Doomsday Jigsaw Puzzle

Chapter 191: Chapter 191: The Building Full of Eyes

These two characters were enough to unsettle Bai Wu, a person who was always composed.

"A few drops of Well Water. Just as she said to those Conjoined Silkworms, this might be the beginning of the end, or perhaps the turning point of hope. This item, although only a few drops, has already far exceeded the limits that your human body can endure. Maybe you could gamble on your potential?"

But I advise that you’d better keep it, perhaps someday, when there’s no other choice, you can try using it, after all, you die only once. The effects it can bring are manifold; it might allow you to instantly possess Innate Force so powerful that it exceeds the limit, or suddenly awaken one to several extremely advanced Sequences, or you might just drop dead on the spot. From a probabilistic standpoint, the latter has a likelihood of over ninety-five percent.

As for where it comes from, how it is formed, that’s for you to explore. Besides, it’s best not to carelessly open it, especially in your Evil Fallen state, as it will have a fatal attraction to you. It’s only because these twelve old guys have a temperament that transcends desire, and the Well Water was sealed in the bottle, that they can withstand the temptation."

Bai Wu looked at the small bottle of Well Water, lost in thought.

From the information obtained in the past, there are many Doomsday Puzzle Fragments of special properties around the Well, such as the Traveler’s boat ticket.

And the several most powerful beings Bai Wu encountered around the Well all possessed unimaginable abilities.

The merchant can separate everything for transactional processing.

It’s highly likely that the merchant also has a teammate who can dismantle Sequences and then assemble them into some kind of new Sequence.

As for the Doctor, according to Jiang Yimi’s memories, he can expel Sequences and can also deeply enhance them.

Compared to them, the Traveler is indeed the weakest.

These monsters are all related to the Well, because behind them, there are people from the Well Clan.

Well Water can bring about a power so great that it causes a fundamental transformation in a person or can lead to death due to power overload on the spot.

And according to the information given by the eyes, it seems that one factor determining the probability of life and death is—innate talent.

Bai Wu isn’t sure what this talent is, but subconsciously thought of the farm.

The children at the farm were carefully nurtured by "Dad and Mom," and once they awakened a Sequence, the whole farm would sing their praises.

They were differentiated by numbers as names according to their talent.

What lies beyond the wall? After they turn fifteen, will they have to face the "Well Water" test?

A flood of thoughts surfaced in Bai Wu’s mind the instant he saw the words "Well Water."

"Just one drop... and it’s this terrifying. Jing Si is said to have bathed in Well Water... How strong is he then?"

Shaking his head, Bai Wu should have been happy to have obtained two Doomsday Fragments and Well Water, but for some reason, he also felt a certain heaviness in his heart.

There is no savior in this world, nor does he consider himself one, but who says that saving the world is the exclusive right of a savior?

It was just that thinking of the enemies on the road ahead and the power humanity currently possesses made him far from optimistic.

"Did the Prophet say anything else?"

"No, that’s all."

The light began to dim, and the teachers in front of Bai Wu soon vanished into the darkness.

"It’s time for you to leave, you have graduated from here. Although we welcome you at any time and are willing to help you, there are other things you must attend to."

Bai Wu nodded, he indeed had many things to do.

"Cain must have set the Traction Disc’s area here, certainly planning for me to enter the exam area," Bai Wu mused.

"The violent types in the East District are problematic, but if Cain’s hypothetical enemy is Dwarf, then the East District is indeed the simplest. Once the headmaster’s forces leave the office building area, they would get mobbed by other zones, which means the headmaster’s forces aren’t strong either. The disciples’ upper limit can’t reach Cain’s level, but the headmaster himself might be worth noting."

"The last is the dormitory area, but the dormitory is only dangerous at night, so most likely, Cain wants me to enter the teaching building area or... the forbidden area where Jiang Yimi is."

After clarifying his thoughts, Bai Wu turned toward the Bai Cans hidden in the darkness:

"Although I cannot purify other areas for the time being, at least I can restore this teaching building to normalcy if you need me to."

Students in the dorm were immersed in the fear of the ghost stories. After the ghost stories ended, they plunged into endless exams that brought many time-sensitive negative attributes.

No matter how you look at it, this area is a torment to the students.

However, the teachers hidden in the shadows, after being silent for several seconds, said:

"The rules of this area, even though they harm them... can also protect them. The special physical rules here can serve as a temporary defensive stronghold."

The teacher didn’t speak very clearly.

But Bai Wu pondered for a moment and understood.

He had already felt that these teachers’ ambition was to revive Baichuan City, probably planning to start from Baichuan Middle School as their base.

If this place were invaded, at least the special rules inside the teaching building would leave most of the Evil Fallen clueless.

After all, this is a place where even Cain had to repeat a year. In short, it’s a trap to lure the enemy in, a cage to trap them.

"They have been living like this for seven hundred years. So-called salvation, be it a day earlier or a day later, has lost its meaning; to establish a stronghold outside the tower is not only to counter the rules outside with one’s own strength but also to learn to rely on the rules outside. Only when you find a foolproof method one day will it truly be time for our freedom to be restored," they added.

These were the considerations of sages who had observed for seven hundred years, quite comprehensive indeed.

But there were indeed some forced sacrifices involved. After all, to preserve this place, these students had to continue to endure the torture of the exams. It must be hard on the teachers’ consciences.

However, Bai Wu had no moral qualms about this. All he cared about was ultimately rescuing all these people and redeeming them to their human forms.

Humans were already suffering enough; he couldn’t afford to be overly concerned about the Evil Fallen.

...

Bai Wu left the teaching building.

When Jiang Yimi saw Bai Wu emerge from the teaching building, she was surprised, although she had long thought the Masked Strange Person could do anything.

She thought Bai Wu would take a long time, but he was inside for less than two hours.

"You’re so fast!"

"Don’t talk so succinctly in the future, especially not that phrase. Better to expand it to ’you solve problems so quickly’ because otherwise your compliment turns into a derogatory remark. Especially in this place... self-fulfilling prophecy, don’t curse me," Bai Wu cautioned.

Jiang Yimi didn’t quite understand. How did saying he was fast turn into a negative?

"Next, we go to the teaching building. I’ve found the two most crucial Doomsday Fragments, but to make the fragments universally applicable across the entire school area, we still need to get another piece from the headmaster," Bai Wu explained.

The teaching building and the headmaster’s office building were not far from each other, with just a few dozen meters between the two large buildings.

Jiang Yimi said,

"I’ve been to that building... but there’s nothing to find inside. I can sense some presences, but all the doors are locked, and without the keys, they cannot be opened."

If it had been during the times at the Deep Sea Casino, with the power of Dwarf and others inside him, Bai Wu would have become Evil Fallen without hesitation and relied on his formidable combat power to tear the scenery apart directly.

However, he had no such option now.

"Scenery is indestructible; indeed, without the keys, we can’t get in, but we can still go and take a look."

"How do we do that?" Jiang Yimi did not understand.

Bai Wu did not say anything. He wasn’t sure if some methods were feasible. Then he suddenly said,

"Perhaps you should go back."

"I’m not going back. This time I won’t let you face the principal alone," Jiang Yimi stubbornly said.

Seeing Jiang Yimi’s firm attitude and thinking about her ability to endure seven hundred years of solitude, Bai Wu finally nodded in agreement,

"The principal probably still has some important lackeys around, but the seven disciples have likely gathered together, which is a bit tricky. We can only take it one step at a time. But since we can’t enter with the keys, we might consider getting the guy inside to open the door."

"You can do that, too?"

"I’m very capable," Bai Wu insisted with paranoia.

...

...

The principal’s office building, which has four floors, incorporated the administrative office and many teachers’ offices. The first floor also vacated four rooms for the student council’s use.

This place was the brain of the entire school before the catastrophe. All the good and bad things were brewed up in this building.

In the past, this building harbored many evil deeds, and in the principal’s office on the fourth floor, there were even more hair-raising secrets.

But now, the building was no longer that mysterious; it had only become more terrifying.

Even on the first floor, one could see numerous black blood vessels extending from the fourth floor.

From the outside, it looked unremarkable, but inside it felt like walking inside the ventricles of a gigantic heart.

These blood vessels twisted and intertwined; some seemed to merge with the walls, while others acted like door locks, sealing off the doors to some rooms.

And on some of the thicker vessels, there were creepy "eyes."

In Jiang Yimi’s memory, the principal itself was a massive "eye." Its ability posed a fatal threat to all living beings, a perfect-tier entry—Leviathan’s Eye.

And in the seven-hundred-year evolution, the principal seemed to have made some kind of exchange with other Angel Envoys, or perhaps... because of the doctor who never showed up, Leviathan’s Eye underwent some kind of change.

Now, on the black blood vessels, there were many small eyes, no different in size from human eyes.

With Enhanced Vision peering inside the network of blood vessels, Bai Wu and Jiang Yimi’s exploration speed significantly slowed down; they were now very cautious. freewёbnoνel.com

"Even though the principal and several disciples have shrunk back in here, not daring to come out for seven hundred years, it also means that as long as they hide in this building, they won’t be defeated. They have been safe and sound for at least seven hundred years. Perhaps they rely on not just the rules; has the principal’s power also increased?"

Bai Wu quickly saw the first-floor corridor and on a blood vessel above the doorframe of the first office, a closed eye opened.

The moment it happened, Bai Wu subconsciously moved to a side outside of the eye’s line of sight.

"These eyes are nothing compared to your Nightmare Eyes. They are mutated from someone’s bodily cells and are still in their juvenile stage, possessing only basic surveillance capabilities. You can disregard their gaze, for it has no lethality."

Juvenile stage?

Who would have thought that the principal would possess such an ability? These eyes that opened from the blood vessels actually have growth properties.

Evil Fallen cannot reproduce.

Bai Wu speculated that the Leviathan’s Eye must be considered an entry effect. The principal’s Leviathan’s Eye might have undergone some change and become a weapon capable of proliferating.

He looked again at those black blood vessels. freёwebnovel.com

"You don’t need to concern yourself with these snake-like things. When their owner leaves the room, they are not weapons but just a breeding ground for these little Leviathan’s Eyes."

In the dead quiet office building, with its pitch-black blood vessels and crimson eyes, the scenery turned incredibly eerie.

However, Jiang Yimi was long accustomed to such sights, and Bai Wu found it quite intriguing.

"These eyes are watching us, is that okay?" Jiang Yimi asked with some concern.

"We must have attracted their attention when we approached this building, and to avoid these biochemical cameras is too troublesome, so it’s better to infiltrate openly."

Even though Jiang Yimi was a poor student, he still felt that being open and aboveboard was no longer called infiltration.

Bai Wu scanned the first floor and saw black blood vessels on every door, but these vessels seemed to be growing and spreading unconsciously, without intent to conceal anything.

"A series of uninteresting rooms, where you may find many recreational activities from seven hundred years ago, records and personnel reports of many students, love letters accidentally left behind by some teacher or student, or a pile of advertisement flyers. But what’s the use? You’re not the male protagonist in a school rebirth drama. Let’s hurry upstairs."

"Let’s go, to the second floor. All these rooms are of no exploratory value."

Jiang Yimi felt very strange.

How did Bai Wu determine that these rooms had no value for exploration?

On the second floor of the office building, Bai Wu noticed that there were many more blood vessels than before, which had even started to intertwine with the lights on the ceiling of the corridor.

All the doors of the rooms were still closed, but from the door plates, he could vaguely make out some information about the distribution of the teachers’ offices, which varied from school to school. In Baichuan Middle School, they were arranged by grade.

At a glance, Bai Wu thought that being only on the second floor, he wouldn’t find any clues, but soon he noticed that the office of the teaching affairs department was on the second floor.

In the director’s office, Bai Wu saw something of interest.

"The teacher who caused the frequent violence in the eastern school district and created the ’garbage heap’ is right inside. As a certain ’bad apple’ was sent to Class 3-4, he grew more convinced that good students should be managed collectively, and bad students should be discarded outright. You must be wondering how such a disgusting person could be a teacher, right? But that isn’t surprising after all, since character isn’t something written on the face. He has the key to open a room on the fourth floor. You can choose to coax it out of him or... maybe you have a more efficient method?"

The Evil Fallen hidden in the office of the director of teaching affairs was none other than the "Devil Liu" mentioned in the Masked Strange Person’s notes—a vile character who thought that bad students should be sent for experiments.

It was clear that Liu’s status was not low, but Bai Wu didn’t linger. He indeed had a more efficient method. After looking at the director’s office, he took Jiang Yimi directly to the fourth floor.