Monster Hunting High School

The explosion outside the wall has long since dissipated.

The red light in the sky has faded, and the sky has brightened again. The birds have calmed down under the soothing spells of the school staff, and have settled on the treetops again and started preening their feathers. Everything seems to have returned to the way it was at the beginning of the exam.

"There are only five minutes left!"

On the podium, the black-robed assistant who was in charge of invigilating the exam raised his voice and loudly reminded the young wizards in the exam room: "Because the previous accident did not have an irreversible impact on the exam room, this exam will not be extended... Everyone, hurry up and take the last few minutes. Check your name and exam number, and write a few words for questions you don’t know, don’t leave them blank! This is the most sincere advice given to you by someone who has experienced it!”

The slightly humorous remarks made the young wizards in the audience chuckle.

Zheng Qing was checking the test papers absentmindedly, but in his mind he was wondering what was going on outside the wall - was there a big demon making trouble, a crazy dragon rushing out of the Silent Forest, or a laboratory experimenting with new technologies? magic?

He couldn't wait to hand in the test paper and discuss the matter with Xiao Xiao or Fatty Xin.

But after the test papers were collected, the invigilators did not allow the young wizard to leave the examination room.

"According to the latest notice issued by the joint meeting of the school working committee and professors, all students in the teaching building, laboratory building and other areas of First University will remain silent after receiving the notice and are not allowed to move around at will, waiting for further notice."

After the black-robed teaching assistant on the stage read this notice, he looked around. As expected, there was an uproar in the examination room. Many people were shouting about "need to eat", "need to prepare for the next exam", "need to use the toilet" and so on. , he had to cast a loud spell on himself to suppress the gradually boiling atmosphere in the classroom: "Everyone, please bear with me for a few more minutes... I really need to go to the toilet. Follow the elf and go back quickly. Don't sneak out of the teaching building." , the consequences of violating the joint notification are more serious than you think!”

There was a hint of intimidation in the words.

Zheng Qing did not go to the toilet. Instead, he sat on his seat and counted with his fingers. But soon, he gave up this effort. On the one hand, his divination ability has always been mediocre, and on the other hand, he has not acquired many divination elements since he has been staying in the examination room, and he cannot deduce any effective content at all.

The school's order of silence lasted for a long time.

It wasn't until late in the evening, when the sky was already dark, and it was almost an hour before the exam ended, that the silence order was lifted. During this period, Zheng Qing saw more than once groups of school staff wearing gray robes passing by the teaching building, holding up the Dharma books in their hands and releasing light green curse lights one after another, as if they were cleaning something.

"...It is said that an accident occurred in an illegal laboratory hidden in the Silent Forest, causing pollution to leak. A mutated Resurrection Poplar released a large number of contaminated spores. Just in case, the school arranged for school workers to thoroughly clean up the campus several times. all over."

In the evening, after Fatty Xin returned to his dormitory, he brought the latest news from the editorial office: "Of course, the accident caused no casualties, only a small number of magical creatures were affected... and they have been 'harmless' processed by the school. ”

Behind the understatement of ‘harmless’ is a pile of ashes blowing in the wind.

Zheng Qing pinched the Dharma book in his hand and cursed in a low voice: "Damn 'illegal laboratories'... How many illegal laboratories are there in the Silent Forest? Why does it feel like after digging up one, another one pops up!"

The sharp edges of the copperplate book hurt his palms, and he couldn't help but hissed twice.

"Much."

Xiao Xiao was half lying on the bed, holding an alchemy handout in his arms, with his eyes closed, as if he was asleep, and his voice was a little lazy: "The time when the first illegal laboratory was originally established is unknown, but according to "Going" "Enter First University" records that as early as two hundred years ago, the school had records of destroying illegal experimental bases... Occasionally, students were expelled from the school for conducting illegal experiments... These did not stop some bold young wizards from sneaking away Enter the Silent Forest and build your own 'secret base'. Many illegal laboratories were abandoned as their owners left the school, and new people continued to enter the forest. I guess there must be more than a hundred illegal laboratories outside the school. "

"A hundred? Who are you looking down on!" The fat wizard sneered, but did not give an accurate number. Instead, he changed the topic: "But speaking of it, the laboratory that happened today has something to do with us."

Zheng Qing raised his eyebrows in surprise.

Dr. Xiao Da, who was half lying on the bed, also opened his eyes and pushed up his glasses. Even classmate Dylan, who had not yet fully gotten up, lifted the lid of the coffin, revealing half of his pale little face.

"Is it related to us?" Dylan's eyes immediately fell on Zheng Qing: "Brother Zha, is it an illegal laboratory set up by that secret organization like the 'Seven Deadly Sins'?"

"No way..." Zheng Qing was a little unsure.

"No, no, no, it has nothing to do with the Seven Deadly Sins." The fat wizard took out a parchment roll from his arms, carefully unfolded it, and showed the pattern on it to the three roommates.

A lifelike black crow feather was drawn on the parchment. When the paper trembled slightly, the feather seemed like a living thing, and it seemed that it would blow away in the wind in the next second.

"Crow?" Zheng Qing narrowed his eyes.

"Did the school catch them?" Xiao Xiao cheered up and sat up from the bed.

"No, even this feather was accidentally left at the scene of the accident." The fat wizard curled his lips and mocked in a spicy tone:

"Compared with not catching the responsible wizard, successfully containing the monsters who escaped from the illegal laboratory is obviously a tangible victory... The school bureaucracy can only be praised on this point, even if the situation is so bad that it is shocking Even if they are speechless, they can always find a way to prove their success.”

This topic is obviously beyond the scope of tonight's discussion.

Classmate Dylan, who was lying next to the coffin, cleared his throat and interrupted: "Do you think the Potions exam this afternoon is difficult? Do I need to memorize the difference between foxglove and foxglove? Or memorize foxglove and fox What’s the relationship between the gloves?”

"You shouldn't ask us this kind of question. You know what it means to confirm your signature before entering the examination room." The fat wizard took a small comb and combed his hair, then turned to look at where Zheng Qing was: "Brother Zha, on the other hand, often violates the rules... Huh? Where's Brother Zha? Wasn't he still here just now? When did he go out?"

"Did you hear the door?"

"No."

"Neither have I." Dr. Xiao Da raised his head and lay back on the bed, clasping the alchemy lecture notes on his face, as if chewing every word on it carefully, his voice seemed a little dull: "This is Dormitory Mountain, not the Forest of Silence. , Don’t make such a fuss... Didn’t he disappear once a few days ago? He was probably taken for questioning by a big boss in the school... After all, You Zui has been very active in catching crows. "