Chapter 254 Outstanding Graduate Scholarship
"You, do you feel it?"
The room was pitch black, the atmosphere eerily quiet. Qingxia huddled in bed, only a serious head peeking out. Ji Huaisu quietly closed the wardrobe, turned around, and said seriously, "Sure enough, you feel the same way... That strange, turbid atmosphere..."
"Who is it!" Qingxia suddenly looked up.
Crunch...
A piece of the ceiling was turned inside out, and Qingye was standing upside down with his head lowered, his eyes deep and quiet.
"Finally, even you, who were so slow-witted, have discovered the mysterious power lurking among us..."
Qing Ye on the ceiling, Ji Huaisu in front of the wardrobe, and Qing Xia in the quilt. The three of them exchanged glances and said at the same time: "Something is very wrong!"
"Yes, it's very wrong." Chu Hengkong said, "Especially the fact that you three were chatting in my bedroom is particularly wrong."
The light clicked on, illuminating the room with strong light. Chu Hengkong stood at the door, holding a toothbrush and a cup in his hands, with a dull-looking Fander leaning on his shoulder.
His eyes swept over his wardrobe, his bed and the ceiling of his room in turn. The girls he targeted smiled and waved at him, as naturally as if he was the one who had walked into the wrong room.
He walked out, closed the door, and confirmed for the last time that this was indeed his dorm. Then he opened the door again and met everyone's confused eyes.
"Akong, what's wrong with you?"
Chu Hengkong nodded and smiled: "Everyone get out within three seconds."
“Hey hey hey hey hey hey——”
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"Is this reasonable? Tell me, is this reasonable?" Vander clapped his tentacles, heartbroken. "A single man washed his face and brushed his teeth in his own home, ready to go to bed. When he opened the door, he saw three female hooligans hiding in the bedroom!"
The three female hooligans didn't care at all, instead they looked proud. Fander was even more distressed: "What kind of quality, what kind of character! I'm embarrassed to say you are vulgar!"
Qingxia's eyes rolled, and she said righteously: "Fande, you flirt with single men every day and act intimately with them. You are even more vulgar than us!"
"Oh, that's really awesome! I have something to do with this?!"
Fander lay down on the table, flung his tentacles, and completely gave up arguing with the woman. Chu Hengkong poured drinks for the three vulgar ladies and, in the process, pulled up the Eye Demon and threw him onto the sofa.
Since Chu Hengkong resolutely closed his door, the ladies had to move to the third-floor terrace to discuss the matter. Ji Huaisu had built a few sofas and an ice machine here, which served as a common space for the residents.
Chu Hengkong poured himself a cup of hot cocoa and sat down on the sofa: "Seriously, what's going on?"
Qingxia licked the red tea, her tongue twitched, and she quietly exchanged the cup with Ji Huaisu's orange juice: "Actually, I had already made preparations for a night raid, but I ran into Ji Huaisu shortly after entering the door..."
"Your first sentence has nothing to do with seriousness! How can this person talk about something like a raid so naturally? Well done, Captain Huaisu!" Vander couldn't stand it anymore.
"I knew this was his nature, so I was on guard." Ji Huaisu was complacent.
Qingxia nodded seriously: "That's right, I was scared when Ji Huaisu walked out of the closet."
"As expected of an experienced captain, your old skill of waiting for the opportunity is still..." Vander took a deep breath, "You're even more fucking crazy, aren't you?! You're even more perverted than a centaur!"
"You're overthinking it. I was just playing a normal prank." Ji Huaisu spread his hands. "I'm ready to give him a scare when he pushes the door open."
Even someone as mentally strong as Chu Hengkong couldn't handle it any longer: "Then why are you hiding in my closet?"
"Come on, your closet is the emptiest place in the whole room. Five pieces of clothing could fit in one drawer at most. I don't know what you use your huge closet for."
"Did you hear that? If you don't buy more clothes, your closet will become a stronghold for female hooligans, so sloppy!" said Vander.
"We are on the same side after all, can you please not turn your guns against us midway?" Chu Hengkong sighed and took a sip of cocoa. "Why did you come to my room after all..."
Ji Huaisu smiled evilly: "Ah, have you forgotten about asking Sister Huaisu for help so quickly~?"
Chu Hengkong nearly choked. He suddenly remembered that the sleeping agreement he had reached when completing the Yixin Ritual was probably still in effect. So he raised his hand suddenly and said, "Okay, I remember now. Sorry, let's skip this topic."
"What what!" Qing Ye watched closely, "This is the key part and can't be skipped."
"Oh~~I want to hear the details~~" Qingxia cheered.
"Don't ask about my personal privacy." Vander was not surprised. "What about you, Miss Guang Shi Qingye? What earth-shattering reason did you have to sneak into the single man's room?"
Qing Ye raised his hand weakly: "As for me... I sensed the power of evil, so I planned to discuss it with Mr. Chu..."
"Is this true or not?!" Vander exclaimed.
"Is it serious business?!" "Seriously?!" The other two ladies also exclaimed.
"It's more strange to say that both of you are acting with 100% selfish motives." Qing Ye said expressionlessly, "Mr. Chu, why are you touching my head?"
Chu Hengkong patted the girl's head with a complicated expression: "You add ten points."
"I don't know why, but it's a plus."
"Then why don't you go through the main entrance but come down from the ceiling."
"Because I wanted to play a prank."
"Deduct ten points."
“How could this happen!”
Qingye retreated to the sofa and took a long sip of coffee. Ji Huaisu yelped at the hot tea and turned to grab the cup from Qingxia. Chu Hengkong coughed twice and secretly decided to give them all boiled water next time to prevent any more trouble.
"So Qingye, what's going on with your shadow?"
The light in the hall was steady, and Qingye sat upright on the sofa. Logically, his shadow should have been as steady as his true self. However, the figure on the ground was not only not sitting, but also jumping around energetically. Even by the standards of the Shendong world, this was clearly not normal.
Qingye pointed both fingers at her feet, and her shadow suddenly leaped up, transforming into a three-dimensional figure identical to Qingye. She ran behind her original form and made a scissors gesture to everyone, "Genius beauty Guangshi Qingye, here you go!"
"They look exactly the same." Qingxia pinched Yingzi Qingye's face curiously, "Even the feel is... like this, do you feel it?"
"I have the awareness of being touched, but there is no corresponding feeling. It's such a subtle feeling." Qingye raised his finger. "By the way, the action is also controlled by me. In practical application, it is very similar to schizophrenia."
Shadow Qingye began to claw at Qingxia's face. Chu Hengkong observed for a while and asked, "What will happen if the shadow becomes independent and is not controlled?"
Qingye loosened his fingers, and Shadow Qingye immediately fell to his knees on the ground, his eyes empty and lifeless, like a puppet with its strings cut.
"Fuck, so lustful." Ji Huaisu exclaimed.
"Please don't be so blunt!" Qing Ye held his head in his hands. "So what's going on? I don't remember developing this kind of technique!"
Shadow Qingye began to cry out in unison with his original form, and Chu Hengkong felt that the scene looked increasingly familiar. He had definitely seen a similar spell not long ago, but this...
"...Vansalar's Shadow Clone Technique?"
Qingye's face turned pale: "I'm scared of what you said."
"You know what? It's quite similar." Finder studied it. "Using shadows as a medium to release this 'other self' that conceptually exists at the same time, it's exactly the trick used by the Nightmare King's millions of incarnations. Especially since this thing hasn't synchronized its damage with the main body, it's not on the same level as the ordinary incarnations of the Scourge... Can it use the Zanshin Jutsu?"
Shadow Qingye swung Shadow Crown, slashing out an accelerating blade arc.
"No doubt about it, it's 100% the Nightmare King's incarnation." Finder concluded, "Even the Supreme Sorcerer would be shocked after seeing this."
"No, no, no, no, why did I inexplicably learn this technique?!" Qing Ye cried miserably, "It doesn't make sense! I don't have the impression that I've learned elemental magic before!"
"Xiao Ye, I think this isn't just a problem for you..." Ji Huaisu said with a strange expression, "Actually, I wanted to talk to Akong about this as well..."
"Is it true that you are involved too?"
Ji Huaisu transformed his own shadow into a shadow blade and held it upright.
"This is my Shadow Blade in its normal state. It's too short to be very effective in combat, so I usually enlarge it before using it," Ji Huaisu said. "And when I wanted to test it today..."
The shadow blade stretched, twisted, and then suddenly exploded, forming a ferocious, sharp claw. Ji Huaisu touched the paper cup with his claw, and the cup and the black tea inside immediately became a flat pattern printed on the table, returning to the second dimension on the spot.
"It became like this." said Ji Huaisu.
Qingxia circled around the paw and said seriously, "It's a dog."
"Catch you, Centaur."
"It's a dog..." Chu Hengkong pondered, "In other words, it's a canine..."
"Just stand still and I'm going to bite you now."
Miss Ji began to grind her teeth, and Chu Heng raised his hands in surrender: "That's not what I meant. Don't you think this move is familiar?"
"Vaklo Dimensional Degradation, the two-headed dog's signature magic." Finder saw through it immediately. "Vansalar himself also knows this move. He used his staff to transform into claws, but it just happened to collide with the God Slash, so it didn't work."
Ji Huaisu was confused: "How did I become a shadow dog?"
"On the bright side, your melee skills have become more diverse, which is a decisive ability." Chu Hengkong seemed to be thinking about it. "Qingxia, what did you gain?"
"I just felt an itch on my back, but when I stretched my wings, I found..."
Qingxia spread her wings, and a bit of scale powder turned into sparks and fell off, and she turned into a fluttering butterfly in the house.
"I don't know why I can create butterflies," Qingxia said, "and it can also turn into a bat, but I don't want to use it because it looks too similar."
Chu Hengkong's mind suddenly flashed to Vansalar's signature spell, the terrifying "Nightfall Swarm." Fander felt the same way and cringed, "How many of these can you create at most?"
"It consumes energy, so I don't want to create too many. A single butterfly can fly to the end of Huilong City without any problem~"
Ji Huaisu picked up the butterfly and gloated a little: "This thing is flashy and impractical. It can only be used as a scout."
"(ˇωˇ)By the way, it's best not to stand around it."
"……Why?"
")σ carries my virus, it's contagious."
"Wow!"
Ji Huaisu's fingertips turned red, and the red spread from her palms all the way to her face, making her look like a boiled shrimp. She quickly threw away the little butterfly and applied an ice pack to cool herself down: "This thing is too poisonous!"
Qingye shuddered: "When the number increases, it's like a plague...!"
Qing Xia clapped her hands and swatted the butterflies away. "It reminds me of Wen Yao, so I don't like it. I usually don't use it unless the enemy makes me really angry."
Chu Hengkong took out his communicator and called a sniper directly: "Come to the dormitory building, we have something to discuss."
“How many floors?” Shaxx asked.
Chu Hengkong was stunned: "...the public area on the third floor."
Before he could finish his words, he saw a shadow rising behind the sofa. The sniper stepped out of the shadow, holding the dazed Gulbo in his hand.
"The ability we discovered tonight has a maximum range yet to be determined. It can carry people, but it consumes a lot of energy," Shax said. "I just checked with Jie An and Gulibo, and they don't have any abnormalities."
"Vansalar's shadow moves." Chu Hengkong nodded. "So everyone who participated in the crusade... gained a portion of Vansalar's abilities?"
The evil god's magic was more than just powerful; it was a mystery that would keep many scholars occupied for a lifetime. However, those who received this gift showed no signs of joy. Ji Huaisu frowned, "This is strange... Could it be a resurrection?"
"The most common forms of external contamination are spoils of war and extra abilities. Many people on Shura Island have fallen victim to this." Qingye said, "It's time to find a way to perform a secondary purification."
"Fansalaer's level is too high, and it is difficult for Huilong City to take any measures."
"Is it too late to ask Longquan Township for help now?"
Everyone was worried for a moment, and Finder cleared his throat loudly and raised his tentacle like a baton.
"I have every reason to believe this isn't pollution." Vander looked at him strangely. "Do you want to know the reason?"
Chu Hengkong raised his eyebrows: "Speaking of which, what benefit did you get?"
Fander touched the tabletop, and a black dot suddenly emerged from the void, becoming a...
A wriggling cockroach.
"Ah!! There's a cockroach!!!" Gulibo, who had just woken up, let out a shrill scream.
The tense hall suddenly erupted in laughter. Chu Hengkong suppressed his laughter and asked, "Cockroach summoning technique?"
"No." Finder's face was expressionless. "The official name of this magic is Fear Manifestation."
The cockroach suddenly exploded into a shadow, and a man with yellow hair and black skin stood on the table, laughing wildly at everyone.
"Good evening, brave men!" Vansalar laughed.
“Ahhhhhhhhhh!!” “Oh my god!” “Oh my god!” “Help!!”
Qingye dove under the table, Qingxia flung her head back and toppled over with the entire sofa. Ji Huaisu leaped up, slashing the ceiling with his claws. Shakes drew his pistol, and Chu Hengkong immediately drew his sword. The atmosphere was tense, and the Devil lay on the table, laughing.
"Isn't it a surprise? I always like little jokes to liven up the atmosphere! Don't be nervous or scared. The Nightmare King is indeed dead. What's here is just a pre-recorded recording."
The Demon King's video began to applaud vigorously. "Well, once again, congratulations to everyone on defeating the Nightmare King and successfully graduating from the Despair Wilderness. Our academy has always admired courageous students and is generous in rewarding outstanding students. To celebrate, Dean Vansalar has specially awarded each outstanding graduate with a customized Dean's Scholarship!"
I'd like to clarify that this isn't foreign contamination and won't cause any adverse effects on you. If you don't want it, just silently recite "Bastard Fansalar" three times in your mind and you can throw it away."
"Damn Fansalar." Qingxia said.
Fansalar (the message) burst into laughter. He put his hands behind his back and smiled, "Let us encourage each other to live up to our youth. The difficult test has come to an end for the time being. I hope that everyone will continue to work hard in the future, be proactive and enterprising, dare to take on heavy responsibilities, and become the new generation of pillars of the Shendong community."
"Life is still a long journey, so it's important to have a balance between effort and relaxation, and avoid rushing for quick success. Before new challenges arrive, it's also important to have fun and enjoy life. Enough of the Dean's ramblings. Once again, I wish you all a happy graduation. Let the wonderful summer vacation begin!"
Vansalar's message vanished, transforming back into a shadow. Fander closed his eyes and sighed, "What a jerk it is..."
"I don't want to see it again!" Qingye cried.
Chu Hengkong leaned back on the sofa and breathed a sigh of relief. His tense nerves relaxed in an instant, and he couldn't help but smile.
A warm breeze blew in from the window, reminding everyone of the changing climate. The chill of late spring quietly dissipated, and summer arrived with a clamor.
The Demon King is dead, the wilderness no longer exists, and the heroes, no longer busy, have returned to their peaceful daily lives.
This is the story after the war.
Sometimes noisy, sometimes quiet, leisurely strolling around the city, endless chatting in a world full of fantasy.
(In order to keep readers invested, I quietly updated a chapter.
By the way, I will quietly update a chapter next week, and then officially start updating on April 7th.)
(End of this chapter)
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