Chapter 176: The Beginning and the End
At three o'clock in the afternoon, the No. 3 high school team began to report according to the scheduled time. The stage with large equipment is lit with natural lights. The sound equipment in the center of the venue smoothly sounded the clear introduction sound of Zhongli Baiyi.
Ling Qinghuan operated the display machine next to him, and Gu Lanshen stood next to the stage because of his injury, switching the huge display screen facing the audience. Of course, he thought that he also had an important task to spy on Ling Qinghuan in order to prevent him from bringing "shame" to the third high school in public.
As Zhongli Baiyi spoke, Gu Lanshen kept changing the content on the display screen, while Ling Qinghuan did not manipulate the magic experiment props and calculators at all.
After half an hour passed, Zhongli Baiyi made a final summary, and at the same time, the applause in the venue was thunderous. The audience unreservedly appreciated this remarkable conception.
Even the audience, who had already expected Zhongli Baiyi in advance, were still amazed by such wonderful research ideas and magical results that could be experimented.
"I'm not going to lose!"
Zhongli Baiyi, who was packing up his things and preparing to leave, faintly heard a childish but not annoying voice behind him. When he turned around and saw Ling Qinghuan holding the calculation terminal in his hand, he couldn't turn his head, but the ruddy roots of his ears revealed his true emotions.
Zhongli Baiyi smiled willfully, which was exactly what he invited the other party to. Ling Qinghuan and Wang Qinqi are both magical theory researchers with outstanding research talents, and they will definitely make due contributions to the Federation and even the Third District.
Just when he wanted to give him a subtle encouragement, the roar and vibration shook the entire venue. The audience couldn't understand what was going on, didn't know what to do, and looked left and right in panic for answers.
The third high school report ends. Bai Ronglai was smiling and smiling with the former student council president of the archenemy No. 1 High School, and after the abnormality, his brows twitched slightly and the conversation was terminated. The two glanced at each other and nodded solemnly, no time to continue talking, and simply reached a consensus and walked to the areas of their respective high schools.
"How's it going?" Shangguan Haohui's communication equipment on his ears came to Xuanyuan Langying's inquiry, he looked at the car that was burning only fifty meters away from the gate of the venue, and replied calmly and cautiously: "The car that tried to crash into the venue carried out a suicide bombing. A fire is ongoing, and there are currently no follow-up attacks. ”
"But even if it's just a single attack, it's not reassuring." Xuanyuan Langying frowned. Employees who were unable to carry out their work after the attack began to evacuate, "Trouble is coming!" ”
Although Xuanyuan Langying's last words were inaudible, Shangguan Haohui heard them the same!
Originally, in order to alleviate the vigilance and rejection of magicians by ordinary people, the Federation promised to arrange ordinary civil servants in some positions that were not in the management system of the military. In particular, critical facilities for civilian use, such as customs and airports. This gave ordinary people a sense of security and belonging, and greatly alleviated the initial serious hostility between the two parties.
Because of the apocalypse and the war, magicians have a very high social status. But after entering the era of peace, ordinary people subconsciously have a sense of precaution against magicians who have strong combat power and can easily kill people.
And the magicians who neither intend to ****** nor intend to take revenge on society also think that they cannot live independently from the ordinary people, but they cannot relax in the sight of the absolute majority of ordinary people and full of hostility, after all, magicians are still human after all.
Finally through the Senate and the House of Elders, the government and the military agreed together. The laws of the Federation have always tended to be socially stable and stable, drawing a clear line between magicians and ordinary people. At the same time, try to maintain the connection between the two and avoid hostility.
But at this time, it is the biggest loophole of this measure, in the event of an accident or war, ordinary people who have no ability to resist will bring a shortcut to the enemy's attack, and bring trouble to the people of their own country.
Shangguan Haohui forcibly suppressed the dissatisfaction in his heart, because of the continuous invasion of foreign beasts and the occasional small-scale wars in the third district, the general public has become accustomed to putting the defense in the hands of the military led by the Shangguan family, and it is absolutely impossible for something like this to happen in the third district.
However, each of the Federation's major districts has its own problems, and the second district is a serious confrontation between modern magic and ancient magic. Most of the ancient magical families lived here, and many of the common people were their followers, and in some cases, the orders of these families were better than those of the family and the municipality.
"Shangguan Haohui, the coast guard has sent an alert, and the cargo ship anchored in the harbor has fired rockets at us!"
"What?" Shangguan Haohui couldn't help but roar, "What about our soldiers? ”
Xuanyuan Langying didn't answer, Shangguan Haohui's face changed, and he tried his best to suppress his anger. He knew that Xuanyuan Langying, like him, was an outsider, and there were very few things he could do in the second district.
Thinking of this, Shangguan Haohui directly took out the information terminal and called Shentai Mingxue.
The reason why Xuanyuan Langying did not answer Shangguan Haohui was that he received a contact from Ouyang Wuying, the former student president of the First High School, and the two of them asked for help and obtained the latest information from their families after a simple conversation.
After receiving the contact from Shangguan Haohui, Shentai Mingxue's face changed when she heard the battle situation, although she was prepared, she didn't expect things to be so radical, and even the landing ship and rocket artillery were used!
"Shangguan, I'm already on the way!" After finishing speaking, Shentai Mingxue hung up the communication.
"Huh?" Shangguan Haohui looked at the hang-up information terminal, already on the way?
"What's wrong?" Ling Qinghuan's stiff inquiry made him a little confused, and he had an estimate of this, and his expression was panicked.
"Hmph, you still have the face to say!" Gu Lanshen was about to say something when he was interrupted by Wu Yujun and Han Kongye, and Han Kongye said to Zhongli Baiyi with an anxious face, "The grenade exploded near the main entrance of the venue!" ”
"It's okay, it's Shangguan who guards the main entrance hall!" Zhongli Baiyi was not confused, in his mind, as long as there was Shangguan Haohui, he could rest assured that no matter what happened.
"That's true, the person in charge of the main gate should be a regular magic guard with experience arranged by the Magic Association, not to mention the joint security team of the seven schools led by Shangguan Haohui. If it's an ordinary level criminal organization, it's not a problem......"
Zhongli Baiyi and the others heard the prestige. I happened to see Bai Ronglai walking to the first row under the five or six "fan guards" behind him.
"What does President Bai mean?" Hearing this, Zhongli Baiyi, who had an ominous premonition in his heart, couldn't help but ask, but as if confirming this ominous premonition, this time there were multiple gunshots.
I don't know if it's a blessing or a misfortune. Zhongli Baiyi didn't have to worry about this for too long. Armed groups armed with rifles poured into the audience with the sound of rude footsteps. While the audience flinched in fear, many of the students of the magic high school showed a brave and resolute spirit of resistance.
Suddenly, several gunshots rang out. Rubbing Zhongli Baiyi's side, he shot into the display on the back wall of the stage. He squinted slightly, judging from the power of the bullet, the weapon in the opponent's hand was a high-powered rifle.
In the world of the future, the main weapon of ordinary armed groups and armies will still be firearms. Therefore, the magician can use the magic of defending against bullets to bring an absolute advantage to ground warfare. But the relationship between attack and defense is always relative. Through constant wars, temptations, and experiments, each other's methods have always continued to develop.
In order to cope with the strong defenses of magic, stronger attacks are developed. Magic is not omnipotent. Just as a bullet piercing a shield will reduce its power, and since it is a magic used by humans, there will also be mistakes and failures.
A high-powered rifle fires a high-velocity bullet with a strong inertia force. Nullifies the Mage's defensive spells. Just shoot the "human" magician......
Shangguan Haohui, who received the news, turned pale. How exactly did the other party enter the venue? What is the purpose? Because if you don't know the purpose of the other side, you don't know how fierce the war will be. Yes, in Shangguan Haohui's opinion, this is already a war.
This time, Yutai Mingxue didn't come, and he was the main person in charge. If he could, he would have liked to go back to the area of the third high school right away. But once you leave, the front hall will inevitably be lost, and when the time comes, will the people in the venue really be able to escape?
At this time. Just in the venue where Shangguan Haohui was worried, the situation changed!
"Give me some peace!" With a slight stammering scolding, you can tell that they are all foreigners. The Federals didn't speak very well, pointing a gun at the students standing around, "You guys, put all the magic guides on the ground!" ”
Zhongli Baiyi raised his hands and didn't know what to do, although modern magic has been made high-speed through the assistance of magic guides, and has an attack speed equal to that of a firearm, but it is still different due to the talent and ability of the magician. In a state where the opponent has already set up a gun, in principle, it is not possible to resist indiscriminately.
Thinking of this, his eyes were aimed at Bai Ronglai......
The reason why the audience was not required to hand in the magic guide was probably because there were not enough people who broke in, and there were magic jammers around, so as long as some people were solved, others would naturally give up resistance. The joint vigilance team of the seven schools, which is responsible for the vigilance, is the object of choice.
The magic high school students put the magic guide on the floor with a reluctant expression, and it seemed that they all knew very well that bravery and recklessness were not the same.
"Hey, come here." An intruder pointed a gun at Bai Ronglai and approached them with a cautious step. It seems that because he is standing in the most conspicuous position under the stage, he is being targeted.
Bai Ronglai slightly, whispering in his heart, I don't know if I can rely on magic characteristics to solve it, you must know that he has not obtained approval to use magic. However, with so many children of the family present, even if necessary, he hoped to solve it with simple magic with no sequelae.
"Hurry up!" The intruders cursed in irritated voices, but it was understandable that even with the superiority, they were still outnumbered, and it was unlikely that they would be able to keep them calm in full view.
Looking at Bai Ronglai, who was unmoved, the intruder grabbed him anxiously, increased the force on the trigger, put the gun against his forehead, and looked at the people who were about to move, "Didn't you hear that labor and management told you not to move?" ”
"Hey, let me go, okay?" Bai Ronglai's voice was inaudible in the screams, and the intruder turned his head to look at Bai Ronglai's delicate face in a daze, and involuntarily put down the gun in his hand and restrained Bai Ronglai's hand, "Okay!" ”
Bai Ronglai patted his neckline and pointed behind the intruder with a smile, "Kill him!" ”
The intruder's eyes were glazed and he reflexively turned around with a shot, and the male behind him, who was also invading, let out a scream, not thinking about defending against the attack from his companions, he was unable to hold the high-powered rifle in his hand, and he took two steps back from his chest that was shot, and red blood continued to flow from his fingers.
"It's noisy!" Bai Ronglai's slightly coquettish complaint caused the intruder to shoot directly into the heart of the injured man, and the bullets that continued to shoot made the blood spurted by the dead intruder stain the clothes of the intruder who was controlled by Bai Ronglai.
This unexpected and unimaginable situation froze the audience as much as the intruder.
"Catch the gangsters!" The prepared Zhongli Baiyi let out a loud shout, and the members of the joint security team on both sides of the venue simultaneously cast magic to block all their resistance.
"Are you alright, President?" After the dust settled, the "fan group" stepped forward in unison and anxiously asked about Bai Ronglai's injury.
"It's totally fine!" Bai Ronglai's bright smile made everyone who was lucky enough to see this scene smile sluggishly, "That's great!" ”
"Then again, the situation has become serious, what should I do next?" Bai Ronglai looked up at Zhongli Baiyi, who was always standing on the edge of the stage.
"Is President Bai asking me?" Zhongli Baiyi pointed at himself in surprise.
"Of course, I've stepped down, and you're a member of the student council!" Bai Ronglai said as a matter of course, "Whether you want to escape or drive away, you must first deal with the enemy at the main gate." But Shangguan is there, the main gate should be fine! ”
Hearing Bai Ronglai's words, Zhongli Baiyi's face was ugly, and he couldn't hide his chaotic emotions, leaving only one sentence, "I want to ask Shangguan." He hurried to the back of the stage. Because he was the chief writer of the presentation, he put the information terminal there before he took the stage.
"Oh, what should I do now?"
Hearing this, the coquettish voice that was so black that there was no affection for it, the corners of Bai Ronglai's mouth twitched and he almost couldn't keep his smile, "President Ouyang, isn't the truth in front of you?" ”
"President Bai, President Ouyang, it's better for us to get out of here as soon as possible. Whatever their ultimate goal, the primary goal should be to kill or kidnap students with excellent magical skills. Zhongli Baiyi, who had finished contacting Shangguan Haohui, quickly stepped forward and saluted slightly, conveying Shangguan Haohui's advice.
As soon as Zhongli Baiyi's words fell, an even more intense explosion sounded, and one after another screams and angry scolding were chaotically intertwined, converging into an indescribable sound that tortured everyone's nerves. (To be continued.) )