Chapter 392 Two Days Later, Blood

Cheng Mingye snapped his fingers, and a layer of faint light suddenly appeared on the glass wall, quickly dissolving the bloodstains on it.

Looking at the frightened Zhao Yang, Cheng Mingye said, "Xiao Yang, don't be surprised. You will encounter more and more scenes like this in the future...you must adapt to it as soon as possible."

Zhao Yang took a few deep breaths, trying to calm himself down and say, "Okay... I understand."

It can be seen that Zhao Yang was really scared. The usual reserve of a genius was no longer under control, and the fear in his eyes had not yet subsided.

After a while, he spoke weakly, "Um... Teacher, were those just now all fake?"

But it was too real, that scene of blood splattered all over the wall... so horrifying.

"Of course not." Cheng Mingye put on his coat and patted his chest. "Just now, I really died once."

Zhao Yang: “…”

"As a card banner, of course he needs some life-saving methods." Cheng Mingye smiled, "Don't worry, your master won't be killed so easily."

"Okay... I understand."

Zhao Yang was in mixed mood.

What does it mean that it is not easy to be “killed completely”?

How can you describe yourself like that! Master, are you a cockroach?

At this time, Yu Cang looked at Cheng Mingye: "So what does your doing... have to do with 'living in harmony with banned cards'?"

Rushing in directly, becoming the user of the banned card and then being retaliated against by it, this process of getting along can't be called "harmonious" in any way, right?

"Live in harmony?" Cheng Mingye was a little confused. "Why didn't I just do this to scare you?"

Yu Cangxu looked at Cheng Mingye without saying a word.

"Okay, okay, this is so boring." Cheng Mingye snorted.

He straightened his clothes, walked past the two people and came to the glass wall.

By this time, the bloodstains had been cleaned up, and the glass had become even cleaner and more transparent than before. The black mist inside was slowly surging, and the red light within it was rhythmically expanding and contracting, as if breathing.

Compared to before, it is obviously less violent.

"Look, this little guy has calmed down a lot." Cheng Mingye said, "Banned cards generally have a 'pseudo-personality disorder'. They all have some kind of 'switch' that will cause them to go berserk once touched. And for this group of resentful creatures before us, the 'switch' is the user asking themselves whether they should kill them or not.

"According to the card banner's original idea, this banned card was a combination of offense and defense. As long as the wraith continued to believe it shouldn't be killed, it would have a durable shield. Unfortunately, the incomplete banned card crafting ritual and his crappy, third-rate script caused a minor bug in the wraith's mechanism.

"When the user directs the resentment swarm toward others, this banned card can be somewhat controlled. However, if the target is the user themselves, they will all be killed. Even without the user asking, if any passerby raises a similar question in their heart, the resentment swarm will respond, and the situation will spiral out of control."

Cheng Ming paused for a moment before continuing, "If we allow the resentment to accumulate, this bug will only worsen. Conservatively, it will eventually transform into a thick fog covering several thousand meters. The resentment within will psychologically influence those caught within it, causing them to unconsciously recall past misdeeds and intensify their self-judgment.

"Perhaps, when someone was a child, they simply threw a piece of trash on the ground, and were influenced by the swarm of resentment, wondering 'Should I die?' and thus triggering the swarm's attack.

"As for alleviating the resentment of the resentful group... besides using totems, the only way is to periodically find a 'user', deliberately trigger their pseudo-personality disorder, and then kill them."

Yu Cang raised his brows, as if he had discovered something wrong.

"That's not right... According to what you said, if the resentful group kills more and more people, their resentment should also be getting stronger. How can it be alleviated?"

"Well... there are two reasons." Cheng Mingye smiled. "First, I was killed by it as the 'user'. After a banned card devours its user, it will enter a period of confusion. This is when it will actually stabilize."

Yu Cang blinked.

Ah? A period of confusion?

Sage mode, right?

"Secondly... I'm different from everyone else. I've never done anything 'wrongful'." Cheng Mingye's smile widened. He turned around, his gaze landing on Yu Cang. "A large part of the resentment that the resentment group receives from killing people comes from the self-judgment of the people they killed. I, Cheng Mingye, have always acted with integrity. Where would the resentment come from for him to absorb?"

Yu Cang was silent.

OK, OK.

You teased me like that when I was a kid, and you actually... No, you really don't feel any guilt!

As expected, it’s better for me to stay away from this man as much as possible.

Yu Cang finally understood that Cheng Mingye was a top entertainer.

As a card banner in the Reception Bureau, Yu Cang didn't believe that he didn't have some blood on his body, but even so, he felt no guilt in his heart... Logically speaking, even if one has a strong mental quality, there would be some psychological trauma when he first came into contact with something like a banned card, right?

As a result, absolutely nothing!

Cheng Mingye didn't notice Yu Cang's strange expression, but continued, "The backlash of the banned card can't be completely stopped. The fact that this group of resentments has existed for seven hundred years is the result of numerous coincidences. Other banned cards would be hard to achieve.

"What I want to teach you today is that when it comes to the backlash from banned cards, it's better to let it out than to block it. Sometimes, we still need to let the banned cards have some time to vent their backlash so that we can live in harmony." Cheng Mingye glanced at another room inadvertently.

Qi'er stayed in that room.

Before starting the class, Cheng Mingye moved Qi'er to another room - there were many toys in it and the temperature was just right so he could play with it at will.

Although he really wanted to see how Qi'er would react to this sudden bloodiness, and whether she would accidentally activate her pseudo-personality disorder switch...but he knew that if he really did that, Yu Cang would definitely go crazy, so he made preparations in advance and did not let Qi'er see the scene just now.

Cheng Mingye sighed, and then continued:

"Of course, the most important thing is to make Ban Card understand who is the boss."

Zhao Yang quickly asked, "What's the principle behind this?"

Cheng Mingye nodded his head and said, "Find out for yourself—when you have your own banned card and experience the backlash yourself, you will understand."

Zhao Yang: “…”

"Okay, next, let's process the data." Cheng Mingye said, "The data after the card ban backlash is very important. Xiaoyang, come and take a look."

"Oh...ok!" Zhao Yang quickly agreed.

Cheng Mingye sat in front of the computer, while Yu Cang and Zhao Yang stood behind him.

Looking at the data scrolling on the computer, Yu Cang was thinking about something else.

I hadn't noticed it before, but now looking at it...how come the pseudo-personality disorder of the banned card is so similar to that of the wild beast?

The characteristic of wild beasts is that although they can possess intelligence and even form settlements and empires, they are always dominated by uncontrollable desires, such as the desire to kill, greed, fighting, and food... When all kinds of desires are mixed together, they will form a chaotic and terrifying picture of hell.

If you compare it, you will find that the "desire" of the wild beast is the "switch" of the card ban. It is usually fine, but it will go berserk when encountering something.

Is there some kind of connection between them? Or is it just a simple similarity?

In fact, it can be seen from Mrs. Yu’s “deceased husband” that banned cards and wild people are not the same thing at all. Even among banned cards, “wild people” are very rare.

But such similarities inevitably make people think too much.

Just like...La once guessed that Insect Identification was also created by imitating Huang. Maybe there is a similar relationship between the banned cards and Huang?

However, if the banned card was really created based on the wasteland, the timing would not be right.

The first banned cards can be traced back to the Flame Emperor Totem period, which was not yet a wasteland.

But Yu Cang always had a feeling that there must be some connection here, but he just ignored it.

Cheng Mingye processed data faster and faster, and Yu Cang could only temporarily put his mind at ease and start focusing on it.

Cheng Mingye may have noticed that Yu Cang was a little distracted, but he didn't care - after all, he had already acknowledging that Yu Cang had some basics, so the main target of teaching was still Zhao Yang.

Time passed quietly as Cheng Mingye processed the data and explained.

During this period, he went into the testing ground again and used the same method to help the resentful group "counterattack" twice.

These times were not as bloody as the first time - this also proved that the blood-splattering scene the first time was indeed intentional by Cheng Mingye.

However, even though the situation became much more peaceful, Zhao Yang still couldn't help feeling uneasy.

Will I play like this in the future?

Help! He couldn't guarantee that he would be able to do nothing wrong when the power of the resentful group was amplified... and he was not as difficult to kill as Cheng Mingye!

He now always feels that Cheng Mingye is no longer a human being, but a monster!

"Alright." Cheng Mingye stretched his shoulders and neck. "That's all for today... Don't have nightmares when you go back tonight."

Zhao Yang: “…”

"Well, there's one more thing." Cheng Mingye sat on the chair and turned around. "Two days later—Xiaoyang, get ready. In two days, you will make a soul card by yourself."

Zhao Yang's pupils shrank suddenly: "...Me?"

"certainly."

Looking at Cheng Mingye's as if it was a matter of course, Zhao Yang felt his heart beat faster and his breathing became rapid.

He knew what this meant.

After all, Cheng Mingye’s notes mentioned that banned cards can only be made from humans, not wild beasts or spiritual beasts!

In other words, he, Zhao Yang, will... kill someone in two days!

This word is too far away from someone like Zhao Yang who grew up in an ivory tower.

If he was a soul card maker, it would be better. At least he should have killed wild beasts and would have felt a little better. But he was just a card maker and had never even killed a chicken!

At most, the blood of some wild beasts was used when making cards, but not much.

Therefore, as soon as these two words came out, Zhao Yang's heart became complicated, nervous, confused... and even a little excited.

Cheng Mingye's eyes were full of interest: "Since you're here, you can't be without any psychological preparation, right?"

"No, no... I... I know." Zhao Yang clenched and unclenched his fists, his palms covered in sweat. "Well, can I ask, what should I use for the... uh, materials I need in two days?"

"You can choose for yourself," Cheng Mingye said. "The options include death row prisoners who have signed an agreement. Of course... most of the materials are special envoys from the bureau who have encountered accidents, and 'card banners' who have been arrested."

Zhao Yang was stunned: "Card banner?"

"That's right. They deal with banned cards all year round, so they're quite suitable material. Besides, there's nothing to sympathize with these scumbags. Since they take pride in making banned cards, then dying in the process probably isn't something they can complain about." Cheng Mingye smiled, "It can be considered a contribution to the systematization of banned cards."

Zhao Yang nodded, but he was still a little unsure: "But I don't know anything yet..."

I've only read the notes and have no experience at all. Should I start practicing right away? Isn't that a big step?

"It doesn't matter. There are still two days left, enough time for you to learn." Cheng Mingye said with a half-smile, "Xiaoyang, don't forget, you are a genius."

Zhao Yang: “…”

"Besides, there's no need to feel too burdened. This is just practice, so it doesn't matter if we make mistakes."

"ah……?"

"You can only obtain your true destiny forbidden card after I die."

“…”

"No need to be surprised." Cheng Mingye stood up. "This is the rule of the Intake Bureau - after the teacher dies, the disciples will make the teacher a banned card - don't look at me like that, my teacher is even harder to kill than me. He has survived for so long, there is nothing I can do."

"But if that's the case." Zhao Yang looked at Yu Cang, hesitant to speak.

No, putting aside other things, you have two disciples.

How to divide this?

Uh... shouldn't I think that way?

Yu Cang also had a strange look on his face: "Come on, Cheng Mingye, don't try this on me... I feel a little disgusted when you ask me to use your body as a soul card."

"Don't worry, you won't be included." Cheng Mingye patted Yu Cang's shoulder, "Including the production of the banned cards in two days, it doesn't include you."

Hearing this, Yu Cang was stunned: "Why?"

What Cheng Mingye said just now really made him nervous.

No kidding, he has never seen blood...except for wild beasts.

He was so nervous for a long time, and you told me I don’t have a share? What the hell.

Cheng Mingye, however, smiled and said, "Nephew, you're going to see blood sooner or later, but not here. If you see blood in the treatment center, you won't be able to leave. So, learn something honestly, and when the time comes, get out of here quickly. Don't think about those trivial things."

Yu Cang: "..."

"Okay, let's go." Cheng Mingye waved his hand, "Xiaoyang, you stay for a while."

Yu Cang looked at Cheng Mingye with a complicated expression, but in the end he didn't say anything. He just went to the small room on the side to take Qi'er and left the room.

The laboratory fell into silence.

Cheng Mingye sat back in his chair and after a moment, he said, "Do you feel it's unfair?"

"……No."

"You know what I'm talking about?"

"Well, it's Yu Cang, right?" Zhao Yang said, "He can get out even after he's in the detention center, but I have to stay here forever."

"Tell me what you think."

"It's very simple." Zhao Yang said as a matter of course, "He is better than me, he deserves this treatment."

"...You kid." Cheng Mingye couldn't help but laugh, "You've suffered so many blows, yet you're still so arrogant."

(End of this chapter)