NOVEL NEXT Chapter 598: Where's the Basement?
Seeing Li Huiyuan's actions, Lin Yi paused slightly, and the next moment his pupils widened in shock as a golden secret pattern appeared on Li Huiyuan's left arm!
"This... no way?!" Before Lin Yi could gasp, Li Huiyuan shouted: "Open!"
Immediately, the golden secret pattern scattered like powdered dust blown by the wind, transforming into strands of pale golden threads that continuously intertwined before her.
Finally, a rather exaggerated saw was summoned by Li Huiyuan.
"Is it really the Secret Pattern Steel Saw?! Damn it!"
In fact, when Lin Yi first saw that familiar golden secret pattern, he felt uneasy inside. But it wasn't until the golden secret pattern completely transformed into the Secret Pattern Steel Saw that his expression froze.
The Secret Pattern Steel Saw summoned by Li Huiyuan was somewhat miniature, like the difference between Yang Guo and his great sword, unlike the disparity between the little girl and the original Secret Pattern Steel Saw.
And only at this moment did he realize the strong sense of familiarity he felt previously when seeing Li Huiyuan and Boss cross paths!
It was clearly because Li Huiyuan had been infected by the little girl's breath!
Yet this didn't stop him from showing disbelief on his face: "This, where did you get this thing...?!"
He really wanted to say that this thing was clearly on his arm, how did it end up over there?!
He instinctively touched his left arm—though he didn't really need to touch it as his perception accurately fed back the golden secret pattern on his arm to his heart.
The golden secret pattern was as always on his side, yet there was a replica that inexplicably appeared on Li Huiyuan's hand.
This definitely was related to him, but how it was related he had no idea at all.
Li Huiyuan shook her head with her lips pursed: "I don't know either... don't know how, but it just happened."
Lin Yi was speechless: "..."
Boss spoke calmly: "Looks like even you don't understand what kind of thing you've brought back."
"Hui Huizi, while absorbing the contamination you emitted, also imprinted this secret pattern power that doesn't belong to you into her body... as if the skin has been darkened by sunlight."
"I just tested it, and the secret pattern on your body... should be contagious, but not everyone is qualified to bear it."
"I haven't figured out the underlying logic of Hui Huizi for bearing it, but it's likely related to you. Due to time constraints, I only managed to test a little and didn't get any results."
Lin Yi was silent for a while: "At least... my secret pattern, doesn't essentially have any side effects."
He always thought the golden secret pattern, while bringing powerful offensive characteristics, also brought erosion and contamination to himself, but Tian Bufan's words made him realize that the erosion was because he wasn't strong enough.
You can't blame the performance for being too good and running too fast if you can't control an F1; you can only blame yourself for inadequate control.
Boss nodded slightly: "Apart from needing Hui Huizi to have strong power to control it, indeed there's no side effect... However, during the testing interval, I faintly sensed another presence."
"That presence was very faint, like brainwaves from a distant space-time. I tested for a long time but couldn't capture it."
Lin Yi's pupils constricted slightly, could it be the summoning of a Contractor...?!
"Looks like you seem to know something again?" Boss raised his eyebrows, almost reaching out to tilt Lin Yi's chin.
Lin Yi pursed his lips slightly and shook his head: "I'm not entirely sure, but perhaps it's related to the origin of this secret pattern... This secret pattern was carved onto me by a little girl when I left the Art Building and passed through the Gallery the night before last, who doesn't exist in the reality layer."
"At first, she seemed to want to cut my wrist, but somehow, the steel saw in her hand transformed into a secret pattern and was imprinted onto my bones."
Lin Yi recounted the incident where he was attacked by a projection of the suspected "Contractor" little girl.
"A projection seeping from the Art Building Layer or even beyond dimensional exile... truly interesting..."
"You have attracted such an existence, you really have some ability..."
"But..." Boss frowned, clicking his tongue: "'Con...tractor', this term feels... strangely familiar?"
"Boss, do you not know about 'Contractors'?" Lin Yi asked in surprise.
Even Night Watchman-02 knew about 'Contractors', but Boss didn't?
Theoretically, Boss should know more than the Night Watchman!
Moreover, Boss and the Principal should be the ones most knowledgeable about those secrets on the entire campus!
Boss narrowed his eyes as if deep in thought: "Really strange... but indeed, I feel both unfamiliar and familiar with this term..."
Lin Yi's heart skipped a beat—Boss's memory really is problematic!
"Forget it, let's not dwell on this for now." Boss shook his head slightly, the conversation abruptly stopped, "Let's go train, your time is quite tight."
"Alright." Lin Yi nodded, Boss's memory has been this way all these years, there must be an explanation behind it, pursuing it further would be counterproductive.
He then changed the subject, mentioning the discovery in the changing room's shower area: "By the way, Boss, I just found something again in the changing room..."
Upon hearing this, Boss showed a grin mixed with helplessness: "How come you always seem to find something whenever you take a shower?"