Xu Shunkang, seeing that Lin Yi did not retort, continued, "Those things, we call them 'Nocturnal species,' implying they are a group of malformed variants that only appear at night."

After saying this, Xu Shunkang began to observe Lin Yi's expression.

Lin Yi muttered the term "Nocturnal species" to himself, then questioned, "Are they alive, or dead?"

Xu Shunkang was somewhat surprised Lin Yi would ask this and replied, "Some are dead, and some are still alive."

"Why would the dead still be alive..." Lin Yi squinted his eyes, "Is it the power of 'Contamination' that's driving their deceased bodies? So... are they a kind of deeply contaminated... 'creature'?"

"'Creature'?" Xu Shunkang shook his head, "It's impossible to define them as 'creatures.' They are a kind of aberration, you can think of them as 'people' who have suffered from intense radiation or a viral infection, with their state being between 'life' and 'death.'"

"Some of them are still alive, but due to Contamination, they have become Nocturnal species. Some are dead, even made up of parts from various creatures' corpses, and after being contaminated, they gained a certain ability to act, becoming Nocturnal species."

Lin Yi understood, "So, 'Nocturnal species' is actually a general term for a range of creatures or units?"

"Right."

"Then can they turn into statues?"

"Holy shit!" Xu Shunkang was startled, "Your cognitive domain has expanded to this level? You know about the statues?"

Lin Yi nodded somewhat confusedly and then thought of the moment Xu Shunkang was scared by the basement level of the Teaching Building, tentatively asking, "So... is this something you can talk about with me?"

Xu Shunkang and Xie Huayang exchanged looks, then one nodded while the other shook his head.

After mulling it over a bit, the one who nodded and the one who shook their head switched their responses.

"Damn it, you tell him," Xie Huayang exclaimed angrily, "I'm afraid if I talk to him for too long, I'll beat him up because I can't stand his smug little face."

"Hey, I'm humbly seeking knowledge here, how come I'm 'smug' when you describe it?" Lin Yi said speechlessly.

Xu Shunkang nodded, "Okay, I'll explain a bit to him... Oh, and if he's about to cross the line, you interrupt me right away."

"Got it," Xie Huayang waved his hand impatiently.

Only then did Xu Shunkang look at Lin Yi, took a deep breath, and said, "In a way... the Nocturnal species are like statues."

"?" Lin Yi was suddenly shocked.

Xu Shunkang abruptly stopped talking.

"Did I... say something shocking?" He looked at Xie Huayang.

Xie Huayang glared at him furiously, "Why the hell are you looking at me? Ask him! It's not my cognition that's collapsing, what do I care!"

Xu Shunkang quickly looked worriedly at Lin Yi, but Lin Yi took a deep breath and then continued, "That is, senior, can you elaborate on what you mean by 'in a way'?"

Lin Yi realized that there might be a hidden Transformation Pathway here, and it was very likely a complete one!

Before explaining his statement, Xu Shunkang asked, "What do you know about statues? I can't divulge information beyond your comprehension... like, when you mentioned that place the other day, you understand?"

"I understand," Lin Yi nodded.

Then, he recalled the Art Building Rules regarding the statues and slowly said, "Statues look like human full-body figures made from pure white plaster. They are usually static but may exhibit movement or activity under special circumstances."

Xu Shunkang's expression turned serious, and he gave a thumbs-up, "Brilliant summary."

"Brilliant my ass... those were the exact words from the Art Building Rules..." Lin Yi avoided eye contact, using the information gap to bluff Xu Shunkang who hadn't read the Art Department rules.

Xu Shunkang then said, "Actually, when you truly believe 'the campus statues can move,' it means you already know a lot of information... but at the same time, it means you, guy, have already fallen into the vortex of 'magnetic fields.'"

He sighed deeply at this point.

Magnetic fields... Lin Yi fell silent; he indeed had fallen into the vortex of magnetic fields, and Xu Shunkang wasn't wrong about that.

On the other hand, Li Huiyuan, who was by Lin Yi's side, became lost in thought when she heard Lin Yi recount the "definition" of the statues.

Statues... can move?

Aren't the statues inside the so-called Art Building?

How had Lin Yi seen the statues?

If he hadn't seen them, how could he know about them so clearly?

Many questions sprang up in Li Huiyuan's mind, with the most critical one being... the statues are a kind of moving, pure white human plaster figure.

This description... seemed similar to those things in the elevator!

Just missing the "human" aspect...

Human?

Li Huiyuan paused slightly, involuntarily picturing a pure white human statue...

The image of the human statue was very blurry, looking like the outline of a very cute girl, with a pedestal below the statue, and seeming to have a plaque on it with writing...

What was that...

An impulse to check the plaque surfaced unexpectedly in her heart, and as this thought emerged, her vision kept zooming in on the pedestal.

On the plaque of the pedestal, it starkly read:

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