From a distance, Lu Ban glanced at the box sitting in the warehouse.
In this world, which infinitely approached reality, such a contaminant possessed astonishing destructive power.
Lu Ban had seen some monsters imagined and created spontaneously by netizens on the internet. Some of them possessed the power of memetic transmission. Put simply, they could spread through sight, sound, and even their names, aside from direct contact.
It sounded rather fanciful, but according to scientific theory, the means by which these monsters and anomalous phenomena spread was actually knowledge. Whether one saw them with one's eyes, heard them with one's ears, or merely learned their name, one had obtained the corresponding information, and the corresponding contamination would naturally come knocking.
So, at least here, Lu Ban had verified the Second Law of the Otherworld.
"Then what's the First Law?"
Xiya asked curiously.
"Contamination cannot be eradicated. Only stronger contamination can cover weaker contamination."
Lu Ban answered, looking at Xiya somewhat strangely.
"What are you doing here?"
"It's summer vacation. I had nothing to do, so I came over to help."
At the police station, Xiya was sitting beside a floor-standing air conditioner. She boldly pulled open the collar of her shirt, letting the cool air pour inside and rapidly lower her temperature.
"Help?"
Momiji did not quite understand.
After Lu Ban was discharged from the hospital, they had come to the police station in Trist's car. There, they had seen Xiya, who had just arrived.
"She's majoring in psychology at university. Sometimes she comes to help analyze cases. Uh, don't go around telling people that the police leaked case files to a college girl or anything like that."
Trist gave them a reminder.
"It's fine. They're both still high school students."
Lu Ban pointed at Momiji and Amber.
To be