When Lin Yi peered into that dim patch of shadow out of the corner of his eye, he actually had the illusion that he was looking at a sea of people.
His eyelids twitched violently, but that frame-skipping sensation only grew clearer. Then he noticed the people with their necks stretched out gradually fading, floating above the "silently queuing" line like illusory afterimages.
It looked as though everyone in that line had developed a double image from their souls leaving their bodies.
"Let's go, Lao Lin." Wei Shan patted his shoulder, drawing his attention back.
Lin Yi shuddered and withdrew his gaze.
"Fuck, that was stupid..." he cursed under his breath. "There's nobody over there... there's nobody over there... there's nobody over there..."
The five of them found seats beneath a light and sat down.
They lowered their heads and started drinking their porridge.
"Overall, the Cafeteria is a lot more off than yesterday," Tian Bufan said, picking up a fried dough stick and taking a bite.
"Yes, and..." Lin Yi said.
"No 'and,'" Tian Bufan interrupted. "Save the 'and' until we've left the Cafeteria, and tell us the rest of your dream while you're at it."
"Mm... all right. This really isn't the place to talk about it." Lin Yi glanced around and spoke quietly.
"You can keep observing, but... we're running out of time. Stick to 'observing,'" Tian Bufan said.
Lin Yi was slightly startled. Looks like Young Master Tian knows something happened to me just now...
It made sense. Tian Bufan merely had lower intuition than he did. Even if Tian Bufan couldn't sense things as clearly, he still had a vague feeling. Besides, Lin Yi had shown some "unusual movements." Even Wei Shan had noticed, so Tian Bufan, walking beside him, couldn't possibly have been completely