The world controlled by dice [Western Fantasy]

Siles was at a loss for a moment, feeling a little dazed by the metaphor of his former mentor.

He touched his nose embarrassingly, and then said, "The rain in the morning is relatively heavy."

"Keep warm, young man." Professor Bright sighed, "When you get older, you will regret your recklessness when you were young."

"I will, Professor," said Siles. "You also take care of your health."

Professor Bright snorted and said, "I'm in good health." He looked at Sirius, "Maybe I'm healthier than you."

Siles remained silent.

Professor Brett changed the subject with disinterest: "You already know your class schedule for next semester, don't you?"

Siles nodded.

His class schedule for the next semester is similar to this semester, still consisting of two public electives plus one professional elective.Professional electives are the courses in the first semester, and continue to teach in the second semester.

Professor Bright said suddenly: "I only have two courses next semester, one for basic education students and one for apprentices. I intend to ask you to help me with a class or two occasionally. What do you think?"

Siles was slightly taken aback.

He realized that it was Professor Bright's intention to pave the way for him.Professor Bright is old and will probably retire in two years.

However, the Academy of Literature and History does not have many reserve professors in the field of literary history. Siles himself was able to become a professor directly to make up for Professor Kabell's departure.

In other words, when Professor Bright retires, there will be even more shortage of teaching positions for majors in the history of literature.

Siles is a young professor who should have taken on more responsibilities.

His class schedule should have been more full, but he was a temporary class, and the school thought he was too young and wanted to think more, which made him only have three courses a semester, and even two apprentices. "Problem students".

Now, Professor Bright wanted him to take on more responsibility, and Siles readily accepted it.He knew what Professor Bright meant, his former mentor was accumulating more qualifications for him.

Only then did Professor Bright nod in satisfaction, and he said, "Of course, you don't have to worry. Temporary professors will get subsidized class fees from the college." He gave Siles a self-evident look, "One class hour is three dukes currency."

Generally speaking, for professional elective courses like Professor Bright, a course has at least two to three class hours.In other words, Siles can get one-sixth of his salary for one shift.

Although Siles is not short of money now, he still whispered: "The welfare of the college has always been very good."

"Of course." Professor Bright said, "Otherwise, how could I let my best student come to be a professor at Ramifa University."

Siles smiled and thanked Professor Bright.

They were chatting when the dean of the School of Literature and History and some other professors walked in.Afterwards, there were long meetings and seminars.Siles has too little seniority to be involved in such a discussion—after all, he doesn't have the "achievements" of last year.

He was happy and relaxed, so he listened and recorded some notes in his notebook.

For example, this year's winter vacation is from October 10 to November 18, a total of three weeks.More than Siles expected, probably because the rainy season at the end of October this year is relatively long.

For another example, during the month-long spring break at the beginning of each year, the college will send several professors to visit other universities for scholar exchanges.Next year's roster and college selections haven't been finalized yet, and colleges are already discussing them.

Siles is somewhat interested in this matter, but he is very self-aware that he is unlikely to be selected.This kind of scholar exchange, the entire Academy of Literature and History has a total of four places, which is not only for the literature history major.

Literature majors, history majors, archeology majors...the professors of these majors are more competitive.

Siles just jotted down the matter temporarily.After all, you have to remember something when you are in a meeting.

The meeting is long, and different majors have different professional affairs.Siles gradually became absent-minded, thinking about the activities of the club in the afternoon and the arrangements for the weekend.

At about eleven o'clock, the meeting finally came to an end.

Professor Bright couldn't sit still anymore, and hurried away as soon as the meeting was over.Siles left a bit late, just bumping into the dean of the Academy of Literature and History who was also leaving.

The dean saw Sirius and said, "Professor Noel?"

Siles stopped and greeted him: "Professor Hurst."

The dean of the Faculty of Arts is Nolan Hurst, a man in his fifties.When Siles was still in school, the only interaction with him was the signature on the report card and graduation thesis.

However, during the professor's interview at the end of July, he did meet and communicate with Professor Hurst.

The impression that Professor Hurst left on Siles was that of an unsmiling, serious and serious scholar.

In recent years, he has focused on administrative affairs and has not given much class to students, but when Siles was in school, he heard older students talk about Professor Hearst.They all lamented the strictness of Professor Hirst.

From this point of view, Professor Hearst probably appreciates the demands Siles has made on the students in the course.

Professor Hurst said: "It's been a semester, how do you feel?"

"The students are very hardworking, and the other professors are very nice. I'm trying to keep up with what it takes to be a qualified professor," said Siles.

Professor Hurst smiled slightly: "I heard some of the students' thoughts on you. I think your approach is very useful. Examinations... Indeed, it is a very good way to test students' learning outcomes .”

Siles: "..."

He thought, it's too bad, the students in the other world will also be dominated by the exam papers.

But...he's already graduated.Besides, he's a professor.

So Siles also said: "It is true. It is not enough to test the knowledge students have mastered just by looking at the course papers."

Professor Hurst nodded. The more he looked at Sirius, the more satisfied he was with the young professor—of course, everything needs to be compared.If you compare Professor Noel with Professor Kabell...

Professor Hurst couldn't help saying: "You are still very young. Considering your age, you are doing well enough now. Professor Kabell will be very satisfied when he sees a successor like you."

Siles moved in his heart, and said: "Thank you for your compliment. Speaking of Professor Kabell, he left a lot of materials and manuscripts in his office. Are these things useful for Professor Kabel's research? Maybe I should..."

"His research?" Professor Hearst inadvertently revealed a subtle contempt, "No, that's nothing. You can deal with those things freely. Since he left those materials, it means he doesn't need them anymore. .”

Siles nodded, and asked tentatively, "Professor Kabell...what is he researching?"

Professor Hurst looked at Siles, and finally sighed: "I can tell you about this matter, but the purpose is to let you know, don't study those, understand?"

Siles whispered, "I understand."

Professor Hurst said: "Where should I tell you... For young people of your age, it may be difficult to imagine that the former Professor Kabell was also a famous figure at La Mifa University."

Siles asked, "Because of his...research?"

"No, because of his reputation as a 'crazy genius'." Professor Hurst said meaningfully, "He and I were taught in the same school. At first, our tutor wanted to choose one of us to succeed him. In the end, he chose me.

"Kabel left Ramifah University and disappeared for a long time. After that, people almost forgot about him. Until seven years ago, he appeared again at Ramifah University and asked me a job.

"At that time, he looked very... down and out."

Professor Hurst finally chose the term.

Siles listened in silence.

"It's not because he doesn't have money." Professor Hearst said, "I know Kabell's family background, and his family has enough assets for him to live on. It's just that the research he conducted after graduation seems to have put him in a very bad state of mind. ...in a depressed state."

Siles took the opportunity to ask, "What exactly is Professor Kabell studying?"

"I'm not very clear either." Professor Hurst thought for a while, "He once told me something ambiguously, but I couldn't tell. He always studied some old books, originals, first editions, etc. among those histories.

"...This is not a good habit, maybe you should know. Those are the past buried by time, Professor Noel. Even if we study history and literature, we can't be so obsessed with it.

"As for what I'm researching, it's not easy for me to ask... These days, scholars' research topics are very personal matters. He once told me that he came to La Mifa University just to find some materials and some information I don't know if he found it or not.

"In any case, with his knowledge, it is more than enough to be a professor of literary history."

Sirius nodded thoughtfully.

This information is what he already knows and has guessed.Professor Kabell suddenly came to teach at La Mifa University seven years ago, so he must have some intentions.

According to Siles' thinking, he speculated that Professor Kabell must have found some information... However, his borrowing records in the school library did not show any clues, and his daily life did not reveal any clues.

At this point, the church and the police must have conducted quite in-depth investigations in the past.

University... what can a university bring?Libraries, professors, students...

Thinking of this, Siles suddenly asked: "Do you know which professor Professor Kabell has more contacts with in the school? I can't just throw away the materials he left behind. It's best to leave them to his friends for safekeeping." .”

Professor Hurst didn't doubt the intention of his question, and after thinking for a moment, he said: "Professors in the school... I once saw him having dinner with Professor Dunlop.

"That was a few years ago and I hadn't seen him being this affectionate with anyone else, so I was impressed."

...Professor Dunlop?A professor of archeology?

Siles was slightly startled, and then thanked Professor Hurst.Professor Hurst shook his head, gave him a few words of encouragement, and then left.

Siles walked slowly towards the cafeteria, thinking about the information that Professor Hurst revealed.

Professor Cabell and... Professor Dunlop?He never thought that these two people could be related.

Siles didn't know much about Professor Dunlop. The only impression he had was from his roommate Lorenzo. For example, Professor Dunlop put more emphasis on archaeological practice than theoretical knowledge, so he brought Herman, a student, into the archaeological team. .

What could Professor Cabell be interested in about Professor Dunlop?His knowledge, his archaeological team?

Siles suddenly thought, what if Professor Kabell took the initiative to approach Professor Dunlop because of Professor Dunlop's archaeological operations back then and wanted to learn more about the details?

Didn't they just guess that Professor Kabell went to the land of no embers?If Professor Kabell and Assistant Professor Mervyn were still in the Duchy of Const, it would be impossible to go without any news for so long.The only possibility is that they secretly left the Principality of Const and slipped away to the Land of Eternal Embers.

According to Siles and Dominique's analysis of Mrs. De Bliss's letters, it is very likely that Professor Kabell went to the Land of No Ashes to find a possible place where the gods fell.

And Professor Dunlop often goes to the Land of No Embers to carry out archaeological operations, and maybe he has the information that Professor Kabell wants to know.

Professor Kabell came to Ramifah University seven years ago... seven years?

Siles stopped at the entrance of the cafeteria.Instead of continuing to walk forward and entering the cafeteria, he took two steps back, walked to the side of the cafeteria, and then stood there quietly, catching that sliver of inspiration.

Seven years ago - at this point in time, if it is related to archeology-related matters, it would seem too familiar.

Mrs. Langman once said that about seven years ago, Alfonso Carlyle claimed to have discovered the remains of a tribe.She also said that there were archaeological teams who went to the Land of Never Embers, but found nothing.

And... Dr. Chester Fitzroy.He is around 30 now.If he had followed Professor Dunlop's archaeological team to the Land of Embers when he was still in school, it would have been in...

seven years ago.

Siles opened his eyes slightly, then turned around without hesitation, and walked quickly to the infirmary on the side of the castle.

In the infirmary, Chester sat there alone, seeming to be sorting out the patient's files.

When Siles walked in suddenly, he said in surprise, "Professor Noel! What's the matter with you? Is there something wrong with the glasses?"

Siles shook his head, his eyes fixed on Chester.That gaze made Chester a little restless.

After a while, Siles said, "Doctor Chester, you've been to the Land of No Ashes, haven't you?"

Chester's expression froze in an instant, he was stunned for a moment, and then covered up the strange look on his expression as if nothing had happened.He said, "Yes. Seven years ago. What? How did you know?"

Siles paused, and then said: "It's like this. You may not know that at the end of this semester, Professor Dunlop will lead a team to the Land of Eternity. One of my students was selected by him to go to archaeology together.

"I heard that there was a doctor who went to the archaeological team, so I guessed that it might be you. After all, you have stayed in school all these years, haven't you? Therefore, I wanted to come over and ask, what is the point of going to the land of no embers? matter.

"I also want to take advantage of the winter vacation to go to the Land of No Embers. It's like going out to collect and travel."

Following his words, Doctor Chester's expression gradually softened.He said: "I see. You are so perceptive. Yes, I followed Professor Dunlop to the Land of No Embers, but that time we... got nothing."

He subconsciously paused before the last four words.

Siles smiled faintly.He sat across from Chester and said, "Even so, your medical skills must be strong enough to be able to go to the Land of No Embers."

"No, your praise is too exaggerated." Chester said, "Actually, I was also very panicked at the time. Fortunately, Professor Dunlop didn't find anything, and he didn't encounter any danger."

Siles asked, "Didn't you find anything? But since we've already set off..."

"You may not know the circumstances of that time." Chester explained, "At that time, someone claimed to have discovered a tribe's ruins in the Everland, which had never been discovered before.

"Professor Dunlop, as a scholar of archaeology, immediately planned to go to explore. But that person was unwilling to tell the specific location of the tribe's ruins, but only vaguely revealed the general idea.

"So, after we set off, we searched there for a long time, but we didn't find any clues, so we had to return empty-handed. People suspected that the person was grandstanding, and no one wanted to look for this relic after that."

Siles thought to himself, perhaps this is what Alfonso wanted.

Alfonso wanted to make the tribal ruins public, but he didn't want people to go to such a dangerous place.In the end, he could only bear the infamy himself.

After Chester finished speaking, Siles said: "It turned out to be like this. Professor Dunlop must have been full of expectations when he set off. If someone can find relevant clues, it would be great. Professor Dunlop must be very pleased."

Chester's expression froze again, and he didn't respond immediately.He opened his mouth, but was speechless.

"...What's the matter with you?" Siles seemed to have finally discovered Chester's weirdness dully.

Sitting there, Chester's gentle face gradually twisted.In the end, he couldn't help crying.That cry was full of annoyance, regret and unwillingness, as if those guilt emotions had been brewing in his heart for a long time, and now they burst out suddenly.

Siles looked at him in astonishment, not knowing what to say for a moment.

"...Sorry." After a while, Chester's emotions finally stabilized, and he said in a low and hoarse voice, "That experience, those things...have been hidden in my heart for too long. I'm sorry...I Fainted."

Siles shook his head and said cautiously: "I was too reckless."

Chester smiled wryly.

He said, "I'm a doctor..." He murmured, "I'm a doctor, do you understand? I was supposed to help...the sick."

As Siles listened, a thought came to his mind—Chester was dying?

Is this the reason for that psychological judgment?This is why Chester once lied?

"I'm more than happy to help people who ask me for help. I'm a doctor, aren't I?" Chester once said.And judging from what he finally revealed after losing control of his emotions, he obviously once refused someone's request for help.

Siles was silent for a moment, then said: "You... if you don't mind, maybe you can tell me. What happened?"

Chester stared at him for a moment, and said, "I can trust you, can't I?" His voice was very hoarse and his tone was suppressed, with an extremely low tone.He fixed his gaze on Sirius.

Siles nodded and was about to speak.

The dice rolled.

[You need to make a social skill judgment. 】

Siles paused involuntarily.

social skills?

This seemed to be the first time he had triggered this skill.Judging from the progress of their conversation, this judgment will determine whether Chester will choose to tell the truth.

But... What Chester is about to say is so important that the dice even gave him a verdict?

As he thought about it, the dice had automatically completed this judgment.

[Social skills: 45/0, great success. 】

[See this big 0?You feel like you're cheating, and it turns out you are.Of course, no thanks.This is what dice are supposed to do. 】

Siles: "..."

Why does he feel that the dice instructions have become more and more... Livelier recently?

As he thought so, he heard his deep voice sound uncontrollably: "Please rest assured. I am very happy to listen to your difficulties."

Chester looked relieved, and then said with a wry smile: "Thank you...thank you for being willing...to listen to me say these things. Doctors like me... who have betrayed their duties."

He was silent for a moment.

Siles watched him quietly, waiting patiently.

"...On the night when we found nothing," Chester finally spoke, "Professor Dunlop, who was not reconciled, decided to stay at the place where we camped for one more day and continue searching. It was a cold night.

"I was in the tent, alone, I couldn't sleep, it was too cold. So I decided to get up and move around. I left the tent and warmed myself by the campfire. Everyone else was already asleep.

"At this moment, I heard a painful cry and wailing from a distance. The place where we camped is located in a wasteland, surrounded by withered grass.

"At that time, I was young and full of curiosity. When I followed Professor Dunlop to the Land of Embers, I thought we would find some weird things...but I was disappointed.

"So that night, when I heard the wailing... I just couldn't sleep, and felt that this journey was too boring... I walked there..."

As he spoke, Chester's gaze gradually became empty and blank.He stopped unconsciously for a moment, fear, nervousness and deep guilt flashed in his eyes.

Siles didn't urge, but just listened quietly.

"...it was a human being. I can't say...it might not be a human anymore." Chester whispered, "his lower body became a sculpture. When I saw him, he was dragging his hands With his heavy lower body, he crawled on the ground."

Siles was startled, a deep chill rose in his heart.

...a statue again?

Chester said: "When he saw me, he raised his upper body desperately and shouted for help. He crawled on the ground for an unknown amount of time, and I saw his fingers and upper body were all bloody.

"But that scene was terrible...the cold moonlight, the withered wasteland, the crawling half-human and half sculptures on the ground, the surrounding wind, the bloodstains on the ground, and the remains of the tribe that didn't know whereabouts...

"I was terrified all of a sudden. I couldn't believe that I came across such a monster. I completely ignored the guy's cries for help, I don't know how to save such a person... How could he turn into a statue...

"...so I ran away. Fleeing, as if pursued by the most terrible thing in the world. I fled back to my tent and stayed up all night. At dawn the next day, when everyone scattered Come, when we are looking for tribal relics...

"Alone, I ran quietly to the place where I met that... that person last night. I only saw... a piece of gray-white limestone. Nothing else..."

His voice gradually trembled, becoming deeper, timid and trembling.He looked at Sirius, as if begging: "Do you think I killed him? I didn't want to save him, did I kill him?"

Siles thought for a while, and then said very rationally: "No. Doctor Chester, you were just frightened at the time. Besides, I don't think he can be saved."

A person whose lower body becomes a sculpture...or is enclosed in a sculpture.Siles doesn't think Chester can save him.

Chester looked at him, and after a long time, he whispered: "Maybe it is true. It's just... I still can't... forgive myself. I call myself an excellent doctor... Can you understand that feeling?

"But actually, I can't save everyone."

"You're being too hard on yourself," said Siles.

"Please don't comfort me." Chester said with a wry smile, "Of course, I am very grateful for your tolerance... But, I cannot treat myself so tolerantly."

Siles sighed secretly and remained silent.

"Eternal Land is really a terrible place, isn't it?" Chester murmured, "I'm afraid I will never dare to go there again in my life. As for your student, I hope you can advise him, During the archaeological process, if you encounter any strange sounds, don't go to check.

"It is very likely that it will become... the source of his lifelong nightmare..."

Siles nodded and responded seriously: "I will remind him."

Chester went on to say: "As for you... I believe that after hearing these things, you should also have some concepts about the Land of No Embers. It is a crazy place full of secrets.

"If it is possible, I really hope that you will never go there for the rest of your life. But... I think you must have your own opinions and thoughts. In any case... please be careful."

"I will." Sirius whispered.

After saying these things, Chester seemed to be sluggish.However, the gloomy look in his expression also reduced a lot.He looked dazed.

Siles said, "If you have nothing to do in the afternoon, why don't you go back and have a rest? I mean..."

"I understand, thank you for your kindness." Chester nodded slowly, "I will rest here for a while. If I go back, it will be too far away. You know, it is in the west city."

Siles nodded and let him have a good rest, then bid him farewell and left the infirmary.

As he left, he couldn't help thinking that he hadn't expected that this visit, which was just based on a sudden inspiration, would gain so much.

Seven years ago, Alfonso Carlisle announced that he had discovered a tribal ruin in the Never Embers.

Professor Dunlop, who heard the news, decided to lead a team to explore the ruins in the Land of Embers, and brought Chester Fitzroy, who was a medical student at the time, with him.

Alfonso only told them the approximate location of the ruins.They searched for a long time and returned without success.But it so happened that that night, Chester accidentally ran into a man whose lower body turned into a sculpture, and fled in panic.That scene became a nightmare in his life.

And when they returned to La Famifa City, Professor Kabell also entered La Fami University and became a professor, and—seems to be in touch with Professor Dunlop intentionally or unintentionally.

At this time, Siles suddenly thought that Alfonso was actually an honorary professor at the University of Ramifa.In other words, Professor Kabell might have contacted Alfonso.

If this can be proved, he can verify this conclusion: Professor Kabel decided to come to La Mifa University because of the tribal ruins discovered by Alfonso, at least partly because of this.

He still remembered that Mrs. Longman once said that Alfonso at that time took out an "item" belonging to the ruins of that tribe to prove that he had indeed found a ruin.Maybe something like that just happened to attract Professor Kabell's attention?

Of course, this is just Siles's guess.

Siles had never considered this possibility before linking Professor Cabell to some past archaeological operations.Before that, he always felt that Professor Kabell was the kind of frail scholar who buried himself in the library.

archeology?That doesn't sound like a good fit for Professor Cabell.

But... Siles once again thought of what Mrs. Longman had said.

She said that Professor Kabell always took a long time to return the books, and the returned books were always not very clean.

Siles had noticed those stains, on the cover of The Lost Legacy.It was like some black mud.

What if those stains came from Professor Kabell's research on archaeology?For example, he might buy some antiques on the black market that he stole from graves or obtained through other means, and then brought them back to the safe house for research.

Those items may still have dirt from the archaeological process, which was then rubbed onto the books that Professor Kabell borrowed.

Professor Cabell seems to be collecting things related to the gods.The few things placed in the office can prove this point.

Siles was at least half sure that it was because of the tribal relics discovered by Alfonso that Professor Kabell made up his mind to enter the University of Ramifa.

Of course, not all impetus.

Siles speculated that Professor Kabell's research topic at that time might have fallen into some kind of predicament.Therefore, he needs to find some other channels and contacts to collect more information.

And the professor of literary history at La Mifa University is a good identity.

As a university professor, he is decent enough; his research field is literary history, and he can naturally come into contact with many ancient books and antiques.

Siles couldn't help thinking that it would be great if evidence could be found to prove that Professor Kabell had indeed had an intersection with Alfonso.It's a pity that Alfonso is currently in the Land of No Embers...

Is there any other way?

Siles thought for a moment, then suddenly thought of the Folklore Society.

Alfonso's activities in the city of Ramifa seem to be limited to the two places of the University of Ramifa and the Folklore Society.Of course, he must have dealt with some newspapers and publishing houses in the early days, but if Professor Kabell wanted to find him, he might not have contacts in those places.

The Folklore Society is different.

The last time Siles went to the Folklore Society, he relied on his status as a professor at La Mifa University to go unimpeded, and he was not stopped by the guard at all.

In other words, if Professor Kabell could not find Alfonso and could not get information from Professor Dunlop after he entered Lamfa University—this is very possible. Find nothing at all—then there is a possibility of going to the Folklore Society.

Perhaps he had been there before, but was turned away, so after becoming a professor at Ramifa University, Professor Kabell is likely to go there again.

If this is the case, then the guards of the Folklore Society may have left some impressions on Professor Kabell...Of course, that was seven years ago.He wouldn't be surprised if Siles returned without success.

Anyway, he could try to get some news from the Folklore Society.

Thinking of this, Siles could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.He felt that he seemed to have made a lot of progress in the matter of Professor Kabell's disappearance.

However, from another perspective, Professor Kabell seems to have something to do with "non-existent cities".

I don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing.

Alfonso once said that the relic they discovered was indeed a "non-existent city" in a sense, after all, it was indeed not recorded on the map.

However, they do not consider the two to be equivalent.They thought they had just discovered a deserted ruin, not the rumored city that had been circulating in the Never Embered for hundreds of years.

They were very secretive about what happened, and Siles had no idea why Alfonso was so sure.

In any case, their discovery also caused various encounters with Professor Kabell, Professor Dunlop, and Dr. Chester, especially Chester.

A man whose lower body becomes a sculpture...

Siles almost couldn't help thinking of the statue of a woman's head in Professor Kabell's office, the act of Huddoka's followers enclosing themselves in the sculpture in "The Lost Inheritance", and the explorer Friedman mentioned before his death statue.

There is even, as his apprentice Jules once mentioned, a "sculpture looking up at the sky" in the mouth of an explorer.

Sculpture, sculpture, sculpture.All are sculptures.And that all revolved around one god, Huddhoka.

Huddoka.God of sin and lies, the shadow side of the world.

After he came to Fisher's world, he first came into contact with Huddoka when he was conducting an experiment to remove mental pollution.

Colin Lane, the enlightener from the third corridor, was polluted by the will of a certain patron in the past because of the long-term use of Huddoka's power to pass through the related rituals of the "Apostle of Evil", and then joined the During Siles' experiment.

After that, the second time I came into contact with the concept of Huddoka was in the book "The Lost Inheritance", which mentioned the diary of a Huddoka believer, which mentioned such a sentence: "I Erect a statue to my god; my god strips death for me."

And what they did was to seal their bodies in statues after committing suicide, as if they could escape death by this.

This strange, eerie practice took place sometime during the Silent Period.The specific time is not very clearly written in the book.Siles did not know if Huddoka had fallen when these acts took place.

The time when Huddoka fell... Siles thought for a moment and slowly recalled it.He seems to have fallen in the early days of the Silent Era, and Sirius couldn't remember exactly when, he was not a scholar of history.

After thinking for a moment, Sirius shook his head.Now the time of Huddoka's fall is not critical.The point is, statues.

The person whose lower body turned into a statue that Dr. Chester once met... Siles thought, there are two possibilities.

Either, it is some kind of extraordinary power that can directly turn the human body into a cold sculpture; or, it is man-made, someone uses the material of the sculpture—such as stone, clay, etc.—