Chapter 113 Emergency Measures
Who put the mud spots on the dinosaur skeleton?
Chen Xiao'er raised her finger and wiped away the mud.
She looked at the clean white dinosaur tailbone with satisfaction, and just as she was about to take a step, she suddenly felt dizzy.
I feel terrible... low blood sugar? But I don't have...
She blinked in confusion, and reached out her hand to her senior schoolmate in the dizzying swaying - swish.
Zero held her wrist firmly.
"Thanks……"
Chen Xiao'er weakly raised her head and tried to smile at Ling, but suddenly saw a pair of cold eyes.
Feelings of doubt, vigilance, and scrutiny spread deeply from the ice-blue, causing her heart to skip a beat.
Huh?
Why are you looking at me like that?
Before she had time to think about it, she was pulled into his arms by her wrist.
Ling didn't use much force. Her palms held Chen Xiao'er's wrists like shackles, helping her stabilize her center of gravity while not allowing her to break free.
This force was not urgent and concerned about the safety of lovers, but was just the right amount of precision.
Boom boom boom——
The floor tiles creaked and vibrated, the ceiling lights swayed from side to side, and the students used various methods to maintain their balance. At first glance, the museum's exquisite collection seemed the most stable, with only the slightest tremor.
Chen Xiao'er's legs were staggering and shaking, but her body was held tightly in the arms of her senior sister.
Ling said nothing. His icy blue eyes scanned her forehead with scrutiny. After Chen Xiao'er had steadied herself slightly, he tugged hard, dragging her away quickly.
"Zero, slow down and don't fall, oops."
Chen Xiao'er stumbled as she walked and asked anxiously, "What happened?"
Rumble... The vibrations around gradually weakened.
However, earthquakes are often accompanied by one or even several waves of aftershocks.
The students around did not walk around randomly. They spread out to avoid knocking each other down or knocking over the glass cabinets when they fell.
Ta-da, ta-da-da.
Ling's steps were fast and steady. Slight vibrations could not affect her upright posture. Even the dotted lines under her feet were straight.
She pursed her lips and didn't answer any questions until they both entered the blue-lined corridor.
rustle--
A sealed door with a light curtain suddenly rose up.
Click, da.
The senior turned around, and her high-heeled boots stepped on the floor tiles, making a sound like steel hitting glass.
Ling lowered his head slightly - only at this moment did Chen Xiao'er intuitively feel the huge height difference between them.
When she looked into Zero's icy eyes, she felt a shock like a silent glacier. She seemed to have hundreds of different gazes converging at the same time behind this layer of glass-like irises.
"Chen Xiao'er."
"Chen Xiao'er."
Ling called out her name seriously, very seriously, and asked word by word, "What did you just do? Please tell me everything, without embellishment, and don't omit any details."
Beep, beep.
They stood in the empty corridor and looked at each other.
This corridor is located on the side of the museum, and no students followed in to take shelter. Now all the doors on both sides are sealed, and only the yellow indicator lights are lit one by one.
The light from the indicator light is a bit dazzling on my face.
It's so dazzling.
Chen Xiao'er raised her face, and a tear slid down from the corner of her eye blankly.
"Did I do something wrong?" Her cheeks flushed and her body shrank slightly, but she barely stretched her neck forward, as if trying to prove something.
Ling's index finger moved, and she instinctively wanted to hold Xiao'er's hand.
But countless voices rang out in my head.
【Can't】
[I know.] She forced herself to calm down her surging emotions.
According to the formal rules of the apostles, such an emergency should be immediately reported to Professor Miroku or other direct superiors.
But now the situation is special, all the bishops' contact information is busy, and she must use her own thinking - rational thinking - to think and deal with it.
"Don't cry."
Ling controlled the urge to raise his hand to wipe it, and stood more than 1 meter away, staring at the crystal clearness in the corner of Xiao'er's eyes.
"Woo," Chen Xiao'er whimpered twice and finally managed to control her emotions.
Didn’t senior sister just ask me a question?
She wiped her tears weakly and replied reluctantly, "That dinosaur tail. I just saw a mud spot on the skeleton, so I wiped it, and then there was an earthquake, an earthquake."
Wiping off the mud spots had nothing to do with the earthquake, and the skeleton was not knocked over. She couldn't figure out why the senior was angry.
"Zero, is it true that we're not allowed to touch the collection at school? But, but I see over there, and..."
Chen Xiao'er's voice became softer and softer, and she remembered something.
The area around the collection was indeed blocked off with red cloth and yellow warning lines. So even if the skeleton was indeed made of plaster, she had indeed inadvertently violated school rules.
Coo.
Tears suddenly turned off the faucet, and the grievance in my heart turned into a strange sense of guilt, with only a little bit of anger left.
I know I was wrong... Could you please be a little gentler?
But wrong is wrong. After Chen Xiao'er realized this, she really couldn't cry anymore. She could only howl.
She lowered her head and looked at her fingers embarrassedly.
Ling glanced at Xiao'er's reaction, and a stream of blue data flowed in his eyes without a single red line.
[No. 0: I believe Chen Xiao'er is unlikely to be colluding with the Church of the Chaos God, let alone participating in this attack. Her superpowers and abilities make it difficult for her to cooperate with the Chaos God cultists in using magical artifacts. The more complex the plan, the more likely it is to go wrong.]
What if she's pretending? Someone raised an objection.
[No.] Number 0 immediately responded, adding, [I believe she won’t. I’ll continue to observe.]
This reason is untenable. If you trust someone simply because you want to believe, then this trust will be difficult to convince others.
Ling could not vouch for Chen Xiao'er, but she and the vast majority of the apostles were willing to continue observing.
The church will not erase Chen Xiao'e because of an unverified incident: Chen Xiao'e has enormous potential and value, and her special status in the apostolic plan far outweighs the suspicion she bears.
That's great.
I don't want to erase Chen Xiao'er - not at all.
Is it even betrayal?
Number 0 traces back to the data flow just now and draws a red line. The data is confirmed to be abnormal and has been deleted.
That moment of hesitation vanished.
Zero deftly turned his ankle, turned sideways, and pressed the button on the wall.
[Sequence Confirmed - Apostle 0 - Alert - Seal Status Partially Released]
The sealed door slowly opened, and she took a step outside the yellow line, turning her back and whispering, "Xiao'er, let's go. Let's go to a safe place first."
“Ah… Yeah!”
My senior sister's attitude seems to have returned to normal? She doesn't blame me, does she?
Chen Xiao'er keenly noticed the change in tone. She rubbed her eyes and hurriedly followed.
This time she finally had the mood to pay attention to what other students were doing.
Everyone was exiting the museum's central hall in an orderly fashion, splitting into two directions. They were probably running towards one of the shelters.
Large buildings in earthquake zones will of course have shelters built, but...are the shelters for earthquakes also built underground?
Never mind~ Maybe it’s a modern nuclear war shelter.
Chen Xiao'er suppressed her doubts and ran down with her senior. As they ran down the passage, the air around them grew colder and colder.
Dada.
Ling slowed down her pace, turned around, stretched out her right hand, and gently held Xiao'er's hand.
This time the touch was still slightly cool, but without any restraint, like soft silk satin.
…
Plop!
An alien fell heavily to the ground. Judging from his appearance, it was difficult to call him a human being - such a huge species with many feline features.
Miroku tilted the gun and exhaled slowly.
The fourth one.
It should be the last one, at least the last "rat" in the venue.
[“Well done.”] The devil uttered a frivolous compliment, seemingly clapping lightly with his gloved fingers.
"Are there any left? I need to know the exact location of all the rats, as well as their traps and backup plans." Milo turned sideways with his back pressed against the wall of the corridor.
The smooth wall was covered with special formations, which could at least block attacks from one direction for her in critical moments.
[“Finally, you don’t mind asking for help from me?”]
Miroku was silent for a few seconds before finally answering the devil. "...Personal gain and loss cannot be compared to collective gain and loss. I cannot risk the sacred object."
The remains of the living beings must not be damaged in any way - damn it.
Compared to the devil, Milo hates his "fellows" of certain cults even more.
This group of people have completely lost their pride and identity as human beings. Faced with the desperate reality, they choose to completely turn to the creatures of the abyss, neither seeking to preserve their souls nor their bodies and any traces of human existence.
What is the difference between Embrace the Abyss Creatures and Embrace the Abyss?
They - these beasts really dare to do something to damage the remains of living beings!
[“Hehehe.”]
The devil truly felt the emotions surging in her heart, and her low laughter swept across her eardrums like down.
[“Don’t worry~ The Church of Radiance is well prepared, and…”]
The devil spoke slowly, "The most troublesome thing has already been cleared away by that little baby."
Really? That's great. Those people's back-up has been taken care of by Chen Xiao'er,
Milo was horrified. She suddenly realized that both the devil and herself had reached a sync on something, that is to say -
[“Yes, I’m very interested in her. Do you want to give it a try—”]
"Don't try!"
Miroku punched the emergency button hard, tapping rapidly on the communicator.
[Milo: It is recommended that senior school workers and AB-level students work together within a certain range. The rest of the people, including special personnel, are placed in confinement to ensure physical and mystical isolation from intruders.]
[Milo: The red zone on the map has been suppressed. Please send specialists to inspect all major energy points as soon as possible.]
"call……"
After issuing several commands in succession, Milo raised his fingers and pressed the twitching solar plexus.
"Are you in pain? Are you irritated? Do you want to leave it to me?"
In no mood.
She said nothing, but the devil was already chuckling, like an old friend.
…
[A-level and B-level students, please leave the venue and gather in front of the red pillars. I repeat, A-level and B-level students, please leave the venue...]
The broadcast echoed through the transparent frame structure. The students of Class A moved quickly with the help of ropes, hooks, and super powers. They lifted their legs and slid down the trapezoidal glass ramp to meet up with their teammates in the trench.
The anomaly analysis class had just ended. The venue was filled with either strange objects or sealed anomalies. If we encountered an enemy attack, we definitely couldn't stay with these things.
Whoosh, whoosh... A red arc of light rose from the ground, expanding a rectangular platform between the mouth of the abyss and the surface, with a pillar erected in the middle as an indicator.
The surrounding glass and metal structures moved towards the pillars simultaneously, like steel hitting a magnet, forming a triangular cube in just over ten seconds.
This is the simple and clear gathering point of the Church of Light, which also has a certain defensive effect. You must bring an ID card to enter.
Beep.
Lin Lang passed through the barrier and saw Chen Xiao'er squatting on the ground and fishing at first sight.
"Lin Lang!"
Chen Xiao'er also saw her roommate. She wiped her hands hurriedly and ran over. "You're finally here! Ling went to the Student Union first. Hey, why is there an earthquake in United City?"
"It's okay, the magnitude isn't that big. It's enough for the students to go over and deal with it."
"This must be a surprise attack by the Chaos God Church. Have the apostles gone to deal with it? It looks like these losers are doomed."
Lin Lang looked into Chen Xiao'er's eyes, touched his nose, and said, "By the way, the teacher just announced that there are precious collections nearby. Students whose names haven't been called should stay here and wait for the assembly."
"Your superpowers are truly extraordinary. There are energy stones and holy relics nearby, so it's best not to wander off. The bishops have also specifically instructed everyone else to remain confined and not venture out."
Chen Xiao'er checked her cell phone and found only one group text message in her mailbox, but no individual notification.
After the earthquake, the student union members went to the hospital, and the strong and outstanding students helped to organize and move things. Her file must have been altered by the professor, so it was reasonable for her to be exempted from group activities as a "sick person."
But… Chen Xiao’er glanced around: It’s okay for everyone else, but why are blind Ye Xiaoyu and Xing Shuyao, who needs help pushing their wheelchair, also on the move? Is it really appropriate to drag a disabled classmate around after the earthquake?
Just as she was about to ask, Lin Lang and the classmates who had received the text message had already walked towards the door with flashing red light in the basement, heading towards another room or the surface.
“…”
I was the only one in the room who didn't receive the text message.
Chen Xiao'er looked at the empty room, feeling a little at a loss.
She stood there for a while, and after a moment, a wave of emotions surged in her mind.
Let's go out and take a look. Everyone's out anyway. There's no danger that everyone can handle, but I can't, right?
Then... let's go out and take a look.
She bit her lip and took a light step towards the red door.
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