Chapter Summaries

Key Plot Points and Events

• Zheng Qing starts working in Professor Monteria's laboratory, following strict rules similar to those in the Hundred Herbs Garden.
• He is assigned to decipher and transcribe an unknown talisman rubbing.
• While transcribing, Zheng Qing experiences a violent reaction in his right eye, causing him to convulse and fall unconscious.
• Professor Monteria diagnoses Zheng Qing's condition as a backlash from using power not his own, resulting in widespread Magic Cracks in his eye.

Character Developments

• Zheng Qing demonstrates diligence and focus in his work, transcribing the talisman rubbing multiple times.
• Professor Monteria shows concern and expertise in treating Zheng Qing's condition, providing a detailed explanation of its cause.

Significant Themes

• The power within Zheng Qing's soul, not his body, is the source of the problem, emphasizing the importance of understanding one's inner self.
• The delicate balance between power and its container is a recurring theme, as Zheng Qing's eye cannot withstand the pressure from the restless magic.

Character Interactions

• Zheng Qing and Professor Monteria have a brief but informative conversation about Zheng Qing's condition, with the professor explaining the cause of Zheng Qing's eye problem in simple terms.
• Zheng Qing's fellow assistants show concern but are not directly involved in the conversation with the professor.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Zheng Qing visits Professor Monteria's lab due to his eye issue.
• Doctor Ma, a healer, arrives to examine Zheng Qing, complaining about the lack of notice about the patient's identity.
• Doctor Ma performs a thorough examination, finding Zheng Qing's body healthy except for a blood clot in his eye and slight mental fatigue.
• Zheng Qing reveals he's been to the School Hospital frequently, mostly for headaches or eye issues.
• Professor Monteria warns Zheng Qing about using power that doesn't belong to him, which could be causing his health issues.

Character Developments

• Zheng Qing: Shows determination to understand and manage his health issues. He's also curious and willing to learn about the mysterious power within him.
• Professor Monteria: Demonstrates concern for Zheng Qing's well-being and willingness to help, despite his stern demeanor. He shows approval of Zheng Qing's accurate talisman replication but warns him about the dangers of using power not his own.
• Doctor Ma: Portrays a casual yet professional attitude. He's familiar with Zheng Qing's frequent visits and provides practical advice about seeking better medical help.

Significant Themes

• The power and danger of using magic beyond one's current capabilities.
• The importance of understanding and managing one's health, especially in the context of magic use.
• The mysterious nature of the mind and its capabilities, as hinted by Professor Monteria's cryptic remarks.

Character Interactions

• Zheng Qing and Professor Monteria: The professor shows a mix of sternness and concern towards Zheng Qing, while Zheng Qing shows respect and willingness to learn from the professor.
• Zheng Qing and Doctor Ma: They have a familiar, almost friendly interaction, with Doctor Ma providing practical advice based on his experience with Zheng Qing's frequent visits.
• Zheng Qing, Professor Monteria, and Doctor Ma: The three interact briefly, with Doctor Ma confused by the professor's cryptic remark about Zheng Qing's condition.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Zheng Qing starts working at Monteria Laboratory on weekends, expecting immediate bloodline examination but has to earn it by working.
• His weekend routine includes work, homework, drawing talismans, and encouraging his shop employees.
• He attends a class meeting where his classmates discuss the upcoming spring outing.

Character Developments

• Zheng Qing shows responsibility and dedication to his work and studies, but also feels overwhelmed by his commitments.
• He displays curiosity and interest in the spring outing, indicating his desire for social interaction and new experiences.

Significant Themes

• The theme of hard work and dedication is reinforced as Zheng Qing balances his various commitments.
• The importance of social events and interactions among students is highlighted through the spring outing discussion.

Character Interactions

• Zheng Qing interacts with his roommates and classmates, showing camaraderie and shared interests.
• He has a brief interaction with Jiang Yu, the Witch, who waves at him, indicating a growing familiarity between them.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Magic Ban Festival, a traditional holiday for wizards, is approaching in three weeks.
• Zheng Qing is feeling immense academic pressure due to advanced course material and increased extracurricular tasks.
• In Divination Studies class, students are required to bring their 'weekly journals' for a new divination technique they'll learn.
• Professor Yi reveals that the 'Trend Divination Method' uses weekly journals as information resources and is a form of vague divination for personal future prospects.

Character Developments

• Zheng Qing is struggling with the increased academic workload but is managing due to his proficiency in Talisman Studies.
• Xiao Xiao is portrayed as knowledgeable but reluctant to share information.
• Li Meng, a classmate, is shown to be anxious when Professor Yi picks up her journal.

Significant Themes

• The pressure of academic expectations and workload.
• The importance of information and data in divination.
• The distinction between precise and vague divination.

Character Interactions

• Zheng Qing interacts with Dunton, the class president, who helps convey information from professors to students.
• Zheng Qing seeks information from Xiao Xiao but is rebuffed.
• Professor Yi interacts with students by picking up Li Meng's journal, causing her discomfort.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Professor Yi introduces the concept of a line chart, using a candle-like pattern on the blackboard.
• He explains the components of the line chart: 'wake-up line', 'sleep line', 'best thing', and 'worst thing'.
• He discusses positive (red) and negative (green) line charts, and various line chart patterns like 'Full Candlestick Positive/Negative Line' and 'Doji Positive/Negative'.
• Students are tasked to create line charts for their experiences since the semester began.

Character Developments

• Professor Yi is revealed to be knowledgeable, engaging, and slightly impatient when students don't take notes.
• Zheng Qing is shown to be thoughtful and attentive, recognizing a familiar pattern in the line chart.

Significant Themes

• The influence of expectations and reality on daily life and mood.
• The concept of a 'Life Line' representing one's life experiences and moods.
• The use of line charts for trend divination and predicting future events.

Character Interactions

• Professor Yi interacts with the students by explaining concepts, answering questions, and giving assignments.
• Students interact with each other through shared reactions (sighs) and actions (taking notes, collecting paper).
• Zheng Qing is shown to be introspective, not engaging in group reactions but thinking deeply about the line chart.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The chapter is set on March 5th, known as the 'Awakening of Insects Day', when insects emerge from their winter dormancy due to spring thunder.
• Zheng Qing, a student at the First University, starts recording his daily events and fortunes in a notebook, inspired by a new divination technique taught by Professor Yi.
• Zheng Qing notices a downward trend in his fortunes, as indicated by his trend chart, which worries him.
• Professor Li lectures on the Five Poisons (centipede, scorpion, gecko, toad, and snake) that breed after the Black Tide and before the Dragon Boat Festival, emphasizing the importance of learning their antidotes.

Character Developments

• Zheng Qing discovers a new hobby of organizing his weekly notebooks for divination purposes and becomes more mindful of recording daily events.
• Zheng Qing becomes concerned about his recent string of bad luck, as indicated by his trend chart.

Significant Themes

• Divination and Fortune-Telling: Zheng Qing's newfound interest in trend divination and his concern about his recent bad luck are central to the chapter.
• Nature and the Cycle of Life: The 'Awakening of Insects Day' and the breeding of the Five Poisons symbolize the cycle of life and the influence of nature on magical creatures.

Character Interactions

• Zheng Qing interacts with his classmates, who notice him chuckling during Professor Li's lecture.
• Zheng Qing's thoughts and actions are primarily internal, with no significant external interactions.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Zheng Qing receives a message about two rats encountering a 'Faceless Demon' on campus.
• He contacts Jiang Yu, who lost her pet kitten last semester, suspecting a connection.
• They meet under an old willow tree with the rats to discuss the incident.

Character Developments

• Zheng Qing: Shows initiative and concern for Jiang Yu's well-being, revealing his 'Witness' talent.
• Jiang Yu: Maintains composure and seriousness, cares for her cousin Li Meng.
• Li Meng: Impulsive and mischievous, but cares for her cousin and her plush bear, Li Neng.
• Ding Dang Ear & Ding Dong Ear: Boastful and cunning, but provide crucial information.

Significant Themes

• Trust and suspicion: Jiang Yu and Li Meng are suspicious of Zheng Qing's intentions, while Zheng Qing trusts the rats' information.
• Communication and understanding: The rats struggle to convey their experience, and the humans struggle to interpret it.
• Loss and grief: Jiang Yu's loss of her pet kitten still affects her.

Character Interactions

• Zheng Qing and Jiang Yu: Zheng Qing tries to explain his reasoning to Jiang Yu without looking at her, showing a degree of nervousness.
• Jiang Yu and Li Meng: Jiang Yu disciplines Li Meng but also shows affection and care for her.
• The rats and Li Meng: The rats are annoyed by Li Meng's mocking but also seem to acknowledge her intelligence.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Yu, Zheng Qing, and Ding Dang Ear (a rat) discuss the recent demon incidents and the school's Guardian Formation.
• Ding Dang Ear demonstrates its teleportation ability using a circle on a tree trunk.
• Ding Dang Ear and Li Meng's plush bear, Li Neng, engage in a playful fight.
• Jiang Yu and Zheng Qing discuss reporting the faceless demon to the School Labor Committee's Patrol Team but decide to investigate themselves.

Character Developments

• Jiang Yu: Shows determination to catch the faceless demon herself, possibly related to her obsession with finding her cat's killer.
• Ding Dang Ear: Proves its teleportation ability and shows a playful, competitive nature.
• Zheng Qing: Struggles with his thoughts about Jiang Yu's shoes and their similarity to the paws of the little white cat that kicked him.

Significant Themes

• Obsession: Jiang Yu's fixation on finding her cat's killer drives her actions.
• Trust and Independence: Jiang Yu and Zheng Qing decide to investigate the demon themselves rather than immediately reporting it to authorities.

Character Interactions

• Jiang Yu and Zheng Qing: Their relationship becomes less distant as they work together to discuss the demon situation.
• Ding Dang Ear and Li Neng: The rat and the plush bear engage in a playful, competitive fight.
• Li Meng and Jiang Yu: Li Meng follows Jiang Yu's orders, showing her trust in the witch.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Zheng Qing and Jiang Yu encounter the Rat Tribe, who are catching poisonous insects on the island.
• Ding Dong Ear reveals that they're following the Rat Ancestor's orders to clear out the Five Poisons before the Dragon Boat Festival.
• Zheng Qing and Jiang Yu decide to investigate the Faceless Demon on Saturday night, using Zheng Qing's Hunting Team for practical training.

Character Developments

• Zheng Qing shows his leadership and initiative in organizing the investigation.
• Jiang Yu demonstrates her strategic thinking in planning the investigation.
• Ding Dong Ear shows its intelligence and communication skills in explaining the Rat Tribe's actions.

Significant Themes

• Cooperation and Mutual Benefit: The Rat Tribe's cooperation with the Wizards is highlighted, showing how different species can work together for mutual gain.
• Investigation and Discovery: The chapter emphasizes the start of an investigation, setting the stage for future events.

Character Interactions

• Zheng Qing and Jiang Yu work together, with Zheng Qing taking the lead in organizing the investigation.
• Zheng Qing interacts with Ding Dong Ear, showing a mix of authority and respect for the Rat Tribe's intelligence.
• Zheng Qing's interaction with the gray squirrel is humorous, showing his respect for nature and his embarrassed reaction to accidentally scorching the squirrel's tail.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Zheng Qing suspects the gray squirrels in the school possess eldritch magic due to an unusual injury.
• The You Zui Hunting Team spends a night searching for a faceless monster but finds only Five Poisons insects, which the rats seem interested in.
• The school's political atmosphere is tense due to conflicts between the Blood Kin Society and the Sacred Will.
• Zheng Qing convenes a meeting to discuss the club's stance on the school's political situation, ultimately deciding to side with Lei Zhe.

Character Developments

• Zheng Qing: Starts to feel the consequences of his neutrality and decides to take a stance.
• Fatty Xin: Impatient and biased towards Lei Zhe due to his brother's influence.
• Lin Guo: Disinterested in the political situation, focused on his cats, and has more freedom due to his age and Alpha Academy's protection.
• Xiao Xiao: Analyzes the political situation and the club's position objectively.

Significant Themes

• Neutrality vs. involvement in politics.
• The consequences of choosing a side.
• The influence of factions on daily life and studies.

Character Interactions

• Zheng Qing and Fatty Xin: Zheng Qing tries to consider all members' interests, while Fatty Xin is biased towards Lei Zhe.
• Zheng Qing and Lin Guo: Zheng Qing tries to involve Lin Guo in the discussion, but Lin Guo is disinterested.
• Xiao Xiao and everyone: Xiao Xiao provides an objective analysis of the situation, helping the group make a decision.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Zheng Qing and Xiao Xiao discuss the objectivity of language.
• Zheng Qing attends Professor Emma's Magic Script class.
• Professor Emma lectures on the limitations of ordinary language and the emergence of Magic Script.
• Liu Feifei, a usually attentive student, is caught daydreaming and struggles to answer a question.

Character Developments

• Zheng Qing: Struggles with philosophical thoughts about language, shows empathy towards Ilena and Liu Feifei.
• Liu Feifei: Usually attentive and diligent, but caught daydreaming in class, indicating she's not immune to distractions.

Significant Themes

• The limitations of language and the need for more precise communication tools (like Magic Script).
• The struggle to express complex emotions and ideas through ordinary language.

Character Interactions

• Zheng Qing observes his classmates' reactions during the lecture, showing empathy and understanding.
• Professor Emma calls on Liu Feifei to summarize the difference between Magic Script and ordinary language, putting her on the spot.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Liu Feifei, a top student, is spared from punishment when she fails to answer a question in class, demonstrating the professor's favoritism towards her.
• Zheng Qing considers staying after class to do homework due to the lengthening days.
• Nicholas and Liu Feifei approach Zheng Qing after class, seeking his help in finding Liu Feifei's missing pet snake, "Little Dragon," which has been gone for five days.

Character Developments

• Zheng Qing feels envious and slightly sour about Nicholas and Liu Feifei's relationship, contrasting it with his own lukewarm dating life with Ilena.
• Liu Feifei shows concern for her pet snake, demonstrating her caring nature.
• Nicholas shows responsibility and care for Liu Feifei's well-being, indicating his affection for her.

Significant Themes

• Favoritism: The professor's preferential treatment towards Liu Feifei highlights the theme of favoritism, showing how it can affect students' experiences and perceptions of fairness.
• Relationships: The contrast between Zheng Qing's and Nicholas's relationships explores the theme of love and companionship, with Zheng Qing feeling envious of Nicholas and Liu Feifei's closeness.

Character Interactions

• Zheng Qing interacts with Nicholas and Liu Feifei, teasing them about their relationship and discussing the missing pet snake.
• Zheng Qing, Nicholas, Liu Feifei, Xin Fatty, and Xiao Xiao have a group discussion about the missing snake, with each person offering their perspective.
• Zheng Qing and Zhang Jixin have a brief exchange, with Zhang Jixin undermining Zheng Qing's abilities as a Scouting Hunter.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The chapter discusses the tendency of humans to simplify complex issues, using examples like exam failure, witch gifts, and missing pets.
• Dr. Xiao lectures the group about not having preconceived notions during investigations.
• Nicholas asks Zheng Qing's hunting team to find his missing pet snake, Little Dragon, offering a Jade Coin as payment.
• Zheng Qing warns Nicholas about the team's upcoming luck based on his 'line charts.'

Character Developments

• Zheng Qing shows maturity and self-awareness by warning Nicholas about the team's potential struggles.
• Dr. Xiao remains eccentric and hard to understand, but his lectures hint at deeper insights.
• Nicholas demonstrates trust in Zheng Qing's team and is relieved by Zheng Qing's caution.

Significant Themes

• The theme of over-simplification and the importance of thorough investigation is explored.
• The theme of luck and its influence on the hunting team's performance is introduced.

Character Interactions

• Zheng Qing and his team interact with Nicholas, with Zheng Qing acting as the spokesperson.
• Zheng Qing's team shows support for him, even when he seems to be 'playing hard to get' with Nicholas.
• Dr. Xiao's lectures are met with confusion and indifference from the group.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The investigation into the Faceless Monster and Liu Feifei's pet continues, but it's not the only focus for the You Zui Hunting Team.
• Disturbances at Linzhong Lake, a Merfolk reservation, occur due to smuggling activities involving Merfolk and Wizards from Alpha Academy.
• The School Labor Committee's patrol team seizes magical materials and "fish-skin spellbooks" during a smuggling operation, leading to the arrest of both Merfolk and Wizards.
• The incident escalates, with Alpha Academy students and the Merfolk tribe causing a commotion, claiming injustice and infringement on their rights.

Character Developments

• Zheng Qing and his companions overhear discussions about the incident at the school hospital, leading them to join the conversation.
• Zhang Jixin shows knowledge of Wizard history and law, quoting the author of the Wizard Codex.
• Xin Fatty supports Zhang Jixin's views, showing a rare moment of agreement among the group.

Significant Themes

• Judicial Rights and Independence: The Merfolk tribe claims independent judicial rights, while Wizards argue for their own laws to be followed.
• Civilization and Progress: The Wizards view themselves as advanced and civilized, while the Merfolk are seen as backward and savage, requiring guidance.
• Power Dynamics: The incident highlights the power struggle between different factions within the academy and the Wizarding World.

Character Interactions

• Zheng Qing and his companions discuss the incident, with each character expressing their views on the matter.
• Zhang Jixin and Xin Fatty show rare agreement, with Fatty even giving Zhang Jixin a piece of braised beef as a gift.
• Xiao Xiao, despite his awkward phrasing, expresses his support for the Wizards' perspective on the matter.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Zheng Qing and his companions discuss the recent disturbance at Linzhong Lake, which is linked to previous incidents involving Merfolk, Alpha Academy, and Jiuyou Academy.
• Rumors circulate about a potential treaty re-signing between the academy and the Merfolk tribe, clarifying judicial scopes and adding extradition clauses.
• Zheng Qing summarizes the main contradiction of the disturbance as the conflict between Jiuyou Academy and Alpha Academy, with the Merfolk tribe being a secondary aspect.
• Zheng Qing expresses his desire to skip the upcoming spring outing, hoping to spend the time in Professor Monteria's laboratory or with his Hunting Team.

Character Developments

• Zheng Qing demonstrates maturity and leadership by stopping a squabble between Xin Fatty and Zhang Jixin, showing his ability to manage his team.
• Xin Fatty shows his superstitious side, using luck charts to determine his fortune, and tries to get out of the spring outing due to his perceived bad luck.

Significant Themes

• Inter-academy rivalry: The tension between Jiuyou Academy and Alpha Academy is a central theme, with the Merfolk tribe serving as a catalyst for their conflict.
• Tradition vs. change: The spring outing for the Magic Ban Festival is a traditional event, but some students, like Zheng Qing, prefer to spend their time on other activities, reflecting a tension between preserving tradition and embracing change.

Character Interactions

• Zheng Qing and Xiao Xiao discuss the disturbance, with Xiao Xiao providing a more pragmatic perspective, highlighting their different viewpoints.
• Zheng Qing and Xin Fatty's dynamic is shown, with Zheng Qing being more responsible and level-headed, while Xin Fatty is superstitious and tries to avoid responsibilities.
• Zhang Jixin expresses disdain for the current generation's handling of problems, contrasting with Zheng Qing's more measured approach.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Zheng Qing and his team are searching for a Faceless Monster and Liu Feifei's missing pet snake in Linzhong Lake's Mud Pond.
• They encounter the school's night patrol team and merfolk from Linzhong Lake having a confrontation on the shore.
• Zheng Qing finds money left by students in the mud pond as offerings to the turtles.

Character Developments

• Zheng Qing shows leadership and calmness in handling the unexpected situation with the patrol team and merfolk.
• Jiang Yu demonstrates concern for her friends' safety and provides invisibility talismans for the search.

Significant Themes

• The tension between the merfolk and the school, foreshadowing potential conflicts.
• The theme of wealth and temptation, as Zheng Qing finds money in the mud pond.

Character Interactions

• Zheng Qing, Jiang Yu, Li Meng, Liu Feifei, and Nicholas work together to search the mud pond.
• Zheng Qing and Jiang Yu communicate about the situation with the patrol team and merfolk.
• Zheng Qing, Jiang Yu, and the other witches keep an eye on the confrontation on the shore while continuing their search.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Zheng Qing and his team are at Linzhong Lake, working in a mud pit.
• A confrontation occurs between merfolk and Jiuyou Academy patrol members.
• Warning spells are cast, escalating to a full-blown fight.
• A dog is killed, and a witch retaliates with powerful talismans.
• Merfolk use innate magic, injuring patrol members severely.
• Zheng Qing decides to retreat to avoid involvement in the conflict.

Character Developments

• Zheng Qing demonstrates quick thinking and decisiveness in handling the situation.
• Xiao Xiao shows knowledge of warning spells.
• The merfolk display strength and aggression, while patrol members show restraint initially but escalate when provoked.

Significant Themes

• Conflict and Escalation: The initial confrontation between merfolk and patrol members escalates rapidly, leading to severe injuries.
• Power Dynamics: The merfolk's strength and the patrol members' restraint suggest a power imbalance, with merfolk feeling emboldened to attack.
• Avoidance of Trouble: Zheng Qing's decision to retreat highlights the characters' awareness of potential consequences and their desire to avoid involvement in larger conflicts.

Character Interactions

• Zheng Qing and Xiao Xiao work together, with Xiao Xiao providing information and Zheng Qing making decisions.
• Zheng Qing's team follows his lead, retreating together when he decides to leave.
• Merfolk and patrol members engage in a physical altercation, with both sides showing restraint initially but escalating when provoked.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Zheng Qing and his friends avoid discussing the Linzhong Lake incident.
• Xin Fatty investigates the previous night's events at Linzhong Lake.
• A conflict erupts between the Merfolk and the Academy's Patrol Team due to Merfolk feces and symbols left at the Book Mountain Hall.
• The conflict escalates, with both sides sustaining injuries.

Character Developments

• Zheng Qing shows curiosity and concern about the incident's outcome.
• Xin Fatty demonstrates his investigative skills and knowledge of medicinal materials.
• Xiao Xiao reveals his insight into the potential consequences of the incident, showing maturity and foresight.

Significant Themes

• Consequences of Actions: The Merfolk's act of defiance and the Patrol Team's overreaction lead to a chaotic and injurious conflict.
• Hidden Connections: Xiao Xiao highlights the interconnectedness of events, suggesting that seemingly minor incidents can have significant repercussions.

Character Interactions

• Zheng Qing and Xin Fatty engage in a friendly exchange about the incident and Xin Fatty's "medicine collecting" activity.
• Xiao Xiao shares his perspective on the incident's potential impact, sparking a moment of reflection among the roommates.
• Tuantuan's purring and the Sprites' reaction to it create a brief moment of levity amidst the serious discussion.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Conflict between Merfolk and Jiuyou Academy's Patrol Team at Linzhong Lakefront.
• Media coverage varies: School Newspaper sides with Jiuyou Academy, Beta Town Post reports Merfolk's side.
• Merfolk Tribe invites Beta Town Post for an interview, denying accusations and expressing grievances.
• Alpha Academy expresses concern for Merfolk rights and engages in communication with Merfolk representatives.

Character Developments

• Zheng Qing: Angry and biased towards Merfolk, wants them removed from Linzhong Lake.
• Xin Fatty: Attempts to maintain neutrality as a reporter, believes Merfolk can survive outside the Academy.
• Zhang Jixin: Strongly supports Jiuyou Academy, opposes Alpha Academy's involvement.
• Xiao Xiao: Encourages focus on Alpha Academy's stance, believes they have a right to speak up.

Significant Themes

• Bias in media reporting.
• Merfolk rights and treatment within Jiuyou Academy.
• Alpha Academy's role and stance in the conflict.
• The potential consequences of Merfolk leaving the Academy.

Character Interactions

• Zheng Qing and Xin Fatty: Disagree on the validity of Merfolk's survival outside the Academy.
• Zhang Jixin and Xiao Xiao: Disagree on Alpha Academy's involvement and right to speak up.
• Merfolk Tribe and Jiuyou Academy: Ongoing conflict, with Merfolk feeling suppressed and wronged.
• Alpha Academy and Merfolk Tribe: Initial communication and concern for Merfolk rights.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The chapter begins with Zheng Qing and his dorm mates struggling to wake up for Old Yao's Monday morning class after a two-day weekend.
• Zheng Qing wakes Xin Fatty up by opening the balcony curtains, revealing that Xin Fatty is sleeping with his pet fat cat, Tuantuan.
• Zheng Qing and Dr. Xiao discuss their nightly searches for Liu Feifei's large snake and the Faceless Monster.
• Zheng Qing and Dr. Xiao leave for Feiyuan, with Zheng Qing expressing frustration about the school's use of winter Weather Beads to create cold weather.

Character Developments

• Zheng Qing shows responsibility and concern for his dorm mates, particularly Xin Fatty, by waking him up and advising him about his class schedule.
• Xin Fatty displays a willingness to help Zheng Qing with their nightly searches, showing camaraderie and friendship.
• Dr. Xiao demonstrates his knowledge of the school's climate control system and its current situation with the winter Weather Beads.

Significant Themes

• The struggle of daily routines and responsibilities, especially after a holiday.
• Camaraderie and friendship among dorm mates.
• The school's climate control system and its impact on students' daily lives.

Character Interactions

• Zheng Qing and Xin Fatty: Zheng Qing wakes Xin Fatty up and they discuss their nightly search plans. Xin Fatty offers to take Zheng Qing's shift, showing his willingness to help.
• Zheng Qing and Dr. Xiao: They discuss their plans for the day, including their morning exercise and the school's climate control situation.