AnalogHorror: Rule Kaidan 4016
Chapter 1026 - 479: What Is She Afraid Of?_2

Chapter 1026: Chapter 479: What Is She Afraid Of?_2

Lin Yi possessed a look of "this approach couldn’t be more normal," almost writing "are you dumb, teacher?" on his face.

Yet, Class Teacher-040 felt no disdain directed at her.

How can anyone manage to detach their will from their body to manipulate a "puppet"? Are you still human?

The unspoken discomfort flickered through her mind, yet Class Teacher-040 found herself unable to acknowledge it.

At this moment, she confronted a "mysterious humanoid creature" capable of layer transitions through sheer will—possessing human-like desires and emotions, but also non-human self-healing and willpower. These conflicting aspects merged seamlessly...

It was intensely eerie.

She gradually realized that her ally—this guy named "Lin Yi," no matter how well he pretended, was inherently an eerie creature, a most "supernatural" mysterious being.

The moment she realized this, the office’s light seemed to flicker like a candle in the wind, and something appeared to want to crawl out of her shadow...

A faint whisper of wind sounded near her ears, singing an unknown melody...

Meanwhile, Lin Yi’s shadow behind him suddenly started wriggling, fragmenting into numerous black tendrils—like a demon fox, like an octopus, and seemingly submerged within the "angel" shadows of that black tide...

Ashes floated like granular dust over Lin Yi’s shadow, without infringing the surrounding space, yet blocking all external forces.

And within those ashes, the angel lowered its head, revealing a sinister smile...

Under Class Teacher-040’s uniform, an ethereal combat outfit silently emerged.

With the emergence of the combat attire, Class Teacher-040’s spirit cleared significantly, dispersing much of the office’s illusions.

"Teacher...?" Lin Yi waved his hand in front of Class Teacher-040, had she zoned out just now?

He always felt a cold aura emanating from Class Teacher-040 earlier, even her skin had a faint grayish quality, though it faded quickly.

"Is it because of that ’uniform’?" Lin Yi’s gaze flicked to Class Teacher-040’s collar, noticing the combat suit already covering the collarbone.

Class Teacher-040 quickly recovered her composure: "Ah, here! I was just lost in thought... You continue speaking."

"I’ve mentioned it, I escaped from the layer crevice..." Lin Yi felt a bit puzzled, why did Teacher 040 seem somewhat unsettled?

Everyone was in the office, what was she afraid of?

Even if she was scared, there was him here!

What was there to fear?

However... it seemed like Class Teacher-040 was looking...

"Me?" Lin Yi started, instinctively touching his face.

A nose, eyes, and mouth...

He let out a silent breath, worried Class Teacher-040 might see a "faceless" him, but now that it was normal, what was there to fear?

Wait... having this thought meant he wasn’t quite normal himself, right?

Lin Yi felt his mind turn a bit neurotic, glancing at his watch.

14:20.

First, confirming the time, this indeed was happening...

Seeing Lin Yi silent, Class Teacher-040 asked the question she most wanted an answer to: "That ’Primordial Ash Apostle’ you mentioned, did you look directly at ’Him’?"

Lin Yi found Class Teacher-040’s tone odd but answered honestly: "I looked for a while, and then I fell into darkness... Had it not been for a stroke of luck, I might have perished there."

He spoke of his fragment of willpower, but Class Teacher-040’s focus was clearly elsewhere.

She stared dumbfoundedly at Lin Yi’s innocent face, wanting to grab his collar and demand, you’re saying you stared down the "Primordial Ash Apostle," and just merely fell, yet even after that managed to survive?

"Any issue?" Lin Yi couldn’t help but scrutinize Class Teacher-040.

Sleek black hair, fine black stockings, high heels, both commanding and gentle... indeed still bearing the neighborly big sister aura of Homeroom Teacher "Lin Shiling." Yet how could her spirit status shift after only a few hours?

Class Teacher-040 slightly pursed her lips: "When you stared at ’Him,’ did you perceive anything?"

Lin Yi shook his head subtly: "That feeling is hard to describe... Initially, I saw Its appearance, a sort of humanoid outline pieced together from glass fragments, but soon, tangible ashes and transcendent power formed a vortex around It..."

"Then I couldn’t see clearly, as soon as darkness appeared, I felt like traveling through a zero-g tunnel repeatedly, unable to discern if I’m falling or moving towards some direction, only blurred, flickering visuals remained..."

"The content... I couldn’t make out." He concealed the secret he glimpsed of the "Divine Craftsman."

Class Teacher-040 narrowed her eyes, pensively: "Indescribable... inexpressible... indeed reminiscent of the divine phenomenon when ’He’ descended."

"’Descended’? Wait, you’re saying not the non-human ’It,’ but the divinely empowered ’Him’?! Lin Yi suddenly realized something, "What did I miss?"

Class Teacher-040 shook her head: "You haven’t missed anything, I was careless earlier... and within the campus, ’His’ strength is universally god-like by normal standards..."

"Yet by your account, after ’He’s appearance, nothing happened?"

Lin Yi confirmed: "It just lingered in the void outside the classroom, spreading ashes and supernatural power through the window crevice, not entering the classroom."

"Not entering the classroom..." Class Teacher-040 tapped fingers lightly on the desk, in thought, "Not entering the classroom... certainly raises suspicion."

"According to your story, ’He’ simply absorbs power from ashes and transcendent forces... and it seems ’He’ isn’t actually there, was drawn by some allure."

She glanced at Lin Yi, eyes filled with deeper meaning.

Lin Yi touched his nose, remaining silent.

Class Teacher-040 continued: "Analyzing the previous behavioral logic of that ’Primordial Ash Apostle,’ ’He’ possessed overwhelming might to deal with you all, could it be that ’He’ refrained due to the Sneering Angel’s and Nocturnal species’ worship?"

"Would you cease spilling water merely because ants bowed to you?"

"Certainly not..."

"So ’He’ didn’t refrain, rather acted, yet insufficiently to kill you. Although areas above the fifth floor of the Teaching Building fell into layer crevices, from the campus-builders’ viewpoint, it remains ’building’ realm, and ’building’ holds protective traits."

"The classroom’s window shattered, but that’s physically, logically it retains efficacy... the closer proximity to rules an entity has, the more constrained by the rule itself it gets! The logic here aligns with how even nonexistent doors possess ’door attributes’."

Lin Yi pondered the statement, sensing a flaw in Class Teacher-040’s words: "No... I don’t think that’s right."