April 22, Earth time

Otherworldly time: 4.22 sunny

During the day, I strolled through the streets, and in the past few decades I have watched the quiet and comfortable town I live in turn into a busy city, even if I am still a teenager when I return, I can't stand the swiftness and ruthlessness of the passage of time, and I am once again destroyed into an old man.

Passing by a high school, I saw the children carrying school bags full of books or other toys to pass the time, and I couldn't help but think of the day when Yaoguang and I first entered Hall Wolf Academy, so I walked into the park and sat in the pavilion, listening to the sound of the leaves in the wind, the chirping of birds, and the sound of my own heartbeat.

This comfort, with the fresh air, with the same old steps as me, recalls that time.

To be honest, although I have been with her for most of my life, I have to say that no matter what clothes she wears, she can arouse the affection and shyness in my heart, not to mention that I have never seen her in a school uniform, after all, the two of us only met each other after entering social work.

"How? Is it good-looking? Yaoguang also blushed a little and showed himself in front of me in school uniform.

"Hmm" I nodded a little flusteredly, deliberately avoiding my gaze and not looking at her. Aside from Yaoguang's appearance, the throbbing in my heart that this familiar and strange person in front of me can bring to me makes me want to calm down.

Black canvas shoes, black stockings, a plaid skirt and a black blazer with the same coat of arms, accentuating the white shirt and bow tie on the chest.

I've only seen this kind of scene in the manga, and I'm a little surprised to see it with my own eyes.

"Yes" she nodded with some satisfaction: "I don't know how school life is going yet, I didn't sleep much last night because I was excited."

"Yes, to be honest, I'm looking forward to it like you, but it's anticipation, it's not okay if you don't have a good rest."

"Well, to be honest, I haven't been to school much before, so even if it's a mission, I hope to have a good time," I heard her whisper, which made me feel a little bitter.

"Well, it will"

Both of us carried backpacks, and since we hadn't been students in a long time, we were a little unfamiliar with the backpacks and the books inside.

"Shall we go then?" Yaoguang's eyes flashed with impatient stars.

"Hmm" After I nodded, she took her hand and led her out of the portal.

Since the exact location of the investigation team needs to be kept secret, opening the portal with a teleportation crystal is the best and fastest way to get us close to campus.

However, on the other side of the portal, there will be members of the investigation team to eliminate hidden dangers and respond in advance, so that the whole process will go smoothly.

But it didn't affect the excitement of the girl in front of me in the slightest.

Although the harsh sunlight made my eyes unaccustomed to it for a moment as soon as we exited the portal, the fresh air proved to us once again that we were out there at this moment. And it was in my ears that I heard the intermittent rumbling and steam sound coming from nowhere and from a distance, although it was not loud, not even as loud as the sound of human speech, but the subtle sense of rhythm still made me pay attention.

It was Lao Liang who answered us, and when he saw us coming out, he didn't pay attention to the surroundings anymore, and greeted us: "How do you feel?" ”

"Okay" I didn't look around carefully, after all, the first thing I saw when I came out was Lao Liang.

"This is the outer part of the city of Steel City, and the college is located nearby."

"Oh, and what's that slight rumble and steam?"

"Oh, that's, that's the sound of the furnace forging in the Steel City City, after all, the Steel City, as the first city in Xia to be jointly established with the Western world, always has to learn some things from the Western world, so it is the sound that is used to provide the equipment to make those things, and it is also the original place when the Steel City was established, even this school is the same" Lao Liang himself may not have noticed it, but I still heard the solemnity in his tone and the seriousness behind it.

"What are those things?" I wondered what was going on.

He was just stunned, smiled at me and waved his hand: "It's nothing, it's just to make some building materials needed for steel cities and transport related metal products to other places, because we are much later than the Western world in this regard, so we have put a lot of effort into the technical things, and the furnace is also non-stop day and night, we are used to hearing this kind of sound for a long time" He smiled awkwardly.

I didn't pursue the truth he deliberately concealed, after all, if it has nothing to do with me, I don't know, more things are better than less, I am such a character. But the connection with the school makes me have to pay attention to this.

"By the way, Lao Liang, do you know what this is for?" I pulled the metal card out of my pocket.

"Oh, this, of course" Lao Liang didn't show anything unusual, it seemed that he should be a very accustomed ordinary thing.

"You know?"

"Well, this is called a battle card, it is something jointly developed by Steel City and some top qi masters, and it also has a certain auxiliary effect on the battle of qi masters."

"Do you know how to use this?"

"Haha, I'm sorry, time is running out now, the time for enrollment is almost up, I can't explain it to you, but the school will help you explain, do you have anything else to ask?"

I shook my head: "It's gone" It seems that this card that makes me suspicious at night may not really be too important, maybe it's like Lao Liang said, auxiliary combat, but I haven't touched it before.

But come to think of it, since I came to this world, I have basically only spent the first seventeen years in the village, and although there is a learned teacher who can talk about many things, after all, he has never seen the real thing, and he has never understood how big this world is.

Thinking about these seventeen years, what is the difference between the decadent youth of my previous life and the time consumed.

"Shall we go then?" Yaoguang, who was already unable to hold back beside me, kept staring at the school city under the mountain.

"Of course, we will send someone to observe secretly, so don't worry, of course we will only observe the part of our mission" The rigor with which Lao Liang and Hong Lao spoke made me impeccable, and there was no room for objection.

Of course, I can't tolerate anyone snooping on my privacy.

"Since we're all here, let's enjoy our time at school, we have other things to do, so let's go first"

"Hmm"

"Then what are we waiting for" Before I could react, Yaoguang took my wrist again and ran towards the school city down the mountain.

"Slow down, don't rush" and I could only persuade helplessly from behind.

In fact, the school is not far from us, from the mountain to see that the area of the school is very large, like a small city, close to the only to know, it turned out to be really big, and what surprised me is that the school is surrounded by a hundred meters high city wall, the closed red city gate and the thick and tall city wall around it isolate us from the small, but also seem to isolate the outside world, the city wall is built with the city gate tower of the ancient Chinese style of the East.

There was a plaque on the gate of the city wall with the words "Hallwolf College" written in gold, and the name of this college and the oriental-style architecture made me feel embarrassed that it did not match. However, since it is a Sino-Western peace office, it can only acquiesce to this style.

"Wow, is this the school? It's a little different from what I imagined" Although Yaoguang's tone was full of surprise, at least there was no disappointment.

"Well, it's different, but the name of the school that doesn't match the city wall in front of me is already beyond my expectations," I agreed.

Suddenly, a clear and huge image of a gray-robed man was suddenly projected on the plaque, which is projection technology according to the technology on the earth, but there is no technology point in this area on the technology tree of this world, so it must be what the plaque has done to show this effect.

Because it is a video thrown at us, it always gives me an invisible sense of oppression: the indifferent voice of the "name" image is like asking a prisoner.

"Yaoguang"

"Beidou"

As soon as he finished speaking, a blue light suddenly appeared next to the figure, sweeping the badge tattooed on his clothes.

"Huh?" The figure let out a startled sound.

"Is there anything wrong??" I asked rhetorically.

"Hey, hey, it's us" The gray-robed figure suddenly changed to a boyish voice, and turned behind him, as if talking to the person behind him.

Yaoguang and I gave each other a strange look, and it was clear that both of us were aware of the problem. If I'm not mistaken, the deep voice must have done something, and everything in front of me, my gut tells me, is just a prank, we were all lied to, but I don't have proof yet, either wait until he shows himself, or let me try.

"Really? How so? I'll take a look" The same surprised voice came from behind the gray robe: "I'll go, won't I, there will be someone coming to our department?!" ”

"No, I haven't heard of anyone who wants to enter our department, let alone two transfer students"

"It must be that your kid is lazy and runs to sleep again, so the information will be leaked"

"What's the matter, it's not that you asked me to move props a few days ago, flashed my waist, and caused me to rest for a few days, and I still feel vaguely sore."

"Isn't it just a few broken boxes, as for it? Are you still a man? The girl's tone grew disgruntled.

"Do you call those more than 10-ton containers broken boxes? Thanks to Lao Tzu's cultivation, otherwise even his mother's livestock would not be able to move" The boy was also a little unhappy.

"I said you guys are arguing, it's almost time for us to let in, right?" It's not that I don't want to continue to listen to them exposing themselves there, it's just that I've been standing with Yaoguang for so long, and I really don't have time to waste here.

"Damn, I forgot about them" The boy who was only arguing with the girl was obviously messed up, but he turned his head again, and still looked down at us gloomily, but I can't feel the oppression now: "Ahem, although it looks like a student of our academy, I still need to check and verify your identity, you all have your ID cards with you, right?" ”。

"It's this" Yaoguang took out the identity card from his pocket, this kind of card is similar to the ID card on the earth, recording the information of the students, and at the same time being endowed with qi, as long as it is in the school, the required expenses and related identity certificates can be completed with the identity card, similar to the card on the earth.

It's just that I didn't expect that the cards on the earth that require technology to be realized are being realized here with gas.

The user first engraves his own gas on the identity card, and then the gas will activate the memory crystal in the card, which is the material found by the inventors of the Steel City, combining Western technology and Eastern gas to make such a small card, and the monster card given to me is a reason, favored by the conditional city, and the introduction of technology from the Steel City to continue in-depth development, which is also one of the characteristics and functions of the Steel City.

Of course, this level of qi is only called spiritual energy, not Dacheng's divine qi, or even the immortal qi on the earth.

The light blue light on the ID card shows the basic information related to our enrollment, name, department, grade, student number, and gender.

"Damn, it's really our department, what should I do, senior sister?" The gray-robed boy couldn't sit still, and continued to look back behind him.

"I said you're a nerd, you're a nerd, isn't this all exposed, forget it, I'll come, you take care of the wind for me, don't wait for the old demon to come back" The girl complained and gave the boy an order.

"Damn, can I be blamed for this? It's rare to have a newcomer, and it can't make me happy and happy" Although the boy was aggrieved, it was also a tough riposte.

"Okay, okay, stop the ink, hurry over, I'll talk to them" Finally, out of the darkness behind the boy, a girl dressed in the same school uniform as us came out.

The girl sat in front of the screen, her long black hair was naturally draped over her shoulders, her black and white eyes were clear and transparent, her nose bridge was slightly upturned and her peach-colored lips were born with the unique appearance of an oriental woman.

It's not that the appearance is outstanding, but the dress and the temperament revealed are eye-catching.

"I said, what are you guys doing? Can you let us in? Otherwise, I will miss the entrance ceremony" I asked a little impatiently, to be honest, standing here for a long time, even if I have a good temper, I can't tolerate wasting time here.

"We just want to give the new students in the Western Department a dismount, who would have thought that you would be from our department, the ceremony is not in a hurry, each department has its own ceremony, I will open the door for you, come in and talk" After the girl finished speaking, she saw her hand stretched to the side and there seemed to be a switch, and then the picture suddenly disappeared, and the door in front of us slammed and slowly opened.

A fierce wind blew from the inside of our clothes, and when I subconsciously held my forehead to block my view and was swept by the wind, I saw two figures, a man and a woman, standing in the open doorway.

"Come in," the girl beckoned to us.

I looked at Yaoguang: "Let's go"

"Hmm," she stared at the two men inside the door in the same confusion.

We walked up to them, and only then did I see the appearance of a tall boy on the side, with short black hair, not handsome, but quite gentle, and some dull eye sockets made people feel that he was a little tired: "What are you guys doing?" I glanced at the two troublemakers and finally looked at the girl who was also looking at me.

"Hahaha, it's nothing, as I just said, we originally just planned to give some distraction to the new students of the Western Department" The girl smiled apologetically: "By the way, I haven't introduced myself yet, I'm Lingyin from the second grade, and this kid next to me is Wang Hao from the first grade"

I saw that the boy next to me was also apologetic and embarrassed, and I knew that the senior sister in front of me called Suzune was planning to turn over what had just happened.

I wasn't so unapproachable, and I just introduced myself again: "Beidou" stretched out his palm to the side again: "Yaoguang, we are all first-year transfer students"

After getting to know each other briefly, Ling Yin said, "Since you are from our department, then I will let him take you to the teacher's office first" and looked at Wang Hao on the side.

"Why is this kind of thing always handed over to me," Wang Hao looked sad.

"What, do you have an opinion?" Suzune glared at him.

Wang Hao hurriedly waved his hand and smiled: "How dare you, how dare you"

Ling Yin soothed his brows: "It's pretty much the same, you take them to see, I have other things to do, remember, take them to the first floor of the department dormitory in the afternoon and wait for me"

"Okay, good" Wang Hao's face was full of reluctance, but he smiled at us kindly: "Come with me, I'll take you to the office first"

I watched these two living treasures finally end their fight and get to the point, so I thought about immediately doing the idle business of enrollment: "Then trouble you"

We parted from the gate, Wang Hao led us towards the center, and Suzune walked to the east.

I was able to see the whole campus when I entered the gate.

The first thing that catches your eye is the smooth stone brick road under your feet, the flower ponds and vegetation trees on both sides open up the road to the center, because there is still a sense of spring, so the lush young leaves and fresh flowers are very vigorous in the early morning sun, and at the end is a huge Western-style minaret-shaped bell tower towering above the trees, the hour and minute hands on the dial stop at 7:10, the second hand slowly rotates, the most conspicuous and prominent, and under the bell tower is a square and white painted nine-storey simple staff building.

"The front is the staff room, the teaching buildings on both sides, the western school district on the west, and the school district of our world on the east, which are the two major learning directions in the school, after all, the resources are limited, so each student can only choose one direction to study and further study" Wang Hao led the way while introducing the basic situation of the school.

I glanced to the left, and I saw the 100-meter-high vertical Gothic-style square building, with its black-painted spires and wood-brown floors, and the stained glass on each window combined to three flowers in a triangular position.

"The top one is the wind and rain flower, the lower left is the wild wisp chrysanthemum, the lower right is the daisy, the flower language is a strong will, wisdom, life and strength, and it is also the badge of the three departments of the Western Department, but there are only two departments of learning in the real sense, the wild wisp chrysanthemum is the badge of the magic department, majoring in magic-related knowledge, the daisy is the badge of the lion's heart system, it is the department of cultivating knights, and the wind and rain flower is their common badge and symbol" Seeing my stop and look up, Wang Hao began to explain to us, and I was also listening, Then he continued: "But this is just a symbolic badge, there are other badges in their respective departments, that is the real symbol of their lineage, and I will know it later."

I nodded, seeing that the building had already blocked the back, and I couldn't continue looking, so I turned my head to look to the right.

However, the right side also really amazed me.

Unlike the West, the Oriental School District is first and foremost the gate that stands in front of it, I can't read the words on the plaque, but I can see the winding stone corridor inside, with ponds on both sides, potted plants, and pavilions for resting, and I can see that at the end of the corridor is a city gate separated by a city wall more than ten meters high.

"Don't look at it, the school in our department is still in the innermost, and it is different from the Western Department, you can't see it here" Wang Hao looked proud when he said this.

I nodded, and looked at Yaoguang, who was already excited: "I'm sorry to disturb you, but we should continue to go."

"Okay," Yaoguang followed me excitedly. I also noticed that she had been in a good mood since she heard about school, and I didn't want to disturb her mood, and at the same time, I hoped that she would be happy in the future.

There is nothing special in the staff building, simple and convenient, the east and west teachers are located on different floors, so it is easy to find the office we belong to, I also know that the teachers here are only responsible for administration, and do not teach us classes, Wang Hao told us that the real teacher building is within the department school district, so we just simply went through the relevant admission procedures, Wang Hao couldn't wait to take us out of the staff building.

"This is only for those big people who come to visit the school or for administration, and the place we are going to next is the place of daily life and learning," Wang Hao said, and Wang Hao took us towards the Oriental Department.

"Going straight to the department and not visiting the whole college?" Yaoguang asked Wang Hao puzzled.

"No, the Western Department is all neurotic, and they don't want the Eastern Department to enter, if it weren't for the regulations of the academy, they would have set up an enchantment a long time ago, but that's how they also set up a secret whistle, looking at the calm outside, in fact, they are all observing behind the scenes who has stepped into their school district, those people have brain problems, if anyone from the Eastern Department touches the line, they will start fighting without saying a word, the competition will be held in the near future, they are even more powerful, I don't want to touch that moldy head" Wang Hao waved his hand.

I frowned, thinking to myself that there wasn't a hint of hostility here. Looking at Yaoguang's somewhat regretful expression, she couldn't help but smile evilly, it was rare that she was in a good mood, this was the first time she touched the ashes? "By the way, Wang Hao, you said the competition, what is it?" ”

He smiled meaningfully: "Well, you'll know when you officially enroll."

"Don't sell it, tell me"

"Don't say it, you'll know sooner or later, as early as the afternoon"

"Then what kind of appetite do you hang with me?"

"I'm just asking you to keep it a little bit mysterious and fresh, so it will be more interesting to talk about it, but like you, it's the first time I've participated, so you'll know when the time comes."

I saw that he would not let go, so I stopped asking, "Okay, let's go to the school's place"

"That's right, you'll know then, let's go first," he repeated again, but before he finished his follow-up words, suddenly, the whole campus only heard a loud explosion, and the three of us were stunned in place, and the heat wave rushed to our whole body, shocking me at the same time, I looked in the direction of the explosion, it turned out to be the school district we were going to walk into later, the school district in the east, near the school district gate at this moment, thick black smoke was rising.