AnalogHorror: Rule Kaidan 4016
Chapter 950 - 441: The Fruit is Ripe, Everyone Gets a Share

Chapter 950: Chapter 441: The Fruit is Ripe, Everyone Gets a Share

At the entrance of Class B-13, Lin Yi waved his hand lightly, dispersing the sky blue aura in his hand and carefully sensing the commotion outside. When he heard the terrifying howl of the Sneering Angel, he couldn’t help but show a puzzled expression.

"That’s not right..."

"What’s wrong?" Li Huiyuan asked.

Lin Yi said in a deep voice, "I remember that the Sneering Angels should be chasing the ’Ash Apostle,’ so why are they panicking instead?"

Li Huiyuan questioned, "When did you encounter them?"

"Uh... that’s not the point... I originally wanted to use the Sneering Angels’ characteristic of pursuing light to divert them with that ’Ash Apostle,’ but now..." Lin Yi squinted his eyes.

Li Huiyuan bit her lip, both curious and somewhat fearful: "So it’s the so-called ’Ash Apostle’?"

"Yes... but it’s not the one I discussed with the teacher." Lin Yi explained, "It should have been ’created’ by the Mountain Man."

"Mountain Man... Who is that?" Li Huiyuan was a bit confused; how come there were so many things she didn’t know?

Lin Yi briefly explained the existence of the Mountain Man and then continued: "According to the speculation between my teacher and me, the Mountain Man is probably using this ’Ash Apostle’ for something... So, although I have the ability to destroy it, I chose not to act."

Currently, in the campus, besides the official forces, there are infiltration forces present, and some pieces of the infiltration forces conveniently lie within this layer.

Besides, Lin Yi felt that there was a high probability that the Mountain Man had his own agenda, making the forces he knew appear very complex.

Amidst such turbulent undercurrents, the situation is very ambiguous. As he exists as ’a piece’ within unknown cognition, the situation is starting to become clearer — at least, until he returns to the dormitory in the evening and learns everything from Tian Bufan, it’s best not to exhibit the ability to change the situation...

Water itself is murky, and if he stirs it up a bit, he might even seize some extra information by chance.

Moreover, the behavior of this ’Ash Apostle·Fireman’ diverges greatly from the ’Ash Apostle’ in his cognition, is it because it just transformed, or because it doesn’t quite count under the category of ’Ash Apostle’?

After all... it seems to be an artificial vessel.

"Wait... an artificial vessel?!"

Lin Yi suddenly froze for a moment.

"No way!" he exclaimed in shock, "I thought of something!"

"What?"

"It probably doesn’t count as an ’Ash Apostle’ yet!" Lin Yi said with a lost voice, "Huihuizi, I just realized that my thinking might have been limited, living beings indeed turn ’ashen’ with great difficulty and high risk, could it be that the Mountain Man assembled something like a ’floor sweeping robot’ to collect ashes?"

Li Huiyuan suddenly realized: "You mean, that one just now wasn’t the ’Ash Apostle,’ but rather a ’humanoid self-propelled ash collector’?"

Lin Yi hurriedly said: "It’s just a guess from me... Overall, I feel it’s vastly different from the ’Ash Apostle’ in my impression."

"And the Sneering Angels fear it, likely because the ashes within it are still burning..."

"Anyway, one of my purposes is to use it to divert the Sneering Angels." Lin Yi said, "Whether it diverts the Sneering Angels or scares them away, at least the result is about the same..."

"Shall we return to the Teaching Building?" Lin Yi asked, glancing down at his watch.

10:12.

The time wasn’t actually that early.

The Cafeteria opens at 10:40 for lunch, it takes 15-20 minutes to get from the Teaching Building to the Cafeteria. Given his current pace, perhaps 15 minutes would suffice, and after he returns to the Teaching Building, he plans to take a look at the Corridor Bridge leading to the Library and then say a few words to Class Teacher-040 about his recent discovery.

The schedule is tight and packed; if it’s too crammed, the arrangement to glance at the Library layers on the Corridor Bridge might need to be moved to the afternoon.

"Alright, I’ll listen to you." Li Huiyuan nodded obediently.

Lin Yi then patiently felt the outside commotion, and only after it completely quieted down did he cautiously open the door.

As the door opened, a Deceitful Angel Sculpture appeared at the entrance.

"Ah—" Li Huiyuan was startled into screaming, but she hurriedly covered her mouth as soon as she opened it.

Lin Yi was also taken aback, but Li Huiyuan had screamed away his scream, so he wasn’t able to be scared.

"It’s already petrified."

Lin Yi said with a solemn expression, he summoned a bat and lightly tapped the Deceitful Angel Sculpture, which then shattered onto the ground with a ’bang.’

"Indeed, it has become a Dead Body Sculpture..."

"It seems the firelight emitted by that thing possesses the properties of an old kerosene lamp..."

Looking at the shattered sculpture pieces on the ground, Lin Yi frowned slightly. He thought of the Physical Education Teacher utilizing an old kerosene lamp to pull Sneering Angels out from the layers, the condition of this Sneering Angel in front is somewhat similar to then, but it’s not one of those newborn Sneering Angels carrying an hourglass, so it’s completely beyond saving; after petrification, a touch makes it crumble to pieces.

Walking out of the classroom, Lin Yi found quite a few Sneering Angels on the corridor that had completely turned into Dead Body Sculptures, all of which were undoubtedly the handiwork of the ’Ash Apostle·Fireman,’ though evidently, some had escaped.

But in general, this path was currently extremely safe.

Lin Yi then led Li Huiyuan toward the staircase leading to Class B-15.

Although, right next to Class B-13 there’s a staircase, Lin Yi didn’t intend to take that route.