Every logic skill has its unique operational mode.
For example, White Garden’s logic skill necessarily involves every three logic factors spiraling together. No matter how strong or long this logic skill becomes in the future, it will always be in groups of three. The logic skill of Holy Sacrifice is the same, except it groups seven logic factors together.
But now, what flooded the entire hospital was countless individual logic factors!
Xiao Jinyu’s first reaction was: Piggy Shampoo must have died, causing his logic skill to collapse.
He had never seen logic factors completely scattered and distributed individually, except for the useless logic factors that users naturally shed from their bodies each day. These logic factors gradually dissipate over time, lightly floating in the air without much presence and in very limited quantities.
The number of logic factors in the air of Haidu Affiliated Hospital was simply too many.
It was hard not to associate it with the sudden death of a fifth-level user, causing a collapse of logic.
Taking advantage of Zhao Hen and Jiang Wentao’s inattention, Xiao Jinyu quietly took out his phone.
[004, is Piggy Shampoo still alive?]
【Hmm, Dad?】
【You care about him so much, let me check…】
【He’s still alive, what’s up ( =·ω·= )】
Xiao Jinyu’s hand holding the phone suddenly tensed.
Still alive?!
This answer was completely unexpected for Xiao Jinyu.
Of course, he didn’t wish for a fifteen-year-old kid to die like this, but if Piggy Shampoo was still alive, then the multitude of logic factors in the hospital… the situation became even more serious.
[004, can you keep an eye on his status for me?]
【Of course.】
[Thank you…]
[Mwah.]
【What’s with the thanks, Dad!】
【Mwah mwah mwah mwah（づ￣3￣）づ!!!】
…
The fact that Piggy Shampoo was still alive was undoubtedly good news, but it didn’t advance the current situation.
When Xiao Jinyu reported that the entire Haidu City Affiliated Hospital was filled with an overwhelming abundance of logic factors, Zhao Hen and Jiang Wentao were both stunned, struggling to process the information. However, Jiang Wentao quickly recovered. Although only a third-level user and ranked after B100, he had seven years of experience in the Eradication Squad, which was why Luo Sheng had assigned him to lead the investigation into the disappearance of the fifth-level user.
“The day after Piggy Shampoo’s disappearance was reported, which was the day before yesterday, I led seven team members to meticulously search the hospital,” said Jiang Wentao, his expression serious. “As users, we naturally wouldn’t just look for ordinary clues like fingerprints; we brought logic factor detectors. At that time, we thoroughly inspected the oncology department, including the orthopedics and neurosurgery departments on the upper and lower floors, and found no fluctuations in logic factors.”
“And now, it’s only been two days.”
“Are you saying that, within just two days, this hospital suddenly has a massive amount of logic factors?”
Jiang Wentao’s expression darkened, “I’ll immediately send someone with a detector to check the concentration of logic factors in this hospital!”
As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Wentao pulled out his phone to contact his subordinates.
Twenty minutes later, two young squad members arrived at the hospital entrance, panting heavily. Being second-level users and still running so tiredly showed they had sprinted with all their might.
“Jiang-Ge, here, we’ve brought all four of the only detectors we have in the team!”
“Good, you two come with me to do the detection.” Jiang Wentao took one of the detectors from the team members, grabbed two more, and handed them to Xiao Jinyu and Zhao Hen, “You two, please assist me in the detection. Especially Mr. Xiao, since you can see logic factors, you should be able to detect them more easily.”
Xiao Jinyu took the black rectangular metal box, “Alright.”
The logic factor detector was simple to use. One just needed to aim the emitter at the top of the device towards the area they wanted to check and press the emission button to detect the concentration of logic factors.
The unit of measurement for logic factor concentration is “Ba.”
A normal first-level user’s logic factor concentration ranges from 10 to 50 Ba.
Second-level users from 50 to 200 Ba.
Third-level users from 200 to 1000 Ba.
Fourth-level users from 1000 to 3000 Ba.
Above that are the fifth-level users.
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However, when he pressed the emission button.
Three seconds later.
Xiao Jinyu looked down in astonishment at the detector, which showed no reaction at all.
Not far away, Zhao Hen, Jiang Wentao, and the others were also scattered around, each testing the concentration of logic factors in the air.
They kept “emitting” towards the air with their detectors, but the screens of their devices remained pitch black, showing no response. They didn’t think too much of it initially, assuming they just hadn’t hit a high concentration area, and continued testing.
It wasn’t until Xiao Jinyu called out loudly, “Stop testing… something is very wrong!” that the others’ expressions shifted.
——Very wrong.
It was a phrase none of them liked.
In the past month, several major incidents had occurred in Zhongdu City. From the Beheading Parade to Ivy, each event had left a deep psychological impact on Zhao Hen. Jiang Wentao felt the same. The capture of Sacred Sacrifice, Zhang Haixiang’s prison escape, the theft of the Court of Judgement…
None of these events were normal!
The group stopped wandering with their black boxes and gathered around.
Zhao Hen spoke gravely, “Indeed, something is very wrong. If, as you said, Xiao Jinyu, this hospital is filled with logic factors visible in every corner, then the concentration of these factors should be at least 2000 Ba. But we’ve tested several areas and didn’t detect any logic factors. It’s not a matter of concentration; they’re simply not there.”
“This result is the same as what I found two days ago; indeed, there are no logic factors,” Jiang Wentao turned to Xiao Jinyu. “So did you detect any logic factors?”
Xiao Jinyu pressed his lips together slightly, “No. But, the point is, that’s what’s wrong.”
The bright streetlights over the high walls cast a hazy glow on the people in the garden. Xiao Jinyu lifted his eyes, keeping his fourth perspective active. He aimed the black detector at the large cluster of glittering logic factors and quickly pressed the emission button.
A small logic factor shot out from the emitter, rushing towards the vast sea of logic factors.
Xiao Jinyu watched intently as the tiny point of light, like a brave warrior facing death, charged into the overwhelming ocean. However, the next second, Xiao Jinyu looked down at the still pitch-black screen.
“……The detector can’t detect these logic factors!”
Jiang Wentao blurted out, “Impossible, what do you mean it can’t detect?! This is absurd!”
Xiao Jinyu’s brows were tightly furrowed, “It’s very strange, truly very strange. Based on what I can see, the detector should be able to identify the logic factors, but it just doesn’t.”
This was too bizarre!
Xiao Jinyu had already understood the working principle of the black detector.
It functioned similarly to an ultrasound detector, emitting a logic factor like an ultrasonic wave, creating a brief path of light in the air. By counting the number of logic factors along this path, one could roughly calculate the concentration of logic factors in that area.
Therefore, to get accurate results, one must not only test once but emit in multiple directions multiple times.
But this made the situation even more peculiar.
He had clearly seen the logic factor fly out of the detector and crash into a cluster of bizarre, colorful spheres, but now he was being told that he hadn’t counted any logic factors along the way?
Was this reasonable?
It was extremely unreasonable.
Unless there was a problem with his fourth perspective.
Xiao Jinyu suddenly froze.
…When a user begins to doubt their own logic skill, it often signifies the start of a logic collapse. Xiao Jinyu’s mind was crystal clear, with only his wildly beating heart pounding inside his chest. A vast and unfamiliar panic seized his breath in an instant… Could it be that his fourth perspective was malfunctioning?
The detector couldn’t detect them because there were no logic factors in the hospital; it was an illusion created by the fourth perspective.
…Wait, if you explain it as an illusion of the fourth perspective, many things suddenly make sense.
The logic factor detector couldn’t detect them because there were no logic factors to begin with.
In fact, such a massive number of logic factors should be detectable without a detector by high-level users. Yet, Zhao Hen had no perception of them. Because he indeed hadn’t sensed any logic factors in the air.
From the beginning to the end, these omnipresent logic factors were just an illusion.
There were no light points; everything was just an absurd delusion!
…
Is what you see before your eyes truly the world?
…
Keep thinking.
Xiao Jinyu suddenly calmed down.
He closed his eyes and remained silent.
Zhao Hen and Jiang Wentao, observing this, also refrained from speaking. They could tell that this excellent senior user was deep in thought. Among the five users present, although Xiao Jinyu did not have the highest ranking in the Grow Some Brains APP, he was the only one who could see logic factors.
No amount of talking or analysis from others would help. They were like blind people in a game, with the world entirely in darkness. No one could seek light in desolation.
Time ticked away.
Slowly, Xiao Jinyu opened his eyes, silently observing the swarming, flickering logic factors before him. Then, he raised his head to look at the sky and lowered his gaze, sweeping quietly along each floor of the hospital’s windows.
Finally, he took a deep breath, his gaze as still as death, fixedly staring at the dancing colored light points in the air.
Tick, tock, tick, tock —
Suddenly, time seemed to congeal, entering a thick slurry. The passing of a second became unbearably long, Xiao Jinyu’s eyes widened, his pupils rapidly contracting.
The next moment…
He saw it!
In that extremely brief moment, he saw the logic factor flash!
It wasn’t the light flickering, but in an incredibly fleeting moment, the logic factor suddenly disappeared and then reappeared!
“It’s continuously appearing and then vanishing!”
“What?” The others exclaimed in surprise.
Jiang Wentao quickly asked, “What do you mean by continuously appearing and then vanishing?”
Xiao Jinyu didn’t immediately respond. He refocused, intently observing just one logic factor. Then he observed a third, and a fourth. Finally, he confirmed his deduction. His eyes, strained to their limits from using his logic skill, were engulfed in a burning pain.
First, Xiao Jinyu closed his right eye to rest it, leaving only his left eye open. Gently rubbing his sore and aching eye, his voice remained steady and calm, “Let me put it this way. You might not be clear about the detection principle of the detector, which the researchers at the institute certainly understand. It’s somewhat similar to detecting the number of logic factors within a certain path over a certain period and then calculating the concentration based on this number.”
Zhao Hen nodded, “Got it, it’s easy to understand, like calculating traffic flow. How many vehicles pass through a certain intersection in an hour, which gives you an approximate traffic flow?”
“That’s right,” Xiao Jinyu continued, “But now, these ‘cars’ are moving so fast that the ‘camera’ simply can’t count how many vehicles pass through the intersection in an hour.”
“Ah?” The burly man, puzzled, asked, “What do you mean by the cars being too fast? Are you saying that these logic factors in the hospital are moving rapidly?”
Xiao Jinyu clarified, “Not moving, but flickering.”
Zhao Hen’s lips moved slightly as he suddenly repeated what Xiao Jinyu had said earlier, “They’re continuously appearing and then vanishing… Are you suggesting that these ‘cars’ disappear the moment they cross the intersection and then suddenly reappear once they’ve passed?”
Xiao Jinyu nodded affirmatively, “Exactly.”
The reason the detector couldn’t detect the logic factors was actually quite simple —
It was simply outpaced by the speed of these logic factors.
The logic factor emitted by the detector was indeed fast, but it had a maximum speed. For example, 1000 meters per second, which is roughly the speed of a bullet. Such an extremely high speed meant that everything in its path, even if moving, could not entirely evade its detection.
Unless, the speed of that object far exceeded 1000 meters per second.
For instance, it could be flickering at a speed of 50,000 meters per second.
It flickers so fast that as soon as the light emitted by the detector reaches it, it disappears in a flash. Therefore, the detector can’t “capture” its presence and naturally can’t “see” it.
For the detector, its speed has already surpassed the “visual range” of the detector; they are not even in the same dimension.
The reason Xiao Jinyu could see them was that his visual speed was faster than these light points.
…
A speed of 50,000 meters per second was just a rough analogy. Xiao Jinyu, of course, knew that he couldn’t possibly have such a terrifying dynamic vision.
But with the fourth perspective, his eyes inevitably saw more and more clearly than ordinary people.
Carefully digesting Xiao Jinyu’s speculation, the experienced team members all fell into contemplation.
After a while.
Zhao Hen asked, “Xiao Jinyu, are you certain that this hospital is filled with logic factors?”
Xiao Jinyu looked at him steadily, without hesitation, “Absolutely certain.”
A user should never doubt their own logic skill.
Just as he did not doubt the world seen through his fourth perspective.
Zhao Hen said, “Then the situation is quite troublesome. I’ve never heard of logic factors being so clever, knowing to ‘evade’ detection by detectors. If even detectors can’t find them, naturally, we users can’t sense them either. Of course, it’s more likely that these logic factors aren’t ‘intentionally evading’ but rather, such an extremely terrifying flickering speed is just their normal state.”
Even Zhao Hen himself was stunned after speaking.
A cluster of logic factors moving at extreme high speeds?
Such a thing was unheard of, not just in China, but in the entire world!
After confirming the real existence of logic factors, Jiang Wentao immediately reported to the Eradication Squad in Haidu City.
The two main leaders of the Haidu City Eradication Squad, Luo Sheng and Xu Qi, were currently in Zhongdu City and wouldn’t be able to return to Haidu for another ten hours.
Thus, Jiang Wentao became the temporary leader.
“To be honest, I’m all too familiar with this scenario. It might be more efficient for me to handle this job.” The burly man with dark skin stood in the biting cold wind, his arms crossed, his tone tinged with both bitterness and helplessness.
Hearing this, Jiang Wentao, who was in charge of evacuating the hospital crowd, turned back and responded with a wry smile, “You think you’re the only one familiar with it? Last month, you had the Beheading Parade in Zhongdu City, but we in Haidu City were also capturing Huo Lanxu. I was in charge of evacuating the residents around that area!”
The two men exchanged a glance, sharing a moment of mutual understanding and sorrow.
Zhao Hen let out a long sigh, “Piggy Shampoo is most likely no longer with us.”
Xiao Jinyu stiffened slightly, turning to look at the burly man beside him.
Zhao Hen said, “With so many logic factors, it’s highly likely they belong to a fifth-level user. To release such a vast number of logic factors, either he is no longer alive, due to logic collapse, with all his logic factors completely escaping his body; or he is extremely strong, definitely more than an A55 level, at least reaching A20, to be able to produce so many logic factors while still alive. Sheesh, that might even be stronger than Team Leader Luo.”
The news that Piggy Shampoo was still alive was something Xiao Jinyu couldn’t reveal for now.
However, Zhao Hen’s words caught his attention.
If these logic factors were indeed released by a living user, how powerful must they be?!
Undoubtedly, there’s a 99% chance that the owner of these logic factors is the culprit who abducted Piggy Shampoo.
Why would a high-level user, above A20, go out of their way to trouble a weaker fifth-level user?
Piggy Shampoo, a mere fifteen-year-old child with a gentle disposition, had not been keen on interacting with others in the user community and had even tried to hide the fact that he was a user. His identity remained largely a mystery until this incident. What could have possibly provoked a high-level user to target someone like Piggy Shampoo?
As Xiao Jinyu was pondering this, the crowd being evacuated from the hospital began to leave in batches.
Evacuating a hospital was more challenging than other places due to the presence of many critically ill patients. These patients depended on medical equipment and could not be moved quickly from the hospital. Therefore, the first group to be evacuated consisted mainly of the relatives of ordinary patients.
Members of the Haidu City Eradication Squad were anxiously busy, and many civil servants had also arrived at the hospital to assist with the evacuation.
Xiao Jinyu and Zhao Hen stood in a corner near the hospital entrance. The young man’s slender figure blended into the darkness, his bright and cold eyes quietly observing the bewildered citizens.
“Why are they making us move hospitals in the middle of the night?!”
“It seems there was a fire safety incident, and they need to make some temporary adjustments.”
“What? This is so sudden. What on earth is going on? My dad just had surgery this morning! Who’s responsible if something happens?!”
…
Xiao Jinyu listened absentmindedly, his gaze following the departing crowd before slowly shifting to the road in front of the hospital entrance.
Suddenly, he stopped.
He stared, dumbfounded, at a young family member passing by, his gaze following the person until they crossed the street, intending to enter the subway station.
Xiao Jinyu swiftly followed.
In the spacious and bright subway station, dense crowds jostled in elevators and corridors. The temporarily opened subway lines were transporting the relatives of patients in batches. Xiao Jinyu, however, stood amidst the vast and chaotic flow of people, shockingly turning his gaze to a young girl’s shoulder and then to an older man’s neck behind him.
…
Xiao Jinyu strode out of the subway station and grabbed Jiang Wentao, who was busy with the crowd evacuation.
“There’s no need to evacuate anymore, call everyone back!
“These logic factors have already latched onto them; they are all entangled in this logic skill.
“It’s not about logic collapse or a logic storm. They have been captured by a living user into their own logic skill…
“They are all hostages in the hands of this high-speed flickering logic skill!”
omg this is getting si dangerous 😱
Oh my god, this is what I was most afraid of when I know there are lots of logic factors then certainly there will attached to people 😟
What kind of logic factor is it? Speed? Time hopping? Dimension hopping?🤔