Kid, That Way Is the Girls' Dormitory!

"Attention, attention! The school will soon be conducting a Major Safety Inspection. All students currently on campus, please gather at the Designated Location!"

"Attention, attention! The school will soon be conducting a Major Safety Inspection..."

"Attention, attention..."

Dongfang Chen had originally been waiting on the Fighting Stage for challengers to step up so he could rack up more leave time.

Yet he had not expected the school broadcast to come on at this moment.

The broadcaster was a Sound Elementalist. Though his voice was neither loud nor noisy, it reached every student on campus with uncanny precision.

"What's going on? A Major Safety Inspection out of nowhere? The school didn't give any advance notice..."

"Heh, aren't inspectors always like that? They love surprise inspections."

"Hmph! Dongfang Chen got lucky. If the school hadn't suddenly started this Major Safety Inspection..." Some students still refused to admit defeat.

Dongfang Chen did not pay that guy any attention.

At that moment, he suspected the school of being unable to take a loss.

Did they know these New Students could do nothing to him, so they had pulled this stunt?

No, Mingzhu Academy was at least one of the country's top magic academies. They would not stoop to such shamelessness.

There had to be another reason...

"Dongfang student! Why are you still here? Hurry up and gather with everyone!"

The Admissions Office director came running over, drenched in sweat.

His expression was urgent, with a trace of panic.

Seeing this, Dongfang Chen immediately realized that the Admissions Director likely knew some inside information.

"Director, what happened? I don't believe the school would suddenly hold some safety inspection for no reason."

Dongfang Chen narrowed his eyes and spoke in a provocative tone.

"Could it be that the school wants to go back on its word? You don't want to let me take leave anymore?"

"Don't talk nonsense. Mingzhu Academy would never break its word."

Seeing the suspicion on Dongfang Chen's face, the Admissions Director could only say helplessly, "Actually, I don't know the details either. I only know that some student's magic has gone out of control. As for the specifics, I have no idea."

Magic gone out of control?

What level of mage would have to lose control of their magic for the entire school's teachers and students to evacuate?

Could it be a Forbidden Curse Mage whose magic had gone out of control?

That could not be right. Dean Xiao had been sitting perfectly fine in the stands just moments ago.

Then, Dongfang Chen suddenly remembered something. There seemed to be a Calamity-Afflicted person at the school named Ding Yumian. If it was her magic that had gone out of control, then everything made sense.

Just then, the System's Voice sounded beside Dongfang Chen's ear.

[Ding! Detected that Xiao Yi Xian's Calamity Poison Body is about to erupt. At that time, all living things within a thousand miles will be devastated. Host, please stop this disaster!]

[Mission Reward: Earth Tier Dou Technique—Three Thousand Lightning Movement]

Xiao Yi Xian? Calamity Poison Body?

After all this time, Dongfang Chen had developed a certain tacit understanding with the system.

If nothing unexpected happened, the "Xiao Yi Xian" the system referred to should be Ding Yumian.

But then again...

If it really was an eruption of the Calamity Poison Body, Dongfang Chen could barely suppress its Poison Gas with the two Heavenly Flames in his possession.

But Ding Yumian was different. She was a Mind Element Calamity-Afflicted; her emotions themselves were disasters.

Her emotions would spread uncontrollably to those around her, as though they had been infected by a meme.

If she was angry, those infected would become angry and go mad.

If she was sad or weary of life, those infected would experience the same emotions and might even commit suicide at an alarmingly high rate!

Dongfang Chen fell into thought.

The mission reward, Three Thousand Lightning Movement, was also quite good—a movement-type Earth Tier Dou Technique.

Although Dongfang Chen had obtained quite a few Dou Techniques from the Sign-in Spot over the years, most had only been Yellow Tier or Black Tier Dou Techniques.

Up to now, Dongfang Chen did not even possess a single Earth Tier Dou Technique.

So how exactly was he supposed to solve Ding Yumian's problem?

It was not as if he could blast Ding Yumian with Heavenly Flames too, right? Wouldn't that turn her to ash?

Soon, Dongfang Chen came up with an idea.

Ding Yumian was a Mind Element Calamity-Afflicted, and the Mind Element was related to Mental Power, which was also equivalent to Soul Power.

Could he directly use the Soul Power of the Spirit Realm to suppress her Mind Element Calamity Talent?

If It Really Doesn't Work, he could just hit Ding Yumian with a Soul Attack and knock her unconscious.

Dongfang Chen refused to believe Ding Yumian could withstand it.

"Director, can you tell me where that student whose magic has gone out of control is? I've actually done a bit of research into treating magical loss of control," Dongfang Chen asked the Admissions Director.

"Dongfang student, don't make things worse. Hurry and join the assembly. You're one of our academy's genius students—I just saw deans from all sorts of departments fighting over you. If anything happens to you, I can't bear the responsibility."

The Admissions Director tried earnestly to persuade him. He was already starting to regret telling Dongfang Chen the truth.

"Fine. Then I'll join the others and head to the assembly point first."

Dongfang Chen knew the director would not agree, so he said nothing more and turned to follow the student group toward the evacuation area.

You think I won't find her just because you won't tell me?

Once he saw that the Admissions Director had not followed him, Dongfang Chen immediately spread out his Soul Power and began searching from above the academy.

Before long, he sensed a dense wave of Mental Power gathering somewhere within the academy, poised to erupt.

That Mental Power was extremely strong, already no weaker than Soul Power in the Mortal Realm.

Yet before his Soul Power in the Spirit Realm, it still seemed exceptionally insignificant.

"Found her!"

Dongfang Chen withdrew his Soul Power, Looked Towards a certain direction within the academy, then quietly broke away from the student group.

Dean Fu was extremely anxious.

Ding Yumian's emotions had actually erupted once before she came to Mingzhu Academy.

At the time, her only relative—her grandmother—had passed away, plunging her into immense grief.

Because of the emotional contagion she caused, the students in an entire building at her middle school had nearly suffocated to death.

Had Dean Xiao and he not happened to be passing by, no one at that school besides Ding Yumian would likely have survived!

Dean Fu was a kind-hearted man.

After learning that Ding Yumian no longer had any family, he could not bear to leave her alone and helpless, so he brought her back to Mingzhu Academy.

Although Dean Xiao had some objections, he ultimately acquiesced to This Matter.

After all, Ding Yumian was an unstable factor. Rather than leave her outside, never knowing when she might erupt, it was better to bring her back to the academy. Even if something happened, they could suppress it immediately.

Both Dean Xiao and Dean Fu had been mentally prepared for Ding Yumian losing control.

But neither of them had expected that only three days after Ding Yumian arrived at the academy, her Calamity Talent would lose control again.

Ding Yumian was staying in the student dormitories of the academy's Green Campus.

The closer Dean Fu came to the dormitory, the more he could feel his own emotions slipping beyond his control.

Even as a veteran Archmage, he was no exception.

"Why isn't that Old Man Xiao here yet?!"

If this dragged on, every student in the entire dormitory would be in mortal danger!

"Old Fu, I'm here!"

The Dean Xiao whom Dean Fu had been desperately waiting for finally arrived.

The moment he got there, Dean Xiao sensed an enormous amount of Mental Power running wild. Ding Yumian's outbreak was even more severe than before!

"Do you know what caused it?"

"I don't know either. We can investigate that afterward. Right now, the priority is resolving Yumian's loss of control!"

At those words, Dean Xiao's expression darkened as well.

With their strength, they could certainly suppress her by force. The problem was how to control Ding Yumian's out-of-control Calamity Talent without hurting her.

Just then, Dean Fu's eyes widened.

"Hey, you! What department are you from? Didn't you hear that the academy ordered everyone to assemble? Wait, you can't go over there!"

In Dean Fu's eyes, a Young Lad was sprinting toward the dormitories without looking back.

"Kid, that's the Girls' Dormitory!!!"