"But Teacher Gong, you used to have death energy on you, didn't you?"
After asking, fearing that the palace would suspect Ao Cang, she added:
“My familiar beast is a clone of a Holy Fallen Beast, which can keenly smell the scent of death, so I can know. Teacher Miyako doesn’t need to overthink it.”
A hint of hostility flickered in Gongjing's green eyes, and when she mentioned what happened back then, there was still a lingering anger in her eyes.
"At the time, I didn't know what this thing was. After being tricked into getting a little infected, I found that my body was not quite right. Later, through my continuous and tireless investigation, I finally found out what was going on and found a way to get rid of the death energy."
Qiao Mei was more concerned about this method and was about to ask Gong Jing for more information when Xu Heyu's voice rang out not far in front of her.
"Little Rose!"
He arrived in a great hurry, still wearing his pajamas and slippers that looked like they were on backwards, and the worry in his eyes was so obvious that even the darkness of the night couldn't hide it.
"Xu Heyu, you've arrived." Qiao Mei could only suppress her desire to continue questioning Gong Jing and looked around Xu Heyu's body.
She breathed a sigh of relief when she discovered that he had already put a metal shield over himself as she had asked, and then told him what had happened.
Not long after, Ao Cang arrived with Shang Duojin.
Upon arriving at the destination, they were surprised to find that Gong Jing and Xu Heyu were both there.
However, once he remembered that they were both holders of the Gold-type Familiar's superpower, he put away his wild thoughts and had them put a metal shield on him and Shang Duojin each.
Just then, a large amount of deathly energy spread over, completely enveloping the entire artificial hill garden.
During a lull in its spread, Qiao Mei had Ao Cang briefly explain why she had suddenly called everyone over.
In short, they discovered that a large amount of death energy was spreading suddenly, and she happened to have learned about the dangers of death energy from her grandfather, so she urgently gathered people and brought them here.
Xu Heyu and Gong Jing were unaware of Ao Cang's true identity, so Qiao Mei lied to them, saying that she initially discovered the anomaly with the help of Lei Long Cang Cang.
Her explanation was flawless, but Shang Duojin asked with lingering fear, "Sister Qiao, if you hadn't told us, would we have become like the Fallen Beasts after being exposed to that deathly aura?"
Qiao Mei hadn't yet explained the dangers of death energy, but upon hearing this, she took the opportunity to give a brief explanation.
"It won't turn them into the same thing, but it will plant a potential bomb in their bodies. It seems that the academy wants all students from sophomore to senior year to serve as reserve soldiers in the federal army. For now, we can only hold back and see what to do after these two weeks."
It is clearly not a wise move to bring everything into the open now.
After all, the federal army is now able to do this in conjunction with the federal academy, so who knows if they might do something even more outrageous if they are angered.
They agreed to meet here every night for the next two weeks, use the metal-based defensive shield to block the intrusion of death energy, and then they went their separate ways.
When she got to her dormitory, Shu Qingqing remembered something very important.
"Senior Zuo! We forgot about Zuo Chenxing, he..."
Qiao Mei interrupted her and reassured her, "Don't worry about him. He's not at the Federal Academy right now. He's gone home to learn how to manage the family business. He came back to the academy last time but went back again soon after. He even told me about it via his digital brain."
Otherwise, even if Shu Qingqing didn't say anything, she would definitely remember to contact him and ask him to come over so that he wouldn't be tainted by the deathly aura.
Shu Qingqing was unaware of Zuo Chenxing's current situation and had never received any messages from him.
Compared to before, she had let go of a lot of feelings towards Zuo Chenxing, so she didn't feel angry or sad.
She suddenly understood why Zuo Chenxing rejected her after she had subtly expressed her feelings to him.
She gave Qiao Mei a deep look, thinking that it was fortunate that she hadn't continued to be obsessed with Zuo Chenxing, otherwise her friendship with Qiao Mei would definitely have been affected by this incident.
The next morning, most of the students at the Federal Academy did not feel anything unusual. At most, they found that their spirits and strength were much better than before, and they felt a little uncomfortable, but they did not think much of it.
After learning from Ao Cang that this was the initial stage of death energy entering the body, Qiao Mei contacted Xu Wenfeng and told him about it.
"Grandpa, although you are no longer in the Federation Army, you should still be aware of what's going on in the military, right? I'd like to know, did the Federation Army discuss this matter with the royal family and the major aristocratic families in advance?"
As the most famous academy in the interstellar space, the Federal Academy basically encompasses the offspring of all powerful and influential families.
If the federal army hadn't communicated with these forces beforehand, this sudden stunt would definitely have caused a huge uproar.
"What did you say? The Federal Army, in conjunction with the Federal Academy, released a massive amount of death energy?! Were you infected? And when exactly did this happen?!"
Xu Wenfeng on the other end of the computer phone turned the volume up very high, but luckily Qiao Mei was wearing headphones so that no one else could hear her.
After moving the headphones slightly away from my ears, I told him that the incident had started last night.
"But don't worry, I still have Cangcang here, so everything will be fine. I've already used the metal shield of the metal-type family's superpower to block the intrusion of the death energy. But judging from this trend, I estimate that the Federal Academy will continue to do this every night for the next two weeks. I feel that it should reach a level that will prevent the death energy from being expelled from the body."
But whether that's true or not, we'll have to see how Xu Wenfeng answers.
Xu Wenfeng on the other side of the screen was absolutely furious.
He told Qiao Mei not to act rashly and to be careful so that the Federal Academy wouldn't discover that they were secretly avoiding the intrusion of death energy. He would find out what was going on as soon as possible.
Just before the two were about to hang up the phone, Qiao Mei suddenly remembered something and stopped Xu Wenfeng: "By the way, Grandpa, shouldn't you ask Vice Marshal Yang first?"
Xu Wenfeng had a good relationship with him among the federal army, and she felt that there was a high probability that he would ask him.
"Yes, what's wrong?"
After much hesitation, Qiao Mei finally revealed that she and Ao Cang had secretly eavesdropped on Yang Yanlong's conversation with the dean of the Federal Academy that day.
"From what they're saying, they orchestrated this whole thing. If you ask them, Grandpa, you'll probably alert them."
"Are you sure you didn't hear wrong?!" Xu Wenfeng's voice was filled with disbelief, and Qiao Mei gave an affirmative answer.
"You heard right. If Grandpa doesn't believe me, you can listen to this again."
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