Hunting High School

As one of the four major research institutes of the First University, the Institute of Applied Magic is different from the other three professional research institutes in that it is a comprehensive magic research institute.

Under this research institute, there are also a series of first-level independent research institutes such as the Alchemy Research Institute, the Talisman Research Institute, and the Magic Formation Research Institute—they are under the jurisdiction of the Applied Magic Research Institute in terms of organization. But it has independent personnel and financial authority, just like the relationship between the first university and the four colleges.

The Ascending Dimension Experiment Research Institute where Zheng Qing is now is such an independent research institute.

As he followed the fox maid to the depths of the research institute, the young public finance student kept thinking about the last words the budgerigar said.

What do you mean 'don't let them cut off your shadow'?

Can the shadow be cut off too? What do they want the wizard's shadow for? What will happen if the shadow is cut off? And this kind of behavior, which sounds very evil, doesn't the school ignore it?

All kinds of messy thoughts rolled in his mind, which made his heart chill.

This feeling of uneasiness became stronger after the fox maid took him into an empty laboratory.

Unlike any other office or public laboratory that Zheng Qing has seen, this laboratory does not have neat test benches, cleanly stacked glass test tubes, and even many standard alchemy instruments.

The laboratory is long, like a huge air-raid shelter, tall, empty and closed. Apart from the huge light spheres lined up along the central axis, there is nothing else.

The walls around the laboratory are blue-gray, covered with a layer of metallic skin, with no glass windows, no vents, and no gaps to be seen.

Except for the lonely entrance behind Zheng Qing, this laboratory is completely a closed world.

"puff."

A faint sound of wind came from behind Zheng Qing.

He turned back quickly, just in time to see the door behind him closing silently.

Well, now this place has completely become a closed metal box—— Zheng Qing wonders whether the wizards standing in this laboratory don't need to breathe.

Along the central axis of the laboratory, raised hexagonal stone platforms are lined up one by one.

On the stone platform, milky white light spheres quietly floated in mid-air, exuding a peaceful aura from all over.

Around the stone platform, there were six wizards holding recording boards, silently staring at the ball of light, and taking notes.

These wizards were male and female, of various ages. There are old wizards with gray hair and goosebumps, and young wizards with sharp eyes and smooth skin. The only thing they have in common is that they all wear black robes.

In First University, only registered wizards and above are allowed to wear black robes.

In other words, the people standing under that ball of light were all wizards above the registration level!

At a glance, there are hundreds of light spheres. If there are six registered wizards under each light sphere, there are thousands of black robes in this laboratory alone—even at the opening ceremony Compared with the opening ceremony of the school hunting party a few days ago, Zheng Qing has never seen so many registered wizards at one time!

This should be the researchers who are said to be studying in the researchers.

Zheng Qing glanced at the black robes on them enviously, and then his eyes were gradually attracted by the ball of light.

I don't know if it's an illusion, but he seems to see countless struggling and shouting figures from the smooth, white ball, and countless worlds in disillusionment.

For a second, the world flickering on the light ball seemed to be very clear. It seemed that there was indeed a real world in it. The young public fee student couldn't help but approach slowly, wanting to see it more clearly.

"Don't wander around, follow me!" The fox maid's weak voice seemed to sound from far away, but it suddenly attracted the public fee student's attention.

Zheng Qing turned around, startled.

Only then did he realize that he had unknowingly walked under the first light sphere.

The researchers who were taking notes around him didn't try to stop him at all - most of the researchers even completely ignored the public fee students who suddenly approached, only a few young wizards occasionally raised their eyelids and glanced curiously at the red robe on his body.

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"What's this place?" Zheng Qing trotted a few steps, returned behind the fox maid, and couldn't help asking in a low voice.

"This is Miss's laboratory." The fox maid glanced at him and warned proudly, "This is also the largest laboratory of the First University... Follow closely, lower your head, don't look around... If you If something happens here, Miss will be very troublesome."

Zheng Qing twitched the corners of his mouth, but didn't speak.

He didn't want to come to this hellish place in the first place! Besides, besides the big ball of light, is there anything else to see in this room?

Although he complained like this from the bottom of his heart, the public fee student still obediently obeyed the master's warning, lowered his head, followed behind her, walked around the light ball, and walked deep into the laboratory.

Not far away, a familiar voice rang in Zheng Qing's ear.

"Why are you here! I've been standing here for ten minutes!"

Zheng Qing raised her head, and as expected, that little girl Su Ya looked at the two of them upright.

"Where is Miss?"

"I heard from the researchers that the No. 1016 evolutionary test bed sent out a fault alarm just now, and she went to check it." Su Ya held a ball of hair in her arms, and her tone was still dissatisfied: "...I really don't know why the lady wants to see this Liar, scum, pervert."

The young public finance student touched his nose, smiled dryly, and made no excuses.

This kind of topic became more and more chaotic, and silence was better than sound.

"Did you go out just now?" The fox maid who brought Zheng Qing looked at Su Ya in surprise.

"Miss asked me to pick up this little bastard from the pet garden." Su Ya held up the hair ball in her arms, and sighed: "There is no way, those who are capable will work hard... There are really no reliable people around Miss."

"Pfft." Zheng Qing couldn't help but sneered, which drew Su Ya's glare.

Although the fox maid in front of him still had a straight face, she couldn't help showing a smile on her face.

"It's because Miss thinks highly of you." She comforted her with a smile.

The hairball in Su Ya's arms seemed to hear Gong Feisheng's laughter, trembled, and a lazy little head popped out.

"Squeak!" It greeted, and flicked its tail at the public fee student.

Zheng Qing couldn't help blinking.

"Hey! Poseidon?" The young public fee student couldn't help showing a cheerful expression: "Why are you here too!"

"Are you deaf? I just said, Miss asked me to take it over!" Beside, came the voice of the little fox girl who was aggrieved.