Chapter 242 Early Morning
In the dim morning light, more than twenty men and women wrapped in thick black robes slowly opened their eyes, and then their eyes showed ecstasy: Success!
They hurriedly got up from the ground, touched the smooth cement road surface and let out a hissing sigh.
[That being] is indeed worthy of being a power holder, and he can actually cram them all into the power ceremony of the Church of Light!
"Be quiet." Xu She glared at his subordinates. "Hmph, are the creatures of the abyss so easy to deceive? This adventure is no free lunch."
If they fail to smuggle Chen Xiao'er or Chen Xiaotong out before the end of the power ceremony, the great being who lends a helping hand will definitely make them die in a rhythmic way.
While scolding his incompetent subordinates, he also took the time to carefully observe the surrounding environment.
The scene of this power ceremony was unexpectedly peaceful. All the facilities were very much in the style of the early technological era, and unlike the illusion of the Devouring Snake, it did not erase memories equally.
In the distance there are lawns, flower beds, rows of aluminum cube houses and...what is that?
Xu She's gaze passed over the main venue of the school festival and returned to the concrete playground at his feet. Turning around, he saw a tall stand standing behind him, with a basket woven with rope on top.
What was this basket used for? He unconsciously stroked his chin, wondering if this thing was specially used by the Glorious Church for students to practice high jump.
The image of a basketball flashed through his mind, but the memory of the illusion was too long ago and burst like a soap bubble.
In his mind, he imagined one superpowered person after another leaping high under the basket, then holding the basket with both hands and spinning their bodies vigorously. It felt like this must be the case.
Xu She put his doubts aside. Just as he was about to assign the task, he heard a sharp beeping sound from the communicator.
What the hell?! Didn't I tell them repeatedly not to use the emergency number unless it's absolutely urgent?
His blood pressure shot up, he grabbed the communicator and pressed the answer button, his teeth moving back and forth on his tongue: Ha, if you can't tell me what Zi Chou Yan Mao is, you'll all go to see God when you go back!
“…”
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"...Speak." Xu She gritted his teeth grimly.
Bang! Suddenly, there was a loud bang and the sound of something hard breaking from the other side.
The wailing sounds of "Ahhhh——" became farther and farther away, as if someone had been punched and flew into the sky.
A shudder like an electric shock made Xu She quickly pick up the phone and ask loudly: "Tell me what happened to you! Tell me now!"
Although there were many remaining believers of the Devouring Snake, they were scattered everywhere.
He had finally gathered so many superpowered people together, and even the loss of one would be painful. But no matter how painful it was, he had to get the information out first, otherwise the other teams would be in danger.
Questions arose in his mind one after another: How many unknown enemies were there? What forces were they? Were they targeting the Devouring Snake or were they attacking indiscriminately?
"Hey, are you still alive? If you are still alive, tell me how many enemies there are and what superpowers they use?!" Xu She was anxiously glued to the phone, his heartbeat accelerating with the rising and falling screams from the opposite side.
Click.
It seemed like only a minute or ten thousand years had passed before a hand grasped the communicator on the other side.
There was the sound of fingernails tapping on the screen from behind the receiver, followed by a soft laugh. "Heh."
It sounds like a woman. No, this information is not enough.
Xu She suppressed his anger and impatience, and said sinisterly, "May I ask what advice this friend may have? We should have no grudges against each other, right?"
He cautiously probed, but the other party had no patience for pretense. A clear female voice, tinged with disdain, said, "Wash your neck and wait, lest you dirty her hands. Or are you planning to tell—"
A strange coldness spread along her voice.
Snap!
Xu She crushed the communicator without hesitation, his face flushed red as he yelled at his subordinates, "Quick, run with me! Run into the crowd!"
......
Beep, beep, beep.
"Uh-huh." Chen Xiao'er covered her head and rolled over. She got up in a daze and found that the sound was not from the radio, but from the cell phone placed next to her pillow.
She yawned and opened the screen, and saw that the number marked as "nuisance call" had stopped calling.
Harassment call, is that Xinaya?
Chen Xiao'er had just put on her underwear when she saw another text message pop up on the screen.
Normally, harassing phone calls don't send text messages. It seems it really is Xinnaya. But it's a bit strange. Did I remove her from my blacklist last time? I can't remember.
She clicked on the text message, ready to see if it was something like "Good morning," "Have you eaten today?" or "Sorry, I found out I like Professor Miroku."
[Ms. Chen Xiao'e, if you die now, I can let the others go.]
?
No, who is this?
Although there is nothing wrong in putting the blame on Xinnaya, the tone and content are obviously not something Xinnaya would say.
Firstly, she wasn't polite enough to call me Miss. Secondly, even Xinnaya wouldn't say something so out of character, right?
Chen Xiao'er clicked on the reply line, wanting to ask, "Who are you?" But she was afraid of triggering some unknown fee deduction trap and becoming one of the unlucky victims of text message scams.
She thought about it, took a screenshot with her mobile phone, and posted it on the campus forum.
[Xiao Ai: Good morning, everyone. Is this a new type of scam?]
【picture】
She thought it was only a little before 6 in the morning, and even if her classmates got up early for the school festival, not many people would reply. However, she didn't expect that the replies would pile up immediately.
[Don't reply, it's some kind of scam. If you reply, it will target you.]
Report it to the school and let the teacher handle it.
【Was it received on your own phone or someone else's? 】
.......
It seemed to be a scam text message. Chen Xiao'er replied with "Thank you" and "OK" one by one on the floor, then put down her phone and quickly put on her clothes and changed her shoes.
Wear your sportswear now, and then change into your performance clothes when you get to the tower.
She had just zipped up her zipper when her phone started beeping again. This time the caller ID showed zero. Chen Xiao'er quickly freed her hands to pick it up: "Hello~"
"Xiao'er, don't worry about that text message just now." Ling's voice came from the receiver, sounding calmer than usual: "Leave it to the student union."
"Student Union?" Chen Xiao'er asked subconsciously, then quickly tried to make amends, "It's too much trouble. The seniors in the Student Union are so busy... Anyway, it's just a harassing text message. I'll just ignore it for now. If that doesn't work, I can hire someone to investigate."
"It's not a problem. There are far more people entering the school festival venue today than expected, and the school has to screen people anyway."
"Um......"
"However, the student council members are definitely busy during the day, so they'll probably be out after dusk."
Ling paused, and finally said, "Be careful during your performance, and we'll see you at the venue."
"Okay~" Chen Xiao'er hung up the phone with a smile, vaguely feeling that something was wrong.
She had thought that the student council would have to wait until the school festival and the classes during this period were completely over before taking care of this matter, but the student council decided to conduct a thorough investigation immediately after the performance.
And judging from what Zero just said, "many more people entered the school festival venue than expected," this harassing phone call is related.
What connection could there be between the two? Chen Xiao'er got goosebumps as she thought about it: Could it be that that death threat wasn't just a threat, that the other party had actually sent someone to infiltrate the academy and kill me?
She pinched the back of her hand nervously, but soon relaxed: There's nothing to be afraid of. Normally, there's going to be some time between a death threat and the actual action.
If they had really come here today, the school security would have been no pushover. And the seniors in the student union...
Chen Xiao'er couldn't help but smile when she thought of the scene where the student union members occasionally went to the stadium to practice shooting: Those seniors didn't use ordinary firearms, they used heavy machine guns, did you know about them?
Humph, no matter how powerful a killer is, he can't withstand machine gun fire.
If they dare to attack us all at once, all the machine guns around the school will also be used. If they try to sneak into the crowd and come in one by one, the students in my class can also pull out their pistols from their bags and attack us all. There's no need to be afraid!
She packed her handbag and pushed the small quilt that was arched up on the bed. "Xiaotong~ Get up, get up."
"Hmm."
"Get up, get up. We still have a performance today."
"Ah!" My sister buried her head in the pillow and stammered, "No, no... tired, noon, snooze."
Chen Xiao'er sighed and didn't continue rolling her sister.
Anyway, this is not a stage play, so a lot of the scenes involving the princess were cut.
Originally, the opening scene would be the princess praying to the god of love.
However, considering Xiaotong's age and the timing of the school festival, the first scene was changed to the scene where the queen ridicules the fragile prince.
The tourist interaction session in the middle is very long. Lin Lang, who plays the shepherdess, has already set off, and Zheng Lu, who plays the maid, is still sleeping. Please ask her to bring her sister over when the time comes.
"Okay, take a nap now, and try your best during the performance." Chen Xiao'er touched her sister's little head lovingly and ran out in her sneakers.
......
At 8 o'clock in the morning, Professor Milo opened his eyes on time.
A long-awaited good sleep made her eyes look energetic, with only a hint of blue remaining under her eyelids.
She turned on her computer as usual and clicked on the emails one by one.
Unlike usual, she didn't have many things to deal with today. She didn't need to open all of them, just glance at the huge difference in the number of emails between today and yesterday.
【“Oh? Look at your authority.”* 】The devil chuckled in her ear.
No need to check, the permission is not closed.
Milo was familiar with the process and knew that she had not been deprived of her authority, but was simply excluded from the core action team of this operation.
The Church of Light did not have any evidence to prove that she had any tendency to betray, but her excessive attention to Chen Xiao'er and Ling still made them choose to activate the avoidance mechanism when necessary.
And today is that necessary time.
"Let me help you." The devil coaxed them. "If we don't act now, both the lives of these lovely students and the future of humanity will be extinguished in the wind. They're on a very dangerous path."
Even so, why do I need your help? Professor Milo stood up from his seat and put on his coat meticulously.
"If you don't rely on my help, how can you bypass the Church of Light's ubiquitous surveillance?"
It's okay, they'll just see me feeling frustrated about being excluded from the core operations team, wandering around the office for a while before lying down again.
Oh, and I also sadly eat nutrition bars for lunch and dinner in the office.
"Even if there's not enough staff today and no janitor is here, how can you..."
The devil's voice stopped abruptly when she opened the door, and then he laughed out loud after she walked confidently into the corridor full of surveillance cameras.
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