Chapter 454: Rebuilding the Body from Ashes

Chapter 454: Rebuilding the Body from Ashes

Chapter 454: Rebuilding the Body from Ashes

Because the quantum state itself has no concept of time, and even transcends time, and if any burning "Ashes Apostle" can sink into consciousness like he just did, then it means that there are countless "Ashes Apostles" consciousnesses in the time dimension, which also confirms the origin of the countless vortex patterns!
"Ashebringer" can be "only" or "all"!
Moreover, this "state" of the "Asheberus" should be extremely unstable, because the ashes themselves are not stable. Even the carrier will burn extremely once there is an excess, just like the "Asheberus·Fireman".

Once it burns out, perhaps it will also perish.

"Like... 'Heavenly Tribulation'?"

"Yes! Perhaps it can be compared to 'heavenly calamity'!"

Once you become an "Ashe of Ashes", it means that a heavenly calamity is coming. Only by breaking through the shackles of the "Ashe of Ashes" within a limited time can you be reborn and become a higher-level life form!

And failure means fall.

As for those units that cannot even bear the ashes, they are like unlucky creatures who will die immediately if they touch the aura of heavenly calamity.

This is the Ashbringer!
Lin Yi felt that he had seen through the mystery of the "Ashes Apostle" path!
Therefore, he set several stages for the "Ashes Apostles" in his mind - the "burning level" who initially came into contact with the ashes but could not bear them, such as the former homeroom teacher-039; the "carrying level" who carried the ashes and did not die like him; and then the "burning level" who had already started to burn like the "non-existent person"...

As for the "conceptual sculpture", he believes that it is actually the projection of the "Ashebringer" path in the real world, that is, the "complete state" of the "Ashebringer" - a quantum life structure that cannot be killed.

However, due to its desire for "ashes", the Ashbringer will certainly hunt down other Ashbringers that exist in the real world, because to its perfect form, other incomplete forms are, after all, nothing more than a kind of "ash aggregate".

Just like the snake, as long as you beat the opponent, you can turn it into food and eat it.

"So now both the conceptual sculpture and I are glassy and shiny... If I run into it, can I escape?"

After thinking for a while, Lin Yi looked back at his almost completely reshaped body, and this question popped up in his mind.

Lin Yi did not think about the question "Can I win?", because his intuition told him that he could not win. To be conservative, he must protect himself instead of going for it head-on.

After his body was completely reshaped in the burning ashes, the suction feeling from the ashes on the door became much weaker.

He tried pulling it, and there was still resistance but it was obviously not as strong.

So he tried to break free, but... the ashes were still entangled around him like lotus root silk, and no matter how hard he pulled, it was useless.

"Why not?"

Lin Yidi muttered something, and then as if he had thought of something, he tried to give some instructions in his mind.

"Break!"

“Bo…”

What surprised Lin Yi was that the ashes that stuck him to the portal really broke off. The ashes that were connected to the portal shrank to the portal, while the ashes that were connected to him were reabsorbed by him and seeped into his body bit by bit.

As the suction force disappeared, Lin Yi felt an unprecedented sense of relief and a sense of relief as if he had been reborn.

The ashes and flames on his body began to retreat back into his body little by little, and finally disappeared.

He looked at his body, sensing the infiltration of the school uniform into his body, and found that his body now seemed to be no different from before, but with a little guidance, the extraordinary power that was supposed to surge changed from a sky blue aura to a sky blue temperament mixed with a crystal-like brilliance…

"The power is impure? No, it's not impure, but pure enough to have crystallized?"

Lin Yi clenched his fists, and the sky-blue aura wrapped around his fists in an almost material form, and the crystal-like particles seemed to be possessed by a magic.

But this is not enough, Lin Yi feels that it is more than that.

So he tried to gather these crystal particles together. As the crystal particles gathered, that part of the area began to refract a luster like glass fragments, and a strange and sacred aura began to emanate from it...

The next moment, as if burning, a faint red-gold flame began to appear on his body. The flame looked exactly like burning ashes, but this moment it was his own power and was controlled by him.

The appearance of the flames seemed to illuminate an area, dispelling much of the cold and gloomy atmosphere around.

But at this moment, Lin Yi seemed to hear the sound of wind blowing the candle, and in the "huffing" sound, there was also a whisper of calling...

【…lyset…】

【lyset……】

【…】

A gleam of brilliance flashed across Lin Yi's eyes, and then he looked towards a certain place inside the store following the sound...

The light in the store was soft, but the temperature was colder than usual. There was a thin layer of mist floating on the ground, like an illusory tentacle coming out of the ground...

It was only at this point that Lin Yi had the mind to observe the situation inside the store.

But he didn't know until he saw it, and he was really scared when he saw it.

The overall environment inside the convenience store seemed to be no different from usual, but when he looked deeper, Lin Yi discovered that the situation here had changed drastically from what he remembered!

Because he was entangled with the ashes before, he was not able to observe the situation in the convenience store carefully. Now that the ashes' influence is gone, he suddenly felt the lingering strange aura in the convenience store.

The structure of the store, which is close to an air-raid shelter, itself gives people a feeling of depression. Now the lighting in the store has changed from soft to much colder, giving people a feeling of a dying person lingering on, and a bleak atmosphere quietly permeates the air.

Some of the shelves in the store were tilted to one side or the other, as if they had been tossed about by an invisible giant hand. The neatly displayed goods were scattered all over the floor, broken glass shards flashed dangerously in the dim light, food packaging bags were torn open, bread and biscuit crumbs were scattered all over the floor, and some of them seemed to have been stepped on and crushed. Just looking at them made Lin Yi feel an ominous premonition.

There were some marks on some of the shelves, like claw marks or scars caused by some blunt objects. Through perception, Lin Yi could also sense the lingering evil aura.

Lin Yi did not see any blood here, but the gloomy environment was filled with the smell of blood and gunpowder, mixed with the smell of some rotten meat, which made people feel stomach churning and almost nauseous.

“What’s going on?!”

"Is there any chance that something happened to the store owner?"

"But……"

But now it has been less than half a day since he last saw the store owner in the bell tower. What will happen? He thought the store owner would wait for him here, and even when he was stuck by the ashes on the door, he thought it was a test from the store owner. But he didn't expect that what was waiting for him was such a scene.

The ashes on the door were a real trap, and the store owner stayed behind and then left the store.

"So what should I do now?!"

He showed up as promised, but the store owner wasn't there, which was fucking terrible.

I came here to escort a convoy, but the escort agency was taken over by someone?

Isn't it?

He really wanted to call the store owner, but when he thought about who knows what would come out if he called out in a place like this, he kept quiet.

He gradually calmed down.

"Oh, by the way, don't be fooled by the store owner's performance in the clock tower..."

After all, whether it was Lao Mo or Class Teacher 039 and Class Teacher 040, they all said that the convenience store owner was injured, so the convenience store owner would definitely not be as nonchalant as he was last night.

Don’t be fooled by that first impression!

So maybe the store owner is recuperating somewhere in the store?

What about the trap?

Remind him that the Ashbringer is coming?
What happens after you come?

Lin Yi frowned slightly, still unable to figure out the reason, but he understood that the absence of the convenience store owner was indeed a problem. But despite some problems, Lao Mo's heart should still be handed over to the convenience store owner. Firstly, this was an agreement, and secondly, he couldn't carry Lao Mo's heart around with him, right?

He still has many dangerous things to do next. Carrying Lao Mo's heart around with him could easily lead to it being lost. What if his sanity is eroded someday and he accidentally eats Lao Mo's heart as a supply? That would be really embarrassing.

Therefore, handing over your heart to the convenience store owner is something that you must do.

After making the decision, he walked around the goods scattered on the ground and randomly picked up three biscuit rolls from the relatively intact shelves. While walking towards the exit of the store, he spread his senses and took the opportunity to look for the store owner.

The shelf area was filled with a thin mist that barely covered the back of the feet. Walking in it felt like walking through deep mountains and old forests.

Lin Yi looked at the shelves around him. The more he looked, the more he felt that they were carved from ancient tree stumps growing in old forests. Coupled with the dark and humid atmosphere and the faint mist, he really had an indescribable feeling.

It feels like coming to a greenhouse with an artificial Jurassic environment.

He moved slowly along the green arrow in the direction of departure, but as he walked, he suddenly heard a faint calling voice.

【…lyset…】

【lyset……】

【…】

Intermittent and eerie calls came from somewhere on the bookshelf area, lingering in his ears with a strong sense of bewitching.

He turned his head and took a look over there. Deep in the dim shelf area, beneath the surging fog, there seemed to be a huge monster slowly crawling.

【lyset……lyset……】

"call--"

Just when Lin Yi saw the huge monster, a gust of wind blew out from the unknown void and hit Lin Yi's face.

"boom--"

His vision was suddenly pulled up by an invisible force, and then he crossed the distance and landed in front of the wriggling behemoth.

"This is……?!"

What appeared in front of Lin Yi was a horrible hill made up of countless corpses. It looked like an evil creature born from a twisted, dark deep nightmare, emitting a disgusting stench of decay and death.

This pile of corpses was not ordinary human remains. Each body showed horrifying changes. Their limbs were twisted and entangled, as if they had experienced endless pain and struggle before death.

These corpses were piled together in a random pattern, and some were even folded at unreasonable angles, as if they had no bones.

Some of the corpses seemed to have merged with each other, growing extra limbs. Slender, scaly tentacles stretched out abruptly from the shoulders or waists, gleaming wetly in the dim light, as if they were still twitching unconsciously...

There were also some corpses with swollen and deformed heads, facial features twisted beyond human form, eyes bulging like light bulbs, staring blankly into the void, mouths wide open as if making silent screams... It was as if the characters in the world-famous painting "The Scream" were grabbed by the feet, dragged out, trampled on, and then thrown into the pile of corpses.

There were also some corpses covered with a thick layer of green, snot-like mucus, emitting a pungent smell, a stench mixed with rotten flesh, venom and unknown substances, which made Lin Yi feel dizzy and his stomach churned when he smelled it.

The mucus flowed slowly along the outline of the corpse and gathered on the ground into puddles of water emitting a faint glow, as if it were evil blood from another dimension.

On top of the pile of corpses, there was an exceptionally huge body. Its body was as big as a mountain, its limbs were as thick as a python, and its body was covered with a layer of hard scales that shone with a metallic luster. Its neck was very long, and its head was buried in the pile of corpses, so that even its outline could not be seen clearly.

But there were countless tumors on its body, and the appearance of the tumors made Lin Yi feel extremely familiar... It looked extremely similar to a tentacle of the "Angel" in the black wave.

But overall, it doesn't look very similar... In other parts of the corpse, some tumors had opened up a gap, and in the middle was an eyeball covered with bloodshot.

The eyeballs seemed to be poured with hot gold, giving off a sense of loneliness and coldness that did not belong to this world, which created a huge contrast with its evil and bloated appearance.

There were also some tumors whose seams were tightly closed, but a sticky black liquid was seeping out of the seams bit by bit. This liquid was extremely similar to the oily liquid that had been seeping out of the little girl's body. Lin Yi didn't know if there was any connection between them. This liquid dripped onto the corpse below, making a sizzling sound, as if it was corroding everything it touched...

He felt that the light around him was very dim, and there seemed to be an invisible pressure in the air. There were not many eyeballs on the corpse, but he felt as if he was being watched by countless invisible eyes.

(End of this chapter)