Chapter 465 Everything is ready

Chapter 465 Everything is ready

Chapter 465 Everything is ready
"I don't deal with secret patterns. I'm not familiar with them."

“Not secret patterns?” Zhao Lingxiao rolled his eyes. “Then could it be ritual studies? I’m actually somewhat interested in ritual studies…”

She observed Lin Yi's expression and cautiously probed: "Or...alchemy?"

"Hmm...your main business of dream building?"

"But I haven't heard that this kind of thing can help you sleep... It's really strange."

Lin Yi sneered: "What if I'm an architecture major?"

"I guessed right!" Zhao Lingxiao snapped his fingers, silencing Lin Yi.

Lin Yi: “…”

Please, you will say that no matter what I say...

He felt that this seemingly pitiful but actually sinister little witch had a very strong NPC feel... the kind of NPC that you can't skip even if you press the spacebar repeatedly, and she can talk non-stop until your thumbs start to ache.

"But... the Department of Architecture... sounds like a very old-fashioned major..." Zhao Lingxiao pointed at his lips, as if he was lost in thought.

But what I want to do actually has nothing to do with architecture... Lin Yi looked at Zhao Lingxiao like this and said silently in his heart.

He walked up the stairs silently, and the moment he climbed up, he glanced at the time.

12: 41.

The return journey took nearly 20 minutes.

He looked at Zhao Lingxiao who was following closely beside him, and said with a very serious expression: "I'll say this one last time... If you continue to follow me, you will have to bear all the consequences yourself. If an accident happens, I will definitely not be able to save you."

Zhao Lingxiao still had the same playful smile on his face: "Don't worry, I understand! Let's go!"

Seeing that Zhao Lingxiao had not changed at all, Lin Yi was silent for a moment, and then he said nothing more and walked towards the corridor bridge on the side of Class 3, Group B.

The afternoon sun was so gloomy that the entire teaching building seemed to be shrouded in a haze. The nocturnal species huddled in the shadows seemed to have smelled the scent of "roots" and began to stir.

But daytime is daytime after all. Although the sunlight is not strong, it is still there. Even if the nocturnal species are a little restless, they dare not go too far.

On the other side of the covered bridge, Tian Bufan, Kuai Hongji and Wei Liang were already waiting, but Wei Shan was not there.

Seeing Lin Yi coming over with two pieces of "roots", Tian Bufan showed a look of surprise but quickly regained his composure. In comparison, Kuai Hongji's performance was much more indifferent.

However, he glanced at Zhao Lingxiao who was following behind Lin Yi...

Zhao Lingxiao was following Lin Yi with a smile on her face, but suddenly she seemed to sense something and followed a premonition in her heart and looked in front of Lin Yi.

In front of Lin Yi is... Kuai Hongji.

His thin figure, like a bamboo pole, just stood there, like a thick darkness that even the strong wind could not blow away.

The moment she saw Kuai Hongji, Zhao Lingxiao felt a tightness in her chest, as if an extremely cold breath had fallen from the void and enveloped her.

Her body suddenly tensed up, as if a pair of invisible hands grabbed her ankles and dragged her into the gloomy ice cellar.

Just by seeing Kuai Hongji's appearance, her body began to tremble, her legs went weak, and she almost fell on Lin Yi.

Lin Yi secretly quickened his pace, and Zhao Lingxiao fell to the ground because he could not lean on Lin Yi.

Lin Yi turned around and glanced at Zhao Lingxiao.

"What are you doing???"

Why are you suddenly pretending to be so weak and fragile?

He was puzzled and had no intention of helping her. After all, this little witch was doing too many micro-manipulations and he didn't want to be manipulated by her at the critical moment, so he continued to walk towards Tian Bufan and Kuai Hongji.

After falling, Zhao Lingxiao felt the cold touch and rough texture of the floor of the teaching building, and his spirit recovered.

She looked at Kuai Hongji in front of Lin Yi with great fear, and her already pale face suddenly became even paler.

She looked at Kuai Hongji, and suddenly felt that Kuai Hongji had become much more normal. The terrifying darkness that was as thick as ink seemed to have never appeared at all.

Seeing Lin Yi coming over, Tian Bufan spoke first: "Wei Sang has returned to class."

"Hmm..." Lin Yi nodded, then looked at Wei Liang in surprise, "Hey, why is Liangzi here too?"

It is normal that Wei Sang is not here because he needs to conserve his energy to deal with emergencies that may occur at night, but Liangzi is unexpectedly here too.

You know, Wei Liang is becoming more and more mysterious now. He never participated in their discussions before, but now he is joining them.

"What do you mean by being there or not? I was just passing by on my way to the bathroom. Do you understand what passing by means?" Wei Liang curled his lips, not paying any attention to Lin Yi's skeptical look. "I just took a look and will be back to class soon."

"And, eh..." He suddenly noticed the "roots" in Lin Yi's hand and became interested. "Where did you dig these two big radishes from, Old Lin?"

Wei Liang approached suspiciously, with his back hunched and his hands behind his back, like an old man circling around a boy who had just returned from hunting.

"No, no... radishes don't look like this." Wei Liang shook his head.

Seeing Wei Liang's interest, Lin Yi handed the root to him with a smile: "Would you like to take a closer look?"

But as soon as the two roots escaped from Lin Yi's hands, Wei Liang jumped out with a weird cry: "Don't look, don't look, don't look! Keep them for yourself and eat them slowly!"

Lin Yi sighed helplessly and ignored Wei Liang. He looked at Tian Bufan and Kuai Hongji and said, "I have got the stuff. The materials should be better than expected."

Tian Bufan looked at the roots and nodded slightly: "It does look a bit unusual... Did you steal it from the green bib chef?"

Lin Yi's mouth twitched slightly: "You knew there was something wrong with that chef from the beginning, right?"

"Who would actively seek you out as a real chef?" Tian Bufan asked in return, "The materials from the green bib chef are indeed of better quality than those from the fake human sculpture."

Lin Yi said: "But this is not the green bib chef..."

As he put it down, he told the situation in the other passages.

"I suspect..." He paused and glanced at Zhao Lingxiao. Zhao Lingxiao looked eager to learn, pursed his lips, and looked expectant.

Lin Yi no longer cared about her. After all, he had already advised Zhao Lingxiao twice, but Zhao Lingxiao was still so stubborn. Once his cognition was polluted, he could only accept his fate.

"I suspect this is part of the 'burial body'. Although the store has housed the 'burial body', perhaps its capacity is limited and it cannot hold the entire 'burial body'..."

"The rest is at the Green Bib Chef's base."

"Moreover, the burial body there is like a huge old tree root, with countless roots hanging down and covering the entire cave."

He briefly talked about his findings regarding the No. 10 shopping window and cooking ingredients.

"I manipulated the green bib chef to cut off the tips of two of them and transported them out."

"I think this thing is essentially some kind of raw material. As long as I disassemble the useful things from it, I should be able to assemble a 'puppet'."

Tian Bufan nodded: "Then you should give it a try before they start to petrify."

Even though these two roots were stolen from the body of the "burial body", they could not avoid the fate of being petrified in the sunlight. It's just that they have greater resistance and are petrified more slowly.

Kuai Hongji also walked forward and took out a bronze vessel covered in rust.

The bronze vessel itself was a bit damaged, about the size of a foot warmer - perhaps it had been used to warm someone's fragrant feet, but now that the lid and handle were missing, it was taken out by a fanatic from some unknown corner to hold extraordinary substances.

That basin of extraordinary substance looked like a non-Newtonian fluid during the day, with a texture of a grayish milky liquid.

When this vessel was taken out, Lin Yi keenly felt that the temperature around it dropped a lot.

In the dark area of ​​the teaching building, a series of "rustling" sounds were heard, and in a trance, there seemed to be some whispers.

Kuai Hongji glanced around calmly with a sneer on his lips.

He said nothing, but the restless voices seemed to have sensed something and calmed down one after another.

Zhao Lingxiao looked at the extraordinary substance in the container that was as sticky as paste, her eyes faintly flickering with golden light. She lowered her head and tried her best to push her glasses up. It took her a long time to calm herself down.

But despite this, she looked over again.

There was still a gleam in her eyes, and her tongue was sticking out from the corner of her lips, licking them gently.

After all, she couldn't suppress the desire in her eyes, it seemed like it was about to flow out of her eye sockets.

She knew very well that the solid-liquid mixed supernatural substance was "materialized supernatural substance", but she had only seen it in illustrations in textbooks and had never had the chance to see the real thing.

Not to mention such a large basin of extraordinary matter.

Where did he get it?

Zhao Lingxiao thought of many things in the future in an instant. If she could get extraordinary materials - even if she only got a little bit, it might be enough to change her life!

She could use the extraordinary material to exchange for a place in Master Matthew's academic research course "On the Revelation of the Secret Patterns of the Stars to the Desolate World". No, it could be even more than that. Master Matthew might even be willing to come and pick her up in person!

Extraordinary materials that are not easily obtained are extremely precious treasures in the world, not to mention extraordinary materials that have already been materialized!
The desire in Zhao Lingxiao's heart was gradually ignited, but suddenly, a sinister sneer sounded in her ears.

This sneer was like a drop of cold water on her head, extinguishing the desire in her heart completely in an instant. She lowered her eyes in horror, not daring to look at anyone except Lin Yi.

"KuaiKuai".

She knew that it must be the man named "Kuai Kuai" who was watching her.

That look was as cold as ice, like a poisonous snake lurking in the rainforest, even scarier than a poisonous snake - it was a huge sea snake under the sea, looking at her on the water from the dark icy pond, ready to come out and eat her at any time.

How did Lin Yi get involved with them...? Was he controlled and forced to do something? Or were they in the same group?

Zhao Lingxiao's thoughts were churning, and some strange emotions were spreading in his heart.

This emotion seems to be... regret?
Regret?
Do you regret getting involved in this matter?
No, she doesn't regret it.

Rather than "regret", she seemed more "annoyed".

She regretted that she didn't have the ability to intervene at this time and directly "expropriate" the extraordinary material of the entire vessel.

Lin Yi, who was standing by, caught Zhao Lingxiao's emotional changes and could clearly sense her desires and impulses, but he didn't say much because he knew that Kuai Kuai had already given Zhao Lingxiao some warnings.

In this situation, if Zhao Lingxiao still dares to influence him, he will not show mercy.

Looking at the vessel, he opened his mouth in surprise: "Why did you take all of their stuff?"

Kuai Hongji was speechless: "Otherwise, what can I use to pretend?"

His answer was so natural, and his nonchalant face seemed to say something like "This is how the facts should be, there is no need for you and me to discuss it too much."

Lin Yi pursed his lips, silently took the foot warmer-sized vessel, placed it at his feet, and then threw the two "roots" aside.

He silently adjusted his breathing, as if he was gathering his energy to prepare a feast.

Tian Bufan looked at him with interest, seeming to be looking forward to what he would do next.

Wei Liang also looked over, which was rare for him, and looked at the two huge "radishes" with curiosity.

Zhao Lingxiao actually didn’t know what “roots” were. She also had no idea about the “burial body” that Lin Yi mentioned. However, she had a vague feeling that this unrecognizable thing might be some kind of rare material, and its value might even exceed that of extraordinary matter.

It was incredible... With so many people entering the campus, even digging out some information would be incredible. How could he still collect special resources from the campus? Zhao Lingxiao's heart was full of restless curiosity. She had a little regret. If she hadn't lied to Lin Yi, would their relationship be so bad?
Or... her deception should be more secretive, at least it shouldn't be discovered by Lin Yi.

If that's the case, if she asks Lin Yi for some scraps, is it possible that Lin Yi will give them to her?

While she was struggling between her conscience and her desires, Lin Yi had already adjusted his state. He recalled the knife skills of the green-bibbed chef, like butchering a beef, to sense the slowly penetrating "roots", trying to sort out the boundaries of each broken corpse that made up it.

But as he continued to perceive, he gradually frowned. All these corpses grew together in a way that was contrary to human cognition. Some bones were connected to the spine, and some had arms connected to the sternum of another corpse, as if the ribs were broken.

To create a "human appearance" like this does require quite a bit of dismemberment skills.

(End of this chapter)