Chapter 32 : Chapter 32
Chapter 32: If You Still Won’t Let Me Out, People Are Going to Die Out There!
When Xia Qing saw that Qin Cheng had even taken out his spear, her face paled in shock, and she hurriedly explained, “He’s Ye Ze, a student from our academy, not a bad person!”
Qin Cheng was a little helpless as well. Putting away his weapon, he looked at Zhou Huahua and said, “They’re just a bunch of high school students. How dangerous could they be?”
Zhou Huahua seriously suspected that something had gone wrong with her mental perception, because that sensation had only lasted for a single instant.
In the end, she stopped dwelling on it and took her seat with Qin Cheng.
At that moment, the high-speed train was already heading toward Qingfeng City...
For most of the students, this was their first time leaving Linyuan City, so they were all in high spirits.
Some gathered together to play games, while others leaned by the windows to admire the scenery.
As the teacher leading the group, Xia Qing looked out at the land ahead and could not help feeling worried.
“We’re almost at the wasteland region. We’re not going to run into any beasts, are we?”
As a non-combat Class User, Xia Qing did not have much experience leaving the city, so her unease was only natural.
Captain Qin Cheng of the Guard Unit laughed. “Don’t worry.”
“After all, we’re riding a high-speed train. Most beasts are still very afraid of this kind of transport, so they won’t come anywhere near it.”
“Our Guard Unit is only here as a precaution. Under normal circumstances, nothing will happen...”
Before he could finish speaking, everyone pitched forward at once, while the sounds of bodies colliding mixed with the sharp scream of emergency braking.
“SCREEECH—”
Fortunately, the train was nowhere near as fast as the ones from Ye Ze’s previous life. Otherwise, the consequences would have been unimaginable.
“What happened?”
Countless students struggled to sit back up. Some had even suffered minor injuries, and panicked noise immediately broke out all around them.
Ye Ze’s rare moment of rest had been interrupted, and golden arcs leaped within his pupils.
Suddenly, a cry of alarm came from the front:
“Damn! Th-that thing is huge!”
“Ironclad Rhinoceros! Wind Wolves, giant pythons! Is this a dungeon...?”
Several students stared at the scene outside, their voices and even their legs trembling.
At those words, Qin Cheng and Zhou Huahua immediately looked outside, and their expressions changed drastically!
There were dozens of beasts of all kinds, mixed in with several magical beasts. Some of them were even Level 30!
Yes, most beasts were afraid of high-speed trains.
But any beast that was not afraid of a high-speed train was definitely no ordinary creature!
“What exactly is going on?”
“Why are so many different species of beasts launching an attack at the same time!”
The beasts of the wasteland almost never obeyed the commands of other species.
Let alone fight side by side with magical beasts...
A situation like today’s could have had an entire page devoted to it in a textbook!
A thought suddenly struck Qin Cheng, and he roared, “Why has the train stopped? Keep going!”
At that moment, a red alarm flashed across the train’s ceiling:
【Stonearmored Beast detected ahead. Unable to continue!】
【Stonearmored Beast detected ahead. Unable to continue!】
Zhou Huahua frowned tightly, realizing just how serious the problem was.
“They even know how to block our path!”
If the high-speed train rammed into a Stonearmored Beast, the Stonearmored Beast would die, but the entire train would be overturned as well.
Qin Cheng made a split-second decision. “All Guard Unit members, with me! Get off the train!”
“All students, do not move!”
“Contact the nearby city defense forces or the Demon Suppression Army immediately!”
That last sentence was directed at Xia Qing.
A moment later, Qin Cheng, Zhou Huahua, and more than a dozen second-rank Guard Unit members all got off the train.
This was Xia Qing’s first time leading students out during her internship, and she had already run into a minor beast tide. Panic showed on her face as she hurriedly picked up her phone...
Ye Ze activated Eye of Insight and looked out the window.
Through the dim blur of the night, what looked like an army made of beasts came surging toward them.
Flame Giant Lizards, Ironclad Rhinoceroses, Gale Wolves, Earthsplit Boar Kings, Demon Pythons... most of them were beasts above Level 15!
“These days, even the beasts won’t stay in line...” Ye Ze muttered.
By then, the members of Qingfeng City’s Guard Unit had already begun fighting the beasts.
The Guard Unit was an independent armed force belonging to each city, and its strength was far from weak.
Under the leadership of the two third-rank captains, they had already blocked the first wave of the beast tide!
“Ye Ze, stay here and don’t move. I’m going to calm the other students down!”
Xia Qing’s voice came from beside him.
Although Xia Qing was not a combat Class User and did not have much battlefield experience, she was still a teacher, even if only an intern.
In a situation like this, she had to step forward and steady those students who were panicking and liable to do something foolish.
In fact, a group of hot-blooded boys had just wanted to form a team and go outside to fight the beasts, and Liu Qi was among them.
But after seeing the tank-like Ironclad Rhinoceros, their faces went pale, and none of them dared step out of the train.
The gap was simply too great.
This was not a dungeon. If they went outside and got hit even once, they would really die!
But after hearing Xia Qing’s words, Ye Ze merely shook his head.
Xia Qing immediately grew anxious, her delicate brows knitting together. “Ye Ze, at a time like this, can you please stop being stubborn?”
Her tone hardened a little as she tried to restrain Ye Ze with a teacher’s authority.
Unfortunately, she was the kind of quiet, gentle beauty whose soft voice carried no intimidation at all, even when she tried to sound stern.
“Teacher Xia, listen to me first.”
Ye Ze smiled sincerely and pointed out the window.
“If you still won’t let me out, people are going to die out there!”
...
A few students kept watching the battle outside, and at this moment their faces were utterly bloodless.
The second wave of the beast tide had brought six Level 25 Elite-grade beasts, along with two magical beasts of the same level!
With a spear in hand and vital force surging through him, Qin Cheng fought four enemies by himself, but other beasts still broke through the rear line...
Ye Ze followed Xia Qing into the corridor of the carriage.
Even Xia Qing did not know why she believed Ye Ze. Perhaps she was a little frightened herself, and after being moved by his calmness and confidence, she instinctively wanted him beside her to bolster her courage.
When the students in the carriage saw their teacher, they calmed down a little.
But the beasts outside were anything but calm. A shattering sound rang out from beyond the train as the beasts broke through the defensive line set up by the Mentalist.
Inside the Summoned Beast Space, the Crimson-Eyed Mantis had long since become restless.
But Ye Ze did not dare release the mantis on its own.
He was honestly a little afraid. He feared that once the mantis went out, it might casually slaughter the Guard Unit members along with the beasts.
Given how murderous the mantis was now, that would be no more than an effortless afterthought if no one restrained it.
Just as Ye Ze was about to step out through the train door, he found that the one guarding outside it was the Mentalist Zhou Huahua.
“Get back!”
Zhou Huahua shouted anxiously.
Ye Ze saw that two Level 25 Elite-grade Stonearmored Beasts were charging straight at them!
At Zhou Huahua’s level, dodging the attack herself would not have been a problem, but behind her was a train carriage packed full of high school students.
And now, there was Ye Ze as well...
“Ye Ze!”
Xia Qing cried out, and a trace of arcane light flashed through her eyes at the same time.
A deep-blue Arcane Shield enveloped Ye Ze.
This was one of the Scholar class’s only two combat skills, and also Xia Qing’s only defensive skill. This was all she could do.
Then, in the very next moment, a black-and-white figure appeared.
A stream of inner force, gentle as a breeze, swept past and shot straight toward the two charging Stonearmored Beasts.
【Taiji - Grasp the Sparrow’s Tail】!
BOOM—!
The two Stonearmored Beasts were smashed into the ground in a single strike and instantly killed!
【Stonearmored Beast killed. Experience +225!】
【Stonearmored Beast killed. Experience +225!】
【Level: 7 (3280/4300)】