"But..."

"Oh right!" Lin Yi's eyes lit up, he knew how to explain it to Boss!

"The library! Yes, the library!!"

Back then, Li Zidan and the Art Teacher were engraving information into the imperial decree in a certain layer of the library, which was laid out like a grand black and white chessboard, with endless Doric columns upon which stood sculptures of white angels and black demons!

And the broken sculpture... appeared in the form one would expect after such sculptures became extremely ruined!

"Yeah, that's how I can explain it to Boss!"

Seeing Lin Yi's dazed expression, Li Huiyuan wisely refrained from further teasing and stopped, quietly absorbing supernatural power beside Lin Yi.

Of course, despite not acting, she was still puffing out her slightly flushed cheeks, like an angry little pufferfish.

After a while of absorption, Li Huiyuan's initially flushed complexion turned even redder, seemingly ignited by the contamination Lin Yi emitted.

Li Huiyuan was initially just a bit surprised, but as her body temperature continued to rise, she gradually realized something was amiss.

"Lin, Lin Linzi... Lin Yi! Lin Yi!!" She called out to Lin Yi in fear, "I think I'm going to burn up!"

Hearing Li Huiyuan's call, Lin Yi quickly came back to his senses.

"Oh my, how did this happen?" Lin Yi was startled upon seeing Li Huiyuan, he clearly sensed a large amount of ashes within Li Huiyuan, it was no wonder she was about to burn!

But these ashes... why did they feel so familiar?

Of course, these ashes were undoubtedly from him, but the familiarity wasn't about their origin, it was... why did he perceive the breath of something like the fleecy matter from the black sea within the ashes inside Li Huiyuan?

"Don't worry! I'll absorb some ashes!" Lin Yi said, reaching out to press on Li Huiyuan's shoulder above her chest... collarbone.

He originally wanted to absorb from the heart where the ashes concentrated in Li Huiyuan, but the position seemed delicate, and besides it wasn't a complete emergency, so he compromised.

As soon as he touched Li Huiyuan, the ashes inside her started to boil and became more active than usual.

With a thought, he began to absorb vigorously from Li Huiyuan like a pump.

The rapid decrease of ashes quickly relieved Li Huiyuan, but problems soon arose. Although there were many ashes inside Li Huiyuan, they were nothing compared to Lin Yi, in just a few breaths, the ashes inside her were nearly completely extracted.

Li Huiyuan's body began to convulse rapidly: "Enough, enough, enough... Wait, wait, wait, I'm going to be drained by you... Stop, stop! Ugh ugh ah ah..."

Lin Yi hurriedly stopped, secretly injecting some ashes back into her, Li Huiyuan initially seemed like a flickering candle in the wind, now she was somewhat recovered.

Her gaze became even more resentful: "I almost died just now..."

"It was my first time absorbing... Who would have thought I'd drain you all at once..." Lin Yi scratched the back of his head, wearing a sincere look of apology.

He really hadn't done this before.

Previously, when absorbing contamination to regenerate flesh in the black sea, he did it greedily like a siphoning whale, this time he controlled himself while aiding Li Huiyuan, yet the rate of extraction was still too much for her.

Li Huiyuan pouted, feeling somewhat frustrated: "My so much ashes... is just a tiny bit to you?"

Lin Yi felt embarrassed, not knowing how to respond.

If he said it wasn't even enough to fill the gaps between his teeth, Li Huiyuan would likely jump up in protest...

To consider Li Huiyuan's psychological tolerance, he chose to stay silent.

Seeing his reaction, Li Huiyuan sighed softly.

She suddenly understood what Boss meant:

[Right now, you are just at the initial stage as a Sports Student, whether it's your advancement in Sports Department courses or your cognition of the world, they are still shallow... When a person is "ignorant," they feel "fearless," but as cognition increases, they feel more fearful and insignificant.]

Meanwhile, Lin Yi also somewhat grasped why Old Mo specifically sought him out — a competent charging treasure is truly crucial for emergency preparations!

"I just don't know if my current contamination level qualifies me as Boss's charging treasure?"

This thought emerged in Lin Yi's mind.

He certainly wasn't at the same strength as when with Old Mo; perhaps he truly now qualified to charge Boss.

Though, given his tendency to underestimate Boss's combat power, it's possible Boss would drain him dry just like he did to Li Huiyuan.

If Boss exerted force, Lin Yi might end up completely empty.

"Are you alright?" He asked with concern, snapping back to reality and checking on Li Huiyuan.

Li Huiyuan was still slightly angry but felt much better, nodding in a muffled response.

"Why don't you soak in the water for a bit, I need to find Boss about something," Lin Yi suggested quietly.

Li Huiyuan pouted, but seeing Lin Yi's seriousness, she nodded.

"Just say it straight, soak in the water a little longer." Boss understood the art of tea brewing well, truly treating Lin Yi like a teabag this time.

After speaking, she rose and came before Lin Yi, bending down towards the poolside, reaching out to stir the pool water, splashing some onto her legs.

She was sensing the primordial pollution purity within the pool, but this action left Lin Yi dumbstruck.

It also made the murderous aura surrounding Li Huiyuan soar excitedly.

Sensing the emanating murderous aura, Lin Yi quickly said, "Boss, I know how to explain the broken sculpture to you."

He transferred his will to the library and recounted to Boss the incident observed through Li Zidan with the black and white chessboard.

"... The broken sculpture I mentioned resembles the decayed forms of those white angel sculptures and black demon sculptures," Lin Yi explained.

Boss pondered for a moment before frowning: "The library... I haven't really visited it, so I'm not familiar with those things."

"Let me think about it first."

Lin Yi was surprised: "Boss, you haven't been to the library?!"

With Boss's strength, it shouldn't be possible!

Was there another reason?

Lin Yi's gaze flickered.

Boss candidly admitted: "I rarely leave the Gymnasium, even when aiding the Art Building, I seldom enter the Art Building itself."

Lin Yi was startled; was there really another reason?

"Then... If Boss hasn't seen it, how should I explain... this, this, this, this is kind of tricky."

Lin Yi scratched his ears and fidgeted, looking conflicted.

Boss was still contemplating: "It's quite strange... I wasn't too concerned earlier, but now that I'm thinking carefully, it's blank, as if there's a segment of blank memory."

People always remember seeing something somewhere, but the more one tries to recall, the less clear it becomes.

Boss seemed to be experiencing just that.

Observing Boss's predicament, Lin Yi also narrowed his eyes; Boss's memory issue seemed different from his own situation.

His memory was nonexistent, whereas Boss's memory resembled a cupboard filled with boxes, the cupboard existed, the boxes existed, but upon opening them, they were empty.

Lin Yi paused, suddenly feeling the situation wasn't as he understood!

He quickly asked: "Why is it like this? Boss, didn't you go to the Art Building last night?"

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