The air was filled with the aroma of grilled squid.
"It smells so good." Chu Ran's nose twitched.
"Get to work first," Ling Yi said, rolling her eyes.
"Can't I even smell it?"
"Come back when you're done, it'll be my treat."
Chu Ran pouted and followed Ling Yi's footsteps.
Lin Hai No.1 Middle School is located in the northeast corner of the city, about 15 kilometers from the train station.
The three of them took a taxi and headed straight for the school.
The taxi drove along the coastal highway, with the city's skyscrapers on the left and the boundless blue Dahai on the right.
Seagulls circled in the sky, emitting sharp cries.
Ling Yi leaned against the car window, looking at the sea view outside, his brain working at high speed.
He had memorized Bai Suzhen's analysis report perfectly.
Lin Hai No.1 Middle School is a provincial key high school with 4,200 students and 310 faculty and staff members.
The school covers a large area and has complete facilities including teaching buildings, laboratories, dormitories, a canteen, and a sports field.
It has a similar layout to Dafeng City No. 3 Middle School, but is twice the size.
The most likely location for the anchor point device to be deployed is a space underground.
Are there any air-raid shelters or similar underground facilities beneath Lin Hai No. 1 Middle School?
Ling Yi didn't know.
He needs to conduct on-site investigation.
" White Bone, transform into a student. Let's go to Lin Hai No. 1 Middle School."
The White Bone Demon nodded.
Her expression Changes in an instant.
Her short hair had grown into shoulder-length medium-length hair, her cold and aloof features had softened, and her white clothes had been replaced by the school uniform of Lin Hai No. 1 Middle School.
A white T-shirt with blue stripes and dark blue sweatpants.
Ling Yi gave White Bone a thumbs up.
This tastes right.
Chu Ran also made a simple disguise; she tied her hair into a ponytail and wore a pair of black-rimmed glasses, looking like a quiet transfer student.
Ling Yi then used his Technique of Changes to subtly adjust his appearance, making himself look like an ordinary high school student.
The three people got out of the taxi at the entrance of Lin Hai No. 1 Middle School.
There was a security guard at the school gate, but he only glanced at it symbolically.
"Who are you...?" the security guard asked.
Summer tutoring classes.
Ling Yi took out a student ID from his bag, flashed it in front of the security guard, and then put it away.
Then he walked straight into the school.
This student ID doesn't belong to Lin Hai No. 1 Middle School at all; it belongs to Dafeng City.
But Ling Yi was betting that the security guard wouldn't take it too seriously.
really!
The security guard glanced at it, didn't suspect anything, and waved for them to pass.
Three people walked into the school.
The campus of Lin Hai No.1 Middle School is much more beautiful than that of Dafeng City No. 3 Middle School.
Tall Wu Tong trees line both sides of the Lin Yin, their leaves casting dappled shadows in the sunlight.
The teaching building is a white European-style building, with ivy climbing all over its exterior walls.
On the sports field, a group of students are having a physical education class, running, playing ball, and having fun.
Laughter and shouts echoed in the air.
Ling Yi walked along the Lin Yin, looking at the students.
Four thousand two hundred people.
If the anchor point device is deployed here, if the Purification process is initiated here.
These people will all turn into genetically deranged monsters.
"First, locate the underground facilities."
He lowered his voice.
"Chu Ran, Perception."
Chu Ran closed her eyes, and her Perception Shadow extended outwards.
Third Tier Shadow- type being's Perception range is approximately 300 meters in a city.
She closed her eyes and Perception for a full thirty seconds.
Then she opened her eyes, her expression somewhat strange.
"There's something underground."
"About twenty meters below the school playground, there is a large space, with an area of at least 1,500 square meters."
Is it similar to the air-raid shelter at Dafeng City No. 3 Middle School?
"But bigger." Chu Ran frowned slightly.
"And there's a very faint, subtle energy fluctuation inside, like some kind of device in standby mode."
Ling Yi's heart sank.
The device is already in standby mode.
In other words, the people from the Kami Cult have already been here.
The anchor point device may have already been deployed.
It was at least three days faster than he had expected.
"Bai Ye didn't wait seven days." His voice turned icy. "He acted ahead of schedule."
The White Bone Demon's gaze sharpened. "Master, what should we do?"
Ling Yi stood under the shade of the trees on the Lin Yin, watching the students Keep Running on the playground.
The sunlight shone on the boys, casting long shadows.
Unbeknownst to them, there was a bomb that could explode at any moment, twenty meters below their feet.
"First, confirm the exact location and status of the device."
"The operation will take place tonight."
It's 11 p. m.
Ling Yi stood beside the running track at the edge of the stadium, with the red plastic track beneath his feet and the empty football field in front of him.
The moonlight shone on the meadow, gilding every leaf with a silvery sheen.
The White Bone Demon and Chu Ran stood behind him.
Bai Suzhen's remote communication device was in Ling Yi's ear.
A super-energy resonator the size of a grain of rice, when attached to the inner wall of the ear canal, can receive information transmitted by Bai Suzhen from 800 kilometers away.
This thing is a super-powered device that Bai Suzhen) invented.
Of course, in Bai Suzhen's world, this thing Dharma Artifact.
Why not use a mobile phone?
Because cell phone signals can easily reveal your location.
Even official detection devices have difficulty Probe the signal of this Dharma Artifact.
Moreover, the function of this Dharma Artifact is not limited to communication.
It can also relay the surrounding supernatural energy fluctuations back to Bai Suzhen.
Most importantly, this thing doesn't need to speak.
Communication can be achieved through the use of Dharma Artifact simply by thinking.
" Bai Suzhen," he murmured to himself.
"Master, the super-powerful switching frequency of the anchor device is completely consistent with that of Dafeng City."
Bai Suzhen's voice came from the Dharma Artifact.
"It can be confirmed that it is the same model, but the tossing strength is about 30% higher than that of the Dafeng City, indicating that this gem's charging progress is higher."
What is the charging progress?
"Based on the intensity of the agitation, the probability is over 85%."
85 percent.
It was nearly 20 percentage points faster than the one in Dafeng City.
"At this rate, how long will it take to fully charge?"
"At most three days."
Three days.
It's not seven days.
The seven-day grace period given by Baiye is for Dafeng City.
The anchoring devices in Lin Hai City were deployed in advance.
He had already begun charging up before Bai Ye even engaged him in battle.
"The device is in the middle of the underground space," Chu Ran Perception.
But...
Her brow was furrowed.
"There's someone next to the device."
Ling Yi nodded; he Perception it too.
Three: two Second Tier and one Fourth Tier.
Is the self-destruct mechanism of the anchor point device the same as that of the one in Dafeng City?
"Unsure," Bai Suzhen replied.
"However, according to the standardized design of the Kami God Cult, it is highly probable that forced destruction will trigger an energy release, Destroy everything within a Wu Bai radius."
"Similar to what was done in Dafeng City, first offset the positioning signal."
"But I wasn't there this time," Bai Suzhen said.
The offset positioning signal requires precise control of the gemstone's internal structure, demanding extremely high accuracy; remote guidance simply doesn't meet the required precision.
"You say, I'll do it," Ling Yi said. "Don't forget, I also Sharing your abilities."
"Yes, I'll send you some materials later, which I've compiled. Take a look first, and ask me if you don't understand anything."