AnalogHorror: Rule Kaidan 4016
Chapter 401 - 182 Two Transformation Pathways (Extra 2300 words!)_3

Chapter 401: Chapter 182 Two Transformation Pathways (Extra 2300 words!)_3

"When they completed the transformation, their forms almost appeared as human sculptures. If the contamination worsened, they would degenerate into nocturnal species."

"But this doesn’t mean that Experience Students will turn into nocturnal species just because they lose their student ID cards. Despite a sense of converging paths, there are subtle differences fundamentally."

"Nocturnal species transformed from living beings... tend to be smarter, while those transformed from the dead merely have instincts."

"There’s a type of non-human classmates in the classroom that’s particularly ominous and can watch people; they are the ones I refer to as ’the non-human classmates who are not yet dead’."

"Not dead yet but already on the path to death, with barely any chance of transforming back."

"Therefore, even among nocturnal species there are differences, similar to how soup made from dead fish looks indistinguishable from that made from freshly killed fish, but tastes distinctly different," Lin Yi suddenly thought of this comparison, "emmmm... is it the ’freshness of the ingredient’?"

"Yes," Tian Bufan was somewhat surprised by Lin Yi’s bizarre diary-like analogy, and after a pause, continued, "Moreover, according to the Sports Student’s description, human sculptures transformed from living beings have a chance to transform back."

"Oh?" Lin Yi’s eyes lit up, "How so?"

"Just need to retrieve their student ID on time," Tian Bufan said, "It seems simple, but it’s not at all simple, right?"

Lin Yi immediately fell silent.

It sounded deceptively simple, retrieving a lost item!

But once lost, it’s basically devoured by nocturnal species, human sculptures, Green Pocket Chefs, how to retrieve it? By cutting open the stomach?

And doing that isn’t about feasibility, but possibility — with the student ID snatched away, confronting them again would just be like asking to serve them another dish on their plate, right?

Impractical.

If it were Wei Shan, perhaps he could violently rip the non-human classmates’ mouths apart, but for the vast majority, it’s not practical.

Tian Bufan then said, "However, whether transformed from living beings or the dead, nocturnal species possess the capability to absorb white powder particles to repair their fragmented bodies."

"Even if they turn into human sculptures, as long as they aren’t utterly shattered, they can be restored. But exactly because of this, I say that even ’the non-human classmates who are not yet dead’ have little chance of transforming back. The contamination only continues to be absorbed, with nowhere to be released; what do you think the final outcome would be?"

Lin Yi furrowed his brows and suddenly said in a deep voice, "Hearing you say that, it immediately makes me think of us... Maozi has been continuously absorbing contamination and dispersing it to us, eventually, we too will become non-human classmates, won’t we?"

Tian Bufan fell silent, and suddenly, only the ticking of the clock could be heard in dormitory 1414.

After about ten seconds, Tian Bufan finally spoke, "Unless..."

"Unless what?"

"Unless we leave S University before we transform, or... find a way to use the contamination."

Lin Yi narrowed his eyes: "You’re thinking of becoming a Sports Student or... an Art Student? But then you’d have to give up your current identity anchor."

"That’s why we need to find a way to transform back..." Tian Bufan corrected, "Moreover, I surmise, from the paths for transforming from an Experience Student into a Sports Student or an Art Student, there’s a very strict rule—’no overnight’."

"Experience Students who accidentally scan someone else’s student ID need to register with the class teacher before spending the night; those who lose their student IDs also need to report to the class teacher before spending the night..."

"There seems to be a delicate connection between ’identity anchor’ and the sensitive time of ’overnight’."

"I think, if a person who has lost their student ID can’t step onto one of these paths before overnight, they will become non-human classmates."

"Your class teacher kept Li Huiyuan back, definitely to help her step onto one of these paths, most likely the Sports Student path."

But as the two of them discussed this far, they essentially mapped out two clear transformation pathways.

The first one is:

’Experience Student’ — (Killed) — (Continuous absorption of contamination) — ’Nocturnal Species’ — (Obtains identity anchor) — ’Non-human Classmates’.

The second one is:

’Experience Student’ — (Loses student ID) — (Continuous absorption of contamination, overnight) — ’Non-human Classmates’ —

[1, (Continuous absorption of contamination) — ’Nocturnal Species’]

[2, (Retrieve student ID) — ’Experience Student’]

And then there’s the third path: ’Experience Student’ — (Loses student ID) —

[1, (???) — ’Art Student’]

[2, (???) — ’Sports Student’]

The question marks on either side represent unique conditions within each.

But the third path is unclear, only to be explored later.

Regardless of which path, both nocturnal species and non-human classmates, upon exposure to sunlight, lose their contamination and become human sculptures and upon reabsorbing contamination, they turn back into nocturnal species or non-human classmates.

So another key factor determines whether they can transform back or not is whether the unit was alive or dead before the transformation began; if alive, there’s still a chance, but if dead, even gods struggle to intervene.

Lin Yi thoughtfully said: "With this in mind... these insights, along with the origins of the nocturnal species, have revealed the true reason why the Little Genius Sculpture appeared in the Green Forest Belt."

Little Genius, after being killed, had his body dragged to the Green Forest Belt by a non-human classmate from the Teaching Building, and after a night of contamination infusion, was turned into a damaged human sculpture by the sunlight the following day.

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