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Chapter 636 Kuai Hongji, "Dormitory Manager - X0230506094"

Tian Bufan, who was fast asleep, suddenly opened his eyes.

His eyes were pitch black, with no visible whites or pupils, like an abyss where countless eyes rolled and wandered.

When he opened his eyes, those eyes seemed to have found an outlet and burst out of his eye sockets.

Kuai Hongji watched this scene indifferently, letting the eyeballs bounce and pop out like beads, falling all over the dormitory.

Once all vision was clear of Tian Bufan's body, Tian Bufan stopped trembling, and then Kuai Hongji said, "It's dark, please close your eyes."

Tian Bufan closed his eyes once again.

Kuai Hongji didn't pick up the old kerosene lamp that was on Tian Bufan's body, but instead reached out and wiped his right eye...

Immediately afterwards, a sinister smile full of evil intent appeared on the corner of his mouth, and an unusual aura began to emanate from his body—a blackish-gray mist intertwined with blood-red threads, like the gas that escapes when a coal stove is overturned.

It also looks like... ink sprayed out by an octopus.

The dark gray mist slowly diffused into the entire bedroom. As soon as the restless eyes came into contact with the dark gray mist, they quickly wilted and froze in place.

Kuai Hongji smiled sinisterly, walked over to the wardrobe, pulled out the old clothes drying pole, and then, like a harpoon, used it to pierce one eye after another.

Whenever the eye is pierced, the form shatters and dissipates into wisps of polluted energy, attempting to reenact the scene on the observatory and try to infiltrate the campus through the dormitory.

Kuai Hongji seemed completely unaware of this, letting the aura permeate the dormitory while he continued to pop one eyeball after another.

During this process, the aura evolved from the "High-Rank Alien Angel" finally found a gap in the dormitory, and then silently penetrated the blockade of Kuai Hongji's dark gray mist, drilling into that gap completely.

Once all those auras had fled, Kuai Hongji looked at the place where the crack had appeared—it was the bed he had slept in before.

He walked to the bedside, lifted the blankets, and inside was a strangely old and broken vessel.

This vessel is not the one the fanatical believers from the desolate land used to store supernatural substances. Somehow, Kuai Hongji smuggled one away and then engraved secret patterns all over it, making it look just like the demon-slaying jar from the Celestial Master's Mansion.

Kuai Hongji was someone Wei Shan had called "Yin Bi" for countless years; how could he make such a basic mistake?
On the contrary, he doesn't openly display his cunning, but he subtly tricks his opponents.

For example, modifying the cultist's matrix to trigger a self-destruction, or now effortlessly luring someone into a trap.

The vessel was now almost entirely filled with a semi-transparent liquid that couldn't be dissolved, making it look like it contained a large amount of egg white.

But at this moment, the egg whites were wriggling and trying to escape from the container.

But how could they possibly stir up any trouble under Kuai Hongji's methods?

Kuai Hongji picked up the vessel, walked to Tian Bufan's side, and then pointed the opening of the vessel at the old kerosene lamp, pouring all the egg whites into the old kerosene lamp as if pouring water.

As the egg whites were injected, the old kerosene lamp seemed to be overloaded, emitting light several times stronger, illuminating the entire dormitory as if it were daytime.

“Young Master Tian,” Kuai Hongji said.

Tian Bufan's eyelids twitched slightly, then he didn't speak, but instead murmured as if in a dream, "The 'High-Rank Alien Angel' has indeed taken this step... but fortunately, this step is still within our calculations."

"Yes," Kuai Hongji said, "You've found the 'Principal's Office' too, right?"

“Found it,” Tian Bufan said.

Kuai Hongji nodded slightly: "Then I should hurry up and set off too."

Tian Bufan said, "Thank you for your trouble, Kuai Kuai, no... [Dormitory Manager - X0230506094]."

"Dormitory Manager - X0230506094" (Kuai Hongji) picked up the old kerosene lamp, pushed open the bedroom door, and went out.

"Bang!"

The door closed, and the dormitory returned to silence, while Tian Bufan once again drifted into a dream.

……

X023年5月12日，0:12，艺术楼「观星台」。

As the dazzling white light dissipated, Mao Feiyang's figure also disappeared into the celestial globe.

Losing control, the rapidly spinning armillary sphere came to a sudden stop, like a yacht crashing onto the beach. It trembled violently with a clattering sound, and when it finally calmed down, it slumped over, like an old man with a flickering candle in the wind, as if it were about to fall apart at any moment.

The strange phenomenon of the "Starry Night" disappeared, leaving only a receding wave of scorching heat in the air of the observatory...

But just as everything was about to calm down, a crack suddenly appeared in the dim night sky, where raindrops were scattered.

The sky opened to reveal the light, and blood flowed profusely.

A huge, eerie vertical pupil appeared in the clouds, like a star.

It was a devastating vertical pupil, within which were countless smaller pupils, each containing its own smaller pupil, as if countless smaller pupils were being generated.

Its silhouette, hidden in the clouds, is enormous and long, its blurry shadow stretching all the way to the horizon where the sea meets the sky.

The moment it appeared, the sound of the quantum giant clock "Sanctuary" followed, resounding throughout the universe.

"Duang—!!"

The enormous phantom of Night Watchman-02 floated above the observatory in the form of wielding the quantum clock, facing directly at that cold, infinite vertical pupil.

The sound waves of "Sanctuary" overlapped, creating countless layers of illusory images that obscured the layers before the vertical pupil.

The countless vertical pupils appeared and disappeared continuously, each eye thoroughly examining a layer, trying to perceive the aura of the flying hair.

Just then, a tremendous torrent roared across the sky.

"Boom—!"

Thunder roared, like a sharp blade tearing through the dark night. The thunderous roar whipped up a chilling, black-gold flame that swept across the layers of the sky, enveloping the terrifying vertical pupil.

"I shouldn't see... I can't see!" On the cliff face, Night Watchman-03 raised the ancient lamp "Netherworld Illumination" and used the power of thunder and black flames to help Night Watchman-02 fight against the vertical pupils.

The power that roared out from the ancient lamp "Mingzhao" was actually somewhat similar to the blackish-gray mist that Kuai Hongji released when he closed his eyes... The vertical pupil was simultaneously attacked by two night watchmen, and even though there were countless eyes, they could not see through the mist on the layer, so they could only close their eyes in embarrassment.

However, a faint ray of light still penetrated the trajectory of the vanished armillary sphere, tracing the trail of Mao Feiyang.

"Damn it, it still succeeded!" Night Watchman-03 said in a low voice.

“This ‘Ultimate Feather Eye’ has countless evolutions at the layer level, and it was it that locked onto the repeater kid first… We’ve already reached our limit by joining forces to dissolve that power to this extent. The rest depends on his own abilities,” Night Watchman-02 said slowly.

He didn't know it was Mao Feiyang, but he could definitely sense Lin Yi's aura, so he was certain it was Lin Yi.

In essence, that's not wrong.

Night Watchman-02 continued, "The power of the 'angel' in its true form... is even a fraction of what adults possess. Given the power of its projection, it's already quite an achievement that we've managed this far."

"Keep doing your job."

“Okay.” Night Watchman-03 silently tightened his trench coat, facing the almost frozen, towering tsunami before him.

Amid the tsunami, the projection of the "angel" was somewhere between hazy and clear, somewhat resembling King Ghidorah from "Godzilla: King of the Monsters," who was once frozen beneath the Antarctic glacier.

……

X023年5月12日，0:13（？），扭曲的「星月夜」繁星世界里。

A sharp white light sliced ​​through the world of "Starry Night" like a scalpel, and then, in the distorted vast starry sky, it was pulled into a twisted shape by a strange force.

The white light enveloped Mao Feiyang like a drop of water, and an indescribable gravitational force stretched him and the white droplets together into the shape of noodles.

Around the white light, the blurry silhouettes of four star trails could be faintly seen. They formed coordinates that guided Mao Feiyang through layers and paths, constantly leaping and traversing them...

Lin Yi noticed that the world around Mao Feiyang's body was like a flower that kept blooming. Their goal was the flower's stamen, while the layers unrelated to it were constantly peeling away.

"The principal's office is just ahead!" Lin Yi was filled with anticipation, but also extremely nervous.

Mao Feiyang gritted his teeth and said, "It's true that we're in the front, but the problem now is... something dirty has its eyes on us!"

"What is it, and where is it?" Lin Yi's heart tightened.

"I can't tell you!" Mao Feiyang said. "Right now, only I know. If you knew, the entanglement would be even deeper, and you'd be easier to track down!"

"What should we do then?" A sense of foreboding suddenly welled up in Lin Yi's heart.

"The worst-case scenario is that I'll just give up and wait until it's almost time before throwing your will over..." Mao Feiyang said. "In that case, I'll sacrifice myself. But don't worry about me too much, because you're also a will entity now, and you can't exist for long without a host. You'll also sacrifice yourself not long after you arrive at the 'Principal's Office'..."

"However, the remaining time is enough for you to complete the task."

"What a joke?! We agreed to leave together, and Kuai Kuai should be on her way to pick you up by now!" Lin Yi blurted out.

"Don't rush, don't rush..." Mao Feiyang said, "That's why I said this is the worst-case scenario."

“We have three cards up our sleeve now, from highest to lowest: calling Wei Liang, calling that shadow, and calling the boss… Among them, calling the boss has the lowest probability of success.” Mao Feiyang listed them off as if they were his own treasures, analyzing them in a very logical and detailed manner. “If all else fails, we can only use the shadow card first… However, the shadow might not be willing.”

"Damn, when it really comes down to it, they can't refuse! The negotiations have already been finalized!" Lin Yi said.

“I don’t know how you negotiated, but having Shadow deal with that thing…” Mao Feiyang said, “is actually not in line with the terms of the negotiation.”

Lin Yi said, "Then what should I do? Although I have some tricks up my sleeve, I don't know what to do... You all know me better than I do now, so please give me some ideas!"

Mao Feiyang quickly said, "Don't worry, don't worry, I've actually been thinking about it..."

"That's right!!"

"Yes!!"

Mao Feiyang had a sudden inspiration!
"What do you mean?" Lin Yi asked quickly.

"Your notebook!!" Mao Feiyang exclaimed, "Can I borrow your notebook for a moment?"

"A pen... a notebook?!" Lin Yi's eyes widened. "Are you kidding me? The notebook is with my main body!!"

"No! You're wrong, Lao Lin!" Mao Feiyang said firmly. "Think about it carefully again. That notebook... haven't you always carried it with you?"

"Before you answer me, think about it carefully and thoroughly!"

"You must think it through very clearly!"

Lin Yi was stunned. The Russians were... rewriting his understanding?!

“That notebook…” he said slowly, “Yes… I actually… always… carried it with me…”

“Okay, very good… Now… take it out…” Mao Feiyang’s tone seemed to have some kind of magic, “Take it out, tear off a page, just one page is fine.”

"One page... one page..." Lin Yi's eyes were glazed over, as if he were hypnotized, and he moved silently.

Meanwhile, on campus, Lin Yi's true form was also stiff, reaching into his pocket for his notebook... then, through the pocket, he tore out a page and clutched it tightly in his hand...

In the layers, Lin Yi slowly opened his hand, revealing a yellowed page with mottled writing, inside which was... a ring.

"Ouroboros Ring".

"The Ouroboros Ring?" Lin Yi, who had been staring blankly, instantly snapped back to reality when this page of paper appeared. Upon seeing the Ouroboros Ring, he shuddered violently.

"The Ouroboros Ring?" Mao Feiyang chuckled. "It seems your power isn't enough; you need its amplification to barely manage to slip in a single page of paper. But even that's sufficient..."

"Block it for a moment, I'll find you..." Mao Feiyang took the paper, crumpled it up, whispered something to it, and then threw it behind him.

The crumpled paper, permeated with white light, bloomed like petals within the distorted layers. The words, already blurred into the shape of a commandment by the rain, were further washed away by the extraordinary power within the layers, and then, surprisingly, they came to life.

The handwriting kept changing strangely, slowly transforming into the shape of human figures, like countless human sculptures densely packed behind Mao Feiyang...

(End of this chapter)