"So... if I happen to run into that guy, I should destroy it... uh, I mean, kill it?" Lin Yi asked.
Head Teacher 040 nodded, an exceedingly rare flash of murderous intent crossing her eyes. "You can act first and report afterward."
She had actually mishandled things somewhat herself. The proper approach would have been to catch that nonexistent person when she first encountered it.
Unfortunately, by the time she realized this, it was already too late.
"Wait, what did you just say?" Head Teacher 040 seemed to have caught a spark of inspiration.
"Huh? Kill it? Happen to run into it?"
"No, no..." Head Teacher 040 narrowed her eyes, her brows tightly knitted. "That word seemed to remind me of something... 'Destroy'! That's right, 'destroy'!"
"I've got it!"
"What if it's a 'construct'? Wouldn't that make it humanlike, but not human?"
"'A... construct'?" Lin Yi mulled over the word. For some reason, it felt inexplicably familiar, as though it had also kindled a spark of inspiration in him.
Head Teacher 040 continued, "Within 'Architecture,' there's an obscure branch for assembling puppets. It allows parts from certain Corpse Sculptures or nonhuman units to be dismantled and reassembled into an entirely new unit..."
"Units assembled this way are what we commonly call 'puppets.' They can move for a short time, and because dead things don't feel pain, they can disregard the damage sunlight does to their bodies to a certain extent."
At this point, Head Teacher 040 couldn't help frowning again. Somewhat puzzled, she said, "But what I don't understand is that doing this would also require an energy source to power the puppet... This method of assembling puppets originated in mysticism, so naturally, it also requires some 'mystical substance' as a raw material."
Hearing this, Lin Yi's budding inspiration suddenly