Chapter 344: Chapter 343: Mandatory Reading Chapter 344: Chapter 343: Mandatory Reading Hoo-hoo!
The white-feathered owl resting in the professor’s office suddenly widened its round eyes and let out an impatient screech.
Qian Bosen took out his glasses from a metal box and stood up to exit the office,
Other professors and associate professors on the same floor also came out one after another, all having received an urgent signal from the academy.
a security officer wearing a black iron mask and dressed in uniform hurried over to report on an emergency occurring between the schools.
“A severe regional pathological mutation occurred in Dormitory Number Four, which invaded the entire dormitory building in just one minute and is continuing to spread to the surrounding areas.
Because the mutation was quite disruptive, most of the students were able to evacuate successfully under the guidance of the dormitory manager.
Additionally, according to the dormitory manager, about fifteen minutes before the incident, an elite gentleman from Cesimani came to find William Behrens in the dormitory and directly made a death threat and perceptual influence after being rejected.
About ten minutes later, William Behrens returned to the dormitory building, and shortly thereafter, the regional pathological mutation officially occurred.
The detection instrument has detected two different types of pathological categories—’Skin’ and ‘Tumor’—both conditions in a strange state of contention.
Currently, the rate of the mutation’s spread has begun to slow, and it is expected to reach its maximum spread at twenty meters from the dormitory building.”
As the intelligence officer clearly stated the situation, many present turned to look at Professor Qian Bosen, knowing that William Behrens was his student.
Qian Bosen let the white-feathered owl on his shoulder go, heading to the apartment to gather more detailed intelligence, and inquired with the security guard, “Has the principal not responded?”
“We have tried contacting the ‘Principal’s Office’ through various means and received no response; the principal might be roaming the starry sky or conducting future divination observations and temporarily unable to attend to the current situation.”
“Alright, let’s go and see for ourselves.”
In fact, Qian Bosen was quite trusting of Yi Chen and wasn’t too worried that he would lose control.
But as Qian Bosen arrived at the scene, when he saw the swollen, pus-seeping skin buildings, his heart skipped a beat.
the owl, observing up close with special vision, brought back detailed intelligence,
Due to the isolation of the skin layer,
even the owl’s eyes struggled to penetrate it, barely making out inside William’s single dorm room two figures sitting very close and at a desk, what exactly they were doing was unknown.
When Qian Bosen quickly integrated the event in his mind, trying to analyze what exactly William was doing.
Just as other professors were prepared to clear the regional pathological mutation by forcibly breaking into the building, Qian Bosen raised his hand to stop them:
“William and Jin Almeda are likely in the dormitory conducting some sort of in-depth pathological discussion, their consciousness in a dissociative state leading to the leak of the illness, thereby affecting the environment.
Do not disturb their current state for now.
Professor David, Associate Professor Vincent, both of you join me in setting up a ‘Barrier’ to temporarily seal the dormitory building. If by this time tomorrow there is no sign of the mutation receding on its own, we will proceed with forcible measures.
If anything goes wrong, I alone will bear the consequences.”
With the principal absent,
the highly esteemed Professor Qian Bosen still held significant authority.
But still, some were puzzled, struggling to understand just what kind of ‘in-depth discussion’ could cause such a level of disease leakage.
Indeed, as Qian Bosen had speculated,
opening the ‘Plague Book,’ and seeing the text branded inside,
the text seemed to harbor ancient hookworms with curved hooks barbs that hooked into the eyes of the reader, fixing their gaze and even their thoughts firmly within the pages.
any distractions, skimming, or misunderstanding of the text would face backlash from these ancient words,
even reversing the pathology of the reader, stripping away personalities, and changing both their appearance and inner selves.
this was hardly a matter for Yi Chen.
As the text within the book tried to hook his eyes,
he actually had two ways to break this ‘enforced reading’ state: one through the pressure of Madness Brain, and the other by directly having the Yellow Skin confront and control the ‘Skin Sack Bible.’
But he did not use either.
He chose to accept forced reading, and in return, used these mind and eye-catching hooks to enhance his concentration.
The Professional Ability “Inquisitive” was fully activated, significantly increasing his reading efficiency,
Being a top student skilled in reading, Yi Chen naturally avoided errors at the reading level.
The overview of “skin” between the lines instantly broadened Yi Chen’s thinking in all directions.
It took him to a super factory built into the crevices of the abyss, with an assembly line that transcended conventional geometric structures, carrying various forms of bizarre leather on hooks,
The leather was graded based on attributes such as color, texture patterns, translucency, and uniformity,
Sorting machines styled after biotechnology worked on different assembly lines, categorizing the leather into more than ten different grades, only the lower-quality and ordinary leather was sent to Zion.
The high-level leather recorded in the Skin Sack Bible made Yi Chen drool over the somewhat rough hand-drawn illustrations in the book, triggering his most primal greed.
At the same time, the general explanation of “the uses of skin” in the prologue was beyond imagination.
Just as Yi Chen wanted to continue reading the main volume,
Buzz! A strong ringing in his ears pulled him back from the ancient scenes depicted in the Plague Book.
Drops of nosebleed, resembling black liquid, fell on the desk, and his entire madness brain felt sucked dry.
“Did I overexert my brain?”
Although Yi Chen was greedy for the knowledge in the subsequent books, rationality and the desire to survive forced him to temporarily give up reading.
Slam! He closed the book.
The skin qualities that had been extended during the closing of the book were quickly retracted, and the bedroom returned to its original state, leaving only a lingering foul smell.
I’ve only read the prologue, and it’s already conveyed so much content and information through the text. I need to rest a bit and then go ask the First Gentleman for more skin!
It’s time to increase my Skin Content, aiming to reach 100% before the competition starts.”
Two slender arms slowly extended from behind, resting along his neck and draping over his shoulders.
Then a face leaned sideways close to him, chin gently resting on his shoulder,
Underneath the mask, a slimy tongue gently licked his temple, as if trying to burrow in to lick the madness brain nestled between Yi Chen’s skull bones.
As the tongue withdrew, Jin’s voice followed:
“William, you could read for an entire day and night. Truly worthy of a madman’s brain! I can only read continuously for eight hours at most before feeling like my brain is about to explode, even needing to inject meat juice directly into my brain to stabilize.”
“Did I read all day?” Yi Chen was completely immersed in the book, completely unaware of the time.
“By the way! The people from your academy are crowding downstairs, and it seems they are preparing to forcefully enter here… Do you want to handle it now, or wait for them to come up?”
Yi Chen remembered the process of skin retraction when he closed the book and quickly speculated that flipping through the Plague Book might have produced a pathological effect on the surrounding environment, thus alarming the academy’s security system.
He hurriedly went downstairs with Jin,
With the regional illness lifted and thanks to Professor Qian Bosen’s intervention, Yi Chen managed to temporarily resolve the issue without revealing any information about the Plague Book.
In an office cornered with an owl,
Qian Bosen, although shocked about the Plague Book, had his speculations prior.
“So it was the Plague Book, no wonder the impact was so significant.
Spacy’s willingness to lend you such an important item basically shows that he internally considers you the next ‘First Gentleman.’
There’s not much time left, and for you now, I can’t offer much advice… The only thing I can remind you of is one point, if you’re determined to compete for this identity, besides self-improvement, it’d be wise to find out more about the other candidates.
The selection for the First Gentleman won’t be easy; even characters like Spacy didn’t ascend to that position initially.”
Before leaving, Yi Chen also entrusted Professor Qian Bosen with his nightmare reward credit card for future expenses.