This Is Just Ridiculous

Feng Xue didn't really pay attention to the bundles of Exam Paper piled up in the Copy Room, or rather, he had already seen what kind of things they were during the day.

What really bothered him was how these Exam Paper were produced.

After all, under his Golden Finger's vision, apart from the Exam Paper, nothing else in the room—not the computer, the table, or the photocopier—was even Phantom Object, let alone a phantom.

"It's truly astonishing that items that don't involve any elements can be mass-produced into Phantom Object."

Feng Xue squinted, chose a table with both a photocopier and a computer, took some photocopying paper, and then pulled out Santa's Wrapping Cloth from her waist bag to cover him and the table.

Standing inside the package, Feng Xue carefully pressed down the corners to make sure no light would leak out before fumbling to turn on the computer.

The computer in 2001 was very basic, or rather, minimalist. After all, it didn't have 360 or any bundled malware (in fact, computers at that time couldn't accommodate that much stuff anyway). Although the screen resolution and mouse were a bit unfamiliar to me, the experience was surprisingly smooth.

Of course, there aren't any fancy browsers or a wide variety of games either.

"Huh, Diablo 2? Judging by this timeline, it should have only been out for about a year, right?"

While casually browsing the computer, Feng Xue saw a familiar icon and his eyes lit up. However, with sheer willpower, he suppressed the urge to spend hours grinding through the test papers, quickly opened the printer option, and brought up the Exam Paper library to start printing.

Then, something happened that was both logical and unexpected.

Ordinary sheets of white paper entered, and thus, Phantom Object Exam Paper were born!

"Damn it!"

Feng Xue stared dumbfounded at the papers that were being spat out, completely bewildered, because no other element was involved in the entire process.

To put it in a metaphorical way, it's like discovering that if you dismantle items in a computer game, the computer will spew out real gold—it's as absurd as that.

Stopping the printing, Feng Xue immediately began eliminating distractions. Fortunately, he had many abilities at his disposal. He first used the abilities [Masterful Creation] and [Seven-Orifice Exquisite Heart] to analyze the relevant structure of the printer and computer, and drew up the design. Then, he used the ability [Search According to Map] to make a one-to-one replica using Coffin board.

When he connected this incredibly absurd wooden printer to his computer and started working on it, the blank paper was once again transformed into a Phantom Object scroll.

Next, Feng Xue used the same method to make a computer, a table, and even tried to use her own Phantom · Electric Gate source instead of the school's power supply. But the result was the same: as long as the printed test paper was printed, even if she made the questions herself, it would definitely turn into Phantom Object.

"Good heavens, what's the underlying principle?"

Feng Xue spent most of the night in the Copy Room. It was almost five o'clock when he finally stopped his futile work. He packed up the wooden table, wooden computer, and wooden printer he had made by hand, along with the various Exam Paper produced as experimental subjects, and quickly left the Teaching Building, which was turning from a grotesque scene back to a normal one.

Back in her dorm, Feng Xue felt increasingly uneasy and the more she thought about it, the more absurd it seemed. So she took the printer and computer out again, plugged them in, and started printing. But this time, what came out was an ordinary Exam Paper.

"That doesn't make sense! Is it because it's getting light?"

Feng Xue looked out the window, gazing at the first light of dawn in the distance, then shook her head and turned her gaze towards the Teaching Building.

Perhaps the key issue isn't time, but place.

"The slogans in the classroom turn into Phantom Object, and the Exam Paper printed in the Copy Room also turn into Phantom Object. Maybe I'm just prejudiced, and the generation of these Phantom Object may not be based on the same theory as Infinite City."

Feng Xue repacked the printer and computer, sat on the edge of the bed and stared blankly. Some inspirations were vaguely present in his mind, but he couldn't grasp them for a long time.

"Tonight I was so excited by all those Phantom Object in the room that I spent all my time in the Copy Room and didn't explore anything else. Now we don't have enough samples to continue the analysis."

Feng Xue silently reflected on his actions, but then he thought that if he hadn't set up a complete set of printing equipment in the Copy Room, he might not have been able to discover this peculiar mechanism.

Seeing that the Teaching Building had shed its sinister, bone-strewn appearance, Feng Xue began to rethink what she needed to do today.

Aside from the mystery of the Phantom Object's origin, he discovered another problem—

Where do those Phantom Object scrolls end up?

This question may seem meaningless at first glance, but upon closer examination, it can make one frown, because the fundamental characteristic of Phantom Object is that they are difficult to destroy when not under special attack.

It can automatically repair itself, not only against damage, but even against dirt and breakage.

So here's the question: with this school producing at least several thousand Exam Paper every week, how will they deal with all these Phantom Object?

While it's a bit far-fetched that True Thing can produce Phantom Object, it's not entirely incomprehensible. After all, even in the junkyard of the Infinite City, you can occasionally find a few natural Phantom Object from other worlds.

But if ordinary objects can destroy Phantom Object, then it's not a matter of understanding or not; it directly undermines the fundamental operating principle of the Supernatural Tale System!

Weird Tale are a collection of cognition, Phantom Object are the crystallization of imagination. It is impossible to destroy a fantasy with ordinary objects from the real world. If it were possible, then it would be no ordinary object!

Feng Xue felt he had a vague grasp of the core of the problem, and at the same time, the direction of his next investigation also emerged—

To find out what happened to the Exam Paper at this school.

"If this school had even one magical Phantom Object capable of destroying Phantom Object, that would be fine, but..."

Thinking of this, Feng Xue couldn't help but shake his head, because with his mere few years of Supernatural Tale Career, he simply couldn't imagine what kind of situation would occur where a real True Thing without special attack could destroy Phantom Object.

"Furthermore, the existence of the Exam Paper Phantom Object is itself very strange. Although it's not a one-time use item, producing such a large quantity of this useless thing can't just be to trick a group of less than twenty players, can it?"

Feng Xue practically tore his hair into a bird's nest, but still couldn't figure it out. Even someone with a creation-type Golden Finger like him wouldn't create hundreds of copies of the same kind of Phantom Object.

Putting aside the issue of energy consumption, it was completely unnecessary in the first place, wasn't it?

"Based on the grading speed, the scores should be available around Wednesday. If this school completely imitates real-world universities, then they will definitely distribute the papers for explanation, and then we can track their whereabouts."

Having made up her mind, Feng Xue took out her pocket watch and glanced at it; it was already six o'clock.

He tidied his appearance slightly and then left the dormitory.

Today is Monday, and we have to attend the flag-raising ceremony!

I checked my computer from start to finish but couldn't find any problems. Finally, I forced 360 to shut down, and the damn thing, it stopped lagging! It's ridiculous.