Chapter 15
"What's going on..." Chu Zhongyuan looked up suddenly, and at that moment, he seemed to have lost the ability to speak. His hands loosened, and Li Zhiwei behind him almost slipped off his back.
He stood opposite Luo Dong and Gu Qingming, facing the direction of the old dormitory building. However, his expression looked grim as if he had seen a mountain of test papers. He pointed in the direction of the old dormitory building, unable to utter a word for a long time.
"What's wrong with you?"
Gu Qingming thought that Chu Zhongyuan's love of adding drama had struck again, and he and Luo Dong turned in the direction Chu Zhongyuan pointed, half believing and half doubting, but they felt suffocated at the same time.
It was a horrifying and shocking spectacle that did not belong to this world at all, something the three of them had never seen before in the past ten years of their lives, and could not even imagine.
Its presence there shattered all their adherence to their previously established worldview.
If I really had to describe it, it would be a scene that could only be seen in hell...
The three high school students thought.
The sky was gloomy, and dark clouds had filled it up without anyone noticing. The old dormitory building was the core, blocking out the natural light.
At the core of the swirling cloud, a dark column of smoke rose from the roof of the old dormitory building like the arm of an underground monster struggling upwards. The lighter smoke climbed up toward the black pillar in circles like a ribbon, outlining a lace-like fog area on the periphery.
The black fog rat struggled off the paper man, revealing its original appearance.
The entire upper part of the old dormitory building was already shrouded in pitch-black smoke.
"What kind of monster is that...? Is he also one of the people behind this?"
Chu Zhongyuan stood there, supporting Li Zhiwei's body, and muttered.
"I have no idea……"
Gu Qingming shook his head unconsciously. He looked at the slowly rotating clouds and black smoke columns and could only feel that it was a gathering of some negative emotions.
"This is too... much scarier than what my second brother wrote in his notes..."
Luo Dong covered his mouth, and black smoke was reflected in his beautiful eyes. Although he had some understanding of this supernatural world hidden beneath the dull real world because of the notes left by his second brother who suddenly appeared, Luo Dong found that the horror of this world was still beyond his imagination.
He was almost regretting his decision to plunge into this unknown world of supernatural powers.
Notes are just notes after all, and experiencing it in person is something completely different.
"How are we going to stop this...by self-destructing?"
Chu Zhongyuan's voice sounded terribly hoarse.
"No, that doesn't need to be stopped."
A familiar voice sounded behind the three people. They turned around suddenly. Gu Qingming even reflexively took an attacking posture, but when he saw the man's right hand was suspended by plaster, he breathed a sigh of relief and resumed his normal standing posture.
The flax-gray-haired boy appeared behind them at some point, and Zheng Qiuji showed a helpless smile, which made Chu Zhongyuan feel a little strange for a moment.
Zheng Qiuji saw that the three people in front of him were relaxed but still tense, so he sighed and explained.
"Don't look at me like that. After all, I'm not the culprit you think."
He shrugged his shoulders and expertly removed two thin round pieces from his eyes, which were so dark that they seemed a little weird.
"Is that... beauty contact lenses?"
Luo Dong judged hesitantly.
But why did Zheng Qiuji take off her colored contact lenses?
Zheng Qiuji put the contact lenses into the care solution he carried with him. When he raised his head again, his dark eyes had turned into bright golden pupils that a normal person would never have.
Different from Luo Dong's different eye color which is naturally caused by his mixed blood, Zheng Qiuji's eyes are obviously affected by some special ability.
"While observing the anomaly, please also pay attention to the surrounding situation, newly awakened psychics..."
Zheng Qiuji shook his head helplessly. He stretched out his hand and gently touched his lips with his index finger.
[“The Master said: A gentleman has nine thoughts: seeing to be clear and hearing to be intelligent.”]
It was clearly just a simple sentence from ancient Chinese, but when it was recited by Zheng Qiuji at that moment, it sounded solemn and dignified.
Once words are spoken, they are accomplished.
A glowing chain of ancient copper characters appeared from behind Zheng Qiuji, and then dimmed and disappeared like the unfolding domain.
“Squeak, squeak, squeak—”
The creatures screamed, and blood-red eyes were looming in the black smoke. The range of the smoke from the giant pillar was expanding. The people standing in front of the old dormitory building suddenly realized that they had been surrounded by a terrifying number of giant rats without knowing when.
Chu Zhongyuan and Gu Qingming realized that this was the strange rat they had encountered when they visited the old dormitory building at night.
He is also the culprit for the appearance of the scary paper man.
Dozens of rats surrounded the few people. After seeing the number clearly, Zheng Qiuji changed his previous strategic demeanor, widened his golden, non-human eyes, and fell into the same despair as everyone else.
"Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god, why are there so many, so many, this this this this this this - this is too big?!?!"
Zheng Qiuji's voice was trembling badly, and it sounded like he was more traumatized by these horrible monster rats than anyone else. He even tentatively hid behind Luo Dong, not daring to look at him again.
He was so frightened that the fear of the other three people was dispelled a lot when they saw Zheng Qiuji being so scared.
"Weren't you quite impressive just now? Why are you silent now?"
Chu Zhongyuan had forgotten his fear. Compared to fear, mocking this mortal enemy who had been hiding from Zhang Yiwei with him was more important.
Gu Qingming even heard a hint of gloating in Chu Zhongyuan's voice.
"No, no, no, no, I really didn't expect it to be a mouse. I really can't stand mice..."
Zheng Qiuji poked his head out from behind Gu Qingming and Luo Dong tremblingly, then withdrew it and covered his eyes tightly with his arms, as if those rats whose hiding places were exposed by him and who were eyeing them hungrily would not exist if he did not look at them.
"Stop bickering, Chu Zhongyuan, they seem to be rushing over."
Gu Qingming grabbed Chu Zhongyuan who wanted to say a few more words, and his expression began to become serious.
"Okay, we'll have plenty of time to communicate with each other later anyway."
Chu Zhongyuan shrugged and looked at the three people beside him. All the people with supernatural powers in Lantai No. 1 Middle School had gathered here. The four of them, in any sense, would have to communicate with each other in the future.
Why does Gu Qingming know Luo Dong, why do Luo Dong and Zheng Qiuji also have superpowers, and what about the so-called black smoke column that Zheng Qiuji said does not need to be stopped? There is plenty of time to answer these questions after it is safe.
The most urgent task is to get rid of these rats.
Chu Zhongyuan and Gu Qingming placed the unconscious Lin Ze and Li Zhiwei behind them, and faced the giant black rats in the dormitory building, each summoning their own special abilities.
"It's better to share happiness with others than to enjoy it alone. It's not worth it if I send it by myself alone. I'll fight with you guys! One will break even and both will make a fortune!"
Chu Zhongyuan looked like he was trying to encourage himself, but because the number of rats was so large, his words were a bit discouraging.
"I hope Boss Cao will hurry up. Oh my god, what a big rat - oh my god!"
Zheng Qiuji tremblingly removed the sleeves that were covering his eyes, and then was almost scared to the ground by a rat rushing towards him.
He is really afraid of these things.
Seeing this, Gu Qingming, who was surrounded by a long green wind, kicked away the rat that was about to touch the corner of Zheng Qiuji's clothes. After a fight, Gu Qingming found that although there were many rats here, they were much weaker than the last time he visited the old dormitory building at night.
His strength was far less than last time, but he could still easily beat the rats back into their original form of black smoke.
"I am really impressed. The ecological maintenance of Lantai No. 1 Middle School is so 'good' despite its shabby environment. One day I will make my dad - hurt, hurt, hurt!"
On the other side, Luo Dong's face was pale, but he nimbly dodged the attacks of the rats. As a young master from a wealthy family, facing such a terrible monster, Luo Dong was the calmest among the four.
The terrifying appearance of the giant rat did not seem to have any effect on him. While complaining about the terrible environment of Lantai No. 1 Middle School, he dodged the attack of the giant rat nimbly and turned around to attack it. The unfortunate rat returned to the black smoke in his intense hesitation.
Gu Qingming was a little curious about what the effect of Luo Dong's white light bullet was.
Why can the students controlled by the paper man and the mice look so painful after being hit?
"Master, Master, Master said: No, no, don't do anything that is inappropriate——"
Although Zheng Qiuji was very scared, his three companions were all in battle. After all, he couldn't pretend nothing had happened and continue to play dead. Instead, he used a trembling voice to activate his spiritual power again.
The copper-colored chain of character light appeared again, and then quickly faded and disappeared. Most of the giant rats around, under the power of the Word Spirit, moved extremely slowly.
“Perfect support.”
Gu Qingming praised, and although Luo Dong had an ugly expression, he nodded slightly.
The former seized the opportunity and quickly beat more than a dozen giant rats back into their original forms of black smoke. Even Chu Zhongyuan, who had no means of attack, took the opportunity to kill quite a few of them.
Luo Dong gritted his teeth and didn't care about being delicate. He used the index fingers of both hands together, and white light flew around. For a moment, black smoke rose up.
The power of the team was obviously several times stronger than when they had fought alone before. Although it was their first meeting and their first time fighting together, everyone was in the most perfect position, as if this battle was just a rehearsed script and they all knew what they should do. Their tacit understanding was terrifying.
"By the way, Zheng Qiuji, what did you mean by that black giant pillar doesn't need to be stopped?"
In his spare time of killing rats, Chu Zhongyuan even had the leisure to ask Zheng Qiuji his doubts.
"You'll know soon enough."
Zheng Qiuji answered with a pale face.
He was able to stand up straight when facing Chu Zhongyuan.
Perhaps the owner of the power of words can also have the effect of words just by speaking casually. As soon as Zheng Qiuji finished speaking, the black smoke began to boil as if stimulated by something, and then the area covered by the smoke shrank rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The giant rats that were almost beaten by the four men were all sucked into the madly swirling black smoke. The gloomy dark clouds continued to condense towards the giant pillar, and the black giant pillar formed by the smoke was shrinking and becoming thinner at a terrifying speed.
"brush--"
A clanging sound like a sword being sheathed was heard, and all the black smoke condensed into one point in an instant, cutting out a black cross, and then like an illusion, it completely disappeared in front of everyone.
The overcast sky gradually cleared up as if it had been manipulated by humans, leaving only broken clouds hovering in the sky, casting grey shadows.
The old dormitory building that was originally completely covered by black smoke revealed its clear face. At this moment, Gu Qingming clearly felt that this old teaching building was no longer filled with the suffocating atmosphere that caused people to have instinctive fear.
It seemed like something had been completely cleared away.
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