AnalogHorror: Rule Kaidan 4016
Chapter 694 - 318 "Architect"...?_2

Chapter 694: Chapter 318 "Architect"...?_2

"Are you referring to ’their attack on the Gymnasium’ this time, or ’this Grey Mist Invasion itself’?" asked a Physical Education Teacher nearby.

"Of course I mean this invasion itself." Mr. Wang said sternly, "This time, they’ve come too early."

"In past invasions, there were also ones launched before the sunset, but never on the scale of today."

"They seem to have come prepared, with over thirty Rage Angels invading from the front, not to mention those lured to the field..."

"Rage Angels on the field..." A Physical Education Teacher glanced at the remains of the Rage Angels on the field, laden with spherical eyeballs, "...sixty-six, roughly a hundred Rage Angels in total..."

"This scale is almost catching up with the previous peaks of the invasions."

The invasion peak, when night falls and the Grey Mist shrouds the entire campus.

"After the sun sets, I expect an even fiercer wave, or more waves..."

"I have a premonition that this might be the largest invasion since the school was founded."

The Physical Education Teachers couldn’t help but express with emotion, "The Principal hasn’t returned yet, and the Convenience Store Owner has encountered some issues..."

"The only peak combat power left in the entire campus that’s relatively stable are the three ’Night Watchmen’."

"They’re being too rigid... The three ’Night Watchmen’ indeed can take charge of the Art Building, filling in for the ’Principal’ and the ’Convenience Store Owner’ temporarily, but the one remaining in the Art Building is under too much pressure."

"Especially with this Grey Mist Invasion, there’s a strange and eerie Breath everywhere."

"I don’t know why, but I have a bad omen about this Grey Mist Invasion, feeling like we might not hold it..."

"Too many Anchors have been lost, the whole campus is teetering...like a fortress built of blocks that’s had several key pieces removed."

The Physical Education Teachers exchanged words while carrying old kerosene lamps, absorbing the Contamination in the air, eerily resembling a group of people leisurely smoking after a meal, yet their conversation seemingly determined the fate of the entire campus.

"I’ve got a message... from the Library, the officials might send someone to stabilize the campus."

"Can it really be stabilized? Who could they send with such firm Anchor’s presence?"

"The military again?" A Physical Education Teacher scoffed, "Do you remember what happened last time? Despite our objections, they sent armed forces to look for the source of the Contamination... Ridiculous, as if stealing a Rhinoceros horn means they could go stab a rhino with it."

"We always try to measure the immeasurable with our limited cognition, causing damages is inevitable, but... that’s not ’last time’, that was at the very beginning of the school’s history, Mr. Chu, don’t you have any sense of time?"

"It doesn’t matter anymore, who cares?" Mr. Chu shrugged, "We’re all old things waiting for death, already should’ve been dead and gone, only in these times do we gather together."

"So you don’t care at all what kind of person the officials are sending?"

"What’s the use of caring? All their words are evasive and nothing but cliches, I can’t even be bothered to read it, isn’t it always ’we will consider your demands, but you know, that’s not how the process works’ blah blah blah... That’s why I hate talking to those official types, sometimes I really want to throw them into the Nightwalker Crowd, let them feel what it’s like to ’toss and turn endlessly in the sea of people’."

"Huh... after so many years, they’re still the same?"

"In what way?"

"The officialdom."

"Old traditions only get more entrenched with age."

"More entrenched and more foolish, that’s for sure."

"Let’s talk about something useful..." Boss frowned, "Who did the officials send over?"

For some reason, Boss subconsciously thought of Lin Yi.

During this time, the only person somewhat special could only be Lin Yi.

"I heard it’s... someone who can stabilize the campus, well, maybe a... ’Architect’?"

"A bricklayer?" One of the Physical Education Teachers could not help but chuckle, "Architecture... do people still study that nowadays?"

"An Architect? An Architect again?" another Physical Education Teacher hesitated, "They said that last time but then there was no news, are they coming now? Could it be false information?"

A flicker of thought crossed the Boss’s mind...

Architecture?

Could this be...

Lin Yi?

"And then?" she spoke up, "What’s the plan for stabilizing the school district this time?"

"I’ve got no clue... this profession is too ancient, nowadays people all like those newfangled things like astrology, secret talisms... it’s rare to find people working in architecture."

"But, I’ve heard that this is like trying to revive a dead horse, no one believes it will work this time, it’s probably just a sacrificial pawn."

"Exactly, a sacrificial pawn... When the ship is about to break apart, what good does throwing a person in to tighten bolts do? At most, just grip the wrench tighter, hold on until the Principal returns to take the helm."

Boss pondered, "Is that really what they’re saying?"

"Yeah... I also heard that there seem to be several factions emerging in the official circles, but the dominant ones are those advocating preserving the school district from the spread of contamination, and those advocating sacrificing the school district, falling back to the core of the alliance... after all, everyone is clear about the situation in S city."

"However, those who advocate for sacrificing the district aren’t daring enough to openly take action..."

"Wanting the ’resources’ of the school district and also wanting to abandon it... are they planning to exhaust all resources and fish till extinction?"

"Most likely, considering our side is gradually losing control..."

"The original architects constructed the logic of the school district, but officials to this day have still not been able to fully grasp this logic... and things not under control, when necessary, are fated to be sacrificed."

"But... to make a move against the school district? It’s good to have such thoughts, but do they have the ability? Just with Rhinoceros horn?"

"The terror of the rhinoceros isn’t in its horn, how can they not understand such an obvious truth?"

"Let’s not discuss their matters... we just need to take care of ourselves."

"Forget the Sacrifice Sect, we’re supposed to be exchanging with the security faction."

"They fundamentally just want to slightly delay the school district’s collapse, at least, to alleviate some of the Night Watchman’s pressure... you know, the Night Watchman’s strength is also used to combat threats from the sea, saving a bit here and there is crucial."

"So... when does the Principal plan to return? If the Principal doesn’t come back, won’t that person just be nailed there like a post?"

Boss fell silent.

If all this is true, and that person is Lin Yi, the building will fall, and Lin Yi will become that temporary supporting column, safe only if they can hold on until the real support returns, but if they can’t last, they will be crushed...

"Boss, why have you suddenly taken an interest in this matter? Haven’t you always thought those people are unreliable?"

"Boss means a distant water cannot extinguish a fire close at hand, don’t misinterpret it."

Boss said, "None of you care, so what’s wrong with me caring a bit? Regardless of whether the news is true or false, at least we should ’know’ about it, right? Mr. Zhang, make sure to convey such news as soon as possible next time."

"No! That’s not right, Boss, everyone, something’s off!" Suddenly, a Physical Education Teacher slapped their head as if they realized something, "Don’t listen to Old Zhang’s nonsense. what he’s talking about is the news from the Library from several months ago... after he relayed the message last time, he fell asleep until today when he woke up, he’s out of sync with our time, dammit!"

"Wait, so is this news unreliable?"

"Huh? Time difference?" Mr. Zhang was stunned, "What year is it now?"

"It’s May 9th!"

"Which year?"

"X023 year."

"..."

"Good, good..." Mr. Zhang patted his chest, "So, I’ve only been asleep for a few months..."

"Good my ass! You didn’t check the time when you woke up? Spreading old news around here?" A very exasperated Physical Education Teacher couldn’t help saying, "Why don’t you blurt out all the other old tales while you’re at it!"

All the Physical Education Teachers fell silent, Boss also almost didn’t catch his breath.

"Alright, alright... a false alarm, let’s not worry about it."

"However, although it was a few months ago they were supposed to send someone, since there has been no sign of such a person’s appearance until now, could it have been delayed by something?"

"You guys know too, it’s possible the matter has been held up at some point in the process, right? Maybe the Sacrifice Sect stirred up trouble in secret?"