As they drew closer, the light grew clearer, until at last Lin Yi saw a familiar Pebble Road.
A Streetlamp Pole stood along the road, its dim yellow light spilling across the surface and illuminating everything around it.
Compared with the distorted space they had just passed through, this place seemed especially normal and peaceful.
The Security Guard slowed down, and the endless darkness enveloping them slowly receded like a tide...
A strange feeling stirred in Lin Yi's heart, a sense of déjà vu like a submarine surfacing. That dark, eerie, distorted space was gradually falling behind him.
Lin Yi began to feel the chill of the early-morning breeze brushing his cheeks. Despite the countless improvements to his physique, this sensation of cold, practically branded into his "Cognition," still made him shiver instinctively.
It was like seeing someone else get hit in the balls and feeling a faint ache yourself.
A few steps later, the ground beneath Lin Yi's feet had become uneven pebbles. That sensation gave him an immense sense of reassurance.
As they approached the Streetlamp ahead, their shadows stretched long, as though they had broken free from a dark Abyss and returned to the real world.
The Black Apron Chefs seemed long accustomed to this, but Zhao Lingxiao very visibly let out a long sigh of relief, seemingly still harboring a trace of fear of that environment.
The Security Guard led them to a stop somewhere near the Streetlamp Pole, then turned to face them. A deep, authoritative voice slowly rang out:
"This is the Campus. Dawn is coming. They won't dare act too brazenly... Follow the corresponding Rules, and you can return to the Teaching Building."
The Security Guard had told them to leave.
Lin Yi obligingly released the Chains and walked toward the Streetlamp Pole.