Rule Strange: Urban Legends That Don't Exist

Chapter 997 The Seeker ([-])
Miao Shuisheng still doesn't know what Xanthium is going to do.

At first, he thought Xanthium was an ordinary gangster dog-headed strategist, an amateur cult ritual enthusiast who read evil books and conducted human experiments every day. Although he did not do anything human, it could not be called anything shocking.

When he grew up, after Xanthium instilled in him a large amount of unknown knowledge, he was surprised that he had never lost control. At the same time, he realized that Xanthium's goal did not seem to be as simple as "developing the perfect flesh and blood ascension ritual" - the ritual. It's just a means, not an end.

He began to become curious about the secrets hidden by his father like every child, and he began to explore the secrets of Xanthium.

Maybe it was because Xanthium had not deliberately concealed it, or maybe because that was what Xanthia wanted him to discover, Miao Shuisheng learned more and more secrets in the following days——

In fact, Xanthium was not like other gang members who were weak at the beginning. Xanthia's background was very good, and he was a proper noble in Tianshen State. When he came to the empire, he carried a large amount of currency that could be exchanged for imperial pounds. Immediately after landing, I went to the Imperial Capital to attend university. It was only later that I came to Yanan City.

Although Xanthium was not a serious person, he never wrote a diary. Miao Shuisheng could only guess the approximate timeline of Xanthia's experience from the lines in the notes in the books left by Xanthium.

Xanthium came to Yharnam as an exchange student. The exchange from the Imperial State University to the Miskatonic University in Yharnam did not sound like a good deal, but Xanthium came here. Not only did he come, he also took root here and never went back.

Miao Shuisheng was very confused, but he didn't know what was going on. He only found some clues that might lead to this strange phenomenon from the notes left by Xanthium sibiricum.

After Xanthium was exchanged to Miskatonic University in Yanan City, a major event occurred, which was the famous "strain infection incident" at the University of Miskatonic. This incident led to the death of a large number of teachers and students and some deeper impacts. , around that time, Xanthium suddenly and inexplicably left Yanan City for a period of time.

It was baffling because he didn't even stay at UM until graduation—he left in a hurry without even finishing his graduation thesis.

Where he went after leaving Yanan City, what he did, and who he met, there was no relevant record of these things. Miao Shuisheng thought to himself that Xanthium might just remember these things in his head.

That must be a very big secret.

Until a few years later, when Xanthium returned to Yanan City, he had transformed from a young man under 20 years old into an old man with a lot of white hair. A certain photo in the book clearly told the story of the passage of time. There was speed in him.

After Xanthium returned to Yanan City, she did not contact her previous teachers and classmates. Even though some of the original teachers and classmates were already in high positions, Xanthium never contacted them.

He recorded this in his notes - "I know enough. It turns out that knowledge itself is not important. What is important is the direction. I already know the answer. As long as I move towards the answer, I can find the right direction."

Xanthium said that he already knew the answer, and Miao Shuisheng thought that the answer must be achieved through "ascension of flesh and blood".

Miao Shuisheng knew that he was special when his consciousness was still very naive. His physiological structure was different from that of normal humans. This difference was not only reflected in the flesh and blood organs, but also in the spirit. He once measured his body. The largest neuron cell is about 100 times larger than normal human neuron cells, which means that its largest neuron cell is 1 centimeter in diameter!
Miao Shuisheng was panicking at the time. From the looks of it, his body should have been exploded by such huge neuron cells!
But now he has not been exploded by the huge neuron cells. This is of course due to the fact that his flesh and blood have soared.

It was only then that Miao Shuisheng realized how evil this thing of flesh and blood was.

The hatred for cocklebur also began at that time.

Miao Shuisheng clearly knew that he had become some kind of monster. If he had a choice, he would rather give up his extraordinary abilities and become an ordinary Liang Ansheng.

But he couldn't go back.

To survive, he had to keep moving forward.

Fortunately, the flesh and blood ascension ceremony ended that year, and Xanthium did not conduct any further experiments or methods on him.

Xanthium did not, but Miao Shuisheng did - he began to adjust the levels of his various physiological indicators, trying to inhibit the continued growth of neuron cells through external intervention. At first, he drank Tianshenzhou bitter juice according to the recipe he had researched. After discovering that nerve cells continued to grow, he gave up the bitter juice and began to try a more radical approach-oral hormones.

Oral hormones did have some effect at first, but they soon stopped working. This damn powerful body became resistant to hormones, and oral hormones soon became unable to restrain the growth of neuron cells.

In desperation, Miao Shuisheng took a more radical approach - he found some special transcendent beings and tried to remove neurons from his nervous system - through physical means.

This time he succeeded. Although he suffered severe physical and mental injuries and suffered a serious illness, the growth of neuronal cells was indeed inhibited - to be precise, it shrank.

Xanthium finally found out about this.

But Xanthium didn't say anything, he was just frustrated. He touched Miao Shuisheng's head. He knew what Miao Shuisheng was thinking.

Xanthium did not comfort him, treat his injuries, or even tell him how to take care of his health in the future.

Xanthium just gave him a large sum of money and let him fend for himself.

Xanthium let him out as if he were a newly grown man.

Miao Shuisheng was freed.

Miao Shuisheng was ecstatic!
In the following days, except for sometimes helping Liang Ansheng and playing Liang Ansheng on certain occasions, he spent the rest of the time studying how to control this powerful body.

He can do many things that ordinary people cannot do. With this body, he has already become a superman, but he almost never uses the ability of this body because he hates this body from beginning to end.

From the time he left Xanthium until now, Miao Shuisheng has done only two things. One is to use Liang Ansheng to make money, and the other is to use the money to conduct experiments on his own body.

Miao Shuisheng obviously has a stronger business acumen than Liang Ansheng. Even if he only makes money as a hobby, he does very well. What Liang Ansheng doesn't know is that the so-called "Tai Sheng He, an Asian gang in the old town of Yanan City" , has quietly formed a company for listing, and the actual controlling shareholder of the company is Miao Shuisheng.

It is not right to say that he has "never used this superhuman body". Miao Shuisheng is at least using his brain all the time. Although he cannot improve his IQ, his thinking speed has even reached the level of computer chips. Before computers were popularized, In this era of the world, Miao Shuisheng's advantages are unparalleled by anyone.

After a few years, Miao Shuisheng was able to control the growth of neuron cells through a combination of specific drugs, hormones and extraordinary items - he no longer needed the crazy method of "removing neuron cells" to maintain his ability to Become a "nervous monster".

The advent of computer technology accelerated Miao Shuisheng's research. With the help of computers, Miao Shuisheng was able to further explore this body that had undergone ascension of flesh and blood through biological science methods, and find a way to control this body.

It was also at this time that, by coincidence, he learned about the unique way of thinking called "lucid dreaming", and through lucid dreaming, he avoided the pursuit of the evil guide Liang Ansheng in the zoo, and successfully possessed a world that he could fully control. Dreamland.

The long accumulation in the past quickly improved his understanding of lucid dreams - he developed a set of accessories for "lucid dreams" - if his nervous system is regarded as a processor chip, then [Mechanical Matrix 】It is the accessories that serve the processor chip.

Through these accessories, he uses methods including but not limited to hormones, electrical stimulation, acupuncture, etc. to control the body, thereby controlling the body to make corresponding actions through "subjective instructions" and even regulating the excitation levels of neurons. Come control the point of lucid dreaming! …

Miao Shuisheng stood at the bow of the ship, looking at the damaged mechanical hive, feeling the still cold sea breeze, and recalling Xanthium's expression when he connected himself to the mechanical matrix.

Indifference, sigh, relief... but not the slightest surprise.

'He had known I would do that. '

Miao Shuisheng thought to himself.

'He had known that I would try to control my body, which is probably why he gave me a large sum of money to leave home and start a business.

He thought I would find my life.

He believed that life would find its own way. '

Miao Shuisheng clenched his fists unconsciously.

Xang Er mentioned lucid dreams in front of him without any concealment, but he never mentioned lucid dreams to San Er.

He also never told Xanthium that he built the mechanical matrix to better control lucid dreams.

But Xanthium still knows.

Xanthium has always been like this.

Xanthium knows everything.

Such a desperate mood made Miao Shuisheng think of another thing - was the person who contacted him online and told him about his lucid dream also arranged by Xiangu?
If so, then, have everything I have done up to now been carried out step by step under Xanthium's guidance?
Miao Shuisheng thought about it. Miao Shuisheng was very scared, but Miao Shuisheng did not show it in front of Xanthium. The fear made him shut his mouth and forced him to be quiet. The fear turned him into a wild beast, sniffing more in the darkness. The strong man's breath, and use it to judge whether he is safe.

Miao Shuisheng had never known Xiangu’s motives. Now Xiangu wanted him to see clearly the content of his lucid dream and report back. Miao Shuisheng knew something from such clear instructions, and he might be able to understand what Xiangu wanted to do. , maybe... will know Xanthium's ultimate purpose.

According to what Cang Er said, he would activate the mechanical matrix every time before falling asleep and enter that strange world in every lucid dream. Miao Shuisheng felt very painful when he thought of this, because he was once again affected by Cang Er. Ear monitoring 24 hours a day.

While he was in pain, there was one thing he didn't understand - in the previous lucid dream, he had jumped out of the plane and committed suicide. So, how will I enter that world next time?Entering someone else's body in a lucid dream?
Xanthium didn't speak, and Miao Shuisheng didn't dare to ask.

Before leaving his residence, Xanthium told him that the mechanical hive was hit hard by the typhoon this time, and some of its functions must be transferred. There will be turmoil within Dais Island, and turmoil is the most unfavorable for scientific research, so they have to move to the third island. Chain, which is the center of the World-Dimensional Internet of Things, is the place closest to the [future] in the world.

There, Xanthium has prepared a laboratory and residence for him.

Miao Shuisheng was in no position to refuse.

……

A gust of cold wind blew, and Miao Shuisheng realized that the boat had set off.

The ship carried all of Miao Shuisheng's belongings and left Dais Island, leaving his freedom forever on the shore. Another cold wind carried the white mist in the early morning and hit the Dais Island Pier. The tall mechanical hive in the distance was covered by thick smoke. Covered by fog, the occasionally exposed corners only look like ruins of a certain civilization that is about to decay.

Miao Shuisheng withdrew his gaze.

Then head all the way north.

……

……

At this moment.

When Chen Yan woke up, he saw a one-eyed boy glaring at him angrily. The other eye of the one-eyed boy, which was covered by a black eyepatch, was red, and even the lens looked like it was broken - dense blood streaks and cracks. On it, it looks like a crack.

"What the hell are you doing!"

Osmandis, who had no color on his face, glared at Chen Yan with Chen Yan's eyes.

Chen Yan shivered in the cold environment and stood up from the sofa. Only then did he see Thomas Gilbert, Swam, Crow and Osmandis surrounding him - this place was still his. office.

"How long have I been in a coma?"

The crow replied in a low voice:
"10 minutes... You are very strange. You lost your vital signs just now. We thought..."

Chen Yan looked at Osmandis:
"What the hell happened to me?"

Osmandis cursed:
"How do I know! I..."

He really does know.

He looked at Chen Yan's determined eyes and recalled what happened when he gave Chen Yan his eyes. Knowing that this matter could not be hidden, he said in a very bad tone:

"Let me tell you this in words you can understand - if the [rated power] of my eyes is 100 watts, and you, as the [power supply], can only provide 30 watts of power consumption, when my eyes are unloaded, only You can carry it with 30 watts. When you use some low-level functions, your eyes can barely run on you. But once you use some high-power-consuming functions, your body cannot supply so much to your eyes. If the power is off, your computer will freeze! Restart!"

He cursed:
"It's a trivial matter for you to restart. If something goes wrong, you can just fucking take away my eyes and your whole body!"

(End of this chapter)