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After reading the preview, Xiao Yun was deeply moved and couldn't calm down for a long time.

From the preview information, he could roughly guess the despair that the people in dormitory building No. 10 had experienced last night.

The Heavenly Feathered Golden Eagle is currently the most powerful lord-level creature known, and the Whisperer goes without saying; its terrifying strength remains a lingering shadow in Xiao Yun's mind.

Under the attack of these two enemies, not to mention dormitory building number 10, even Xiao Yun himself could not guarantee his survival.

"It's actually very dangerous here too, there are two lord-level BOSSes around."

"Luckily, we cleared out the Star Moon White Goose in advance, otherwise, being attacked by two Lord-level BOSSes at the same time on the night of the full moon would have been quite a challenge."

Chen Liming and others who cleared the shadow monsters from the building, as well as the [Soul-Replenishing Potion] they prepared in advance, also deserve credit. It was because of the prior preparation that not many people in the dormitory building became lost, which led to the arrival of the Whisperers.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yun couldn't help but marvel at the power of the forecast system.

Without the system's reminders, under the relentless onslaught of beast tides, flesh mutations, shadow monsters, and whisperers, I certainly wouldn't be able to stay as relaxed as I am now, and I might even be unable to protect myself.

As he was feeling sentimental, Xiao Yun looked at the second preview message.

[Preview Announcement 2: An alchemist named Jiang Shangzhen takes advantage of the chaos of the full moon night to lead a group of people to escape from a powerful force called the "Student Council." They are expected to pass through the rocky valley 2.6 kilometers to the southwest in 1 hour and 12 minutes.]

"teacher?"

Xiao Yun's expression turned serious as he looked at the familiar names in the preview information.

Jiang Shangzhen is a professor at the College of Engineering of the Ancient Capital University and Xiao Yun's mentor.

Initially, the two were just ordinary substitute teacher and student, but during the six months of teaching, Jiang Shangzhen discovered Xiao Yun's talent and also greatly appreciated his hard work and diligence.

Xiao Yun greatly respected Jiang Shangzhen's advocacy of the unity of knowledge and action without being arrogant. In addition, their styles of doing things were very similar, and the two gradually became half master and apprentice.

Because of Xiao Yun's special family circumstances, Jiang Shangzhen not only took Xiao Yun to participate in competitions and scientific research to try to win the national scholarship, but also often invited Xiao Yun to dinner under the guise of helping the research group and gave her subsidies in private.

Xiao Yun recalled the past, his eyes flashing with complex emotions.

For Jiang Shangzhen to be forced to flee at such a time, risking death on the road, there must be some malicious secrets within the student council.

However, because the student council was too mysterious and unpredictable, Xiao Yun instinctively did not want to get involved in anything related to it.

"The student council president's precognitive abilities allowed the student council to prepare before the time travel, and its development after the time travel was extremely rapid. Last time we encountered Wei Shoucheng's group in the cafeteria, half of the twelve people were professionals."

"This is just an exploration team. The student council controls almost all the dormitories, so their true strength is probably even more terrifying."

Xiao Yun's eyes flickered, then quickly calmed down, leaving only a resolute look:

"But that's Teacher Jiang, I can't just ignore her."

Half an hour later, Xiao Yun sat on Xiao Bai's head, leading Goose Boss, and headed southwest without stopping.

Meanwhile, to the southwest, in the wilderness.

The group walked through the dense forest.

Their faces were filled with panic, but their steps were unsteady and they moved forward slowly.

Everyone was covered in mud and blood, and their dark circles were alarmingly heavy.

puff-

Suddenly, one of the girls could no longer hold on and collapsed to the ground.

The people around her hurriedly helped her up, and Jiang Shangzhen, who was in the lead, quickly walked over, took out a bottle of medicine from his pocket, and fed it to her little by little.

A few minutes later, the girl slowly woke up. Seeing the concerned expressions on everyone's faces, her expression turned bitter, and she burst into tears.

"Teacher, I really can't hold on any longer. Why don't you just leave me alone?"

Seeing her like this, the boy holding her felt nothing but heartache.

He turned to look at Jiang Shangzhen and asked:

"Teacher, how much further do we have to go?"

Jiang Shangzhen glanced at the map and pondered for a moment:

"Almost there, about three kilometers from now, we'll reach dormitory building number 3."

"That area is managed by your junior brother Xiao Yun. Once we get there, we'll be safe."

Upon hearing that there were still three kilometers to go, many people's faces immediately fell.

Three kilometers doesn't seem far; it only takes about twenty minutes to run on the track, and at most thirty or forty minutes to walk.

But this world is full of undeveloped wilderness with complex terrain, especially dense forests like this. You'd be lucky to walk a kilometer in twenty minutes.

Not to mention that the group had been walking all night and their strength was completely depleted. They also had to be constantly vigilant about the chaos of the full moon night, which made them physically and mentally exhausted.

The boy who had just spoken lowered his head and remained silent. Looking at the sorrowful expression on the girl's face in his arms, he sighed softly.

"Teacher, have you ever considered... giving up?"

Song Rui raised his head, his eyes flashing:

"Teacher, I don't think it's necessary to have too much of a falling out with the student council. Everyone is just trying to survive. It's just that President Qi's decisions were a bit too radical."

"We just have different opinions, we can sit down and talk. The two student council deacons just said that as long as we are willing to give up resistance, they can take us back."

"go back?"

Jiang Shangzhen suddenly turned her head and looked at him, her eyes full of confusion.

Song Rui had been with him since his first year of graduate school, all the way to his doctoral studies, and was his prized student.

He had always liked Song Rui. Although he was a bit slow, he was diligent and down-to-earth, which were essential qualities for scientific research, especially in engineering.

But now it seems, was it a misjudgment?

"We've come so far, and you're about to give up after just one last step? And you actually believe what those two guys chasing us said?"

If we surrender without resistance, what's the difference between us and pigs on a chopping board?

Jiang Shangzhen shook her head, looking at him with disappointment:

"Song Rui, when did you become like this?"

After being reprimanded, Song Rui lowered his head and remained silent, no longer arguing back.

Jiang Shangzhen was even more disappointed. He turned around and led his team to continue forward.

After walking for more than twenty minutes, a valley came into view.

The valley was very long and narrow, covered with scattered rocks, which seemed to be the former riverbed.

"We'll be almost there once we get through here."

Jiang Shangzhen let out a breath, a hint of joy appearing on his face.

But the next second, the smile on his face suddenly froze on the spot.

The pursuers who had been left behind suddenly appeared in front of them.

In just a moment, he understood the key.

"Someone leaked our whereabouts!"

Jiang Shangzhen's face was extremely ugly. In the midst of his intense emotions, he didn't even notice Song Rui rapidly approaching from behind.

*Pfft—*

A sudden sharp pain shot through her neck, and Jiang Shangzhen immediately reached out and pulled out the injection needle inserted into her neck.

But as soon as he reached out, Song Rui pressed his hand down firmly.

The cold medicine was slowly pushed into his body, and Jiang Shangzhen's hand quickly went limp, losing the ability to resist.

This is an alchemical potion he instructed Song Rui to make. It can render a person or animal powerless to resist, but at the cost of not being fatal or causing them to fall into a coma.

Jiang Shangzhen had always felt that the price was insignificant, but today, he felt its cruelty.

"I'm sorry, teacher, you're so stubborn, I can't keep going down the wrong path with you."

Song Rui sighed softly in his ear, just about to lay him down on the ground.

"What are you still dawdling about? What's the point of talking to an old geezer?"

The girl who had just fainted snorted coldly, shoved Jiang Shangzhen to the ground, and kicked him twice viciously.

"Why can't the elderly just enjoy their retirement in peace? Why do they have to cause trouble?"

As she spoke, she turned to look at the other group of people, her face full of eagerness.

"Deacons, we have fulfilled our promise. As for the promised reward..."

Across from him, Zhang Weitao chuckled softly, a flash of disgust crossing his eyes:

"Don't worry, you'll get your share."

The girl's face lit up with excitement, but she glanced at Song Rui and muttered something with a hint of disdain:

"I told you to send a message a long time ago, but you kept dawdling until now, making me walk so far. You're really high-achieving but incompetent."

Song Rui gritted his teeth, lowered his head, and remained silent, but his hands inside his sleeves were clenched tightly, his knuckles turning white.

Just then, the others reacted, staring intently at Song Rui, and roared:

"Song Rui, you've betrayed your master and ancestors, you're worse than a beast!"

"I really misjudged you. Your teacher went to great lengths to train you to this level, and even gave you the first spot in the group to be promoted, and you actually betrayed your teacher."

"Heh, he's just lost his mind because of a relationship. Pshaw, someone like that will be a coward for life."

"That's enough!"

Song Rui could no longer bear the ridicule of the crowd, and turned to roar at them:

"What do you all know? What do you mean by carefully nurturing me? He just uses me as a tool to write papers and gain fame. Pushing me to pursue a doctorate and make me an alchemist is just to better cooperate with his experiments."

He looked like a raging wild beast, his features contorted in a grimace.

"He was clearly in the wrong first, failing to see the situation clearly. I was just correcting his mistake."

"You bunch of idiots, all you know is to blindly follow and listen to his nonsense to join Xiao Yun. Heh, he's just a freshman. Even if he's strong, so what? What can he give us? When the student council comes knocking, won't he have to obediently hand us over?"

"I'm still young, I've already become an alchemist, and I have a bright future ahead of me. Why should I let him ruin it like this!"

Snapped!Snapped!Snapped!

A round of applause rang out, and Zhang Weitao walked over laughing:

"Well said. Don't worry, Song Rui, you've seen the error of your ways and put aside your own family for the greater good. The reward I promised you when we get back will definitely be substantial."

He chuckled and patted Song Rui on the shoulder, saying:

"Maybe in a few days, I'll be calling you Chief Song."

Without Song Rui's reply, a dagger was handed to him.

"Now, there's only one thing left."

Zhang Weitao pointed to Jiang Shangzhen on the ground.

Song Rui frowned:

"Didn't we agree to keep him alive?"

"Haha, yeah, of course we can let him live, but... do you think you can still become the chief if he goes back?"

Zhang Weitao paused for a moment and said meaningfully:

"The night of the full moon is so dangerous, it's not surprising that a chief alchemist would die, right?"

His voice was like a devil's whisper, and Song Rui stared at the dagger in his hand, his eyes flashing wildly.

After a few seconds of silence, he suddenly gripped the dagger tightly, looked at Jiang Shangzhen, and a resolute look appeared in his eyes.

"Teacher, what you taught me was either not to do it at all, or to do it absolutely..."

Jiang Shangzhen's eyes widened in shock. He gave him a deep look and a sense of relief appeared on his face.

Since that's the case, let him risk his life for his future...

Jiang Shangzhen closed his eyes, and Song Rui, holding a dagger, slowly approached.

Just as he was about to strike, a deafening roar suddenly sounded in his ear, like a raging thunderclap.

"You dare!"

Swah——

Before he could finish speaking, the sword's edge arrived first.