"Heh, yeah. Can't let the chance slip by," Lin Yi said with a grin.
"That works." Kuai Hongji nodded. "But we need to let Young Master Tian know about this step."
"Right, let's go, then. Come back to the dormitory with me first."
Clang... click!
The elevator doors opened. Carrying the Old Kerosene Lamp, Kuai Hongji slowly led Mao Feiyang out.
The instant the elevator doors closed, the button inside the red cover marked with an "X" on the floor panel suddenly split open. An eyeball popped out, blinked twice, then swiftly disappeared again...
The elevator doors closed, and the cover and button returned to normal. Yet an indescribably eerie atmosphere faintly pervaded the air.
May 12, Year X023, 4:52. The clanking of swaying chains echoed through the pitch-black covered corridor of the Dormitory Building.
The corridors of the Dormitory Building were not particularly distorted now, nor did walking along suddenly bring them onto the ceiling. Everything seemed to have recovered.
After walking for a while, Kuai Hongji brought Mao Feiyang to Dormitory Room 1414.
After using his authority as the "Dorm Supervisor" to open the door, Kuai Hongji slowly entered the room.
The dormitory was not much different from when he had left. The only difference was that the bed that had flipped 180 degrees had turned back again.
They were now standing normally on the floor.
The window glass beside the washbasin remained covered in a thick layer of condensation, but the raging wind and rain had completely stopped, leaving the tranquility that followed a storm.
Mao Feiyang's gaze slowly moved around the dormitory before finally settling on Tian Bufan.
The parts of Tian Bufan's body exposed above the bedding had a faint bluish-gray cast. He looked like a dead sculpture.
"Young Master Tian, everything went smoothly.