Experiment (A Congratulatory Gift for Brother Zhao zq!)

Great Winter Day.

This was a traditional festival in Great Xia, heralding the arrival of winter.

According to folk legends, this was also the Ghost Festival—the day when the Ghost Gate of the underworld swung wide open and wandering spirits roamed the human world!

"Haha... We can finally come out and play all night."

Cheng Xia went out with her best friend, Wu Lei.

They were both middle school students. The academic workload in Great Xia's middle schools was extremely heavy, with few holidays and evening self-study every day.

However, certain customary festivals came with special treatment.

For example, although Great Winter Day was not an official public holiday, schools would still announce that students did not need to attend evening self-study.

It was a minor compromise with traditional customs, and a way of giving the students a break.

Most students did not believe in this stuff. Many took the opportunity to come out and play openly.

Cheng Xia was one of them. It was rare for her to have a chance to go shopping with her best friend, and after drinking milk tea from a trendy shop, she was in an absolutely wonderful mood.

They played until nine o'clock before the two girls reluctantly prepared to go home. After all, they still had class the next day.

They walked together out of the crowded, bustling commercial street and entered a residential area.

The surroundings suddenly grew quiet, but Cheng Xia was not very afraid.

Great Xia's public security was still quite good.

As for the Ghost Festival?

What era was this?

The threat posed by these Demons, Monsters, Ghosts, and Ghouls was not even half as frightening to her as the roar of the director of studies!

"It's so nice. If we didn't have to attend evening self-study every