Rules-related weird stories: 4016

"Time", "Layers", "Mind", "Transcendence"... Many crises arise unpredictably. All we can do is try our best not to make mistakes, or even if we must make mistakes, to keep them within the scope of tolerance, and only allow some minor errors to occur..."

"'Minor...errors'? Mistakes can be controlled?" Lin Yi asked, puzzled.

"You're such a parrot! Did you learn nothing from 'Dream Boundary Studies'?"

"Huh?" Lin Yi panicked. "I... uh... I haven't studied 'Dream Boundary Studies'...".

"You must have studied it, you just don't remember..."

Memory can deceive you, but your instincts won't."

"Otherwise, why were you downstairs just now, touching secret patterns and probing Super Nightwalkers? What was your purpose?"

"Uh..." Lin Yi didn't dare say that he was just trying to expand his field of vision, which had nothing to do with 'Dream Boundary Studies'. But he silently retracted his consciousness back within the confines of the clock tower...

"Um... '02', where is the thing you're looking for likely to appear?" Lin Yi asked.

The Night Watchman said, "It could appear anywhere in the art building."

"Is it 'alive'?"

"No, I mean, because I don't know where it is, it could be anywhere."

"Then you can't even describe it at all?"

"'Description' is meaningless. Everyone's perception below Transcendence is different... But when you get close to it, you'll know that's what I'm looking for."

"That's so weird?"

"It's that strange. Moreover, 'Angel' is also looking for it. I must seize it before 'Angel' finds it."

"Angel..."

Lin Yi's heart trembled, and he subconsciously looked beyond the clock tower.

In this distorted and collapsing dark world, the body of 'Angel', lurking in the depths of the endless black tide, presented a sense of overwhelming oppression...

In front of it, Lin Yi's first feeling was that he was too small.

Any known technology-related object was just a toy in front of it. The materialized secret pattern totems floating around it distorted the force field and physical rules. Any chemical reaction seemed less complex than the change equation of the transcendent power permeating from one of its scales...

This was the thing that launched the gray fog invasion!

"'Angel' is also looking for it... Could that be the key to stopping it?"

"Almost."

"Wouldn't it be 'Amon's Music Box'?" Lin Yi asked. If it was that thing, he knew it was in the gallery.

"It's not 'Amon's Music Box'. In short, it's a very special thing, even somewhat similar to 'Angel' at the source... You'll understand the uniqueness of that thing as soon as you sense it. It's definitely different from the entire art building."

"Um... Okay, I understand."

"But speaking of which..." Lin Yi couldn't help but feel infinite respect in his heart. "It's hard to imagine... you're actually fighting against it..."

"Fighting? You overestimate us... Without 'Amon's Creation', with our mere positions, we wouldn't even have the capital to stand in front of it, let alone fight against it..."

"But Lao Mo said..."

"Mo only understands half of it. Do you believe him or me?"

"Uh... I just find it hard to understand how this 'war' has been sustained until now with such a disparity in combat power..."

"Because... the spark of civilization always needs to be passed on. Once the fire is lit, it cannot be easily extinguished."

"Besides, there are many things your little brain can't understand! Look at it less. It's not good for you," the Night Watchman said. "It will show you what your soul craves..."

"Uh... Are you saying, silk stockings and beautiful legs?" The Night Watchman's words suddenly made Lin Yi's fear of "Angel" dissipate a lot.

"..." The Night Watchman was rarely speechless for a moment. "Is that all you pursue?"

"Faith, pursuit, ideals, or... truth, knowledge, the future. It will show you what you have been desperately seeking in your life and have not been able to obtain, attracting you to follow its trajectory little by little..."

"Don't say it, that really is... somewhat attractive," Lin Yi smacked his lips.

"Of course. As long as they are intelligent beings, they cannot refuse these things, because 'knowledge'... is the path to transcendence!"

"The 'First Apostles' were lost in this process..."

"Wait, are you saying... the 'knowledge' that 'Angel' shows is all real?"

"Of course it's real. The 'Holy J' records an omniscient and omnipotent God. The so-called 'omniscient and omnipotent' doesn't mean that God can do everything, but that you can get what you want to do and what you desire. And this... is the root of everything..."

"Are you saying that the God in mythology is actually the 'Source'?"

"No, the 'Source' has never revealed even a glimpse of itself to the world. After realizing the catastrophic nature of the 'Source', the 'First Apostles' joined forces to drag it into the abyss..."

"This is the former 'Black Moon Outpost', and an outpost is a 'sentry post'! Otherwise, what do you think the 'Apostles' were doing with their sentry posts?"

"After that, Lord Amon personally designed and created many transcendent artifacts with the Apostles, and handed over the 'Time Compass', 'Sanctuary', and 'Nether Mirror' to '01', me, and '03' respectively, to stabilize this world, thereby ensuring that the power of the gray fog would not permeate into the real world from here..."

"Wait, wait, wait! Wait a minute!!" Lin Yi interrupted. "Are you saying... the designer Amon personally handed this quantum giant clock to you? I mean... 'personally'?"

"Yes..."

Lin Yi showed an unbelievable expression, "You... you and the 'First Apostles' are from the same era?"

"Hiss—" Lin Yi took a deep breath. "No, you... no, you... you have been living here since the Black Moon Outpost was established?!"

"How did you do it...?"

He looked like he had seen a ghost, as if he had seen an ancient creature standing in front of him across time.

The Night Watchman affirmed, "To be precise, we were born after Lord Amon and the others... They created us."

Lin Yi narrowed his eyes involuntarily. He noticed that the Night Watchman said "created", not cultivated.

"Our existence is equivalent to a Super Nightwalker among humans. As long as our will is not crushed by overwhelming power, we can live in the world for a long time by absorbing transcendent power, and continue to guard it."

"If the will is immortal, can one achieve eternal life?"

Lin Yi seemed to have thought of something. Old Mo locked his last drop of blood in the cafeteria, fighting incessantly. Could it be that this was similar to the way the Night Watchers existed?

Night Watchers... Could they be the last first drop of blood at the Black Moon Outpost?

Is that why they never leave the Black Moon Outpost?

It's also why the authorities haven't been able to figure out how the Night Watchers are created, so they can't figure out the principles behind Old Mo's formation?

Or perhaps... the authorities also know it's related to "Will," so whether it's the homeroom teacher or others, they've included "Iron Will" training in the pre-school training?

On the one hand, "Will" itself is the most effective defense. On the other hand, even if they unfortunately fall, relying on "Will," all official trainees, including homeroom teacher -039, could become experimental subjects for exploring the path of the Night Watchers?

Just like the exchange students have multiple uses such as "live and leave campus as a rookie," "killed by a Pseudo," and "become high-quality resources for sports/art students," teachers and chefs may also have paths calculated by the authorities from the very beginning of entering the school...

This interlocking approach minimizes the "waste" and "loss" of "human resources."

A capital of thirty thousand yuan, it's practically squeezing out all the value!

Truly, the evils of capitalism!

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"Since you're so interested, why not work hard towards our 'Sacred Image'? Maybe you can become one of us?"

"Become a Night Watcher?" Lin Yi asked rhetorically.

"That's right," the Night Watcher said calmly.

Lin Yi couldn't help but curl his lips, subconsciously glancing at Mu Daxian's location. Thinking back to how Mu Daxian, who once yearned to become a Night Watcher, was now barely clinging to life and didn't even seem qualified to touch the so-called "Sacred Image" in the Night Watcher's mouth, yet the Night Watcher was extending an olive branch to him...

Was the difference a little too big?

He thought to himself that it was a good thing Mu Daxian couldn't hear the conversation between the Night Watcher and him, otherwise he would definitely be furious...

"I don't want to," Lin Yi decisively refused. The Night Watcher's position was high, but it seemed to be locked in place, not free at all.

Just thinking about the Night Watcher facing the monotonous and appalling endless night for countless years, his heart seemed to be empathetically swallowed by endless emptiness and loneliness.

If he became a Night Watcher, he would definitely go crazy.

"Repeating machine kid, you have no awareness at all," the Night Watcher sighed speechlessly.

"I think that Mu Daxian is not bad... why don't you accommodate him?"

"He is impetuous. Although he is not greedy for merit, he is somewhat reckless... If the Sacred Image of the Night Watcher is inherited by him, it would undoubtedly be a risky move," the Night Watcher refused. "You know very little about him. Don't look at him like that, he has a sense of coldness in his bones. Compared to a 'willing to sacrifice person,' he is more like a 'mist-shrouded light chaser.'"

"He is not qualified enough now... To be qualified, he still lacks some emotional tempering."

Like needing someone to leave three moles on the soles of his feet? Lin Yi slandered inwardly, but didn't dare to speak.

He restrained his consciousness, and then silently radiated it downwards, slowly spreading it to the remaining areas of the art building.

"Your perception is spreading too slowly. How can you find anything being so timid?" The Night Watcher discovered Lin Yi's little plan. "You're not planning to slack off for an hour and then run away with the 'final payment,' are you?"

His little trick was seen through, but Lin Yi's face didn't turn red and he didn't pant. He immediately made an excuse: "Didn't you say that 'Dreamweaving' is dangerous everywhere? It's always right for me to be cautious."

The Night Watcher glanced at him and didn't expose him, only saying: "I will immediately strike the 'Sanctuary,' and let the extraordinary power stirred up by the Sanctuary provide you with a wave of short-term macroscopic perspective..."

"The airwave will spread from the 'Sanctuary' to the entire art building, taking about 10 seconds. During these ten seconds, your consciousness will be washed through every corner of the art building by the airwave. Seize this opportunity and let the art building leave a deep 'first impression' in your heart."

After saying that, he didn't give Lin Yi any time to prepare. He gathered a force and slammed into the quantum giant clock "Sanctuary."

Lin Yi was shocked: 'Acting first and reporting later?! The Night Watcher is pushing me to the forefront!'

This wasn't a negotiation at all, but a notification!

It was also a warning from the Night Watcher!

No spirit of sacrifice? I don't blame you for not experiencing the misery of that dark age.

Don't want to become a Night Watcher? Night Watchers are accompanied by endless loneliness. You are young and have many things you haven't done yet, so I can understand.

But, you little brat, you're pretending to be confused when you know the truth, trying to be sneaky? That won't do! You have to put in this effort today!

Plus, wearing that watch, you have to put in even more!

The Night Watcher had actually been paying attention to Lin Yi for a long time, and this time, he discovered them when Old Mo arrived at the art building layer, and took in all the extraordinary changes in Lin Yi.

Especially when Lin Yi was going up the steps.

He said there was no test, but actually, those airwaves were all extra dishes he added for Lin Yi, emphasizing large portions.

And all of this was actually seen by Old Mo, which is why Old Mo's gaze was so complicated when he saw Lin Yi taking the stage... because at first he felt that the Night Watcher didn't treat Lin Yi like a human, but later he found that Lin Yi really wasn't human.

Therefore, the Night Watcher also understood that Lin Yi's life was very tough... As long as you can't kill him, you can push him to the limit.

"It's coming!" The Night Watcher's voice sounded in Lin Yi's heart, and at the same time, the heavy bell-striking sound suddenly rang out!

"Duang—!!"

As if the whole world had fallen into a lake, the white ripples floating with golden light surged out with a terrifying momentum that swept everything. The terrifying aura gave Lin Yi a sense of fear of being torn apart.

"Don't resist! Accept it! I'll say it again, accept it! Let the airwave push the spread of your perception!"

The Night Watcher's cold and majestic voice echoed in his soul like a valley echo.

"Accept! Accept! Accept!!!" Lin Yi roared in his heart, trying to calm himself down and fit the airwave's fluctuations!

"Boom—"

The airwave passed over his consciousness...

"Bang...!"

His consciousness seemed to be washed into countless fragments...