Next, he dismantled the Grinning Angel's other parts one by one.
Wei Shan had been right. Just that morning, he had mastered the skill of constructing Puppets in the Forest of Bones, and now he could take apart a Grinning Angel with a master butcher's precision.
Most importantly, the Grinning Angel's dismantled parts could still move, just like... the artificial organs in Stephen Chow's Sixty Million Dollar Man.
"This Grinning Angel looks a lot like some of the organs in the Forest of Bones!" Lin Yi couldn't help remarking.
Wei Shan didn't answer, but his silence instead gave Lin Yi a flash of inspiration. "Holy shit, Wei Sang, do you think the Fanatics might be trying to 'upgrade' themselves into Angel Sculptures?!"
Everything suddenly became clear in Lin Yi's mind. He seemed to have figured it out!
Through years upon years of research, the Fanatics had cobbled together the Forest of Bones;
They had clearly failed in their experiments to manufacture Angel Sculptures, creating "Wrathful Angels," yet they still hadn't stopped their research;
And he had personally witnessed the Weird Art Female Teacher and the Fanatics replacing their own parts with organs from the Forest of Bones...
All of it made sense now!
It was actually because the Fanatics wanted to upgrade themselves into "Grinning Angels." Their so-called Glorious Evolution meant fucking! Turning into! Grinning Angels?!
Wei Shan answered honestly, however, "I don't know. You should discuss that sort of thing with Young Master Tian. I... can't be bothered to think about it."
"Oh..." Lin Yi replied, then added, "But I feel like it might not be that simple... Wait! Could it have something to do with Ashes?!"
Back when Kuai Hongji had dealt with the Weird Art Female Teacher and the others, he had brought back an Ashes Crystal!