AnalogHorror: Rule Kaidan 4016
Chapter 704 - 323: The Crack on The City Wall_2

Chapter 704: Chapter 323: The Crack on The City Wall_2

And this time, the situation differed from that initial "just a ladleful to drink" condition; this time, he was accepting everything that came his way, it was just short of absorbing the grey mist...

And after these were absorbed by him, they were obliterated and reconstituted immediately, transformed in some unknown way into... a golden aura!

This golden aura gradually filled his body, then ignited like flames, and eventually, the wisps and traces of the aura drifted out from within him, floating towards... the location of his consciousness!

Enveloped in the golden aura, he indeed had a strange experience, but over 90 percent of the aura got consumed at once, becoming the strength to expand "My World", leaving less than ten percent of the power to stabilize his conscious body, unaffected by the chanting sounds of the Graveyard of the Deceased.

"Wait, that sonic wave..."

He abruptly realized that the golden ripples in the sonic wave were not the manifestation of the sonic wave in his perception, but rather, he had marked the golden aura with the wave fluctuations, using these vibrations to amplify his perception and thus better discern the structure of The City Wall!

All of this seemed to be utilized by his computing power!

But all this wasn’t under his control—this was the most absurd part.

He was still inputting information, still inputting information...

The composition of The City Wall seemed like it was about to be dissected by him.

Gradually, he seemed to discover some subtle... "cracks" on The City Wall.

These cracks clearly were not a design flaw; they appeared more like scars from countless years of battle.

These cracks, dense and intricate, snaked along the lower half of The City Wall like the lines on a cantaloupe, emerging from the black tide at the bottom like bizarre characters or symbols, then climbing up like vines, fierce and twisted, as alarming as an intricate web of blood vessels.

Such cracks, invisible under dim lighting, became stark as the golden aura spread, not only highlighting the indentations on The City Wall but also exposing such cracks in plain sight.

Boss and the Physical Education Teachers seemed to have already noticed this issue, as with their loud chanting of Cautions, strands of light from the old kerosene lamps fell like dust, showering gently like spring rain upon the surface of The City Wall.

Using Cautions to guide supernatural power, they were patching the cracks in The City Wall, waging a tug-of-war against the damage inflicted by the tide and grey mist.

But clearly, the Physical Education Teachers were always at a slight disadvantage, and those cracks were remnants from a prolonged period of strife.

Each "Banquet" was a contest between the execution officers of the sports department and the invading forces within the grey mist; it was also an action to use the "Banquet" to repair The City Wall, or to strive to contain the invader’s power from causing more severe damage to The City Wall.

Moreover, he discovered that both the Graveyard of the Deceased and the black tide outside The City Wall were continuously pouring strength into those cracks.

But the penetration of these cracks was not profound; the progress was slow, like using a teaspoon to dig a tunnel. However, everyone understands the principle that a levee breaks due to an ant hole; if such a stretch of cracks appeared on such seemingly impregnable city defenses, then this will inevitably become the root cause of the collapse of The City Wall.

Thinking of this, he seemed to foresee the scene of The City Wall collapsing...

The collapsing wall, the shattered city defenses, the black tide overturning The City Wall, surging over thousands of miles like a tsunami, engulfing everything behind...

Sports Students and Experience Students were all swallowed by the waves; under the black sky and black tidal wave, Boss and the Physical Education Teachers held onto the handles of their old kerosene lamps tightly but were helplessly sinking to the bottom of the sea...

"Boom—"

Lin Yi abruptly regained his senses, realizing that all coincidences were inevitable, and his discovery of the cracks was not a mere coincidence. Perhaps he would also become one of the members who repaired the cracks in the future.

"Wait a minute... repair the cracks?" Lin Yi paused.

Repair was possible, but... did he have that capability?

He noticed the golden glow of the old kerosene lamps...

He also noticed the golden aura that his true body had transformed...

These golden auras... are continuously supplying energy for "My World," and this quality, this level of supernatural power, seems to also be the same kind of... golden power that Boss and the Physical Education Teachers utilized with the old kerosene lamp?

Golden... it appears to be a force different from the common Contamination!

The glow of Angels, it seems to be golden!

No, no, no... He remembered wrong, Angels aren’t golden light, but rather like glass reflecting all kinds of light, yet overlaid with a layer of radiance.

About gold...

Lin Yi suddenly recalled that he has actually been disregarding a pervasive golden force all along!

Eyes!

Whether it’s the Night Watchmen, Security Guards, Teachers, Sports Students, Art Students, or the contaminated Experience Students, their eyes are all golden!

That means, gold is actually a broader and purer force, it’s just... rarely truly mastered by people!

"Golden Contamination can even charge light bulbs!"

Thinking of this, he looked towards his own body, which was constantly absorbing all kinds of auras around it, converting them into golden auras...

He does not have this ability himself, but his body can instinctively use it.

What does this mean?

It means that he now has a hydraulic machine; he doesn’t need to understand the principles, he just needs to know how to operate it in this or that way to get it to work.

Moreover, this hydraulic machine seems to be time-limited; once it’s used this time, whether it can be safely activated by chance next time is questionable.

So, given all that, perhaps he can resolve the crisis at hand—he looked towards the Graveyard of the Deceased.

This thing seems to exist on the same layer as his consciousness.

He hasn’t figured out the principle of "My World" yet, so he can’t judge whether this phenomenon invaded his concept as the Mist under the Corridor Bridge of the Teaching Building Block C, or whether it’s like the Sneering Angel that the Dormitory Supervisor transformed into and influenced him from the quantum state using his concept.

The only certainty is that this wave of the Graveyard of the Deceased is truly targeting him, whether it’s related to the mysterious creature in the Submerged cave is unknown.

Originally, he only needed his consciousness to return to his body, but that path was blocked by the Graveyard of the Deceased.

So the only solution he has left is to fight for survival through the gaps in the Graveyard of the Deceased...

But as soon as he focuses his attention on the Graveyard of the Deceased, their chanting starts to flood in like a tsunami, sounding like he was thrown into a noisy zoo, distracting and incredibly annoying.

He had a realization: the three Angel Sculptures, the Sneering Angel targets the Spirit, the Rage Angel targets the material, and the Alien Angel directly manipulates the layers...

And things related to layers are the hardest to interfere with; self-rescue is the only way!

He just needs to slightly influence the "gravitational pull" the Graveyard of the Deceased has on him so he can escape back into his own body.

During this process, the golden aura might be key.

He then looked towards the cracks on The City Wall, and with a thought, his vision suddenly zoomed in right to the front of the cracks, as though his consciousness floated over there.

He was startled for a moment, then turned to look at his own body—No, am I able to Move?

Regrettably, it seemed he still couldn’t get close to his own body, but as long as he didn’t get close to his body, he could freely Move within this "layer," which was rather bizarre.