Chapter Thirty-Six: Regret Afterwards

  *Sigh*... He put away the card in his hand, and lay down on the sofa. After a glance at the clock, it seemed that only less than three hours had passed since he left...

  It is also possible on the second day or the third day.

  Let's take a break and go out for a bit, he yawned, and the nine souls directly narrowed their eyes. He had never been so weak before, and his soul body had become quite dull. Lying on the sofa, if you didn't look carefully, it was hard to see that there was actually a ghost lying on top of him.

  No matter what, this time's experience will definitely make him feel uncomfortable for a long time.

  Paralyzed... Give me five more seconds! No, three seconds!

  The next day.

  "It's really only been three hours, huh." After checking the time on his wristwatch, Kaito thoroughly confirmed how much time had passed in this world. It seemed necessary to get an electronic watch that could record dates at the mysterious shop.

  Glancing at the dense red dots on his wristwatch, Jiǔ Mìng shook his head. It had only been a short while, yet several of the small red dots were already gone.

  The scope of student internships is limited, even if the place is very large, this watch is specially made for them to find, and it will not appear that kind of signal is no longer in service area situation.

  "What the fuck!? What's going on!?" Jiǔ Mìng's eyes suddenly widened, and a red dot on his watch suddenly disappeared!!

  There are at least several dozen of them, and this is only the signal captured by his watch. The students from other colleges are not included. What happened!?

  At the same time, those other hidden external aids furrowed their brows, the signal disappeared too mysteriously, and it was instantaneous that a large piece disappeared. What kind of existence can instantly solve so many students? And there is no huge movement at all.

  "What the fuck!" Wang Hai's eyes were wide with shock, and even the teachers from other colleges had a "what the hell" expression on their faces. This kind of situation had never been heard of before, an entire large area of signal sources was wiped out in an instant... If they all died, the death toll would be at least over 500...

  Who can take this responsibility? Even if this year's internship is much harder, the number of deaths is so high that everyone present should give an account.

  "Don't be in a hurry, there should be some kind of interference..." Li Ruiming wiped the cold sweat that had suddenly appeared on his head earlier. "The scope is too large, even if it's a nuclear strike, there will be a big commotion, but this time it was silent."

  His words made everyone present breathe a sigh of relief, as almost everyone had been on edge just now.

  A large number of students' signal sources disappeared, which was quickly reported to the head of this temporary camp. The head took decisive action and immediately ordered a temporary suspension of training to search for the missing students who had lost their signal sources.

  "Alright, let's not say anything else. Those of you who have found hidden external help that can be notified should also mobilize them. This internship will be suspended for now."

  The camp leader furrowed his brow tightly, knowing that the difficulty of training had increased. In recent years, the strength of the alien beasts had risen more than in previous years, and human strength training could not fall behind. Otherwise, the already unstable balance would tilt, resulting in this year's sudden increase in training difficulty, which would happen every year from now on.

  This place is like this, other places are also like this.

  What a misfortune, why did it have to happen in his area of responsibility! The boss's face was very bad, and the people present didn't dare to raise an eyebrow, they could understand his mood. Now quickly finding someone is the key.

  "What is this......?" Hurriedly rushed to the area where the red dots disappeared in large numbers, and as soon as he arrived, Jiǔ Mìng felt his soul body being squeezed, just like the water pressure in deep water. The display screen of the wristwatch in his hand also fluctuated violently, and finally flashed a few times with extreme instability, and the screen went out directly.

  Uh, it seems like something's gone wrong...

  Not only Jiǔ Mìng, but also other hidden external aids that entered here discovered this point. They decisively threw away the useless wristwatch in their hands and continued to search deeper for people. Those who hesitated temporarily observed for a while.

  After retreating a distance, the nine lives were completely confirmed, and it was indeed broken. Once out of that area, this watch had no use either.

  Throwing this thing away, Jiǔ Mìng no longer hesitated and directly entered this area. There were no signs of massive destruction here, and the abnormality of the watch also proved that those disappearing red dots had simply lost their signal.

  It must be some kind of incredibly strong electromagnetic interference.

  It was a very strong one, the nine-life soul body felt unnatural when acting here, unlike others who had a physical body as a barrier for their souls. He was the most intuitive to be affected by the abnormality of this area.

  A burst of electric current sounded, and a faint layer of electricity passed over the surface of Jiǔ Mìng's body. The sealed card that was sandwiched between his fingers slowly faded away and disappeared. With this layer of obstruction gone, the discomfort on Jiǔ Mìng's body dissipated.

  As the store manager, he has the advantage of using this "Defective Electricity" sealed card only temporarily loading it onto himself, unlike others, once used, unless the nine lives "transaction" is stripped again, it will not be restored to a card state.

  The rules for sealed cards are unlimited in Jiǔ Mìng's hands, but one-time use in others' hands. The difference between the shopkeeper and the customer is that Jiǔ Mìng doesn't need to permanently grant himself the ability of sealed cards.

  It's not necessary at all, as long as he has this card in his hand, it's the same as having a permanent grasp of this ability. Greed is not good, and Nine Lives is already very satisfied with its own combat capabilities. The rest of the external abilities are used without being handy, and they are treated as an extra auxiliary.

  "Ignorance is bliss." The nine lives felt a lot more at ease after seeing a group of students, and indeed the signal had simply disappeared, with no harm done to people, or rather most people. Now this group of students was standing in the distance, looking somewhat at a loss. The strong interference that could render a watch useless had little effect on humans, but that didn't mean they wouldn't discover anything.

  "Yang Weiyu, shall we leave this place first?" One of the students in the group said to the boy next to him.

  “……It's just some abnormal interference, who knows what kind of strange object might be born. Yang Weiyu hesitated for a moment, his words were normal, it's not like there aren't any strange objects born from nature, especially in those high-energy crystal mines, apart from the normal high-energy crystals, there will also be a 'variant' type, those can also be used as high-energy crystals, but unless you're brain-dead, nobody would do that!

  Those variant high-energy crystals have a certain amplification effect on the abilities of ability users, who would still use this kind of thing as a consumable!?

  Even a prodigal son wouldn't do something like this!

  "What's going on!?" Yang Zhiyu's words also moved the other students.

  "...The nine lives hiding in the dark rubbed his cheek, do you still plan to go through a treasure hunt experience? However, thinking of his own identity, Jiu Ming didn't dare to take the initiative to come out either."

  "What if we encounter danger..." Some people in the group also had a worried attitude towards this action. Generally speaking, even if such treasures were born, there would be some powerful guardians around them, most of which were exotic beasts.

  "Danger? Internships are also dangerous, how can you become a strong person if you're always afraid of this and that?" Yang Weiyu glanced at him disdainfully, "Don't forget that after the internship ends, university life is even more difficult. It's better to accumulate some credits now, so you can get more benefits when you advance!"

  Good students should be treated better than ordinary ones, this applies everywhere, so Yang Zhiyu's words are not groundless.

  Everything experienced during an internship will more or less affect one's graduation credits.

  As for danger, he was a bit worried in his heart, but he also knew another inside story. There might be an unknown existence lurking around them right now...

  As it turned out, he was indeed deceived, and Jiuming was squatting right here.

  "If you're afraid, you can quit now." Without saying much more, thinking that the longer they delayed, the more likely it was that someone else would get to the 'strange object' first, Yang Weiyu couldn't wait any longer and directly used the method of parting ways.

  Don't you want to go? Okay, no need to force it, if you don't want to go then leave.

  Students, after encountering some things, couldn't bear the shame. Seeing that most people in the group didn't intend to leave, the remaining few also gave up on leaving. Isn't treasure hunting dangerous? And isn't internship also dangerous?

  "Maybe there really is treasure?" Rubbing his head, looking at the team that had already started moving, Jiǔ Mìng quietly followed up, wealth and riches move people's hearts, if there really is some kind of treasure, when the time comes to rush over, one or two shameless hidden external aids will appear, these students can handle it.

  After all, Jiǔ Mìng still doesn't understand quite a few things about this world... Ah, treasures, being able to trigger such a large-scale intense disturbance, can't help but say it's that kind of awesome thing... Of course, if it's an exotic beast, tsk tsk.

  Risks and opportunities coexist.

  As a mysterious merchant with integrity, Jiǔ Mìng would never do something as blatant as robbery. However, if some students were to find something, it's best to just let them have it - after all, it's not yours to begin with. But what if they were to obtain that certain something and then encounter life-threatening danger? If I were to save your lives, what would you be willing to pay in return?

  For some reason, the people in Yang Weiyu's team shivered one after another.

  Those outside the Death Forest also acted quickly, and soon news came back from that area. As everyone breathed a sigh of relief, they couldn't help but quicken their pace.

  When such a situation occurs, it's either some rare treasure is born or a powerful monster somehow appears here. Neither of which is good news for the students there.