"Brother Nanbai, I'm so scared..."
The two were taken aback and simultaneously looked at the girl trembling behind Nan Bai.
"Who is it?" Xiao He asked instinctively.
“She…” Nanbo was somewhat flustered: “I met her on the road… because it was dangerous, I brought her here. We’re not…”
"Waaah!" Before he could explain, the girl suddenly rushed up and hugged him tightly: "Don't leave me, Brother Bai!"
"This..." Xiao He blinked, the scene was just too bizarre.
Anyone who has watched 21st-century romance dramas can see that this girl isn't afraid at all; she's just finding excuses to stick to him.
"Is it because of her that you left the team?" Xiao He asked tentatively.
"Uh, you already know?" Nanbo was taken aback, then realized that his words were ambiguous and quickly corrected himself: "No, no, what I meant was my joining Cloud and leaving the team midway."
Xiao He took out his school badge and tossed it to him from a distance.
"Ah, thank you!" Nanbo quickly put it away. "It was an accident! I found her being chased by monsters, so I tried to save her, and that's how I got separated from the group..."
"I see." Xiao He nodded slightly. "It's good that you're alright."
Nan Bai felt a lump in his throat; Xiao He still cared about him!
"Angrina, stop playing around and give the shawl back to its owner," Xiao He said to the dragon cub.
"Waaah..." Angelina took off her shawl in a wronged manner and, imitating him, threw it to Nanber from a distance.
It was only then that Nanber noticed the "monster" Angrina. If it weren't for the fact that it had just crawled out of a dragon egg, many people would have mistaken it for a mutated bat at first glance.
"Oh, don't panic, this is also one of my resurrected babies." Xiao He pointed to the monster behind Nan Bai: "It's similar to them, don't worry about it."
"Uh..." Nanbo scratched his head: "I thought... you would mistake me for a bad guy, and I was going to explain to you..."
"No, no, no, I'm not that kind of person," Xiao He waved his hands repeatedly.
It does not want to reveal Angrina's identity to outsiders at the moment, lest it be captured and dissected for research.
"By the way, did you learn to control the lifeline on your own?" Xiao He changed the subject.
"The lifeline? What's that?" Nanbo asked blankly.
"Uh, I was just making things up. It's just a line connecting to the monster."
"Really?" Nanbo stared blankly at the cross in his palm.
Xiao He also paused: "No?"
"No, I didn't." Nanbo scratched his head. "I was just... messing around with it randomly."
Upon hearing this, Xiao He fell into deep thought.
"Brother Bai, I'm so cold." The little girl hugged him tighter, trying to get his attention back.
"Then, then can I borrow this shawl to wrap yourself in..." Nanbo was at a loss, he really couldn't handle such an open girl.
"Did you kill the resurrected cultists who died on the other path?" Xiao He asked again.
“Another path?” Nanbo shook his head: “I haven’t gone anywhere else. I’ve been here all along, and I just learned how to control these monsters.”
"You've been here all along? You just learned how?" Xiao He was taken aback.
"yes!"
"..."
Xiao He narrowed his eyes, glancing almost imperceptibly at the girl of unknown origin.
"Who are you?"
The little girl paused, seemingly reluctant to answer him: "Su Mei."
"Where are you from?"
"Green River Town, why are you asking so many questions?" Her second sentence already carried a sharp edge, and she looked at Xiao He as if he were her enemy.
Xiao He examined her carefully again and was quite certain that there were no life lines connected to her body, which meant that she was a living person.
But this strange feeling couldn't be wrong; her true identity must be extraordinary.
"I just don't know what her purpose is in hiding this..." Xiao He remained calm and didn't continue to question her. Instead, he turned to Nan Bai and greeted him.
"Let's go, it should be safe outside now."
"Safe now?" Nanbai couldn't understand.
"Yes, the Huo family army has come to our aid. The townspeople are all safe. Let's go back to the city together," Xiao He explained.
This time, it was Su Mei's turn to narrow her eyes, no one knew what she was planning.
Xiao He kept a close eye on her every move. If she was a member of the Resurrection Cult, she would surely slip up at some point.
"That's great! Let's go!" Nanbo exclaimed with delight.
Previously, in order to return to the city safely, he had been trying his best to control the monsters. Now that he heard there was a chance to retreat, he was overjoyed.
Xiao He led the way until the fork in the road where the three of them had parted ways earlier.
"By the way, why did you go to the Intermediate People's Court?"
“This…” Nan Bai scratched his head: “I originally participated in the Junior Academy assessment, but the instructor said that I have good talent and am close to my breakthrough period, so there is no point in going to the Junior Academy. So he took me to the Middle Academy…”
"I see." Xiao He nodded. He had thought the academy had rigid rules, but now it seemed that wasn't the case.
This increases the likelihood that they will skip a grade.
Logically, there's still about a week until the official start of the semester. If everyone's level is raised to the Breakthrough Stage within this week, it might be possible to transfer directly to the Central Academy.
"Xiaohe, what level are you now?" Nanbai asked nervously, afraid that she would be angry because he had "abandoned" her again.
"What am I doing now?" Xiao He looked at the table. "Thirty."
“Oh, oh…” Nanbo nodded repeatedly, then paused, stunned: “Thirty?!”
He hadn't forgotten that when he said goodbye to her just two days ago, she was only at level five!
"You took your medicine?!" Nanbai blurted out.
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