Rules-related weird stories: 4016

Because the quantum state itself has no concept of time, and even transcends time, if any burning "Ashen Apostle" could sink into a state of conscious depravity like he just did, then that would mean that in the dimension of time, there exist countless "Ashen Apostle" consciousnesses, which would also confirm the origin of those countless vortex-shaped patterns!

The "Ashen Apostle" can be "one and only," or it can be "all!"

Moreover, this "state" of the "Ashen Apostle" should be extremely unstable, because ash itself is not stable. Even a vessel, once overloaded, will burn to the extreme, just like that "Ashen Apostle · Fireman."

Once burned to ashes, perhaps it will also perish.

"Like… a ‘heavenly tribulation’?”

“Yes! Perhaps it can be compared to a ‘heavenly tribulation’!”

Once you become an "Ashen Apostle", it means that a heavenly tribulation has descended. Only by breaking through the shackles of the "Ashen Apostle" within a limited time can you possibly be reborn and become a higher-level life form!

Failure means falling.

As for those units that cannot even bear the ashes, they are equivalent to unlucky ghosts who die immediately upon touching the aura of the heavenly tribulation.

This is the "Ashen Apostle!"

Lin Yi felt that he had seen through the mysteries of the "Ashen Apostle" path!

Therefore, he defined several stages for the "Ashen Apostle" in his mind—the "scorched level" of initial contact with ash but unable to bear it, such as the former homeroom teacher - 039; the "vessel level" like him who bore the ash and did not die; and then the "burning level" like the "Non-Existent Person" who had already begun to burn…

As for the "conceptual sculpture", he believed that it was actually the projection of the "Ashen Apostle" path in the real world, that is, the "complete state" of the "Ashen Apostle"—a quantum-state life structure that could not be killed no matter how hard you tried.

However, because of the "Ashen Apostle's" own desire for "ash", it would definitely hunt down other "Ashen Apostles" existing in the real world, because to the complete body, the incomplete bodies are, in the end, just a kind of "ash aggregate."

Like a greedy snake, as long as you blow up the opponent, you can turn them into food and eat them.

"Now that both I and the conceptual sculpture are glassy, glittering things… if I encounter it, can I escape?”

After thinking for a while, Lin Yi looked back at his almost completely reshaped body, and couldn't help but have this question in his mind.

Lin Yi didn't think about the question of "can I beat it", because his intuition told him that he couldn't, and to be on the safe side, he would definitely protect himself instead of being reckless.

After his body was completely reshaped in the burning ashes, the pulling sensation from the ashes on the door also weakened a lot.

He tried to pull it, and there was still resistance, but it was obviously not that strong anymore.

So he tried to break free, but… the ashes still缠着him like藕丝, and no matter how hard he pulled, it was useless.

"Why isn't it working yet?"

Lin Yi muttered, and then, as if thinking of something, he tried to issue some kind of command in his heart.

"Break!"

"Poof…"

To Lin Yi's surprise, the ashes that connected him to the portal really broke open in response, the part connected to the portal shrinking back to the portal, and the part connected to his body being reabsorbed by him, seeping into his body little by little.

With the disappearance of the suction, Lin Yi felt an unprecedented sense of ease, as well as a sense of joy as if he had been reborn.

The ashen flames on his body also began to retreat into his body little by little, eventually disappearing.

He looked at his body, and his perception penetrated the school uniform and entered his body, and he found that his body now seemed to be no different from before, but with a little guidance, the extraordinary power that should have surged originally turned from a sky-blue aura into a sky-blue temperament mixed with crystal-like brilliance…

"Impure power? No, it's not impure, but so pure that it's crystallizing?”

Lin Yi clenched his fist, and the sky-blue aura wrapped around his fist in an almost materialized form, with crystal-like particles as if they were enchanted.

But that's not enough, Lin Yi felt that there was more than that.

So he tried to condense these crystal particles, and as the crystal particles condensed, that part of the area began to refract a glass-like luster, and a strange and sacred aura began to emanate from it…

The next moment, as if burning, a faint crimson-gold flame began to emerge on his body. This flame looked exactly like the ashes burning, but at this moment it was his own power, and he had it in his hands.

The appearance of the flame seemed to illuminate an area, dispelling a lot of the surrounding cold aura.

But at this moment, Lin Yi seemed to hear the sound of wind blowing on a candle in his ear, and in that "whooshing" sound, there was also a whispering call…

【…lyset…】

【lyset…】

【…】

A flash of light flashed in Lin Yi's eyes, and then he looked towards a certain place inside the convenience store following the sound…

The light inside the convenience store was soft, but the temperature was colder than usual, and a layer of thin, faint mist floated on the ground, like illusory tentacles crawling out of the ground…

It was not until this time that Lin Yi had the mind to observe the situation inside the convenience store.

But if he didn't look, he wouldn't know, and the sight really frightened him.

The overall environment inside the convenience store seemed to be no different from usual, but when he looked deeper, Lin Yi found that the situation here had already undergone earth-shattering changes from what he remembered!

Before, because he was entangled with the ashes, he was not able to observe the situation of the convenience store properly. Now that he was no longer affected by the ashes, he immediately felt the strange aura that lingered in the convenience store.

The structure of the convenience store, which was close to an air-raid shelter, itself gave people a sense of depression, and now the light in the convenience store had become much colder from the soft one, giving people a feeling of a dying person struggling for breath, and a bleak atmosphere quietly permeated.

Some of the shelves in the convenience store were leaning to one side, as if they had been wantonly tossed by an invisible giant hand. The originally neatly arranged goods were scattered all over the floor, and the broken glass shards shone with a dangerous cold light in the dim light. The food packaging bags were torn open, and crumbs of bread and biscuits were sprinkled all over the floor, and some seemed to have been trampled and crushed. Just looking at it filled Lin Yi's heart with an ominous premonition.

There were also some traces on some of the shelves, like claw marks or scars formed after being scraped by some kind of blunt object. Through perception, Lin Yi could also sense the condensed and lingering evil aura in them.

Lin Yi didn't see any blood here, but the cold environment was filled with the smell of blood and gunpowder, mixed with the smell of some rotten minced meat, which made people feel nauseous and almost vomited.

"What's going on?"

"Could something have happened to the convenience store owner too?"

"But…"

But it hasn't even been half a day since he last saw the convenience store owner at the clock tower. What could have happened?

He originally thought the convenience store owner would be waiting for him here, even when the ash on the door stuck to him, he thought it was a test from the convenience store owner. But he never expected to be greeted by such a scene.

The ash on the door was a real trap, and the convenience store owner had left after staying behind.

"What should I do now?!"

He came as promised, but the convenience store owner wasn't here. This was a real pain in the ass.

It's like I escorted the goods here, only to find the escort agency raided?

It couldn't be that bad, right?

He really wanted to call out to the convenience store owner, but when he thought about how calling out in this kind of place might summon something unknown, he decided to keep his mouth shut.

He gradually calmed down.

"That's right, I can't be deceived by the convenience store owner's performance at the clock tower..."

After all, whether it was Lao Mo or Head Teacher -039, Head Teacher -040, they all said the convenience store owner was injured. So, the convenience store owner definitely wouldn't be as nonchalant as he was last night.

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I can't be deceived by that first impression!

So, the convenience store owner might be recuperating somewhere in the convenience store?

Then what's with the trap?

Was it to warn him that the 'Ash Apostle' was coming?

Then what happens after it comes?

Lin Yi frowned slightly, still unable to figure it out. But he understood that the convenience store owner's absence was indeed a problem. But despite the problem, Lao Mo's heart should still be handed over to the convenience store owner. Firstly, it was a promise, and secondly, he couldn't just carry Lao Mo's heart around, could he?

He had many dangerous things to do next. Carrying Lao Mo's heart around was a problem because it could easily be lost. What if his mind was eroded at some point, and he accidentally ate Lao Mo's heart as sustenance? That would be a huge embarrassment.

So, handing the heart over to the convenience store owner was a must.

After making the decision, he bypassed the scattered goods on the ground, randomly grabbed three rolls of biscuits from the relatively intact shelves, and walked towards the exit of the convenience store while spreading his senses to find the convenience store owner.

The shelf area was filled with a thin mist that barely covered the insteps, and walking through it felt like traversing a deep mountain forest.

Lin Yi looked at the shelves around him, and the more he looked, the more he felt like they were carved from ancient tree stumps growing in the old forest. Coupled with the gloomy and humid atmosphere and the faint mist, it really gave off a strange feeling.

It was as if he had arrived in a man-made Jurassic environment greenhouse.

He slowly moved along the green arrow pointing towards the exit, but as he walked, he suddenly heard a faint call.

【…lyset…】

【lyset…】

【…】

The intermittent, eerie calls came from somewhere in the bookshelf area, exuding a strong sense of bewitchment, hovering in his ears.

He turned his head and glanced in that direction. In the depths of the dim shelf area, beneath the surging mist, there seemed to be a huge monster slowly wriggling.

【lyset…lyset…】

"Whoosh—"

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

"Boom—"

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

"This is...? !"

Appearing in front of Lin Yi was a terrifying hill made of countless corpses. It was like an evil creation born from twisted, dark, deep nightmares, emitting a nauseating stench and the aura of death.

These corpses were not ordinary human remains. Each body showed horrifying abnormalities. Their limbs were twisted and intertwined, as if they had experienced endless pain and struggle in their lives.

These corpses were piled up together in no particular order, and some were even folded at angles beyond reason, as if they had no bones.

Some corpses seemed to have merged with each other, growing extra limbs. Slender, scaly tentacles stretched out abruptly from the shoulders or waist, shimmering with a wet sheen in the dim light, as if they were still twitching unconsciously...

There were also some corpses with swollen and deformed heads, their facial features twisted beyond recognition, their eyes bulging like light bulbs, staring blankly into the void, their mouths wide open, as if emitting silent screams... It was like grabbing the figures from the world-famous painting "The Scream" by the feet, ravaging them, and throwing them into the pile of corpses.

There were also some corpses covered with a thick layer of greenish, snot-like mucus, emitting a pungent odor. It was a stench mixed with rotten flesh, venom, and unknown substances, making Lin Yi feel dizzy and nauseous as soon as he smelled it.

These mucus slowly flowed down the contours of the corpses, gathering into pools of glowing puddles on the ground, as if it was the evil blood from another dimension.

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

But there were countless sarcomas on its body, and the appearance of the sarcomas made Lin Yi feel extremely familiar... They actually looked extremely similar to a certain tentacle of the "angel" in the black tide.

But overall, it didn't look very similar... In other positions on the corpse, some sarcomas had also opened a slit, inside of which was an eyeball covered with bloodshot eyes.

The eyeball seemed to be cast with molten gold, exuding a kind of coldness that did not belong to the mortal world, creating a huge contrast with its evil and bloated appearance.

There were also some sarcomas with the seams tightly closed, but a viscous black liquid was seeping out little by little from the seams. This liquid was extremely similar to the oily liquid that had been constantly 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 corpses below, making a sizzling sound, as if corroding everything it touched...

He felt that the surrounding light was very dark, and the air seemed to be filled with an invisible pressure. There were not many eyeballs on the corpse, but he felt like he was being spied on by countless invisible eyes.