I went berserk in the game of gods.

Chapter 90, Second Side Quest

"Are the teachers afraid of the dean?"

After pondering for a moment, Chen Luoyan suddenly said:
"For example, if the dean has obsessive-compulsive disorder or a germaphobia, he might get angry if the campus is not clean, and then punish everyone, including the teachers?"

"Maybe."

Cao Yu did not deny this statement.

He had thought of that too.

At the same time, by working backward from this, a method to force the dean to show up also emerged—to take all the garbage from the garbage station in the southwest direction and throw it all over the campus.

At that time, there will probably be a furious dean in this academy.

However, Cao Yu has no plans to do so for the time being.

Teachers and students have a mutually restraining relationship, so players have ways to avoid danger when facing these two types of monsters.

But if the dean is angered... so far, he hasn't found anything that Dean Lin Youwei is afraid of.

If a player is actually being chased by the dean, facing such an unkillable monster, the only thing they can rely on is the guardhouse.

However, the guardhouse is not absolutely safe.

Cao Yu suppressed the restless urge within him.

This instance is more rule-based; its puzzle pieces are not yet complete.

The time for war has not yet come.

He said, "Speed ​​up!"

Since the teacher monster wouldn't attack for the time being, the four of them had no more worries and moved forward at full speed. They soon entered the office building and arrived at the door of the dean's office on the second floor.

Using facial recognition access on their cleaners' badges, the four successfully opened the door and entered the office.

They were all on high alert, ready for battle.

Fortunately, there was no danger indoors.

Shen Luoyan breathed a sigh of relief, looked around the office, and soon a look of surprise appeared in her eyes.

Just listen to her say:
"It's different from daytime."

She extended her left hand and pointed to a wooden door located to the left of the desk:
“When I came here during the day, there was no door at this spot.”

"Oh? Something's really up at night... Let's go in and take a look."

Cao Yu covered himself with the "Immortal Slaying Curse," used his cleaner's certificate to clear the way, opened the wooden door, and went inside.

Yang Chan and the other two followed closely behind and entered the secluded room that only appeared at night.

The interior was as quiet and dangerous as the office outside.

The four of them saw densely packed manuscripts, carelessly discarded on the desk and the floor.

Cao Yu picked up a sheet at random and glanced at it.

"Failed."

"The spacetime hierarchy of the Mysterious Sea is far more profound than I imagined. Even if future science and technology develop to the point where we can create stable wormholes, we probably still won't be able to access this infinite spiritual dimension."

"It is illusory, the dimension closest to the metaphysical concept level."

"It is the dimension of the mind."

"To enter the Sea of ​​Ghosts, one must probably start with spiritual evolution and gradually open the doors to the depths of one's mind."

"How exactly can we make the ethereal and intangible mind manifest in the material world?"

After reading it, Cao Yu put the manuscript away.

He then picked up another one.

"Those high-ranking officials in Vicity actually deceived so many young players into hospitalization..."

"I've already said that the evolutionary path I've summarized doesn't apply to everyone, and this research has reached its end... Yet they're making me use students from the Seventh Academy for human experiments to generalize the path and improve its universality..."

"It's true that the higher one sits, the lower one's moral standards become... No, they have no morals left; they probably only care about profit."

Cao Yu put away the manuscript.

Then he said to his three teammates:
"This should be where Lin Youwei recorded his research progress and inspirational conjectures. Some of these manuscripts contain diary-like content. Let's look for them and collect the manuscripts with diary entries."

Upon hearing this, Yang Chan and the other two began to read it.

Cao Yu also began reading quickly.

However, there were simply too many manuscripts. Even if four people read them at the same time and collected useful information simultaneously, it would be difficult to compile a complete intelligence chain in a short period of time.

Fortunately, it's still early before midnight.

The cleaners still have plenty of time left to work.

After much effort, they found useful information from a vast number of manuscripts that could connect the dots and form a complete logical thread.

……

“Those guys are pressuring me harder and harder. I’ve already said that my ambition lies in exploring the mysteries of the Mysterious Sea, and I have no intention of studying generalizable evolutionary paths.”

"Those methods of spiritual evolution are all byproducts! Byproducts! Not my main research project!" "These guys can't understand human language! They're driving me crazy!"

"Sigh, how long am I supposed to keep up this double-dealing? Those students are quite pitiful too..."

……

"I think I've found a way to materialize my mind!"

"Emotions! Strong emotions are one of the bridges that connect the physical and the spiritual."

“Strong enough emotions can become obsessions.”

"If one can continuously strengthen one's own obsession while evolving one's spirit, to the point that it can influence matter, then perhaps one can manifest one's mental power in the material world."

“Everyone’s mind is connected to the mysterious sea… This method is feasible.”

"But how can I link my obsession with spiritual evolution, and use evolution points to amplify my obsession?"

"Forget it, let's try the theoretical method first and verify it on myself first."

……

"Those damn idiots! They actually tricked another group of young players into coming in... They're the worst of the worst!"

"I'll find a chance to kill all these guys sooner or later!"

"You bother me every day, you bother me every day! You're a bunch of greedy, despicable beasts!"

"A bunch of useless trash! I've researched this far, and you still want me to improve its universality? You're really afraid to take any risks at all. What kind of player are you? Go be a coward! Damn it!"

……

Cao Yu: "..."

It's clear that Dean Lin Youwei's temper is starting to get irritable.

His mental state is changing... It's highly likely that he's conducting evolutionary experiments on himself and has caused problems.

He continued reading...

……

"I can only provide so little research data, and the experiment on the manifestation of the mind is getting a bit stuck."

"I need more data... students, students from the Seventh Academy!"

"But if I did that, how would I be any different from those beasts in the upper echelons of Vicheng?"

……

"Heh, I really am a beast."

"But it doesn't matter, they were experimental subjects anyway."

"I am conducting the greatest research in human history!"

"Being able to contribute to this research is a blessing they've earned in eight lifetimes."

……

"The teachers at the Seventh Academy are getting more and more disobedient. They've even started secretly investigating me, suspecting that I'm up to no good..."

"Although I did resort to underhanded tactics, their distrust is an insult to me!"

"Perfect timing. My research has been progressing well lately, and my evolution level is getting higher and higher. My spirit is gradually acquiring the divine ability to create simple things. Let's try it out on them."

"I only need obedient dogs, not greedy wolves."

……

That concludes our discussion of valid intelligence.

After reading these diary-like entries, Cao Yu received a notification from the Evolution Game.

You have completed the side quest.

You have started a new side quest.

Side Quest 2: Please Overturn the Future Pierced by Obsession

'A future overturned...? The future... It seems the abandoned city where the player started truly is the future of the Seventh Academy.'

Cao Yu quickly locked onto the information and glanced at Yang Chan and the other two.

Judging from their expressions, they must have received the notification as well.

Yang Chan met Cao Yu's gaze and nodded slightly: "Cousin, I've started a new side quest. Overturning the Future... that must refer to the Abandoned City, right?"

"That's the only possibility left," Cao Yu nodded.

"I never expected that Dean Lin Youwei would be such a morally upright researcher," Shen Luoyan remarked. "I thought he was the big boss."

"He did eventually become the big boss," the masked man said. "The teachers in the academy were turned into monsters by him. And the students... they were probably all gradually evolved into monsters under his guidance."

"Lin Youwei's attitude changed drastically, clearly influenced by the Ghost Sea. Or... he has undergone a erroneous evolution, and his mind is beginning to become chaotic?"

Yang Chan pondered for a while but couldn't pinpoint the exact reason, so she could only sigh:
“Researching evolutionary pathways is far too dangerous. I wonder how many people were involved in developing the three major evolutionary pathways…”

(End of this chapter)