Dying to Replace the Living
Chapter 404

Malice

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When Ming Shuiyun stepped into the classroom, she sensed that the atmosphere was somewhat strange.

Actually, she had faintly felt that something was wrong when she was eating breakfast in the cafeteria earlier. But since class was about to start, she had eaten quickly, even carrying half a steamed bun with her on the way, so she had not paid much attention.

But after arriving in the classroom, the unease in her heart grew increasingly intense.

Just as a martial artist's Mental Power was enough to let them predict and evade bullets, its true essence was that Mental Power could sense the "malice" of others. Killing Intent was undoubtedly the most intense form of "malice," but other kinds of "malice" could also trigger a faint reaction from Mental Power.

Like now, the reason Ming Shuiyun felt uneasy was that she faintly sensed "malice" toward her all over the classroom. She sat in the middle and back rows. After casually scanning the room, she found that no one was looking at her at all.

Perhaps I'm just being paranoid... Ming Shuiyun consoled herself. It was already very close to the start of class, and Professor Zhang Yuan, the teacher for "Heavenly Mechanism Arithmancy," was already preparing his lesson plan at the lectern.

At Radiance, arithmancy was divided into levels. In elementary and secondary school, students studied "Mundane Arithmancy," meaning things they could use in daily life, such as when buying vegetables. "Heavenly Mechanism Arithmancy," on the other hand, was something they would never use in ordinary life. Even if they could use it, only highly specialized scholars could do so.

Those interested in researching arithmancy could choose "Truth Arithmancy" as an elective in their third or fourth year. That was the most cutting-edge field of arithmancy research. No one knew what

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