If it weren't for the main quest at hand, Yi Lin might have doubted whether the thriving sights encountered along the way truly belonged to the trial set before him.
The cafeteria was an old building.
Its arched roof was covered in mottled crimson rust, faintly exuding an odor of decay.
The Ming River Middle School Cafeteria, from the outside, resembled a red egg.
Like the academic buildings, it seemed there were no windows; the entire cafeteria was impermeable, and the wide-open door was like the gaping mouth of a lurking monster, waiting for Yi Lin to willingly walk into its maw.
Yi Lin hesitated at the entrance for a moment.
He tried tentatively to step toward somewhere else, but his legs refused to budge.
"Can't I completely regain freedom until the choice is thoroughly made?"
Yi Lin's gaze flashed, his expression calm.
Students, both male and female, passed in and out, occasionally casting strange glances at Yi Lin.
