AnalogHorror: Rule Kaidan 4016
Chapter 180 - 83 Is There Really Such a Book?_2

Chapter 180: Chapter 83 Is There Really Such a Book?_2

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"Because when you can change the layer you’re on by controlling the ’Anchor’, it also means that the ship has escaped the influence of the wind and waves, it also means you have come to the edge of losing control,"

"There’s another speculation."

"Secondly, when a layer is falling, it unfolds a path to another world, and we might accidentally take the wrong step and enter that path."

"That path is also a Conceptual Rank entity."

"For example, aside from accidentally stepping onto that path when heading to the Gymnasium."

"After the road with streetlights is stretched and twisted to a certain degree, if we enter an area not illuminated by the streetlights, we might also set foot on that path."

"In other words, all the unmarked routes within the campus can potentially become part of the path to that other world when a layer drop occurs."

Listening, Lin Yi felt that the second possibility was more likely, "Speaking of that path... I encountered Little Genius on the road."

"Little Genius had turned into the appearance of a non-human classmate and disappeared on that path."

Regarding Little Genius, Lin Yi had a newest version of speculation.

If all the Little Genius he met were the original version holding the mobile light source.

Then, the series of changes from last night to this afternoon should be:

One: Little Genius was killed by a non-human classmate last night, his body was dragged out of the classroom, and thrown into the Green Forest Belt.

Two: After undergoing a series of unknown changes, his status changed from Little Genius ’dead’ to a Little Genius ’sculpture’.

Three: The Little Genius ’sculpture’ inexplicably became a Little Genius ’non-human classmate’, then stepped onto that nonexistent path, disappeared from his sight after he saw it.

That is to say, after Little Genius was killed, he still entered the "Transformation Pathways" mentioned by Tian Bufan in some form.

"Damn, is this considered not being able to rest in peace after death?" Lin Yi couldn’t help shivering.

Ultimately it was Tian Bufan who put the final nail in the coffin, "All of these are just conjectures, if this situation arises again, make sure you can come back alive, and gather as much information as possible."

"Let’s talk about the Gymnasium, the Sports Students and the Sports Teacher,"

Lin Yi glanced at the time, it was 23:30, there was only half an hour left until lights out, he had to hurry.

"The PE class I’m taking is swimming class..."

About the swimming class, the issues with Boss, and the encounter with the Green Pocket Chef, Lin Yi had already spoken to Tian Bufan, so he briefly glossed over it, then he mentioned the lights in the Gymnasium.

The row of old kerosene lamps hanging in the corridor at the entrance of the basement, and the Ancient Lamp at the end of the wall in the Swimming Hall.

He inquired, "’Relics of a bygone era’... I remember you called them that. So, what exactly are they?"

Tian Bufan fell silent for a while, then slowly said, "I don’t know."

Lin Yi was taken aback, "How do you not know?"

"Hilarious, how would I know?"

"Isn’t it, but in the Gymnasium you spoke as if you knew everything."

"You mean about the kerosene lamps?"

"Isn’t it?"

Tian Bufan then said, "I read it in the literature."

"Literature?"

"On the bookshelves behind the lecture hall, there are some books that record strange tales, I got a few last night, and just happened to see it, I thought you were also quite interested in those things." Tian Bufan said, then suddenly turned serious, "However, there are many colorful books and some beauty photo collections in the classroom, Old Lin, I don’t think you’re the type to spend a whole night reading adult comics and photo collections, right?"

"What photo collection? Of course, I’m not that kind of person, but I also didn’t notice those books, I’ll pay attention to them tomorrow during the day!" Lin Yi’s face flushed, then he proceeded seriously, "So, what does the book say?"

He was not ready to give up.

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Tian Bufan thought for a moment and said, "In almost all recorded human civilizations, there’s mention of a cataclysmic flood that ended the world."

"Our Huaxia’s Nǚwā mending the sky, Great Yu taming the waters, Europe’s Noah’s Ark, the Maya’s apocalyptic flood..."

"You remember all these, right?"

"Yeah, and then...?"

"The fact that such similar records can exist in cultures with vast geographical differences makes it difficult not to speculate about the existence of prehistoric life."

"These things might just be relics left over from those distant eras."

"The Earth has existed for four and a half billion years, and human civilization occupies but a tiny segment within the vast time scale of three-dimensional space."

"Even the Earth might just be a testing ground."

"Those beings beyond imagination watched the explosion of life for a while, and when they grew tired of it, they destroyed the world to start over."

"They watched the trilobites, then looked at the dinosaurs, and maybe because they found dinosaurs amusing, they watched them for a while longer, which is why the reign of dinosaurs lasted a bit longer, but in the end, they still destroyed them."

"Now it’s the turn of human civilization... In the so-called mythological era, some people tried to seek ’destiny,’ attempted to ascend places like ’Kunlun Mountains,’ ’Mount Olympus,’ ’World Tree,’ searching for traces of those inconceivable beings."

"Perhaps they really found some traces, and then using their knowledge, they harnessed some power beyond cognition, and eventually created things like the ’Ancient Lamp’..."

"Artifacts like the ’Ancient Lamp’ have had many names throughout history, such as the ’Philosopher’s Stone,’ ’Magic Stone’ spoken of by the so-called alchemists of the Middle Ages, the tender branches of the World Tree mentioned in older cultures, Huaxia myths’ Breath Soil, Immortal Pills, and so on..."

Lin Yi swallowed hard, disbelievingly said, "Do these things... really exist?"

"The end of science is metaphysics, and the source of metaphysics is the unknown," said Tian Bufan. "Moreover, in our era, it’s quite obvious that some people have found the patterns of some supernatural traits and are trying to replicate those things..."

"The kerosene lamps in the hands of the security guard."

"Those kerosene lamps on the walls of the gymnasium."

"Even, the streetlights spread throughout the campus."

"Our student ID cards, all sorts of certificates that can represent status."

"These things... might possibly carry some supernatural traits to a greater or lesser extent."

"Of course, I’m not sure about the streetlights, but those kerosene lamps, they’re definitely not normal objects."

"They’re not just abnormal, they are products of modern civilization, at least... they’ve only started appearing in the past few hundred years."

Lin Yi’s mouth fell open as he muttered the words "supernatural traits."

This concept, it was his first time hearing about it, but... why did it feel so familiar?

Like a concept he’d known before but forgotten, like a text from elementary school, that, upon seeing the title decades later, he suddenly remembered having studied back when he was in school.

But... could he really forget something so important?

"Supernatural traits," he said slowly and deliberately, trying to awaken some memory.

But he failed.

He remembered nothing.

"Young Master Tian," he said.

"Yeah, what is it?" Tian Bufan responded.

"Is there really such a book on the shelves at the back of the classroom?"

Tian Bufan was silent for a moment: "Perhaps... your classroom has one too."

Lin Yi: "..."