Chapter 208: The Second Sequence

Inside the classroom, the wind whimpered.

Everyone briefly lost focus.

A strange, absurd feeling rose in everyone's heart.

The reasoning was completely wrong, utterly foolish?

What kind of joke is this?

Are you talking about Lord Lin An?

Huang Haitao felt this statement was utterly bewildering; during Lin An's analysis he found no loophole at all.

The remaining team members, hearing the man's evaluation, couldn't help but feel somewhat indignant.

If it weren't for the resurrected man being too eerie, everyone would have already attacked.

They had put themselves into Lin An's analysis, yet despairingly found no clue at all.

By contrast, Lord Lin An could fully unravel the entire supernatural incident and also rescue them.

In comparison, they only felt astonished to the extreme.

A few seconds after the soldier's words fell, Zhang Tie, holding the baby, rushed to his face with a fierce gaze:

"Playing god! What the hell are you?"

Gathering strength, on guard.

Xiong Hanzi had already made up his mind.

As long as the 'man' before him made any move, he would smash his head with a single punch.

A resurrected desiccated corpse jumps out and says Lin Dui is utterly foolish?

Every point reveals a hint of affected cuteness.

Moreover, is Lin Dui someone you can scold?

Lin An stared fixedly at the resurrected man and slowly spoke:

"Why say that?"

"Also, answer my question."

"Who are you?"

Under repeated mental scans, the resurrected man before them seemed not to exist in this world.

Just like covering one's eyes with a hand, the void behind the blindfold.

The man's face was expressionless, as if a machine spoke:

"Why waste time on meaningless questions?"

"Let them leave; some things they shouldn't know."

Lin An heard the voice, frowned slightly, then after a moment waved his hand, letting everyone leave the classroom:

"Everyone, go downstairs and wait!"

"Awakened Ones, stay behind!"

Moments later, the crowd, doubtful and uneasy, quickly went downstairs.

As they went downstairs, they couldn't help but glance back at the soldier.

Is he an Awakened One who wields special abilities? Or...

Or is he another existence of a special incident?

"Bang!"

The gatehouse shut tight; the classroom was plunged into darkness.

Windows covered with black paper blocked the light.

Silence; wind and rain made no sound.

The remaining people present were all Awakened Ones, and they were not particularly affected.

For Lin An and the others, as long as there is a glimmer of light, they can capture it in their pupils and gain night-vision ability.

"Can we speak now?"

Lin An's voice was calm, though he felt a faint unease inside.

Was his entire reasoning wrong?

But clearly every clue made sense.

Yes, he did feel something was off, but at most it was a detail; the overall direction should be correct.

He stitched the skull and released the missing team member.

At least this point is definitely correct!

The soldier habitually lifted his eyes, his speech steady:

"Your reasoning has too many loopholes."

"It's wrong from the basic logic up."

"But that's also normal."

"After all, when humans think, they are influenced by a series of meaningless emotions such as feeling, perception, inertia, complacency, etc."

"In fact, you have already sensed where your problem lies, yet you instinctively chose to avoid it."

"Because of laziness, when you think you unconsciously ignore the loopholes and force yourself to justify."

"Because of fear, afraid that after deep thought you'll discover you're doing pointless work."

"Because of arrogance, you presumptuously infer absurd logic…"

"Because of impatience, you act rashly and foolishly…"

"Cut the crap!"

Damn it, stop spouting bullshit!

Damn it, what the hell is this crap? He spent half a day spouting a bunch of nonsense mocking Lin Dui—utterly useless!

A desiccated corpse turning into a monster? He's definitely stalling!

Zhang Tie grew angrier the more he heard, and he directly raised his fist and slammed a punch into the chest of the man in military uniform.

Crack

Bones broke, his chest caved in.

The man in military uniform was blown backward, slamming hard into the wall.

Wall dust puffed.

The expected scene of a punch blowing him up did not occur.

All that could be seen was the man mechanically rising from the ground, his caved-in chest seemingly unaffected.

His expression unchanged, as if he felt no pain:

"The anger of the incompetent..."

The man expressionlessly spat out his evaluation of Zhang Tie, then half-leaning against the wall, indifferently stared at Lin An.

"Incompetent, your mother!"

Zhang Tie, hearing that, gathered power for a punch; this time he wanted to smash this guy's head!

"Zhang Tie!"

Lin An let out a harsh shout to stop Xiong Hanzi; his expression remained calm, and he did not become angry at the military man's 'mockery':

Indeed, I myself also felt that my speculation was problematic.

Combining what I had thought before, when the Military Region's garrison point dealt with the supernatural incident, there must have been a wise person present.

The man in military uniform before us, though strange, might very well be that solver.

If it really is him, my logic might indeed have a loophole.

He is human, not a god.

Lin An does not believe he is infallible, especially when facing a supernatural incident for the first time...

"State your conclusion; I'm curious where my speculation went wrong."

The man stiffly raised his right hand, trying to habitually adjust his askew glasses.

However, his right hand, limp at his side, did not support him doing that.

Soon, he gave up that action and instead began to speak in an emotionless manner:

"It's simple."

"You speculated that helping the infant reenact the birthing process could dispel the supernatural incident, a logic derived from analyzing the three stages of death."

"As long as you help it recognize the correct death sequence, you can break its killing method."

"Based on your previous discussion, you are imitating the method used to resolve the 【Meme】 before."

Lin An slowly nodded, indicating for him to continue.

The man's face twitched twice, as if trying to show another expression:

"Your idea is wrong."

"The killing logic of the headless infant has nothing to do with the three-stage death sequence."

"You are merely fantasizing, fantasizing that you can see through its essence."

"You try to match its killing sequence with a single 【life philosophy】."

"Mortal wisdom..."

"Utterly foolish..."

"Fuck your grandmother's leg!"

Zhang Tie's face turned ashen, and he barely restrained himself from kicking that guy.

He really is fucking pretentious.

"You damn well speak up! What the hell is the correct answer? You're just babbling..."

The man's gaze locked onto Lin An, completely ignoring the furious Zhang Tie, and he slowly asked:

"The problem is actually simple; as long as you figure out one thing, the so-called supernatural incident becomes simple enough to require no thought."

"The problem is..."

"Where are we?"

"I'm in your mother's womb!"

Zhang Tie snorted coldly, gave the man an annoyed glance, but failed to notice Lin An's gaze growing grave.

"Lin Dui, this guy keeps spouting nonsense. I suspect he's just stalling for time!"

"Where are we?"

"We're not just at that damned Dan Hua Xiao Xue, are we?"

"Baiyang Town! Dan Hua Xiao Xue! Third-floor classroom!"

"Is that accurate enough!"

Xiong Hanzi howled, holding in a bellyful of anger.

He hates nothing more than people speaking in riddles, forcing him to think.

Lin An remained silent, as if realizing something, ignoring Zhang Tie's emotions.

He couldn't help but let out a bitter laugh, his voice hoarse:

"We are in."

"In the game..."

"In the Doomsday Game..."