Rules-related weird stories: 4016

Chapter 319 “Architect”…?

Golden light flames rose in his eyes, and his vision seemed to zoom in, magnifying the sculpted flesh.

Then he discovered that the blood and flesh, which were difficult to peel off, were not remaining unchanged, but were annihilating and decomposing at a subtle and slow pace.

And the "matter" formed after its annihilation was white powder particles!

Lin Yi also thought of how ketchup would turn into sculpture fragments, and how the Night Kind would turn into sculptures under sunlight and then shatter into such white particles…

A thought suddenly struck him.

He had been searching for the differences between white powder particles formed from different substances, such as whether there was some connection between the ketchup of the green bib chef and the Night Kind, and the connection between white powder particles and pollution.

But now he realized that he had complicated the problem.

He only needed to equate the two simply, without seeking complex corroborating conditions.

In other words, these white powder particles were the "matter" annihilated after all those tainted by pollution died…

Any creature carrying pollution had the potential for its flesh and blood to turn into white powder particles, requiring only some "catalytic" conditions.

These catalytic conditions were sometimes very simple, requiring only excessive pollution.

And the art students could actually absorb it and transform it into their green aura!

"So, is this why art students can eat tomatoes?"

Why couldn't the experience students eat tomatoes?

Because the pollution was super high.

But art students themselves were a path of pollution, even a unit that had already walked out of the path, so naturally, they were not afraid.

Therefore, the art student rules mentioned that they could eat them when necessary.

And this necessary time should refer to when they desperately needed to replenish a certain amount of extraordinary power.

But the lines of the rules hinted that tomatoes had side effects, so they were not allowed to eat too much.

Then the reason why sports students could eat tomatoes was the same, and after eating, they needed to report to the teacher.

Speaking of which, tomatoes were hearts, not necessarily just the hearts of "people"; Pseudo-humans also had hearts.

Lin Yi thought of the Pseudo-human Li Kai; the heart was usually the source of the Pseudo-human.

Wait, the source?

So, tomatoes were not only hearts, but also hearts containing the source!

"That is to say…"

Lin Yi understood.

The heart containing the origin of the polluted unit not only had the color-coded extraordinary power that could be absorbed by art students or sports students, but also other color-coded extraordinary powers, which was a very mixed collection of extraordinary powers.

In the end, it meant that fire-type cultivators were best at absorbing fire-type crystals, and water-type cultivators mainly used water-type crystals, while a mixed crystal should not be absorbed unless necessary.

But in a critical moment when there was no choice, it could still be used.

As for the consequences, that was not something to consider at that time.

As Mu Daxian said, if he had enough time to prepare, he would not need to risk wasting an arm and reducing his combat power to blow up a street lamp for a light bulb.

But at that time, the focus was on "efficiency" rather than "injury."

Suddenly, he clarified the underlying logic of some rules, and Lin Yi had a sense of joy of solving a mystery and suddenly seeing the light.

And he also suddenly realized that while he was thinking about those things just now, his body was unconsciously absorbing the free-floating auras in the air, green, blue, gray, golden, red… Wait, why were all these colored auras being absorbed by him?!

"Am I really that indiscriminate?!"

Lin Yi himself was shocked.

"Huh? It doesn't seem to be the case…"

He tried to sense himself for a moment, and then he really found that as long as the aura lingered around him, it would enter his body unimpeded, but he did not absorb all of these auras, only absorbing some of the sky-blue aura and light-green aura.

The remaining auras circulated in his body and then were expelled.

This situation was the same as when he absorbed "Primal Pollution" back then.

Of all the water in the world, I only take a scoop.

It was really a bit ungrateful.

Lin Yi felt a little heartache, feeling a huge loss, and then continued to absorb these extraordinary powers step by step, temporarily not thinking too much about things.

Standing on the protruding building of the giant egg dome, the boss was also absorbing these pure extraordinary powers together with the sports teachers.

The auras they absorbed were almost mainly sky-blue and blood-red, and the old kerosene lamp he was holding flickered its light unhurriedly, while absorbing all the surrounding auras indiscriminately.

As the aura was absorbed, the light in the old kerosene lamp seemed to become brighter, but it was not much brighter than before.

However, if you look closely, you will find that the sports teachers are not only absorbing red and blue auras, but also seem to be vaguely absorbing some other auras, all colors, but not many…

"This invasion… is unusual."

Teacher Wang looked at the various colored auras fluttering in the air like butterflies and pondered.

"Are you talking about 'their attack on the gymnasium' this time, or 'this gray mist invasion itself'?"

A sports teacher next to him said.

"Of course, I'm talking about this invasion itself."

Teacher Wang said seriously, "This time, they came too early."

"In previous invasions, there were also invasions launched before the sun set, but never on such a scale as today."

"They seem to be prepared. This time, more than thirty Wrath Angels gathered, just from the frontal invasion, not to mention those who were lured to the playground…"

"The Wrath Angels on the playground…"

A sports teacher glanced at the remains of the Wrath Angels covered with spherical eyeballs on the playground, "…sixty-six, a total of about a hundred Wrath Angels…"

"This scale is almost catching up with the previous invasion peaks."

The invasion peak was when night fell and the gray mist enveloped the entire campus.

"After the sun sets, there may be a more fierce wave, or more waves…"

"I have a premonition that this may be the largest invasion since the school was founded."

The surrounding sports teachers couldn't help but sigh: "The principal hasn't returned yet, and the owner of the convenience store has some problems…"

"The only stable peak combat power left on the entire campus is the three 'Night Watchers'."

"They are stuck too tightly… The three 'Night Watchers' can indeed complete the guarding of the art building and temporarily fill the positions of 'Principal' and 'Convenience Store Owner', but the one left in the art building is under too much pressure."

"Especially this gray mist invasion, which is full of strange aura."

"I don't know why, but this time, I always have an ominous premonition that we will lose this gray mist invasion…"

“The anchors of the decision have been lost too many times, and the entire campus is teetering… like a fortress built of blocks, with several key blocks removed.”

The physical education teachers exchanged information while holding old kerosene lamps, absorbing the pollution in the air, looking like a group of people chatting and exhaling smoke after a meal, but the information they were discussing seemed to determine the fate of the entire campus.

“I received a message… it came from the library, the authorities might send someone to stabilize the campus.”

“Stabilize it? Who can they send that has such stable anchoring ability?”

“The military again?” A physical education teacher sneered, “Do you still remember what happened last time? They disregarded our objections and sent armed forces to find the source of the pollution… It's ridiculous, they really think that stealing a rhino horn allows them to stab a rhino with it.”

“We always use our limited understanding to measure things beyond our understanding, and losses are inevitable, but… that’s no longer ‘last time’, that was back in the early days of the school! Teacher Chu, you have no sense of time, do you?”

“Whatever, who cares?” Teacher Chu shrugged, “We are all old things about to die, we should have died long ago, and it's only at times like this that we gather together.”

“So you guys don’t care at all who the authorities send?”

“Caring is useless, it’s all evasive and cliché, I can’t even bother to look at it. Every time it’s ‘We will carefully consider your demands, but you also know that the process isn’t like that’ blah blah blah… That’s why I hate chatting with those officials, sometimes I really want to throw them into the Nightwalker crowd and let them experience what it’s like to ‘churn endlessly in the sea of people’.”

“Hmph… After so many years, are they still like this?”

“In what way?”

“Bureaucratic.”

“Old traditions only become more mellow with age.”

“More stupid with age, that’s for sure.”

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“Let’s talk about something useful…” The leader frowned, “Who did the authorities send?”

For some reason, the leader subconsciously associated this person with Lin Yi.

In this period, perhaps Lin Yi was the only relatively special person.

“I heard it's… the kind of person who can stabilize the campus, um, let’s put it this way, perhaps it's a… ‘architect’?”

“The brick-laying kind?” A physical education teacher couldn’t help but laugh, “Architecture… are there really people still studying that now?”

“Architect? Another architect?” Another physical education teacher hesitated, “We said that last time, but then there was no news, now it’s happening again? Could this be fake news?”

The leader’s heart stirred slightly…

Architecture?

This…

Could it be Lin Yi?

“And then?” she asked, “How do they plan to stabilize the campus this time?”

“I don’t know… this profession is too ancient, people nowadays like novel things like astrology and secret symbols… There really aren’t many people doing architecture.”

“However, I heard that this is also a desperate measure, no one thinks it will work this time, it's mostly just cannon fodder.”

“That’s right, just cannon fodder… If the ship is about to fall apart, what use is it to throw someone to tighten the screws? At most, they can hold the wrench and hold on until the principal comes back to take the helm.”

The leader pondered: “Is that really what they said?”

“Yes… I also heard that there seem to be several factions on the official side, but the majority are those who advocate preserving the campus to prevent the spread of pollution, and those who advocate abandoning the campus and retreating to the core of the alliance… After all, everyone is clear about the situation in S City.”

“It’s just that those who advocate abandonment don’t dare to act openly yet…”

“They want the ‘resources’ in the campus, and they want to abandon the campus… Are they planning to drain the pond to catch the fish?”

“Most likely, after all, we are gradually losing control here…”

“The original architects constructed the logic of the campus, but the authorities still cannot fully grasp this logic… and things that are not under control are destined to be abandoned when necessary.”

“But… act against the campus? Having this idea is a good thing, but do they have the ability? Just relying on the rhino horn?”

“What’s terrifying about rhinos isn’t the rhino horn, why don’t they understand this simple truth?”

“Let’s not discuss their affairs… let’s just take care of ourselves.”

“Let’s not talk about the abandonment faction, the ones who are in contact with us are the preservation faction.”

“Their essence is just to slightly delay the progress of the campus’s collapse, at least, to alleviate some of the pressure on the Night Watchers… You also know that the Night Watchers’ power is also used to fight against the threats from the sea, saving even a little is saving something.”

“So… when will the principal come back? If the principal doesn’t come back, wouldn’t that person be nailed there like a pillar?”

The leader was silent.

If all of this is true, and that person is Lin Yi, then the building is about to collapse, and Lin Yi is the pillar used as a substitute, safe until the real pillar returns, but if he can’t hold on, he will be crushed to death…

“Leader, why are you suddenly concerned about this matter? Haven’t you always felt that those people can’t be counted on?”

“The leader means that distant water can’t quench immediate thirst, don’t misinterpret it.”

The leader said: “You all don’t care, it’s normal for me to care, isn’t it? Regardless of whether the news is true or false, at least we should ‘know’, right? Teacher Zhang, next time you have this kind of news, be sure to convey it as soon as possible.”

“No! No, no, Leader, no, everyone!” Suddenly, a physical education teacher slapped his head, as if he had realized something, “Everyone, don’t listen to Teacher Zhang’s nonsense, the thing he’s talking about was news that came from the library several months ago… He fell asleep after conveying the message last time, and only woke up today, he’s experiencing a time difference with us!”

“What the heck, so this news isn’t reliable?”

“Ah? Time difference?” Teacher Zhang was stunned for a moment, “What year is it today?”

“It’s May 9th!”

“Which year?”

“Year X023.”

“…”

“Thank goodness, thank goodness…” Teacher Zhang patted his chest, “I only slept for a few months…”

“Thank goodness your sister! Didn’t you look at the time after you woke up? You’re spreading old news here?!” An extremely speechless physical education teacher couldn’t help but say, “Why don’t you suddenly say some old stories!”

All the physical education teachers were silent, and the leader almost didn’t catch her breath.

“Alright, alright… false alarm, then let’s not worry about it.”

“However, although he was supposed to be sent over several months ago, but since there has been no sign of such a person appearing until now, could it be that something has delayed him?”

“You also know, maybe this matter was stuck at some point in the process? Like, the abandonment faction secretly stirred things up?”