AnalogHorror: Rule Kaidan 4016
Chapter 1019 - 476: "I... Principal... speak to... Gray Mist World...

Chapter 1019: Chapter 476: "I... Principal... speak to... Gray Mist World...

"What...?!" Lin Yi wasn’t sure whether to feel shocked or terrified. He knew he had been pulled into an unknown abyss layer by the cognitive contamination of the "Primordial Ash Apostle," but what he hadn’t expected was that the secret mark imprinted by the little girl on his hand could penetrate through as well!

But how did the secret mark, imprinted on his body, manage to permeate through?

Unless... from the start, the mark wasn’t imprinted on his "body" but rather...

"Cognitive anchor?!"

Before Lin Yi could react from his shock and fear, he suddenly heard the hollow voice of the little girl in his ear:

"Little friend, the thing I’ve set my eyes on... you can’t take it away..."

That voice seemed to be negotiating with the "Primordial Ash Apostle," or like someone frequently fantasizing, muttering to the void.

In the infinite darkness, there was not a trace of response.

The "Primordial Ash Apostle" was merely a projection of the entire path of the "Ash Apostle" in this world, a kind of concrete derivation, more like a rigid mechanism than an intelligent being.

After Lin Yi’s spirit was pulled in here, he had lost his perception of time and had no means of quickly finding a way out.

The sudden appearance of the little girl’s secret mark seemed to grant him some opportunity. However, for someone unprepared, even if the opportunity arises, it might slip away.

At this moment, the secret mark started burning with a golden flame in the darkness.

The flame rose slowly, thick like lava, and as it flowed, the darkness began to melt along with it.

Lin Yi knew the opportunity had come, so he quickly guided his will towards the melting rift.

As he sprinted forward, the once nihility turned into a viscous tar, enveloping him, preventing any means of escape.

The little girl vanished and then appeared again, floating like a ghost in the twisted darkness over Lin Yi, playfully manipulating the all-consuming light flame with an impish smile.

In the flowing magma, the light orb seemed to be the sole source of light in the world.

Lin Yi kept sprinting, tumbling in the twisted black torrent. The "Primordial Ash Apostle" didn’t further suppress him, behaving like a pre-set program, allowing Lin Yi to venture with the little girl.

In that darkness, frame after frame of images brushed past Lin Yi, with vague figures seemingly expressing something...

"We’ve broken through..."

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"No... it’s not like that..."

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"Their sacrifice... isn’t creatures... but the era itself..."

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"Find it... that’s the key to everything..."

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"Notes..."

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"Seek... or... reconstruct..."

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"Destroy... memory..."

The myriad of figures flashed past Lin Yi like speeding motorcyclists calling out something, with female voices, male voices, and some voices indiscernible in gender or even species.

All unfolding at the dissemination of the information stream in their time dimension, these images might be fragments of information carried within the path of the "Ash Apostle," with something or some life form attempting to convey a message.

Yet, these messages were disjointed, continually shattered by time, and interfered by the dimensions, with the remnants entwined in the "Ash Apostle" path, accompanied by the path’s transmitted information, as if recompiled multiple times.

"Numbers..."

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"Time..."

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"Lost or..."

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"Compass..."

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"Book..."

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He drew closer to the melting rift, but as he freed himself from this dark layer, his spirit suddenly blurred; he seemed to catch a brief glimpse of a phantom—a silhouette of a figure...

For some reason, when that silhouette appeared, his intuition felt a connection to himself...

Before he could react, he heard the last voice in his ear.

It was a deep, resonant voice reminiscent of a spirited elder...

"I... Principal... speaking to... the Grey Mist World..."

"Principal...?!"

Lin Yi’s mind shuddered, immediately awaking with no more confusion.

Wasn’t that the voice of the most mysterious "Principal" from S City University?!

What was going on?!

The Principal’s voice appeared within the "Primordial Ash Apostle" layer!

But isn’t the "Primordial Ash Apostle" a projection of the path?

Wait! A projection of the path!!

Lin Yi’s intuition sparked, a thought flashed through his mind: "If the Ash Apostle is a path, then this information... is just a scenery along the way!"

"Could it be the Convenience Store Owner Principal went overseas, chased after the Original Apostles, and perhaps crossed dimensions, then discovered something, trying to relay this message back?"

"The projection of the Ash Apostle, is one means of traversing time and dimension... and the Principal has achieved this step?!"

Using the "Primordial Ash Apostle" as a messenger... is that the worth of the S City University "Principal"?!

Lin Yi was immensely shocked, suddenly not aware that even after leaving the direct dark layer of the "Primordial Ash Apostle," he still lingered in a dim environment.

He wandered aimlessly, thinking he would return to the classroom, but despite moving for a long time, the layer never changed.