Originally, when Lu Zhao's group of four left the classroom, they only had a chance of encountering the Grinning Angel. But being with him was practically the same as standing right beside it.
That would turn their situation from [You have a chance of encountering the Grinning Angel, but if you do, you will die] into [You will die].
He certainly wasn't going to do something so thankless that it made him a menace to others.
Head Teacher 040 didn't seem displeased by what Lin Yi said. Judging by his earlier, inhuman displays, his words might well have been the safer option.
"Come to think of it, I just thought of a last resort," Head Teacher 040 said, as though it had suddenly occurred to her. "I'll have them leave the classroom and find a Streetlamp Pole to stay beside."
"The classroom lights will definitely go out, but the streetlamps won't. Although the weather is abnormal, at least... there's still light."
"If they're willing to go to the Gymnasium, they can also feel their way forward along the Streetlamp Poles... where there are streetlamps, the Security Guards generally won't get too close. For them, that counts as a way out."
"The only way out for them that I can think of right now."
Lin Yi fell silent. Streetlamp Poles were indeed extremely dangerous in the rain, and a downpour could easily distort people's perception and make them fall through Layers. But compared with the other possibilities, this method of sticking to the Streetlamp Poles really could get them through, provided their minds stayed clear enough and their bodies were tough enough.
As for contamination from the rainwater... come on, man, what mattered more, the major issue of life and death or these trivial little things?
If they lasted until daytime,