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Chapter 572 The Situation of the Art Building
"What did you say?! Brother Xian went to the clock tower?! He...he! Sigh..." The art student was shocked and regretful upon hearing the news. He seemed to have guessed it beforehand, but hearing the news in person still made him let out a long sigh.

Seeing the reaction of the art student named "Li Zidan," Lin Yi knew that Mu Daxian was probably still "missing": "Has Mu Daxian not returned yet?"

Li Zidan shook his head slightly: "Brother Xian hasn't come back yet... so how did you know he was at the clock tower?"

“I know the Night’s Watch very well. You can ask them if you don’t believe me.” Lin Yi grabbed the Night’s Watch flag to endorse him.

Li Zidan pursed his lips.

Lin Yi also knew that Li Zidan would never ask the Night Watchman for confirmation. Apart from Teacher Yi, there was probably no one in the entire art building who was more familiar with the Night Watchman than him.

After all, "We were once of one mind, venturing together across mountains and seas."

He realized that memorizing texts was a foolproof method.

"Oh, by the way, you can also ask that art teacher called 'Big Golden Retriever.' My name is Lin Yi. Ask him, he'll definitely know."

“‘Big Golden Retriever’…” Li Zidan’s lips twitched violently. He was starting to believe Lin Yi’s words.

After all, someone who can so naturally call out "Golden Retriever" must have some talent.

After Lin Yi finished speaking, without waiting for Li Zidan to believe him or not, he asked directly, "I know about the situation the night before last. I just want to know how it was at your art building last night. How bad was the fighting? Did any areas fall?"

"What did you say your name was?" Li Zidan asked again.

"My name is Lin Yi," Lin Yi answered truthfully. "Can you tell me about it now?"

“I’m on campus now, perhaps we can exchange the latest information.”

Upon hearing this, Li Zidan's brows furrowed in a hint of excitement.

Just then, calls rang out continuously from outside the undulating layers.

"Donnie Yen!"

"Donnie Yen!"

"Donnie Yen..."

The art students surrounding Li Zidan all looked anxious. Soon, the art teacher who was protecting them also rushed to his side with the extraordinary lamp, attempting to violently wake him up.

Li Zidan glanced at his classmates, a hint of struggle flashing in his eyes, then gritted his teeth and chose to stay: "Tell me first, how's the campus?"

“There’s nothing to discuss,” Lin Yi said. “I haven’t had a proper look into the situation at the campus yet, but from what I know, there have been quite a few casualties among the cooks, homeroom teachers, and interns.”

"What about the stadium?" Li Zidan pressed.

Lin Yi said, "I haven't learned about the situation at the stadium yet..."

"That……"

"Alright, alright, it's my turn to ask," Lin Yi said.

But no sooner had Li Zidan finished asking his question than his entire body suddenly became ethereal, detaching him from the state that allowed them to converse.

"Damn it..." Lin Yi cursed under his breath, and he couldn't hold back any longer.

Dishonest!

No shame!
In order to gain people's trust, he at least told them some information. But unexpectedly, Li Zidan was not greedy at all. He ran away after getting a little information.

unacceptable!

Then don't blame me for being unreasonable!
Lin Yi was furious and charged at Li Zidan!
"Pop..."

Like popping a bubble, he punctured this thin membrane.

Then, he felt as if he had entered a vehicle, into Li Zidan's body, and briefly took over Li Zidan's control.

"What, what did you do?" Lin Yi heard Li Zidan's extremely terrified voice.

"You lack martial ethics, so I have no choice but to resort to this tactic." Lin Yi's tone was quite helpless.

“You…you…” Li Zidan was starting to back down.

But Lin Yi sneered, "Alright, give it to me!"

He completely took over Lee Ja-dan's body.

……

X023年5月11日，8:53，图书馆「？」层。

On the floor where the black and white Doric columns are located, in front of a bookshelf surrounded by art students, all the art students are calling out Li Zidan's name.

Li Zidan suddenly snapped back to reality and hurriedly cried out, "Teacher, I..."

He had barely finished speaking when he suddenly froze, as if time had stood still.

The next moment, he slowly stood still, and his entire demeanor seemed to have undergone a complete transformation.

“Li Zidan…Li…?!” The art teacher stared at “him” in horror, his expression changing drastically. “Who…who are you?”

"Brother Li?" The art students around him also subconsciously and tentatively asked.

"Stay away from him, he's not Lee Zidan now!" The art teacher was on high alert, holding up the extraordinary creation that looked like a lamp, like an explorer using a torch to scare away bats in a dark cave.

But as soon as Lin Yi arrived, the flame in the extraordinary lamp began to shake violently, as if it would go out at any moment.

"Don't be nervous." Lin Yi spoke slowly, his voice coming through Li Zidan's mouth, "He's not very cooperative, so I had no choice but to resort to this."

As soon as he said it, he suddenly felt that something was wrong. Why did it feel like a strange villain possessing someone?
Oh well, it's not important anymore.

"Time is limited, so I'll keep it brief," Lin Yi said. "I've already told Li Zidan about the campus, but he's unwilling to tell me about the art building, so I've come to ask you."

"Forget about it, we won't tell you anything," the art teacher said in a low voice.

"I'm not a bad person." Lin Yi raised his hand. "If you don't believe me, you can ask the Night Watchmen to verify my stance, or you can ask 'Big Golden Retriever' teacher."

"Who are you?" the art teacher asked cautiously, squinting his eyes.

As I said before, there aren't many people in the entire art building who can call the art teacher "Big Golden Retriever," because that's Old Mo's exclusive nickname for that art teacher.

Finally, someone asked that question... A wicked smile, like that of a dragon king, curled up at the corner of Lin Yi's mouth.

Then you'd better listen carefully—I am the architect, the master of city wall repair, the dream builder bestowed with secret runes by the sorcerer, the galactic baseball hero of the sports department, the master of the third kind of light of the art department, the layer jumper, the will infiltrator, the first substitute bell ringer of the Night Watch, the apostle of ash, the humanoid moving visual body, the Void-born Lin Yi Grand Venerable…

Countless witty remarks seemed to form naturally in his chest, rolling around, and then converging into four words on his lips: "My name is Lin Yi."

Well, he's definitely not Wei Liang; he still doesn't have the nerve to say such shameful and lewd things.

He continued, "The day before yesterday, I came to the Art Building with Lao Mo, went to the Clock Tower, and then returned to the campus."

"That's impossible!" The art teacher's expression changed drastically upon hearing this. "There's absolutely no way anyone could travel back and forth between the art building and the campus under those circumstances!"

"Alright, alright, we went to find Teacher Big Golden Retriever. You can just ask him to tell you if it's true or not," Lin Yi said helplessly, almost making a crab claw gesture. "I even summoned the projection of the convenience store owner in the art building. Does that make sense?"

The art teacher froze, and all the art students around him looked at each other in bewilderment.

The shop owner appeared in the art building only briefly, like a summoned unit that used a few skills before leaving. As a result, only a very small number of art students knew about it.

But the convenience store owner was summoned by this guy?!
"So... what do you want to ask?" the art teacher asked in a deep voice.

She was somewhat certain of Lin Yi's identity, but she still needed to remain vigilant.

This operation, which involves infiltrating a layer of will from the campus into the library and forcibly taking over Li Zidan's body, is no less outrageous than summoning a projection of a convenience store owner in the art building.

From a skill perspective, perhaps even the Night's Watch doesn't have such a skill set.

Lin Yi didn't mince words and quickly asked, "Which areas of the art building did the Grinning Angels infiltrate last night?"

A subtle glint flashed in the art teacher's eyes. The art building had been infiltrated by the Smirking Angels, but they hadn't yet spread the news. Yet Lin Yi was able to say it, which undoubtedly increased the credibility of Lin Yi's words.

Seeing the art teacher's shifty eyes, Lin Yi was speechless. He knew that this woman only half-believed him verbally, and didn't really trust him in her heart. So he said, "The day before yesterday, when I passed by the lobby of the art building, I saw a crack in the dome. A dozen or so grinning angels came in from there, and I guided them away through the Obsession Sculpture Corridor..."

"So, even if you consider the Smiley Angels' infiltration of the art building a secret, it's nothing to me."

"Okay, my patience is really limited. I hope you can answer my questions without hesitation."

Lin Yi said with a serious face.

The art teacher and the surrounding art students were intimidated by Lin Yi's imposing presence and fell silent.

Suddenly, an art student realized what was happening and pointed at Lin Yi (Lee Zi Dan) and said, "Teacher! I... I remember now! The day before yesterday, I was one of the people guarding the lobby of the art building. Around 2:00 to 3:00 in the morning, someone did run out from the direction of the gallery and attracted away a lot of the 'Grimace Angels,' which relieved a lot of our stress!"

"But... I feel like those grinning angels were drawn to him by him."

Lin Yi's lips twitched violently.

Damn it, can you please take back what you said after "but"?!

“Regardless of who attracted me, this student has already confirmed my existence. Now, can you answer my question?” Lin Yi stared into the art teacher’s eyes.

The art teacher pursed his lips and slowly told the truth: "Not only has it been infiltrated by the Grimace of Laughter, but some areas have also seen the appearance of tentacle-like creatures."

"Tentacles? Are they extending from those mountain-like supernatural creatures?" Lin Yi asked.

"How do you know? Did you see it with your own eyes?" the art teacher exclaimed.

"I've not only seen it, I almost got eaten alive by that thing." Lin Yi muttered to himself, then said, "I saw it when I left the art building, and I was almost killed by it. What exactly is that thing?"

The art teacher was momentarily shocked.

He was almost killed?!

The implication is that he was attacked by those tentacles and still survived?

What kind of monsters are these? It would be a real shame not to recruit someone of this caliber into the art building.

She said, "If it were just the infiltration of the Grimaceous Angel, we could have resisted. But when its tentacles infiltrated the art building, everyone it entangled had their flesh and blood devoured."

"Its appearance caused us heavy casualties."

"So how did you finally defeat it?" Lin Yi asked with concern.

"Thanks to the Night Watchmen, we were able to smash it to pieces," the art teacher said, still shaken by the experience.

Lin Yi then asked, "There's a new art teacher who's with the big golden retriever. Is she... still alive? Oh right, her name is Bai Fangshuo."

"Mr. Bai is very nice. Are you... his boyfriend?" the art teacher couldn't help but ask.

Upon hearing this news, Lin Yi secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that everything was alright: "No, we just know each other."

"One last question: has the art building area been breached?" Lin Yi was very concerned about the observatory. If the observatory had been occupied by the Laughing Angel or something else, then the Russians' operation today would be greatly affected.

The art teacher shook his head and said, "Why would you ask this question if no area has been captured?"

She was puzzled. Lin Yi seemed to know a lot about the Art Building, yet he also seemed to know nothing about it at all.

The art building is a unified structure; how could it have been breached?

She added, "Those invading tentacles were all shattered by the Night's Watch with the tolling of the Doomsday bells; the invading grinning angels were also annihilated by us."

Lin Yi was relieved: "That's good, farewell."

He could feel Li Zidan's will resisting him, although it wasn't very effective. But if this continued, he was afraid that Li Zidan would hurt himself.

Moreover, having occupied Li Zidan's body for so long, it's unknown whether it will have any negative impact on Li Zidan.

"Wait a minute!" the art teacher quickly called out to Lin Yi, "How's it going at the campus?"

Lin Yi stated succinctly, "The campus has also been attacked by a mysterious tentacle-like creature. I don't yet know if the tentacles originated from the thing near the art building or from the 'burial bodies' housed in the cafeteria's convenience store."

"In addition, the Forest of the Dead also attacked the campus, but was stopped by the homeroom teachers."

"From a regional perspective, there have been many fatalities and injuries near the teaching building, and quite a few homeroom teachers have also been injured. We don't know yet if there are any casualties..."

"As for the cafeteria, all the chefs in blue bibs at the food purchase window have been replaced with chefs in green bibs."

"We saw very few participants today, so the situation doesn't seem very optimistic."

"I haven't been to the stadium area yet, so I can't give you an answer."

"Goodbye."

Lin Yi finished speaking in one breath, and seeing that the art teacher did not ask any further questions, he began to withdraw from Li Zidan's body.

"Um... how is Brother Xian doing?" an art student couldn't help but ask.

(End of this chapter)