Chapter 544: Teleology
Looking at Lin Shu, who seemed to be a transfer student who came three days late, Feng Xue silently overturned the speculation he had set up before.
Or rather, at least partially overthrown.
He originally thought that these students and teachers were just strange talk derivatives, a kind of refreshable villager that could be fabricated at will, similar to the Gu poison body that he could easily pinch.
But now, with Lin Shu, who should have been "abandoned" for cheating, back to class, everything is different.
Because according to the school's operating rules, if you are expelled for cheating in exams, it should be something similar to the rule of instant death, which is also proved by the fact that the classmates in the class have no impression of the name Lin Shu in the future.
It stands to reason that even in order to uphold this rule, the expelled person should not be added back, or even if it is to be added, at least a different name.
But the problem is that this product has now blatantly appeared in the classroom, not only has the appearance not changed, but even the name and character are exactly the same as the original Lin Shu.
If there is any difference, it is that the people in the class really don't seem to remember that two days ago, there was a Lin Shu in the class.
"In other words, these teachers and classmates in the class are not so-called derivatives themselves, but assume some special functions, or this strange story itself does not have the technology to make derivatives, and when encountering 'own people' violations, they can only be recycled by washing away relevant memories."
Feng Xue tried to talk to this newcomer Lin Shu, and found that he really didn't seem to have any previous memories at all, but in addition to the memories of going to school, other memories, or character designs, were very clear.
Originally, he thought that the wandering ghost like the long-necked ghost was the most special existence in this ghost school, but now it seems that this guess is not entirely wrong, at least some kind of key information has been missed.
Then, he suddenly realized another possibility-
Perhaps, this Lin Shu is actually a different person?
What doesn't change, only the character design!
This thought made Feng Xue's scalp tingle for a while, but at the same time, he had to pay attention to this thought that suddenly popped up.
While it sounds like a bit of a ghost to replace the identities of other ghosts in a ghost school, it makes sense if you consider that this is a process that is a process for both students and players.
If the player violates the rules, they will be erased by some kind of instantaneous death (or imprison, banishment) ability, and then something similar to a token, puppet, or something like a fake will play the player's character.
But the question is, what's the point of this play?
If it's a team match, it makes sense for a pseudo-person to pretend to be a player and then pit more players, but now although there are many players in this level, there is no group situation, and those players who were out of the game before have not come to the door.
And if it's disguised as a clearance player to blend into the player group, it's even more unrealistic, after all, no matter how much the player doesn't look like a human, it's essentially just a living person who raises ghosts or insects, and the students in this copy, teachers, etc., are all substantiated spirits, no matter how vivid the appearance is, the players will not be so stupid that they can't see it.
"There must be something missing from key information!" Feng Xue took a deep breath, no matter what kind of guess it was, there was a feeling of being stuck in half, which made him very uncomfortable with the current situation.
"Relax first, don't rush, first list the known conditions."
Feng Xue sat back in her seat, holding her notebook, but in her mind, she began to list all the things after entering this level-
1. The level is similar to a variant of the rules, and the basic rules are the school's rules and public customs.
2. Most of the "ghosts" in the ghost school exist in the form of entity-like NPCs, which look no different from ordinary people, but under certain circumstances (being attacked, triggering the killing rules), they will show ghost characteristics, but they will return to their normal state after the end.
3. There are a very small number of wandering spirits in the ghost school, they have maintained the posture of ghosts for a long time, their strength is not too strong, and there is an independent thinking logic.
4. The rules in the ghost school are the same, and both players and NPCs are affected.
5. Phantom objects will naturally be produced in the ghost school, although the effect is relatively embarrassing, but it is usually closely related to the environment, and there is a specific destruction mechanism.
6. Each NPC has a fixed personality, even if the character violates the rules and is erased, its character will still be recycled (or inherited).
……
Feng Xue pondered a few clues repeatedly, and marked the two keywords of "wandering spirit" and "human design".
Why are there wandering spirits in the ghost school?
Are these wandering spirits "not yet humanized" or "lost"?
The reason why he thinks so much is not that this level is so difficult - not to mention the level, if he wants to, he can even directly summon the Star Destroyer Cannon to wash the ground in this world where there is no strange talk of the "Heavenly Emperor".
But the problem is that it doesn't make sense.
Feng Xue is a "teleological" person, he believes that any intellectual existence must have a purpose, even if it is distorted, crazy, unrealistic, or even incomprehensible to human beings, it should have such a purpose after all, even the most elusive pleasure people, there is also the purpose of "watching fun".
Therefore, when the ghost school presents a posture that is close to the rules but violates common sense, Feng Xue's first reaction is that there must be some kind of purpose hidden in it.
Although Feng Xue's strange talk road seems to be particularly smooth under the addition of the information age, he is a humble person in the end, and he does not feel that he is a cow [beep-], and other strange talks are stupid [beep--], and the sublimation of the Qingxing lantern and the secrets of the upper level of the Tower of Babylon make him convinced that the Tower of Babylon must have some kind of purpose.
Thinking in this way, then there must be a purpose for sending these "potential" strange stories to the world of all kinds of strange talks.
"If I want the brave to defeat the demon king, it must not be to send the novice warriors directly to the demon king city, but according to the characteristics of the demon king, select specific trials in a targeted manner, and then throw the brave to level up, through these trials to master a variety of skills that can target the demon king, and then it is time to challenge the demon king.
"If the purpose of Infinity City is for us 'braves' to challenge the 'Demon King' at the top of the Tower of Babylon, then it is likely that this progressive traversal mechanism hides what is necessary to defeat the Demon King."
Thinking of this, Feng Xue suppressed his impatient mood, he was now like a player who had cleared the normal difficulty of the game and wanted to march to a higher position.
What needs to be done now is no longer just a simple and crude use of a set of formulaic routines to speed up the game, of course, it is not to directly worship the Wind Spirit Moon Shadow Sect to experience the unrestrained pleasure, but to exercise self-restraint.
Five doors and four locks, autistic ninja sect, all kinds of restrictions are not to prove how great they are, but to really make technological progress.
(End of chapter)