AnalogHorror: Rule Kaidan 4016
Chapter 263 - 123: Insight into... Some Kind of "Truth"? [Add 1000 words more]_2

Chapter 263: Chapter 123: Insight into... Some Kind of "Truth"? [Add 1000 words more]_2

"Right, the meals in the Cafeteria have a certain purifying effect, Tomato is the heart, so..." He shivered, feeling a coldness circling over his head, his whole scalp tingling, but he continued to ponder, "Then do the other dishes also have significant implications?"

"Hiss..." He breathed in a mouthful of cold air, feeling that he had always overlooked this key issue.

Right, the Cafeteria is contaminated yet capable of purification, so... are the Cafeteria staff themselves combating another kind of contamination?

"Moreover... the rules mention ’Cafeteria staff,’ but we’ve only encountered ’chefs.’ What other employees are there in the Cafeteria, and what exactly is their role?"

The idea took root in Lin Yi’s mind, but as soon as it did, he shook his head, burying the thought.

"What I need to do now is not to explore the Cafeteria but to explore the Teaching Building, to find the connection between it and the Art Building, and to rescue Maozi first."

"The Cafeteria’s issues don’t need deep consideration for now, as long as we can ensure a relatively safe dining environment there."

Problems with the Cafeteria? Yes, there are some issues with the Cafeteria, but they haven’t reached the point where they are attacked while dining there.

The incidents they encountered in the Cafeteria were at worst some tricks played by the Green Apron Chef using tomatoes. As long as they remain vigilant, it’s quite safe.

Lin Yi refocused his attention on the Green Forest Belt. He gradually realized that the Green Forest Belt on the side of the Teaching Building’s stairs didn’t seem as outrageous as the one on the window side of the Teaching Building. At least he hadn’t seen anything like the Phalanx of sculptures after looking around.

Just as he let out a sigh of relief, ready to relax a bit, either because his spirit loosened slightly or because his inspiration suddenly burst, his vision subtly changed.

In a moment, his eyes once again saw a jump cut scene like an overexposed photograph, and this time he was looking directly at the Green Forest Belt. He saw the mist hidden within the Green Forest Belt fading into the depths with a color gradient.

From white to green, then to dark green... then it seemed to stretch to the end of the world.

Within that mist, he saw some sparse sculptures and witnessed distorted, crawling creatures...

At the edge of the Green Forest Belt, he thought he saw some familiar figures...

"Is that...?!"

His pupils instantly shrunk to the size of pinholes, and his vision returned to normal, but the last scene he saw in that vision was seared into his memory, unforgettable.

"That figure seems like... that freshman who seemed to have a good relationship with Li Huiyuan?"

He remembered, among the 25 freshmen yesterday, a few of them kept hovering around Li Huiyuan, looking like they were on good terms.

However, when Li Huiyuan mentioned it earlier, it seems none of those few had gone to the Dormitory Building with Li Huiyuan; they all stayed in the classroom to spend the night. Suddenly, what seemed like a decent relationship now felt rather "plastic."

Perhaps they just happened to ride the same school bus? Lin Yi thought of Li Huiyuan’s attire yesterday, the pink Lolita uniform and the corresponding makeup which was actually quite popular, attracting some boys was quite normal...

But now he had actually seen that freshman’s figure in the Green Forest Belt, like... like seeing the figure of Little Genius who was murdered on the night of May 6th.

"Sculptures!"

Lin Yi felt he had found a Transformation Pathway!

Condition one: [Little Genius was killed by a non-human classmate.]

Condition two: [After Little Genius was killed, he turned into a sculpture.]

Condition three: [Little Genius appeared on that non-existent road.]

Lin Yi carefully sorted out what he knew about Little Genius...

After the lights out, Little Genius saw the non-human classmate and was killed by them, and then his body was dragged into the Green Forest Belt.

The next day, under the sunlight, Little Genius’s body turned into a sculpture.

By the afternoon, Little Genius was able to move and was walking along that non-existent road, heading in the direction from where the sea breeze came.

"These are all things I ’saw with my own eyes,’ but only the first two exist on the normal layer; the third was encountered during my cognitive confusion."

"Right, there’s another essential factor—Contamination!"

Now, when considering problems, one must also take into account what seems to be a somewhat supernatural factor.

"After Li Huiyuan was attacked by Green hat, he was entwined with green mist, which may be related to Contamination!"

"After being attacked by non-human students, you would likely suffer from similar contamination!"

"So, is it that people contaminated after being murdered turn into sculptures, or do human bodies continue to be contaminated after death and then become sculptures?"

The transformation of Little Genius should be one of these two cases, but regardless of which one, it seems to be an ’irreversible’ Transformation Pathway.

Death is death; even if turned into sculptures that can maintain the ability to move, they are still lifeless puppets.

Wait a minute... the deceased?

"The deceased...?"