AnalogHorror: Rule Kaidan 4016
Chapter 728 - 335 "Return to Sea Tide" _2

Chapter 728: Chapter 335 "Return to Sea Tide" _2

"Polluters can sense the ’Angel’, the deeper the contamination, the stronger the induction, but once the lower-level polluters reach the River and Sea, they will become part of the River and Sea..."

"If you chase after their shadows, even the bones are thoroughly purified."

Those Who Chase the Light Through the Fog End Up as Phantoms; the interpretation is not just superficial.

It refers to those who pursue light through the fog, who will eventually wither and die, becoming phantoms.

It also refers to the matter itself, being nothing more than an illusion.

"I think, the only ’Domain’ you are capable of encountering now should be the Security Guard’s ’Domain’—I think you must have already seen the Security Guard’s Domain."

Lin Yi nodded, he initially thought it was the domain supported by the ancient kerosene lamp in the Security Guard’s hand, but now it looks like it was just a coincidence of light overlapping with the Security Guard’s Domain.

Old Mo said: "The Security Guard’s Domain characteristic is ’Suppression’... a very powerful suppressive Domain, any contamination deeper than the Security Guard’s own strength would be suppressed by him. For people like us who rely on ’contamination’ to act if our contamination is suppressed, it’s like a person losing oxygen, there is no difference from being dead."

"The greater the gap in pollution depth and rank, the more apparent the suppression effect. In that domain, Nocturnal species and low-stage Pseudo-Humans directly die from phobia of light."

"Other ’Domains’ are quite special, for example, the Convenience Store Owner has a Domain, which is named ’Insight’. When deployed, it doesn’t have any direct effect on external things, but it monitors everything within its perception range..."

"Because of this characteristic, the Convenience Store Owner is stationed at the back of the school’s Cafeteria, serving as the last line of defense intercepting root contamination in the school area."

"Of course, the Convenience Store Owner’s Domain is not just that... The more powerful the being, the more Domains they control, and their characteristics are also stronger."

"Also, I seem to have seen a Domain whose characteristic allows its owner to move freely within contamination, and they apparently remain unaffected by the contamination themselves..."

Old Mo’s tone was very uncertain as he spoke of this.

"Since I indeed saw a figure, I suspect the existence of such a Domain... But, that thing flashed by and disappeared immediately, blending directly into the environment like a chameleon, so I’m also unsure if it was just a brief malfunction of my perception."

"Overall, this thing called a ’Domain’, is full of wonders. If you ever feel something is off, it’s probably because you inadvertently encountered a certain Domain, or maybe just brushed against the border of a Domain."

Even Old Mo cannot confirm its existence; what kind of mysterious Unit might that be? Lin Yi wondered to himself.

"Because all Domains fluctuate."

While they were talking, they had already approached that walking corpse-like petrified body.

Old Mo glanced at it, then walked around it a bit, leading Lin Yi past.

Lin Yi asked, "Shouldn’t we deal with them?"

"How to deal?" Old Mo said, "They are already corpses, there’s no way they can come back to life again, they have their paths, don’t add trouble for yourself."

"In this environment, it’s already very difficult to protect oneself."

Lin Yi quickly explained, "I didn’t mean to save them, I’m worried about whether they would attack us, should we eliminate them in advance?"

Old Mo was stunned for a moment, not expecting Lin Yi to act not out of humanitarianism, but completely the opposite, taking initiative...

Although there’s no humanitarianism, but... killing a dead person again?

"It’s possible, but unnecessary, too wasteful of time," Old Mo said, "Just pass by them, there are many more behind, how long would it take to handle them one by one?"

Lin Yi was startled: "There are many more behind?"

Old Mo nodded: "’Return to Sea Tide’ is a very long process for them, just like walking on Yellow Springs to reincarnate, over a period, all the dead are on this path, what we need to do is simply to overtake them, that’s it."

He patted Lin Yi on the shoulder: "Let’s go, the scenery ahead... is even more interesting, seeing how interested you are, I can introduce it to you along the way."

Hearing this, Lin Yi quickly adjusted his emotions.

After walking for a while, Old Mo suddenly asked, "By the way, what time is it now?"

Lin Yi then glanced down at his quartz watch.

"20:58..."

Old Mo appeared surprised, "That precise?"

Lin Yi raised his hand, "Quartz watch, it is primarily consistent and accurate."

Old Mo glanced at Lin Yi’s wrist with a strange expression and muttered, "Quartz watch, huh... I hadn’t thought of something so retro, alright, call me in another ten minutes."

Lin Yi’s eyes lit up, "Oh? Does this road we are taking have something to do with time?"

Old Mo nodded slightly, "Sort of, I need to use the passage of time to calculate an approximative distance to avoid accidentally going too far."

Old Mo’s words somewhat confused Lin Yi, "Ah... Going too far? Aren’t we following them to the beach?"

Old Mo, with his nearly expressionless face, unusually glanced at Lin Yi from the corner of his eyes, "When did I say we were going to the beach?"

Lin Yi suddenly felt his CPU was overloading, but then he remembered that Old Mo had indeed said that they were going to the Art Building, not the beach.

He paused, "Wait... Isn’t the Art Building by the beach?"

Old Mo sneered, "Man, do you hear what you are saying? ’The Art Building is by the beach’ and ’the beach has an Art Building’ are completely different concepts, right?"

"Return to Sea Tide leads directly to the beach, correct, but the distance to the Art Building we are heading to is still quite far... Although these distances are not considered far for the ’me with you’ of today, it’s still better to save some effort whenever possible."

"Besides, if we accidentally run too far, it wouldn’t be good for either of us."

"After all... you are not an emotionless mobile energy source."

Old Mo said meaningfully while patting Lin Yi’s shoulder.

Lin Yi sniffled and muttered under his breath, "Wow, you’re actually quite nice."

"Alright, in ten minutes, we will leave this path." After Old Mo finished his last instruction, he picked up his pace.

Lin Yi, summoning all his concentration, hurried to keep up.

Ten minutes later.

May 9, X023, 21:08, upon the "Return to Sea Tide" avenue where the wild winds could not disperse the fog.

Lin Yi, like someone trudging through a snowstorm on an ice field, was bearing the increasingly brisk sea wind with his small frame, the putrid, pungent smell was like someone smothering his face and mouth with a warm, wet clump of dung, accidentally inhaling it.

"It’s time! 21:08!" Lin Yi shouted.

Along the way, they surpassed one petrified corpse after another, including a few "acquaintances," such as Zhou Yuting.

Just like Little Genius back then, Zhou Yuting’s petrified twister face was also covered with an almost tangible depiction of fear and struggle.

Hearing this, Old Mo suddenly stopped in his tracks and firmly gripped Lin Yi’s shoulder.

"Let’s stop here for a moment; let me observe." Old Mo said, "There might be some deviations, so we need to make some adjustments."

While speaking, he looked around in the fog, akin to a navigator seeking a lighthouse in the dark.

As he searched, he continued to lead Lin Yi along the direction of Return to Sea Tide.

In this way, moving at a very slow pace for about three minutes, Old Mo suddenly declared, "Found it!"