Lu Zhao and the other two hurriedly looked at him, unsure what was wrong with him now, whether his contamination had worsened or something else had happened. They heard him continually chanting Esoteric Syllables, but the sound was somewhat different from that of the Forest of the Dead's Steles.
Suddenly, Jin Jiuyao shot upright from the ground as though doing a sit-up, then opened his eyes wide and stared intently toward somewhere in the distance, uttering three words:
"He is here!"
His eyes were hollow yet fanatical, as though his awakening, too, was because of the Mysterious Unit about to arrive from afar.
Half startled and half doubtful, Chen Xue looked in the direction Jin Jiuyao was staring. The next moment, her gaze eerily pierced through the human wall of the Forest of the Dead's Steles, and she saw several figures.
Needless to say, those figures were naturally Lin Yi and the other two, huddled beneath a single Umbrella as they hurried toward the Dormitory.
The moment she saw Lin Yi and Wei Liang, Chen Xue ignored Wei Shan's presence and shouted at the top of her lungs:
"Wei Liang! Lin Xiao Zi! Help! Help us!!"
May 10, Year X023, 20:35. Teaching Building area, within the light cast by the Streetlamp Pole at "Teaching Building-023."
Facing the Forest of the Dead's Steles, which had all turned to look at him because of Chen Xue's startled shout, Lin Yi felt his scalp prickle.
"Ah, shit..."
Cursing under his breath, he silently reached for the Grinning Angel Tool Component tucked at his waist.
Although he had more efficient means of fighting, his choice of backup weapons was rather limited when he tried to avoid using the mystical-rune Big Steel Saw.
Of course, he also had the mystical rune that could transform