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Chapter 437: Rumors of the "Ash Apostle"

Night Watchman - 02 once said, "After the 'Original Apostles' founded the Black Moon Outpost, the 'Designer' Amon personally designed and worked with the Apostles to create many extraordinary creations, and gave the 'Time Compass,' 'Sanctum,' and 'Nether Reflection' to '01,' himself, and '03' respectively, to stabilize the layers of the Art Building, thereby ensuring that the power of the Gray Mist would not penetrate into the real world…"

And after many years, the Night Watchmen have also been inherited and iterated, but according to the inheritance, until the "Dark Turmoil" occurred, the number of Night Watchmen in the Art Building layer was still three, and then one died in battle.

And "Night Watchman - 02" is stationed in the Clock Tower, in charge of the quantum giant clock "Sanctum;"

"Night Watchman - 03" is stationed on the cliff, in charge of the green lamp ancient lamp "Nether Reflection;"

Then the one who died in battle must be "Night Watchman - 01" who holds the "Time Compass"!

There is also a key factor that he suddenly remembered!

According to the investigation by Head Teacher - 039, Shan Nan once participated in that armed force, he was one of the official armed forces!

And now it seems that Shan Nan is also one of the very few "survivors" in the mouth of the strange art female teacher!

"Rumble—"

A violent storm seemed to be set off in Lin Yi's mind, and a thunderbolt spanned more than 20 years, connecting the "Dark Turmoil" of the past with the current "Yuan Datou Incident."

Could it be that Shan Nan's re-entry into the school also involves this shocking case 20 years ago?!

Lin Yi felt that the mystery was getting bigger and bigger, and its intricate complexity seemed to be far beyond his imagination.

Could it be that this is a super conspiracy that has been planned for more than 20 years, since the establishment of the school?!

[They know that the school is about to collapse, so they want to harvest a big wave, and then they will no longer let the school live or die.] Lin Yi's mind flashed the words that Lao Mo said when he mentioned the radical faction.

A group of people in the officialdom want to drain the pond to catch all the fish!

And this time, is it possible that draining the pond to catch all the fish did not start with the Yuan Datou Incident, but… started after the failure of the Dark Turmoil?!

A… plan to drain the pond to catch all the fish with a time span of 20 years?!

[Hahahaha…]

[Take us away… Take us away…]

He seemed to hear the laughter of those broken sculptures in his ears. They were locked to the ceiling by iron chains, hanging down, chattering and shouting.

They shouted his name.

But what if they weren't calling his name?

What if they were calling… "01"?!

They were hung in abandoned classrooms…

Abandoned classrooms because of the appearance of the "Dark Turmoil"…

"Night Watchman - 01" sacrificed in the "Dark Turmoil"…

They… are related to "Night Watchman - 01"?!

And he just saw that hallucination, saw them calling "Night Watchman - 01", not… him?!

Could it be like this?!

"Xiao Zi, have you thought of something?" The voice of the strange art female teacher sounded in his ears, interrupting his thoughts.

Lin Yi quickly recovered: "That's right!"

That's right, but he only tells three points of what he has to say.

"Yesterday, before Lao Mo and I arrived at the Matrix, we ran into a person…"

He concealed some necessary details about Shan Nan's affairs to ensure that all three points of what he said were true.

But it's just… the truth he wanted the strange art female teacher to know.

"Really?!" The strange art female teacher's expression became serious when she heard this, "If that's the case, then this person is very likely to be a survivor of the 'Dark Turmoil'… He returned to the school, could it be that he is also here for the 'Ash Apostle'?"

Lin Yi then took the opportunity to ask: "What kind of existence is the 'Ash Apostle'?"

The strange art female teacher said: "I can't explain it very clearly… The 'Ash Apostle' is a vague concept, just like the familiar 'car'. If I put aside the word 'car' and let me describe what a 'car' is to you again, it is more complicated."

"It's okay if it's more complicated, just tell me what you know?" Lin Yi asked, he is really "thirsty for knowledge" now.

The strange art female teacher thought for a while, and a look of longing gradually appeared in her eyes: "'Ash Apostle'… is the pursuit of each of us."

"The Night Watchman's precepts say: 'Those who chase the light through the mist will eventually become phantoms.' All of us are 'those who chase the light through the mist,' butterflies rushing to the bonfire on the extraordinary path, bubbles chasing the light in the waves…"

"But, the 'Ash Apostle' is different… It is someone who has already touched the light…"

"'Angels scatter ashes, and apostles hold them, chasing the bright light,' this is the 'Ash Apostle'!"

"They are messengers of 'Angels' and life forms that truly carry the power of 'Glorious Evolution'!"

"It is the ultimate pursuit and creation of endless life!"

The more the strange art female teacher said, the more excited she became. Her arms swayed, and her cold golden eyes looked forward, focusing her gaze and revealing a fanatical look.

The other fanatics in the classroom were also drawn by the aura, and they all became fanatical, and a missionary-like fanatical atmosphere quickly filled the entire classroom.

Some fanatics even whispered: "I AvgruNnen av tKe og mrke jaGer forTapte Sjeler fanTome!"

"I AvgruNnen av tKe og mrke jaGer forTapte Sjeler fanTome!"

"I AvgruNnen av tKe og mrke jaGer forTapte Sjeler fanTome…"

More and more fanatics began to chant, and then even the strange art female teacher joined the chanting…

"Damn! These guys are really crazy!" Lin Yi muttered in his heart. Seeing that the situation was not right, he didn't try to get information from the strange art female teacher, and planned to take Li Huiyuan's hand and run away first.

But the strange art female teacher noticed Lin Yi's actions, quickly withdrew from the fanatical state, and then continued: "Not only that, I also heard a certain rumor about the 'Ash Apostle'."

Lin Yi quickly changed his action of taking Li Huiyuan's hand and running away, into gently touching Li Huiyuan's hand, and then said with convincing acting skills: "Your hands are a bit cold, is it a bit cool here? Ah, well, teacher, please continue."

He looked at the strange art female teacher: "What was that rumor about?"

The strange art female teacher glanced at his actions, and then continued: "Legend has it that the serial number of the 'Ash Apostle' is very far ahead, and only one 'Ash Apostle' will exist at the same time in this path."

“Whenever an angel scatters ashes, countless living beings can try to accept them, but only those who bear the ashes and do not die are qualified to compete for the name of 'Apostle of Ash'.”

“But no matter how many people compete for the name 'Apostle of Ash,' in the end, only one person can become the 'Apostle of Ash.'”

“A sequence competition, one slot for each candidate.”

“Originally, it was impossible for an 'Apostle of Ash' to appear on campus. The school would do everything possible to prevent the probability of the 'Apostle of Ash' from descending...”

“But according to you, after the principal disappeared, someone designed a way to break the campus's layers, causing the 'ashes' of the 'angel' to scatter onto the campus. Moreover, an 'Apostle of Ash' also sneaked in...”

“It's true that 'Apostles of Ash' will compete with each other until only one remains. But if a worm falls into a Gu pot, even if the remaining worms kill each other until only one is left, it won't be able to possess the sequence...”

Hearing this, Lin Yi couldn't help but say, "So, there should be many 'Apostles of Ash' over at the art building, while there's only one here on campus, and this one is directly qualified to advance to the finals?"

The one on campus is basically just waiting to reap the benefits.

But if you look at it from a training perspective, this Apostle of Ash certainly wouldn't be able to defeat the Apostle of Ash who has experienced the trials of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, right?

Or is there another explanation? It's not calculated that way?

The eerie art teacher shook her head and said, "You're thinking too simply. I feel like there's a problem here."

"Oh? I'm all ears!" Lin Yi quickly asked.

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The eerie art teacher glanced at him: "It doesn't hurt to tell you, I feel like someone is plotting to kill the 'Apostles of Ash'."

"'Plotting to kill'?!" Lin Yi was shocked. "Can Apostles of Ash be killed? How can they be killed?"

The eerie art teacher said, "A head-on confrontation is definitely impossible. In the face of the Apostles of Ash, the power of reality is insignificant. Facing an Apostle of Ash is like an ant seeing a giant tree."

"Perhaps only the security guard and the convenience store owner on the entire campus can contend with it, and that's because they have the advantage of terrain."

"Actually, we had already noticed the appearance of the 'Apostle of Ash' on campus, but we've been living peacefully with it, minding our own business."

"Because the Apostle of Ash simply looks down on us; it will only kill competitors that pose a threat to it."

"However, the transcendent power it uses is different from ours. Without replenishment, its own transcendent characteristics will continuously decline over time. At the same time, 'ashes' will constantly scatter from its body. In the end, it will fall because of the lack of transcendent power."

"This process may be very long, because whenever the gray mist invades, it can obtain supplies from the art building through the distorted layers. So, even though it has been declining, it's still not bad..."

Lin Yi's eyes flickered: "I see... So they formulated a plan to collect 'ashes'... Given the Apostle of Ash's rate of decay, plus the fact that the Apostle of Ash won't attack ordinary people, it's like letting in a chicken that lays golden eggs!"

What a bunch of vampires, they're even exploiting the Apostle of Ash! Lin Yi was dumbfounded; this is too capitalist!

It's like a group of dung beetles secretly kidnapping an elephant. The elephant won't deliberately step on the dung beetles, but the dung beetles happily roll dung balls with the elephant's feces.

But if that's the case, when the Apostle of Ash entered the classroom on the first night, could it really have been because it sensed his 'threat' and came to find him specifically?

And then, because he had only just begun to 'adapt' to the campus at that time, he managed to escape that disaster.

If his inspiration had exploded from the start, he would have been like a bright light in the dark, directly killed by the Apostle of Ash?

If that's the case, it would also explain why the Apostle of Ash went to find Tian Bufan, because the pollution between them was shared.

So, the boss tried to eliminate his ashes as soon as possible, because if he was contaminated with ashes, even the boss might not be able to protect him?

After all, what he was facing was a mysterious sequence creature that originally could not have appeared on campus—the 'Apostle of Ash'!

Wait!

Then, according to this logic, given his current ash-bearing capacity, wouldn't the Apostle of Ash definitely come to his door tonight?!

Damn it... Lin Yi cursed inwardly, goosebumps rising on his arms.

He suddenly had an evil plan: If he agreed to join forces with the eerie art teacher and the others now, could he make them fight when the Apostle of Ash came knocking?

As soon as this thought popped up, it was extinguished by Lin Yi the next second.

Because it was meaningless.

According to the logic that the Nightwalkers feared him, these fanatical believers would probably be no stronger than chives when facing the Apostle of Ash.

A rattan armor can't withstand a fiery assault; even if you save them, they'll just be drooling.

"Teacher, do you have any other guesses?" Lin Yi asked softly, not letting go of any opportunity to gather information.

Especially from the fanatical believers' side, who might be able to give the head teacher - 040 new inspiration.

The eerie art teacher's expression was somewhat solemn: "I'm afraid the truth of the matter is even darker than I guessed."

"How so?" Lin Yi asked.

The eerie art teacher glanced at him: "Some people will go crazy if a single elixir that only immortals can eat suddenly falls down."

"Are you saying...?" Lin Yi quickly reacted. "Some people will risk death to try even if they know they can't bear the ashes?"

"There will definitely be more than a few people like that!" The eerie art teacher nodded. "Among the slaves mining diamonds, there will always be a few who risk death to smuggle diamonds out, let alone ashes."

"And once they bear the ashes, they will be marked. Whether they can withstand it or not, the ashes will ignite the host, making them a target for the Apostle of Ash."

"After being ignited by the ashes, they are a tonic for the Apostle of Ash. It will come to their door, kill them, and devour their remains."

"Moreover, these people are definitely not a match for the Apostle of Ash, so they are destined to be killed and devoured by the Apostle of Ash..."

"In other words, if a force sends many people in to collect ashes, then we might as well expand our speculation and think about the worst possible scenario. Their purpose is definitely not just to collect ashes."

"It is very likely that this force is trying to feed the Apostle of Ash in every possible way!"