The twisted layers kept tangling together. Lin Yi was like an adventurer fleeing through a collapsing cave, countless rocks crashing down around him. His steps grew increasingly desperate, but he knew he could not stop for even a moment.
If he stopped, that unknown, twisted darkness would catch up and swallow him, dragging him into eternal ruin.
He fled with all his might and finally sensed his own "original body" on the other side of the passage. Summoning all his strength, he charged out, and then-
"Boom-"
The light faded, and a familiar sensation washed over him.
He was back in the Bookshelf Area at the rear of the Lecture Hall.
May 10, Year X023, 9:01, Group B Class 2.
"Hah, hah, hah..."
Lin Yi jolted awake, then began gasping violently, like a drowning man who had finally managed to breathe fresh air.
Li Huiyuan's voice sounded beside his ear. "Lin Yi, a-are you okay?"
"I'm fine..." Lin Yi let out a long sigh. He was just about to put away the Ouroboros Ring when he noticed that Li Huiyuan looked rather pale and unwell. He hurriedly asked in concern instead, "What's wrong?"
Li Huiyuan gave him a long look, pressed her lips together, and hesitated before asking, "That place just now... where was it?"
"Huh?" Lin Yi froze, then exclaimed in shock, "Wait, how did you see it too?"
"What do you mean, 'see it too'?" Li Huiyuan's eyes widened. "Weren't you showing it to me?"
"Huh?" Lin Yi's mouth fell open. "I..."
Holy shit, I have no idea... What's going on? How could you see it?
Could it be...
He glanced at the hand Li Huiyuan was holding. Clenched inside it was the Ouroboros Ring.
Was it because of the Ouroboros Ring?
*The Ouroboros Ring amplified not