Free Web NovelChapter 386: Chapter 3: Bai Wu’s Online Teaching
Tang Jing had not expected such a result.
This monster... is dead?
Just like that, it’s dead?
According to the game rules, if the cruise ship inside Hei Wu sails out of the mist and brings about a distortion of the world, then shouldn’t I be a novice?
Isn’t the game supposed to have just started?
The first thing I summon shouldn’t be a weakling from the Hei Wu world, right?
But what’s with this overwhelming sense of power that’s hitting me?
Not long ago, Tang Jing was doubting himself, wondering what his contribution to this world was and what the significance of being able to sense the changes and contents of the Hei Wu world was.
Why do others gain the strength to break world records while I have nothing?
Now his heart was pounding, not out of fear, but because he... turned out to be a summoning big shot!
"Is it too late to kneel before him now?"
After God Descent was completed, Tang Jing’s real consciousness had a complex set of thoughts. But then—
An awkward situation made Tang Jing want to draw circles on the floor with his toes.
"It’s not too late. Just kowtow a couple more times later."
Tang Jing hadn’t expected that his inner thoughts could be sensed by the other party.
"Ah, this..."
He thought he was now an observer, so he shouldn’t have any role to play. His body was still the same, but because he had handed it over to his master, it had become as strong as a superhero. He was just there to watch.
Yes, he had already subconsciously started calling him master.
Ah... Isn’t the bored expression on the face of this easily killed monster too charming? Wait a minute, will my thoughts be known too?
"Yes, some of your thoughts are giving me goosebumps. The power of the Sequence is to be mastered gradually. You can try to feel it, and slowly you’ll discover how to control your thoughts, how to convey the message you want to send, rather than blurt everything out."
The master had already started instructing the disciple.
"Better start mastering it now because I have no interest in your inner thoughts. It’s enough for people to retain the necessary communication abilities. Mind reading is a painful thing, and the Creator was right not to grant people these powers. Being mind-read is even worse.
Especially with the God Descent Sequence, you might encounter other ’summoned ones’ in the future, so you’d better learn how to shield some of your rambling thoughts before then."
So professional.
Two minutes ago, Tang Jing, who didn’t want to kneel, couldn’t help thinking of that famous danmaku, ’My mother asked me why I was kneeling to watch TV.’
However, the battle just now indeed ended too quickly, so Tang Jing felt a sense that his master had not yet had enough fun.
A precise description would be, the wine is still warm, but the enemy blushes as I move to undress him.
Inside the Art Building, the classrooms with various decoration styles once again began to twist.
"Tang Jing" looked around and said:
"Next is teaching time. Based on my innate dislike for you two, I don’t think you look like good people. Sleep for a while first."
He was speaking to Kang Deluo and Tina.
Tina now looked at Tang Jing with a complex expression. This scrawny man, he was so powerful... Especially since she had no expectations of him at the start, but he ended up saving her life.
Such a terrifying monster, he killed it instantly, is this a dream? Are we filming a movie? Should I break up with Kang Deluo? Is he still a virgin? He should be, right?
Tina’s thoughts were jumping all over the place, but she didn’t think too much about it because soon, she and Kang Deluo both fell into a coma.
"It’s very dangerous for rookies to run around, so let’s just leave it at that. Normally, this situation should trigger a forced start... oh, there’s no Return Roulette here. This world is full of ordinary people, and to protect them and not be dragged down, sometimes you have to find a way to keep them in one place. You’ve played games, right? NPCs are always weak and prone to messing things up. In reality, you can choose to let these NPCs take a nap."
Tang Jing completely agreed with his master’s view. This example instantly made him feel a closer relationship, and he even wanted to chat about game topics.
However, he quickly noticed that although the battle should have ended and all troubles should have been resolved, the environment around him remained closed off.
The master continued,
"The monsters you speak of are called Evil Fallen, mutated from humans or other creatures. They feed on emotions such as fear, sadness, anger, or a mixture of these. Among these, despair is the most succulent, so you must understand, no matter what situation you encounter, never give in to despair, and remember there is always a way to break the deadlock."
Tang Jing took note quietly.
"The monster just now was a second-level mutation, but a second-level mutation shouldn’t cause such significant destruction of the human form, and mutations require experiencing strong negative emotions. That creature was not the actual body of the monster," the master continued with the lesson.
Realization dawned on Tang Jing. In other words, was there still a hidden hand behind the scenes residing in this building?
"Many scenes need to be decrypted, you need to find clues, you have to learn to analyze, like this building, have you noticed its changes?"
After some thought, Tang Jing did indeed find the changes in the building very eerie, as if in sync with some entity, but he couldn’t articulate it at the moment.
Fortunately, the master soon provided the answer:
"This scene is not complicated, there’s hardly anything that needs decrypting. If you had noticed that the monster earlier actually had no substance, just an outline, and also paid attention to the constantly changing terrain of the building, with the changes following the musical notes..."
Tang Jing startled, then quickly grasped the concept.
"Right! The monster’s voice drowned out the piano, but it’s the piano that’s causing the strangeness here. The transformations of the house seem to follow the notes, syncing with the melody!
Since the piece has no fixed melody, more like random piano playing... that’s why this Art Building seems so chaotic!"
The master said,
"Not bad, barely satisfactory, half correct. The building hasn’t actually changed, what you see is an illusion, the opponent has an ability similar to the common Mutation Entry ’spiritual power*1’ or ’spiritual power*2’, released through the notes."
"It’s precisely because it’s an illusion that the students outside haven’t entered. Otherwise, with the building’s terrain twisted like this, it would have collapsed long ago. Let’s go, let’s take a look at the piano."
"Tang Jing" began to move towards the classroom where the monster had been.
On the way, the real Tang Jing noticed the master’s commentary: when the tune had a higher pitch, the floor would become uneven, with slopes and spikes.
But when the tune had a lower pitch, some classrooms would appear indented. Everything was just as the master said... This astonishing observational skill, despite his earlier arrival, he had not noticed it.
As the master continued to approach the piano, the tune became somewhat chilling, like the soundtrack of a horror film.
Tang Jing didn’t know if it was the piano’s owner who was afraid of the master.
He himself was also a bit afraid, but fortunately, as he gradually mastered the Sequence, he was increasingly able to control his emotions and keep certain thoughts from being communicated to the master.
The master was rather satisfied with his disciple’s slight mastery of the Sequence, of course, he believed that standard equipment for a member of the Investigation Corps should be to play the Sequence like a master as soon as they get it.
But this world had no Investigation Corps, forget it. Maybe it could be established later.
The piano was made in Jin Ze Country, an upright piano. It was considered one of the more valuable assets in the school.
Teacher Tina basically treated it as some kind of private property.
"Tang Jing" said,
"Objects don’t just become Spirit Possessed for no reason."
"What is Spirit Possession?"
"I won’t explain it specifically, you should infer some of the terms yourself from the context. Apply the mindset of a game, and have enough absurd imagination for this world."
This was something Bai Yuan had said to Bai Wu, and somehow Bai Wu had ended up saying it to Tang Jing.
The master really was strict... Tang Jing thought, and this time, he successfully cut off the thought before it could reach the master.
At the same time, ’Sequence’, ’Mutation Entry’, ’Spirit Possession’, ’Evil Fallen’. These terms were also taking shape in Tang Jing’s mind.
Understanding these concepts with a gaming mindset, he quickly grasped them, just not their specific details.
"A piano is an object, an inanimate thing, it can undergo Spirit Possession because there’s a living being around."
Tang Jing observed as the master began to examine the piano, walking around it.
"Has your school had any disputes recently?"
Just as Tang Jing was about to mention the frequent bizarre tales and disputes lately, the master quickly narrowed down the scope:
"It’s about music and very likely a conflict between a teacher and a student, linked possibly to this piano. And it might have caused significant negative emotional turmoil for one of them."
The scope instantly narrowed from countless events to just one—
"Yes, Tina had a student, a female student named Xu Ling, I remember a week ago there was a conflict with the piano elective course’s teacher Xi Erwa."
"What conflict?"
Tang Jing hesitated for a moment before saying,
"Xu Ling is very talented on the piano, and she once pointed out a mistake the teacher made while playing a piece. Xi Erwa took it as a challenge and said that monkeys from Sheng Country dare to spout nonsense..."
"Sheng Country?"
Bai Wu quickly thought of something.
The area he was in Inside the Mist was filled with people of one race, possibly all from one country.
And like himself, Tang Jing’s skin color might hint they were the same.
Maybe these people were the ones who escaped from the Mist years ago?
"Yes, the area covered by the Mist used to be Sheng Country, seven hundred years have passed... Although nominally we can get identity cards in various countries, for some reason, for seven hundred years now, the locals in each country always seem to have a faction that excludes us."
It was very real.
Bai Wu could only describe it that way. Inside High Tower, where class opposition abounded, it was tradition for these people of different skin to lord over those from Sheng Country, who were considered "refugees" for seven hundred years.
After all, in his past life, the country that advocated most vocally for equality and freedom was the most chaotic and unequal one.
Seven hundred years is a long time, but in human history, the process of eliminating discrimination is even longer, so it’s not surprising. And it’s possible that the memories of the people Inside the Mist have been erased, but those Outside the Mist have not.
If Tang Jing knew his master’s deduction, he would probably kneel even deeper. It was like a man with a script.
"What happened afterward? What happened to Xu Ling?"
"The teacher Xi Erwa was dismissed, and Xu Ling also dropped out of school."
This development was indeed unexpected for the master.
"What happened?"
"She was violated," said Tang Jing with a tone of regret.
"What kind of violation?"
"It’s the kind... the inhuman acts that beasts do to people. Xu Ling was later slandered as having seduced Xi Erwa. Many of us knew the truth, but there were also many people who sided with Xi Erwa and some unscrupulous media that reported a lie that made Xu Ling very uncomfortable."
Bai Wu did not need to know the details of the lie, but there were real cases like this in his previous life, and even if it went to court, people from Sheng Country were often disadvantaged and might not receive justice.
But in a sense, those from Inside the Mist, residents of High Tower World, were also people from Sheng Country.
This group, in this world, was not easy to provoke.
Of course, Bai Wu did not underestimate this world; why was he summoned by people from Outside the Mist? Does this mean there was a problem with the Well, or was the boundary of the Mist no longer stable?
These were all big issues, but for the moment, he put them aside.
The tragedy that occurred Inside the Mist in the Sheng Country seven hundred years ago must not happen in the even vaster world Outside the Mist.
All this, Bai Wu could only ponder slowly once he returned to his own body.
"Xu Ling couldn’t bear the finger-pointing from others, despite being a victim, she was looked at as a criminal, so she dropped out."
"After that, no one saw her again, and no one knows where she went. Some speculate she might have committed suicide. The biggest dispute that happened recently was this one. Because of it, many teachers at school, although they discriminate against us, don’t dare to go too far because public opinion on the surface still condemns this kind of behavior," Tang Jing communicated the information mentally.
Then he added,
"But where Xu Ling ended up, we have no clue. It’s just that after that, people said strange piano sounds would come from the music classroom at night... I guess Tina might have heard about this and thought some student sneaked into the music classroom, came to have a look... and then, encountered a ghost. Oh, I mean an Evil Fallen."
The disciple was detailed in his account, and as a master, I nodded in approval of this theory for now.
Even though as a master, I have solved much more complex puzzles than this, at present, this level of difficulty was not bad for teaching my disciple.
Especially after Xu Ling appeared, how to treat Xu Ling was the essence of the issue.
"Tang Jing" sat at the piano, and in that instant, he felt a surge of mournful energy.
Laughter from others echoed in his ears.
After a sigh, "Tang Jing" began to examine the piano with his eyes.
"Ha, is it finally my apprentice’s turn to take the stage? Does it feel good to be a master? You are the newbie’s master, and I am your mentor. Tell me, how should the newbie address me? Alright, let’s put that aside for now. Actually, you’ve already found the answer. The piano has been spirit-possessed because of Little Pitiful. She has some talent, but compared to Little Pitiful, she still falls far behind, yet she has high cultivation value—like now, she can already play the piano from afar. Follow the guidance of the notes, and you will find her.
Of course, this is a normal way to play, but with your current strength, you can brute force your way through."
Little Pitiful? That’s right, the younger generation belongs Inside the Mist. Outside it, they can only be the Little Little generation.
If he ever met the real Little Pitiful, Hong Yin, she would probably be too scared to play the piano, wouldn’t she?
"Tang Jing" made a mysterious smile that left Tang Jing somewhat baffled. Wasn’t the current scene supposed to be terrifying?
Why would the master smile?
The reason for the master’s smile was that he was now very strong. If this encounter had occurred Inside the Mist, he might have patiently solved the puzzle due to rule-based objects.
But outside the Mist, various twisted rules had not yet fully formed, which meant he was combating Evil Fallen, not rules.
So, the master’s finger suddenly pressed a key.
This press, like striking someone with spiritual power, caused excruciating pain.
A girl’s coughing came from afar.
The master continued to press a few keys, and the apprentice quickly noticed that the piano’s constantly moving black and white keys were gradually coming to a stop...
It was as though he was witnessing two martial arts experts engaging in combat through the piano.
No... it wasn’t two martial arts experts at all, but rather a martial arts legend battling a newcomer.
With a few keystrokes, the Little Little Pitiful on the other side couldn’t hold on anymore.
Bai Wu’s spiritual power was extremely potent. Coming to this world was like a dimensionality reduction strike.
With his focus locked, and seeing that the other party had already revealed her real body in another classroom, "Tang Jing" did not immediately stand up but instead inquired:
"Explain to me simply the pattern of the notes’ fluctuations. Suppose someone posed a question to you using the note fluctuations and the illusionary terrain changes, how would you answer?"
Tang Jing was confused, thinking to himself hadn’t they just started the beginner’s tutorial? Why were they being tested already?
Although somewhat panicked and surprised by the master’s strictness, Tang Jing nonetheless answered based on the changes to the environment after the piano keys were pressed, as well as the changes in the style of the music and analysis of the pianist’s mood at that time.
"She should be avoiding us, so as we approached the piano, the path to this classroom was changing, and the music style became somewhat thrilling..."
Tang Jing nodded, allowing the true owner of the body in his mind to continue the analysis:
"Also, after testing with the master’s few keystrokes just now, different notes should correspond to different verbal messages. I just need more tests... to translate this information."
Not bad, Bai Wu was quite satisfied with Tang Jing.
Not to mention that God Descent would gradually enable Tang Jing to learn his way of thinking and abilities, giving him a faster growth rate than others. Even without these, he felt Tang Jing’s thinking ability was not poor.
"Tang Jing" stood up and looked at the corner of the opposite classroom. The terrain had been distorted and blocked from view, but it simply could not hide from his eyes.
"Let’s go, let’s see what your first Evil Fallen friend looks like." freewebnσvel.cøm
Friend?
Tang Jing was somewhat puzzled. How could Evil Fallen possibly become friends with humans? Based on his understanding, and seeing that the master had mentioned "significant negative emotional fluctuation," he thought that Evil Fallen was similar to a "vengeful ghost" setup.
Such things, like curses, should be feared and avoided.
This time, although the apprentice didn’t convey these thoughts, the master accurately guessed what he was thinking.
"Many of the Evil Fallen are pitiable people, and pitiable people need love. This is the correct password to communicate with the Evil Fallen. Remember it, as you will have to use it many times in the future."
(I’ll be busy this afternoon, so although the update is early, it might still be just one Chapter. I’ll try to add more after I’m free.)
