AnalogHorror: Rule Kaidan 4016
Chapter 948 - 440: "When the Withering Black Moon Falls, the Mourners Return from the Endless Deep Sea

Chapter 948: Chapter 440: "When the Withering Black Moon Falls, the Mourners Return from the Endless Deep Sea

Its body became somewhat transparent, with its bones and veins appearing in a crystalline state, like those sky lanterns glowing on a midsummer night, with bones radiating an orange-yellow light, and the flesh presenting a jelly-like texture.

Within its body, Lin Yi sensed a large amount of the breath of ashes.

"It actually carries the ashes while alive? Has it become an ’Ashen Apostle’ too?" Lin Yi was very surprised. That guy carried the ashes yet still lived, just like him, but there was something slightly different about it.

Li Huiyuan tugged at Lin Yi’s hand gently: "Lin Linzi, what did you find?"

"I found something," Lin Yi said, "but I can’t piece it together... Let’s not worry about it for now. We’ll linger here for a while and leave when the Sneering Angel is gone."

He didn’t know why the Sneering Angel appeared, but it seemed the target was not him, but those zealots.

Because whenever he was locked on by the Sneering Angel, he would have a "I’m targeted" feeling, but obviously not this time.

However, even though he said this, he still felt a bit worried because the eerie art teacher said that those who can carry the "ashes" without dying will become "Ashen Apostles," but all "Ashen Apostles" will turn on each other.

He feared that this non-existent person might suddenly erupt and fight him.

Of course, he wasn’t afraid of pure combat. In physical combat, with his current physique, he’s more than capable, but he didn’t want to waste time at this moment.

Moreover, he didn’t have experience fighting an "Ashen Apostle." If the opponent was also like him—an undying little strong—he couldn’t think of other ways to counter it except to dismember it.

And dismemberment... How could that guy just stand there motionlessly waiting for him to act?

Therefore, Lin Yi didn’t approach that person. Instead, he looked out through the broken window, where countless ashes floated in the sky, like stars gleaming. Sometimes they would fall and be absorbed by the non-existent person.

"Huh?" Lin Yi suddenly noticed something. How does this abandoned classroom resemble the one from Young Master Tian’s Phantom Vision—Class C18?

Shattered windows, a messy classroom, abandoned bookshelves, scattered pages, and the cold sea breeze...

What really happened in that battle back then? It seems these classrooms were all affected.

He suddenly had an induction, looking towards the gap in the window. Soon, his vision zoomed in smoothly, quickly revealing the world beyond the gap.

"Hmm, what’s that...?!"

Outside the window, the world was still shrouded in vast white mist.

Yet, amidst the white mist came the sound of "swoosh—swoosh—" waves, and deep within the mist, the silhouette of some vague building appeared intermittently.

"Art Building?!"

"Is that the Art Building?"

Lin Yi felt he saw the coastline and, on that coastline, the castle-like Art Building.

At that moment, he suddenly noticed Li Huiyuan’s hand had become slightly cold.

He quickly looked at Li Huiyuan, only to discover her face was losing color at a fading speed, her hand began to show a blue-gray texture like a stone slate in the rain, and quickly stiffened.

"Li Huiyuan dropped layers!"

He felt a jolt in his heart, and though he didn’t know how Li Huiyuan dropped layers, he immediately initiated the awakening process.

"Huihuizi! Huihuizi! Huihuizi..."

He placed his hands on Li Huiyuan’s shoulders and started shaking her.

After just a few shakes, the already dim lighting in the bookshelf area suddenly became much darker. At the same time, amidst the sound of the wind, he began to catch some faint singing, and the sound of chains clinking in the wind.

[Lin Yi, oh Lin Yi...]

[You finally came!]

Above his head, the broken sculpture’s giggling voice appeared. It was getting nearer and nearer, and before he could raise his head, a damaged, childish face hung upside down in front of him.

"Ah!" Li Huiyuan screamed, jumping from the fright of the broken sculpture.

She instinctively wanted to summon a mini bat, but found she couldn’t summon it at all, not even gather the sky blue aura.

"You dropped layers; only your consciousness appeared here, without your supernatural traits," Lin Yi explained.

"Dropped layers?" Li Huiyuan was stunned, "When did I drop them? No way, if I dropped layers, what about you?"

Lin Yi shook his head: "I don’t know what’s going on, I was awakening you, and then my consciousness appeared here... maybe because we merged consciousnesses before, so I inadvertently followed your consciousness here..."

This operation seemed a bit like how the Night Watchman infiltrated his consciousness, using his consciousness as a beacon to locate the "Quartermaster."

But Lin Yi at the moment felt like a kid who accidentally executed a super move at the arcade, not even understanding how he pulled this off.

[Lin Yi, oh Lin Yi...]

[Take us away...]

[It’s time to take us away...]

One after another, the broken sculptures hung down, as if protesting with this low call—Can you respect us a little?

Although Li Huiyuan was somewhat scared of these grotesque broken sculptures, when Lin Yi was by her side, she felt reassured and not as afraid, although the bewilderment that ought to be there was still there.