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Chapter 587 Dismantling the Smiling Angel
At this point, he suddenly understood why these purebred nocturnal creatures had been able to survive on campus for so long—because of their status, even the security guards were too lazy to deal with them.

Even the official guidelines only provide some simple regulations.

In essence, these filthy things are disgusting, but it is entirely possible to avoid being harmed by them during the experience.

However, although he looked down on these purebred Nightwalkers, these purebred Nightwalkers thought highly of him.

They fear Lin Yi, yet yearn to be near him, instinctively embodying the "follower of the light through the mist" effect.

Lin Yi showed a slight displeasure, and the group of purebred nocturnal creatures shrank back into the space between the walls, not daring to even raise their heads, only daring to secretly observe Lin Yi.

However, Lin Yi had already left.

When Lin Yi stopped paying attention to them, they were unable to apply the "Void Detection" mechanism to Lin Yi. In the huge stairwell, they completely lost Lin Yi's "aura".

Lin Yi looked at the covered bridge again.

The mystery of the moss on the outside of the covered bridge was also solved as his understanding deepened.

Firstly, the teaching building can indeed "float" between layers, and secondly, these mosses are actually traces left behind by the dead nocturnal species.

In general, the significance of this moss on the covered bridge is far less important than the mystery behind its existence.

If we put these things into "Minecraft" and analyze them carefully, we might be able to get another form of the school building below the layers.

However, he doesn't have time to tinker with these things right now.

It wasn't that he was unwilling, but he had brought Li Huiyuan here once when she was still a "cannon fodder" character. At that time, he had also forcibly distorted the teaching building in "Minecraft" by simply adjusting the position of the moss, making it reveal a surreal cube shape that violated geometric logic.

Even now, Lin Yi still finds that form somewhat incomprehensible and impressive.

If we want to conduct research, we should at least wait for a sunny day.

On such a gloomy and dark day, one could easily get stuck in the gloom. Whether he could get out was not the problem; the real problem was that he might miss his physical education class, which would be something he would truly regret.

Moreover, he had other things to do when he came to the restroom.

He glanced at the restroom, and then... walked straight to the elevator on the other side of the same direction.

The elevator lobby was at the boundary between light and shadow. The dim light cast a hazy mist over the lobby in front of Lin Yi, making it appear as if it had faded from a distance.

Lin Yi walked forward, and as soon as he stepped into the shadows, he heard a series of murmuring sounds. These sounds were not quite the same as calls; they sounded like a large group of crabs gathering together and blowing bubbles.

Lin Yi walked unhurriedly to the front of the elevator and pressed the open button.

"Ding!"

A crisp sound rang out, and the elevator doors slowly opened.

As soon as the door was opened a crack, the crowded night owls inside the elevator spilled out like excess flesh that couldn't be contained.

When the elevator doors opened completely, the nightmarish, chilling, and intensely unsettling scene was once again presented to Lin Yi.

Lin Yi was no longer afraid of these things, but when one after another Nightwalker and pseudo-human classmate was being kneaded like twisted dough or putty in a confined space, the discomfort was indescribable.

Lin Yi felt like his stomach was churning, and the bubbling sound he heard was from these nocturnal creatures mixed together.

It's getting dark...?

Get out...get out now...

No, it's not dark yet... it's not dark at all...

The nocturnal creatures inside the elevator truly couldn't distinguish the passage of time. As soon as the elevator doors opened, they started pushing and shoving from the inside out, with the outermost group of nocturnal creatures howling loudly.

Lin Yi felt somewhat bored, but he still patiently observed these nocturnal creatures.

Lin Yi reached out and wiped his left eye, golden flames burning in the depths of his eye, and "Vision Insight" was silently activated.

"As expected, even the Nightwalkers are covered in 'ashes'..."

"how so?"

I've only ever seen inflated power levels in novels and comics, how come I'm seeing it here too?
Lin Yi was shocked. Those who survived the ashes could be called "Ash Apostles". But now, it was one thing for the chef sculpture to be covered in ashes, but how could even the Nightwalker be covered in ashes?
The chef sculpture is dead, but the Nightwalker species is not.

Could they all become Ash Apostles?
impossible?

Lin Yi's brows gradually furrowed.

Just then, he seemed to sense something, and the golden flames in his eyes burned even brighter.

The elevator lobby began to change before his eyes, becoming illusory and transparent, with the images beneath the layers gradually appearing.

In this layer, the nocturnal creatures have disappeared, replaced by four eerie angel sculptures, each facing a corner and appearing to be weeping with their faces covered.

"The Smirking Angel!"

Lin Yi was stunned, and two words jumped into his mind—Damn it!
"The 'Grinning Angel' has been in the elevator all along!"

"Was it invisible before because the resonance on the layer wasn't enough?!"

Lin Yi's scalp tingled slightly, as if he had realized some terrifying truth.

At the same time, he also sensed the aura of ashes and debris on the smiling angel!

"The ashes and remnants on the Nightwalker's body... could they be... from the Grimace of Smiles?!"

"Night-walking creatures are inherently incapable of handling ash; the amount of ash residue was probably too small, far from enough to ignite it!"

This is similar to how the human body contains trace elements; as long as the amount of trace elements is within a certain range, there will be no problem.

Is the same principle behind the ash residue on the Nightwalker's body?

Lin Yi fell into deep thought.

His intuition told him that it wasn't that simple, but he couldn't quite put his finger on what the problem was.

Just then, he suddenly noticed that the four smiling angel sculptures trembled, and the next moment, fine cracks began to spread across their bodies... Lin Yi's pupils contracted sharply.

When the Smiley Angel sculpture began to move, he sensed the presence of the fifth Smiley Angel—right beside him!

"Gulp..." He swallowed hard, his eyes slowly turning to the right.

A grotesque angel sculpture with its hands removed from its face has already set its sights on him.

This grotesque angel, half its body in the dim sunlight and half in the shadows, presented an overall impression of both illusion and reality. Its pair of dark, bead-like eyes stared straight at him, and its face was already close to his side.

The other four grinning angel sculptures, after their bodies were covered with dense cracks, slowly turned into semi-transparent ghostly forms. Their hands gradually left their faces and then slowly turned towards him as if riding a small turntable.

Lin Yi's expression changed slightly, and a sense of fear subconsciously welled up in his heart. However, his right hand instinctively reached for his left hand, and his body instinctively began to summon the secret pattern steel saw that the little girl had branded on his arm...

"No... it's all subconscious, so why are my brain and body reacting out of sync?"

Lin Yi was stunned for a moment, and the fear in his heart subsided considerably.

He almost forgot... he doesn't seem to be so afraid of the Smiling Angel anymore.

"Wei Sang... are you there?" In his heart, he called out to Wei Shan as if calling for Tian Bufan.

He couldn't do much damage to the Smiling Angel, at least not yet, but Wei Shan was already very skilled!

The next moment, a deep and robust laugh echoed in his mind: "Fufufu... Here—here—of course I'm here, Old Lin!"

Lin Yi paused slightly, then a cruel and bloodthirsty smile curled at the corner of his lips. The figure of Wei Shan faintly appeared behind him, and a slight movement of his throat escaped his lips, emitting a laugh almost identical to Wei Shan's, "Fufufu... This is getting interesting... Wei-san..."

"Tear them apart! Tear them apart!!" Wei Shan laughed in Lin Yi's mind. "The Grimace of Laughter doesn't feel pain, Old Lin! Tear them apart! No, tear them apart!!"

Behind Lin Yi, a sky-blue steam began to rise. As the sky-blue aura continued to surge, a phantom image of Wei Shan appeared in a daze.

"Tear it down...?" Lin Yi was shocked.

"I'll do it, I'll do it!" Wei Shan exclaimed excitedly, and the sky-blue aura became even stronger.

"Okay, you come here, I... I'll learn a bit." Lin Yi nodded slightly.

Before he finished speaking, "driver" Wei Shan entered the vehicle, while Lin Yi's main consciousness retreated to the "co-pilot's seat".

The moment Wei Shan took control of Lin Yi's body, Lin Yi's expression changed.

The golden flames in his eyes seemed to have been extinguished and disappeared. His eyes suddenly became simple and honest, and he looked dull, as if he had become a different person.

He just stood there, like a bald guy in a yellow bodysuit.

The sly angels, unaware of Lin Yi's (Wei Shan) change, continued to surround him.

But at that moment, Wei Shan suddenly moved...

Without warning, he reached out his hand, the sky-blue color spiraling around it, and grabbed at the grinning angel beside him.

The Smirking Angels completely ignored Wei Shan's actions; the sky-blue aura posed no threat to them.

In fact, in its own mind, Wei Shan's behavior was illogical and completely meaningless.

However, the moment Wei Shan touched it, a dazzling gold began to surge within the azure aura. Before the Smiley Angel could react, the azure aura in Wei Shan's hand, which originally belonged to the sports department, suddenly upgraded to the Supreme Judgment level.

The angel with the sinister smile was stunned and had no time to react before Wei Shan grabbed her by the throat.

The golden aura spread like a burning flame, instantly covering the entire body of the grinning angel.

"Howl—"

The grotesque angel immediately let out a shriek, but its struggles were futile in the face of the golden aura.

All of its characteristics, including those that could have posed a fatal threat to Mu Daxian and Mao Feiyang, have now been suppressed by Wei Shan's golden aura.

This is not "subtraction", but pure "coverage".

“Old Lin, I’ve got it under control. You take it apart—just like you did when you made the puppet, you can dismantle it by reversing the operation.” Wei Shan let out a low, chuckle, like a ruthless humanoid bench vise.

"Alright!" Lin Yi didn't hesitate. He exerted force in the passenger seat, took control of his body, and began to dismantle—no, disassemble—the Smiling Angel bit by bit.

"Take it apart piece by piece, the more detailed the better." Wei Shan grinned maliciously. "If one isn't enough, there are four more."

The four grinning angels who had surrounded Lin Yi changed their expressions when they heard him muttering to himself in two similar yet dissimilar tones of madness.

The Smiling Angels don't possess many human emotions, but Wei Shan's influence is so strong that, unknowingly, he imbues the Smiling Angels with human emotions, like dyeing them, thus impacting their anchor point.

"Don't run, don't let any of you run."

Wei Shan smiled sinisterly, a smile so malevolent it was a stark contrast to his usual憨厚 (honest and simple) demeanor. It was as if the憨憨 (simple and honest) fat man had fallen asleep, and a violent, bloodthirsty, and destructive dark personality had taken over.

The Smirking Angel had already considered retreating, but when Wei Shan spoke, his simple words carried an unquestionable command, firmly fixing them in place.

The four grinning angels were stunned for a moment, but then a hint of human surprise flashed in their gray stone eyes.

The next moment, the eyes of the four grinning angels revealed greed and desire—they had detected the aura of ash within "Lin Yi"!
They disdain nocturnal creatures and supernatural powers, but as for Ash... this pure and ultimate supernatural power is something even the Laughing Angel can only yearn for.

“Don’t worry about them, Lao Lin,” Wei Shan said. “They’ve set their sights on the ashes inside you, and now they can’t escape at all.”

"Can a grinning angel also bear ashes?" Lin Yi asked curiously.

"What moth can bear flames?" Wei Shan sneered.

Lin Yi's heart skipped a beat: "Then I'll dismantle this 'smiling angel' first."

As he spoke, he began to operate, but since he needed to hold the Smiling Angel by the neck with one hand, he chose to twist off the Smiling Angel's head first in order to free up his hand for easier operation.

Even after his head was removed, the grinning angel still stared at Wei Shan in disbelief, its face bearing its signature eerie smile, but its eyes were no longer the same.

"Huh, this head can move on its own!" Lin Yi played with the head for a moment with some surprise, then put it aside.

(End of this chapter)