After breakfast, Lin Sheng boarded the bus with a puzzled look and headed for Huian High School.
Along the way, quite a few passengers quietly discussed last night's explosion.
Some of these ordinary passengers were merely making wild guesses, but others clearly had reasons for their theories.
From their conversations, Lin Sheng heard one phrase: White Eagle Base.
He knew about White Eagle Base. It was the only naval base in Anduin Province, and the largest naval base in all of Celine.
The White Eagle Fleet, Celine's strongest, was stationed there.
Some people speculated that something might have gone wrong at White Eagle Base, causing the explosion.
Most people didn't believe it, though. After all, it was the strongest naval military base in all of Celine. It wasn't likely to have problems.
When he arrived at school, Lin Sheng quickly went into his classroom.
The other students were quietly discussing last night's explosion, too.
Some of them had computers at home and could get online, so they were better informed. They were quietly talking about the various posts and theories they'd seen online.
The theories were all over the place, but supposedly, every post had been deleted and its author silenced within a very short time.
Lin Sheng sat at his desk, silently flipping through his textbooks. For some reason, his studies seemed to have been progressing noticeably faster lately.
He'd completed the study plan he'd set for himself in only two-thirds of the time he'd expected.
"Hey, did you hear the explosion last night?" Shen Yan turned around and asked.
Unlike the other students, though, she didn't seem excited by the novelty of it. Instead, she was more composed.
She seemed a little different from her usual self.
Lin Sheng glanced at her.
"I heard it."
"What do you