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Chapter 632 Ah Mao, are you serious?!

Lin Yi's perception screen gradually merged with "Starry Night," but his will seemed to be torn into countless pieces. The edges of the perception screen were constantly shattered, and then repaired under his power, achieving a delicate balance in annihilation and reconstruction.

Lin Yi displayed his divine power; his "Adaptation" ability acted like a giant stirring stick, mixing his sensory sky with "Starry Night."

The intense pollution from "Starry Night" was filtered through his sensory veil and flowed into Mao Feiyang's body. It was then decomposed and refined in various ways, eventually transforming into a large amount of extraordinary power mainly composed of primordial pollution.

At this moment, if there were a pair of eyes watching him (Mao Feiyang), they would surely find that his body had become a huge, hazy cloud of light and mist under the frantically spinning armillary sphere.

The armillary sphere was like a high-pressure container. The primordial pollution that spewed out from Mao Feiyang's body spread outwards like steam, and the entire bluestone bricks of the observatory seemed to be covered with dry ice, creating a very theatrical effect.

"That's it!" Tian Bufan's voice echoed in Lin Yi's mind. "Continue to 'adapt' until your perception completely overlaps with the star field corresponding to the celestial globe!"

"The coordinates of the 'Principal's Office' lie within the corresponding secret rune pathways of this star field!"

Lin Yi asked, "Are the coordinates of the 'Principal's Office' in the starry sky?"

"Not in the starry sky! But within a certain layer!" Tian Bufan exclaimed. "We used an armillary sphere to find the trajectories of the stars, which is like finding a parameter, and that parameter corresponds to 'Principal's Office' at that layer level."

"Triple fold! Three transformations of the concept! Do you understand?!"

Lin Yi replied, "I don't quite understand, but I know what to do!"

Tian Bufan said, "Hurry up! The celestial sphere has already made a big commotion, and the Night Watch's sniping is probably about to begin!"

"Last time you helped it find a 'quartermaster,' this time we absolutely must hope it doesn't use a 'quartermaster' to snipe us!"

Lin Yi's heart tightened, but Mao Zi suddenly said in a cheeky tone, "What should we do if it uses it?"

“First, if it really comes into play, we can still use the armillary sphere to hold out for a while,” Tian Bufan said. “Second, I don’t want to hear you make any more promises before we reach the ‘Principal’s Office’.”

Mao Feiyang quickly shut his mouth.

Just then, a melodious bell rang out in the endless night.

"Duang—!!!"

Tian Bufan's expression changed slightly: "They've really arrived! The 'Sanctuary'!"

The tolling of the bell signaled destruction, and the shockwave spread outwards, instantly engulfing the entire art building.

Countless figures active in the art building—human, non-human, fanatics, sculptures—were all affected by this aura and froze, not daring to make the slightest unnecessary movement.

When the bell rang, Night Watchman-02 wasn't targeting anyone in particular; it was telling everyone—"Don't move!"
In the lobby of another art building under the dome, the fanatical believers and veteran art students who were confronting each other stopped what they were doing and looked around as the shockwave swept past.

The phantom of Night Watchman-02 hovered above the art building like a celestial being, its intense oppressive aura as if the heavens were collapsing and everything was being suppressed.

"The bells of Doomsday..." The fanatic leaders trembled under the pressure, but a ferocious look appeared on their pale faces beneath their tattered hoods. "For the Night's Watch to release such a fluctuation, something big must have happened in the Art Building again..."

"Hehehe...hehehehehe..."

A group of fanatical leaders deeply inhaled the scent permeating the air, their brows furrowed with enjoyment: "I sense... the aura of the end!"

"Give up the resistance!"

"Now—this is the era of glorious evolution!!"

"The stars have revealed the truth: only the extraordinary is the only way to help living beings transcend their end!"

"I don't understand what you're insisting on!"

"What are you still insisting on?!"

The veteran art student scoffed, "You who voluntarily abandon your human identity, you can even betray your own race, what kind of faith and pursuit do you have to talk about!"

The fanatical leader declared: "Foolish! The human body is the greatest constraint! All things in the world are bound to the extraordinary! Pigs, dogs, cattle, and horses, if enlightened, can all touch the extraordinary! And transcend the end!!"

Under the shockwaves from the quantum clock "Sanctuary," the fanatical leader and the veteran art students dared only engage in verbal sparring.

But no matter how much the fanatics tried to sway them, the veteran art students remained unmoved, simply confronting them head-on.

In fact, the art students who can stand here, even if their ideological imprint is not as strong as that of official personnel like "class teachers", are still comparable to that of an imprint when it comes to dealing with fanatics.

……

Star Observation Deck.

The shockwave swept past the celestial globe, as if thousands of blades were penetrating through Mao Feiyang. In an instant, Mao Feiyang's body was riddled with holes, his golden bones and flesh barely visible beneath the blood and flesh...

The shockwave did not disappear after it passed the armillary sphere; instead, it created a large number of echoes on the circular stone wall and swept towards Mao Feiyang inside the armillary sphere once again!

After two back-and-forth motions, a layer of flesh and blood was washed away from Mao Feiyang's body, and his golden skeleton lost its luster in the impact, revealing the marks of a glassy body...

Lin Yi had no time to marvel at the strange changes in Mao Feiyang's body and the appearance of the glass body, but quickly looked towards a certain direction in the art building.

In the distorted space, there was a square stone pillar-shaped building. At the top of the pillar was a spire supported by many round stone pillars. This stone pillar-shaped building was none other than the ultimate sanctuary of Black Moon Outpost—the clock tower!
On a practical level, looking at the clock tower from a distance, you can't see the form of the quantum clock of the "Sanctuary," but the dark and oppressive atmosphere is rendered to the fullest extent.

A fine, dense curtain of rain, a damp, dark atmosphere, and low, dark clouds that seemed to press down on the top of the clock tower's spire...

In the openwork area at the top of the clock tower, Night Watchman-02, supporting the quantum giant clock "Sanctuary," looked down at the location of the armillary sphere.

"Rumble—rumble—"

A pure white lightning bolt tore through the night sky, turning the world upside down in an instant, but the light still did not fall on the Night Watchman's face.

The bold lines of black and white depict the Night's Watchman's sharply defined features and his indifferent, icy gaze. His eyes shine as brightly as the sun, yet his gaze is as cold as autumn water.

This was the first time Lin Yi had met the gaze of Night Watchman-02 from an opposing perspective.

When that towering figure standing atop the Black Moon Outpost came to the opposite side, that terrifying aura, like an eternal night, truly descended upon Lin Yi!

At this moment, Night Watchman-02 was devoid of any humanity. It mustered all its strength and rang the quantum bell "Sanctuary" for the second time!
"This is bad!" Lin Yi's expression changed drastically!
"No! It's great!" Tian Bufan shouted.

Lin Yi was taken aback, then immediately realized—no, it really is great!

If it's just the power of the "Sanctuary" without using the extraordinary creations on the "Quartermaster's" body, then it couldn't be better!
"Duang—!"

The second wave of sound came, but this time it was not an indiscriminate attack. Instead, it gathered into a vast and mighty force like a pillar of energy. When it rushed over, the whole world was like a curtain, and the sound wave became the line that stirred the curtain!

The space began to collapse due to the appearance of this line. At the layer level, Lin Yi felt as if his perception and will were being thrown into a funnel-shaped crusher, with no way to escape!

At the same time, the majestic yet indifferent voice of Night Watchman-02, accompanied by that vast phantom, resounded through the night:

"The Night's Watch's ironclad rule... second: 'Exterminate' them, execute them immediately!"

The thin lines that tear apart space and layers are like a drop of water gliding across a blank sheet of paper, creating a massive wave of rendering beneath the calm surface.

Before it even arrived, Lin Yi's will was already crushed, but Tian Bufan's voice suddenly rang out: "Old Lin, you observe 'Starry Night,' Maozi, you go hold it off!"

"Okay, wait, no way... what?!" Mao Feiyang's cheeky voice rose eight octaves, his head seemingly turning into a madman.

“We’ll take turns, but you’re the only one who has time right now, so hurry up!!” Tian Bufan urged.

"Alright, alright, alright... It's time to show my artistic power!" Although Mao Feiyang looked reluctant, he acted without hesitation, floating out of his original body.

He stretched out his dark hands and kept swiping them across the space in front of him. Although they were just his hands, countless streaks of oil paint appeared on them.

His expression was unusually serious. He used art-related techniques to arrange something layer upon layer in the space, as if using the void as a canvas to continuously overlay layer upon layer of images.

"Will this work?" Lin Yi couldn't help but ask.

“If it’s an attack from other creatures, it won’t work, but if it’s an attack from the Night Watch, then it will work!” Tian Bufan said.

"Huh?" A big question mark appeared on Lin Yi's forehead.

Tian Bufan said, "Night Watchman-02 will not act recklessly due to concerns about the integrity of the observatory, but the 'High-Ranking Alien Angel' and the 'Angel' will not!"

"Moreover, Night Watchman-02 is extremely sensitive to auras. Your aura was imprinted on it during the previous transaction. Even though the Celestial Instrument is blocking your aura now, the Russians won't. As long as the Russians survive this attack, it will realize that what happened here is related to you!"

Lin Yi asked doubtfully, "If it's related to me, he'll make an exception?"

"No way!" Tian Bufan said bluntly, "You're not that shameless..."

The atmosphere had been built up to this point, but Tian Bufan poured cold water on it, causing Lin Yi to pout: "..."

“But… Fusheng Weiliang Tianzun’s face is enough,” Tian Bufan said.

Lin Yi looked completely bewildered: "???"

But the next moment, a dazzling white light suddenly flashed through his mind!

"Wait?! You mean... the person who made the deal with the Night's Watch was Liangzi?!"

Tian Bufan pursed his lips: "I guess so... In this 'deal,' the side you represent has Fusheng Weiliang Tianzun. As long as Night Watchman-02 comprehends this level, it will no longer attack you. In other words, if they're lucky, the Russians can eliminate the threat from the Night Watchman's side once and for all by simply blocking this attack!"

"No, what does 'consider' mean? It means either yes or no. What does 'consider' even mean?" Lin Yi's mind was filled with shock.

However, Tian Bufan was unwilling to dwell on the matter and said directly, "Forget about all that, quickly synchronize with 'Starry Night,' the impact of 'Sanctuary' is just the beginning!"

"The Night Watch's ironclad rule for dealing with 'abnormalities' is to kill without mercy and better to kill the innocent than let the guilty go free! If it can sense your presence, it will show mercy and spare your life. But if it fails to sense your presence for a long time, its subsequent attacks, as well as the attacks from Night Watch-03 and its companions, will arrive, albeit belatedly!"

"Okay! I understand!" Upon hearing this, Lin Yi quickly focused his mind, leaving only a wisp of perception to sense the situation outside.

At this moment, the thin line of sound waves finally reached Mao Feiyang, and the many false images that Mao Feiyang had reconstructed were shattered as if he were throwing an egg against a rock!

The impact of the "Sanctuary" swept over Mao Feiyang's will like a tidal wave, the terrifying power pouring down like a waterfall, directly shattering his will.

Strangely, after Mao Feiyang's will was shattered, the entire void froze, and all the countless images he had overwritten were transformed into a dazzling pool of oil paint pollution in the void above the observatory.

Countless oil paints enveloped countless fragments of Mao Feiyang's will, like egg yolk coating rice grains in fried rice. A pot of egg fried rice filled with countless layers of paint pollution, a colorful layer of fried rice, swirled continuously under the dome of the observatory, as if forming another huge vortex-shaped nebula.

Lin Yi was astonished. Was this the power of art?!

Is this some kind of superhuman chef skill?!

Countless fragments of Mao Feiyang's will cackled in the void: "Art is just fried rice!!"

The sound waves of "Sanctuary" were carried onto Mao Feiyang's trajectory by the fried rice. When that unstoppable torrent touched the fried rice, it was separated and borne by countless fragments, and was also continuously dissolved and weakened. In the end, it was like a brand new ingredient that was swept into the fried rice!
Lin Yi's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. No way, the "You come and defend the Night Watch one-on-one" statement wasn't a joke at all! The Russian was actually defending the Night Watch one-on-one?!

Not only that, Mao Feiyang's methods surprised and delighted him.

Mao Feiyang's path as an art student was part of the plan, but... he actually managed to acquire such skills through the art department?!

Amao, are you serious?!

(End of this chapter)