AnalogHorror: Rule Kaidan 4016
Chapter 465 - 206: Strong Wind, Rainstorm, Streetlights, and... Pseudo-Human!_2

Chapter 465: Chapter 206: Strong Wind, Rainstorm, Streetlights, and... Pseudo-Human!_2

"We’re not that unlucky, are we?" Mao Feiyang asked.

Mu Daxian’s mouth twitched slightly, "You don’t think we’re going to be lucky, do you?"

Mao Feiyang: "..."

Lin Yi narrowed his eyes and deduced from his observations of the area that Its domain range should be upwards of fifty meters, but not exceeding one hundred meters...

If one were within the domain, then one would likely experience the uncontrollable attraction he had felt before.

"Speaking of which, the scene captured by Pan Jian’s digital camera should be the moment It opened the classroom door, right?"

Based on where the digital camera fell, that position must have been within fifty meters from the door of the lecture hall...

"Within fifty meters... the image captured by the digital camera had already turned into snowflakes..."

"No, that’s not the right way to understand it... The ’capture’ by the digital camera is just a method of recording. It might have captured something at the time of recording, but whatever it captured, after the electronic imaging, what is displayed are just snowflakes..."

"In other words, the influence It produces must have penetrated the known physical laws... It completely surpasses common sense."

Lin Yi didn’t know if launching cold weapons from outside Its domain or attacking It with hot weapons from a distance would have any effect.

"If it were possible... the school would have already resolved this hazard, right?"

If the school couldn’t do it, there was that mysterious company, and if the company couldn’t do it, there was the state...

With something like "It", even if it truly didn’t cause harm proactively, the best way to deal with a ticking time bomb is not to stay away from it but to figure out how to defuse it in advance.

Thus, even though It didn’t show any human emotions or motives, Its mere existence is a threat; the national level couldn’t possibly ignore it.

The only explanation is that it can’t be resolved.

Perhaps, as Mu Daxian said, it’s simply impossible to eliminate, so all one could do is to contain it, trying to maintain it within a stable range. Even if one steps on a landmine, one must stand firm on it without letting go before a solution is found, to prevent it from truly exploding.

However, apart from Its seemingly limited domain, the strange fluctuations of Its radiation spread far and wide, regularly rippling around like waves, making it difficult to define the extent of the area affected.

While Lin Yi was observing Its domain, Mu Daxian was slowly leading Mao Feiyang away from the Corridor Bridge area, and then, by the time Lin Yi snapped back to his senses... Mao Feiyang had already followed Mu Daxian down the steps, plunging headfirst into the storm enshrouded with thick mist!

May 8, 2023, 0:35, School Building Area.

On this cold night, the storm was incapable of washing away the mist permeating the entire world; instead, it made the ground fog even denser and heavier.

The mist wandered like ghosts in the air, blurring the visibility to the extent that objects ten meters away were completely obscured by the mist, their vague outlines invisible.

The wind began to howl, like an enraged giant, continuously shaking the trees, creating a loud rustling in the Green Forest Belt, indistinguishable from the sound of waves amidst the fog and rain.

Raindrops fell densely like soybeans, slanting into Mu Daxian and Mao Feiyang with such intensity that they sizzled upon impact.

The rain grew heavier as if the sky had been torn open, and endless rain poured down, forming curtains of water that enveloped the world in a damp luminous fog.

Mu Daxian led Mao Feiyang running through the rain; Mao Feiyang wanted to ask "What are we doing?" but his voice was quickly drowned out by the wind and rain, unable to carry anywhere.

The pouring rain swiftly soaked Mao Feiyang’s clothes, and the cold, damp sensation soon penetrated his yellow knit shirt, seeping into his skin.

He began to emit a thick green fog, resembling Dr. Banner who had been bombarded with gamma rays, giving the impression that he could turn into the Hulk at any moment.

The chilly feeling was licking into Mao Feiyang’s pores like countless snakes, and indeed some managed to meld into his body.

As the Supernatural Power from the rainwater entered his body, the weakened Mao Feiyang felt as if he had been injected with several shots of adrenaline; he seemed to experience a rebirth. At this moment, he even felt a sense of swelling.

What does it matter if nine Black Mountain Old Demons consume my Yang energy?

Please, send nine more, I can withstand it!

However, just then, Mu Daxian’s voice, carrying a certain magic, pierced through the rainy night and reached his ears, "Don’t absorb the rainwater voluntarily!!!"

"What?!" Mao Feiyang’s face turned pale, "What do you mean, don’t absorb?!"

Dammit, I just swallowed a whole lot of it!

"Resist it!!!" Mu Daxian’s shout was like thunder, "We can’t resist the erosion of the rainwater, so use your resistance to weaken the speed of the erosion. Only then will you achieve a temporary equilibrium of Supernatural Power inside your body!!"

"If you keep gorging on it, you’ll turn to stone before I complete my work!!!"

Mao Feiyang shivered violently as if True Qi was bursting from his body, scattering a large amount of rain.

"Why didn’t you say this earlier, big brother?!"

"Talk about pathetic?! Normal people can’t even resist in time, who would be as undiscriminating as you?!"

"I was too tired, felt like I was charging up, couldn’t help but absorb it!"

"It’s not too late to resist now! We’re almost there!"

"Where the hell are we going?!"

"Just a few steps away, you’ll see when the lightning strikes!"

"Strikes you or strikes me, man? I’ve got no resistance to lightning!"

"Strike your sister, I meant wait for the thunder!"

"Ohhhhhh..."

No sooner had the words fallen than a clap of thunder exploded from the depths of the distant sky.

Lightning slashed the night sky, briefly and swiftly illuminating everything around them before quickly vanishing, leaving behind an even deeper darkness.

Between heaven and earth, lights and shadows were abundant, with rough and chaotic lines that depicted the wild world beneath the curtain of rain.

Lin Yi suddenly had some understanding of why his own vision from May 8th often showed in black and white with that kind of exposure. It had something to do with this thunderstorm night.

"Boom—"

The thunder roared, and the whole world turned white all at once.

A strong and ominous premonition suddenly rose in Lin Yi’s heart.

Something was wrong with the world around him!

There was a problem with this thunderstorm night!

Big problem!!

"Boom—"

Another bolt of lightning tore through the night sky, turning the world into a still image with white background and black lines.

Lin Yi finally spotted the problem. Beneath this raging and chaotic world, nine Angel Sculptures were surrounding them with bared fangs and brandished claws, not far from which stood a road lamp post—the only "straight line" in the entire world.

"Found it!" Mu Daxian shouted, "Charge, to the lamp post!"

After the lightning died down, darkness enshrouded the world once again, but Mu Daxian had already located the position of the lamp post, locking onto that path with the residual sight from the momentary light.

"Hey, stop right there, don’t run!"

Mu Daxian gestured towards the lamp post, as if a sage showing the way.

Mao Feiyang yelled, "Damn, is the lamp post sentient now? Can it run?"

But he immediately realized his mistake. Mu Daxian wasn’t talking about the lamp post but about the Pseudo-Human standing beneath it!

Indeed, there was a Pseudo-Human beneath the lamp post, braving the storm to lick the white paint number on the lamp post.

Lin Yi’s eyelids twitched violently. These Pseudo-Humans... had they started moving on May 7th?

Or rather, had they already taken action on May 6th?!

Yet, judging from the situation in the Art Building, the Night Watchman gave the warning and rang the Doomsday bell on May 7th, a warning only after the campus had already encountered a crisis?

Mu Daxian moved swiftly, and in a few flashes of lightning, he had crossed the distance and reached the lamp post!

"Fellow student, I..." The Pseudo-Human was not slow to react. As soon as it saw Mu Daxian and Mao Feiyang approaching, it started to speak, trying to deceive them.

But its logical thinking was nearly nonexistent. Who would charge heedlessly toward a lamp post in this kind of weather if not a regular student?

Mu Daxian was even quicker to act. Before it could start talking, he yanked it away from the lamp post and firmly pinned it to the ground.

Looking at the Pseudo-Human who [couldn’t breathe], Mao Feiyang’s eyelids fluttered slightly, feeling a sudden sympathy for it.

Before the Pseudo-Human could react, Mu Daxian bluntly said, "Isn’t this ’Mao Feiyang’? What are you doing here, kid? You really made me search for you!"

Mao Feiyang: "???"