Chapter 481: Convincing People to Do Evil
Chapter 481: Convincing People to Do Evil (Happy Women's Day~)
The homeroom teacher-040 immediately asked: "Then tell me how you feel?"
Lin Yi's mind flashed back to the scene he saw when he fell through the layers. He slowly said, "Your consideration is not unreasonable, but your angle is wrong... Is it possible that the 'Original Ash Apostle' has, to some extent, reached a level that is enough to break the rules?"
"The closer one is to the rules, the more one is bound by them, but this does not include... the existence that makes the rules."
"The 'Original Ashbringer' thing... maybe its existence itself is a kind of rule, and when the rules repel each other, perhaps its 'code' is above the campus!"
"The shop owner said that it is a projection of the Ash Apostle path in the real world. It is a concrete rule. From this point of view... its existence is actually affected by Yuan Datou's ritual..."
"Perhaps it could not be projected, but the ritual performed by Yuan Datou provided some kind of 'coordinates' for its birth... After it descended, what it needed might not be pure killing, but perhaps 'energy' to maintain its 'existence'."
“Then His killing…” Class Teacher-040 was unable to wrap his head around it for a moment.
Lin Yi expressed his thoughts: "Initially, humans caught fish just to fill their stomachs, but for fish, it means killing... We 'humans' are too low in the order of life, and we have no control over life and death. If He obtains pure supernatural power and ashes, it is equivalent to eating delicious food. Then, is it possible that He will not care about other things when eating?"
"So... I was lucky enough to look at it without dying..."
"And those Laughing Angels... their powers were actually drained by the 'Original Ash Apostles', turning them into something like dead sculptures..."
“‘Those who chase light through the fog will eventually become phantoms’ is perhaps the saddest irony. They chase light through the fog, but the light never cares what is chasing it, and the chaser will eventually become a phantom… just like a fool charging for love.”
The head teacher-040 curled his lips and said: "You are talking nicely, so why don't you quote your sad history of being a dog licker..."
Lin Yi's mouth twitched fiercely: "What what... I just speak my mind."
"Okay, I know, I won't tell anyone..." Homeroom Teacher-040 waved his hands in disgust.
“Hey, hey, hey…I…” Lin Yida was speechless. He was really moved!
"Okay, classmate Lin, you don't want others to know that you were a bootlicker, right?" The head teacher-040 smiled "evilly", which made Lin Yi shiver subconsciously. "If you don't want to, then hurry up and get down to business."
"That 'Original Ash Apostle' didn't enter the classroom, but just kept absorbing ashes and supernatural powers. Although you were not sucked dry, you continued to lose layers. Although you saved your life, you didn't get any useful information at all, right?"
"Nonsense, nonsense!" Lin Yi blew his beard and glared, "I have gained something intangible, how can you say I have gained nothing?"
"Oh, right... Speaking of the layers dropping rapidly, I suddenly remembered that at that time, I seemed to have heard a sentence..."
"What?" Homeroom Teacher-040 asked quickly.
Lin Yi searched for a pure feeling, and his voice seemed to have turned into a subwoofer full of magnetism:
"'I, the "Principal", speak to the gray fog world'..."
Class teacher-040 widened her eyes, and her beautiful pupils behind the gold-rimmed glasses were filled with shock.
For some reason, although she heard the voice from Lin Yi's mouth, at a certain moment, she was really in a trance, as if she saw a figure on Lin Yi's body. The figure was blurry and surrounded by the boundless ocean. The surging waves were higher than the mountains. The sea was filled with thick fog that covered the sky and the sun. In front of that world, people's bodies and shadows were as small as a drop in the ocean.
"I, the "Principal", speak to the gray fog world!"
The man arrived at the end of the world alone, and the only response he received was the roar and howl caused by the strong wind and the waves.
The figure gradually changed and then turned into Lin Yi: "Teacher...?"
In the office, Lin Yi looked at the head teacher-040 with some concern. This was the second time he saw the head teacher-040 distracted in a short period of time.
"Hoo, hoo..." Homeroom Teacher-040's chest rose and fell, and she slowly took off her inner combat uniform. She frowned, and although she believed it, she still wanted to confirm it again, "Are you sure that was the principal's voice? Could it be the voice of someone impersonating someone else?"
Lin Yi spread his hands helplessly: "I don't know even if you ask me. I haven't even met the principal, so how can I know if it's true or not? But I feel like it can't be fake, right?"
Class teacher-040 groaned: "The key point is, how did the principal's voice emerge from the layer of the Ash Apostle?"
"What do you think is going on?" As a person who had fallen into the trap himself, Lin Yi had actually guessed something, but he wanted to see if the homeroom teacher -040 could think of it.
But he himself did not realize that the way he guided the homeroom teacher-040 to think was invisibly emitting some of Tian Bufan's temperament, and the homeroom teacher-040 really squinted his eyes and thought, and then said something shocking: "Could it be that the "Original Ash Apostle" is the principal?"
Oh my god... Lin Yi staggered and smiled bitterly: "Isn't your guess too bold?"
The head teacher-040 responded: "Who asked you to test me? Who is the teacher between us?"
"I'm an experience student, and you're an experience teacher. The entire campus is a huge script-killing game without a script..." Lin Yi spread his hands, "Teacher, we are serious teammates now, can we have a good discussion?"
"You can discuss, but you can't test me." Class teacher-040 frowned slightly, and the bookish temperament of the big sister next door disappeared on the spot. She emphasized, "I can only test others, and others can't test me."
What is this super teacher syndrome... Lin Yi pulled the corner of his mouth, not wanting to dwell too much on the identity of the real teacher, and got back to the point: "I feel that... that voice is indeed the principal's voice, but the store owner is not wrong, the "Original Ash Apostle" is definitely not the principal."
"Since the 'Original Ashbringer' is the projection of the Ashbringer's path on campus, then its existence itself is very likely to be contrary to the laws of reality. I think, I mean I think..."
"Its existence spans time and dimensions, and at one moment along that path, it may have interacted with a certain point in the life of the 'Principal'. That moment was imprinted in that path, and then seen by those who dropped the layer..."
"To put it simply, do you understand what a museum that records history is, teacher?" "I feel a little dizzy... go on." Head teacher-040 said in a daze.
Lin Yi continued, "Aren't there some precious images in the History Museum? What I mean is that the words of the "Principal" have become a certain "history" in the path through the influence of the Ash Apostle Path... Anyone who drops a layer may get such information."
"For the entire world, perhaps what happened at a certain point in time after the principal disappeared may have happened a long time ago, or it may have just happened, or it may not have happened at all... But in that latitude, everything may have already happened. The picture we see when the layer drops may be the picture of a certain point along this timeline..."
"I don't know whether it's in the past, present or future... but it does exist in a certain time and space."
Class teacher 040 felt dizzy after listening to what he said, and even became more and more confused. Her first reaction was not to understand Lin Yi's words, but to question Lin Yi as a person - this guy was very different from the first time he met him. How come his brain was like he was struck by lightning and his IQ suddenly changed?
"No...what you said is a bit confusing to me. What do you want to express?" asked the homeroom teacher-040.
Lin Yi explained: "What I mean is... there are many things that can be interpreted here. If it is something that has just happened or has already happened, then it means that the "Principal" has arrived near the Gray Fog World, and we don't know what happened. We must all be fully prepared for the existence of the Gray Fog World... Is there an entire Gray Fog World behind the Gray Fog invasion?"
"If that is something that has not happened yet, then would the headmaster want to use the characteristics of the Ash Apostle to warn us in the past about something in order to achieve the goal of reversing the future?"
Sending a warning from the future to the past...it's not like he hasn't encountered this before.
In the dream, he can interact with the past through dreams...Does this mean that the dreamer of deep dreams can interfere with the past?
He wasn't sure, but this was the logic behind his deduction of the principal's words.
"But no matter what the situation is, I feel you should report this matter to the authorities." Lin Yi said seriously, "Since I heard it, it means that we have caught the first wave of the butterfly effect. We seem to be powerless to change anything at the moment, but the authorities may be able to make some arrangements in advance."
Class teacher-040 looked at Lin Yi in surprise: "I didn't quite understand what you said before, but I understand the latter part."
Class teacher-040 knew clearly that it was much more important to admit that you didn't understand than to pretend to understand. She said that Lin Yi would explain to her later if she didn't understand. If she said she understood, and when the two of them were making plans, she would just go ahead and mess things up.
Strict training includes absolute discipline and relative honesty.
"But." Homeroom Teacher-040 suddenly spoke.
"Hmm?" Lin Yi asked.
Class teacher-040 sneered at him and said, "You just remembered something so important now? Tell me the truth, are you hiding something?"
Lin Yi sighed and shook his head like a rattle: "I just suddenly remembered it...that's all."
"Is it really gone?"
"Really...right." Lin Yi nodded.
Homeroom Teacher-040 rolled her eyes, but still turned around to record the incident in a folder, then snapped it shut and said, "Regarding other details, do you have any additional details... or any doubts?"
"Yes." Lin Yi nodded without hesitation.
There really is more! Class teacher-040 shook her head in anger. Lin Yi is really a toothpaste-type teammate. She has to squeeze it every time before something comes out!
Lin Yi first told the story about Zhang Lingzhen. Since he had already briefly talked about Zhang Lingzhen when he was telling the story before, he would only talk about the doubtful points now.
"The reason why Zhang Lingzhen became the Ash Apostle was because she ate a portion of the Burial Body at the store, and was eroded by the will of the Burial Body, and was then transformed."
"When I saw her in the classroom, there were two shadows floating around her body. One shadow was her own appearance, and the other was the appearance of the "burial body". It is worth mentioning that the appearance of the "burial body" is a mysterious creature that is a super-giant tree root fused together by a corpse, and it is a bit like an octopus or a jellyfish. "
"That thing was contained in the store, but its tentacles extended out from the store. The No. 10 purchase window and the base of the green bib chef should have been built around some of its tentacles."
"I don't know how many areas in the cafeteria were affected by the burial body, and of course this is not the key point of our discussion now. What I want to say is that Zhang Lingzhen's phantom only said one sentence from beginning to end, which was roughly 'save her'. There was nothing else, and even later there was no sound at all."
"Logically, if she still had some willpower left, she should have called for help a few more times instead of just making a splash, right?"
Class teacher-040 then speculated: "Do you suspect that Zhang Lingzhen's autonomous consciousness was actually released by the "Zangti" to deceive you?"
Lin Yi shook his head and said, "No."
Homeroom Teacher-040: "You..."
She was a little angry and wanted to beat up Lin Yi. This guy deliberately led her to say that and then denied it, making her look like a supporting role!
"Then you tell me!" she gritted her teeth.
Lin Yixin asked her what was wrong and why she was so angry for no reason.
"I suspect... the cry for help was indeed made by Zhang Lingzhen. Zhang Lingzhen has merged with the will of the "burial body", and her body has always been under her control. The will of the "burial body" is just an auxiliary control! However, her cry for help was not really for help, but to let me relax my vigilance and make it easier for her to take advantage of the opportunity. "
The will of the "Zangti" suppresses Zhang Lingzhen's deception of him, and Zhang Lingzhen spontaneously deceives him. It seems that both "Zhang Lingzhen's" body is doing things, but in essence they are two different natures.
"She did that because she really wanted to kill me!"
Lin Yi assumed the most evil and dark thoughts about Zhang Lingzhen.
Homeroom Teacher-040 was puzzled: "But wasn't she completely burned to ashes? Why are you still upset about this?"
(End of this chapter)