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Chapter 674 Did the "Quartermaster" bear the corruption of the "Angel"?!
"After that part of it discovered me, it tried to summon the main body, but I dragged it into the 'Time Exile' and severed its connection with the main body."

"Over the years, I have fought against it repeatedly, and by chance, I have deciphered the essence of the 'angel' and the mystery of time from it. I have also glimpsed a trace of the profound mystery of the 'root'..."

"If that idiot Zhi Gao knew I had this opportunity, he'd probably be furious."

As the dimension was restored, Kuai Hongji's voice came to Lin Yi's ears again: "Old Lin...? You're back?"

"Kuai Kuai? How did you know I was back?" Lin Yi asked.

Kuai Hongji's voice rang out: "Your aura completely disappeared just now, but it has reappeared, so I roughly know what happened. So, did we succeed?"

"I guess you could say it's a success." Lin Yi originally wanted to say it was a success, but when he thought about how "Master Di" had actually escaped on his own and it couldn't be considered that they had "liberated" him, he could only say that.

"Brother Lin Yi, who are you communicating with?" The "Mage Master" noticed Kuai Hongji's presence and smiled slightly. "So it's 'them'... It seems Uncle Liangzi's plan has succeeded. The 'Time String Excess Fluctuation' needs to be fused with 'Specific Extraordinary Fragments' to achieve relative completeness and stability in reality..."

"Wait... what the heck is this sudden barrage of esoteric jargon? I'm sick of it, I really don't understand a word of it..." Lin Yi thought to herself, feeling a strange contrast between her cat-like demeanor and her transformation into a tech-savvy, experimental older sister figure the moment she turned around and adjusted her glasses...

“Brother Lin Yi, the layers are approaching reality, and my will cannot remain there for long. I must return to my original form…” said the “Master Di.”

Where is your true form?

"My true form... well... I don't know either!" The "Mage" stuck out her pink tongue helplessly. "Because I don't know the coordinates, I followed my past memories of the outpost to find the past. And after I was banished by time, my body was obliterated by dimensions, so I must have used the power of the 'World Tree' to reshape my body..."

"Moreover, in order to protect myself and our plans, I will definitely seal everything away and wait until I go back to deactivate it."

Upon hearing this, Lin Yi pondered for a moment and said, "So... it's possible that your original body returned to the present world many years ago as a 'blank sheet of paper'?"

“Hmm!” “Master Di” nodded. “But Brother Lin Yi, you don’t need to worry. Even without memories, I still have feelings for you and for everyone. Moreover, even if this part of me can never go back, my true body will slowly awaken after coming into contact with you.”

"Oh... I see." Lin Yi understood, but a thought popped into his mind: "You've already met."

He has a lot of ideas in his mind right now and needs to communicate with Kuai Hongji, no, with Tian Bufan and the others immediately!
He felt he was only half a step away from the whole truth!
Once he successfully takes that half step, he will know everything!
"that……"

"Master Di" suddenly spoke, waving at Lin Yi, "I'm leaving now... see you later."

Then, without giving Lin Yi a chance to say goodbye, it simply faded away.

"See you later..." Lin Yi waved his hand hesitantly.

Just then, a scene flashed through his mind: the moment before "Master Di" was "exiled by time," she waved to him like this and said, "I'm leaving now...see you later."

The scene flashed by, and then Lin Yi noticed that everything around him was shrinking. Soon, the outline of a bedroom appeared.

The bedroom slowly shrank like fragments, eventually piecing itself back together to its original state.

The figures of Kuai Hongji and Mao Feiyang also appeared from some of these fragments, and eventually came together again.

Lin Yi's will quietly entered Mao Feiyang's body.

Kuai Hongji put away the dark gray mist, then put away the "Star Dream Crystal" and "Amon's Music Box," and looked at Lin Yi, asking, "What do you mean by 'success'?"

Lin Yi then recounted his experiences in the Time Exile. Kuai Hongji nodded slightly after listening, remarking with rare admiration, "Truly worthy of being called a Creator of Laws, never sitting idly by when faced with trouble..."

His words revealed his admiration and respect.

But looking at Kuai Hongji, a big question suddenly popped into Lin Yi's mind—how strange! In all the past scenes, why hadn't he seen Kuai Kuai and Young Master Tian?!
They were so familiar with the "original apostles," so why can't we find them in the flashback time slices?

Furthermore, what exactly does it mean that "the excessive fluctuation of the time string" needs to be fused with "specific extraordinary fragments" to become relatively complete and stable in reality...?
What does it mean when "Master Di" says that "the body will be obliterated" and "the body will be reshaped by the power of the 'World Tree'"?
Besides, even the Shadow of Orochi knows the "Master of the Dharma," how is this possible?!
Lin Yi realized that the biggest problem seemed to be a problem with the logic of time!

The timing is wrong.

It's not just a matter of "Master Di" and the Shadow of Orochi knowing each other; there's also his problem.

Wasn't he awakened after Wei Liang injected "Holy Sun" into his original "body"? Why did he awaken when "Master Di" and "Holy Sun" were still just teenagers?
There are major problems with the time logic involved that he cannot understand at the moment!
Just as his mind was filled with puzzled questions, Kuai Hongji stroked his chin and reasoned, "So, that's why the figure from the future only let you take a look and leave..."

"Huh?" Lin Yi's train of thought was interrupted, and he began to listen to what Kuai Hongji had to say.

Kuai Hongji said, "If you don't even glance at the 'angel,' and run away as soon as you see its outline, then the will left behind by Difa won't be able to reunite with you."

"So you absolutely have to go."

"There's one more thing... that voice from the future doesn't seem to have resonated with the will left behind by the 'Master of the Dharma'..."

Lin Yi was taken aback, then suddenly looked at Kuai Hongji: "You mean... there was a 'me' who missed her?"

Kuai Hongji shook his head slightly: "It's just my speculation."

Lin Yi lowered his head slightly, his expression somewhat somber.

Mao Feiyang's voice rang out at this inopportune moment: "Hey, hey, hey, the liberation and creation of the law is done. Tonight our plan is almost a resounding success. Are we leaving or not?"

"If you don't leave, I, Bai Fangshuo, am getting restless!"

"Let's go, let's go... let's go now," Lin Yi said quickly.

"I wasn't asking you, I was asking Kuai Kuai. You're inside me, where could you possibly go before Kuai Kuai and I return to the campus?"

Lin Yi's will was directly transferred from the infiltration layer. If he wants to go back, he can simply transfer the layer back.

However, since his body is now controlled by Tian Bufan, he can follow Kuai Hongji and Mao Feiyang through the experience of returning to the campus again, and then return directly to his body from the campus.

Kuai Hongji spoke up, saying exactly the same thing as Lin Yi: "Let's go, let's go, let's go now."

Mao Feiyang: "..."

As he spoke, Kuai Hongji picked up the old kerosene lamp again and walked towards the bedroom door. Mao Feiyang quickly followed, reaching out to grab the chain tied around Kuai Hongji's waist.

The moment he grasped the doorknob, Kuai Hongji suddenly asked, "Old Lin, what time is it?"

Lin Yi glanced at his watch and said, "3:52."

"Very good, you timed it well." Kuai Hongji pushed open the door. "Let's go."

The moment the door opened, a white mist enveloped them...

Kuai Hongji led the way into the light mist...

As they walked, the white mist thinned, and the other lights around them gradually disappeared.

As darkness fell, the light from the old kerosene lamp was compressed to just enough to envelop Kuai Hongji alone.

In the deathly silence of the darkness, only the footsteps of Kuai Hongji and Mao Feiyang could be heard, along with the rattling sound of the chains that bound the two together, swaying with each step.

After walking for a while, the oppressive force of the darkness seemed to lessen, and the glow of the old kerosene lamp slowly expanded, forming a faint field.

"The light from the kerosene lamp has created a field of energy. Does that mean we are returning to a normal world?" Lin Yi asked.

Kuai Hongji said, "You understand, Lao Lin."

"Deep within the layers, the old kerosene lamp is only effective enough to protect its holder, and sometimes it cannot even effectively protect the holder."

"The reason my lamp is so effective is because it absorbed a bunch of extraordinary characteristics from 'High-Rank Alien Angels' while patrolling our dormitory. Otherwise, I probably wouldn't have made it halfway there."

As he spoke, he shook the old kerosene lamp in his hand.

"This thing is, after all, a defective product left over from the security guards' use."

"The security guards used the leftovers?" Lin Yi was taken aback, but then immediately realized, "That makes sense. The security guards are far superior to the dormitory managers. If the dormitory managers were to control those old kerosene lamps used by the security guards, the pollution would probably exceed the limit immediately."

“That’s right,” Kuai Hongji said.

"Then what about absorbing the pollution from the 'High-Rank Alien Angel'?" Lin Yi asked.

Kuai Hongji then told Lin Yi about how the "high-level alien angel" had infiltrated the dormitory building through Tian Bufan's dream boundary, which made Lin Yi's heart pound with fear.

"Thank goodness you were here!" He felt a wave of relief.

Kuai Hongji shook his head and said, "I am just an executor. These things were considered in the early stages of the plan. Regardless of whether Young Master Tian encountered a crisis, I will go back to the dormitory to protect him until the time is almost up before heading to the art building."

"Okay, I see," Lin Yi said.

As they were talking, Kuai Hongji emerged from the darkness and led Mao Feiyang back to the gallery.

Then, the two walked out of the gallery at a leisurely pace, strolling along the corridor and slowly making their way to the lobby of the art building.

Along the way, the surrounding environment didn't seem to have changed much, but Lin Yi vaguely felt that something was off, something inexplicable...

"On the way back, I subconsciously felt a little uncomfortable..." Lin Yi said softly.

Mao Feiyang cautiously observed his surroundings and whispered, "Indeed, I also have a feeling that ever since we returned to the gallery from the bedroom, the entire layer seems unchanged, but in reality, some changes have occurred that we cannot easily perceive..."

Kuai Hongji said, "The underlying logic of this layer... seems to have undergone some subtle changes."

"Underlying logic? Explain it in detail?" Lin Yi asked.

"I can't go into details." Kuai Hongji shook his head slightly. "The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao."

Lin Yi was speechless.

But Kuai Hongji continued, "The power of the 'angels' seems to have been poured into this place..."

"What?!" Lin Yi exclaimed in shock. "Wasn't the 'Angel' locked in the 'Time Exile' by the 'Mage'? How could it still be able to lock onto the Art Building?!"

"Night Watchman-02" has been in charge of the quantum giant clock "Sanctuary" to protect the art building for many years, and has been fighting against the "angel" projection in the tsunami. How come it is being dumped on us now?
Lin Yi didn't understand.

Mao Feiyang sensed it carefully, then said with a gloomy expression, "It's a very subtle outpouring, like washing the floor, sweeping across this place, as if it's searching for something... perhaps it's searching for us."

“The Night Watch didn’t notice this problem…which means this force hasn’t elicited a reaction from them.” Kuai Hongji seemed to have realized something. “Old Lin, what does that mean?”

"You've already figured it out?" Lin Yi looked at Kuai Hongji in shock, then quickly thought about it himself. The next moment, he understood the logic and exclaimed, "'Quartermaster'?!"

Kuai Hongji nodded: "That's right."

Lin Yi's expression changed slightly.

The "Quartermaster" is hidden in the layers behind the curtains in the "Master of the Mage's" bedroom. To some extent, there is a certain degree of permeability between the layers. Although the "Master of the Mage" and the "Angel" are entangled in the Land of Time Exile, there is also the possibility of unconscious permeation and diffusion. This can be seen from the fact that the "Master of the Mage" formed the projection of a little girl in the gallery.

Similarly, the power of the "angel" may have reached the layer where the "quartermaster" is located!

Then, this force corrupted the "quartermaster"!
In this way, it seems that many things that were not understood before can now be explained!

For example, the call from the sea—that is the pollution and call released by the "angel" from the depths of time exile to all layers, the source of which is the little girl with big eyes that the "angel" formed in the land of time exile!

For example, the rotting ship cabin he had seen many times when the vision flickered, and the burly humanoid creature covered in scales and bound by chains inside the cabin—that was the true appearance of the "quartermaster" corrupted by the "angel" in the layer!

(End of this chapter)