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Chapter 72 - 70 Outside the Rules

Chapter 72: Chapter 70 Outside the Rules

Sheraya took a step towards the inside of the house, trying to approach Xiao Yi.

But his movement was quickly halted by Dick.

"Don’t move! Move again, and I’ll shoot! Yuzuki Hibiki! Point the gun at Sheraya!"

Yuzuki Hibiki felt speechless, thinking, the damn pistol is with me, what are you shouting about?

Yet Yuzuki Hibiki could only reluctantly turn the gun back towards Sheraya.

But just at that moment, Xiao Yi suddenly stood up and walked towards Sheraya.

Dick was startled and yelled urgently, "What do you think you’re doing!? Don’t move! Yuzuki Hibiki!"

"..." Yuzuki Hibiki helplessly pointed the gun at Xiao Yi this time.

Xiao Yi ignored this, simply extending his hand to Sheraya.

"Sheraya, you have the rule document on you, right? Show it to me."

"Eh? This..." Sheraya glanced at Dick hesitantly.

Sure enough, Dick threatened again, "Be careful, I might really shoot!"

"I don’t have time to waste with you now, Dick," Xiao Yi said, turning his gaze towards Dick. "If you really suspect me, you wouldn’t waste time here, but speak out during the Feast ceremony."

"Wha...!" Dick was shocked; had he seen right through him that he was just bluffing?

At that moment, Dick met Xiao Yi’s eyes.

He immediately realized that the Xiao Yi before him seemed unfamiliar.

In the past, when Dick looked at Xiao Yi, he sensed clarity, purity. But now, all Dick could feel was fear.

That soul-deep fear triggered by human instinct!

As if he had suddenly realized he was not standing but hanging midair by a hook, his limbs and organs all gone, looking down to see only a pale spine flailing helplessly!

"...Yuzuki Hibiki, put down the gun," Dick suddenly said.

"...Eh? But?"

"Put down the gun!"

"...I understand."

Yuzuki Hibiki frowned as he put down the gun, thinking: Damn it, first telling me to aim, then suddenly to put the gun down, what the hell is this?

Seeing this, Sheraya finally dared to give the rule document to Xiao Yi.

Xiao Yi received the rule document, glanced over it, and with a thoughtful nod, said, "Hmm... these rules are quite mysterious."

"Mysterious? What do you mean?" Sheraya asked, puzzled.

Xiao Yi shook his head and said, "Nothing, I just thought of something. We can’t understand the language in the rule document, right? We rely on a translation mechanism to comprehend it. Then, is there a possibility that the translation mechanism could deliberately alter the content before translating it to us?"

"This..." Sheraya was stunned; indeed, that possibility could not be denied.

Xiao Yi continued, "This might be the origin of the so-called ’Analog Horror’. Language can help us understand the world, but language itself has limits, which can become our restraints. That’s why we need to learn better languages to understand the world, like the language of mathematics. Therefore, to understand ’Analog Horror’, it might be necessary to learn the language written on the rule document, right?"

"Ah... um," Sheraya nodded blankly.

What Xiao Yi said made sense, but... why was he saying it to him?

In fact, Xiao Yi wasn’t just talking to Sheraya; he knew many people on Blue Star were watching them.

Among them, some sprang into action immediately after hearing Xiao Yi’s words, like Xu Yingguang.

Previously, because of the complexity of the language and the translation mechanism, they didn’t pay much attention to the language on the rule document. But now, Xu Yingguang immediately dispatched people to decipher that language!

Back to Xiao Yi, he promptly went on to say, "Let’s start the next topic then."

"The, the next topic?" Sheraya’s eyes widened; he felt he hadn’t been able to keep up with the conversation.

"Sheraya, have you ever played chess, the Dragon Country kind?" Xiao Yi suddenly asked.

Sheraya was completely unable to follow Xiao Yi’s train of thought, so he decided not to overthink it and just answer any question that came his way.

"I have, what about it?"

Xiao Yi said, "A horse moves in an L-shape, and an elephant moves diagonally, these are just rules on the chessboard. However, the meaning of these rules is something that the pieces following the rules cannot understand, only the players manipulating the pieces can."

"...What do you mean?" Sheraya was perplexed.

"The meaning of the world lies outside of the world," Xiao Yi explained. "The meaning of the rules also lies outside the rules; if we were nothing but pieces obeying the rules, we would never understand the meaning beyond them. Fortunately, we are human and capable of thought. Just as a frog in a well knows not the vastness of the sea but still knows the blueness of the sky, we can also glimpse the true meaning beyond the rules from within them."

"The true meaning beyond the rules?"

"Yes, that is, the beings who established these rules, why did they set them? And why such rules?"

"...So we shouldn’t just follow the rules but should think about the meaning beyond the rules?"

Sheraya couldn’t help but start to ponder the meaning beyond the rules.

"Why grant wolves and humans the choice to kill or not to kill? And then decree that only after five days, the wolf must die, which means essentially there’s no choice since one side must die? Furthermore, why is there even a rule that wolves can kill during the day?"

Indeed, there were strange aspects within the rules, but up until now, they had only been following the rules without considering their meaning.

Xiao Yi gave a satisfied smile and continued, "Not just this instance, but the entire Analog Horror as well. Well then, onto the next topic."

"Hold on a second!" Just then, Dick interjected and asked, "The meaning of the world exists outside of the world, that’s Wittgenstein’s quote, isn’t it? Why bring that up all of a sudden?"

Xiao Yi responded thusly, "Because it’s a cool line, who wouldn’t want to say it if they had the chance?"

"..."

Dick felt fear towards Xiao Yi inside, but he wouldn’t admit it, so he forced himself to say,

"Heh, I thought you had some grand purpose with all that talk you just did. Turns out you were just showing off. Plus, aren’t you Dragon Country people especially confident in your own wisdom? Why quote someone from another country? Shouldn’t you be quoting your own nation’s sages? Like those pretentious big-brained lines, ’Zi fei yu’!"

Hearing this, the Dragon Country people who were already baffled by Xiao Yi’s performance felt angered!

Dick clearly didn’t understand!

But the Dragon Country people didn’t understand themselves either and weren’t sure how to retort, so they placed their hopes on Xiao Yi, who seemed somewhat odd, hoping he would enlighten Dick.

However, Xiao Yi actually nodded, "Zi fei yu, eh? That’s also quite fitting. Indeed, as you said, that dialogue is about being pretentiously argumentative."

The Dragon Country people tensed up—was this a concession? Dick also felt a bit smug hearing Xiao Yi’s words.

But Xiao Yi’s next comment left Dick stunned.

"But that’s only for those who have heard a bit here and there and understand partially, who only know about that dialogue and think it’s being pretentious. Like you, for example, who despite trembling with fear, continues to argue just for the sake of face."

"What..."

Xiao Yi went on, "Anyone who has read the whole piece knows that ’Zi fei yu’ isn’t what’s important; the crux lies in the phrase ’please follow its origin,’ which can also be understood as... if you can’t come to a conclusion, then don’t take it too seriously, and please return to the beginning."

"..." Dick was stunned; he could somewhat understand Xiao Yi’s point.

But because he understood, Dick felt even more strongly that his IQ was being crushed by Xiao Yi!

Sheraya felt the same, while Yuzuki Hibiki was completely baffled.

Sheraya couldn’t help but wonder, "Is this what you call ’Dao’ in the Dragon Country wisdom?"

"There isn’t enough time, oh well," Xiao Yi looked at Sheraya and said, "Don’t overcomplicate ’Dao’, you can simply understand it as ’Respecting objective laws’."

Although the latter part of his explanation seemed significant, everyone was more focused on what Xiao Yi had said earlier.

Everyone looked at Xiao Yi, asking doubtfully, "Not enough time? What do you mean?"

However, at this moment, Xiao Yi had already reverted to his familiar self.

"...Hm?" Xiao Yi looked puzzled, "Why aren’t you going to eat so early in the morning? Why stare at me? If you’re not going, then I will."

With that, Xiao Yi left to get some food, leaving the three people in the room looking at each other in bewilderment.

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