Lin Yi took a heavy step forward.
As he took that step, the entire world in Lin Yi's vision teetered on the verge of collapse. He knew his sight had finally begun to fail him. Amid the shattered light and shadow and the distorted gray world, keeping his vision normal was truly difficult.
He kept telling himself without pause, "I am a student. My name is Lin Yi. My Student ID is X0230506098." He focused all his attention on that one streetlamp pole labeled "Dormitory Building-096."
He planted his foot, as though setting one cog in motion.
The turning cog drove the puzzle pieces that made up the world. The streetlamp pole before him folded outward like blooming petals, taking its base and the pebble pavement along with it. Finally, the whole world seemed to lose its X, Y, and Z axes, becoming a limp lump of dough.
Lin Yi felt as though he were trudging through a swamp. Every step was extraordinarily difficult.
He could feel "Dormitory Building-095" disappearing behind him, while "Dormitory Building-096" remained impossibly far ahead.
He advanced one step at a time, and the ground beneath his feet gradually began to lose its inherent qualities.
When his foot landed, a dense web of cracks visibly spread outward from where his sole met the ground.
Yet this phenomenon should have made him feel as though he were walking on thin ice. Instead, he felt as though he had stepped on a glutinous rice dumpling.
It was soft and sticky, even carrying a bizarre sense of imbalance that nearly made him fall.
He clenched his teeth so hard he almost crushed his molars.
He breathed heavily, faintly exhaling scorching air through his mouth and nose, while low growls began to rise from his throat.
As though he truly