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Chapter 407 Lin Yi… "Ash Apostle"?

The security guard asked, "Do you have your student ID with you?"

The female dormitory administrator said, "I always carry it with me."

The security guard then nodded slightly, "Good."

With that, he took the old kerosene lamp from the female dormitory administrator's hand. At the same time, he grabbed her left hand and rolled up her sleeve.

On her wrist, there was an identity certificate, which was her dormitory administrator certificate. On that certificate, her number could be vaguely seen: "Dormitory Admin - 36 - X0230507012".

The security guard slowly opened his mouth, his majestic voice seeming to carry some unspeakable magic: "I strip you of your identity as 'Dormitory Admin - 36 - X0230507012'. From this moment on, you will revert to your identity before becoming a dormitory administrator."

His words were like an edict. As he spoke, gray aura continuously steamed from the female dormitory administrator's body, like a quenching hot iron.

At the same time, Lin Yi heard the female dormitory administrator's murmurs constantly coming from within the gray aura: "My name is Zhao Lingxiao, my student ID number is 'X0230507012', I am at the first floor counter of the library, next to the security guard…"

"My name is Zhao Lingxiao, my student ID number is 'X0230507012', I…"

"My name is…"

As the gray aura dissipated, the female dormitory administrator, no, Zhao Lingxiao, appeared before him.

Zhao Lingxiao didn't look much different from when she was a dormitory administrator, but she gave people a feeling of having more "vitality", rather than the pale face and lifeless feeling she had as a dormitory administrator.

But there was one thing he was a little dissatisfied with, yet felt was very reasonable—

The security guard said that Zhao Lingxiao's dormitory administrator number was "Dormitory Admin - 36 - X0230507012", but Zhao Lingxiao had told him in the elevator that it was "Dormitory Admin - 33 - X0230507012".

Damn it, she actually reported the wrong floor!

She was using her few little tricks to deal with him!

Of course, this was very reasonable.

But just from this one detail, this Zhao Lingxiao seemed like a newbie with some experienced operations, but in reality, she was more than just experienced, she was simply shrewd to the extreme, hiding all her little thoughts under a delicate appearance.

Looking at it this way, the confidentiality agreement was probably a bit…

After all, since a confidentiality agreement is signed, how can it be leaked?

The only explanation is that she seems careless and outspoken, but in reality, she is meticulous and may even want to get some information out of him.

Even her "lustful intentions" may be a disguise!

Ask yourself, which gentleman can maintain absolute vigilance against a delicate girl who "harbors lustful intentions"?

Without thinking about it, Lin Yi realized at this moment that this Zhao Lingxiao had used all the conditions she could use!

It was very possible that she deliberately sought him out when she was being chased by that Imposter!

Otherwise, how could she not be afraid of even zealots, but be afraid of an Imposter?

Thinking of this, Lin Yi suddenly felt that everything made sense, but this Zhao Lingxiao… just happened to meet him in the elevator and came up with so many things on the spot?

Too scary!

Really too scary!

At this time, Zhao Lingxiao also seemed to feel Lin Yi's gaze that wanted to strip her bare and see through her, and couldn't help but blink her watery eyes, her curved eyelashes trembling slightly: "You… why are you looking at me like that?"

Lin Yi shouted in his heart, "Damn it! You vixen, if I hadn't seen through your conspiracy, I would have been deceived by your weak and delicate appearance!"

"It's nothing…" As soon as he opened his mouth, it was dog-like and cheap, "I'm just shocked that you leaked so much gas just now…"

"Get lost!!" Zhao Lingxiao revealed her true form and roared at Lin Yi, "I didn't know I would spew out so much gas!"

Lin Yi curled his lips, thinking that he had to look at Zhao Lingxiao's words twice to determine whether they were true or false.

At this time, the security guard seemed to sense something and said, "It's time to go."

With that, he ignored everything and turned around, walking back the way he came.

When he turned around, Lin Yi heard a "哗啦啦" sound. Upon closer inspection, he realized that a dark and shiny iron chain extended from the trench coat under him. The iron chain was very thick, like those used to connect anchors on ships.

The part of the chain that extended out was held in the hands of the black-aproned chefs in turn.

Zhao Lingxiao followed behind the black-aproned chef and reached out to grab a section of the chain.

Lin Yi quickly followed and grabbed a section of the chain like her.

Just as he grabbed the chain, the security guard's footsteps suddenly stopped.

"You also plan to leave?"

The security guard turned his head slightly, and the sidelong glance on his face made Lin Yi feel a mountain-like pressure.

"Uh… yes, yes." Lin Yi nodded woodenly, "Can't I leave?"

"It's nothing… It's been a long time since I've seen an 'Ash Apostle'. I thought you would stay." The security guard said lightly, and then continued walking.

"'Ash Apostle'?" Lin Yi was stunned for a moment. Was he talking about him?

But what does this mean…

"'Ash Apostle'…?" Hearing the security guard's words, almost all the black-aproned chefs turned to look at Lin Yi, which made Lin Yi feel a little embarrassed.

Zhao Lingxiao also looked at Lin Yi in surprise.

Lin Yi pursed his lips, feeling a little unnaturally awkward, and couldn't help but curl his toes in his sneakers.

It wasn't that he was thin-skinned, but he was very unwilling to get to know them in such a frank manner at a time when a sense of ceremony was urgently needed.

Lin Yi approached Zhao Lingxiao and whispered, "Hey…"

"What?" Zhao Lingxiao said impatiently.

Lin Yi humbly asked for advice: "What is an 'Ash Apostle'?"

"I don't know either…"

"What are you so shocked about if you don't know?"

"No matter what the security guard says you are at that time, I will be shocked, that's all."

"Damn…" Lin Yi curled his lips, "Is your performance so exaggerated?"

"If it were you, if you said, 'Look, there's a dog there,' I would also open my eyes wide and look over."

"Thanks, I feel offended."

As Lin Yi spoke, he pulled his attention back, because the security guard had already led them into a certain part of the library's collection area.

He opened his eyes wide, trying to see through the boundary of the orange-yellow light, but all he saw were rows of bookshelves, feeling like he was shuttling through the bookshelf area.

It's just that this bookshelf area vaguely gave him a feeling that was completely different from the library under "normal" circumstances.

"Could it be 'layer transition'?" This guess popped up in Lin Yi's mind.

They quickly disappeared into this corner, and then the spreading darkness began to shrink until everything returned to normal.

May 10, X023, 5:01 AM. The first floor of the library returned to silence, leaving only the figure of a fanatical devotee wandering through the bookshelves, trembling as they watched from afar the corner that had long since returned to normal.

5:01:34 AM. The elevator on the first floor of the library opened, and a disheveled figure rushed out, shouting something repeatedly as they looked at the security team that had already disappeared…

May 10, X023, Library "?" floor, deep inside, a certain unknown spacious room.

The walls of the room were covered with LED light tubes, and the blue-white light filled the entire room.

There were many movable bookshelves in the room, but at this moment, all the books were placed haphazardly.

Messy books were placed on the messy bookshelves, and some books were even opened, seemingly deliberately placed there.

But in such a chaotic environment, a large area was left empty in the middle.

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In that area, there were only a group of people and a huge experimental platform.

There were about seven people, most of whom were elderly people with slightly hunched figures. Their hair was already graying, sparsely sticking to their scalps, like barren grass in winter, and their faces were covered with deep wrinkles.

The one in the lead had a pair of heavy black-framed glasses on his tall nose, and the eyes behind the lenses revealed a sharpness and fervor completely different from his appearance.

He held a book in his hands, chanting obscure and lengthy languages, while observing a container in the corner of the experimental platform.

In the container in front of them, there was a sculpture-like severed limb.

Just from the twisted outline of the severed limb, it was impossible to judge what it was, but it looked like a sculptural work of some kind of strange vine, or some evil-themed sculptures full of dark retro style.

As he chanted, some faint rays of light continued to float on the severed limb, as if some kind of strange and powerful raw stone was responding to the call of magic.

The old man's chanting became more and more hoarse, and fine beads of sweat began to seep out from the wrinkled corners of his forehead, as if merely reading the words from the book had already consumed his high mental power, making his whole person sway like a candle in the wind.

The people around him were also swaying, looking like they were about to fall but not falling down, like seaweed standing in the sea.

Finally, the light floating on the severed limb began to converge, and a touch of golden light began to be conceived inside it.

Seeing the appearance of that golden light, everyone's eyes were filled with excitement, as if a lark born in the night had seen a newborn crescent moon and could hardly restrain themselves.

The sound of their chanting became more and more unified and louder and louder, and the light in the severed limb became more and more condensed and more and more dazzling.

Accompanied by a "crack" sound, the severed limb was suddenly covered with cracks!

This severed limb seemed to be a mysterious egg, and they seemed to be using chanting to accelerate the hatching of the unknown thing in the egg!

Seeing such cracks, they became even more excited, and the fanaticism and anticipation in their eyes could no longer be described with words.

However, just when the light reached its peak, the cracks quickly covered the entire severed limb. The next moment, the severed limb turned into powder with a "bang", leaving only a wisp of extremely condensed golden aura, which stayed in the container for a short moment before quickly disappearing like a puff of hot air.

The chanting stopped abruptly, and the sudden silence made the temperature near the entire experimental platform seem to drop a lot.

The old man's arms weakly propped up on the experimental platform, and he trembled as he took off his black-framed glasses and silently took out a handkerchief to wipe the lenses.

The fanaticism in his eyes had completely collapsed, replaced by a moment of absent-mindedness.

His fingers silently twirled the lenses, as if wanting to crush his disappointment.

After a while, he silently took out a tape recorder and pressed the record button:

"Record…"

"May 10, X023, 4:53 AM, 1012th 'Supreme Aura Incubation' experiment…"

"The experiment has made some progress, but the overall progress is still not obvious…"

"The six administrators, including myself, conducted the 'Intensification Test' on 'Slice No. 1504'… After adjustment, the Supreme Aura appeared as expected, but it decayed rapidly after 13 seconds…"

"It lasted 3 seconds longer than the last time…"

The old man slowly recorded, as if reviewing the failure of a battle.

What was strange was that although he was an old man, his voice was very young, like a young man in his early twenties.

It was difficult not to suspect that he had lost a part of his time due to some curse when such a voice and appearance were combined.

"…Experimental results…"

"Failure."

"Cough cough…"

"Cough cough cough…"

The old man covered his mouth and coughed, coughing very hard, as if he was about to cough out his lungs.

He adjusted himself, then picked up the book at hand, and walked to a messy bookshelf, repeatedly whispering: "Where is there still an oversight… Where is it…"

He kept flipping through the books, as if he wanted to drill into them.

Just then, he suddenly felt something and suddenly looked in a certain direction…

Not only him, but everyone in the room felt this fluctuation and looked in the same direction.

"That is…? ! That is!!!" The old man's voice trembled with excitement.

"It's the 'Pathway'! The pathway to that mysterious codex has really appeared!!!"

In the direction that the old man was looking at, the space was distorted, the layers were fluctuating, and a deep passage, accompanied by the operation of the library, slowly materialized—it was the passage that Lin Yi had seen, and at the end of the passage, the quietly displayed 'Codex of the Lawmaker' seemed to be the "mysterious codex" that the old man was talking about.

The old man rushed out of the room recklessly, like a soldier who had lost his helmet and armor, running madly towards the location where the passage was opened.

Strangely, after he rushed out of the room, he immediately entered a group of Greek temple-style buildings. This was indeed a certain floor of the library, but the layout style was too different from the traditional style of the first floor of the library…

The architectural style here was like cutting off a certain floor of the Greek temple and moving it over. Huge Doric columns were everywhere, covered with traces of years of erosion.

Under the light, these stone pillars seemed to emit bursts of fluorescent light, outlining strange patterns, as if they contained some kind of strange magic.