Chapter 127: Si Nan’s Journal (1/2)

Chapter 127: Si Nan’s Journal

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It was the fifth day. Ai Hui noticed that the movements outside had decreased, and he guessed that the Induction Ground must have taken action.

He made sure to tell this to everyone as he knew that they needed a boost in morale right now. If not for the terrifying roars of the wild beasts outside, there would be people here taking action. However, no one had the courage to go out when they heard those furious roars.

Ai Hui’s conjecture significantly raised the spirits of those downcast students. They already had faith in Ai Hui’s judgments since the beginning of this excursion.

In such a cramped and dark environment with foul and dirty air, every day was akin to torture.

On the sixth day, Ai Hui and the rest of the students were finally rescued by Li Wei and his rescue team.

When everyone finally walked out of the mound, they felt as if it had been a lifetime. The surrounding terrain had undergone massive changes; the initial lush and verdant forest had been reduced to a barren land with billowing smoke and fumes.

Ai Hui noticed many people pouring red kerosene onto the trees and plants. Behind them was scorched earth; every inch of land had been torched by the burning kerosene. No plants could ever grow on such a land.

He was in somewhat of a daze.

A few days ago, he had been thinking about how peaceful the Induction Ground was; however, after now seeing the charred land, he felt that he had been too naive.

Ai Hui himself reacted like this, let alone the other students. An ordinary excursion had turned into a terrifying experience.

After coming out of the mound, many students broke down on the spot. Everyone was crying bitterly. At this point, all they wanted was to return to the safety and warmth of their homes.

Ai Hui noticed Li Wei pull Teacher Xu and Cui Xianzi to one side. Li Wei told them something, causing Cui Xianzi’s face to turn deathly pale, and her body appeared to be on the verge of collapsing.

Upon seeing this, Ai Hui was stunned. Actually, when he did not catch sight of Instructor Zhou after coming out of the mound, he knew that something was wrong.

He was used to witnessing death, but at this moment, he still felt despondent.

Everyone was assigned to a transport wagon and set off homeward. Li Wei did not follow them as he still had a mission to carry out; there were still lots of people who had yet to be found. A total of five classes had gone on this excursion, but only two classes—Ai Hui’s class and Fatty’s class—had been rescued. One class had been confirmed dead, and the remaining two were still missing.

After going missing for so many days, their chance of surviving was minimal.

Yet, no one wanted to give up. Li Wei was greatly encouraged after finding Ai Hui’s and Fatty’s classes.

When Ai Hui heard that there were still two classes missing, he felt even more downcast. Those of the Wilderness were always mentally prepared for death. Surviving was a gift conferred by the gods, and everyone was apathetic to death.

However, the Induction Ground was like heaven, peaceful and safe. Ai Hui used to think that the Induction Ground was the best place in the world, and he had even thought about how nice it would be if he got to stay in the Induction Ground forever.

Li Wei patted his shoulder and told him to go back and have a good rest.

On the transport wagon, no one had the mood to talk. Sobs could be heard everywhere. Cui Xianzi was seated on one side, staring blankly into space as if her soul had left her body. Her face was as pale as paper, and her hands were clenching onto Zhou Xiaoxi’s bag.

Ai Hui wanted to console her, but he did not know what to say. The death was so sudden, and she did not even have the chance to bid farewell.

Ai Hui, who had always thought that he was used to death, could not help but look down.

As he gazed downwards from the sky, he could see that the jade-green sea of trees had disappeared. The charred ground was like an ugly scar that stretched into the smoky horizon. Fire extended towards the distance, devouring everything in its path.

The poisoned student was put on an emergency transport wagon as he needed urgent medical treatment.

However, Ai Hui felt that the chance of that student surviving was not high. He had never seen such a strange type of blood poison. That poisoned student’s body had undergone terrifying mutations.

For some reason, the blood poison seemed somewhat familiar to Ai Hui. He remembered reading about something similar in a journal.

But when he tried to think about it, he could not remember any details.

When Ai Hui finally glimpsed Central Pine City, he was suddenly overwhelmed with emotions.

It was just that…

Central Pine City was still the same, prosperous and peaceful. It looked as if nothing had happened.

At this moment, someone noticed that the transport wagon was not flying in the direction of Central Pine City.

“Where are you taking us?”

“I want to go home!”

“Let us down!”

The students started to become agitated. Their mental states had already been pushed to the brink of collapse, and when they saw that the transport wagon was taking them to another place, they all went frantic.

Ai Hui observed quietly from one side. When he saw that Central Pine City was not heavily guarded, he roughly understood what was going on.

The Induction Ground had instituted a lockdown on information.