Chapter 117 "Abnormal Individual"? Wu Xue Di and Zhou Xue Chang (6.5k)
"Report! No. 7 and 56 were arrested for the New Student exam. From the moment they entered the exam room, all signals were blocked!"
"Report! No. 4, 5, 93, and 101 encountered bad students hiding in the toilet to escape from doing exercises. They were blocked in and couldn't get out!"
"Report..."
Reports from Listeners came one after another, and the command car kept ringing.
The situation seems to be quite bad, with all kinds of bad news spreading all the time.
Every projected image that comes to an abrupt end means the loss of contact with an extraordinary person, and also symbolizes the silent disappearance of a life.
In less than half an hour, the number of pictures still projected on the wall has been reduced from more than a hundred to thirty or forty!
After all, these "wild" Extraordinaries do not have the experience to explore dangerous places, and their abilities are extremely partial. They appear relatively weak in the dangerous Yuanmeng Middle School.
But at the same time, the think tank staff are writing like flying skills, and the campus model projected in the center of the command vehicle is being rapidly improved.
With sloppy mushroom hair, Lean Man's eyes were burning, staring closely at those pictures.
His brain was running rapidly, and he kept muttering to himself in a low voice, quickly summarizing all the current information:
"Suspected: Gray Fog can isolate the voices of teachers and students in the school, but it is ineffective against the sounds of Guns and Cannons."
"Confirmation: There are distinct classes within the students, and different types of students have very different ways and abilities of attacking people."
"Doubtful: The weirdos seem to be able to find the breath of strangers from Gray Fog?"
"OK:..."
No one knew how much information he was processing and analyzing in his mind at the same time. All they could see was that his dead fish-like eyes were bulging and red, as if they were about to explode.
But this may be the reason why he can occupy a high position and stand here to coordinate the overall situation.
"Sir..."
After reporting the latest information, the secretary saw that Lean Man had temporarily ended a round of brainstorming, and then he stopped talking worriedly.
Sensing the secretary's abnormality, Lean Man lowered his head and took a sip of the strong tea in the thermos cup, then turned his dead eyes and looked over:
"What's wrong? Tell me!"
After hesitating for a moment, the secretary considered his words:
"I still don't understand..."
"I don't understand why I recruited these people to alert others, instead of using more efficient agency members, right?"
Lean Man understood in his heart, turned around and motioned for the secretary to follow him to the dark corner of the command vehicle, which seemed to be isolated from the noisy and busy environment.
"Wild Extraordinary are always like this. Compared with the extraordinary people of Authorities, they are almost all vulnerable."
After blowing and drinking a few sips of hot tea, the tired Lean Man lowered his head and commented:
"Except for a few weirdos of unknown origin, such as the one whose identity is a mystery [Gem Witch], normal wild extraordinarys have a limited upper limit, and even the collection value is quite low."
Mentioning [Gem Witch], the secretary's eyes flickered and he said:
"I heard that the Special Management Department headquarters has extended an olive branch to [Gem Witch] and plans to include it in the investigation and prepare to recruit it into the agency, so as to make up for the number of Training Camp trainees that will be given to the above at the end of the year."
"Training Camp ah..."
Lean Man's eyes were complicated, as if with a bit of emotion, but he quickly shook his head a few more times, not intending to stay on this topic.
"I can understand your thinking. Instead of wasting time watching these Wild Extraordinarys running around inside the school, it's better to organize your own people and start tackling the problem directly."
"In the end, these resources and time were wasted, and it is very likely that the results will be in vain, and the results will not be worthy of the efforts."
"But..."
Lean Man's voice paused here,
"In fact, as early as the night before yesterday, before the broadcast was released, FZDC had already alerted the snake."
"The above dispatched three of the most elite Tactical Team to sneak into the school immediately. The Captain led by each team are all Level 4 Extraordinary carefully trained by the organization!"
Level 4 Extraordinary leads the team! Three of the most elite Tactical Team!
The secretary's eyes trembled, obviously not knowing what happened before they arrived.
"But in the end, they were all wiped out and there was no signal at all."
Lean Man's eyes are sinister:
"We don't even know what happened to them inside."
"But what is certain is that the school is covered by some invisible rules, and those who do not abide by the rules will inexplicably have all sorts of unforeseen consequences -"
"For example, he was caught by the dean who suddenly appeared and was taken to the office or examination room, and nothing was heard from him again."
"In this case, facing the complex and ever-changing rules environment within the school, Standardized Tactical Force will appear cumbersome and inefficient. We need someone to help figure out what these invisible rules are."
"... So, the higher ups sent me here."
Lean Man, who was wearing a coat, was hunched over, holding a tea cup and turning his head to look at the hardworking people in the command car:
"The boys have already sacrificed a lot for Federation, and it is not easy to cultivate these talents."
"At times like this... we need some cheap labor."
As he said that, Lean Man's eyes fell on those projection screens again:
"Of course, they also know their position very well. Everyone is mutually beneficial. I have no intention of harming anyone. All promises will be fulfilled afterwards."
"And... the department really needs to give these extraordinary people a chance."
The man's voice paused here:
"Didn't you notice? Various disasters are becoming more frequent. This is not a good thing. The department needs more manpower. Authorities needs more talents!"
"Even Special Management Department can throw off his scruples to recruit [Gem Witch], we... FZDC can no longer continue to be complacent!"
Not knowing what he thought of, the man sighed quietly, his eyes wandering back and forth on the screen projection, hoping that some dusty pearl would appear on it that would make his eyes shine.
"That's it..."
The secretary suddenly realized it and muttered in a low voice:
"It is not only to find talents among wild extraordinary people, but also to reduce the sacrifice of our staff, and at the same time, we have completed the collection of school intelligence..."
"Three birds with one stone, sir, is indeed the famous "Investigating Fox" of FZDC!"
"... what?"
Lean Man came back to his senses and vaguely heard someone calling him that shameful nickname.
Then, he saw the secretary become solemn, bending slightly towards him, looking up high and answering:
"I say, congratulations, sir!"
"Dip... dip... drip..."
In the noisy environment of the command vehicle, various equipment flashed and made soft sounds, which seemed to become vaguely more urgent.
Like someone's restless heartbeat.
The "invaders" are groping nervously in Gray Fog.
"Crunch, crunch..."
The sound of grinding teeth echoed softly in Gray Fog, and the iron door full of scarlet rust and blood Hand Seal shook, but could not be pushed open no matter what.
Because there is no handle at all on the outside of the door, and even the door lock cannot be seen, it is even more undesirable to force the door open to draw out the noise.
"It seems that the door cannot be opened from this side."
"What lunatic designed this door?"
While Cursingly, while taking pictures of the iron gate with the camera he carried, the three extraordinary people who were together turned to explore the next place.
These three extraordinary people, two men and one woman, were given the exploration numbers Number 9, Number 31 and Number 42 by Authorities.
Number 9 looks like a sports-style single ponytail Female University Student in his early twenties, wearing a peaked cap and a sports coat tied around his waist. He is tall and has a hearty smile. He looks like the backbone of three extraordinary people.
Number 31 is a burly man in overalls who is 1.9 meters tall with a flat head and a square face. He follows Number 9 obediently, carrying an oversized backpack behind his back, which is filled with all kinds of unknown tools.
Number 42 is a fat little man with messy hair and thick glasses. He is out of breath after taking only two steps. He is looking around all the time and is extremely nervous.
"But it's okay."
Listening to his companion's complaints, Number 9 shook his head, and the single ponytail of black hair that emerged from behind the peaked cap swayed and swept around in the air.
"I always feel that this iron door is scary, and it doesn't necessarily lead to anywhere."
"It's better to look elsewhere!"
After saying that, Number 9 slowly groped towards the depths of Gray Fog on the side.
The other two nodded in approval and followed Number 9's voice.
... In fact, despite their humble appearance, they can be regarded as a cautious, powerful, and well-cooperated group among this group of "invaders".
Because compared to other temporary teams, they were originally small. They just stepped into Extraordinary World by chance during a mountaineering expedition and walked together on the Incomplete Path named [Explorer].
In the ancient scroll of [Explorer], the origin of this path is mentioned at the beginning. It is said that it is a parody of the [Adventurer] path by extraordinary people with the [Chen] attribute.
However, in the past few years, they have worked hard in Mystic World until now, and they have never heard of what [Adventurer] Tujing is, or even related terms.
[Adventurer] or something... Isn't it true that the ancestors of extraordinary people were influenced by Dirty Things into their brains and hallucinated, mistaking myths or fantasy novels for reality?
Although the incomplete [Explorer] path itself is mediocre, and compared to the standard path of Authorities, it is weak and easy to get out of control, but it is quite good among wild extraordinarys, and the cooperation of three people cannot be underestimated.
"Boom!"
Another explosion sounded from Gray Fog in the distance, followed by human screams.
Then everything stopped suddenly, and Gray Fog returned to eerie silence.
"We can't go in that direction anymore!"
Number 9's face changed, his steps immediately stopped, and all the muscles in his body became tense.
"Sister..."
Number 31 shrank his head, but Muscular Man, who was 1.9 meters tall, showed a scared expression and shrank behind the two of them:
"Do we really want to continue exploring?"
Number 9 nodded solemnly, turned around and headed in another direction. "This is something that can't be helped!"
"Our path is unstable, and the exploration of the Reflection Ruins Realm is contaminated with a lot of pollution..."
"If we can't get Authorities's Purification Potion, even if they don't come to clean us up, we will be on the verge of losing control!"
"This exploration is the only chance of survival we can seize!"
The so-called extraordinary people are not as happy as they first thought.
There are always various Authorities supervisions above your head. You cannot expose your extraordinary abilities in front of others. While you are cautious, you are always facing the risk of losing control and going crazy...
In the eyes of Number 9, extraordinary people are more like survivors who are terminally ill with cancer. They wake up every day and ponder the countdown to life with a sad face.
It would be great if I could get the Authorities code--
With this idea in mind, the three of them immediately signed up for this dangerous disaster prevention recruitment.
"Is this...?"
Suddenly, Number 42 raised his hand and pushed up his thick glasses, and the fat on his face trembled.
As they went deeper into Gray Fog, a display wall with an iron frame appeared in front of the three of them.
The glass of this display wall is dim and the iron frame is very rusty. Inside are faded photos of students, with many small words underneath.
"Bad Student Execution Wall?"
Number 42 read out the top words and blinked twice in confusion.
"I've only heard of Good Student Display Wall, but this is the first time I've seen Bad Student Execution Wall..."
Halfway through his rant, Number 42 couldn't continue.
Because this seems to be a "execution" wall.
From the mugshots of the students, it looks like they are wearing black and white prison uniforms based on their collars, but of course each one of them is a scary faceless weirdo.
The text listed under the photo contains the name, the score of the latest test, confession and punishment.
[Total score of last mock exam: 450 points.
Confession: I was wrong, I was wrong, I was wrong, I am sorry to my parents, I am sorry to my teachers, I am sorry to my classmates...
Penalty: clean public toilets for one month.]
[Total score of last mock exam: 401 points.
Confession: From now on, I will study all night, Until Death!
Punishment: The right to rest and sleep will be confiscated within one month.]
[Total score of last mock test: 371 points.
Confession: The first two are correct.
Punishment: hanging from a street lamp in front of the school for a week.]
"... So in this school, people who don't study well will be publicly executed?"
Number 42 After reading them one by one, I couldn't help but shudder, remembering the days when I secretly made tea, cooked hot pot, and read comics in the back seat of the evening study hall at school.
Standing aside, Number 31 couldn't help but complain, hugging his bulging biceps, as if he felt the environment was too cold:
"It seems that the admission rate of this school should be quite good."
"... something's wrong!"
Suddenly, Number 9 shouted loudly.
She hurriedly looked away at the display wall and lowered her voice to remind the two of them:
"We can't look any further! There's something wrong with this wall!"
"Thump thump!"
The two people who were reminded immediately looked away without thinking and took two steps back without asking why.
After Number 9's explanation, the two of them noticed that... the student's mugshot posted on Execution Wall unexpectedly underwent a shocking change!
The three photos that were originally of Faceless People slowly grew facial features, and their appearance gradually became similar to that of the three people outside the wall!
Fortunately, at this moment, as they looked away and distanced themselves, the facial features of the students on Execution Wall immediately stopped "growing" and even began to degenerate and disappear.
"It's so dangerous... I have a hunch that if those facial features appear, maybe the three of us will be executed!"
Number 9 took a slow breath and lowered the brim of the peaked cap on his head.
She doesn't want to be hung from a streetlight!
But in a sense, this is a blessing in disguise:
"The iron door that cannot be opened, the trap-like Execution Wall - I have recorded them all with a camera. These special things happen to be the information that FZDC needs most!"
Risk naturally also means credit!
"It's just..."
Number 9 hesitated to speak.
Ever since I plunged into the fog, I encountered two suspiciously dangerous objects within a few steps... Is this frequency a bit surprising?
How many things like this are there in this school? Can FZDC really succeed in destroying this place?
"Da..."
Number 9 was thinking, when Gray Fog heard a few footsteps.
"Someone is coming!" Number 31's muscles bulged, and he immediately took out a Chainsaw from the backpack behind him, ready to start at any time.
Number 9 and Number 42 were on alert, their eyes locked in the direction of Gray Fog's footsteps.
"Da..."
The figure gradually became clearer.
But it was not Faceless Student who was searching for the intruder, but five students with big mouths and strong bodies came together.
Compared with the appearance of normal people, they have no noses and ears, but only have a mouth and a pair of weird black eyes. Their appearance is a bit weirder than being completely faceless.
"New Student is admitted?"
The leading student was the strongest, with a tiger-like appearance, and his lips wriggled and gradually opened, revealing a huge mouth and sharp fangs.
It looked at the three of them and asked in a long voice:
"When you see Senior Student, why don't you say hello to Senior Student?"
As soon as the voice fell, the four students behind it stood up like dog-legs and roared at the three of them:
"How come this year's New Student is so lacking in quality?"
"Is this how you treat second-year seniors Senior Student? Do you know that Wu Xuechang is Student Union Sports Department Equipment Section's High-Ranking Officer who manages all the hula hoops in the school!"
"--Hurry up and introduce yourself!"
The roaring sound shook Gray Fog floating in the air.
The five students slowly approached and surrounded the three of them, with an overwhelming and oppressive momentum.
"I understand..."
Number 42 suddenly realized that the overly familiar scene in front of him awakened his not-so-good memories from school.
Then he spat on the ground and cursed:
"Damn it... isn't this school bullying?!"
He never thought that he would have the opportunity to experience this kind of thing again in this life when he was already twenty-three or four years old and had graduated from college!
"You just cursed someone, right?"
The burly student in the lead turned his dark eyes without pupils and stared straight at Number 42, which sent a chill down Number 42's spine.
"When I saw Senior Student, I didn't say hello, and when I saw Student Union Cadre, I spoke rudely... You are very nice, you are simply too nice."
Looking at the three people standing nervously back to back, this Wu Xuechang slowly opened the corner of his mouth, straight to where the ears should be, revealing a bloody mouth:
"--I think you guys really need to be fixed up."
"Stab..."
A rustling sound sounded, and then a reminder from Listener came from the intercom:
"Be careful! The monitoring in the camera shows that the spiritual fluctuations of each of these five weird ones are close to the level 3 threshold!"
"The leader is Great Aberration, who is equivalent to Level 3 Extraordinary... Please be careful, the three of you, and try to find an opportunity to escape!"
"--No need to talk about this nonsense!"
Number 42 gritted his teeth Cursingly.
If you can't fight this kind of thing, who else has more say than them at the scene?
Level 2 Extraordinary people who are close to the level 3 threshold are usually considered rare in Tinghai. At least the three of them rarely come into contact with each other in their circles.
Picking out just one of them is enough to make the three of them Great Enemy go all out!
But in this damn Yuanmeng Middle School, this thing is wholesaled everywhere like the big Cabbage, and five of them popped up out of nowhere!
5!
There is even a big one equivalent to Level 3 Extraordinary!
Can't beat it, can't beat it at all!
The trio stood back to back, nervous, and were pushed into the corner by the five people step by step.
This is so much like school bullying... But they have no option of running away and suing the teacher. The sky at Yuanmeng Middle School is darker than a coal egg!
"Buzz! Buzz buzz!"
Chainsaw started to turn, Number 31 The muscular man mustered up all his courage, exhaled two streams of foul air from his nose, and his eyes faintly flashed Red Light:
"We just have to fight!"
Through the camera, under the watchful eyes of everyone in the surveillance vehicle, a battle of great disparity is about to begin in the corner of the campus where Gray Fog is shrouded and no one cares.
"They should be hopeless, but it's a pity..."
After making a very objective and calm assessment, Lean Man looked away from the projection screen with a slight regret.
[Explorer] path, in Yuanmeng Middle School all over Gray Fog, he originally had certain expectations for this path...
What a pity!
"Wait!"
"What is that?!"
Suddenly.
Listener's voice attracted Lean Man's attention again.
"Da, da..."
In the projection screen, the sound of footsteps in Gray Fog moves from far to near, gradually approaching this place.
"... Which one is it again?"
The trio looked over.
Bully Five also turned around impatiently.
Listener and Lean Man in the command car also drew attention.
Then--
The figure passing by Gray Fog gradually became clearer, and they saw a young man wearing a school uniform walking leisurely towards them.
This young man's eyes are clear and lively, which is very different from the stiff and numb students in Yuanmeng Middle School. He even... covered his face with a piece of black cloth?
"His facial features!"
Number 9 was the first to exclaim, and the ponytail behind his head was so frightened that he jumped up.
Most students are "Faceless People", and even level 3 "Wu Xuechang" just has a smelly and hideous mouth.
But this masked special student, although wearing a similar school uniform, his eyes and ears are clearly the same as a living person, and even through the black cloth of the mask, the bulging bridge of his nose can be vaguely seen...
This is simply a living person! Lifelike!
This kind of weirdness... what level must it be?!
The trio felt as if the sky was falling.
"Abnormal Individual!"
Number 42 took a deep breath, and the fat on his face trembled.
In the reflection of the Ruins Realm, and even in the entire Extraordinary World, exception and specialness are basically bound to another concept -
Powerful!
"It's great luck..."
Number 42 Chubby's expression is uglier than crying.
However, for some reason, as the name "Abnormal Individual" approached, the trio's hearts simultaneously felt an inexplicable and strange throbbing.
It's like awe, like kindness, and like an indescribable... admiration?!
A weird admiration for a Reflection Ruins Realm who wears student skin?!
This kind of throbbing seems to come from a place deeper than the soul, as if it comes directly from their Destiny, from the path they are taking.
Incomprehensible! Indescribable!
The trio were shocked. They looked at each other and found that everyone seemed to have similar feelings, so they soon saw themselves in each other's eyes with distorted and horrified expressions.
--What level of incomprehensible weirdness must this be!
"Speak, why don't you say something to help me evaluate it now?"
Number 31 tried to communicate with the walkie-talkie, but there was a rustling sound on the walkie-talkie and there was only silence.
Apparently, the command car was also busy analyzing and recording this masked "uninvited guest."
At this time, the burly boss of Bully Five looked at the newcomer's school uniform and stood at attention, stumbling nervously and saying:
"Study, Senior Student!"
"I am Xiao Wu from Student Union Sports Department Equipment Section. I am very familiar with Equipment Section Senior Student Liu. I wonder if you are...?"
Senior Student?
Sure enough!
The trio, who were so nervous that they were trembling, all suddenly went dark.
One wave has not subsided, and another wave has arisen.
Don't be anxious and despair when you are in a desperate situation, because there may be a strong man coming from the sky next -
Then I discovered that this macho guy was actually Dark Destruction God standing behind Devil King, just like you never know there are several deeper holes behind the bottom of life.
"Ahem!"
"Abnormal Individual" coughed twice and straightened the wrinkles of his school uniform.
Rolling his eyes, the young man took stock of his surroundings and quickly understood the current situation.
Then, his gaze went straight past the trembling trio and landed on the student who called himself "Xiao Wu":
"Wu Xue Di, right? You can call me...Senior Student Zhou."
"So, what are you doing here?"
Bai Zhou's eyes narrowed slightly, and his voice was so calm that it was hard to tell whether he was happy or angry, but this only made "Wu Xue Di" stand up and feel restless:
"--Could it be that you are bullying New Student?"