"Catch Nikita! Don't let her get away!"
Those were the last words Zheng Qing left his companions before the black moon above Linzhong Lake swallowed him completely. After their attempts to follow their captain into the black moon failed, the hunters of the You Zui Hunter Team ultimately chose to fulfill his wish.
Before long, the school sealed off all of Linzhong Lake, and every student was warned to stay away from the restricted area. Although rumors suggested that the black moon led to the Black Prison, that was merely speculation on the part of some wizards. Besides, even if it did lead there, the young wizards would struggle to find a way into and out of the Black Prison.
In the past, students at First University might have had a chance to enter the Black Prison for a brief practical exercise with written approval from the Professor Joint Conference, the School Labor Committee, or certain Grand Wizards. Since the previous year, however, the entire Black Prison had tightened its entry and exit rules, strictly restricting access for outsiders.
Since they had no way to trace Zheng Qing's whereabouts, fulfilling his "last wish" was the only thing the remaining members of the You Zui Hunter Team could do.
Just then, the school received an urgent message from Beta Town: an unfamiliar black tide had erupted.
Most of the senior professors and researchers from First University's School Labor Committee, Professor Joint Conference, and various research institutes, along with the university's Teaching Assistant Group and some outstanding fourth-year students, were in the Black Prison at that moment.
The school workers, teachers, and researchers left on campus had to repair the shattered School Guardian Formation while protecting the younger students. They were desperately short-handed.
After a brief discussion, the Student Union and Student