"I believe it's impossible to measure a conceptual rank sculpture by ordinary standards," Tian Bufan said solemnly, "If 'It' is the origin of the contamination source, then theoretically it is omnipresent, and we cannot describe it as an 'individual'."

"It's like some kind of quantum state, able to exist in multiple places at once, where the projection is the entity itself."

"But 'It' was restricted by the security guard, even expelled by them."

"So I think 'It's' level of life must be at least similar to that of the security guard."

Only beings on similar levels of life can truly conflict with each other.

A dog barking at you doesn't affect you because you disdain it and, if it really came to blows, you could destroy it in countless ways.

But if a person shouts at you, it's different — the simplest instance, like a challenging 'what are you looking at' can lead directly to a fight.

"So 'It' definitely is not the very origin of the contamination, at most it's a kind of super contamination aggregate... But It could be an individual, or possibly an aggregate of multiple individuals."

"What I mean is, if the 'Emergency Protocol' corresponds to certain special events, like the collective invasion of non-human classmates we are currently encountering, it implies that this sort of event is not uncommon within the campus area..."

"Of course, by 'not uncommon', I mean in terms of its frequency over the entire history since the school was established."

"The occurrence of such events has even been frequent enough to allow the school authorities and Class Teacher-039 to extrapolate and devise an 'Emergency Protocol'... It's really thought-provoking."

"Also... I don't know if you've noticed, but under normal conditions, there are also a significant number of unnumbered lampposts within the school area."

"Ah? I've really never noticed that!" Lin Yi exclaimed in surprise, "The lampposts along the Cobblestone Road, though haphazardly distributed, all have numbers."

"But those lamppost numbers... are not complete." Tian Bufan slowly spoke.

Lin Yi's voice abruptly stopped, a chill ran down his spine, and he suddenly realized something: "You mean..."

The numbers on the school's lampposts range from 'XXX-001' to the highest number of some building in that area, without any missing sequences, unless—

"During similar past events, frequent incidents of non-human classmates licking lamppost numbers caused the numbers to fade and disappear?!"

"Exactly, that's my conjecture," Tian Bufan said seriously, "Do you remember the day we entered the school, the lampposts we passed had the numbers 'Teaching Building-025' and 'Teaching Building-023', right?"

"There was no 'Teaching Building-024'! Could the lamppost for 'Teaching Building-024' have been worn away by non-human classmates in some past event?" Lin Yi's eyes widened, "I remember! At that time, Liangzi and I also saw a lamppost without a number, very close to the later found 'Teaching Building-023'!"

"Could that be the 'Teaching Building-024', except... its number was licked off by non-human classmates? But then... if the paint with the number vanished, how could the lamppost also not light up?"

Lin Yi narrowed his eyes in thought: "Could it be related to Supernatural Traits?"

The lampposts in the school area are not powered by an electrical system, but use a type of energy that carries Supernatural Traits. Below the lampshade, the bulb is not a bulb, but a spherical object with a golden spiral pattern.

"Could the non-human classmates not actually be licking the paint... but absorbing the energy from the lampposts in their way?"

"And could the white paint on the lampposts be a device similar to a thermometer, visually indicating the Supernatural Traits in the lampposts?"

"The brighter the lampposts, the clearer they become, and when the lampposts are not lit, they also dissipate."

Tian Bufan said: "It's very possible that's the case."

Lin Yi's expression changed slightly, and he couldn't help but inhale sharply.

"What, that surprising to you?" Tian Bufan asked.

"Definitely!" Lin Yi responded, "Non-human classmates being able to absorb an energy containing Supernatural Traits, don't you find that utterly incredible?"

"I don't understand." Tian Bufan shook his head, "What do you find so unbelievable? In a place where even the dead can turn into statues and zombies, and removing hearts can turn them into tomatoes, what unbelievable things can't you accept?"

"Uh..." Hearing that, Lin Yi thought, yeah, things are already so absurd, what else can't I accept?

The dead can move, hey!

Please, if we don't discuss things more terrifying than death here, they're really... thrilling, damn it, thrilling my ass.

The hell, careful of my life.

"It's just... I'm still a bit unclear about non-human classmates absorbing the Supernatural Traits from the lampposts," Lin Yi glanced at the two lamps in his dormitory, "If lampposts can be absorbed, then isn't it the same for the lamps in dormitories and teaching buildings?"

He began to doubt whether the so-called power supply system in the building even exists or if there could really be some system, but it is not providing electricity, instead it supplies an energy containing Supernatural Traits. If so... then could non-human classmates also absorb it?

"I see..." Tian Bufan said, "What bothers you is that non-human classmates could absorb Supernatural Traits."

"Right."

"Hehe..." Tian Bufan laughed, "Change your perspective, you're separating the white powder particles and Supernatural Traits, but what if... the white powder particles themselves are a source of energy containing Supernatural Traits?"

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