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Chapter 455 "Convenience Store Owner - 003"

In a daze, Lin Yi seemed to feel some cold breaths brushing past his arm, the icy aura within causing his hair to stand on end and his soul to tremble.

Around this pile of corpses, some strange plants seemed to grow, their roots deeply embedded within the bodies, absorbing nutrients. Their leaves displayed a morbid purple hue, emitting a faint light, like some extremely evil flowers, or perhaps bizarre crops grown directly from the pile of corpses.

And the wriggling body, at the other end, seemed to extend into the depths of the convenience store, to the edge of that dark abyss, eventually disappearing into the mist, until neither the naked eye nor perception could detect it anymore.

Lin Yi watched as the massive pile of corpses seemed to breathe, expanding and contracting. As flesh and blood rubbed and collided, the viscous liquid trembled in the air like highly viscous snot. Waves of chilling whispers drifted from the pile of corpses to Lin Yi's ears, but this time, it was a call in another obscure language…

[…store stjerner… ]

[store stjerner… ]

He felt a strong call, a call that made him want to throw himself into the embrace of this pile of corpses and become a part of it.

But his will quickly took over, abruptly rejecting this call…

Of course, mainly because the incongruity of this pile of corpses was too severe.

"I just 'whooshed' over here… Was I really that fast? Or am I 'out of body,' and now in a state of 'my world'?"

Thinking of this, Lin Yi glanced down at his watch.

11:26.

Time was flowing, but the second hand was ticking very slowly.

"Return."

Whether it was "my world" or not, he would know once he tried.

With a thought, the surrounding environment truly began to distort.

Immediately afterward, his vision returned to its original place.

"It really is 'my world'."

Lin Yi shook his head slightly and planned to continue forward, while also looking for the convenience store owner.

But just then, a clear voice, tinged with a hint of fatigue, suddenly came from the flowing mist behind him.

"Yo… you've come."

"That voice…?" Lin Yi's eyes lit up. Could this be the convenience store owner's voice?

But he didn't act rashly, only staring at the dark area where the mist was flowing.

Because the source of the voice was too eerie, actually coming from the direction of the pile of corpses!

Gradually, the space in the direction of the pile of corpses rippled slightly, and a figure stepped out of the chilling air surging in the convenience store, slowly appearing…

The newcomer was tall and slender, like a pine tree standing alone in the cold night.

Lin Yi frowned slightly.

Immediately afterward, the figure became clearer and clearer.

A neat white shirt, sleeves slightly rolled up, revealing firm and shapely forearms…

Lin Yi frowned…

A dark blue suit jacket was worn over the white shirt, the flat hem without a single wrinkle, exuding an indescribable sense of refinement…

Lin Yi's eyebrows had begun to knit together…

The person finally entered the light.

He looked very young, at least, compared to the lazy and slovenly convenience store owner, this person was very young.

The lines of his face were very soft, his eyebrows were like ink paintings, the slightly raised arc carrying an innate arrogance and disdain. His narrow eyes were like deep, cold pools, the icy blue pupils revealing a cold light, like a deep pool.

His nose was high and straight, his thin lips slightly raised, forming a faint smile. This smile seemed gentle, but it inexplicably made Lin Yi feel a trace of chill…

He came to Lin Yi's front, his demeanor elegant, composed, and refined…

"What's wrong, don't recognize me?" he slowly opened his mouth, his tone clear and composed, like a super invincible villain who was planning everything.

"Aizen Sōsuke…" These were the words that first appeared in Lin Yi's mind.

The person in front of him, elegant, aloof, and composed, was completely different from the image of the middle-aged uncle he had in his impression, wearing flowery shorts and an open-chested sleeping shirt, looking lazy and decadent.

It would be one thing if the temperament was different, but even the image was vastly different. There's no way I would "recognize" you!

Seeing Lin Yi vigilantly not answering at all, the newcomer didn't get angry either, smiled, and then pulled out the pocket square from his chest pocket.

In the end, he pulled out a plaque made of white acrylic board. The plaque was surrounded by a pattern of thorn wreaths, with the gold-stamped number in the middle: "Convenience Store Owner - 003".

"Lin Yi, let me reintroduce myself… 'Convenience Store Owner - 003'." The convenience store owner revealed a hint of a smile, a smile that looked more and more like Aizen.

At the same time, a faint golden aura suddenly rose from the convenience store owner's body. The aura intertwined behind him, eventually sketching out an image as if his soul had left his body, wearing a jacket, a hat, barefoot in slippers, scruffy, lazy, and decadent middle-aged uncle.

It was the image of the "convenience store owner" that Lin Yi had seen in the clock tower on the art building layer.

That image opened its mouth, lazily saying: "Lin Yi, you've come."

After saying that, it dissipated like green smoke, merging into the body of the elegant Convenience Store Owner - 003 in front of Lin Yi.

"You really are… the owner?" Lin Yi opened his mouth, still somewhat in disbelief.

After all, the contrast was really too strong.

"Genuine."

Lin Yi asked: "So you've actually been in the convenience store all along?"

"Of course," Convenience Store Owner - 003 said, "But I've been too busy. If your perception hadn't penetrated to the 'Burial Body' side, I really wouldn't have noticed."

Lin Yi curled his lips: "Then if I just leave like this, wouldn't I have come for nothing?"

Convenience Store Owner - 003 smiled mysteriously: "The convenience store… isn't a place you can leave whenever you want."

"Hiss…" Lin Yi gasped, "Can you only enter and not exit here? Are you planning to wait for me to leave before stopping me?"

"In theory, I should just wait for you directly," Convenience Store Owner - 003 said, "But I'm just idle anyway… After all, that big guy from yesterday still needs a little handling."

"What big guy? The 'Ashen Apostle'?"

Convenience Store Owner - 003 shook his head slightly: "Not that one, you can think of it as… spoils of war plucked from an 'Angel'."

"Plucked from an 'Angel'?!" Lin Yi widened his eyes, "After you projected to the art building yesterday, you hurt an 'Angel'? That's so awesome?!"

Convenience Store Owner - 003 lowered his eyelids slightly, glancing at the secret patterns on Lin Yi's left arm that ordinary people couldn't observe: "Theoretically speaking, I just picked up something ready-made…"

"I got the stuff from the 'Quartermaster' and barely managed to ambush them when the 'Angel' left. That's how I got this little trinket... barely enough to count as a hair."

"Did you bring Old Mo's heart?"

"Yeah, it's right here." Lin Yi took off his backpack and handed it to the convenience store owner - 003.

The convenience store owner took the backpack, opened the zipper a little, and immediately a seven-colored light refracted from it.

He immediately zipped it back up.

"Well done."

He patted Lin Yi on the shoulder.

Lin Yi quickly asked with concern, "What are you going to do to save Old Mo? Can he 'revive'?"

Convenience store owner - 003 said, "He's already dead. What's there to talk about 'reviving'?"

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"Then what do you mean by 'there's still hope'?" Lin Yi asked, "Can he return to... how he was last night?"

"More or less." The convenience store owner's answer warmed Lin Yi's heart.

「Great, he can really 'revive'!」

Yesterday's state, for Old Mo, would be revival!

"Don't get too happy too soon." Convenience store owner - 003 looked at the smile on Lin Yi's face and mercilessly shot him down, "Him being able to recover is one thing. To what extent he can recover is another."

"If you want to see, come with me."

Convenience store owner - 003 finished speaking and, without waiting for Lin Yi, walked directly towards the pile of corpses.

Lin Yi glanced at the time on his watch, 11:28, and then quickly followed.

He still had many questions he wanted to ask convenience store owner - 003. Currently, convenience store owner - 003 was still quite easy to talk to, so he naturally couldn't miss this opportunity. Besides, he was also quite interested in the process of convenience store owner - 003 saving Old Mo.

Before long, Lin Yi arrived at the depths of the bookshelf area.

In front of him was a dark area not covered by the lights inside the convenience store, as gloomy as hell.

And on the boundary line of light, the hill-like pile of corpses slowly wriggled, as if breathing.

"This is the 'Burial Mound'," convenience store owner - 003 introduced, "It's made up of the corpses of all the transcedent beings that have invaded the convenience store, as well as the corpses of some transcedent beings that threaten the safety of the campus, and some miscellaneous things..."

"Then isn't this the 'Aberrant Angel'?" Lin Yi reacted.

"Sort of..." convenience store owner - 003 said.

Among the three great Angel sculptures, the 'Aberrant Angel' is the most special, not only because it is the most bizarre, but also because its species range is very wide. 'Tombstone Graveyard' and 'Serpent's Nest' both belong to different levels of 'Aberrant Angels', and now this 'Burial Mound' is also one of them.

What Lin Yi didn't expect was that the convenience store actually housed a type of 'Aberrant Angel'.

He looked at the situation at the junction of light and shadow and asked, "Does this 'Burial Mound' have a domain that petrifies living beings?"

The last time he came to the convenience store with Li Huiyuan, Li Huiyuan's foot was directly petrified because she stepped into the shaded area.

He never understood the reason. Later, after hearing Old Mo mention "domains," he felt that it might be some kind of domain, and Li Huiyuan accidentally stepped into it.

Convenience store owner - 003 didn't expect Lin Yi to ask this suddenly, but he still answered, "The characteristic of the 'Burial Mound' is 'Funerary', which can absorb the transcedent characteristics of the surrounding creatures. The process can be fast or slow, with no rules."

"The chef's authority is not high enough to handle this thing, so the convenience store collects it and slowly processes it."

Lin Yi was a little surprised, "Even the black apron chefs can't do it? Then... is it dangerous for me to get close to it?"

He originally wanted to say "we," but when he thought that "we" referred to him and the boss, he silently swallowed the "we".

The convenience store owner said, "It's not that the black chefs can't do it, but they've already processed part of it. The rest are some tough bones that are hard to chew. It's too slow and cost-ineffective to let them handle it, so I collect it in the convenience store and slowly grind it down."

"As for you..." convenience store owner - 003 glanced at him, "Ashes can't burn you to death, so the 'Burial Mound' has basically no effect on you."

"Oh, so you know about what happened at the door?" Lin Yi was naturally referring to the matter of scattering ashes at the door. "How are you so sure that ashes won't burn me to death?"

Convenience store owner - 003 said, "Your body has been tempered by the 'Sanctuary'. Although it's just bones, it's enough for the ashes to burn."

"In addition, with your will, it's only a matter of time before you survive the entanglement of the ashes. I just didn't expect you to use much less time than I imagined."

Lin Yi couldn't help but ask, "So that really was a test you set for me?"

He had several guesses, one of which was a test, but when he broke through and didn't see the convenience store owner, he dismissed this guess.

Convenience store owner - 003 denied his guess, "I'm not that bored... That was just a small measure I designed casually. Whether it's you or that 'Ash Apostle' running into it, there will be some reaction, so I can respond in time."

"But I didn't expect you to come over without making any noise."

"If the 'Ash Apostle' came in, the commotion should have been much bigger."

Lin Yi thought to himself that you didn't know what I did...

But he understood that the convenience store owner - 003 envisioned a violent solution.

He couldn't help but narrow his eyes. In the eyes of the convenience store owner - 003, the 'Ash Apostle' had the ability to break the situation violently.

And he had tried it, but he couldn't do it at all. From this, it could be seen that the gap between him and the 'Ash Apostle' was still very large.

"I originally planned to do some preparation work here at the 'Burial Mound' and then come to the door to pick you up."

"But your approach exceeded my expectations. I can understand not making any noise. And, you... let me put it this way, you came earlier than expected, understand?"

Convenience store owner - 003 showed a smile that was both gentle and indifferent. As he spoke, he had already arrived in front of the 'Burial Mound'.

While speaking, he prepared something on his own, then opened his backpack and took out Old Mo's heart.

Lin Yi originally wanted to ask convenience store owner - 003 what the characteristics of the ashes were and why the contrast was so great before and after mastering it, but when he saw convenience store owner - 003 start the operation, he closed his mouth and observed with a solemn expression.

As soon as Old Mo's heart appeared, the golden aura surrounding it exuded a holy and divine aura, like a seven-colored lantern, dispelling some of the surrounding cold aura.