Rules-related weird stories: 4016

"This is...?" Lin Yi questioned, looking at the charred bone in the hands of Convenience Store Owner - 003.

Observing it up close, he seemed to see a layer of powdery particles floating on the surface of the black bone. These particles moved freely, like swarms of small insects floating in the forest in summer, occasionally forming shadows of some kind, like distorted faces constantly wailing.

In a daze, he even felt he could hear the bone发出的嘶吼声, and this roar had a fundamentally similar flavor to the uncomfortable call of the 'Burial Body'.

"A thorn in the 'Burial Body's' heart," Convenience Store Owner - 003 said slowly, stroking the texture on the bone spur's surface, his eyelids slightly lowered, "I made it specifically."

"This thing can cause damage to most units with a lower level than the 'Burial Body'. The greater the difference in level, the more obvious the effect. But it is a consumable, so you need to use it sparingly."

Lin Yi was slightly stunned. Convenience Store Owner - 003 couldn't be unaware of his current level. Although Convenience Store Owner - 003 didn't see him take on the Wrathful Angel, he should have seen him escape from that super-huge Aberrant Angel's hands from the clock tower, right?

Convenience Store Owner - 003 continued, "Yesterday afternoon... a group of fanatics entered the convenience store. One of the girls was called by the 'Burial Body' and became a carrier of part of its will, and then left."

"I wasn't in the convenience store at the time. I only left behind a wisp of will to observe the internal dynamics of the convenience store, so I couldn't stop them."

"If I encountered her, I could easily kill her, but I have a lot of things to do and don't have time to specifically look for her."

"You're different. You're bound to encounter her, and if you do, the trouble will probably be significant."

"Uh... so you're giving me this thorn to wait for her and kill her?" Lin Yi asked, "Are you so sure I'll encounter her?"

Convenience Store Owner - 003 glanced at him: "Whether or not you will, don't you have any idea in your heart?"

Lin Yi was speechless for a moment, and didn't even have the courage to refute. To be honest, he also had a feeling that he would definitely encounter her...

This damned sense of fate.

Convenience Store Owner - 003 added: "That group of fanatics has been eyeing the Ashes. With your current state, even if you don't have a 100% chance of encountering them, you still have a 90% chance."

"Everyone else is irrelevant. If you encounter that carrier, you must prioritize killing her."

"This thorn can save you a lot of trouble. If anyone stops you, you can directly use the bone spur as a dagger. As long as they are scratched by it, even the Wrathful Angel will have a hard time."

"When you face that carrier, just stab this bone spur into her body."

"Does it matter where?"

"It doesn't matter where, but I suggest stabbing the brain or heart, the heart is best."

"Okay." Lin Yi reached out and took the bone spur, then stuffed it into his backpack, feeling a strange sensation in his heart, like the Soul Emperor handing a treasure to his subordinate and saying, 'Go to a small town on the border of the Jama Empire and kill a guy named Xiao Yan for me...'

So we really are the villains?

Hehehe!

Suddenly excited!

There's a sense of anticipation that's both purposeful and allows me to destroy beautiful things!

This task, I, Protector Cang Lin of the Soul Hall, accept!

He suddenly thought of something: "By the way, does that carrier have a name? Or what do people call her?"

Convenience Store Owner - 003 thought for a while and said, "It should be called 'Zhang Lingzhen'... or a name with similar pronunciation. Pay attention when you encounter her, don't suffer in silence."

"Zhang Lingzhen?!" Lin Yi's voice rose eight degrees.

Lin Yi thought to himself, 'Damn it,' the boss was right, he didn't expect to have already met her? But at that time, it was somewhat accidental, he ran over there himself, not the other way around.

"Huh? You know her?" Convenience Store Owner - 003 asked, somewhat surprised.

Lin Yi quickly said, "Actually, we've already met..."

"Why didn't you kill her?" Convenience Store Owner - 003 asked.

The corners of Lin Yi's mouth twitched fiercely: "Don't even mention killing her, why would we fight for no reason?"

"Shouldn't your Ashes be attractive to her?" Convenience Store Owner - 003 added.

Lin Yi thought about it, it seemed like there really was some attraction, but Zhang Lingzhen was stopped by the bizarre art female teacher before she could act, and later it ended without a result.

He briefly explained what happened on the 5th floor of the teaching building, and then said, "It seems the attraction isn't strong enough..."

He thought, if they had fought at the time, he really would have killed Zhang Lingzhen.

It's a pity they didn't fight, but then again, at the time, he was focused on investigating and had no intention to kill, so when the bizarre art female teacher stopped him, he tacitly maintained a wait-and-see attitude.

Convenience Store Owner - 003 denied: "No... it's just that she hasn't completely merged with the 'Burial Body's' will, otherwise it would definitely be aggressive towards you."

"Oh..." Lin Yi said, "Does the 'Burial Body' crave Ashes?"

"Yes." Convenience Store Owner - 003 admitted, "All Angel Sculptures do, among which the Aberrant Angel's desire for Ashes is the strongest."

"Since all Angel Sculptures have a craving for Ashes, wouldn't they be ignited by the Ashes?" Lin Yi couldn't understand.

"Having a craving doesn't mean they will definitely pursue it." Convenience Store Owner - 003 corrected, "Just like Nightwalkers seek light yet fear light, Angel Sculptures have the same attitude towards Ashes."

"Moreover, any unit under the 'Supreme Judgment' has the possibility of being ignited by Ashes, but the Aberrant Angel's tolerance is stronger than ordinary life forms."

"As for the 'Burial Body', you can think of its ignition point as very high."

"There's such a thing?"

"The world is full of wonders, and not all Aberrant Angels have that kind of ignition point. If it were something like the 'Necropolis', it wouldn't work. But if it were the 'Serpent's Nest', it would even surpass the ordinary 'Supreme Judgment'."

"Okay..." Lin Yi thought there was a lot of knowledge to learn.

Moreover, judging from Convenience Store Owner - 003's tone, the level of the 'Serpent's Nest' was really high. No wonder it was known as the 'Eight-Headed Serpent' in the myths of the small country, and it directly overturned the small country as soon as it appeared...

Its strength was indeed extraordinary.

Convenience Store Owner - 003 pointed to the 'Burial Body': "Don't think the 'Burial Body' is very well-behaved here. Once something happens to me, it will explode like a bomb."

"The tiger you think is harmless is only because it's locked in a cage."

"If it escapes the cafeteria, even if only a tiny remnant is left, it will be very troublesome... Most Aberrant Angels are not easy to deal with."

"And the 'Burial Body', since its formation, has always longed to go to the Art Building layer..."

"To the Arts Building?" Lin Yi was somewhat surprised. "Those Night Roamers are all trying to infiltrate the layers into the school district. Why is it going in the opposite direction?"

"The thinking of an Alien Angel cannot be measured by common sense," the Convenience Store Owner - 003 said. "Perhaps, it yearns to embrace a true 'Angel'…"

After handing the bone spur to Lin Yi, the Convenience Store Owner - 003 led Lin Yi away from the location of the 'Burial Body', and they began walking towards the exit of the convenience store one after the other.

As they walked, Lin Yi suddenly asked, "By the way, Boss, why were all the student commemorative coins taken away when I came yesterday?"

"I didn't take them," the Convenience Store Owner - 003 said directly. "A large group of art students lost their student commemorative coins and cleared out the convenience store early in the morning."

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"So they took them all… didn't leave a single one?" Lin Yi asked, puzzled.

"They're strategic resources… it's understandable that they took them all," the Convenience Store Owner - 003 said. "Besides, a new batch has already been put on the shelves. You just came at the wrong time."

"But it doesn't matter. If you can get a student commemorative coin, you can become an art student. If you can't, you can become a sports student. For your little girlfriend, both paths are good," the Convenience Store Owner - 003 said.

If Li Huiyuan were here, she would definitely selectively grab keywords, only hearing "***your little girlfriend***" and then start touching her face, unaware of the spring slumber…

Lin Yi looked at the Convenience Store Owner - 003 with some surprise. He didn't expect the Convenience Store Owner - 003 to know about this, but he quickly realized that the Convenience Store Owner - 003 had the will to stay in the convenience store as "surveillance", so it was normal to know!

Hiss… Doesn't that mean he also has a complete view of my scene of touching jiojio?!

Lin Yi was a little embarrassed, but fortunately, the Convenience Store Owner - 003 didn't care too much. After saying that, he walked forward on his own: "If you have any other questions you want to ask, ask them early. Once you leave this store, you won't be able to find me."

As soon as Lin Yi heard this, his little head quickly started spinning, wishing he could ask all the questions in his stomach, but he still grabbed the key points that everyone knew and asked, "The 'Sun' that produces embers you just mentioned, is it the black sun over there in the Arts Building?"

The Convenience Store Owner - 003 was reluctant to say more, but since Lin Yi asked, he still answered concisely: "Referring to the 'Progenitor Ash Apostle', that's just a projection."

"Then… what about the 'Sun' in the school district?"

The Convenience Store Owner - 003's footsteps paused slightly, and then he revealed a mysterious and strange smile, which startled Lin Yi: "Good comprehension… Next question."

「This is… an admission?」 Lin Yi was confused in his heart, but he didn't continue to pursue this question, but instead said, "Are you all people officially arranged to come in? Is the entire school district… just a super huge asylum?"

The Convenience Store Owner - 003's jewel-like eyes flashed with an indescribable strange color. He suddenly stared at Lin Yi in silence, as if he wanted to see something from his face. Seeing that Lin Yi didn't have any extra expression, his tightly furrowed brows relaxed a little: "You're right… the entire school district is a huge asylum."

"More accurately, it's a shackle."

Hearing this, Lin Yi didn't know why he secretly breathed a sigh of relief. The Convenience Store Owner - 003's eyes were too cold just now, and there was some sinister color, as if this school district was used to contain him, and then he discovered the truth and wanted to kill people to silence them.

The Convenience Store Owner - 003 slowly said: "The 'First Apostles' locked the 'Source' in the deepest part of all the layers, exiled outside of time and space… and then, after layers of sealing, they built this school in a place connected to reality."

"The entire school is anchored by multiple complex anchor points…"

"Experiential students anchor the surface of the school…"

"The staff of the school anchor the basic framework of the school district. Chefs deliver meals, but not just to deliver meals, they also need to check the street lights along the way, high-level sculptures, etc.… The Blue Chef is responsible for following the security guards to complete patrols and markings. The Black Chef is responsible for tracking, marking, and pinpointing the annihilation of 'abnormal units'."

"The units of the Sports Department are responsible for resisting the pressure that seeps in from the Arts Building…"

"The security guards are responsible for cleaning up any 'abnormalities' that affect the stability of the anchor points…"

"And I… am responsible for removing all traces. Of course, I suffered some trouble some time ago in order to find that jerk."

"'Jerk'?" Lin Yi was slightly stunned.

"It's 'Principal', that pit of a guy… he went to sea without saying a word." The Convenience Store Owner - 003 was angry as soon as he mentioned 'Principal', but on this Aizen-like face, restraint was more than displeasure, "If he doesn't come back, the burden of the school district will fall on my shoulders…"

Lin Yi always felt that the Convenience Store Owner - 003 seemed to be resisting the position of Principal…

Eh, wait…

「Convenience Store Owner」 seems to be able to be transformed into… 「Principal」?

At least it seems to be in terms of identity?

So if Old Mo becomes a castrated version of 「Convenience Store Owner」, then 「Convenience Store Owner」 can become 「Principal」?

Even if it's a castrated version of the Principal.

Then, if you think about it from a conspiracy theory perspective, the Principal's disappearance… could it be a conspiracy planned by the Convenience Store Owner - 003 to take the throne?

He always felt that the Convenience Store Owner - 003's appearance had a kind of elusive depth and mystery. That kind of faint smile, as if wrapped in sugar syrup, was a sharp blade…

The Convenience Store Owner - 003 didn't know that Lin Yi was thinking so much. He rubbed his forehead: "The Principal is not here, my pressure is very high…"

Lin Yi licked his lips and asked, "What does it mean that the Principal went to sea? Did he enter that black sea?"

The Convenience Store Owner - 003 nodded: "It's the literal meaning. Not long ago, he set off from the Arts Building and entered that sea alone… just like the 'First Apostles' once did."

"Has the Principal reached that level yet?" Lin Yi exclaimed.

"I don't know," the Convenience Store Owner - 003 shook his head, "Maybe not, but he should be close… That pit of a guy is a bit of a pit, but he won't do anything without any certainty. But he's really a pit, saying he wanted to discuss something with me, and then he went to sea without a word."

"…Pit of a guy."