May 10, Year X023, 14:08, Teaching Building, Building C, fourth floor.
A gleam suddenly flashed through the eyes of Lin Yi's original body, which had seemingly been staring into space.
His will had returned!
Lin Yi glanced at the railing at the far end of the fourth-floor stairwell and hurried down the right-hand side. Once he reached the first floor, he stepped onto the covered bridge back to Building B without looking back.
There were far too many details from this round trip for him to sort through, but Building C was no place to linger and think. The right thing to do was return to Group B Class 2, organize his findings, and then pool information with Head Teacher 040.
Not long after Lin Yi left, Mountain Man emerged from the stairwell as well.
Compared to before, Mountain Man had suffered virtually no injuries, but if Lin Yi had been there, he would have noticed that Mountain Man's aura was completely different.
Perhaps because he had loaded the Ashes Crystals Body, the originally deep-blue light within Mountain Man's Exoskeleton Armor had begun turning dark red, seemingly exuding endless frenzy. Even the shadow beneath his feet seemed to have gray particles of dust drifting within it.
His current state bore a faint resemblance to Lin Yi when ashes had first latched onto him, yet under the crystal body's enhancement, his Exoskeleton Armor had begun exhibiting all manner of strange qualities.
After arriving at Building C of the Teaching Building, he showed no intention of returning to Building B. Instead, he silently surveyed his surroundings.
His brows knitted tighter and tighter. The more he looked at the Teaching Building's surroundings, the more agitated he became.
"Fuck, it started raining after all..."
His expression was utterly grim.
When Lin Yi