That night, the stars and moon were dim and without light.
Gu Xinghe was leaving the campus of St. George University and heading towards the dense forest that separated it from the observatory.
This is his time to relax.
Although a considerable amount of time has passed, Gu Xinghe can still sense that the impact of the Dawn Boarding School ghost story incident on him has not ended after leaving that instance.
Moreover, rather than comparing this impact to an injured body eventually healing its wounds over time, it's more accurate to say that this kind of impact is more like an injury that will eventually heal with the help of time.
Rather, it's more accurate to say that this has long since moved beyond the level of "impact" and is a completely irreversible transformation of the body.
The human body is not a piece of clay.
It is also impossible for something to be perfectly restored to its original shape after being randomly squeezed and rolled.
However, Gu Xinghe, as a human being whose thoughts are still relatively normal, agrees with this statement.
However, when he raised his palm and looked at the changes in his hand...
Gu Xinghe, however, felt that his body was indeed no different from clay.
After all, he had turned into a lump of black mud at Dawn Boarding School and then briefly regained his sanity.
The body that now looks just like a normal human body was created by him.
However, despite using a "playdough"-like tissue structure to temporarily maintain the body's appearance as human.
But some kind of insane pollutant was still seriously "affecting" him.
Thus, upon entering the current St. George University instance, I was given the identity of an Astronomy student.
This morning, while attending class at the observatory, I discovered this wonderful, uninhabited place—the dense forest.
Gu Xinghe then realized that he had found a suitable location for his regular relaxation routine.
During the day, he was on edge almost every moment.
In order to maintain their physical and mental state.
And at this moment, in the quiet of the night, he finally found a rare moment of relaxation.
At this moment, Gu Xinghe's body was gradually collapsing as he walked.
In the dark, secluded forest where no one would venture in the dead of night.
It seemed that even the stars and moon, obscured by thick clouds, did not observe this scene—
Clusters of fleshy tentacles grew from his neck, forearms, and other parts of his body.
From a distance, Gu Xinghe looked like a monstrous alien wearing human skin.
Beneath that handsome exterior lies a deep black hole, impossible for any being to observe.
But for Gu Xinghe, who was already somewhat delirious at this point—
All he knew was that an uninvited guest had intruded into the once deserted forest.
At this moment, Gu Xinghe's drowsy mind was struggling to think.
He felt as if his entire consciousness had been split into two parts.
Half of them appeared sluggish and confused in the long-awaited relaxation.
The other half seemed to float above the sea of consciousness, looking down at the scene before them—
It was a young man who staggered, seemingly somewhat delirious, yet resolutely walked toward where he was.
At this moment, Gu Xinghe, whose consciousness was somewhat confused, had lost most of his rationality, leaving only a little bit of instinct.
But Gu Xinghe's remaining instincts told him—
The person walking towards him was someone who had been drawn to him.
Gu Xinghe lowered his eyes, looking at the newcomer with indifference and boredom.
In the beginning, God did not possess a concrete appearance or a specific function as imagined by humankind.
Whether it's the image of the goddess of thorns as a suffering goddess, or the actions of the lord of the sea and storms who protects sailors.
So most of the time, Gu Xinghe simply observed these people who had assigned him different "setups".
"O all-knowing mentor...you are the only lighthouse on the path of knowledge, the only savior on the dark journey..."
Is this time the setting a diligent apprentice and an omniscient mentor within the academy?
Gu Xinghe, who has recently been assigned more and more "persona templates," is feeling a bit bored again.
He felt that his emotions were being increasingly detached from his body.
At this moment, it seems that only an empty shell remains, unable to react to the outside world.
He coldly observed the drama unfolding on the ground—
Field felt he had never been so close to the truth of the world.
What is before us is undoubtedly the embodiment of truth.
Field, who had gone out of his dormitory to clear his head because he couldn't solve a math problem, now felt that he had found the answer.
No, it should be said that the moment he encountered the being before him, he had already obtained the answers to all the mysteries of the world.
But that knowledge was so profound and vast that he couldn't control himself from continuously diving deeper into this "ocean" of knowledge.
Thus, Gu Xinghe, watching this drama unfold, realized—
The young man before me had his thoughts distorted.
This was caused by him.
But Gu Xinghe found that he could hardly feel negative emotions such as guilt about it.
He was affected by the pollution.
Gu Xinghe was very aware of this.
But he found it difficult to even feel annoyed by it.
No, perhaps this can no longer be simply called an "impact".
It was a kind of erosion, like a viral infection.
It devoured the normal cells in his body one by one.
Then, like kneading clay, it was "molded" into the seemingly normal cells and organs we see today.
This was done to comfort the host of his body.
But at the same time, Gu Xinghe also discovered—
Although the changes brought about by this erosion are irreversible, it is not impossible for it to achieve a dynamic balance with other things.
For example, the qualities that come from the connections we build with others might just be able to "dissolve" this pollution.
Therefore, this applies to most of the situations that are currently unfolding.
Gu Xinghe did not stop the people he met from giving him strange "personas".
He hoped that he could still retain his humanity despite the corrosive effects of this "pollution".
And establishing connections with others is naturally not something he unilaterally instills.
What he needs to obtain from others are the qualities that sustain his own existence.
Thus, faced with the apprentices' thirst for knowledge, the omniscient [mentor] responded—
He gives the seeker the knowledge he craves, and takes away from them what He deserves in return.
That is the connection between the two that will not change even across the cycle of time.
Thus, in that "future" where time has been reversed.
The apprentice seeking knowledge will once again seek out his mentor, from whom he will obtain the answers to all mysteries.
The mentor, who awakens from his slumber, will then find answers about humanity in his apprentice.
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