Sudden Incident

"Driver, Wu Mu University."

Chen Ye got into a taxi.

Wu Mu University.

It was Magic City Martial University!

"Wu" and "Mu" were both commonly used characters in ancient posthumous titles.

And "Wu Mu" together was generally used as the posthumous title of famous generals.

Naming Magic City Martial University after "Wu Mu" showed ambition without violating any taboos.

It was a very clever school name.

When the taxi driver heard that Chen Ye was going to Martial University, his lazy attitude immediately became much more enthusiastic.

"Kid, are you going to Martial University to study?"

The driver asked as he started the car.

Chen Ye sat in the back seat and casually fastened his seatbelt. "Yeah!"

"Oh my, then you're really impressive!"

After receiving Chen Ye's confirmation, the driver became even more enthusiastic. "Anyone who can get into our Martial University is a true prodigy... Kid, you must have bonded with an S-class Hero talent, right?"

"...I bonded with a C-class hero talent." Chen Ye sounded helpless.

"Haha, kid, you really know how to joke."

The driver completely took Chen Ye's words as a joke.

Then, as if he had thought of something, the driver smiled again. "Come to think of it, I heard that some idiot actually bonded with a C-class hero talent during a livestream a while ago. What a disgrace!"

Chen Ye: "..."

"It's simply unbelievable! Even someone like me who barely goes online knows that C-class Heroes are all trash. I really don't know what that idiot was thinking!" The driver stabbed him in the heart again.

Chen Ye: "..."

I'm thinking...

Should I beat you up?

Chen Ye simply closed his eyes and pretended to rest, unwilling to deal with the chatty old man.

However, the driver seemed very talkative and clearly had no intention of letting Chen Ye off so easily. "Kid, this is your first time in Magic City, right?"

Hearing the question, Chen Ye helplessly opened his eyes. He was a polite person.

"Not exactly. I came here to visit before."

Chen Ye was talking about his previous life.

There had also been a Magic City on Earth, and he had visited it several times before transmigrating.

Just then.

A violent explosion suddenly sounded in the distance.

Boom!

No one knew what had exploded, but it had caused an enormous commotion.

Even from so far away, the glass door of a roadside shop was shattered by the shockwave.

Pedestrians on the street screamed in fear.

The driver was startled as well and hurriedly slammed on the brakes.

The taxi came to an abrupt stop.

"What happened?" Chen Ye looked surprised.

"I don't know!"

The driver still seemed shaken, but his eyes had also lit up with the urge to watch the excitement.

As he pulled the car over, he said, "Kid, wait in the car for a bit. I'll go take a look. If something happened up ahead, we'll take another route... Don't worry, I won't charge you extra for the detour."

Chen Ye had no interest in joining the commotion. "Alright, I'll wait for you in the car."

The driver got out and headed toward the explosion with other curious pedestrians.

Less than ten minutes later.

The driver returned.

His expression was rather unpleasant.

The moment he got back into the car, he cursed, "Those people deserve to die!"

Chen Ye asked curiously, "Driver, what happened up ahead?"

As he started the car, the driver said, "Those Fanatics planted bombs on Guangming Street. They just detonated one of them, and supposedly there are more bombs. Everyone over there is evacuating now."

Chen Ye did indeed see many people running in their direction.

Information about the Fanatics also surfaced in his mind.

The so-called Fanatics were actually a group of deranged lunatics. They believed monsters were the rulers of Blue Star and even worshipped them, believing that humanity should calmly accept the fate bestowed by monsters rather than resist their invasion.

Although the Fanatics were few in number, they were insane, fanatical, and unafraid of death.

They often launched suicide terrorist attacks all over the world, causing chaos in human society and giving every country a massive headache.

Chen Ye had not expected to run into something like this the moment he arrived in Magic City.

"Kid, it isn't safe over there now. Several streets have been temporarily sealed off and can't be passed through, so we can only take a detour."

The driver said.

Naturally, Chen Ye had no objection. "Alright, let's take a detour."

The taxi made a U-turn and headed down another road.

Along the way.

Chen Ye heard several more explosions, all coming from the distance.

He was a little surprised.

It seemed this incident was truly no small matter.

The previously talkative driver had likely realized the severity of the situation as well. He did not say another word, his expression extremely grave.

A moment later.

The taxi stopped at the entrance of Martial University.

As a renowned Psychic University, Martial University's gates had been built with great grandeur.

However, many soldiers had cordoned off the entrance at that moment, forbidding any unrelated people from approaching.

The moment Chen Ye stepped forward, a soldier stopped him.

"Hello. This area is under temporary control. No one may approach."

"Hello, I'm a new student here to register. I can't enter either?"

"Please show your admission notice."

Chen Ye opened his backpack and took out his admission notice.

After the soldier verified it, he allowed him through.

When Chen Ye entered the campus, he found that the atmosphere there was also rather heavy.

Many helicopters were parked on the field.

"Hello, classmate."

Just as Chen Ye was looking at those helicopters, a voice came from beside him.

Chen Ye turned and saw a young man walking toward him.

"You're a new student here to register, right?" the young man asked.

"Yes." Chen Ye nodded.

"I'm a freshman counselor." The young man looked somewhat serious. "An emergency has occurred, and the entire city is now being evacuated. Students are among the priority evacuation groups. Classmate, there's no need to look for your dormitory. Go board a helicopter directly!"

When talking about planes, don't bring up bars—civility starts with you and me.

"May I ask what kind of emergency could require the evacuation of the entire city?"

Chen Ye was very surprised.

In fact, he had some guesses already. He was only asking to confirm them.

The counselor sighed. "A group of Fanatics blew up a section of the City Defense Wall, triggering a Beast Tide crisis."

Although he had already suspected it, Chen Ye was still greatly shocked upon hearing the counselor's words.

Magic City was one of the country's largest and most prosperous cities, with a permanent population exceeding ten million.

And the Beast Tide crisis the counselor spoke of was when monsters surged like a tide toward human cities.

Clearly, the destruction of the City Defense Wall had given the monsters an opportunity.

If the authorities failed to stop this Beast Tide crisis, the consequences would be unimaginable!

What Chen Ye could not understand was this.

Shouldn't such an important facility as the City Defense Wall have been heavily protected? How could the Fanatics have blown it up?