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Chapter 574 Li Huiyuan is injured

His writings became admonitions; does this mean that he also underwent some kind of change that he himself was unaware of?
But... is this just a coincidence?
Or is it... inevitable?
Or perhaps it's because he's been exposed to too many extraordinary beings lately, so everything he sees appears extraordinary?

It's like looking at too many silk threads—no, I mean, too many clouds in the sky—and subconsciously starting to associate them with animals.

He just felt it was similar, and then his perception matched it automatically?

He wasn't sure.

So he calmed down and started flipping through the pages of the book again.

Gradually, he seemed to enter that strange state again. He saw floating words and those admonitory runes.

In a daze, he began to hear other sounds.

Amidst the "whoosh" sound, which resembled both waves and the turning of pages, he seemed to hear the "clanging" sound of chains swaying...

He heard some distant songs...

['Lin Yi, oh Lin Yi...where are you going...']

【'Lin Yi, oh Lin Yi... where can you go...'】

This is the song of the broken sculpture. He no longer felt as horrified as when he first heard it, and he looked up at the ceiling with practiced ease.

As soon as he looked up, his face was almost pressed against the somewhat eerie face of a broken sculpture.

The broken sculpture, with half its face torn apart, emitted a hoarse singing voice:

【'Come back, come back...'】

"I'll wait for you in the desolation..."

['You know my identity and name...']

['You know my power and influence...']

Suddenly, the classroom ceiling was covered with broken sculptures, and all of them were singing this song:
【'Lin Yi... Lin Yi...'】

['Destiny is like the loop of an ouroboros...it goes round and round and always returns to the starting point...']

【'Lin Yi... Lin Yi...'】

【When the Black Moon fades…】

[Let's loudly proclaim my name...]

【'Lin Yi, oh Lin Yi…'】

A sound seemed to begin throbbing within Lin Yi's chest; his heart seemed to start beating, his blood seemed to begin boiling, and his body seemed to begin to move and beat in rhythm with this sound...

However, while his body reacted in this way, his will remained perfectly clear.

These things don't affect him.

He turned his gaze away from the broken sculpture, and the song began to fade away at an alarming rate until it disappeared completely.

The broken sculpture quickly faded from his sight.

"These things... really can no longer affect me."

This thought came to Lin Yi's mind.

However, when everything calmed down, Lin Yi discovered something terrifying—he hadn't raised his head at all!

He looked at the notepad and saw the secret inscriptions of the admonitions, as well as the broken sculpture.

He raised his head in his "cognition," but in reality, he didn't—his "cognition" had been affected in that brief moment of distraction!
The broken sculpture did not affect him, but it somehow made him "ignorant" of a different kind of detail!
Upon realizing this, Lin Yi broke out in a light sweat.

The invisible terror is the real terror.

Compared to the layer falling, what might be more terrifying for Lin Yi is the "overwriting" of a certain detail!
A kind of butterfly effect-like cognitive rewriting!
After being overwritten, let him keep moving forward in the butterfly effect until he reaches a point of no return, or even more terrifyingly, let him keep going aimlessly until he finally reaches the end.

Lin Yi's emotions were in turmoil, and he could not calm down for a long time.

He began to realize that as he adapted, the real terror would come from a silent infiltration rather than a dramatic shock to his understanding.

After hesitating for a long time, he picked up his pen and turned to the latest page of the notepad.

This page is wrinkled, like a dried leaf.

Without hesitation, Lin Yi casually wrote down five characters: "Hehehehehe".

He had no intention of recording any more information; he simply wanted to see if anything he wrote down would turn into a secret inscription, like a warning.

"Snapped!"

After writing five "桀" characters, he slammed the notepad shut, then leaned back, letting his weight fall onto the chair back, and looked up at the ceiling.

"call--"

He let out a long breath.

There was nothing on the ceiling except for the incandescent light bulb, but the light always seemed to sway and flicker unintentionally, as if carrying heavy ripples, and in a daze, the face of the broken sculpture floated.

He looked away and glanced at his watch again.

9: 23.

Before I knew it, it was almost noon again. In another hour, I could head to the cafeteria to face off against the chefs in green aprons.

Time is such a subtle thing. When he was busy exploring the campus, a minute felt like it could be stretched into two. But now, time seems to be passing very quickly, as if an invisible hand is pressing the "skip" key.

Just then, the classroom door opened.

Lin Yi quickly looked over.

The person who opened the door was none other than Xu Shunkang.

Lin Yi was overjoyed and quickly looked behind Xu Shunkang. However, even after all nine physical education students behind him had entered the classroom, Lin Yi still couldn't find Li Huiyuan.

He suddenly had a bad feeling, so he quickly got up from his seat and walked towards Xu Shunkang and the others.

At this moment, Xu Shunkang led the physical education students to sign in one after another. Then, he was kept behind by the class teacher -040 for a talk. When he saw Lin Yi coming over, Xu Shunkang stopped halfway through his sentence and looked at Lin Yi with some wariness in his eyes.

What they were talking about was almost a secret, and even Xu Shunkang's understanding of Lin Yi was still based on yesterday morning; he had no idea that Lin Yi's current strength had far exceeded his imagination.

To be more precise, his understanding of Lin Yi was still based on what happened during PE class on the afternoon of May 9th. At that time, Lin Yi was receiving training from the senior student. Although he showed impressive physical strength, his overall performance was still lacking. While he met the standards of a beginner PE student, he was still far behind the veteran PE students.

Therefore, in his mind, Lin Yi had always been at that level, after all, it was impossible for a person to improve so much in a short period of time.

All the physical education students were looking at Lin Yi.

Xu Shunkang frowned slightly. Out of respect for his boss, he felt awkward about being direct and saying that they were discussing serious matters and that Xu should step aside if there was nothing else. "Is there something you need?"

Lin Yi then asked, "Senior, where is Li Huiyuan?"

Upon hearing Li Huiyuan's name, Xu Shunkang frowned slightly and said warily, "Why are you asking about this?"

Seeing this, Lin Yi felt an even stronger sense of unease: "Has something happened to her?"

“She…with the boss around, she’ll be fine,” Xu Shunkang said. “You don’t need to ask any more questions. If you really want to know, you can go find the boss during PE class.”

Xu Shunkang remained silent about Li Huiyuan, seemingly unwilling to tell her the truth.

Lin Yi looked to his homeroom teacher for help.

The homeroom teacher twirled the pen between her fingers, then slowly said, "Xu Shunkang, just say what you want to say. Lin Yi is one of us."

Xu Shunkang was taken aback.

Our own people? What do you mean, our own people?

The homeroom teacher-040 added, "He is an official."

Xu Shunkang looked surprised, not shocked, but puzzled. The scene of his first meeting with Lin Yi during evening self-study on May 6th flashed through his mind...

Officials...why did his first impression of Sha be so...cough, idiot?
The homeroom teacher, 040, gestured to Lin Yi, who understood that she probably wanted him to prove his identity in the simplest and most direct way.

But what proof could he possibly have? He had no evidence to prove whether he was an official or not. The only thing that could convince him that he was an official was probably Tian Bufan's statement, "We're considered official, aren't we?"

But with the atmosphere already set so high, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and produce some proof.

He reached up and wiped his cheek, and a dazzling golden flame suddenly ignited deep within his dark eyes.

The surrounding physical education students were all attracted by Lin Yi's movements and subconsciously looked over. As soon as they looked, they all saw the golden flames blooming in Lin Yi's eyes.

As soon as the golden flames appeared, an indescribable, terrifying pressure quietly spread out. The space around Lin Yi's face even showed a slight distortion, as if it were distorted by the high temperature, or as if it were distorted by an unknown force.

Those physical education students who saw the golden flames in Lin Yi's eyes also seemed to have their own golden flames ignited within them. However, when their golden eyes appeared, it confirmed the saying—

Without eyesight, they saw Lin Yi as a frog at the bottom of a well looking up at the moon; once they opened their eyes, they saw Lin Yi as a mayfly seeing the blue sky.

Both of them had golden eyes, but their eyes only had a golden hue in their pupils, while Lin Yi's eyes were engulfed in golden flames, making his face appear distorted.

The physical education students were all pale-faced, and even Xu Shunkang had a fine layer of sweat on his forehead.

Facing Lin Yi, they felt as if they were facing a demon or monster; even their physical education teacher had never given them this level of pressure.

The homeroom teacher, 040, twirled her pen with a smile, showing no fear whatsoever when facing Lin Yi.

"That's about enough, Lin Yi, don't scare them."

Lin Yi wiped his eyes, and only then did half of his eye return to normal.

He glanced at the homeroom teacher-040, only to see the homeroom teacher-040 purse his lips, his expression roughly saying: Damn it, you tricked me.

After the oppressive aura dissipated, the group of physical education students finally breathed a long sigh of relief. However, when they looked at Lin Yi again, everyone's eyes were different.

His face clearly conveyed the word "respect".

Might makes right, and although it sounds crude, it is indeed applicable everywhere.

When that oppressive aura descended upon them, most of them instinctively thought, "Great Sage, please withdraw your supernatural powers!"

However, they lacked the ability to speak.

Fortunately, the homeroom teacher (040) stepped in to help.

"Lin Yi, you...you..." Xu Shunkang's eyes widened, his face full of disbelief. "With such strength, you're still hiding from being cuckolded in the cafeteria?"

He naturally thought of the two times he went to the student passage to help Lin Yi out of trouble, but now that he knows Lin Yi's strength, looking back, his actions seem somewhat absurd and laughable.

This kind of plot is like a popular meme from One Piece. If Ace hadn't risked his life to block Akainu's punch at Marineford, Luffy would have already activated his Nikka form two years ago.

Clown Oda!

But just like that meme, Lin Yi back then didn't have the abilities he has now, just like Luffy back then was just a normal rubber man.

"Back then... my strength was actually suppressed." That was the only explanation Lin Yi could offer. "Thanks to the boss's help, I was able to slowly recover my strength..."

"So, when you first saw me, I was indeed... cough, very stupid."

Xu Shunkang was also a little embarrassed, and could only scratch the back of his head awkwardly. Looking back now, he suddenly understood Lin Yi's stupid behavior, which he had thought was stupid at the time.

"So, you want to know about Xiao Huiyuan, right?" After learning that Lin Yi was "one of our own," Xu Shunkang didn't have time to think about his previous guesses about "soldiers and generals" and quickly presented the news about Li Huiyuan.

Looking at Xu Shunkang's gentle smile, Lin Yi's lips twitched involuntarily. To be honest, he still preferred the somewhat domineering Galaxy Stick Warrior.

"Yes, what exactly happened to Li Huiyuan?"

Xu Shunkang then said, "Xiao Huiyuan was injured last night. The eldest brother has already taken her to the school clinic. It's nothing serious. You'll see her during PE class this afternoon."

"Is that all?" Lin Yi pressed. If that's all, Xu Shunkang wouldn't be so tight-lipped, would he?
Xu Shunkang shook his head slightly: "It's definitely more than that, but that's all I know..."

“Xiao Huiyuan was always with the boss, but last night… the boss left the gymnasium and took a group of brothers to support the art building. By the time the boss came back, Xiao Huiyuan was already injured.”

Upon hearing that Li Huiyuan was injured, Lin Yi's expression immediately became tense, but he didn't say anything and continued to listen to Xu Shunkang.

"Moreover, Xiao Huiyuan was brought back by the eldest brother."

“We are also very concerned about Xiao Huiyuan’s injuries, because…” he said, then suddenly hesitated and glanced at the homeroom teacher-040.

The homeroom teacher, 040, nodded slightly and said, "You don't need to worry. He knows far more than you do... Instead of worrying about influencing his understanding, you should worry more about yourselves and not let his understanding influence you."

Upon hearing what their homeroom teacher, 040, said, Xu Shunkang and the other physical education students around him couldn't help but pout.

Although what you said is true, saying it so bluntly makes me feel so incompetent...

Most importantly, when the homeroom teacher -040 said this, Lin Yi actually had a smug look on his face that said, "She's right, that's the truth."

(End of this chapter)