Why is my anime art style so weird?

"I'm leaving everything to you."

"Don't worry, I'll be back soon."

Xu Ming gave a thumbs up.

He walked up to the curtain and stroked the door inside. His fingertips felt an incredibly realistic rough texture, as if there really was a door on the curtain.

This is so bizarre!

Xu Ming took out his phone, pulled out a crowbar, and then summoned Erina and the little piglet.

Fully armed, Xu Ming carefully led everyone into the doorway.

The moment he passed through the door, he felt a chill, as if he had passed through a thin film of water, and then he entered a strange world.

Projector, screen, chairs...

This place is like a reflection of the projection room.

The difference is that everything here looks old and worn, as if it has stood for countless years.

Gray and white became the main colors here.

Apart from these two colors, Xu Ming did not see any other color as far as he could see.

He subconsciously raised his palm and looked at his hand.

Xu Ming was surprised to find that even his own skin had lost its original color and turned into an unusual grayish-white.

Xu Ming began to look around warily, his hands involuntarily tightening their grip on the crowbar and his phone.

Not only the colors, but the air itself seemed to be filled with an eerie atmosphere.

"Xu Ming, where is this place? It feels so strange."

The little piglet looked around.

Erina, with her silver hair, also had a hint of curiosity in her eyes.

"This place is strange, be careful."

Xu Ming gave instructions.

The two nodded quickly.

After a while, having checked the projection room and found nothing, the three of them walked towards the door.

Xu Ming walked and pondered.

Where exactly is the hidden storage room that the old man Yoshiya mentioned?

Stepping outside, Xu Ming was surprised to find that everything outside, from the structure to the furnishings, was exactly the same as when he arrived.

The whole world seemed to be a reflection of the main world.

The only difference is that this world is much darker, as if there is no colored draft.

Wait, the reflection…

A sudden inspiration struck Xu Ming.

Could the hidden storage room that the old man in Yoshiya mentioned be the same storage room on the third floor where the slides were found?

Could the so-called hidden storage room be just a reflection hidden in the slides?

It seems necessary to investigate this carefully.

Xu Ming immediately led the two to the elevator.

The elevator is still in the same place, but its style is no longer the modern enclosed elevator cabinet. Instead, it is a fence-style elevator that has only appeared in movies in the last century, and it looks particularly old.

The elevator floor was uneven and covered with dust and trash, and the railings were rusty, looking as if they could be broken with the slightest force.

Moreover, this elevator does not have floor buttons; instead, it has something like a dial.

The three entered the elevator. Xu Ming fumbled around for a while and turned the dial to position 3. The three stood there dumbfounded for a moment, but the elevator disappeared and did not start.

"Xu Ming, shouldn't we close the gate first, and then pull the handle?"

The little piglet reminded him.

Xu Ming suddenly realized what was going on and immediately followed the instructions from the little piglet.

A few seconds later, the elevator started moving and began to slowly ascend. However, the speed made Xu Ming wonder if he could simply walk up instead.

About 10 minutes later, the elevator slowly stopped on the 3rd floor. Xu Ming waited for a while, but the elevator doors did not open.

Just as I was wondering, the little pig wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"Um... it seems like you have to pull the door open yourself."

Xu Ming slapped his forehead.

I'm used to automatic elevators, so I'm not used to this old-fashioned elevator all of a sudden.

The gate was opened, and the three filed out.

The scene outside the door was much the same as what Xu Ming had seen before, except that it looked particularly dilapidated and old.

Following his memory, Xu Ming led the two directly to the storage room of the ancient books and archives.

However, none of them noticed that from the moment they stepped out of the underground screening room, the shadows they passed through began to twist and writhe...

Meanwhile, in the main world, Shirogane Miyuki suddenly noticed that the figure behind the curtain seemed to move...

Chapter 194 The Mad Alchemist's Terrifying Workshop

Shirogane Miyuki rubbed his eyes, wondering if he was seeing things because he had been staring at the white screen for too long.

But when he opened his eyes again, his pupils suddenly contracted, and the strange figure in the curtain actually began to turn slightly to the side, instead of turning away from him.

A chill ran from the soles of Shirogane Miyuki's feet straight up to the top of his head.

Gudong!

He felt a tickle in his throat and couldn't help but swallow, his eyes fixed on the figure on the screen, unblinking.

Strange noises suddenly came from outside the door, as if someone was dragging something heavy and getting closer to the screening room.

Shirogane Miyuki couldn't help but turn around and look towards the doorway.

The door, which had been tightly closed, was now silently half-open.

Has something entered this room?

Shirogane Miyuki didn't dare to think too much and quickly went over to close the door. However, when he turned around, his heart suddenly started racing.

The figure on the curtain had turned halfway around, facing him sideways. Shirogane Miyuki could even see the black mist constantly emanating from the shadow of his hood.

Clang!

It was as if something had bumped into the door.

Shirogane Miyuki was startled and looked in the direction of the gate again.

The door was shaking violently, as if something was about to burst forth.

Shirogane Miyuki quickly locked all the latches on the door.

Hey!

In the empty screening room, a strange laugh suddenly rang out, filled with mockery for the foolish prey who had fallen into the trap.

When Shirogane Miyuki turned around again, most of the figure on the curtain had already turned around.

Shirogane Miyuki stared in horror at the figure on the curtain.

The door shook more and more violently, and the latches on the door began to bend and deform, as if they were about to come loose at any moment.

Immediately afterwards, the figure on the curtain turned completely around to face him, under Shirogane Miyuki's gaze.

Thump thump!

Shirogane Miyuki's heart was pounding.

It was an incredibly terrifying figure. Its entire body was shrouded in a tattered, grayish-brown robe, and through the gaps in the robe, one could vaguely see black mist constantly billowing outwards, as well as black mud writhing like octopus tentacles.

The face was mostly covered by the shadow of the hood, with only a small part of a pale, inhuman chin showing.

He, or rather, it, slightly curled the corners of its mouth, revealing a strange and terrifying smile to Shirogane Miyuki.

At this moment, a dark, murky substance, resembling living black mud, began to seep out from the cracks in the door. The surface of the door was also continuously being eroded by black moss.

Soon the entire door melted into a mass of some unknown dark substance.

Pale, withered, and vengeful spirits kept emerging from it, reaching out to Shirogane Miyuki beside him, as if trying to pull him in and plunge him into the abyss of suffering together.

An even stranger scene unfolded.

The monster from behind the curtain suddenly emerged, a sinister smile on its face, and charged towards Shirogane Miyuki…

Xu Ming followed his memories to the storage room.

What appeared before him was an incredibly terrifying door, a disgusting grayish-white color covered with chilling protrusions, which from a distance looked like the skin of a long-dead corpse stitched together.

A series of distorted human faces were prominently displayed on the gate.

These incredibly realistic faces make one wonder if someone inside was trying to escape but was ultimately forced back into the doorway.

"Xu Ming, this door looks terrifying!"

The little pig sniffed, looking fearful.

Erina couldn't help but move closer to Xu Ming.

"Be careful, this place is too eerie."

Xu Ming reminded him, then raised the crowbar, pressed the end against the door, and pushed it forcefully inward.

A loud, unpleasant noise rang out, and the door slowly opened.

Upon seeing the scene inside the door, the three of them couldn't help but gasp.

Inside the door, there were still rows of shelves filled with translucent brown glass bottles containing all sorts of terrifying specimens.

The most common depictions are organs and viscera from various parts of the human body, and there are even strange species that don't exist in reality, such as a one-eyed snake; a spider the size of a soccer ball with a human face on its abdomen; and a creature with a normal human head on one side and tentacles like an octopus on the other...

This place is practically a terrifying workshop of a mad alchemist.