The scene returned to the base in Zhaoyang City.
A group of teachers lay slumped in their chairs like dead dogs, exhausted enough that they were all but panting with their tongues out.
Although they had prepared in advance, sealing the power transmitted by [Abyssal Erosion] had still taken far too much effort. Even the level-eight Sealing Device buried beneath the base had been ruined.
Liu Shuai shakily raised his middle finger. "A mere Level Nine Calamity. Nothing special."
Beside him, Ye Buyu clapped away.
"That's our teacher for you."
She crouched beside Shi Can, took the Thumb Ring off her hand, and stared at her with sparkling eyes.
"Teacher, you have a way to deal with this too, right?"
Shi Can closed her eyes, feeling suffocated.
"We're not Doraemon. We can't do everything. Wait until the Principals get back."
"Oh." Ye Buyu put away the Thumb Ring in disappointment. "Then should we go out..."
"No, no, no!"
The slumped teachers sprang back to life, and even Su Wuwei and the others shot to their feet.
You're our honored ancestor, all right? Please don't go out. Promise me you won't go out!
Mu Bingge, who had only just recovered, held Ye Buyu down. "Don't go out. At least not now."
"Crack..."
Everyone looked down. Kou Ying lay sprawled on the floor in a bizarre position, clutching a stool, one raised arm twitching in midair.
Their gazes shifted upward. Lou Guanshan flexed his empty hand and looked sheepishly at Kou Ying, who had slipped.
"Ah, I tried to catch you, but I missed."
"Thank you." Kou Ying raised a face, covering a nose reddened by the impact, and said in a muffled voice, "I'm used to it by now. Classmate Ye, don't go out yet. Your level of bad luck is