Chapter 100 (The Hundredth Chapter)
Mute.
Yan Shi turned off the ringtones on both phones, got up, walked to the window, and looked outside.
Above Zhanzhou, a massive barrier was now appearing, its pale blue light spreading out like ripples. Resembling a giant eggshell, it gleamed with a cold light, firmly enveloping the entire island.
Outside the eggshell stood a strange man in black robes.
Her entire body was tightly wrapped in a coat, the black fabric covering her from head to toe, making her almost invisible in the darkness, barely discernible only by the faint glow of the barrier.
The reason Yan Shi was able to clearly find the man in black robes was because Ji Pu Cun was standing in front of her, separated by a barrier.
The distance was too great; only Ji Pucun's back could be seen.
Yan Shi leaned out, firmly gripping the window, and climbed onto the outer edge of the windowsill. The night breeze was cool, carrying a hint of chill, and faintly, an unknown wailing or shouting could be heard.
The lights in the teachers' apartments are now gradually turning on, and several teachers are flying out.
They stood steadily on the outside of the windowsill in various poses, or simply sat on the roof of the teachers' apartment, looking at the barrier in the distance just like Yan Shi.
Ji Pucun's face was extremely grim at this moment: "Who comes from Zhanzhou territory?"
The other party remained silent, but instead gripped the halberd in his hand and thrust it forcefully into the barrier once more.
The halberd was as black as ink, almost invisible in the night, and could only be seen when it approached the barrier, revealing the dark and cold aura emanating from its surface.
Her movements were slow, and the halberd itself did not possess any dazzling spiritual power. Yet, upon approaching the barrier, it easily pierced its surface.
Centered on the tip of the halberd, tiny cracks spread rapidly outwards like a spider web, and the light of the barrier gradually dimmed, as if a thin layer of transparent ice had been gently shattered.
The floating island of Zhanzhou began to shake violently once again.
The light of the barrier in the sky appeared extremely fragile at this moment, with the cracks widening, as if it might collapse completely at any moment.
Yan Shi steadied himself against the windowsill.
She overheard her teacher, who was also standing on the outside of the window next door, muttering to himself: "I need to change jobs. It seems the Zhanzhou Barrier won't hold."
Is the barrier really that fragile?
Yan Shi was somewhat puzzled.
How could such a fragile barrier take twenty years to be broken? The security in the surface world is just too good.
As expected of the Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs under her command!
“It’s because the principal isn’t here,” Shuyou leaped up from the floor below Yanshi and landed nimbly beside him, his movements swift and decisive. “The director isn’t a force to be reckoned with.”
After regaining her balance, she stretched and said, "Looks like I'll need to find a new job soon too."
Yan Shi turned her gaze away from the distant barrier and looked around. She then realized that the teachers near her in the teachers' apartment were just watching the commotion in twos and threes, or discussing their new job prospects.
No one had any intention of going to support Ji Pucun.
Yan Shi slowly typed out a question mark.
No, are all the teachers at Zhanzhou so...lax?
Above, as Shuyou said, Ji Pucun had no way to deal with the people coming. She herself was not good at fighting, and Zhan Zhou had always relied not on the internal teachers, but on the barrier.
However, the halberd, of unknown origin, was able to actually damage Zhan Zhou's barrier. The cracks in the barrier continued to spread, gradually engulfing the entire barrier.
It should be noted that Zhan Zhou's barrier is not an ordinary formation.
It is essentially the undead domain inherent in the Death Throne upon which the floating island relies, hidden and invisible. It is precisely because of this that Zhan Zhou can be perfectly concealed in the surface world.
Shuyou had already sat down next to Yanshi: "The way this barrier shattered is actually quite beautiful." As she spoke, she took out her phone and started taking pictures of the night view of the shattered barrier against the sky.
Yan Shi also swung his legs, watching the commotion: "Aren't you all going to do anything about it?"
While adjusting the camera's focus, Shuyou replied casually, "I signed a labor contract with Zhanzhou, not a contract to sell myself into servitude. Why should I care whether Zhanzhou lives or dies?"
"So what would happen if the barrier broke?" Yan Shi asked Shu You casually.
Shuyou maintained his matter-of-fact tone: "Not good at all, of course Zhanzhou fell down."
Not good at all, of course Zhan Zhou... fell down?
Yan Shi pondered Shuyu's words again, his pupils suddenly contracted, and then he was greatly alarmed.
What is it?
The floating island of Zhanzhou isn't suspended above the wilderness or the sea; it's suspended directly above the capital. If Zhanzhou falls, wouldn't it just land in the capital?
Such a large island falling from the sky and pressing down on the capital, not to mention the casualties and property damage, just the abnormal events triggered by this incident alone, the work of dealing with the alteration of the memories of millions of residents, blocking the media, and putting Zhan Zhou back on the list... the workload is far greater than that of the small-scale incident in Yuncheng last time.
Everything went black before her eyes.
Shuyou snapped a few photos with a few quick clicks, then looked down at the finished product with satisfaction.
She nodded slightly, seemingly quite proud of her photography skills: "It really is quite beautiful... Wait, Yanlan, what's wrong with you?"
Before she could finish speaking, she suddenly sensed something was amiss. Turning her head, she saw that Yan Shi had already stood up.
“I suddenly realized,” Yan Shi said expressionlessly, “that I still have something I haven’t taken.”
Digital Games: ?
"What is that?" she asked, somewhat bewildered. Then she watched as Yan Lan lightly touched the windowsill with his toes, leaped up quickly, and flew straight towards Ji Pucun above.
The shouts in the darkness grew clearer.
Yan Shi only saw it clearly when he got closer. The halberd that had pierced the Zhan Zhou barrier had its tip deeply embedded in the barrier, releasing almost the same power as the Zhan Zhou barrier itself.
It was so natural, as if the barrier itself was released by the halberd.
Just as she approached, Ji Pucun noticed the movement behind her. Her expression relaxed, and she turned around: "Principal, you're back... Yanlan?"
Her expression turned cold and stern again: "What are you doing up here?"
Yan Shi didn't reply to her, but instead pressed her fingertips against the halberd through the shattered barrier.
First, her fingertips felt the cold, glassy texture, then a chilling, dark aura emanated from them, quickly spreading up her arm.
The aura was chilling and piercing, as if it wanted to penetrate her flesh and soul.
Yan Shi trembled slightly.
It was nearly night, and the sun was nowhere to be seen. Even the blazing sun had fallen asleep.
Under the moonlight, Yan Shi closed his eyes. The shouts had become clearer and more chaotic, and screams came from the students below. The floating island shook violently, as if it might fall at any moment.
The black-robed figure outside the barrier seemed to sneer: "Christie really dares to do this. So you only suppressed the undead, without even cleaning them up."
All the sounds were extremely distant. The sound of the tide grew clearer and clearer.
Ji Pucun seemed to respond indifferently: "The principal's formation is not the problem. If you hadn't attacked the barrier today, the undead would not have come out at all."
"They will forever lie dormant underground."
The woman in black remained silent. As time passed, the halberd grew incredibly heavy. She needed to constantly release more spiritual energy to maintain it.
As for the strange woman who suddenly appeared and braced her hand against the halberd?
In the black-robed man's mind, she was already dead.
No living being can face the lamentations of the dead.
Suddenly, the moonlight brightened and gradually split into two sources. A new moon was severed from the moon and then suddenly exploded in the sky, scattering silvery-white light in all directions.
There was the sound of the tide lapping against the shore.
The man in black robes looked on in shock as the moonlight surged like a tidal wave, pouring down from the sky and creating countless transparent sprays. It was heading straight for this place with a clear objective.
The woman blocking the barrier in front of her opened her eyes, smiled at her, and her eyebrows and eyes were arrogant.
She began, "Bright moon and empty sea."
The surrounding moonlight and tides converged instantly, the Milky Way poured in, and a spiritual sea appeared in the sky.
The waves surged and crashed against the cracked barrier, and silvery-white spiritual light flowed with the waves, gradually filling the cracks, as if weaving patches with moonlight and tide.
At the same time, it supported the teetering floating island, gently yet forcefully sending the undead crawling out from below the academy back to their slumber.
A look of astonishment flashed in the black-robed woman's eyes. She exerted even more force with her halberd, the tip of which plunged deep into the barrier, attempting to shatter it completely.
However, whenever the halberd tip was about to penetrate the barrier a little further, the tide would surge, forcing the halberd tip back from the barrier. The lunar tide confronted the halberd head-on, neutralizing each erosion.
Just then, Yan Shi's fingertips deftly peeked out through the barrier, moonlight swirling around them.
She gripped the halberd tip precisely with a backhand motion. The watery liquid enveloped her palm, gently shielding her from the chilling aura emanating from the halberd.
"It's not good to just come and leave like that," Yan Shi said with a hint of teasing. "Leave a souvenir."
The other party snorted coldly: "Let go." Her tone was harsh, and with a flick of her wrist, she tried to quickly pull the halberd from Yan Shi's palm.
No twitching.
The man in black robes increased his strength and pulled outwards with all his might.
Yan Shi, on the contrary, became more and more relaxed and carefree.
Her fingers slid upwards along the tip of the halberd, the water elemental power in her palm gently enveloping the sharp halberd, completely dissolving its icy chill.
She raised an eyebrow, her tone as casual as if chatting with a friend: "Are you sure you don't want to leave now?"
"If one person leaves now, they can still leave. If they don't leave now, they'll have to stay here with Ji."
"What do you think?" Yan Shi's tone already carried a hint of pressure.
Alarm bells rang in the black-robed man's heart, and his eyes grew increasingly sinister.
She tried to glean something from Yan Shi's face and words, but only met a pair of calm eyes with a hint of mockery.
She asked in a cold voice, "Who exactly are you?"
"Ordinary teachers don't need to meddle in this. You're not on the Zhanzhou Teachers' Committee."
"The Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs? No, that's not right. People from the Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs wouldn't be in Zhanzhou at night."
Yan Shi shrugged: "Can't you do a good deed if you don't have any background?"
"I'm just an ordinary, enthusiastic passerby."
As they talked, the water spirit spread silently, covering most of the halberd, leaving only a small piece in the black-robed man's hand.
The power of the moon tide gradually eroded the halberd, devouring the icy power completely.
"You really won't let go?" The moon tide surged, and the silvery waves touched the black-robed man's tightly gripping hand.
The gloves she was wearing hissed as the moon tide touched them, and they were instantly corroded and shattered.
What was exposed was a gleaming white skeleton.
Yan Shi's gaze fell on: "Skull?"
The man in black robes was startled.
The moon tide showed no mercy, taking advantage of her moment of relaxation to devour her completely.
The man in black robes finally released his grip unwillingly and swiftly slashed backward.
As she moved, a huge door suddenly appeared in the darkness, towering into the clouds and emitting an eerie glow, as if leading to another world.
"A kind passerby?" She sneered, her tone full of sarcasm and resentment. "Until we meet again."
A ghostly light flickered inside the door. Her figure paused briefly in front of the door, and she glanced coldly at Yan Shi, who was still holding the halberd. Finally, she said coldly, "Consider it as you keeping my Undead Halberd for now."
The moon tide completely enveloped the entire halberd.
Yan Shi looked down at the halberd.
The chilling aura emanating from the halberd had been temporarily suppressed by the moon tide, revealing its dark body, which gleamed faintly in the moonlight.
Up close, you can see the intricate patterns carved on the surface, like the veins of a soul, slowly undulating.
So this is called the Death Spear.
It looks pretty good.
It's hers.
Yan Shi looked at it for a while longer before preparing to put the halberd into his spatial bracelet.
She can't carry such a big weapon around all the time.
Then, no matter how she tried to inject her spirit into the spatial bracelet, asking it to open and put the halberd inside, the spatial bracelet did not react at all.
Even when Yan Shi was about to force it, a cracking sound came from the way it was under the weight.
Yan Shi: ...
She silently stopped and slung the halberd over her back.
Ji Pucun stood to the side without saying a word.
After Yan Shi finally put the halberd on his back, he turned to look at her.
“Hey, Director,” Yan Shi said, “I’ve helped Zhan Zhou solve such a big problem, what kind of reward does the academy offer?”
Ji Pucun: "I am thinking about a problem."
Yan Shi: ?
Ji Pucun: "Lu Jian told me that you are a spiritual master of the Eastern magic system, so I arranged for you to be a teaching assistant for the basic course of Eastern magic studies."
Yan Shi nodded blankly: "Yes."
“But I just discovered,” Ji Pucun said coldly, “that if you’re called a Spirit Master, then I’m probably just a Spirit Warrior. All my students are still apprentices who haven’t even entered the gate.”
Yan Shi: ...
Yan Shi: "Perhaps our evaluation criteria are different."
Ji Pucun nodded: "Yes. According to our evaluation criteria, your ability exceeds the limit. I will reassign you to a course as the main teacher tomorrow."
Seeing that Yan Shi remained silent, Ji Pucun's usually serious face showed a hint of a smile.
“Teacher Yanlan,” she said gently, “I’m sorry to trouble you. When the principal returns, please go to her and fulfill your promise.”
"No matter what your strength is, a promise from the time system is always useful."
Yan Shi: "Can you make a promise on her behalf?"
Ji Pucun: "I can. I swear this."
As laws change, contracts are formed.
Neither of them spoke again.
Ji Pucun nodded slightly, his figure flashed, and he quickly flew towards the small building in the distance.
She needed to hurry and deal with the turmoil within Zhan Zhou.
Yan Shi then returned to the teachers' apartment.
Suyu remained seated on the windowsill outside her room, her expression complex as she stared at Yanshi in disbelief.
"Yanlan," Shuyou swallowed hard, his eyes filled with confusion and shock, carefully looking Yanshi up and down, "Are you really human?"
Yan Shi: ?
What kind of statement is this?
"Of course I'm human," she said coldly. "Aren't you?"
Shuyou nodded: "Yes, I'm not. I'm Shusi. But how come you, a human, are even more ferocious than us demon beasts?"
She didn't understand.
Yan Shi: ...
My colleague wasn't human?
She slowly looked the computer games up and down.
This is truly the other world.
You can't tell at all.
As the moon tide receded, the barrier in the sky above Zhanzhou returned to its original transparent state. However, several silvery-white cracks remained conspicuously visible in the air.
The necromantic halberd on his back gradually became heavier, the power of the moon tide gradually dissipated, and a cold aura reappeared.
The Deathly Halberd seemed to be awakened from the abyss, emanating a chilling aura that sent shivers down Yan Shi's spine.
She turned to look at Kazuyu, who hadn't left yet, and asked, "Is there anything else?"
Digital Games: ?
"That's all." She tactfully turned back to her room, moving very quickly, as if afraid of disturbing something. "Yanlan, see you tomorrow."
After she left, Yan Shi turned his back to his window, quickly jumped into the room, pulled the curtains shut, and then swiftly took down the Undead Halberd.
She still felt a chill down her spine.
Yan Shi touched the back of his head and, sure enough, the clothes on his back were completely torn.
Yan Shi: ...
She finally understood why the man in the black robe at the top was wearing gloves.
It turns out it wasn't just because it was a skeleton.
Before Yan Shi could react, the floor began to hiss and corrode as the Undead Halberd was placed on the ground.
She looked down and saw that the halberd had already sunk a bit.
Yan Shi swiftly used the water spirit to wrap his hands and picked up the Undead Halberd again, holding it in his hand.
A large, halberd-shaped dent remains on the floor.
Yan Shi: ...
She shouldn't have been so impulsive as to take that souvenir!
Before Yan Shi could figure out how to put the necromantic halberd away, her phone, which had been on silent on the bed, lit up again.
It was still the height of spring and autumn.
The screen showed that Sheng Chunqiu had already made eight missed calls.
Zhan Zhou's matter has been resolved. What does Sheng Chunqiu want with her so late at night?
Yan Shi held the Undead Halberd in one hand and picked up his phone in the other, connecting to Lianxun.
Sheng Chunqiu on the other end of the phone visibly breathed a sigh of relief: "Director Yan."
"Shengchu, what's wrong?" Yan Shi's voice was serious, but his fingertips, which were holding the halberd, were rubbing and playing with it.
Sheng Chunqiu: "Director Yan, are you free now?"
"Principal Zhan Zhou is waiting for you in your office."
Author's Note: Yan Shi: ?
Sheng Chunqiu, who had already finished writing the lesson plan: Why isn't Director Yan answering the phone yet?
Note: Shusi, from the Classic of Mountains and Seas, is a bird with a very abstract appearance.
I'm experiencing writer's block and typing is slow. Sorry I'm late again QAQ
The author has been in poor mental condition recently; the title will recover on its own after some time.
Thank you to all the darlings who gave me free tickets and culture medium! I will try my best to update!
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