Am I really hallucinating?

Chapter 329 Learning
"Ahem, is it possible that I'm the only one researching multiple worlds in such a big city like Dadu? What are you all doing here?" Niu Qianliu sat in his office, swivel his chair around, and looked up at the ceiling.

His office was bustling with activity like never before.

They were all his old friends, from various major cities and centers of society.

There were several people present who usually disliked each other, but at this moment they had no choice but to sit together and watch Niu Qianliu.

"Our immediate task is to address the impact of the earthquake." The person dressed in white with a white lighthouse badge on his left chest is the representative of the Pure White Society.

"Then you guys go and solve it! Besides, isn't this the job of those who light the lamps? What are we researchers supposed to do in this area?" Niu Qianliu said speechlessly.

“Originally, it was such a simple matter, but now that the Illusionary Realm is involved, it has become troublesome.” On the other side, a person dressed less conspicuously was wearing the uniform of the Dadu Tide Army, with a wave badge on his chest.

This means that this person comes from the Wave Society, which is a major research institution for military and armed forces. The society has close ties with the Wave Army, and some important positions are connected.

"Oh ho, so what's your opinion, Du Lian?" Niu Qianliu asked a man in a black robe and round-framed glasses standing at the door, without any badge on his chest. He was considered young among the representatives of various schools of thought present, but judging from his position, no one from other schools was willing to stand too close to him.

After all, they are people who learned at the lower levels.

Although from the outside, the core members of the association are more or less flawed, within the association's circle, the lower-level associations are even more flawed.

This group possesses a strong sense of pessimism, nihilism, absurdist philosophy, and apocalypticism, and also exhibits some antisocial tendencies. They are the undisputed terminator and conversation terminator at every seminar. When it comes to which society looks down on other people's research topics the most, the Pure White Society and the End Society will inevitably debate it. Then, when the Pure White Society denies and slanders, the End Society declares that such discussions are as meaningless as those of the other societies.

Even if someone isn't like that, after joining the association and staying for a while, they'll be pretty much the same.

They are all potential criminals.

However, according to unreliable statistics from the Jungfrau Institute, the number of times scholars in the end society have engaged in embezzlement, illegal activities, crimes, violations of regulations, and unauthorized research ranks among the lowest among well-known university societies.

Incidentally, the Pure White Society consistently ranks among the top, aiming for third place and striving for first, which is truly remarkable.

The Pure White Society strongly denounces the Jungfrau Society for fabricating data and maliciously defaming them. However, the Jungfrau Society is the most legitimate research society in the capital, seriously studying the relationship between the mind, psychology, and the world. While this might seem like a trivial topic, the society has inexplicably produced many scholars who have gone on to achieve considerable success in politics and business, leading the Pure White Society to sarcastically call it "the least pure society." Despite not competing or vying for power, their influence is immense.

Moreover, the Rongfu Society clearly doesn't care about such a title, after all, they are regulars in the finals on their own list.

In terms of corruption, money-power transactions, and collusion between officials and businessmen, no other academy can match them. They can also get the highest funding while doing the most sloppy work, and incidentally compile lists, argue, and have fun.

Returning to the topic of the End Society, the reason why this society, despite its seemingly disheartening group of people that others avoid, still maintains a superior status while remaining relatively independent, is that even the majority of the society places great importance on its internal scholars.

the reason is simple.

They primarily study the dark side of the world.

They studied the habits and ecology of hallucinations, they developed the classification of hallucinations, and many of the ideas for dealing with hallucinations were proposed by them and then handed over to the Pure White Society for research.

Illusion control and the safe disposal of dark fantasy elements are also their main business. It can be said that they control a major lifeline of controllable supernatural forces in the capital.

Therefore, when discussing matters concerning the Illusionary Realm, one should certainly inquire about such an academy.

Du Lian, who had been called over, leaned against the wall by the door. Upon hearing this, he slightly raised his head and said, "Difficult and complicated cases."

He just said that, but Niu Qianliu didn't doubt his riddle and understood his meaning: "Triple upon triple?"

"To be precise, it's an impact, a triple impact." Another representative from the society corrected some of the descriptions. "The Lamplighters handled it well, but Agui should have made other preparations. Although the Earthquake Illusion was separated from the Earthquake World beforehand, it is still closely connected to the Earthquake World."

“Psychological and spiritual issues, the dark world, multiple worlds, blurred boundaries… this is truly a difficult problem.” Niu Qianliu didn’t care and lit a cigarette: “Do I need to offer my opinion? I’ve long since retired from the front line; I’m just a useless old man.”

Some of these people who came to invite him were just there to watch the spectacle, while others probably had the intention of taking the opportunity to bring him back.

Moreover, if he does come up with a solution, they can report back to him and claim credit for their own school of thought.

Doing research is nothing to be ashamed of.

"Please don't say that about yourself, Teacher Niu. Otherwise, wouldn't everyone here be considered useless? Although that's what I really think." Du Lian's voice was shaky, causing various expressions on the faces of those around him.

"I only taught you for a month, so the title of teacher is unnecessary." Niu Qianliu waved his hand and exhaled a puff of smoke.

He stood up and looked out the window.

The campus was inevitably affected as well. While the buildings here were strong enough, many trees on campus still collapsed. In particular, looking down from his office window, there was an old tree that had also fallen due to the earthquake.

It's a bit sad, but after this old tree fell, the scenery actually became more open.

"Why not find someone to connect the Earthquake World, then jump from the Earthquake World to the Illusion World, then deal with the Illusion World, and then systematically separate the Earthquake World?" He offered his suggestion to Luo Ye.

"We've considered this method, but it's basically not feasible." At this point, the representative from the Pure White Society looked somewhat embarrassed.

Niu Qianliu turned around: "What the hell?"

Don't mess around. He already told Luo Ye that if things don't go well, that crazy girl will definitely come back to settle scores with him.

“Because…” The representative of the Pure White Society hesitated.

Du Lian spoke directly: "The command during the separation of the illusionary realm was handled by the Pure White Lighthouse and the Academy. To be on the safe side, they used the chaotic properties of the Black World to throw the Earthquake Illusionary Realm into the Chaotic Spacetime."

"Damn it." Niu Qianliu cursed out loud.

(End of this chapter)