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Chapter 214: "The Mist-Piercing Light Chaser Ultimately Becomes a Phantom"

Mu Daxian looked down at the two deformed pseudo-humans writhing on the ground and said indifferently, "Moreover, pseudo-humans like these may seem newly transformed, but in reality, they are completely beyond saving. Once you see them, you must eliminate them if you have the ability. Otherwise, they will pollute the Experiencers during the day and spread like a virus."

"Spread like a virus?!" Mao Feiyang exclaimed in surprise.

Mu Daxian said, "The main purpose of the rules for Experiencers is to control the pollution they can come into contact with within a certain range. Once the Experiencers' perception is distorted, it will weaken their own 'pollution resistance'."

"For example, both are going from the teaching building to the cafeteria. Some people arrive at the cafeteria uneventfully, while others see one or two extremely realistic human sculptures along the way."

"Then, even without considering some subsequent variables, just the fact of 'seeing human sculptures' has already become a variable in their Experiencer life."

"If their subconscious generates thoughts like 'The sculptures are all in the art building,' 'Why are there sculptures here?' or 'Who put them here?', then even if they don't figure anything out at first, they will think about it from time to time later on."

"Curiosity has always been the driving force behind human exploration of the unknown, so very few people can give up thinking after a question arises and remain in a state of giving up thinking."

"And once you start thinking, the 'gears of fate' start to turn... The infiltration of pollution is unavoidable, unstoppable."

"This is the difference between 'zero' and 'non-zero'."

[If I don't encounter it, naturally I won't know anything. If I don't know, how can I think about it?]

[If I don't think about anything, I won't attract pollution at all. And the pollution that normally exists on campus is simply not enough for me to reach the pollution threshold.]

[After seven days, I can just pack my bags and leave.]

This is "Zero."

It couldn't be safer.

It's a perfect, foolish loop.

But for non-zero, that's just the beginning...

"The most fatal point is..." Mu Daxian said, "The 'atmosphere' of the campus naturally attracts people to think."

"It's okay for some people with slow thinking. The atmosphere of the campus won't make them care about anything, and they won't think too much."

"But for those whose inspiration is higher than ordinary people, this is a fatal trap."

"Once a person with mental problems appears in the crowd, that person will pollute some other people to some extent. And among those who are polluted by him, as long as one or two people become pollution intensifiers because they doubt the rules, and then continue to radiate pollution to others..."

"Isn't this like a virus spreading like crazy?"

Mao Feiyang nodded thoughtfully and then asked, "The student rules do mention 'All sculptures are in the art building'... Isn't that a contradiction?"

"A contradiction?" Mu Daxian narrowed his eyes. "What do the student rules say?"

"Uh... Which part are you referring to?" Mao Feiyang asked, puzzled.

Mu Daxian recited them as if they were his own, opening his mouth and reciting:

"First, [All sculptures in the campus are busts and are all kept in the art building. If you see complete human sculptures in areas other than this on campus, please find the nearest street lamp with a number and return to the building closest to you along the street lamp.]"

"Second, [The location coordinates of each building on the map are absolutely accurate, and all campus buildings are marked on the map. If you see a building that is not on the map, especially the art building, do not panic, mark the location on the map and report it to the homeroom teacher. Do not go there.]"

"Look at these two together, plus your current understanding of the art building and the pseudo-humans, can you have a deeper understanding?"

Mu Daxian looked at Mao Feiyang with interest.

Mao Feiyang paused slightly, then pondered for a while. After thinking for a while, he said uncertainly, "I can understand the first point now. The complete human sculptures are the pseudo-humans, right? If you see them, find the street lamp and return to the building because the street lamp can provide shelter..."

"But, the busts... and the point that 'all are kept in the art building', won't that make the Experiencers doubt the spatial location of the art building?"

"I... I still don't understand. Can you just tell me?" Mao Feiyang gave up thinking.

Mu Daxian shook his head and said, "The student rules tell the Experiencers 'The location of the art building is uncertain, and it needs to be marked when you see it', plus 'All sculptures are in the art building'. In fact, it's not to make the Experiencers think about the art building, but to directly dispel their doubts."

"Ah?" Mao Feiyang opened his mouth wide, then suddenly thought of something and exclaimed in surprise, "You mean... the student rules directly give an answer to prevent the Experiencers from starting to think about it?"

"You kid really get it right away." Mu Daxian praised, "I'll tell you directly, if you see a sculpture, then there is an art building nearby, so don't think too much about this issue—this is a kind of spell interruption."

"Because the school can't monitor everyone, they can only use this method to give the Experiencers a strong psychological suggestion from a psychological level to prevent them from being indirectly polluted by thinking about issues related to pseudo-humans, arousing the attention of pseudo-humans and the 'call of the art building layer'."

"And do you know why the so-called 'location of the art building' is marked on the map?"

Mao Feiyang shook his head.

Mu Daxian said, "Marking information is only one thing. The key point is the subsequent 'report to the homeroom teacher' so that the homeroom teacher knows which places have pseudo-humans again, whether they are new or existing, so as to have a general grasp of the movement of sculpture-shaped pseudo-humans in the campus..."

Mao Feiyang realized in surprise, "All of this is to fight against the 'Gray Mist Invasion' event?!"

"That's right." Mu Daxian nodded. "There are a large number of emergency plans for sudden situations in the homeroom teacher's rules. Of course, I don't know what they are specifically. I only know that the existence of the homeroom teacher is largely for 'supervision'."

"Then what does the 'call of the art building layer' mean?" Mao Feiyang asked.

"A kind of... 'call'. Don't worry, I'll talk to you about it later." Mu Daxian remained silent and didn't explain it further.

Mao Feiyang pursed his lips and didn't ask anything further.

Mu Daxian then said, "By the way, I just talked about 'zero' and 'non-zero', but in fact, I now find that there is a third type of person..."

"That is, people like you, whose subconscious reaction is faster than brain thinking, and whose inspiration is as敏捷 as a dog's nose... can be simply called dog-nosed people."

"..." Mao Feiyang stiffened slightly.

《You deliberately came up with a 'by the way', I suspect you are scolding me, but I dare not take out evidence》

But since we're back on track, Mao Feiyang's thinking also followed back, and he couldn't help but ask, "Wait... Why don't they go back to the green belt to hide like other pseudo-humans?"

He thought of something. Listening to Mu Daxian's tone, these two pseudo-humans seemed to be staying under the street lamp until the sun came out and then be晒成人形 sculptures?

"Because they simply don't have the ability to leave here." Mu Daxian's tone became a bit colder. "They are the hopeless kind of pseudo-humans."

Pseudo-human is a very broad collective term, including but not limited to "Experience students who lose their student IDs and are gradually corrupted by supernatural forces, thus becoming non-human entities", "Nightwalkers who snatch the identity credentials of experience students and become 'fake humans', and human-shaped sculptures", etc...

"Hopeless? Were they transformed from purebred Nightwalkers?"

Mu Daxian nodded, thinking that Xiao Mao's comprehension was not bad: "That's right, they were all transformed after purebred Nightwalkers obtained the student IDs of experience students. Some even eat the corresponding student."

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Eat them and then become them? Mao Feiyang couldn't help but shudder: "But aren't they unable to enter the illuminated area of the streetlights?"

"That's right." Mu Daxian nodded. "Because the supernatural power carried by the streetlights can dispel the supernatural power within the pseudo-human's body, 'reverting them to their original form'. Therefore, pseudo-humans instinctively fear the light, but they are also attracted by the supernatural power within the light, so they徘徊 in the shadow areas outside the streetlights."

"They chase 'light', but are also hurt by 'light'... The so-called 'De som jager lyset i tke blir til slutt fantomer' is a precept given to them."

"But nothing is absolute. The power of the light is extremely harmful to units that have completely transformed into the pseudo-human side, but if it is a 'newborn pseudo-human' who has just devoured an experience student and seized their identity, the effect will be weakened."

"This also leads to them being able to enter the illuminated range of the streetlights to a certain extent, but as time goes on, they will also be harmed like pure pseudo-humans."

Mao Feiyang quickly interrupted: "Wait, wait, wait... What exactly does that sentence you just said mean? You know, that, that, that... that sentence from the 'Night Watchman Iron Law'…"

If at first he didn't dare to ask because it was something beyond his reach, then now, after encountering the attack of the Grinning Angel, he felt that he needed to know a little more, so he quickly seized the opportunity to ask.

Mu Daxian glanced at him and didn't refuse, saying directly: "'De som jager lyset i tke blir til slutt fantomer'... One of the precepts of the 'Night Watchman Iron Law', meaning 'Those who chase the light in the fog will eventually become phantoms'…"

"The precepts of the 'Night Watchman Iron Law' are like some kind of magic spell. Uttering them using supernatural power can cause great harm to Nightwalkers."

"You have to pronounce it with that kind of pronunciation, right?"

"That's for sure."

"Can I... learn it?"

Mu Daxian said in surprise: "Don't you want to leave anymore?"

"I've figured it out. It's better to save my life first, and then think about how to leave..." Mao Feiyang shrugged, his helpless tone like a different kind of compromise.

"Let's talk about it when we get back to the art building." Mu Daxian patted him on the shoulder and smiled knowingly. "Getting back to the point, that sentence is saying that Nightwalkers who hide in the gray fog but want to chase the light will only bring about their own destruction."

"Whether in ancient China or other ancient places such as Mesopotamia, the Indus Valley, ancient Greece, etc., there exist methods of guiding supernatural power and arranging and combining it to produce special effects through wizardry, prayers, spells, incantations, etc. The precepts in the Night Watchman Iron Law are based on this principle."

"I'm really not very clear about the specific principle. I only know that this language seems to be related to the 'call' from the depths of the gray fog. It is a kind of... 'precept' that the pioneers of the art building researched after studying the pronunciation of that 'call' and compiled to resist it."

"It's a bit like... singing folk songs." Mao Feiyang blurted out subconsciously. Just imagine, that painful cry came from the depths of the gray fog, while on the other side, the art students collectively started shouting the Night Watchman Iron Law... It's like a motherfucking shouting match.

The corners of Mu Daxian's mouth twitched fiercely, and he couldn't help but clench his fists, restraining the urge to give him two punches—damn it, he really couldn't overestimate this guy, Xiao Mao. He had just started to look at him with new eyes, but he immediately blurted out something, and the awesomeness of this precept was almost gone.

He calmed down his emotions and continued: "Therefore, when the mist pours into the campus, some pseudo-humans in the form of sculptures will follow behind the experience students, using shading to gradually approach the streetlights, like moths to a flame..."

Mao Feiyang thoughtfully said: "So, there is a saying in the student rules, 'Don't look back'?"

Mu Daxian nodded slightly: "A one-size-fits-all approach is very common in the experience student rules, because the school cannot explain too much to the experience students. Using a strong tone of 'No explanation, you just need to obey unconditionally' is more powerful than using euphemistic admonitions."

"And for pseudo-humans, students who don't look back are like trees shading the sun during the day in the green belt."

"But if they look back, the experience students who see the pseudo-humans will instantly have a psychological breakdown and directly start absorbing pollution. Then, such experience students will become a sponge that absorbs 'pollution', and the pseudo-humans themselves feed on 'pollution'…"

Mao Feiyang instantly understood: "I see! So, if experience students accept the concept of 'pseudo-human', they can look back in the fog?"

Mu Daxian said: "This is what I said, the rules are just a manual to get you started. After you understand them thoroughly, as long as you don't actively self-destruct, the fault tolerance rate will be much higher, the problem is... do you think experience students have this opportunity?"

"Most experience students encounter all kinds of problems in the process of accepting these concepts, and then they start to become Nightwalkers, or they become our art student classmates or sports student classmates."

"Oh... that's true!" Mao Feiyang nodded seriously. That's right, everyone is here to experience seven days, who the hell would risk their lives for no reason!

"Then why are they rushing to the streetlights so desperately now?" Mao Feiyang raised a key question again. "Is it related to 'Doomsday'?"

Actually, there was no need to ask "Is it?" because this was definitely a sure thing. What Mao Feiyang cared about was, what purpose could make the entities that would be expelled by the light so persistent and recklessly enter the illuminated range of the streetlights?

How much impact will that legendary "Doomsday" bring?

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