High School of Demon Hunting

Chapter 2639: Chapter 860: Aftermath of the Emergency Drill

Next morning.

The first thing Zheng Qing did upon waking from his sleep was to grasp the black gemstone he had tucked under his pillow, focusing hard to imagine its transformation into a little black cat.

The cool stone jolted his groggy mind awake instantly.

”It already has some shape now.”

During the morning lesson, Xiao Xiao evaluated the gemstone in Zheng Qing’s hand: ”I reckon in another month, or perhaps shorter, your little cat will come to life.”

If it weren’t for the white cat from the Cat Fruit Tree he saw last night, the Doctor’s comment would surely have lifted Zheng Qing’s spirits for the entire day. But having already seen the living cat, the more Doctor praised it, the more dejected Zheng Qing felt.

This dejection grew even stronger when he entered the classroom and saw the little white cat climbing up and down Jiang Yu’s shoulder.

Tuesday morning consisted of a class on divination.

And a seminar on the second-level theory of time conversion array.

In theory, the Spring Hunting event in Shanglin Garden, which occurred over a week ago, should still be a hot topic among classmates, and Zheng Qing was prepared to endure all sorts of bizarre gossip attacks.

But he obviously underestimated the public’s forgetfulness and the impact of yesterday’s incident.

”I’ve never seen such a scene! Never before! My great uncle has been living in Beta Town for almost two hundred years, and he can’t recall having ever seen the school’s protect array fully activated...”

”Weren’t you saying before that your great uncle has already gone senile? Given his condition, forgetting is pretty normal.”

”What’s the point of arguing about whether he remembers or not? My cousin’s girlfriend’s uncle’s little son lives on the street near the North District in Beta Town. He said the part of the snake that was exposed was several hundred meters long, and directly crushed half of the street!”

”The Beta Town Post interviewed dozens of witnesses, and everyone unanimously judged that the big snake is definitely a demon on the level of a Big Wizard! It’s just that its details haven’t been figured out yet.”

”It may not necessarily be a demon, right? If it truly was a big demon that broke in so close to the school, it wouldn’t end so vaguely with just a lot of commotion.”

”Didn’t the school later issue a notice saying it was a ’emergency drill’? Gongsun Xiaolin also repeatedly emphasized that all arrangements were planned within the year... is that right, Brother Qing? You’re an assistant teacher, why don’t you tell everyone?”

While Zheng Qing was eyeing Jiang Yu’s little cat trying hard to climb out of her hat pocket, he distractedly listened to passers-by gossip, hastily walking toward the back of the classroom, only to be suddenly pulled by the sleeve.

”What?”

Looking confused for a few seconds, he quickly regained his composure, nodded repeatedly, and ambiguously replied, ”Ah, yes, yes, what Xiaolin said is right... yesterday’s thing indeed was an annual plan and all arranged.”

Gongsun Xiaolin is the spokesperson for the teaching assistant group, and Zheng Qing couldn’t say much more than her about yesterday’s incident.

After frantically escaping the crowd’s blockade and returning to his corner, the young assistant teacher let out a heavy breath, wiping imaginary sweat from his forehead.

”Too crazy,” he muttered.

”Crazier than what we experienced yesterday?” Doctor Xiao seemed focused on his notebook but immediately multitasked, taking the opportunity to mock his tablemate.

Zheng Qing pretended not to hear his sarcastic tone.

”Anything big on the newspaper?” He kicked the chair of the fat wizard in front.

Xin turned around holding a box of popcorn chicken, while his other hand held a newspaper, which he summarized briskly: ”Yes, many. Like yesterday evening, the Black Forest hunting team in the North Sea unexpectedly came across a fainted Daro sea dragon, which was scared by a high-level aura from somewhere; for instance, the intense earthquake in the mortal world’s North Sulawesi suddenly stopped, and even a nearby erupting volcano suddenly extinguished, leading mortal scientists to pull their hair out; and for example, the Wulubu Magic Tower at the William Dell Laboratory simultaneously observed the phenomena of ’Taisui eclipsing Scorpio, Mars guarding the heart, and Evening Star accompanying the moon,’ and rumors claim the sighting of the Drought Demon...”

Zheng Qing listened in bewilderment.

He didn’t quite understand why the Beta Town Post or the campus newspaper would care about earthquakes in the mortal world.

”Wait, just now did you say ’Evening Star accompanying the moon’... what does it mean?” He had to interrupt the fat wizard’s endless chatter, with confusion evident in his voice: ”Is this kind of star sign uncommon?”

Xin Fat Man lifted his eyelids, glanced at the young assistant teacher, then looked at the classroom entrance.

”Don’t let Professor Yi hear you say something like that.” He withdrew his gaze, shaking his head slightly with a hint of disappointment: ”A student planning to graduate early doesn’t understand ’Taisui eclipsing Scorpio’, it’s simply an embarrassment to the First University... Scorpius is the symbol of Maotou, Hu Star, in short, ’Taisui eclipsing Scorpio’ indicates demon invasion; ’Mars guarding the heart’ symbolizes ominous signs; ’Evening Star accompanying the moon’ signifies disaster is looming!”

Zheng Qing blinked.

”And then?” He hadn’t quite grasped the crux of the matter.

Xiao Xiao finally couldn’t hold back, speaking up to hint: ”Broaden your view, you think yesterday’s sudden activation of the school’s protect array only affected Buji Island? Or, the rumored big snake...”

He glanced discreetly at Zheng Qing’s ear.

Zheng Qing instinctively touched his earlobe.

”...do you think the destructive power of yesterday’s sudden appearance of the big snake was confined to the North District of Beta Town?” Saying this, the Doctor simply snatched the newspaper from the Fat Man’s hand, tapping on the two messages he just read: ”Daro sea dragons are a very ferocious sea dragon species in the North Sea, reportedly carrying the bloodline of the Sea Demon King, generally a single Daro sea dragon can deal with several Hungarian Tree Bees without much trouble, do you think such a creature would faint easily? And the earthquake and volcano in the mortal world, we all know that earthquakes are caused by Earth dragons turning over, volcanic eruptions are caused by Fire Dragons bathing... what kind of creature could scare an Earth dragon to stand still and a Fire dragon to submerge in magma?”

Zheng Qing quietly swallowed.

Others might still be guessing, but he knew the identity of that little green snake, so when Xiao Xiao mentioned ’Daro sea dragon has Sea Demon King bloodline’ and ’fainted from shock’, he immediately accepted and believed it a hundred percent.

Bloodline suppression is very common among magical creatures.

”In conclusion!”

Xin Fat Man snatched his newspaper back, while chewing on the popcorn chicken in his mouth, glaring at Doctor Xiao in rage, yet enthusiastically answering Zheng Qing’s doubts: ”The ’incident’ that happened yesterday on Buji Island has already been deemed an ominous sign or a prelude to war by outsiders... rumors are rampant, and it’s said the Moon Council has convened all high-level wizards for an urgent meeting because of it!”