Chapter 920 - 36: The Will of the World
Yatsugaya Miko stood in place, feeling quite puzzled.
She gazed around in all directions for a long while, but ultimately didn’t notice any particular signs.
Even the students passing by in the hallway were completely unaffected, either laughing and chatting as they went past or covertly casting some complex gazes filled with special emotions towards her... But these were all normal behaviors, and Miko was long used to them.
After all, for a beautiful girl of her caliber—
If she couldn’t attract admiration from the opposite sex or arouse jealousy from the same sex, that would be the abnormal scenario.
Over time, Mikko naturally grew accustomed to such gazes. Since everything seemed so normal, it indicated that indeed, no one else noticed anything strange in the bustling hallway.
So she must have been mistaken...
Or did she see something unusual? Could it be an evil spirit?
Yatsugaya Miko pondered thoughtfully and couldn’t help feeling a bit deflated, as she wondered if her spiritual vision ability had vanished. Just as it appeared suddenly once before, disappearing suddenly would be acceptable too, right?
She didn’t have much attachment to her eyes’ special trait, merely finding them inconvenient.
If not for her good luck, the changes in her eyes would only bring misfortune and bad luck, possibly even threatening her survival... Though things had improved significantly, and she gained the ability to protect herself, she still didn’t much like the powerful spiritual vision these eyes possessed.
If she could revert to her former self, that would be ideal, although choosing to ignore the truth of the world after knowing it feels a bit self-deceptive.
But out of sight, out of mind! While avoidance can’t solve problems, it’s indeed very effective!
She exhaled lightly, withdrew her gaze, and with her long straight black hair floating as she walked lively, she entered the school gates.
This was merely a beginning.
Realizing the world seemed to have grown quieter, as if those figures shrouded in black aura, constantly emanating strong negative emotions and dark fluctuations, had disappeared, Yatsugaya Miko was somewhat surprised to find the two transfer students from yesterday were absent.
This wasn’t an isolated case; in the neighboring class, those transfer students were almost unanimously absent too.
Transferred together yesterday, and absent together today, not attending school?
What has happened? Naturally, everyone was interested in this matter, and opinions were flying, with many conspiracies and shadowy theories being proposed, spontaneously generating all sorts of speculations.
Yatsugaya Miko couldn’t help but feel intrigued, sitting at her desk listening to her classmates’ discussions while staring at the two vacant seats, a sense of doubt brewing.
She was aware of these transfer students’ uniqueness, which naturally led her imagination to run wild as she pondered what exactly had occurred.
Connecting today’s unusual scene of not seeing any evil spirits to her observations, she lightly bit her lip.
A significant event underway?
Or have the demon exorcists taken action?!
Somewhat absent-mindedly shaking her head, the girl casually took out her phone for a glance, just in time to see a trending news notification, her beautiful eyes widening instantly, thoughts momentarily stalled.
"The Killing Stone has shattered?!"
The chaotic thoughts filling her mind were swiftly cleared away, all sorts of wild imaginations vanished, replaced by a single assured thought and awareness—Could it really be this? She had just mentioned this yesterday and even specifically searched it up, and now something happened today?!
Surely, the demon exorcists sensed the omen and realized something might occur, hence they came to find the teacher, right!
The long straight-haired girl reflected carefully, suddenly feeling enlightened, connecting these clues and signs, swiftly concluding she understood the situation, instinctively holding onto this preconceived notion with certainty.
The strings of destiny were lightly plucked.
Invisible waves rippled outward.
Outside the classroom, Gu Mo analyzed for a moment, capturing these waves, and then he proceeded through the back door.
"Teacher!"
"Good morning, teacher!"
The students engaged in heated discussions quickly greeted him, promptly shifting their attention.
"Good morning, everyone..." The young man smiled and nodded, returning their greetings before walking to Yatsugaya Miko’s desk, tapping his knuckles lightly to signal her to come over. Yatsugaya Miko blinked and stood up to follow him.
The other students exchanged glances but didn’t think too much, simply resuming their discussions.
"Is it about that club or something? Its name sounds like a shrine..."
"It probably is. I didn’t expect Mikko to usually be so quiet and refined, yet have such a lively side..."
"It’s really enviable that the teacher is willing to join in her fun and even agreed to be the club advisor... Huh? Wait a minute, if I also start a new club, can I ask the teacher for help too?"
In the babble of chatter, the classroom regained its earlier lively and heated atmosphere.
Meanwhile, in the office.
Gu Mo straightforwardly said, "The Killing Stone has shattered, are you aware of that?"
He roughly knew what would happen next and confirmed it through various means. After careful consideration, he decided to go with the flow and push things forward. Since Mikko has already started thinking that way and developed this initial understanding, let this direction evolve.
After all, she is just an ordinary person; her spirit is too weak, and the intensity of her willpower also has significant shortcomings.
As it is now, it is the best. The girl doesn’t know what kind of divine power she has been given, nor does she realize to what astonishing extent her thoughts and understanding can reach, so there won’t be any problems. She won’t have a mental burden and won’t doubt or deny herself.
As long as Yatsugaya Miko herself is unaware that her understanding can reshape the entire world to a certain extent, she will subconsciously believe that what she recognizes and discovers is inherently part of the grand world’s order.
Therefore, she won’t have any doubts or wavering.
However, if she knows the laws at work behind all this, knows it all is because of her, that would be unwise. After all, humans have limits and will instinctively set a boundary for themselves, creating a flaw in the fantasy.
He was originally guarding against such a situation, so he decisively confirmed this matter and fanned the flames, letting Mikko "confirm" what exactly happened.
"Yes, I just saw the news..."
Not knowing that the other side actually had more considerations, Yatsugaya Miko simply nodded, glanced at the small phone in her hand, then raised her eyes to the young man before her, asking curiously, "Is this matter very serious, teacher?"
Although she felt she roughly understood what the situation might be, it’s impossible to claim she’s very knowledgeable about it or understands what it implies. After all, less than a month ago, she was just an ordinary high school girl.
Yet, thinking of the whole world seeming peaceful, and evil spirits disappearing without a trace from the streets...
Thinking about those exorcist transfer students who coincidentally were absent today, didn’t come to school at all...
Then looking at the Lord God who came early in the morning, talking seriously about this matter...
She isn’t really that dull, naturally having some vague comprehension, and immediately felt slightly tense, fearing to hear any bad news.
"You should know the legend of the Killing Stone, right? Strictly speaking, it’s the root of evil spirits..." Gu Mo shrugged and spread his hands, his expression very subtle, looking peculiarly weird, which made Yatsugaya Miko involuntarily feel her heart seize.
"The root of evil spirits?"
She asked cautiously, as if confirming.
"That’s correct. You’re somewhat aware of the mind industry’s common knowledge. Although not a lot, you understand the basic evil spirit level division, right? Actually, if we say an A-level evil spirit is the ceiling, then Tamamo... Tamamo no Mae is an unprecedented S-level evil spirit."
Gu Mo explained, but his expression became even more subtle.
These settings were information he confirmed after rummaging through the mind industry records again.
Some were originally shielded information that resurfaced unexpectedly under correction power, becoming part of the background setting again. Others were twisted and altered on the basis of this shielded information, like the S-level evil spirit setting...
His expression was so subtle precisely because of this.
Looking at the aborted plans he originally shelved, suddenly exposed and altered to such an extent, he could only begrudgingly admit them, not feeling calm. But examining these corrected parts and focusing on the crucial information reveals—
Gu Mo roughly understood what the correction power of this dungeon world intended to do.
Specifically took out the Killing Stone part from his memory, labeled it with the root of evil spirits, and deliberately defined this concept... What could it be but trying to ride this wave, guiding the future to align, making the world line move towards this outcome?
It seems this planet also intends to change the detrimental situation of rampant evil spirits.
But it doesn’t have enough power nor a tangible form, so it can’t create something powerful or phenomena from nothing to solve the problem overwhelmingly, only able to guide as much as possible...
Like now—
Providing a root for all evil spirits...
Doesn’t that mean all problems are covertly transformed into a single problem?
—Obviously, the world is fine-tuning details, coincidences, and probabilities to guide the world line into a more anticipated progression.