Hong Mo got up, walked over to Mu Siyu, and handed her a tissue. "What are you going to do now?" he asked.
"Save my younger sister." Mu Siyu gazed at Hong Mo, tears falling from her face like blossoms.
"Ah~!" Hong Mo sighed. "Well, do you know where your sister is?" Saving someone wasn't something you could do just by talking about it. As far as their strength went, Hong Mo and Mu Siyu still had some confidence, but at the very least, they needed to know where to go.
"I don't know." Mu Siyu shook her head. "Maybe we can ask Tang Tiantian."
"Tang Tiantian?"
"Yeah. She became Wang Aoyun's plaything a long time ago. But she's still attending school as a student, so she should know something."
"Come to think of it, it really is unbelievable that Tang Tiantian would be that guy's plaything." Hong Mo was rather amazed. He knew Tang Tiantian too; she was a tiny, adorable girl—in a word, she was one hundred percent moe. Yet a girl like that had become a rich second-generation official's plaything. Maybe calling her a sex slave was more appropriate?
Sigh, I guess they're pretty much the same thing.
"Let's leave it at that. I'll go find Tang Tiantian tomorrow. You focus on recovering." Hong Mo yawned again. Being woken up really did make him sleepy.
"I'll go ask her," Mu Siyu said urgently.
"Are you kidding? Do you know how famous you are right now?" Hong Mo chuckled.
"No," Mu Siyu replied matter-of-factly.
No wonder she was so calm about it. Hong Mo helplessly covered his forehead. "Wait until tomorrow. We'll find some unregistered internet café, and you can see the news circulating online for yourself."
Early the next morning, the two left the little inn and found an unregistered internet café. Don't underestimate places like these: whether you were staying overnight or using the internet, you didn't need an ID card. That was extremely important for Hong Mo and Mu Siyu.
Hong Mo searched around online, then pointed out the results to Mu Siyu.
Mountain Orange University, a miracle of iceThe Ice Goddess Descends, Freezing the Campus<Mountain Orange University Frozen, Death Toll Unknown><Mysterious Power Appears—Is the End of the World Near?><Seeking the Truth: The Real Story Behind Mountain Orange University's Freezing>...
You could find these reports on just about any website now. Mu Siyu had certainly caused a huge commotion. In particular, The Ice Goddess Descends, Freezing the Campus included a short video, a little over five minutes long, with very clear footage at the beginning.
There was also a postscript:
I'm a third-year photography student at Mountain Orange University. I'd just bought a camera today and was pretty excited, so I was filming random things around campus. At 14:32 on September 13, 2014, a massive wave of Cold Current and water vapor suddenly surged out from Bright Splendor Pond. Everywhere it passed was frozen solid. At the time, I was about four hundred meters from the center. In that instant, I made what I now consider an incredibly wise decision. I quickly put the camera on the balcony, still aimed at the source of the Cold Current—the white-haired goddess. Then I hurried inside and shut all the doors and windows...
By the end, the postscript had turned into something else entirely, with people asking to make friends and to "combine," among other things. Hong Mo and Mu Siyu couldn't be bothered with it.
The beginning of the video was very clear. It only grew blurry when the surging ice swept over and froze everything. The footage must have been taken after the camera was frozen. At the very end, there were several dozen close-up shots of Mountain Orange University and some loser asking to "combine."
How quickly did information spread online? Eighteen hours had passed since Mu Siyu went on a rampage. At first, some people had doubted it, thinking it was nothing but publicity and computer-generated effects. But once the exact location, school, and people involved were confirmed, they had no choice but to believe it. Besides, the ice Mu Siyu had created hadn't melted yet. The thick layer gleamed blindingly in the sunlight.
"This doesn't make sense!" Mu Siyu suddenly said, closing her eyes.
"Hmm?"
"I caused a huge incident, but to the country, it's nothing important. If they really wanted to cover it up, there's no way news would have gotten out. So why did it appear online so easily?" Mu Siyu spoke calmly, as if she were asking herself.
"The timing's right, I guess!" After a long silence, Hong Mo thought of one possibility. From now on, people with supernatural powers would appear openly before the public. Mu Siyu's incident had simply provided the right opportunity.
While Hong Mo and Mu Siyu were online, a muscular man in another little internet café in the same city suddenly burst out laughing.
"Hahaha, this is interesting, really interesting. So there are people this powerful!" The man practically radiated excitement and madness. "Boss, machine number five. I'm paying." He stood up, and at over two meters tall, he made the grumbling man beside him shut his mouth at once.
As he walked, the man kept fiddling with something in his right pocket, the clatter of coins ringing out. After leaving the internet café, he took out a few coins and rubbed them between his hands, producing a harsh metallic scraping sound.
When he opened his hand again, the hard coins had already become several twisted metal balls. But he didn't throw them away. Like someone eating candy, he tossed the metal pellets—made from the coins—straight into his mouth and swallowed them with a few loud crunches.
After watching the video, Mu Siyu fell silent too. It really wasn't wise for her to reveal her identity right now.
"Let's do this. Go somewhere to replenish your energy and fluids. I'll ask Tang Tiantian where your sister is being held." Hong Mo made the decision. He had appeared in the video too, but by then the camera had already been frozen, and the footage was extremely blurry. They were also far away, so no one should know who he was.
What Hong Mo didn't tell Mu Siyu was that his actions in class had probably caught people's attention too.
"All right." Mu Siyu nodded. Her rampage had taken a heavy toll, and even now, her body still felt terribly drained.
An hour later, Hong Mo appeared outside the familiar school gates. The area had changed dramatically. The school entrance was now at the edge of Mu Siyu's freezing aura, and even so, a thick layer of ice still coated the road outside.
At that moment, crowds of onlookers, parents who had rushed over after hearing the news, and armed police guarding against people forcing their way in packed tightly around the school gates, which had once been quiet. Cries, shouts, and scolding filled the air.
A long time had passed since Mu Siyu's rampage. All the students and ordinary people trapped beneath the ice in the school and nearby homes had been rescued. Now, the armed police were carefully removing the students and civilians frozen to death. One wrong move, and a crack in the ice could leave the person inside missing an arm or a leg.
Hong Mo had excellent eyesight. He found a nearby building that stood a little higher and could see the bodies laid out in neat rows inside the school. Yes, they were the bodies of students from Mountain Orange University, some familiar to him, some not.
There were hundreds of them at least.
Hong Mo took out a cigarette and lit it. Only after a long while did he sigh. Mu Siyu, if you knew what your rampage had caused, would you regret it?
From people nearby, Hong Mo learned that everyone who had been rescued had been taken to the nearby Anmin Hospital. If Tang Tiantian was still alive, she should be there too.
At that moment, a presence in the distance made Hong Mo turn to look.
A tall man stood a thousand meters away. His powerful body glinted faintly like metal. To ordinary people, there was nothing particularly unusual about him aside from his height. But to Hong Mo, the man was as conspicuous as the only torch in the night.
He was a person with supernatural powers too, and he wasn't restraining his energy in the slightest. Like a radioactive source, he kept radiating his energy outward.
As if he'd sensed Hong Mo's gaze, the man looked over too. The instant he saw Hong Mo, he gave a slight start, then grinned widely.
"Found you!" As the burly man laughed, battle intent surged from him, making the people nearby retreat involuntarily.
There was no need to ask why. Hong Mo understood the man's intentions perfectly. A fight!
Tch, I'd wanted to keep a low profile. Looks like I'm going to be exposed, just like Mu Siyu.
He tossed away his cigarette butt and leaped down from the roof of the fifth floor.
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