AnalogHorror: Rule Kaidan 4016
Chapter 1002 - 467 "I see... the wonders of the world!"_2

Chapter 1002: Chapter 467 "I see... the wonders of the world!"_2

The initial formation of the "Puppet" into a human shape, under Lin Yi’s guidance, gathered those dark breaths, with the "essence" lingering in the remnants of flesh also being absorbed by the "Puppet", yet despite this, some completely useless debris was discarded by Lin Yi.

These discarded residues were all illuminated under the dim sunshine, turning into petrified sculpture fragments, while some dust hadn’t yet dispersed.

This part of the dust, the residue of residues, would vanish with a gust of wind, but Zhao Lingxiao caught them before they completely drifted away...

She greedily sucked in this almost traitless supernatural material, the madness in her eyes near lunatic.

"Delicious... so delicious..."

Gradually, a hazy glow began to float from her, green, blue... disorderly, as if heralding some kind of bizarre transformation.

Suddenly, the breath twisted under some strange pull, forming blurred silhouettes of symbols, resembling ancient totems, peculiar writings.

"I saw it... I saw it...!!!"

Her voice trembled with excitement, she raised both hands, facing the somber sky.

"The secret sigils of the starry sky...!"

"Mysteries... Reality!"

"The true secret sigils!!!"

She seemed to see something, like a devout believer glimpsing a corner of God, with tears wetting her eyes.

"Teacher... I finally saw... the mysteries of the world..."

The aura on her body grew immensely bright, like fireworks, peak before the fall, until even the azure hue began to dissipate.

After all the brilliance was gathered, she was calmly seated helplessly on the ground, like a girl.

But her gaze returned to normal, sparkling with vitality, as if filled with vigor.

"I... just now... what happened?"

She looked at herself in a daze, then around, carrying hazy memories of Lin Yi, only stopping when darkness spread.

Following that, she remembered getting lost in darkness, seemingly drifting for unknown years, eventually seeing sparse light spots, a broken starlit sky...

Such a sky, seemingly marked by antiquity in the corner of time and space, continuously refracting in unknown latitudes, finally presented before her.

"It was Lin Yi! That guy!"

She remembered everything—at least those memories she had.

She took a deep breath, vaguely perceiving a trace of the ashes’ breath.

She attempted to recall the broken starry sky and secret sigils, feeling they held a familiar taste.

Perhaps due to suddenly thinking of Lin Yi, she felt a vague silhouette in infinite darkness, a person swinging a hammer, constantly sketching sparks in the air—the pattern she glimpsed as part of the vast God.

"Lin Yi..."

"Lin Yi..."

She murmured repeatedly, as if there was a certain fervor lurking in her deep gaze behind the glasses...

...

Year X023, May 10th, 13:23, Teaching Building Block C, 4th floor, stairway entrance.

While traversing the corridor, Lin Yi’s will completely merged with the "Puppet", refining its movements almost to normalcy. _{\n(o)v.e\l.com}

By the time the person and puppet reached the 4th floor, the "Puppet’s" form and gait were indistinguishable.

At the stairway, Lin Yi looked at the end handrail, frowning slightly.

For some reason, as he got closer to the 5th floor, the unease intensified, a strange premonition arose, as if something unforeseen occurred in the teaching building’s 5th-floor area.

"I’ll leave the next steps to you..." Lin Yi patted the "Puppet’s" shoulder, "Go, Ah-Gui!"

Ah-Gui—the name set after rewriting the "Puppet’s" cognition.

Puppet—that sounds like Gui, homophone with Gui.

Ah-Gui means Ah-Puppet.

Subsequently, he whimsically responded within the "Puppet’s" will: "Ah-Gui... depart..."

Lin Yi (Puppet Ah-Gui) slowly walked to the stairway entrance, waiting for the sun to be shrouded by clouds, while his body stood out of the stairwell under the sunlight.

He felt if the supernatural trait existed, surely it’d be "Superman," as he thought he could absorb sunlight to grow stronger.

He looked at the sky, observing cloud movements and light changes, anticipating the moment when the layer fluctuations occurred.

Wind at high altitudes was sharp, leaden clouds pressed low, like seawater-soaked sheets above, unremarkable until seen, then inevitable heaviness struck.

Lin Yi stepped out of the stairway, to the corridor bridge, observing the campus.

The handrails here rusted, flaking rust in moist air shimmering like congealed blood darkly.

He gazed far, the cobblestone pathways snake-like, headless, frozen in fog...

The teaching building’s outer walls were also teeming with creepers, leaves rustled by wind revealed webbed veins beneath, like the capillaries of countless dried hands.

Epiphany struck Lin Yi: "Perhaps the pathways between teaching building layers always existed, just lacking a channel to traverse."

"If clouds covering the sun could work... possibly similar parallel methods exist."

If the pathways between layers were like relays, as soon as connected, currents flowed, but when disconnected, proximity ceased connection... What’s this condition called?

He pondered, feeling a notion ready to slip but silent.

"Right, ’door attribute’!"

Not between layers, but restricted to the teaching building’s 4th-and-5th-floor layers, a certain door attribute exists.

When clouds shroud the sun, the door opens.

"In other words... merely grasping fundamental principles could allow me to personally open this ’door’ someday!"

"At that point, I can traverse layers myself!"

Lin Yi suddenly felt, night species penetrating layers might operate similarly, perhaps it’s very foundational, albeit unknown to him.

The simplest analogy is the Pythagorean theorem, being told square three plus square four equals square five is easy, but deriving it yourself takes time—let alone talent issues.

As he contemplated, unwittingly observing dense clouds overhead the Teaching Building Block C.

Eyes focused, decisively handing dominance to instincts, positioning himself while directing the majority of attention to Ah-Gui’s form.

The moment arrived, Ah-Gui stepped forward, traversing the illusory barrier, onto the first stair towards the teaching building’s 5th floor.

Upon its right foot stepping onto this stage, it felt akin to sinking into gelatinous terrain, tar-like liquid surged from stair gaps, enshrouding its ankle joint, swiftly corroding upwards.

"What’s happening?!"

This unexpected turn was unforeseen for Lin Yi; he hadn’t anticipated the layer’s erosion towards the "Puppet",.

"What’s with this liquid?"

"The last traversal lacked these strange phenomena!"

With the liquid’s enveloping, Ah-Gui’s skin threatened to dissolve under high heat, veins underneath vaguely revealed.

"Such high temperature! Scalding, nearly like magma!"

"Wait, this is... ’ashes’ breath?!"

"This liquid... seems like night species?!"