Mao Feiyang was one of them.
At that moment, Mao Feiyang was looking at the dome above the Relief Sculpture. Set into that dome was a pane of glass they had not noticed before, covered in patterns steeped in religious imagery, with dim light and shadow drifting across it in the pitch-black night...
Strands of light spilled down from the dome, like the cold, spectral moonlight over Swan Lake.
And Mao Feiyang was like a black swan, letting those snowflake-like patches of light fall over him.
Those snowflakes looked like flakes of ash.
And Mao Feiyang was constantly absorbing the ashes.
The instant Lin Yi's consciousness entered the Art Classroom, Mao Feiyang seemed to sense it in real time. His body trembled slightly, and then he quickly straightened up and looked toward Lin Yi.
"Lao Lin?" Mao Feiyang murmured.
Lin Yi was startled, but immediately answered, "It's me... Maozi, we're here."
Mao Feiyang did not seem surprised. Instead, he gave a relieved smile. "You're finally here. Let's get moving, then."
Tian Bufan said, "Lao Lin, possess Maozi. Next, the three of us become one."
"All right!" Lin Yi replied, drifting down onto Mao Feiyang and melting into him like one of the snowflakes falling from the dome.
Mao Feiyang shuddered slightly, and a faint glimmer flashed through his eyes. He looked at his hands as though examining a brand-new carapace. "It's been so long since I felt whole... since I felt reunited... If only Wei Sang and Kuai Kuai could come too."
"They have their own things to do. After you're finished, Kuai Kuai will bring 'Bai Fangshuo's' Student ID to pick you up," Tian Bufan said. "From that moment until you leave, you'll be 'Bai Fangshuo.'"
"Got it... Then let's head out now. I've already prepared everything," Mao Feiyang