Chapter 407 Lin Yi, the Apostle of Ashes?

Chapter 407 Lin Yi, the Apostle of Ashes?

Chapter 407 Lin Yi... "Apostle of Ashes"?
The security guard asked, "Do you have your student ID with you?"

The female dormitory said: "I always carry it with me."

The security guard nodded slightly: "Okay."

After he said that, he took the old kerosene lamp from the female dormitory manager. At the same time, he grabbed the female dormitory manager's left hand and rolled up her sleeves.

On her wrist, there was an identity certificate, which turned out to be her dormitory manager certificate. On the certificate, her number could be vaguely seen: "Dormitory Manager-36-X0230507012".

The security guard spoke slowly, his majestic voice seemed to carry some kind of unspeakable magic: "I deprive you of your identity as "Dormitory Manager-36-X0230507012". From this moment on, you will resume your identity before you became the dormitory manager."

His words were like an order. As he spoke, a gray aura continued to emanate from the female dormitory manager's body, like a piece of quenching iron.

At the same time, Lin Yi heard the female dormitory manager's murmur in the gray atmosphere: "My name is Zhao Lingxiao, my student ID number is "X0230507012", I am at the counter on the first floor of the library, next to the security guard..."

"My name is Zhao Lingxiao, my student ID number is "X0230507012", I..."

"My name is……"

As the gray aura dissipated, the female dormitory manager, no, Zhao Lingxiao appeared in front of him.

There is not much difference between Zhao Lingxiao's appearance and when he was the dormitory manager, but he gives people the feeling that he has more "liveliness". He is not as pale and lifeless as the dormitory manager.

But there was one thing that he was somewhat dissatisfied with, but he also felt it was reasonable——

The security guard said that Zhao Lingxiao’s dormitory manager number was "Dormitory Manager-36-X0230507012", but Zhao Lingxiao told him "Dormitory Manager-33-X0230507012" when he was in the elevator.

Damn it, he lied about the floor!
It's like she used all her few tricks against him!

Of course, that makes sense.

But judging from this one detail alone, Zhao Lingxiao may seem like a newbie but has some sophisticated skills. But in fact, he is more than just sophisticated. He is extremely shrewd. He hides all his little thoughts with a delicate appearance.

From this perspective, the confidentiality agreement thing probably has something to say...

After all, once a confidentiality agreement has been signed, how can there be any room for leakage?

The only explanation is that although she seems careless and outspoken, she is actually very thoughtful and might be trying to extract some information from him.

Even the "lustful heart" might be a disguise!
What gentleman can remain absolutely vigilant towards a delicate girl who "harbours lustful intentions"?

Lin Yi didn't know until now that he realized that Zhao Lingxiao had taken advantage of all the conditions that he could use!
It is very likely that the fake person was chasing me on purpose!

How else to explain that she is not afraid of fanatics but is afraid of a fake person?
Thinking of this, Lin Yi suddenly felt that everything could be explained, but this Zhao Lingxiao...he just happened to meet him in the elevator, and he came up with so many improvisations?

terrible!

It's really terrible!

At this moment, Zhao Lingxiao seemed to sense Lin Yi's gaze that wanted to strip her naked and see through her thoroughly. She couldn't help but blink her watery eyes, and her curled eyelashes trembled slightly: "You... why are you looking at me like that?"

Lin Yi screamed in his heart, damn, you witch, if I hadn’t seen through your conspiracy, I would have been fooled by your weak and fragile appearance!

"Nothing..." He opened his mouth with a bunch of crap, "I was just shocked that you leaked so much air just now..."

“Get lost!” Zhao Lingxiao revealed his true colors and shouted at Lin Yi, “I didn’t know that I could emit so much energy!”

Lin Yi curled his lips, thinking that he had to look twice at the two punctuation marks in Zhao Lingxiao's words to confirm whether they were true or false.

At this moment, the security guard seemed to sense something and said, "It's time to go."

After he said that, he ignored everything, turned around and walked back the way he came.

When he turned around, Lin Yi heard a "clattering" sound. After taking a closer look, he discovered that a shiny black iron chain extended from his windbreaker. The chain was very thick, like the ones used to connect anchors on ships.

The extended parts of the chain were grasped in the hands of the chef in the black bib one by one.

Zhao Lingxiao followed the chef in the black bib and reached out to grab one of the sections of the chain.

Lin Yi quickly followed and grabbed a piece of chain just like her.

Just as he grabbed the chain, the security guard suddenly stopped.

"Are you planning on leaving too?"

The security guard turned his head slightly, and the sidelong glance from his profile made Lin Yi feel the pressure of a mountain.

"Uh... yes, yes." Lin Yi nodded woodenly, "Can't I leave?"

"Nothing... I haven't seen the Ashbringer for a long time. I thought you would stay." The security guard said lightly, and then continued walking.

"Apostle of Ashes"? Lin Yi was stunned for a moment. Is this talking about him?

But what does this mean...

"'Apostle of Ashes'...?" After hearing the security guard's words, almost all the chefs in black bibs turned around and took a look at Lin Yi, which made Lin Yi feel a little embarrassed.

Zhao Lingxiao also looked at Lin Yi in surprise.

Lin Yi pursed his lips, feeling somewhat awkward and unnatural, and couldn't help but curl his toes in his sneakers.

It’s not that he is thin-skinned, but he is very reluctant to meet them in such a frank manner at a time when a sense of ceremony is urgently needed.

Lin Yi came close to Zhao Lingxiao and whispered, "Hey..."

"What are you doing?" Zhao Lingxiao asked impatiently.

Lin Yi humbly asked: "What is the 'Apostle of Ashes'?"

"I do not know either……"

"I don't know what you are shocked about."

"Whatever the security guard said to you at that time, I was shocked, that's all."

"Damn..." Lin Yi curled his lips, "Is your performance so important?"

"If you were in my shoes and said, 'Look, there's a dog over there,' I would also open my eyes wide and look over there."

"Thank you, I feel offended."

Lin Yi drew his attention back as he spoke, because the security guard had already led them to a certain place in the book collection area.

He opened his eyes wide and tried to see through the border of the orange-yellow light, but all he saw were bookshelves in rows, and it felt like he was walking through a bookshelf area. However, this bookshelf area gave him a feeling that was completely different from the "normal" library.

"Could it be 'layer transition'?" This guess popped up in Lin Yi's mind.

They quickly disappeared into the corner, and then the spreading darkness began to shrink until everything returned to normal.

On May 023, X5, at 10:5, the first floor of the library fell silent again, leaving only the figure of a fanatic wandering around the bookshelf area, shivering as he looked from a distance at the corner that had already returned to normal.

At 5:01:34, the elevator on the first floor of the library opened, and a dishevelled figure rushed out. Looking at the security team that had long disappeared, he kept shouting something...

May 023, X5, on the "?" level of the library, deep inside, in an unknown spacious room.

The walls of the room are covered with LED light tubes, and the blue and white light fills the entire room.

There are many movable bookshelves in the room, and at this moment all the books are placed in a disorderly manner.

There were messy books on the messy bookshelf, some of which were open, as if they had been deliberately opened and placed there.

But even in such a messy environment, there is a large empty area in the middle.

In that area, there was only a group of people and a huge experimental table.

There were about seven people in total, most of them were elderly people with hunched bodies. Their hair was already gray and sparsely attached to their scalps, like the barren grass in winter, and their faces were covered with deep wrinkles.

The one in the lead had a pair of thick black-framed glasses on his high nose bridge, and his eyes behind the lenses were sharp and fiery, completely different from his appearance.

He held a book in his hand, reciting obscure and lengthy words. While reading, he observed an instrument on the corner of the laboratory table.

The people around him were also chanting similar syllables as him, like a choir.

And in the vessel in front of them was a sculpted severed limb.

It is impossible to tell what the object is just from the twisted outline of the broken limb. It just looks like a sculpture of some strange vines, or some cult sculpture full of dark retro style.

As he chanted, faint lights continued to float on the broken limb, as if some kind of raw stone filled with strange power was responding to the call of magic.

The old man's chanting became more and more hoarse, and beads of sweat began to seep out of his wrinkled forehead. It seemed that just reading the words from the book had consumed a large amount of his mental energy, making him stagger like a candle in the wind.

The people around him were also swaying their bodies, looking like they were about to fall but would not fall, like pieces of seaweed standing in the sea.

Finally, the light floating on the broken limb began to converge, and a golden light began to grow inside it.

Seeing the golden light, everyone's eyes were filled with excitement, just like a sparrow born at night seeing the new moon and unable to contain its excitement.

The voices of their chanting became more and more unified and louder, and the light from the severed limbs became more and more concentrated and brighter.

With a "crack" sound, the broken limb was suddenly covered with cracks!
This severed limb actually looked like a mysterious egg, and they seemed to be using chanting to speed up the hatching of the unknown thing in the egg!

Seeing such cracks, they became more and more excited, and the enthusiasm and expectations in their eyes could no longer be described in words.

However, just when the light bloomed to its peak, the cracks quickly covered the entire broken limb. The next moment, the broken limb turned into powder with a "bang", leaving only a wisp of extremely condensed golden breath. After staying briefly in the vessel, it quickly disappeared like a breath of hot air.

The chanting stopped abruptly, and the sudden quiet air made the temperature around the entire experimental table seem to drop a lot.

The old man leaned his arms weakly on the laboratory table. He took off his black-framed glasses with trembling hands and silently took out a handkerchief to wipe the lenses.

The fanaticism in his eyes had completely collapsed, replaced by a moment of daze.

His fingers silently twisted the lens, as if trying to crush his disappointment.

After a while, he silently took out a recorder and pressed the record button:
"Record……"

“X023年5月10日，4:53AM，第1012次「至高气息孵化」实验……”

"The experiment has made some progress, but overall it is still not obvious..."

"Six administrators, including me, conducted an "intensification test" on "Slice No. 1504"... After adjustments, the Supreme Aura appeared as expected, but it lasted for 13 seconds before rapidly decaying..."

"It lasted 3 seconds longer than the last time..."

The old man recorded it slowly, as if he was reviewing the failure of a battle.

What’s strange is that although he is an old man, his voice sounds extremely young, like a young man in his early twenties.

With such a voice and appearance combined, it is hard not to wonder if he has lost part of his time due to some kind of curse.

"…Experimental results…"

"fail."

"Cough cough..."

"Cough cough cough..."

The old man covered his mouth and started coughing. He coughed very hard, as if he wanted to cough out his lungs.

He adjusted himself, then picked up the book at hand and walked to a messy bookshelf, muttering repeatedly: "Where is the omission...where..."

He kept flipping through the books as if he wanted to burrow into them.

At this moment, he suddenly felt something and looked in a certain direction...

Not only him, everyone in the room sensed this fluctuation and looked in the same direction.

“What is that...?! What is that!!!” The old man’s voice trembled with excitement.

"It's the 'way'! The way to the mysterious code has really appeared! !"

In the direction the old man was looking, the space was distorted, the layers were fluctuating, and a deep passage slowly materialized with the operation of the library - it was the passage that Lin Yi had seen, and at the end of the passage, the "Lawmaker's Theory" quietly displayed seemed to be the "mysterious code" that the old man mentioned.

The old man rushed out of the room desperately, and ran towards the opening of the passage like a madman.

The strange thing was that after he rushed out of the room, he immediately entered a group of buildings in the style of a Greek temple. This was indeed a certain floor of the library, but the layout style was very different from the more traditional style of the first floor of the library...

The architectural style here is like a layer of a Greek temple that was cut off and moved here. Huge Doric stone columns can be seen everywhere, covered with traces of erosion by time.

Under the light, these stone pillars seem to emit bursts of fluorescence and outline strange patterns, as if they contain some strange magic.

(End of this chapter)