Rules of the Uncanny: 4016
Chapter 199

Tomato sauce at the wound

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People said that at a critical moment, your mind either turned to mush or became perfectly clear. Lin Yi's mind was extraordinarily clear right now.

It's the night of May 7 right now, and during the day on May 8... I encountered this "Wei Liang" too!

Lin Yi immediately made the connection. The fake Wei Liang Mao Feiyang had encountered now should be the Night-Walking Species Wei Liang he had dragged into the sunlight and killed the following day!

That thought cleared up many questions at once and brought this Night-Walking Species Wei Liang's existence and death full circle.

But on second thought, something still seemed a little off...

He thought it over carefully and gradually identified the problem.

The timing doesn't add up...

This "timing" did not mean that "timing." He meant the timing of the Night-Walking Species molding itself into Wei Liang.

On May 8, that Night-Walking Species had used his cognition to anchor itself to Wei Liang's appearance, so it made sense that a Night-Walking Species had turned into a fake Wei Liang then.

But what about now?

Why would it anchor itself to Wei Liang's appearance for no reason?

Even if it wanted to use Mao Feiyang's cognition to impersonate someone, Wei Liang should not have been its first choice, right?

And the bigger mystery was... why the fuck were there so many Night-Walking Species that looked like Liangzi?

Even more horrifying on reflection was that, when he had just woken from his dream, the fellow who had entered the Dormitory and muttered incessantly into his ear had also called himself [Wei Liang]!

Even when the Dorm Supervisor drove it away, it had said things like [I'm Wei Liang] and [Save me], almost exactly what the Night-Walking Species in the restroom of Teaching Building B was

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