The group soon arrived outside the Swimming Hall, then split up and entered the Changing Rooms.
The moment Lin Yi stepped into the Swimming Hall, he suddenly felt his surroundings grow somewhat dimmer, and a strange sound of wind seemed to rise beside his ears.
"Whoosh... whoosh..."
It was as though a cold, sinister wind were blowing out of a dark corner, making candle flames sway in waves. He seemed to hear those flames constantly beating against the walls in the wind, ready to go out at any moment.
"Whirrr... whirrr..."
At the same time, his vision began to flicker.
With that step, he seemed to have crossed through time and space, setting foot directly inside some strange tunnel.
View interaction again...?!
Lin Yi's heart gave a violent thump.
During one short trip to the Gymnasium, supposedly the safest place around, he had experienced view interaction three times?!
If this kept up, what if he accidentally dropped a layer one time and still thought it was only view interaction? Wouldn't that be incredibly dangerous?
After all, although view interaction dealt a heavy blow to his SAN, dropping a layer went straight for his HP...
With both SAN loss and HP drain-two debuffs at once-what could he possibly accomplish with his little bit of regenerative ability?
Just then, his flickering vision finally began to stabilize, and his surroundings slowly grew clear as his sense of "immersion" intensified...
He discovered that "he" was currently crammed into some dim cellar along with a massive crowd...
Many candlesticks were mounted on the cellar walls, and every candle on them looked as though it had burned down to its base.
All around were old stones with moss growing on them. Even before he approached, he seemed to feel their bone-chilling cold.
He spotted a familiar