84 The Institute (25)

Chu Yi slowly wandered the suffocating, windowless halls of the building, the space itself was so narrow that the walls felt as if they were gradually encroaching on him- he felt as if a tight rope was wrapped around his throat, strangling him and forcing the air from his lungs! 

He didn't seem to have a destination in mind and instead walked aimlessly ahead, unlike the posture of someone who was venturing into known danger zones.

Da, Da, Da. 

His footsteps never stagnated, even as the sounds around him gradually extinguished, leaving only the wild thumping of his struggling heartbeat echoing in his ears!

His chest heaved-

The air in his lungs seemed to be getting less and less as the oxygen around him dropped to alarming rates; he was slowly being suffocated to death the farther he walked!