Gu Xingmiao stared at the eighth note in the palm of her hand.

After a while, she said, "Of course, this kind of thing should be given to the teacher. How can I keep it for myself?"

Although Gu Xingmiao really wanted to study the secret, when he thought about how the humans in the alliance were so wary of pollution and how they had been harmed by pollution thousands of times, he felt that it would be better to leave this thing to the instructor.

The higher-ups will take care of it.

If her speech had not been spontaneous, she would have suspected that someone had arranged for the pollutant to appear in the square.

etc--

In fact, from a certain perspective, this is not impossible.

The faint smile on her lips faded little by little, and her eyes became deeper than before.

It is written in the Alliance teaching materials that any contaminated area or contaminated body will have signs before it appears.

The pollutants will send out warnings to all creatures around them that this is their territory, so it was not until many, many years ago that humans discovered the existence of the pollutants.

If the existence of the pollutant was more hidden, humanity would probably be wiped out.

Some people believe that this is a genetic weakness of the contaminants themselves. They are already strong enough. If there is no forewarning weakness at all—

There will only be pollutants in this world, and no other intelligent creatures.

But this big mouth...

But it appeared so suddenly that the more Gu Xingmiao thought about it, the more she felt that it was a conspiracy.

But who would hate themselves so much that they would put themselves in a situation where they are sure to die?

I don't know how long it took, but the surroundings finally returned to complete peace.

However, the huge square had indeed become much more dilapidated than before. Only after everything was settled did the other teachers rush over.

Gu Xingmiao's eyes darkened even more, and his fingers gently stroked the peach branch in his hand.

...What a coincidence.

"Why does my sister's smile seem a bit chilling and scary?"

"I feel a little trembling too. My sister's smile is even scarier than before."

"Maybe the host is tired. After all, they just went through a big battle. If it weren't for everyone's combined efforts to weaken that weird big mouth, I'm afraid many people would have died!"

"Ordinary attacks are almost ineffective against Big Mouth. Only music is most effective against that thing. Help! Doesn't this mean that in this world, everyone must be proficient in all kinds of martial arts?"

"Are you okay?" 001's eyes were a little heavy.

Gu Xingmiao suppressed all his expressions and just nodded.

001's gaze softened slightly, and he finally said, "Don't worry, I'll give you an explanation."

Gu Xingmiao paused, then realized that 001 also knew that the appearance of this contaminant was very abrupt.

It seems that her previous guess was correct, someone was indeed causing trouble.

"You did very well." 001 wasn't the kind of instructor who would show care and concern, but she couldn't bear to see Gu Xingmiao being wronged for no reason. She could only suppress her anger and said, "If it weren't for you, this alliance would have been in big trouble."

"Meibao: I saved the world again for no apparent reason"

"Hahahaha, it really feels like the anchor is always involved in various things. Is this the protagonist? Yeah, otherwise I wouldn't like watching it."

"I see a very chilling atmosphere. For something like this to happen in that world would be a grave mistake. Such a terrifying contaminant to appear in a school, what if there aren't any humans who can play a musical instrument among the students?"

"But I have a bad feeling that causing trouble will only lead to casualties."

"Pfft, pfft, pfft, upstairs!"

It was not until the people at the scene were dispersed and Gu Xingmiao was taken back to the office that she roughly understood what had happened.

"Someone placed pollution-inducing substances in the square in advance."

Gu Xingmiao was slightly confused.

This was the first time she encountered this word.

"You probably don't know that this thing is contraband... Normally, no one in the alliance would mention it." Of course, everyone felt it was unlucky.

"What are pollution-inducing products?" Gu Xingmiao asked.

“The core product of pollution can be considered a medium for pollutants to appear in the world.”

"This thing is made up of the original power of the contaminated body. It is a contaminated item found by someone." 001 frowned and said coldly, but her cold face was not directed at Gu Xingmiao but at the person behind the scenes who had not been found yet.

Gu Xingmiao suddenly opened his palm, revealing the eighth note.

She hesitated and said, "Teacher, is this what you are talking about?"

The counselor turned his head and lowered it subconsciously.

001 Counselor:?

"...How did you find this?!" Her voice suddenly rose.

Gu Xingmiao said innocently: "I found it on the ground."

Obviously, 001 was silent.

Gu Xingmiao, who didn't know what to say, just looked at the other party in silence.

…

It was already dark when Gu Xingmiao left the office.

She still held the eighth note in her hand. The thing she had intended to hand over to the school somehow ended up in her hands.

Because Wong Tai Sin protested too much, the characters were stuffed into her pocket.

“This thing is scary, but this thing is also safe.”

"If you hold a contaminated item and the pollution doesn't rise, it means it belongs to you and only you can suppress it."

Gu Xingmiao, who had just been there a few minutes ago, was very puzzled and asked, "If that's the case, then shouldn't other people also obtain contaminated items after passing through the contaminated area? Wouldn't that make the contamination level more stable?"

"Why don't they let those people keep the contaminated items themselves? Instead, they say that any contaminated items found must be registered and handed in."

001 was silent for even longer.

When she spoke again, her voice became even hoarser.

"Even if contaminated items are dropped, it's a rare occurrence, and even fewer people are able to obtain them without being infected, so take it."

What she didn't say was how small this minority of cases was.

In the founding history of the Alliance Empire——

Only people with less than five figures can do it.

In the future, those people will all be the unfathomable inheritors of great old things, and their names will be recorded in the history books of the founding of the Alliance Empire.

And now, it seems that there will be one more person like Gu Xingmiao.

Gu Xingmiao, who has just become an adult, is still stumbling in the polluted world. He is still confused about the future and cannot understand the horror of pollution. The people at the top of the alliance do not want Gu Xingmiao to know the cruel and tragic truth.

In today's world, adults can still hold on, and it is not necessary for children who have just reached adulthood to bear all the necessary responsibilities.

But Gu Xingmiao is like an extremely dazzling star.

Even though she herself still knows nothing, her light has already illuminated others.

The world becomes young again.

The current Alliance Empire was built with the lives of our ancestors and was obtained at the cost of tragic trial and error by our ancestors.

The civilization from the far East has never disappeared, nor does it lack the great courage to reappear.

This is true of the current Alliance Empire, and also of China in the past.