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Many years later, Lin Yuan still remembers that afternoon - it was drizzling, and a girl was squatting by the wall, wearing a white T-shirt covered with messy oil paint.
It looked quite artistic, but it was obviously not the girl's own idea. She seemed to have been bullied, with messy hair and grease stains on her face, looking very embarrassed.
But the girl didn't cry or even show any sadness. She just used the little paint left in her brush to carefully paint something on the wall.
As the rain got heavier, she wrote faster and faster, as if she had integrated all her emotions into the rain and the mural. It was like a puppy who had been bullied and hid in a corner to lick her wounds. Only when everyone in the school had left and completely forgotten about her in this corner did she dare to pick up her fragile self carefully and walk home alone in the wind and rain.
Lin Yuan looked at it from a distance across the aisle for a while, and the driver who came over interrupted his view with an open black umbrella.
But Lin Yuan didn't really want to go back. The house was cold and empty. He was the only one in the huge house. He sat on the sofa with a pillow in his arms, savoring the feeling of waiting from dusk to dawn.
For a moment, Lin Yuan suddenly felt that this girl hiding in the corner could understand his loneliness.
——Although it was a long time before Lin Yuan realized that it was just the youthful, painful, and literary heart that was at work when he was young, frivolous, and sentimental.
——Yu Zhi was indeed bullied, but she did not hide in the corner to lick her wounds alone. She reported it to the teacher cleanly. The reason why she stayed there to paint was not to avoid other students. Teacher Wang from the art class found a job for her. She could get 1,200 yuan after painting the mural.
But Lin Yuan, who was addicted to the literature of youth pain, could not see the essence through the phenomenon. Lin Yuan, who had already returned to the car with the driver, suddenly went crazy, dodged the umbrella and ran all the way back to school. In Yu Zhi's confused eyes, he pretended to be cool and threw the umbrella in front of her, and ran back in the rain, with an extremely happy heart.
...
"Long time no see, Lin Yuan." The girl in front of him smiled peacefully, her voice as gentle as water, like a blooming snow lotus: "The last time we met was one hundred and eighty-five years ago."
One hundred and eighty-five...
Lin Yuan was choked by this sudden huge number and was speechless for a moment.
As expected of a different world, lifespan easily exceeds the limits of humans.
However, although he had been meeting Yu Zhi with the idea of "recognizing relatives" from the beginning, and had long been prepared that Yu Zhi was the "Goddess of Disaster", Lin Yuan thought very simply: they were all classmates, and they were all from Earth. If they met fellow countrymen in a strange world, even if there was a difference in status, it should be easy to get to know each other.
But it was not until the specific number "one hundred and eighty-five" was reported that Lin Yuan truly realized that there was a thick barrier between him and Yu Zhi.
It's not just about age, it's more about strength and identity.
So what if they were from the same hometown? He was just an orphan adopted by the church, a 12-year-old boy. Even though the knight who brought him to the "Temple of Disaster" said that he had a talent for magic, no matter how talented he was, he could never be compared with "God".
Yu Zhi...Will Her Highness the "Goddess of Disaster" really be willing to accept me?
Lin Yuan suddenly became deeply uneasy. His originally full-bodied voice involuntarily dropped several decibels. He looked at Yu Zhi hesitantly: "Do you still remember me?"
Yu Zhi's eyes seemed to be able to see through all his little thoughts and all his embarrassment and anxiety, but her smile was still so friendly and calm.
Facing Lin Yuan's question, she nodded gently: "One day in my first year of high school, I was drawing, and a silly boy suddenly threw an umbrella in front of me. Without waiting for me to call him, he rushed into the rain."
Lin Yuan was stunned, then his eyes suddenly widened.
Yu Zhi, did she still remember? She actually still remembered?
This was the first time he and Yu Zhi met. They didn't even exchange names, and from then on they had no contact until they were divided into different classes in their second year of high school.
Does telling him this mean that... the situation isn't as bad as I imagined?
Lin Yuan couldn't help but say: "I didn't expect you could still remember this kind of thing."
Yu Zhi said: "Because of him, I had to carry an extra umbrella home even though I already had one, and I also had to explain to my parents that no male classmate intended to date me when I was in the first year of high school."
Lin Yuan: “…”
"And you didn't tell me your name or class - in order to return your umbrella, I had to ask around on my own. As a result, people in my class mistakenly thought I liked you and spread rumors about me for a long time."
Lin Yuan said awkwardly: "...What about my umbrella?"
Why didn’t he see Yu Zhi or his umbrella again?
"When you were a freshman in high school, you joined the school basketball team and went to the stadium right after school. But I had to go to the art room to paint, so there was no chance for us to meet at night. During the day, I had to study and prevent rumors from spreading, so it was impossible for me to go find you." Yu Zhi said, "So I took advantage of the time after school to leave the umbrella in your classroom."
"But I've never seen it." Lin Yuan murmured.
"I checked and found that the umbrella was a classic black Alexander McQueen umbrella that sold for over two thousand dollars. If nothing unexpected happened, it must have been stolen."
Lin Yuan: “…”
Campus youth literature suddenly turned into a juvenile crime case.
His boyish heart!
The smile that Lin Yuan was trying to maintain on his face became a little forced: "Did you come to see me today just to tell me this?"
If she just wanted to explain the origin of the umbrella to him, now that she is a "goddess", there is no need for her to condescend to come here specially.
To his surprise, Yu Zhi asked, "Are you willing to learn magic from me?"
Lin Yuan almost thought there was something wrong with his ears. He stared at Yu Zhi's expression stupidly, trying to find a hint of ridicule on her face.
But Yu Zhi's smile was not joking at all, and her eyes were full of sincerity.
Lin Yuan was a little confused. How could the noble goddess choose a poor boy like him as her apprentice? Even if they were both from Earth, this was too much preferential treatment.
If Yu Zhi talked to him about their friendship as classmates, Lin Yuan would never believe it.
Before they traveled through time, they had been divided into classes for less than half a month, and the classmates in the class only barely maintained a "familiar" relationship, and there was no question of deep feelings between them.
As for their first meeting...that was just a drama he made up in his imagination.
Do you think that time travelers all have golden fingers?
...Hiss, this possibility should be the greatest!
Come to think of it, if he also possesses the golden finger and becomes a great magician or a knight commander in the future, it would be a considerable connection for the "Temple of Disaster".
The more Lin Yuan thought about it, the more he felt that his inference was very reasonable. However, for the sake of safety, Lin Yuan still suppressed his inner excitement and asked with a little reserve: "Why do you want to accept me as your apprentice? Is it because I am your classmate?"
Yu Zhi answered straightforwardly: "Teacher Rui specifically told us that if we encounter students who traveled to Parnaki, we must find a way to protect them. If they are inexperienced and don't understand this world and magic, we should teach them the relevant magic knowledge, so that they can at least reach the level of being able to join the class group."
Lin Yuan: "Teacher Rui? Us? Class group?!"
Do you and I really live in the same world?
"Teacher Rui is our second-year homeroom teacher after the class division?" Lin Yuan asked uncertainly.
Yu Zhi nodded and said, "It's him."
"...How many people in our class have traveled through time?"
"The whole class."
Lin Yuan: "...Has our class made an enemy of this world?"
Otherwise, why would they let the whole class embark on a time-travel journey for no reason? Wouldn't it be better to leave him on Earth to enjoy mobile WiFi and a luxurious apartment, and eat salmon and lobster steaks? He promised that he would never say something hypocritical like "The apartment is so cold and I am so lonely" again!
If you have good food, good drinks, good clothes and a good house, why would you need a bicycle?
After complaining in his heart to his heart’s content, Lin Yuan asked the question he was most curious about: “Is the class group the same stingy group I know about? Did you bring your own cell phones when you traveled through time?”
Isn’t this golden finger a bit too big?
"I conquered another world with my smartphone"?
"It's Du Heng - I don't know if you still remember this person, he is..." Yu Zhi thought for a moment and said, "Apart from the vice-class monitor, he is the one with the least presence in our class."
Lin Yuan's confused eyes suddenly regained clarity: "It's him."
Vice-class monitor Rong Yu is not so much a person with no sense of existence as he is too good at hiding himself from people. He doesn't talk and stays in the corner of the classroom all day. If he is seen by students from other classes, they will definitely think that their class is collectively bullying Rong Yu.
But Du Heng is completely different from Rong Yu, he has absolutely no sense of existence. He usually talks to everyone normally and acts together, but for some reason he is always easily ignored.
Seeing that Lin Yuan had an impression, Yu Zhi continued, "After traveling through time, he became a dwarf and was commissioned by Teacher Rui to create Qbao... You can just understand it as Koukouqun."
Lin Yuan nodded in confusion, his eyes were confused, as if he was listening to a foreign language. It was not until Yu Zhi finished explaining everything that he woke up from his dream and asked, "So should I call you teacher from now on?"
Yu Zhi shook her head: "You and I are both students of Teacher Rui. If I become your teacher, wouldn't that mess up the generations?" After saying that, as if she felt that Lin Yuan had concerns, Yu Zhi added: "Don't feel any burden, just think of it as a study group helping each other."
She smiled at Lin Yuan and said, "You don't have to worry that I will hide anything from you. Teacher Rui said that in this other world, even if there is a hundred years age difference between us, we are still classmates. Since we are classmates, we should help each other and unite as one."
Lin Yuan was deeply moved and excited after hearing this: It turns out that my biggest network after traveling through time is my class teacher!
Teacher Rui! You are my God!
"Ah, come to think of it, can I write letters to others normally?" Lin Yuan suddenly asked.
"Of course, who are you going to write to?" Yu Zhi asked curiously.
"Write a letter to the nun who takes care of me." Lin Yuan was filled with emotion: "From now on, I will be her immediate superior."
Yu Zhi: “…”
In the year 2045 of the Glorious Era, a knight joined the "Temple of Disaster".
...
"Contact: Major Zhang, City B"
"Lin Yuan, is this Major Zhang your contact person?" Bai Luo, who was standing by, pointed to the sky and said vaguely.
Lin Yuan nodded, raised a finger to his lips, and signaled the students to be quiet for a while. When the classroom was completely quiet, Lin Yuan pressed the call button and turned on the speaker of his phone under everyone's curious gaze.
"Major, do you want to talk to me?"
"I found out that your class was doing social practice activities at the military training base near Zhushan last week."
"Yes, what's the problem?"
"Did you go near the back mountain during those days - the place near the base's shooting range?" asked Major Zhang.
Lin Yuan blinked and lied fluently: "No, there are usually people standing guard there, and the school does not allow us to get close to there."
Major Zhang didn't seem to hear his lie. He said "Oh" and continued to ask: "Did you notice anything wrong during your stay at the base?"
"...Did something happen in the back mountain?" Lin Yuan asked back.
As an expatriate civil servant, Lin Yuan had the right to know the truth. Major Zhang did not hide anything and told him what happened. It turned out that a week ago, soldiers stationed at the military training base discovered that the plants on the back mountain suddenly began to die in large numbers without any signs. After reporting to higher authorities, the leaders of Y City specially invited researchers from the Botanical Institute of the S Provincial Academy of Sciences to investigate the cause, but they did not expect to find a strange substance on the mountain.
This matter has attracted the attention of the higher-ups. After a detailed investigation, it was determined that there is a very special energy hidden in the air in the back mountain of Zhushan Base. Experts speculate that this is most likely the "magic power" mentioned by the time travelers, and they suspect that the plants on the top of the mountain have mutated because of the appearance of "magic power".
"We have sent a survey team to investigate with the army in the base. They should be in the back mountain now." Major Zhang said, "I don't know if you time travelers are more sensitive to magic than us. If possible, you'd better go to the back mountain to take a look. I will approve your pass."
Lin Yuan: “…”
Thank you for the invitation. Our head teacher and physics class representative have already gone.
And that is indeed magic. If nothing unexpected happens, it is very likely that the problem was caused by us.
Lin Yuan was sweating profusely.
Fortunately, Major Zhang did not associate him with the unusual situation in the back mountain. After asking a few more questions, he hung up the phone conveniently, as if there were many urgent matters waiting for him to deal with.
The busy tone echoed in the quiet classroom. After a long while, Lin Yuan murmured, "I suddenly feel a little guilty."
Bai Luo nodded: "Me too."
Not only did he have to clean up the mess caused by his own mistakes, but they knew everything, but insisted on hiding it from everyone. Even though Lin Yuan had used his identity as a "time traveler" to secretly pass on a lot of information to them, due to his identity, he could not directly tell them many key issues involving high-level officials. Otherwise, he would have to face a series of sharp questions such as "How do you know this information?", "Didn't you say you only lived in Parnaki for three years?", "How do I verify the authenticity of the information?"
"I say, why don't we just reveal our identities?" Lin Yuan tried to make a suggestion: "Of course not now, wait until our magic power recovers a little, at least until we can guarantee our personal safety."
Bai Luo spread his hands and said, "I don't care."
Lu Baixi held his chin and nodded lazily: "It's up to you."
Lin Lang didn't care: "I'm fine with it anyway."
Yu Zhi said calmly: "It's up to you to decide."
Su Mu was a little conflicted: "I don't really want to reveal my identity for now, I feel it will cause a lot of trouble, but if you have decided, it's okay for me to go public with you."
Regarding the issue of revealing one's identity, most students in the class accepted it, but there were also many who opposed it.
Owena is a staunch opponent.
"Lin Yuan, your idea is good, and I know you feel sorry, but our class is a collective. If we prosper together, we prosper together, and if we suffer together, we will definitely be noticed once you choose to reveal your identity." Ou Wenna said, "Have you ever thought about what we will face after we reveal our identity?"
As the empress, Owena obviously has much more to consider than other students who are alone: "It's not that I don't want to help our country or the earth - I will definitely protect this world to the best of my ability. But the problem is that once our identities are exposed, we will inevitably face an unavoidable choice: between the earth and Parnaki, which side do we choose?"
"This is no longer an issue that only belongs to us, leaving enough room for us to waver. We must answer this question publicly and give a very clear and firm official attitude."
Owena's voice floated in the classroom, deafening: "We can confidently say that the countries led by us will never stand against the Earth. But there are twenty-one countries in Parnaki, and not every country is under our control. If they want to go to war with the Earth, then no matter what we say, the people of Earth will only treat Parnaki the same and regard them as dangerous elements."
"All of us will be labeled: pro-Earth, pro-Panaki, neutral... Then we will formulate countermeasures for contact with us according to the degree of danger. After it is determined that we will never stand on the side of the Earth, we will find ways to deal with us or provoke conflicts within the class."
At this point, Ouwena sighed: "I am not saying that this method is despicable or extreme. If I were the leader of China, or the leader of any other country, I would make the same choice - why should we force people all over the world to come into contact with a world that has nothing to do with us, at the risk of death?"
Her voice softened, with a hint of helplessness: "But we are Earthlings, and we are also Parnaki people. They can easily choose sides, but we can't. The lives of Earthlings are lives, and the lives of the millions of people in my country, aren't their lives lives too? I can't let them bear the same risks because of our choices. So before I find a way to balance everything, I will never reveal my identity."
Ouwena looked at Lin Yuan, her lips curled up: "But Lin Yuan, I am not accusing you of having any wrong ideas. You are the kindest one among us, and I support every choice you make. If you choose to reveal your identity to them, although I cannot do the same thing, as your classmate, your friend, and your partner, I will still support and assist you to the best of my ability. Because I know that if there is a conflict between the Earth and Parnaki one day, you will come to help me without reservation when I need you, right?"
Lin Yuan took a deep breath and nodded vigorously: "Of course!"
With Ouwena's words, the students who were originally hesitant about revealing their identities chose to stand with Ouwena.
After receiving feedback from the whole class, Lin Yuan regained his sanity from his initial passion and murmured, "Please allow me to think about this matter carefully."
Bai Luo hooked his arm around Lin Yuan's shoulders and said, "Don't worry. Even if something goes wrong, once we recover our strength, no one on Earth or Parnaki will be able to do anything to us. You can do whatever you want then."
Bai Luo hummed, and then said: "Or we can use our brains together to see if there is a way that can expose your identity but all of us can hide behind it."
He patted Lin Yuan on the shoulder in this position: "Don't worry, the magic power recovery has just begun anyway, we have plenty of time."
Lin Yuan nodded and accepted Bai Luo's comfort. He sighed, his eyes dimmed, and he fell into deep thought.
...
In order to prevent being detected by high-tech equipment, Rui Hang put several layers of magic barriers on himself and Xiao Shichuan to completely isolate their breath, heat, magic power and anything else that might be detected by the machine.
The roar of the helicopter covered all other sounds, and against the backdrop of the desolate mountains, there was an inexplicable sense of sadness and bleakness. It seemed as if the end of the world was approaching and civilized society was finally heading for extinction.
Soon, a team of twelve people descended to the top of the mountain along the zip line and quickly split into two teams. One team of eight people, armed with professional weapons, guarded the surroundings while protecting the four most critical people in the center - three of them carried a huge device, like the "single-soldier communication system" often seen in movies and TV dramas, but it was obviously larger and more complex in structure. They held detectors like thermal imagers and detected inch by inch in three directions. The remaining person stayed where he was and used a portable computer to analyze the data transmitted by the detector in real time.
Although I don’t know what exactly they are investigating, such professional equipment is obviously not something that can appear in the small military base in Y City.
The back mountain, the army, the detectors... Could it be that something really happened on this mountain? What these specialized equipment detected... is magic?
Rui Hang's eyes flashed with a sharp light. He stretched out a finger and gently tapped the back of Xiao Shichuan's hand, while circulating his magic power.
——Although the magic power of the two has not recovered to the point where they can use the "Q treasure", but in such a close contact situation, relying on magic power, Rui Hang and Xiao Shichuan can use their mental power to construct a "channel" that belongs only to them and communicate.
After Rui Hang relayed his inference to Xiao Shichuan, he added: "If they were really sent by City B, Lin Yuan should have been notified by them."
"Are we going back now?" Xiao Shichuan asked.
"Wait a minute." Rui Hang said: "If this device can really detect magic power, space magic, which requires a large amount of magic power output, cannot be guaranteed to completely avoid magic power leakage with my current ability."
As the two were talking, the soldiers' conversations also fell into their ears without reservation.
"No abnormalities in Area A."
"No active magic factor detected."
"No abnormalities in Area B."
"There are special energy fluctuations in Area C! It is suspected that there are special life forms!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the twelve soldiers were shocked and turned towards Area C. At the same time, they raised their weapons and pointed their guns forward.
Rui Hang and Xiao Shichuan were located right between areas A and B divided by the soldiers. They thought that the magic factors they detected came from the tree from which Xiao Shichuan transmitted magic power, but they never expected that area C was in the opposite direction of the tree.
You have to know that when Xiao Shichuan was transferring magic power, he did not restrain the overflow of magic power, and even transferred it in excess. It is normal that the magic power would be detected.
Could it be that the machine is not as professional as they imagined?
Thinking of this, Rui Hang closed his eyes slightly, concentrated the magic power on his head, and his mental power spread around like a spider web in an instant.
At the same time, Rui Hang's eyes were covered with a layer of light "white mist", and the world in front of him also changed drastically. The outlines of plants, humans, and everything else became blurred, and a faint golden light could be seen flickering in them. The world was covered with a layer of light golden mist. Although the mist was light, its existence could be clearly seen.
——This "magic detection technique" jokingly called "white eyes" by Bai Luo is one of the earliest magics practiced by all those with magical talents in Parnaki. After Lin Yuan came into contact with the military, as one of the "letters of surrender", Lin Yuan informed the military of this magic, and as expected, they received the news that they had already learned about this magic from other "travelers" and had already combined it with technology and put it into production.
Rui Hang looked along the trajectory of the soldiers' movements. The fog in Area A and Area B was the thinnest, especially where Xiao Shichuan had just released his magic power. The fog in an area of nearly one square meter around the trees was almost completely cleared.
Could it be that because the tree was injected with magic power, it developed a certain consciousness and unconsciously absorbed all the magic power around it?
...No, if this was really the case, he and Xiao Shichuan would have noticed it the moment the tree mutated and gained consciousness.
Since the resurrected tree did not absorb magic power, there must be something nearby that can not only conceal its own breath and not be detected by him and Xiao Shichuan, but can even absorb magic power quietly under their noses.
Maybe this thing is the reason why the concentration of magic in the back mountain is easier to reach other places.
Rui Hang quickly looked towards area C again. The magic power there seemed to be no deviation from areas AB, but if you look closely, you will find a green light flowing quietly among the woods.
Sure enough, there is something there!
Rui Hang quickly put away the "Magic Detection Technique", and the world in his eyes returned to its original appearance.
Four of the soldiers responsible for guarding the surroundings rushed directly to the location of the green light, and the remaining four stayed behind to protect the soldiers responsible for detection and data analysis.
"Let's follow and see." Rui Hang said.
The two of them used the "Levitation Technique" in tacit understanding and quickly approached the soldiers in Area C without making any sound.
Four soldiers holding assault rifles were seen surrounding the abnormal point from four directions and moving cautiously towards it.
The world seemed to have lost its sound at this moment. The surroundings were eerily quiet, with an indescribable weirdness.
“Shua——”
In an instant, a vine quickly emerged from the grass, like a python that had been lurking for a long time, waiting for its prey, and stabbed the soldier's abdomen with force at a speed that could not be captured by the naked eye - its vines had sharp thorns, and with the blessing of magic, Rui Hang had no doubt that it could easily tear open the soldier's combat uniform and penetrate his abdomen.
Before he could think, a ball of black flame blocked the soldier's abdomen before the vines touched him, and disappeared instantly after the vines touched the flames.
But this brief moment is enough to inflict a devastating blow to the vines.
——This is the inherent talent of the demons, which can burn all substances including magic power. It will not be extinguished when in contact with water, and as long as there is magic power, it can keep burning forever.
If the world is compared to a game, and all beings in the world who can practice magic are compared to players, then ordinary people who have not yet started practicing are "level 0", soldiers who have received professional training are "level 5", and those who are equipped with high-tech equipment are "level 15". Then the vines in front of us are the "level 20" novice boss.
As for Rui Hang and the students of Class 9, they are directly "BUGs" outside the system, exceeding the limit of the world's inherent level and are at the "Level 100".
Even if it was just the simplest move, Rui Hang deliberately restrained his magic output, but it was enough to directly reduce the BOSS to low health.
It was clearly just a vine, but after being burned, it let out an animal-like scream, exposing its presence directly in front of the soldiers.
The soldiers quickly turned their guns and fired in the direction of the vines without hesitation.
Although the vines were supported by magic, they were only plants after all, and had just been injured by Rui Hang, so they had long lost their defense capabilities. With the crazy pouring of bullets, in less than 30 seconds, the vines were riddled with holes and were dying, like an earthworm that had been chopped into countless sections.
But this still deeply shocked the soldiers. They looked at each other in disbelief and said, "It... is still alive!"
No life in the natural world could survive the firepower output just now. This vine was not the invulnerable armadillo as rumored, nor was it a giant whale with thick skin and flesh - it was just a "fragile" plant!
One of the soldiers was tempted. He half-knelt down and tried to reach out to the vines, as if trying to grab him.
But his teammates quickly stopped him from being reckless: "Don't touch it! This thing can't even be killed by bullets, and it will hide in the dark to attack people. Be careful, even its current weakness is just a disguise. Once we let our guard down, it will immediately strike back."
"...Captain, can plants really be this smart?" The soldier was obviously a little bit unbelievable. As a staunch materialist fighter, everything that happened now has had a great impact on his worldview.
The man who stopped the soldier and was called "Captain" by him sighed: "The world is changing rapidly now, and no one knows what will happen in the future. In the past, I would not have believed that a vine could become so terrible." He paused, and soon became serious again: "But this is not something we need to consider. The country is already trying to study these mutants. What we have to do is to complete the tasks assigned by the country and bring back as many research samples as possible for them!"
As they were talking, the "scouts" who had stayed behind also ran over. But this time, they were no longer carrying heavy detectors, but a huge metal box with many insurances.
One of the "scouts" carefully picked up the vine fragments on the ground with a special pair of metal tweezers and put them into a metal box. The other soldiers did not dare to slack off and still pointed their guns at the vines to prevent them from "mutating" at any time.
Fortunately, the vine was seriously injured by Rui Hang and completely lost its ability to resist. It also lost its regeneration ability that it was proud of but had never shown in front of the soldiers. With the sound of gears turning, layer after layer of metal locks were continuously buckled, sealing the vine inside.
Even then, the soldiers still did not relax their vigilance. After sending the box with vines back to the helicopter via the iron cable, they picked up the detection device again and searched back and forth on the top of the mountain three times. After making sure that there was nothing missed, they set a fire where the vines were removed. They did not stop until everything in the range was completely burned to ashes and there was no trace of life. Only then did they end the operation and return to the helicopter.
As the helicopter completely disappeared into the horizon, Xiao Shichuan finally relaxed his body. He waved his right hand to try to remove the heavy magic on his body, but Rui Hang suddenly grabbed his wrist.
"Don't act rashly." Rui Hang said.
"Teacher Rui, haven't they left?" Xiao Shichuan was a little puzzled, but Rui Hang raised his hand and pointed to the sky: "Have you forgotten that our country has the 'Eye in the Sky'? Since they have discovered the mutated plant in the back mountain, even if they have cleared it away, the military will definitely not relax their vigilance and will still use the 'Eye in the Sky' to monitor in real time - since the first mutation has occurred here, there is a high probability that the second mutation will occur. I suspect that when they discovered the mutation in the back mountain, they had already launched a full-scale surveillance of the back mountain."
Xiao Shichuan was a little dumbfounded: "Then when we come to the back mountain..."
"If they discover us, even if they find the vines, they will definitely not leave, but will try to find our traces or try to get rid of us." Rui Hang said: "I think there is some kind of power blocking the monitoring of the 'Eye of the Sky'."
"Is it a vine?" Xiao Shichuan was stunned: "Could it be an illusion?"
But that big spike doesn't look like an illusion with weak combat ability, does it?
Rui Hang nodded: "It's possible. If it really mutated because of the magic power that overflowed when we were practicing, then it is also possible that it is not an illusionist itself, but that it observed the process of us using invisibility magic and secretly learned it."
"...If it's true, this learning speed is incredible." Xiao Shichuan sighed.
Rui Hang also sighed: "If you all have such a learning speed, I won't worry about you not being able to get into a 985 or 211 university in the college entrance examination."
Xiao Shichuan: “…”
Is now the time to talk about this?!
"Teacher Rui, let's go check out that tree first. Maybe there will be some clues." Xiao Shichuan said reluctantly to change the subject. The two turned around and were about to walk towards the tree that was infused with magic power, but saw a thin vine wrapped around the trunk. The tip of the vine was inserted into the trunk, absorbing the magic power in big gulps like drinking a beverage. The tree that had finally sprouted began to dry up again at a speed visible to the naked eye as the magic power was lost.
Rui Hang/Xiao Shichuan: "......"
vine:"......"
The vines let out a terrified scream and subconsciously tried to escape deep into the forest.
"Stop." Rui Hang said coldly.
The vine froze, and the fear of being burned by the black flames made it dare not resist Rui Hang's request at all. The slender vine quickly curled up out of fear, and then slowly stretched out in Rui Hang's cold eyes, manipulating its stiff body, slowly and firmly making a "heart" in the direction of Rui Hang and Xiao Shichuan.
Xiao Shichuan: “…”
Why are you still acting cute?
Rui Hang's eyes flashed with surprise, but it was not because of the vine's cuteness. Whether it was the vine's illusion that was enough to confuse the "eye of heaven" or its outstanding magical talent, these were just secondary. It had only been ten days since the magic power was revived, but it was able to detect human surveillance, use illusions to hide its whereabouts, and deliberately attack the east and west when the human soldiers came to investigate, sending out the vines that looked like the "main body" to attack the human, quietly hiding the real body under the human detector.
More importantly, this little thing was able to escape the detection of both him and Xiao Shichuan, and absorb the magic power that Xiao Shichuan released into the air right under their noses.
If the separation of the vines had not caused it to lose a considerable amount of strength, and the burning of its magic power by the black flames had not directly injured its body, how could it have been so easily exposed to Rui Hang and Xiao Shichuan?
Should I hand this vine over to the state, or keep it for observation?
Rui Hang raised his right hand, and a huge magic circle unfolded in the sky, turning into a huge barrier that blocked all possible detection devices.
After doing all this, Rui Hang looked back at the vines. Xiao Shichuan had already approached the vines without him noticing. Compared to the cautious soldiers, he was not afraid of the vines. Instead, he stretched out a finger, gathered magic power at the fingertips, and stretched it in front of the vines like a cat playing with a cat, while communicating with it: "Did you absorb the magic power of the mountain and the vitality of these trees?"
The magic power on the fingertips seems to be only a drop, but it is the magic essence purified and condensed by Xiao Shichuan's body. It is completely different from the magic power floating in the air.
The vine's eyes widened - if it had eyes, it would have stretched its upper body out from the tree trunk and tentatively moved towards the magic essence. After determining the concentration of the magic and Xiao Shichuan's attitude, it rushed towards the magic essence like a madman, absorbing it in big gulps, like a stray cat that hadn't eaten for ten days.
The vine's originally slender body swelled up rapidly until the magic essence was completely absorbed. A small bulge appeared on its "abdomen". The whole vine leaned comfortably in Xiao Shichuan's palm, and let out a sigh like a burp.
"Teacher Rui, this thing is quite cute." Xiao Shichuan has a cool male protagonist-style appearance, but he can't resist any cute creatures: "Should we take it back to the class and keep it?"
It just so happens that the class is short of a pet.
The vines obviously understood what Xiao Shichuan said. The vines, which were originally full and lazy, quickly became energetic, and the tails of the vines turned like a dog's tail and turned into an electric fan. At the same time, the vines bent and struggled to form a few words in the air.
"Mom, I'm hungry, I want food."
Rui Hang: “…”
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