AnalogHorror: Rule Kaidan 4016
Chapter 202 - 94 Transcending Cognition: Geometric Constructs

Chapter 202: Chapter 94 Transcending Cognition: Geometric Constructs

Because he was too far away, Lin Yi couldn’t see the sequence of numbers clearly, but he did see that when the pen’s nib skated across the surface of the Student Souvenir Coin, streaks of blood appeared on it ... as if a delicate skin was being sliced by a knife.

A huge question mark popped up over Lin Yi’s head, and a tremor shook the bottom of his heart, "What on earth is that Student Souvenir Coin?!"

Just then, the Art Teacher suddenly looked up at Mao Feiyang.

When he saw Mao Feiyang engrossed in reciting his text, his eyes narrowed slightly before he continued with his sculpture...

Lin Yi’s heart was anything but calm; he had a strange illusion that, for a moment, the Art Teacher’s glance... seemed to be directed at him!

But he was clearly dreaming now, how could he be noticed?

But if it wasn’t that, then what... was the Art Teacher’s sudden glance for?

Importantly, both Wei Shan and the Security Guard seemed to have shown a sensitive reaction to "his" presence before...

"Coincidence?"

"Is it really just a coincidence?"

"Focus on reciting your text and stop letting your thoughts wander," the Art Teacher suddenly reminded.

Mao Feiyang’s body shook violently, and his somewhat distracted pupils suddenly regained focus.

Lin Yi was taken aback: "Was Maozi just now... ’letting his thoughts wander’ like I was yesterday? Did the Art Teacher snap him out of it?"

"So, was it because the Art Teacher noticed that and not because of me? Or... was it because of something else?"

Doubt clouded Lin Yi’s eyes, but he could only set this matter aside for now, waiting for an opportunity to verify it later.

As Mao Feiyang’s recitation progressed, Lin Yi was unable to observe the remaining sky-blue card and the black card sleeve, so he too began reciting the Art Student Rules.

Compared to other rules, the Art Student Rules discreetly mention the issue of "recognition" right from the start, which might also be part of "rewriting" cognition.

And now it seems that the Student Souvenir Coin is the identity credential for Art Students.

It’s quite amusing, really. In this campus, Experience Students have Student ID cards as identity credentials, Art Students have Student Souvenir Coins, but Sports Students have no such credentials.

Or do Sports Students have some special form of identity credential?

It can’t possibly be a baseball bat, right?

Lin Yi couldn’t help but think of the baseball bats nearly every Sports Student carried — thick, heavy, and deadly, like a divine weapon.

Next came the issue of the layer world where Art Students reside, as mentioned in the Art Student Rules.

Mao Feiyang might not be aware, but Lin Yi knew clearly that S University and the Art Building were not in the same layer world.

Moreover, the Art Student Rules explicitly state a "pathway" between the two layers.

However, this pathway is only open during abnormal weather conditions, with extremely demanding operational times that almost entirely contradict the free movement time of Experience Students, placing them in extreme danger.

Security Guards.

Dormitory Supervisors are understandable; Mao Feiyang reached the Art Building from the Dormitory building through the Dormitory Supervisor just before.

But sculptures and Security Guards are far more mysterious.

Security Guards and sculptures are definitely opposing entities, a fact that can be corroborated by many events.

For instance, Security Guards passing through classrooms during abnormal weather and taking action against sculptures;

Or the old-fashioned kerosene lamps held by Security Guards having a more evident repelling and deterring effect on sculptures compared to incandescent lights...

Yet Art Students, who are "usually allies with Sports Students," now have to avoid being chased by sculptures while at the same time "keep as far away from Security Guards" as possible.

This gave Lin Yi a strange feeling... does it mean that Art Students live in a tight spot?

They have to skulk around even while helping out in a fight?

Damn, where is justice in this?

Lin Yi doesn’t know the reason for this yet; he can only mutter to himself "absurd, truly absurd."

Because the rules related to Art Students also involve three special entities: Dormitory Supervisors, sculptures, and Security Guards.

But as far as he knows, Security Guards should be a "neutral, law-abiding" unit in the campus, opposing the "evil, chaotic" ones like sculptures. Then why do Art Students, who are supposed to assist Sports Students, need to keep away from Security Guards?

At this thought, Lin Yi’s heart leapt:

"Could it be that Art Students belong to an evil faction?"

"Damn... That can’t be, right?"

This speculation, once it arose, quickly spread throughout his mind.

If Art Students were indeed part of an evil faction... then some things might start to make sense!

For instance, despite being allies with Sports Students "under normal circumstances," Art Students are explicitly forbidden by the Art Student Rules from going to the Sports Students’ stronghold — the Gymnasium.

Also, the Art Student Rules’ open attitude towards the consumption of foods containing the Tomato Element seems rather odd.

Thus, seeing the "pathway" Mao Feiyang took to become an Art Student, it seems that the Art Student status itself is that of an Experience Student who has undergone contamination; continuously exposed to contamination in the passage on the negative first floor of the Teaching Building, they eventually reach the Art Building and obtain it.

Following the "threshold theory" in Tian Bufan’s "Game Theory," within a certain range of contamination, Art Students remain normal, but once the threshold is exceeded, they are very likely to turn into a unit with attributes similar to non-human classmates and sculptures (abnormal Art Students).