Shen Heng didn't have to wait long before Wang Hai, Wu Cheng, and Han Ling appeared beside him one after another.
"How are your injuries?" Wang Hai asked, glancing at Shen Heng's blood-stained chest.
Wang Hai nodded. "Remember to go see Le Gu Nan later and ask her to treat you!"
"Okay!" Shen Heng nodded.
"Alright, is the Decaying Spore on the back mountain of your school?" Wang Hai turned around and looked at a mountain peak to the side of the group.
It was a small hill about 100 meters high, covered with towering trees. It wasn't quite accurate to say that it was the back hill of Linhai No. 2 High School; rather, it was the hill on which Linhai No. 2 High School Middle School was built.
Shen Heng nodded, hesitated for a moment, and then shook his head.
"What do you mean by nodding and shaking your head like that?" Han Ling looked at Shen Heng, puzzled.
" The Decaying Spore Guard were sent down from the back mountain, but I didn't hear any other sounds, so I'm not sure if the Decaying Spore are still on the mountain," Shen Heng said.
"Plants don't like to move, so it's normal that you can't hear them, right?" Wu Cheng said nonchalantly.
Shen Heng nodded. "Yes, so I also think so. After all, from a biological instinct perspective, isn't the existence of guards for self-protection?"
"Then why did you just say you weren't sure?" Han Ling looked at Shen Heng.
"Isn't it better to be more precise?" Shen Heng glanced at Han Ling helplessly.
"You're being way too meticulous..." Han Ling clicked her tongue.
Wang Hai brought the conversation to a close, "Alright, it's good to be meticulous. After all, in our line of work, if we're not meticulous, we'll eventually die from our carelessness!"
After saying that, he turned to look at Shen Heng.
"Leave the back mountain to us. There might be some remaining Spore Person in the school; I'll have to trouble you to check on them. After all, it would be easier for you to find them if you have the ability."
Shen Heng nodded, standing there watching the three figures ascend the mountain, mentally comparing the combat strength of both sides.
Our side has one Third Tier and two Second Tier, while the enemy has one near- Third Tier peak and an unknown number of Second Tier.
It might seem like they were at a disadvantage, but most Second Tier warriors had almost no ability to resist Han Ling's attacks, especially since three Second Tier guards had already died. Shen Heng didn't believe there were any more Second Tier left.
As for the Decaying Spore themselves, their Origin Power was almost completely depleted during the school lockdown, and given the current distribution of Origin Power in the air, it won't be fully replenished in just a few hours.
Moreover, the Calamity Beast Illustrated Guide clearly states that its physical combat strength is not strong, and its main attack method is almost completely countered by the captain's A-Class Body of Steel ability.
Thinking of this, Shen Heng breathed a sigh of relief. He turned around, listened carefully to the sounds inside the school, and then quickly ran in one direction.
In the pitch-black conference room.
Rows of chairs, arranged in a staggered pattern, were hidden in the darkness, their vague outlines barely discernible.
If you look closely, you can also see that among the rows of chairs, there seem to be seven or eight small black balls bobbing up and down, which are actually people hiding among the seats.
Even though the meeting room door was locked, preventing the Spore Person from entering immediately, they didn't sit in the chairs; instead, they hid among the chairs.
"Hey, tell me, have they left yet?"
In the darkness, a person asked in a low voice.
"Don't talk! What if we accidentally attract them?" someone immediately scolded from the other side.
"But... are we just going to sit here and wait like this?" Huang Ruiyang said dejectedly.
"If you don't want to wait, you can leave. Nobody's stopping you!"
Huang Ruiyang opened his mouth upon hearing this, but ultimately said nothing more.
Silence fell once again in the dark conference room.
After a long while, someone finally spoke in a low voice.
"But how long are we supposed to wait like this?"
silence...
No one answered.
They didn't know how long they would have to wait, but what if they were allowed to go out and accidentally encountered those terrifying Spore Person again?
Huang Ruiyang turned to look at everyone, and seeing that no one spoke, he could only sigh inwardly.
He turned his head slightly, his gaze passing over the people beside him and looking into the distance.
Only a few small windows on the high walls let in a sliver of light, but that sliver of light was pitifully small for such a large conference room.
Even with his eyes wide open, Huang Ruiyang could only vaguely make out a blurry figure over there.
However, he didn't need to see clearly; the other person's appearance was already imprinted in his mind.
At this moment, the other person was squatting on the ground, hugging their calves with both hands, and gently resting their head on their knees.
She remained in that position, only occasionally trembling unconsciously, the strands of hair on either side of her cheeks swaying slightly with each tremor.
Huang Ruiyang quietly watched the figure, and felt his heart instantly calm down.
He gazed silently at that figure, lost in thought.
Actually, it's fine as things are.
At least we're in the same space, aren't we?
Time passed by, bit by bit.
Suddenly, a cheerful bell rang in the conference room.
"Dalang, Dalang, Dalang, Dalang, Dalang..."
Everyone panicked instantly.
"Who? Whose ringing is that?" someone called out, sounding slightly anxious.
It wasn't that he was in a hurry, but he had no choice. Nobody knew whether the Spore Person outside had left or not, and if there was too much commotion inside and it attracted the Spore Person, it would be terrible.
Everyone instinctively looked in the direction from which the bell was coming.
There, two or three figures were anxiously and hurriedly groping themselves.
Huang Ruiyang also looked in that direction, and when he saw the figure he had just seen there, his heart tightened.
It can't be her... it can't be her...
Huang Ruiyang prayed silently in his heart.
However, what you fear most is what happens most often.
Amidst Huang Ruiyang's complex emotions, the figure pulled out her phone, the light from the screen illuminating her face—a face with slightly chubby cheeks.
All the sounds came from that phone.
The ringing stopped quickly thanks to the girl's intervention.
She put the phone back, lowered her head, and said in a slightly tearful voice:
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to!"
"What do you mean it wasn't intentional? Didn't I specifically remind you to turn off your phone's ringer and only allow it to be on vibrate when you came in?" a boy said angrily.
Nevertheless, they tried their best to keep their voices down.
"I... I turned it off!" the girl said, sounding a little aggrieved.
"Then why is your phone still ringing?"
"This, this is an alarm clock. My mom tells me to drink a bottle of milk every afternoon, and I was afraid I'd forget, so I set this alarm clock specifically!"
"I don't care why you set an alarm, I'm only asking why your phone is still ringing!"