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Chapter 456 Aberrant Angel "Burial Body"

Looking at Old Mo's heart, the convenience store owner - 003 couldn't help but sigh, but he didn't say much and began to operate.

He held Old Mo's heart in one hand, and with the other, he began to release some faint golden aura. These faint golden auras continued to condense, eventually becoming threads as thin as hair.

After the threads were condensed, they began to weave around Old Mo's heart under the control of the convenience store owner - 003. Soon, a golden net covered the surface of Old Mo's heart, looking as if Old Mo's heart had been put in a knitted sweater.

After that, the colorful brilliance released by Old Mo's heart was greatly obscured, almost invisible.

Then, the convenience store owner - 003 gently tossed it, and the heart drew an arc, accurately stopping at the top of the corpse pile, and then, like a pile for laying the foundation, it slammed heavily into the corpse pile.

The golden aura covering the surface of Old Mo's heart by the convenience store owner - 003 was like a tunnel boring machine, breaking open a huge opening in the corpse pile, wrapping Old Mo's heart and constantly digging deeper.

And this corpse pile seemed to have life, convulsing violently. Almost all the corpses trembled and began to let out hoarse and deep painful howls. Waves of air surged out, impacting Lin Yi's soul. In a trance, Lin Yi actually felt like he was facing a weakened version of the 'Sanctuary' aura baptism.

The convenience store owner - 003 stood with his hands behind his back, quietly observing the changes in front of him, as if from this moment on, the development of the matter had nothing to do with him.

Lin Yi silently observed the time on his watch. After about a minute, the corpse pile stopped releasing the aura, but the trembling did not stop because of this, and the viscous oily substance in the flesh crevices was still constantly squeezing out...

The convenience store owner - 003 watched silently, and then slowly exhaled: "Okay..."

"Okay? Uh... It's okay?" Lin Yi showed a look of surprise. No... you're just putting on a show of planting the land, and you're telling me it's okay?

"Then what about Old Mo? Will he crawl out of here?"

The convenience store owner - 003 said: "Sort of."

"No, what does 'sort of' mean? It's not that I'm not worried, boss, you've already brought me to see it, why don't you explain a little more?" Lin Yi asked, rubbing his hands.

The convenience store owner - 003's line of sight was still on the "Burial Body". Hearing Lin Yi's words, he also knew that this was his concern for Old Mo, so he explained: "This has to start from the beginning..."

"Yesterday evening, Old Mo sensed Mu Daxian's 'death' and specially came to the convenience store to find me and told me about his plan to go to the art building."

"I left a secret pattern in his heart. This secret pattern and another secret pattern in the backpack are a group. The effect is that when combined, they can form a simple 'coordinate system'. After I sense it, I will penetrate the layers of perception and directly descend on the art building layer."

"But the premise of doing this is that his heart leaves his body, which means that things have fallen into a desperate situation."

"But Old Mo is already dead. His life will no longer be limited by the conventional sense of 'existence'. Therefore, I have contained his will in his heart... Extraordinary creatures only need a 'carrier' and 'will' to realize 'their own existence'. For example, if you only have that skeleton left, as long as the will is still there, you can use extraordinary power to regenerate."

"Old Mo can't do what you do, so he needs the help of external force."

"So I asked you to bring his heart back, so that I have a way to reshape his body."

"Also, because he is different from you, he won't be as lively and vigorous as you are when he is reshaped."

After hearing this, Lin Yi had some understanding, but he still asked: "Then, this 'Burial Body' is to provide... materials for Old Mo's reshaping?"

"That's right." The convenience store owner - 003 nodded, "Extraordinary needs to be created with extraordinary. Although some garbage materials can also allow him to reshape, good materials can save him a lot of effort in re-upgrading. Plus, the new materials that were obtained from the 'Angel' yesterday - although it's just scraps, it's still scraps from an 'Angel' after all."

"I use those materials to reshape Old Mo's body, so his foundation will be much better than before."

"I'm saying this, do you understand?"

Lin Yi nodded repeatedly: "I understand... It's an external upgrade! Then Old Mo can be considered a blessing in disguise."

"A blessing in disguise my ass." The convenience store owner - 003 said disdainfully, "It's all because of his good luck. It's only because you kid has endless trump cards, otherwise if someone else went with him, they would have been directly killed there. Even if I could come, there would be no way to get the heart back."

Lin Yi thought about it, but couldn't refute the convenience store owner - 003's words.

Because he knew how much he weighed. If someone else went, they would probably either be killed by the Law-Weaver or by that guy who seemed to be the ultimate form of the Aberrant Angel...

Luck is really important.

Not only is Old Mo's luck very important, but his luck is also important.

Then, speaking of which... it really is.

It's just that so many events that require luck to achieve, are... aren't they also a calculation?

Then... if this is a calculation, whose calculation is it?

Lin Yi narrowed his eyes subconsciously.

At this time, the convenience store owner - 003 sighed again: "Old Mo, this kid, has very obvious advantages and disadvantages."

"As the 'Executive Officer' of the cafeteria, over the years, his talent is not the most top-notch, but no one can surpass his will."

"With just this kind of will, as long as he doesn't die young, he will eventually become one of the best guardians in the school district."

"But the problem is that his humanity is too strong."

"Too much humanity... is a disadvantage, but it is also an advantage."

"If humanity is weak, there will be no determination to fight to the death to protect others, and he will not take that step to become an 'Ashen Apostle'."

"But also because he has too much humanity, there will be many risky behaviors... You should understand that life is bound to the cafeteria. Although it gives his life an 'immortal' bottom line, it is also a reliance for him to recklessly take risks. But when he leaves the scope of the cafeteria, his humanity still exists, but the reliance for saving his life is gone."

"Playing with his life in that situation is irresponsible."

"Once he dies completely, the cafeteria will also fall into crisis."

"Humanity is important, but divinity is also indispensable."

"Especially in the current environment, only absolute rationality can see through the key to the problem."

"Besides, it's really not easy to have such a good seedling... It would be so sad if he was lost."

Lin Yi seemed to hear some clues. The convenience store owner - 003's tone at the end seemed to want Old Mo to become the new convenience store owner.

But he didn't seize this point to ask, but instead inquired, "Boss... you just said that Old Mo is an 'Ashen Apostle'? What's going on?"

Since the topic had been broached, the convenience store owner - 003 had no intention of concealing anything and stated directly, "To understand how Old Mo could be an 'Ashen Apostle,' you must first understand what an 'Ashen Apostle' is."

"I ask you, Lin Yi, kid, do you know what an 'Ashen Apostle' is?"

He looked at Lin Yi.

Lin Yi thought for a moment and then voiced his latest conclusion: "I feel... an Ashen Apostle is actually a 'state'."

The convenience store owner - 003 opened his mouth in surprise, a hint of delight flashing in his jewel-like, clear eyes: "Not bad."

The phrase 'not bad' was both an affirmation of Lin Yi's answer and an acknowledgment of his comprehension.

"'Ashen Apostle'... is both a designation and a state. When a unit actively or passively ignites the ashes it carries, it can be called an 'Ashen Apostle'."

"Back then, when Old Mo's physical body died, it carried ashes from the convenience store. Originally, he would have died after the ashes burned him away, but his will remained unyielding under the burning of the ashes, and he even turned those invaders into his own fuel."

"In the state of death, he awakened a characteristic that could interrupt and absorb the extraordinary power of other units. Relying on that characteristic, he stopped killing with killing, using his corpse as a furnace, absorbing extraordinary power to maintain supply while tempering the ashes absorbed from the convenience store, ultimately allowing himself to become an 'Ashen Apostle'."

"But his 'Ashen Apostle' is a very vague concept because he is already dead, so his extraordinary power comes from the cafeteria, and his ashes come from the convenience store."

"The power that his main body can carry is limited, so even if he is 'fully charged,' he will wither away due to consumption after leaving the cafeteria, but within the cafeteria area, it is equivalent to being constantly connected to a charging cable."

After hearing this, Lin Yi still had some unanswered questions: "But... if Old Mo is an 'Ashen Apostle,' why didn't I sense the aura of ashes on him?"

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The convenience store owner - 003 immediately smiled: "When did you start being able to sense ashes? If I remember correctly, you couldn't even clearly perceive the existence of ashes when we met last night, right?"

Lin Yi was stunned for a moment, then slapped his forehead: "That's right! I was only able to clearly sense the ashes after I left..."

"So Old Mo inherently has ashes?"

"He has them, but he can't use them," the convenience store owner - 003 said. "Because of his special nature, he can only fully exert the authority of an 'Ashen Apostle' within the cafeteria area."

"After leaving, ashes are a high-purity supply for him. When necessary, he can convert the ashes into extraordinary power and absorb them."

"It can be used like that?!" Lin Yi exclaimed in surprise. "Wouldn't that mean ashes can be eliminated at any time?"

He thought of the boss's method of helping him eliminate ashes. Could it be the same principle that the convenience store owner - 003 was talking about?

The convenience store owner - 003 shook his head and said, "Once you adapt to and carry ashes, the ashes will continuously fall from the void like snowflakes. The best time to eliminate ashes is before you have completely adapted to them."

"After adapting, the ashes are endless. Even if they are eliminated, they will be stained again until the ashes accumulate to the point of combustion."

"In Old Mo's case, no... his ashes all originate from the convenience store. Once he leaves, they are gone."

Lin Yi couldn't help but sigh: "Such a big limitation?"

"There are both advantages and disadvantages," the convenience store owner - 003 said.

Lin Yi nodded silently.

Indeed, Old Mo is bound to the cafeteria. Under mutual anchoring, he is almost an immortal body. If he could continuously use ashes and extraordinary power outside the cafeteria area, what would be the difference between him and a mobile fortress?

So the term Ashen Apostle is very broad, just like "Super Saiyan."

It can refer to a Saiyan who has trained to the point of being able to turn golden-haired but has not transformed, or it can refer to a Saiyan in golden-haired form.

But then again... he thought of the dormitory managers wandering around the dormitory that night...

Since "Old Mo + Cafeteria = Tank," is there a situation where Old Mo wanders around with the cafeteria?

Thinking of this, a few images involuntarily appeared in his mind...

...

"Even if I carry the campus on my back and have to hold the cafeteria in one hand, I, Old Mo, am still invincible in the world!"

"Ah--Boss, save me!"

...

"'Angel,' Old Mo has come here today, borrowing the campus cafeteria, to fight you... One Cafeteria Opening the Heavenly Gate!"

...

"Pfft..."

Lin Yi couldn't help but spit out his rice. Damn it, it's too abstract. If I keep thinking about it, "Cafeteria Entanglement" will pop up...

Seeing Lin Yi's reaction suddenly become a bit intense, the convenience store owner - 003 couldn't help but take another look at him: "What's wrong with you?"

Lin Yi quickly wiped away his sweat: "No... I'm just thinking about what characteristics ashes have."

The convenience store owner - 003 said: "I think you may also have felt that ashes themselves don't actually have many remarkable qualities..."

Lin Yi, who was wiping his sweat, twitched the corner of his mouth fiercely.

"It's not like that. I didn't say that... I didn't feel anything at all..."

But since the convenience store owner - 003 had said it, he shamelessly put on a "That's right, I actually felt it too, continue talking" expression, and waited for the convenience store owner's follow-up.

The convenience store owner - 003 continued: "Ashes, according to the codex, are the embers produced when the 'sun' goes out. After filtering through multiple dimensions, the power has permeated into this world that you can perceive..."

Lin Yi's expression suddenly became serious: "The 'sun's'... embers?"

[The sun has long gone out, how long can the afterglow illuminate them?]

[The gray mist has arrived, you shall all die.]

The embers of the sun are probably the afterglow. Are these ashes... evolved from the afterglow?

Then what about the gray mist?

Old Mo said that the gray mist was produced by the 'source,' and Old Mo's information came from the Night Watchers, so could it be that the 'source' is the culprit that caused the sun to go out?

But if the 'source' is hidden deep within the art building layer, then the 'sun'...

Could it be the black sun in the black sky of the art building?!