Chapter 118
Turing didn’t send Si Chen back. Si Chen woke up on his dorm bed once again.
If he was unsure the first time, now, Si Chen was sure that Turing had entered his consciousness.
Si Chen was actually a little dizzy from having been dreaming all night.
He rubbed his temples and mumbled to himself, “…Just what exactly are you planning to do?”
The next day, the lunch provided by the school did indeed include roast duck.
The bun was hot and it was drizzled with sweet sauce and topped with shredded green onions and cucumbers. The accompanying fruit was cantaloupe, also cut into shreds.
This wasn’t a local delicacy from the Planet Carol.
Because the production process was quite complicated, save for the two outsiders, this was everyone’s first time eating it.
In the afternoon, the undisciplined Carolians shuffled to the second-floor gymnasium.
As soon as they arrived on the second floor, Si Chen found eight boxes covered with black cloth placed on the floor. These boxes were nearly two meters high and were cuboid in shape.
Everyone was very curious about these boxes and everyone soon began talking about the. Zhao Zixin, who beside Si Chen, turned pale instantly.
“Under the black cloth is a high-dimensional creature storage box.” Zhao Zixin’s body stiffened. “During the last restart, Turing and the humans went against each other. When humans sign up for the ‘Turing Clearance Plan’, they get a room card which they can use to open their room door at night. They can then choose to take a bus to the competition site. Every night, those robots will open several boxes just like these… If you can survive until dawn then you pass.”
Zhao Zixin had participated in the “clearance plan” during the previous restart so seeing these boxes instinctively brought on fear.
Si Chen didn’t realize how lucky he was.
He’d arrived late and Turing had already suppressed the original AI and taken over control of this virtual world; minimizing all possible dangers.
Turing even gave him the power to shut himself down.
“I only managed to clear 6 levels and I’ve come close to death more than I can count.” Zhao Zi smiled hard. “If I had my original body, I would have been able to pass a few more levels. In the end, I was nowhere near winning. I have no idea how that Ji guy managed to get to Level 13.”
Si Chen suddenly turned his head. “Ji Chuyao?”
Zhao Zixin sighed, “Yeah. He must be a direct descendant of the Ji Family. He was the only one who managed to reach Level 13. Unfortunately, he didn’t come back alive. There was so much disturbance that night. Even inside the dorm, I could hear the wolves howling and the ghosts wailing outside.”
Si Chen didn’t answer; his expression looked pensive.
Machines would immediately cremate corpses since over time, corpses may suddenly attack humans.
There was a good chance that dead Carolians would turn into ghosts.
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The magazines of the handguns they used were filled with blanks. Si Chen stood in front of the shooting range, holding the gun assigned by the Machine. A red dot for aim assistance appeared clearly in front of his eyes.
At first, he thought that the prosthetic eye had been upgraded without his knowledge but later, he discovered that this seemed to be the auxiliary system that came with Planet Carol guns.
Advanced technology is so convenient. You don’t even have to work hard practicing your shooting.
The teacher’s voice rang in his ears, “If we were to explain supernatural disasters in a scientific way, these high-dimensional creatures are special bodies of energy. Using new energy bullets can cause a certain degree of damage to these bodies of energy, only that its efficiency is quite low.”
Someone raised their hand. “Teacher! What is new energy?”
After searching the database, the teacher gave the answer, “It is a special mineral produced after a high-dimensional invasion. It is also one of the raw materials for energy cores. After research, it was found that its main component is nitrogen together some substances that we cannot yet analyze.”
These existed in Si Chen’s world as well; they were called energy stones.
Worlds always seem to head to the same destination.
For most Carolians, this was their first time ever holding a weapon. They were as excited as children with a new toy. Gunshots were heard one after another.
Si Chen’s fighting instincts meant that he didn’t even have to pay much attention to the target.
He fired a couple of shots and quickly began to go on autopilot.
Because he had yet to completely absorb the evolution medicine, he was actually a little sleepy.
But this sleepiness was dispelled somewhat when the robot teacher announced the end the training session.
The teacher stood next to the cloth covered box, his bionic eyes dilated slightly as he took in everyone’s faces. “The last lesson for today is a viewing of some high-dimensional creatures; creature that some of you do not believe exist.”
The crowd was suddenly in an uproar.
“For real?”
“Didn’t you say they’re insubstantial? How can they be visible?”
The teacher’s face was calm, even a bit cold. “However, I must warn everyone. Even though these are low-order high-dimensional creatures and have also been restrained, they may still have characteristics that we do not understand.”
“Moreover, among the known high-dimensional creatures, the earliest invading species is called a ‘Nightmare’. They can invade the human body directly through your bad dreams. Moreover, these high-dimensional creatures from your dreams may appear in reality once you die. This is also why Turing decided to restrict your exposure to relevant information before.”
People cannot create without any foundation. Things they have never seen or have no concept, they will naturally not be able to dream about.
Si Chen’s eyes were blank for a moment. “So this was how the supernatural invasion of Planet Carol came about.”
Dreams invaded reality and high-dimensional creatures quietly spread around the world. This desperate and unpreventable situation was chilling to think about.
But…recently, Si Chen has been dreaming.
As it spoke, the teacher began to lift away the black cloth.
The first box was an iron storage box with a light layer of frost on the surface.
The teacher opened the door of the box and one of the Living Dead, a man with a ferocious face, rushed out of the box, letting out a piercing howl.
Chains held down its limbs, restricting its movement. Putrid rotten flesh sloshed and plopped to the floor like mud.
Hearing about it and seeing it with one’s own eyes were completely different things.
The greenhouse-raised Carolians began to puke out the contents of their stomachs, fear rooting deep in their eyes.
“This is one of the Living Dead, currently the most numerous of the supernatural creatures on Carol.” The teacher said, “To this day, they are still wandering in the city outside. Corpses, if not processed, may be invaded by ghosts and turned into one of these cannon fodders. They can be taken out using ordinary weapons. Flame or high speed centrifugal guns are both good options. I recommend the latter.”
Saying so, it immediately shot the Living Dead.
There had been no smell of smoke, not even a visible spark. The body turned into a puddle of mud-like substance that pooled to the ground, mixing with the Carolians’ vomit.
No wonder several cleaners had been put on standby in the gymnasium today.
Zhao Zixin: “Hiss. Isn’t this a little too excessive?”
Si Chen: “…”
Turing’s education went from one extreme to the other. Maybe there wasn’t enough time to allow for a more gradual ramp up.
The teacher gave everyone some time to pull themselves together. Then, the second box was opened.
A strange clown came out of it. Its evil eyes swept across the gathered Carolians. Its shoulders kept twitching, as if it were a wound up doll. Its eerie laughter echoed in the gymnasium.
It too had shackles on its hands and feet. It had on a tattered clown suit. There are deep black marks, oxidized bloodstains, on the corners of its clothes.
In this virtual world, blood wasn’t censored to be green.
It let out a laugh so wild that it elicited panic in those that heard it. Si Chen felt his heartbeat begin to speed up.
This was one of the characteristics of this type of high-dimensional creature — fear deterrent.
The teacher shut the clown back in the box before the legs of the surrounding Carolians gave out.
It said helplessly, “Human imagination is indeed very rich. This is a type of high-dimensional creature that people in the past often dreamt of. We call it a ‘humanoid-type high-dimensional creature’. Its subordinate branches include puppets, dolls, butchers, saw men… It might be better not to introduce it in such detail lest it induce dreams at night. But, no matter.”
Today’s Machines were obviously smarter than before.
The third storage box was transparent. It looked like a square glass box, but its surface was covered with a faint layer of blood mist.
The teacher introduced, “This is a ‘Bathroom’. It is a relatively safe species of ghost. It is hard to say whether this is a ‘biological creature’, but it clearly showed consciousness during the tests.”
Without any visible trigger, the shower head embedded in the bathroom glass started spraying water. The liquid that spurts out was bright red.
“””So long as you do not take a shower with this kind of showerhead, you can basically avoid getting killed. This red water is more corrosive than sulfuric acid and will wash away all your skin and flesh. In the old days, many people were killed during bathing. …Now, we have to check your bathrooms every day. We are afraid that a problem may occur in one of the shower rooms. Although showers occasionally encounter ‘Bathrooms’, we do not recommend bathing in it. You will never be too sure what may be hiding in the water.”
The red liquid very quickly filled the glass “Bathroom” halfway.
Tangled strands of black hair appeared in the water and the hands, soaked until they were white and deformed, bobbed up and down.
The hands groped for the glass door. They found the handle and made to open the bathroom door.
“——Teacher!” One Carolian man lost all color on his face. “It’s opening the door!”
Their screams were practically caught in their throats.
The hand shook the doorknob, but the glass door didn’t budge at all.
The teacher had a gentle smile on his face: “Haha, do not worry. It’s been welded shup. How could we make fun of human lives? We are intelligent machines created to protect human beings.”
“By the way, this is a ‘Water Ghost’, very often found in water. Basically, they can be appear in containers with a liquids exceeding three liters.”
The teacher’s narration was concise and its expression was calm. But the students didn’t feel any better.
The high-dimensional creatures were only taken out briefly and then were contained back.
But those present were inevitably affected by the characteristics of these creatures.
Dizziness and nausea were the most common symptoms.
Some of them had serious reactions and were taken directly to the medical room for emergency treatment by the school doctor.
The eight storage boxes were presented in sequence.
The robot teacher stood in the center of the gymnasium and raised its voice, “That’s it for today’s class. Class is about to end. If you have any symptoms of discomfort, please get in touch with the school doctor and dormitory supervisor in a timely manner. If you have nightmares while sleeping, the vital signs monitoring meter around your wrist will release a weak current to help you wake up. However, it has little effect on higher-level Nightmares.”
Its tone was intriguing, “Or, realizing that you are dreaming, you may try finding a way to wake yourselves up. It would have the same effect.”
Oh, oh, I like this arc!!!!
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Si Chen is so confident about Turing, I hope it’s really him.
Thanks for the chapters!!
Introducing this type of high-dimensional creatures, it wouldn’t be a surprise if someone induce dreams at night.
Thanks for the chapter
Welp he said fuck it y’all want to know more an leave ok here’s a sample of what’s outside can you keep up