AnalogHorror: Rule Kaidan 4016
Chapter 1008 - 470 "Help... Save me… Save me…

Chapter 1008: Chapter 470 "Help... Save me... Save me...

A certain forbidden land, a certain ball cage, a certain seal, or perhaps... a certain exile?

That layer exiled with countless broken sculptures, constantly eroding the will of certain "units" within the display layer by calling, perhaps using the same principle as the "law mages" exiled by time, continuously penetrating the time dimension and then eroding the consciousness of dream builders...

Just like a radio station, "law mages" have their exclusive contamination frequency band, and broken sculptures have their own contamination frequency band. Only when the frequency is tuned correctly can they receive their contamination...

Some people have insufficient contamination and won’t encounter such pollution all their lives.

And Lin Yi’s adaptable contamination limit keeps him in a state of "fine-tuning," collecting bits here and there... absorbing all kinds of contamination, yet still energetically bouncing around.

At this moment, Ah-Gui’s body uncontrollably started trembling, with wisps of fiery aura beginning to seep from his muscle fibers, flames flickering like hair.

Lin Yi stopped having random thoughts and focused all his attention on Ah-Gui.

"Absorption is almost complete..."

According to the original plan, it was time to detonate the ashes and then open the classroom door to attract the attention of all the extraordinary creatures and polluters in this layer, creating a distraction for Tian Bufan’s exploration.

But with Zhang Lingzhen, there was no need for him to open the door anymore.

Now he was just a charging great mage, continuously storing power as long as he remained still, even though he was already overloaded.

Lin Yi’s mind was full of one thought—get a bit more, just a bit more.

When Zhang Lingzhen opens the door, he’ll come at her with a big one.

About a minute later, heavy footsteps sounded from outside the door.

"Thump, thump, thump..."

Every step sounded like a heavy armored warrior stamping on wooden boards.

But Lin Yi knew, it was Zhang Lingzhen.

"Buzzing..."

The classroom door began to turn red, like an iron block heated by high temperatures...

Yet Zhang Lingzhen didn’t burst through the glowing hot portal; instead, she reached out and grabbed the door handle.

Lin Yi seemed to perceive something; this door attribute seemed to have a reason to exist, acting not just as a physical barrier, but also as a dimensional one.

Could this seemingly nihility framework be the real characteristic bestowed upon the campus by the "architect"?

The "architect’s" function wasn’t targeting the physical layer, but rather... a framework of void hypothesis?

Lin Yi didn’t think too much about it nor did he have the time; his focus was on the door handle, which was nearly melted yet still maintained its shape.

Finally, accompanied by a "click," the door handle was pressed down.

The door opened slightly, a terrifying heat wave surging in like steam.

"Whoosh—"

The vast red steam, richer than the physical education teacher, extremely irritable, extremely wild.

The door opened to endless hot winds and scorching currents, twisting both air and space, with the door frame subtly deforming.

Zhang Lingzhen, like a patient who couldn’t walk, supported the door frame in an extremely sickly manner, looking as if a breeze would knock her over.

However, in its fully liberated "Ashen Apostle" state, it appeared as though countless fiery snakes were entwined around it, ripping at everything around, causing a rough sensation of space, as if it was at odds with the world.

"Ha... lo..."

Zhang Lingzhen smiled sickly, like someone breaking out from a mental hospital, indeed engulfed in flames, its skin deep red, yet its face uncharacteristically pale like frost.

Gazing at the surging breath of ashes within Lin Yi, its tender tongue covered in mucus slipped out to lick its lips.

"Ashes..."

"Fantastic... simply fantastic..."

It strode into the classroom, the scorching air bursting open the lingering gloom in the room, fiery snakes rampaging as if belching toxic gas.

Without yet approaching Ah-Gui, the heat wave had already surged to him, within the twisted air a phantom face resembling Zhang Lingzhen faintly appeared, like Zhang Lingzhen’s soul.

And behind Zhang Lingzhen, flames contorted endlessly, though within those twisted folds, another image floated...

A heap formed by countless incomplete corpses continuously merging, suspended in nihility, from which countless "roots" dangled, looking from afar akin to a jellyfish or a giant octopus.

An octopus formed after countless bodies were violently mashed together by invisible giant hands.

The phantom of the "burial body."

An "Ashen Apostle," yet carrying two phantoms... this eerie scene puzzled Lin Yi greatly.

"Help... help me..."

The phantom outline of Zhang Lingzhen before Ah-Gui, with an exceedingly hoarse voice, shouted something, yet that sound was like a cry against the wind, swiftly torn apart within the air current before going far.

"Help... help..."

It merely repeated this call, seeming eager for others to hear, yet the phantom of "Burying Heaven" didn’t give her any chance, pulling her back into its body.

Meanwhile, Zhang Lingzhen advanced steps toward Ah-Gui, her expression increasingly twisted, raising her eyebrows to suck and lick her lips, her face revealing an unspeakable joy.

"I thought ’Ashes’ to be rare delicacies..." Zhang Lingzhen spoke slowly, but Lin Yi could sense that it was the "burial body" expressing his intentions, "Unexpectedly... you turned out to be."

Lin Yi didn’t answer, with Zhang Lingzhen slowly advancing before him.

"Oh? It seems you can’t move due to absorbing too much power?"

Zhang Lingzhen smiled wickedly.

"Power makes people swell, and you, my friend... look what you’ve swelled into?"

"Stole my flesh and blood... yet managed only this?"

"A pity... truly a pity."

As she spoke, she swayed her sickly body, approaching Ah-Gui.

"But in terms of physical form... this seems more durable than that foolish woman."

"Good... good... this body, I will be taking over next."

She stopped amidst the dense supernatural power around Ah-Gui, examining his body, her frenzied eyes filled with satisfaction.

In the next moment, the flames around her enveloped Ah-Gui.

"Boom boom..."

Blazing light akin to a giant sphere, breaking through the supernatural power gathered in front of Lin Yi, moving towards Ah-Gui’s body.

In Zhang Lingzhen’s eyes, Ah-Gui seemed no threat at that moment; at least, he was no match for the Ashen Apostle in full form.

Lin Yi watching Zhang Lingzhen, quietly calculating the distance.

Closer...

Just a bit closer...

He muttered repeatedly in his heart, though it was already sufficient for him to explode at this moment, just a bit closer perhaps he could take Zhang Lingzhen’s ashes and trigger an explosion...

The bestial thinking, always as beastial as possible under extreme circumstances... also more wicked.

Zhang Lingzhen remained oblivious to any anomaly, though she was aware, yet her eyes held only admiration for Ah-Gui’s form.

If it were her, she couldn’t possibly sculpt the roots into such a perfect form.

As she approached, the flames around her directly blended into Ah-Gui’s supernatural power, her body ignited by ashes finally covering Ah-Gui’s body.