AnalogHorror: Rule Kaidan 4016
Chapter 556 - 251 "Angels Walk Towards Light Without Losing Their Way

Lin Yi instantly recalled the scene where he was surrounded and attacked by the Heretical Choir on the evening of May 8, along with all the increasingly bizarre encounters...

If it wasn’t just the influence of the Grey Mist Invasion but also the influence of the ’mark’ transferred from Maozi, wouldn’t that make much more sense?

But the problem is—

"Putting aside this speculation, how am I supposed to explain the concept of ’pollution diversion’ to Class Teacher-040? Isn’t that too far-fetched?"

"Or... should I say I accidentally came into contact with that kind of mark? But how would I know so much information then?"

"This..."

Lin Yi seemed to have twisted himself into a "dead end" that was both "indemonstrable and inadmissible," not even knowing what the cognitive domain of the teacher’s identity was like, whether there were things that he shouldn’t tell them...

"Is it hard to say?" Class Teacher-040 asked.

"Uh... it’s kind of hard to explain."

"Do you have concerns?"

"A little..."

"What concerns?"

"I... am afraid you won’t believe me."

"What’s there to worry about?" Class Teacher-040 sneered, folding her arms, "Just tell me, and I will make my own judgment."

"Remember, I am your ’Class Teacher’!"

She flicked her badge lightly, and the crisp ’ding ding’ sound immediately brought to mind Li Xunhuan playing with his flying dagger.

She paused, then looked at Lin Yi with interest: "Or you could just tell me what happened. I won’t ask you why it happened. How does that sound?"

Lin Yi looked at Class Teacher-040 somewhat surprised, thinking that there was such a perfect solution?

So he said, "Here’s the thing... last night, I was surrounded by a group of chanting Pseudo-Humans, which I’ve named ’Heretical Choir’..."

"’Heretical Choir’..." Class Teacher-040’s eyebrows raised slightly as though searching her memory for something, then her raised eyebrows slowly furrowed, with golden light flowing in her eyes, "That name is indeed more fitting than the one given by the company. I’ll report it later, maybe we can change it according to what you said."

"Anything else?" She looked at Lin Yi.

"Ah? Aren’t you going to tell me a bit... at least give me a shallow explanation?" Lin Yi said in surprise, thinking, why are you all so capitalistic, with resources only incoming and never outgoing? Can’t you give me a little feedback?

Class Teacher-040 then said, "What you encountered should be a kind of ’Pseudo-Human Symbiont’ codenamed ’Graveyard of the Deceased’."

"What is a ’Pseudo-Human Symbiont’?" Lin Yi asked curiously.

Class Teacher-040 observed Lin Yi’s reaction, noting that his thought process remained clear upon encountering this new concept and that he showed no abnormal discomfort, then continued, "You can think of them as a whole formed by many Pseudo-Humans combined together."

"It’s a true whole in the real sense. You didn’t encounter ’a group’ of Pseudo-Humans, but ’one’ Pseudo-Human. Despite their numbers, they count as one in terms of measurement units."

"That thing is an ’Alien Sculpture’."

"Aren’t ’Alien Sculptures’ only found in the Art Building?" Lin Yi puzzled.

Class Teacher-040 said with a smirk, "You’ve checked in punctually every day for the past three days. How would you know a concept that only art students are aware of?"

Lin Yi’s expression changed slightly; he knew too much, and Class Teacher-040’s casual remark of "family gossip" just caught him out.

Lin Yi’s thoughts spun quickly: "Teacher, you just said you wouldn’t ask ’why’."

Class Teacher-040 closed a blue folder and stepped away from her desk, her high heels clicking as she slowly walked back in front of Lin Yi.

She reached out and gently lifted Lin Yi’s chin, drawing their eyes level.

"You do know how to think on your feet."

Class Teacher-040 stared into Lin Yi’s eyes as if to spot the minutiae within.

Lin Yi felt somewhat uneasy inside, but the best way to deal with unease is to pretend to be very calm, so he mustered his courage and met Class Teacher-040’s gaze.

At that moment, he felt as if time around him had slowed down considerably, and he saw a dazzling golden flame deep within her eyes!

He seemed drawn to the bright golden flame, inching closer instinctively.

This startled Class Teacher-040 so much that she let go of his chin and stepped back slightly.

"I won’t ask anymore, go on," said Class Teacher-040.

Lin Yi did not overstep his bounds and returned to the point: "After being surrounded, I heard them chanting some strange words that I couldn’t understand. I don’t know what it was, but there was an eerie feeling in my heart, like my soul was about to be snatched away... It was only because a security guard appeared that I was unharmed."

"Oh..." Hearing about the appearance of the security guard, Class Teacher-040 nodded slightly, "If it was the security... that’s right..."

Lin Yi hesitated for a moment, then said, "But the words they spoke seemed to have some similarity in pronunciation to the sentence you said when you first brought me in."

Class Teacher-040 said, "What I said was some kind of ’Cautions’... Do you know what ’Cautions’ are?"

Lin Yi quickly shook his head, trying to look as ignorant as possible: "I don’t know what that is."

"That’s really a pity... If that’s the case, then I can’t discuss it any further." Class Teacher-040 said tentatively.