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Chapter 442: "When the Black Moon Withers, the Mourners Shall Return from the Endless Deep Sea."

Its body became somewhat translucent, the bones and meridians within exhibiting a crystalline state, like a sky lantern lit on a midsummer night. Its bones radiated an orange-yellow light, and its flesh took on a jelly-like texture.

And within it, Lin Yi sensed a great deal of the aura of ash.

"It actually survived bearing the ash? Is it now an 'Apostle of Ash' too?" Lin Yi was quite surprised. That guy bore the ash and yet lived, just like him, but… also somewhat different.

Li Huiyuan gently tugged at Lin Yi's hand: "Lin Linzi, did you discover something?"

"I found something," Lin Yi said, "but I can't quite connect it… Let's ignore it for now. We'll linger here for a bit, and leave when the Smiling Angel is gone."

He didn't know why the Smiling Angel had appeared, but it didn't seem to be targeting him, but rather those fanatical believers.

Because whenever he was locked on by the Smiling Angel, he would feel a sense of "I'm being targeted," but this time, clearly, he didn't.

However, although he said so, he was still somewhat worried, because the strange art teacher had said that any being that could bear the "Ash" and not die would become an "Apostle of Ash," but all "Apostles of Ash" would kill each other.

He was worried that this non-existent person would suddenly lash out and start fighting him.

Of course, he wasn't afraid of pure combat. With his current physique, physical combat was a piece of cake, but he didn't want to waste time at a time like this.

Moreover, he had no experience fighting "Apostles of Ash." If the other party was as unkillable as him, he couldn't think of any other way to fight except to dismember it.

And dismember… how could that guy just stand there motionless, waiting for him to attack?

Therefore, Lin Yi didn't approach that person, but instead looked out of the broken window. At this moment, countless ashes floated in the sky, like a sky full of stars. They occasionally fell down and were absorbed by that non-existent person.

"Huh?" Lin Yi suddenly noticed something. Why was this abandoned classroom so similar to the C Group Class 18 that he had seen in Tian Gongzi's illusion?

The broken window, the messy classroom, the abandoned bookshelf, the scattered pages, and the cold sea breeze…

What exactly happened in that battle? It seemed that these classrooms were all affected.

He suddenly felt a sense of something and looked towards the gap in the window. Immediately, his vision slowly zoomed in, and he soon saw the world outside the gap.

"Hmm, that is…?!"

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

But in the white mist, the sound of waves "哗——哗——" could be heard from time to time, and in the depths of the mist, the vague outline of a building loomed.

"The Art Building?!"

"Is that the Art Building?"

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

Just then, he suddenly noticed that Li Huiyuan's hand was a little cold.

He quickly looked at Li Huiyuan, only to find that the color was fading from Li Huiyuan's face at a speed like something being bleached, and her hands began to show a bluish-gray texture like a stone slab in the rain, and were hardening at an extremely fast rate.

"Li Huiyuan is dropping a layer!"

His heart sank. He didn't know how Li Huiyuan was dropping a layer, but he immediately started the awakening process.

"Hui Hui Zi! Hui Hui Zi! Hui Hui Zi…"

He pressed his hands on Li Huiyuan's shoulders and shook her.

After only a few shakes, he felt that the light in the bookshelf area, which was not very bright to begin with, suddenly dimmed. At the same time, he began to pick up some vague singing from the wind, as well as the "clang clang clang" sound of chains in the wind.

[Lin Yi, oh Lin Yi…]

[You've finally come!]

A broken sculpture's grinning voice appeared above his head, and the voice was getting closer and closer to him. Before he could even look up, a dilapidated, childlike face appeared upside down in front of him.

"Ah!" Li Huiyuan screamed, startled by the broken sculpture.

She subconsciously wanted to summon the mini baseball bat, but found that she couldn't summon it at all now, and couldn't even condense the sky-blue aura.

"You dropped a layer. Only your consciousness appeared here. Your extraordinary characteristics didn't follow," Lin Yi explained.

"Dropped a layer?" Li Huiyuan couldn't help but be stunned. "When did I drop a layer? No, if I dropped a layer, what about you?"

Lin Yi shook his head and said: "I don't know what's going on either. I was awakening you, and then my consciousness appeared here… Perhaps our consciousnesses merged before, so I accidentally followed your consciousness over here…"

This kind of operation seemed a bit like the Night Watcher infiltrating his consciousness, following his consciousness to locate the "Quartermaster."

But Lin Yi now was like a kid who accidentally pulled off a super move while playing a street fighter game, and even he didn't know how he pulled off this operation.

[Lin Yi, oh Lin Yi…]

[Take us away…]

[It's time to take us away…]

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

Although Li Huiyuan was a little afraid of these hideous broken sculptures, when Lin Yi was by her side, she felt like she had taken a reassurance pill, and she wasn't so afraid. But the confusion she should have was still there.

"What should we do next? This is my first time…"

Lin Yi said: "This is also my first time in this kind of situation… But no matter how it changes, it can't be separated from its origin. Don't worry."

He was just short of patting his chest and saying, "I'm too familiar with this, don't be afraid, dropping a layer is just child's play," but he still chose to leave the calm side to Li Huiyuan.

"Listen, Hui Hui Zi…" Lin Yi said, "There are many kinds of layer dropping. What we have now is that our consciousness inadvertently left our bodies. We only need to sense our bodies again to return…"

"Silently recite your correct location information in your heart, and then you can sense your main body. After you sense it, you can go back."

"Okay, I'll try!" Li Huiyuan was eager to try.

After a few breaths, Li Huiyuan's figure faded in front of Lin Yi.

Lin Yi immediately understood that she had left.

So he sensed his own body and planned to leave as well.

Just then, those broken sculptures surrounded him, grabbing his arms or dragging his shoulders.

[You said… 'When the Black Moon Withers… the Mourners Shall Return from the Endless Deep Sea'…]

[You forgot…]

[You forgot!!]

[No…]

[We will be waiting for you…]

[Waiting for you to take us away…]

[When… the Black Moon… Withers…]

[The Mourners…]

[From… the Endless Abyss…]

【 Return… 】

【 Coming… 】

“Hoo…”

The view before Lin Yi's eyes quietly changed. By the time the view stabilized, he had already returned to the abandoned classroom, maintaining the action of shaking Li Huiyuan.

Now, Li Huiyuan's body temperature had returned to normal, but she still hadn't woken up.

Lin Yi assumed that Li Huiyuan was dropping a layer for the first time, and the recovery time might be longer, so he continued shaking her.

But Li Huiyuan still showed no sign of waking up.

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He was a little confused and anxious: “Why can't I wake her up? Is something still missing?”

He hesitated for a while, then decided to take a risky approach: “Or… should I try Wei Sang's method?”

Although doing so might seem a bit harsh, compared to Li Huiyuan continuing to be trapped, he had to use strong medicine when necessary.

So he pursed his lips, slowly raised his hand, preparing to slap Li Huiyuan awake…

But just as his hand was raised, Li Huiyuan opened her eyes.

Not only did she open them, but she also widened them, watery and full of intense anger…

“Lin Linzi, you're going too far!”

“Ah? I… this, this, this…” Lin Yi was in a dilemma, silently lowered his hand, “Listen to my explanation… I actually…”

“Just because you can't wake me up by shaking, do you have to be so violent? Can't you use some more fairytale-like techniques?!” Li Huiyuan's eyebrows were furrowed, and she almost threw fairytale stories like "Snow White and the Necrophiliac Prince" on Lin Yi's face.

“Fairytale-like… techniques?” Lin Yi looked dumbfounded, but suddenly realized something and exclaimed, “You were already awake, but you kept your eyes closed, waiting for me to give you…”

“Don't say it! Don't say it!” Li Huiyuan stomped her feet angrily, her face flushed, and hot air was puffing out of her forehead, like a human-shaped steam engine.

“Uh, uh…” Lin Yi quickly shut his mouth.

But Li Huiyuan was still relentless.

Just then, an aura suddenly appeared, as if a heatwave suddenly emerged from a blizzard. The strong sense of disharmony instantly diluted the somewhat ambiguous atmosphere between Lin Yi and Li Huiyuan.

The two of them looked towards the location where the aura appeared, only to see that the "non-existent person" curled up in the corner had now opened his eyes and was looking at them.

The moment he was stared at, Lin Yi suddenly felt his body tighten, as if someone was gently poking his skin with a handful of needles, making him feel restless.

The man's face was ashen, his eyes as calm as stagnant water, and he no longer had the slightest bit of the horror he had in the morning.

He slowly stood up, like a red-hot human-shaped cast iron, constantly emitting scorching waves to the surroundings.

“Lin Linzi…” Li Huiyuan grabbed Lin Yi's arm, the more nervous she became, the tighter she grabbed, wishing she could hug Lin Yi's arm to death in front of her.

“Don't be nervous, let's retreat towards the door together, slowly retreat… I'll handle everything.” Lin Yi stared at the guy, carefully retreating with Li Huiyuan.

The man also took a step and began to walk towards Lin Yi.

However, he didn't seem to have adapted to this lava-like body yet, and his movements were a bit stiff.

Both were existences carrying the "Ashes". The concept-level sculpture presented a kind of brilliant broken glass appearance, Lin Yi was no different from ordinary people, and this non-existent person was like a fire man. His state didn't seem to be stable yet, as if he was ignited by the ashes, but he didn't burn up… It was truly a subtle and strange state.

Lin Yi didn't feel any hostility from him…

“Aren't we supposed to kill each other? Is the situation wrong? Or did I misunderstand?”

Lin Yi kept thinking. Before long, he had led Li Huiyuan out of the stepped classroom and slowly reached the door of the classroom, only a few steps away from the door.

Just then, a hint of agility finally appeared in the fire man's dazed eyes. He looked at Lin Yi, and as soon as his gaze landed, his eyes were filled with murderous intent.

“Screech—”

He let out a long roar, like a shooting star, swept out from the bookshelf area, drawing a hot arc in the stepped classroom, and pounced on Lin Yi.

A sharp light burst out in Lin Yi's eyes. He threw Li Huiyuan aside and said at the same time: “Look down at the ground, don't look at us!”

After throwing her out, he couldn't worry about Li Huiyuan, but quickly turned the anti-theft lock open, while reaching out and pressing down on the arm of his left hand, starting to activate the secret纹, summoning the Super Great Steel Saw!

The "Ash Apostle" in front of him had just been born and hadn't yet shown the extraordinary characteristics of directly affecting the layers. It was the time when he could exchange two moves with it.

Seeing this, the "Ash Apostle · Fire Man" was full of fighting spirit, and the flames around his body soared, slamming towards Lin Yi with a fiery wind.

Lin Yi let out a long roar, also full of fighting spirit: “Come on! Let's fight to the death!”

“Screech—”

The "Ash Apostle · Fire Man" also issued a warlike roar.

Seeing the fire man kill to the front, Lin Yi's high-level perception broke out, and the surrounding light suddenly dimmed. The scale of time was distorted and stretched in front of him.

At this moment, he could clearly see the fire man's hideous face, see the muscles on his body that seemed to be woven from fibers containing the power of flame, see the纹-like patterns on his skin, and the crimson mist floating around his body…

Under this time scale, he opened the door of the classroom with lightning speed.

At the moment of opening the door, he even saw some lingering grinning angels still wandering outside the classroom.

He smiled, smiling innocently.

He dodged the attack of the Ash Apostle · Fire Man, and then used his left hand to release a nearly materialized sky-blue aura, hitting the fire man's back hard, sending it out of the classroom door!

“Bye bye!”

The Ash Apostle · Fire Man hadn't reacted yet, and was dumbfounded in the corridor outside the classroom. The wandering grinning angels were full of wandering eyes.

The next moment, looking at the huge number of grinning angels, the corners of the Ash Apostle · Fire Man's eyes gradually curved, as if he had seen a group of prey…

Sensing something was wrong, the grinning angels scattered like birds and beasts, but it seemed too late…