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The principal sat on the podium with a serious expression and slammed the table hard.
"The consequences of this matter are very serious! We must find out the source of the rumor. How can we allow this kind of... oh yes, campus ghost talk, to appear in our school?" The principal said seriously: "This has seriously affected the reputation and campus atmosphere of our school. The school must not allow this kind of unscrupulous rumor-mongering!"
Rui Hang, who was sitting in the audience, listened to the principal's passionate speech, but his eyes couldn't help but move quietly upwards following the principal's opening and closing mouth.
Today, the principal wore a hat for the first time.
Like Rui Hang, most of the teachers under the rostrum were secretly looking at the principal. As the teachers of each class who were most well-informed, the campus ghost talk naturally could not escape their ears.
They naturally didn't care about campus ghost stories. Every school had one or two of these rumors, such as "Fox Stairs" and "Red-dressed Senior", which fully demonstrated the students' rich imagination and boredom at school.
The school generally does not care about such minor rumors. After all, students have their own circles and are unlikely to tell the truth to teachers. It is basically impossible to investigate such unconclusive matters, which will only make the relationship between teachers and students more and more strained.
As for why the principal conducted such a high-profile investigation this time, the reason is very simple - a rumor that the principal is bald.
So the question is, does the principal still have his hair?
This question lingered in the minds of Rui Hang, the head teachers of each class, and even the dean of studies. They were so curious that they wanted to rush up, take off the principal's hat and run away.
Unfortunately, until the end of the meeting, the hat on the principal's head was as if it was covered with 502 glue and did not move at all.
After the meeting, the principal and the dean left the meeting room first. When they passed by Rui Hang who was sitting in the first row, Rui Hang's eyes fixed and his brows slightly frowned.
The aura that just emanated from the principal...is it magic?
Could it be that the principal has already been exposed to the path of practicing magic... No, that's impossible. The principal doesn't seem to have any traces of practicing magic. This magic power must have been acquired from somewhere, because the power is not bad, and there are still traces of it until now.
...Is the campus legend true?
Rui Hang, don't forget that the earth has begun to revive its magic. It is no longer the world composed purely of science in the past. Continuing to use the original attempts to conclude the various signs of this world is truly "unscientific."
Rui Hang warned himself in his heart: Where there is magic, any strange things can happen.
In Parnaki, there are cases where "legends" become "reality". When people's desires, resentments, and even souls combine with magic, many strange existences will emerge - some of which are similar to the setting of the "□□ Foundation" in the Great Fire on Earth.
But the problem is, that happened in Parnaki, where the concentration of magic power is comparable to that of nitrogen. Under the rich magic power, all kinds of "miracles" are possible. How long has magic power appeared on Earth? It can't even make a small city like Y City reach a concentration sufficient for cultivation. How can it cause a mutation of the level of "campus ghost story"?
Wait, he forgot a key piece of information—he and the students in his class!
As true time travelers, they obtained not only Parnaki's knowledge about magic, but also souls that were a fusion of the two worlds and engraved with "magic circuits".
If we have to use a metaphor, at this moment they are like a "vacuum cleaner" in automatic mode, constantly absorbing all the magic power flowing into the earth. It is precisely because of them that the speed of the increase of the earth's magic power has been greatly slowed down, and there has been no problem until now.
——But just like Rui Hang's roaming magic power had a charming effect on the head teacher of Class 8, the 25 people in the class gathered together. Even though Rui Hang had informed all students to keep their magic power in check at all times because of previous lessons, when they absorbed the magic power, it would hit this school and would more or less affect the surrounding existence before being absorbed by them.
Even if the magic power was quickly absorbed by the students the moment it reached the school, the impact caused by that short moment would still take at least three years given the current magic power concentration in Y City.
It can be said that the current Y City No. 2 Middle School is the place with the highest concentration of magic power in the world. It is not very strange that an abnormality would occur in just ten days.
Because most of the magic power was absorbed by the students, the remaining magic power was not enough to support its powerful power after the transformation, so until now, only "campus ghost stories" comparable to student pranks have appeared. It can be said that the only victim is the bald principal.
But this is not something Rui Hang should be relaxed about. Once there is a problem, there will be a second one. The concentration of magic power will only get higher and higher, and there will be more and more strange things happening in the school.
This is not something that can be stopped by Rui Hang intentionally. As the magic power recovers, these things will happen sooner or later.
Rui Hang had thought of taking the students away and finding a remote mountain forest to practice. But it was meaningless to run away. Not to mention that it was impossible to explain to the parents and school that he would drop out of school and disappear. It would also be on the hot search and news broadcast in a matter of minutes.
On the other hand, this is also an opportunity for the school. By coming into contact with magic in advance, when the magic power is truly revived in the future, there will be no constraints - although this is an excuse Rui Hang used to comfort himself, it is also true.
If there are students in the school who really have the talent to practice magic, he will not hesitate to guide them and help them embark on the path of practice.
Similarly, Class 9 also has the obligation to clean up the "mess" they have created - all the "abnormalities" that appear on campus, and nip them in the bud before they harm students and teachers.
But then again, since the school had undergone changes because of their magic power, then on the night when the magic power revived, the back mountain that had been the place where they practiced... wouldn't have also undergone changes, right?
Thinking of this, Rui Hang felt a little uneasy.
He walked quickly back to the classroom and told the students all his speculations.
The students in the class were talking enthusiastically about the "campus ghost story". After hearing Rui Hang's words, they all showed solemn expressions.
"I'll go to the back mountain to take a look." Xiao Shichuan said as he stood up. As a space magician, he had made a space mark there when he first used space magic to bring his classmates back to the base. Now, if he wanted to go back to the back mountain, he only needed the simplest space teleportation magic to get there instantly.
"I'll go with you." Everyone said.
Xiao Shichuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "You guys should just spare me, do you want me to collapse again?"
"Xiao Shichuan and I will go together." After thinking for a moment, Rui Hang rejected the idea of other students following him: "You stay in the classroom and keep an eye on the situation in the school."
With Rui Hang speaking, there was no reason for the students not to listen.
Xiao Shichuan nodded to Rui Hang, raised his right hand, and drew a pentagram in the air with his index finger. In an instant, the space in front of Xiao Shichuan was distorted violently, as if it was torn apart by some invisible force, revealing a passage that was two people wide and one person high, emitting a dark light.
Through the passage, you can vaguely see the vast starry sky, as if the universe is connected to behind you.
As Rui Hang and Xiao Shichuan stepped in, the passage collapsed instantly, leaving no trace, as if it had never appeared.
...
As soon as he stepped onto the back mountain, Rui Hang's brows furrowed.
"There's something wrong with the concentration of magic here."
If the average magic concentration in Y City is 1, and the magic concentration in the school is 50, then the magic concentration in the back mountain is 10. Compared to the school, it doesn't seem very high, but the school has Rui Hang and 24 students in Class 9. They continuously absorb the magic entering the earth, like a huge spirit gathering array, making the magic of the world gather in No. 2 Middle School.
But they only stayed in the back mountain for less than three hours in total, and most of the magic power was absorbed by the students. The remaining magic power was not enough to allow the back mountain to maintain such a high concentration of magic power until ten days later.
This was enough to prove that something existed in the back mountain—and that it was able to snatch enough magic power for cultivation from Class Nine in the same city.
This is not something that can be easily underestimated.
"Teacher Rui, look here." Xiao Shichuan said suddenly.
Rui Hang looked over and saw Xiao Shichuan squatting in front of a dead tree, gently stroking the stump, as if thinking about something.
“What’s wrong with this tree?”
"Teacher Rui, don't you think that the top of the mountain seems a lot more desolate than the last time we came here?"
Rui Hang was stunned. The last time he came to the back mountain, the resurrected magic and the Parnaki in the sky attracted all his attention. He had no time to pay attention to the surroundings, and naturally he didn't know what these trees looked like at the beginning.
Now that Xiao Shichuan mentioned it, Rui Hang noticed something unusual: "I remember there seemed to be a lot of insects here ten days ago, but why is it so quiet today?"
He looked around carefully - it was only October, but the trees around him looked bleak and desolate. More than half of the trees had completely withered and died, and the few trees that were still alive were now in a state of decay, and it was only a matter of time before they died.
"Is it because of the concentration of magic power?" Xiao Shichuan walked towards a dying tree, put his palm on the trunk, and tried to input magic power.
The originally lifeless tree suddenly became energetic as the magic power poured in, as if it had been injected with a shot of adrenaline. I don't know if it was the wind blowing or if it had a soul, but the branches trembled suddenly, shaking off all the withered and yellow leaves, and the branches that should have been bare once again sprouted green buds.
"It seems that it's not magic that's causing the trees to die - something is sucking their life force away."
Xiao Shichuan stood up and said to Rui Hang.
The sound of the helicopter propeller interrupted their conversation. Rui Hang was quick to cast a layer of invisibility magic on himself and Xiao Shichuan, holding his breath and looking up at the sky - a helicopter flew from the direction of the base and hovered in the air. A rope fell from the open cabin door, wrapping himself tightly, and the soldiers in high-tech equipment descended to the top of the mountain along the rope.
At the same time, Lin Yuan's mobile phone screen lit up.
"Contact: Major Zhang, City B"
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