisted sideways and slipped into the dormitory like a nimble little fish.
Lin Yi swiftly shut the dormitory door.
The instant he closed it, his expression darkened as abruptly as a mask changing. The moved expression that had filled his face melted away like ice and snow, leaving not a trace.
"Damn it, couldn't you let me stay touched a little longer?"
He took off his school uniform and slowly wound it around his hand like a boxer wrapping his fists.
His gaze slowly shifted toward a spot behind him.
It was the route he had taken to get here, a stretch of corridor bathed in the soft orange-yellow glow of the incandescent lights.
And now, several entities that looked like classmates but were clearly Nonhuman Classmates were approaching along that corridor with stiff, shuffling steps, like puppets worked by clumsy hands. Their movements resembled those faceless nurses in Silent Hill.
One, two, three...
Lin Yi slowly narrowed his eyes, his expression growing grave. The curved corridor seemed to spit out an endless stream of Nonhuman Classmates.
And when their faces emerged into the light, Lin Yi's pupils trembled violently.
Wei Liang!
Every single one of these Nonhuman Classmates looked like Wei Liang!!!
Some were fatter versions of Wei Liang, others thinner, and not one had entirely accurate features. But however he looked at them, they all had Wei Liang's outline, with the words "I am Wei Liang" written all over their faces.
It was as though a group of examinees had each fabricated the Wei