Chapter 38
The days at Lantai No. 1 Middle School go by day after day, and the midterm exams pass quickly in the busy time.
With the CPA common sense knowledge coming to an end, the recent study pressure of several people suddenly decreased, and all of a sudden there was only the final monthly exam in a week.
Lantai No. 1 Middle School follows the international "custom" of having one and a half days off every two weeks and half a day off every week. On Sunday, after two classes in the afternoon, they will have two classes off plus a whole evening self-study session. Chu Zhongyuan and Zheng Qiuji both live on campus, so Luo Dong and Gu Qingming left a while later. The four of them gathered in the club meeting room on the fifth floor and started playing cards.
"Three for three!"
Zheng Qiuji shook for a long time, and finally threw out a pair of threes, and no one knew who he was giving the cards to.
The late autumn sun shines on the sign outside the club meeting room, making it warm. The three people who have just entered the mysterious world finally became official members of CPA through the Heshu Town incident.
With the help of Cao Sheng, the most bizarre club of Lantai No. 1 Middle School, the Supernatural Club, finally passed the school's approval. The club meeting room they usually used for studying officially became their territory from then on.
Gu Qingming even immediately changed the name of the group chat to: Love and Supernatural Society.
Now, this meeting room of the Superpower Society has almost become a game room where several people play cards, script-killing games, Landlord and Mahjong in their spare time.
Well...it also works part-time as a study room for those who cram before exams.
"To four."
Gu Qingming pushed his glasses and counted the cards in his hand one by one. Finally, he followed Zheng Qiuji's straight hand and laid down his cards.
"Speaking of which...after the monthly exam next week, we only have three weeks left before the final simulation!"
Zheng Qiuji sighed with a grin.
"It's okay. It's still a long way off. The actual final exam will be one month after the final simulation."
Chu Zhongyuan ended the game with a pair of 2, not giving Luo Dong any chance to remove his cards, which made the opponent look unhappy.
"I don't know who invented the final mock exam..."
Luo Dong frowned, "For such a lousy final exam, you still have to give me a mock exam. I'm doing this in the first semester of my second year of high school. I have no doubt that Emperor Zhang can prepare a mock final exam for me in my third year of high school."
Luo Dong was not Gu Qingming. He did not indulge Chu Zhongyuan. He directly threw out four threes, blowing him flying all over the sky.
"Do you know how tiring it is to set up the exam room and move the desks?"
"And there are more and more spirits recently. It doesn't seem like a good thing."
Zheng Qiuji was worried about the country and the people while happily watching Luo Dong killing everyone. Although he and Chu Zhongyuan were in the same team, it didn't mean that he didn't want to see Chu Zhongyuan suffer a defeat.
Since the He Shu incident, more and more natural spirits and wandering souls who had not yet been taken away by the underworld for reincarnation appeared in Lantai No. 1 Middle School, or in the entire Lantai City. The four of them were on their way to catch spirits every day, making a lot of jokes in the school. Chu Zhongyuan almost fell from a tree and rode on Zhang Yiwei's neck, for which he was severely criticized.
Cao Sheng and Lu Ze are as busy as two spinning tops. Cao Sheng disappears as soon as the get out of class is over, and the latter has only been back for a few days and is now on a business trip again - Lu Ze is the roaming specialist of Lantai City. The need for roaming specialists to show up everywhere can only mean that the situation in other places is worse.
"It's as if...something has been disturbed, making the mystery here even higher."
Chu Zhongyuan shrugged and looked at Gu Qingming pitifully, trying to get him to save face.
"I think it has something to do with Ceobe."
Gu Qingming coughed twice, giving himself a sense of ritual, and then spread out the four cards in his hand, which were exactly four sevens.
“I won.”
He said it succinctly.
Luo Dong raised his eyebrows, feeling something was wrong. Gu Qingming and he were both farmers, and even though he won in the end, he still felt a little unhappy.
No, he was very unhappy. Looking at Chu Zhongyuan's smug look, Luo Dong stared at Gu Qingming with disapproval, as if saying: Just spoil him!
"Ceobe must be the source of all evil, but it may also be because it is approaching the winter dormancy period and the mysterious activity is relatively high. After all, the mystery is relatively high at this time of year in previous years."
Zheng Qiuji began to pick up the scattered playing cards. In this game of Landlord, the landlords didn't look like landlords and the peasants didn't look like peasants, which made him feel very painful.
Zheng Qiuji said bitterly: "You are really not a human being!"
Chu Zhongyuan was at a loss: "That shouldn't be the case. At least I am a human being, right?"
Zheng Qiuji snorted: "That's not necessarily true."
"Speaking of which, Brother Gu, what was the situation when Heshu Town suddenly broke out? Hasn't Boss Cao found out yet?"
Zheng Qiuji suddenly remembered something and asked.
"Teacher Cao said that maybe it was an incomplete liberation of the real name, but..."
Gu Qingming recalled the outburst at that moment. Although some time had passed, the special feeling of the bronze spear piercing through the wooden model was still as clear as if it had just happened yesterday.
His voice became a little hesitant.
True Name Release is equivalent to the ultimate Q skill of the psychic in the online game. After using it, the threshold will be instantly reset to zero. The form of True Name Release for each psychic is different, but the basic principle is mostly to enhance the short-term output power of the EN factor. When Gu Qingming mentioned the situation at that time, Cao Sheng almost immediately thought of True Name Release.
But Gu Qingming always felt that things were not that simple, and who could have an ultimate move that included auditory hallucinations...
"Let's take it one step at a time. Anyway, the outbreak hasn't had any bad effects on me so far."
He sighed and put away the playing cards that Zheng Qiuji handed over.
At this time, a soothing piano music that made the high school students of Lantai No. 1 Middle School's bones tingle sounded. The others easily recognized that it was the famous song "Summer" by the international superstar music genius Miss Modvina. The tone was relaxed and comfortable, carrying the willfulness and freedom of summer. Most importantly, it was chosen by Lantai No. 1 Middle School as its bell for classes.
But what shocked Zheng Qiuji was that Gu Qingming actually used this music as his cell phone ringtone. He never forgot the teachings of his alma mater and was indeed an excellent student with both good character and good academic performance.
“Hello, how are you…?”
The top student with excellent character and academic performance answered the phone, and his expression suddenly changed before the person on the other end could say two words.
"Thank you. I'll be there right away."
Gu Qingming's voice was even a little hoarse.
He hung up the phone with a grim look on his face and stood up suddenly.
"Student Xiao Ming, what are you doing——"
Chu Zhongyuan was slightly stunned, and the other party took a deep breath, as if trying to calm himself down.
"Uncle Lu Ze is in trouble. He is currently being treated at the Lantai City CPA Headquarters Hospital."
Gu Qingming, who was usually calm, showed a hint of panic in his voice for the first time.
"Walk!"
Chu Zhongyuan didn't say much. He took out his early winter coat, put it on, and walked away with Gu Qingming.
Zheng Qiuji and Luo Dong hurriedly followed.
The two boarding students left their departure signatures at the security office at the school gate, hailed a taxi at the gate, and quickly rushed to the CPA headquarters in Lantai City.
The CPA headquarters is located on the top floor of a commercial building in the center of Lantai City, with a total of five floors. The last time they came to the CPA headquarters in Lantai City was the day they agreed to enter CPA after the transfer ceremony.
That afternoon, Cao Sheng brought several high school students to the headquarters building. The high-tech EN machines inside dazzled them. It was like they had entered a research base at the forefront of future technology in novels or movies.
Now, the four high school students who have to run back and forth every time they submit a task have become immune to all the strange scenes in this high-rise building.
Gu Qingming and his companions passed by the relief room for the wounded who were suffering from mental attacks and were fighting against the air, the mysterious animal rescue department where people were holding on to strange and mysterious creatures and shouting "Good baby, you're awesome", and the sparring room for the psychics who were screaming miserably. After turning left and right in the long corridor, they finally arrived at the ward of Lu Ze mentioned on the phone.
On the doorplate outside the ward, a white snake staff with a lantern hanging from it was extremely conspicuous.
That is the "Rod of Asclepius" (ROA), the full name of the Specialized Medical Center for Superpowers Against the Mysterious. It is the only designated medical unit for the three guardians of humanity against the mystery: the Volunteer Association, the Night Watch Foundation, and the WPA Superpower Guild.
ROA, a professional medical institution split from the three guardians fighting against the mystery and composed of professional healing psychics, has, after so many years of development, become the last line of defense for all those fighting on the front line of the war against the mystery.
In the impression of every psychic, as long as they are there, no matter how serious the injury is on the "battlefield", it is not a big problem.
But this also means that only seriously injured psychic specialists will be deliberately sent to ROA branches in various places.
Otherwise, some simple flesh wounds can be treated on the spot by a healing psychic like Luo Dong.
“Uncle Lu Ze! You——”
Gu Qingming pushed open the door and spoke worriedly, only to find that Lu Ze was not the only one in the ward.
Lu Ze's ward was a double room. The other bed was neatly laid out with bedding, but no patient was yet admitted. In addition to Lu Ze leaning on the bed, the other person in the room did not sit on the empty bed, but stood upright but somewhat casually by the window.
Cao Sheng's brown hair was as messy as when Gu Qingming and the others first met him, and he seemed to be very busy and distracted recently.
"Hello, Teacher Cao."
Four high school students stood in a row and greeted the teacher honestly.
"Hello, students. Thank you for your hard work."
Cao Sheng raised his head, the bruises under his eyes were extremely conspicuous, but he still smiled as provocatively as usual, like a larger version of Chu Zhongyuan.
What was strange was that there were several blurry scratches on Cao Sheng's face and hands.
However, Lu Ze, who was half leaning on the bed and wearing a hospital gown, was even worse off than him.
Lu Ze had a cooling patch on his forehead and an IV on his hand. His face was terribly pale.
However, he didn't seem to have any serious problems and was in good spirits. It seemed that he was just talking to Cao Sheng about something regarding the mission.
"Don't worry, Xiao Qingming, your uncle Lu Ze is fine. He just got caught in Ceope's trap during the mission and now he has a fever."
Cao Sheng explained to Lu Ze very considerately.
Lu Ze covered his face in embarrassment, as if he had thought of something embarrassing.
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