SWDnovel Chapter 63 Lin Feng, your answer: 1+1=?
Chapter 63 Lin Feng, your answer: 1+1=?
"Splash—"
Apule rushed to the washbasin, turned on the tap, scooped up the cool tap water with both hands, and splashed it on his face again and again.
He rubbed his eyes vigorously, trying to use the coolness to suppress the strangeness in his eyes and the fear surging in his heart.
A cool sensation seeped into my skin, and my restless mind seemed to be briefly soothed.
He leaned against the table, panting heavily, water droplets dripping from his hair and cheeks.
A few seconds later, after his initial shock subsided, he subconsciously looked up, wanting to check his condition through the mirror.
The moment his gaze met the mirror, his blood seemed to freeze instantly!
The person in the mirror was indeed his own image, without any difference.
However, in the mirror, "Apu" was slowly grinning from the corners of his mouth toward his ears, forming an extremely twisted and ferocious smile that no living person could possibly achieve, his eyes filled with pure malice and mockery.
But on Apul's own face, there was only the still-wet cold water and extreme paleness from shock; there was no smile at all!
The immense cognitive fear pierced his brain like an ice pick.
Before he could react, the grinning figure in the mirror suddenly thrust its arm forward—
That pale hand pierced through the hard mirror without any resistance, and like an iron clamp, it tightly gripped Apuler's real neck!
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In the live stream, however, the audience saw a completely different scene:
"What is he doing?! Why is he suddenly pinching himself?!"
"What's in the mirror? Is it something I, as a VIP, can't see?!"
"It must be a psychological attack from the 'Rules of the Uncanny'! He's fallen for it!"
"Who let him into the red-labeled restroom? This pure Wind Spirit Moon Shadow Sect member—he's asking for death!"
"Let go, bro! If you keep pinching, the audience will suffocate for you!"
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Aple's eyes bulged out, and he made painful "hoarse" sounds from his throat.
His fingers dug deep into his flesh from the extreme force, and dark red blood seeped from under his nails.
In just a few dozen seconds, his struggles gradually weakened, and finally, after a violent spasm, his arms fell limp, and he collapsed to the ground with a "thud," lifeless.
A moment later, two school workers in gray uniforms with blurred faces entered the restroom.
One of them swung his iron hook—the sharp tip pierced Apule's back precisely, hooking his spine.
Then, they dragged him out of the bathroom like a piece of trash.
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Inside classroom 204, the class continued, but the atmosphere was noticeably more oppressive.
Everyone strained their ears, intently watching the commotion outside the door.
Apule seems to have been gone for a little too long.
Suddenly, Su Wan's phone screen on the podium lit up and vibrated slightly.
She picked up her phone and glanced at it, her brow furrowing slightly.
She then put down her phone and gently tapped the podium, attracting everyone's attention.
"Classmates, excuse me for interrupting." Su Wan's voice remained calm, but it carried a hint of coldness, as if she were dealing with a business.
"I just received a notice from the college."
Everyone's heart was in their throat.
"Apu, the chosen one of the Emirate," she paused, her gaze sweeping over the empty seats below the stage, "has been... expelled from the academy for violating the academy's rules."
A commotion erupted among the crowd; shock and fear spread through the air like a plague.
Although everyone had a bad feeling, the confirmation from the official academy announcement still sent a chill down their spines.
Breaking the rules comes with a direct and cruel price—death!
Just as Lin Feng was pondering what rules Apule might have violated...
"Lin Feng".
Lin Feng snapped out of his thoughts and focused his gaze on Su Wan.
Su Wan was looking at him, her face serious as if she were lecturing:
"You answer this: what does 1 plus 1 equal?"
[Classroom Rule 4: When the teacher asks a question, you must stand up to answer, and your answer must be at least 100 words long.]
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Studio:
"Su Wan, are you out of your mind?! How could you possibly name Lin Feng?! You're practically pushing her into a fire pit!"
"This question is ridiculous! What is 1+1? The rule needs to be in 100 words! Even a genius couldn't come up with one!"
"Su Wan, didn't you have a crush on Lin Feng? This is clearly a death question! I misjudged you, Su Wan!"
"Don't be naive. No matter how much Ms. Su likes Lin Feng, it's still part of the rules. She's just following the 'classroom' procedure."
"My CPU overheated! So what exactly is the standard answer? It needs to be over 100 words but can't be nonsense..."
"Use your brain, Lin Feng! Use your 'abnormal cognition' thinking to complicate a simple problem!"
"I can't watch anymore... Apule just had an accident, if Lin Feng can't answer this..."
"Su Wan deliberately let Lin Feng get into the water, after all, she had specifically reminded him not to stand up before."
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Lin Feng instinctively wanted to stand up; it was a habit ingrained in his bones from his student days.
But just as his buttocks were about to leave the chair, Su Wan's earlier whispered reminder echoed in his mind like an alarm bell—
"Standing up to speak is sometimes... not necessarily a sign of respect, but rather it might make you the most conspicuous target."
Trust the rules? Or trust Su Wan's private advice?
In a flash, Lin Feng made his decision.
He chose to believe Su Wan's whispered words, which carried a sense of risk!
He forced himself to stay upright in his seat and looked up to meet Su Wan's gaze.
But a second, and even more fatal, problem followed immediately—
What is 1 plus 1?
If the answer is 2, which is only a few words, it is worlds apart from the 100 words required by the rule, and may trigger the rule's penalty instantly.
You must answer, it must be more than one hundred words, and it must be closely related to the core of "abnormal cognition"!
His brain was working at an unprecedented speed, almost squeezing out all his past knowledge and his shallow understanding of this bizarre course.
He took a deep breath, forcing his voice to sound calm, and began:
"Instructor Su, I believe that within the framework of 'Introduction to Abnormal Cognition,' the question 'What does 1 plus 1 equal?' is itself a cognitive trap that we need to deconstruct."
He deliberately slowed down his speech, organizing his thoughts as he spoke.
"Within a mathematical logic system that is absolutely rational and conforms to Euclidean axioms, the result of the operation 1 plus 1 is always equal to 2."
"But," he changed the subject, "when we introduce the perspective of 'abnormality,' this solid equation begins to become blurred and even fluid."
"For example, in a certain 'fusion' state, when two independent '1's lose their boundaries due to a strong connection, the result of the 'addition' action may no longer be a simple superposition, but a fusion into a completely new and larger '1'. At this time, 1+1=1."
Lin Feng's words seemed to have triggered some invisible switch.
The moment the words "lost each other's boundaries" were uttered, Su Wan's breath hitched almost imperceptibly on the podium.
A strange, extremely brief image suddenly pierced her consciousness without warning.
Two crimson streaks quickly spread across Su Wan's originally pale cheeks...