July 18th, the opening ceremony was held.
The new students all gathered in the auditorium. Dean Zhou Qinfeng gave a speech of welco from the stage, while Lecturers from other departnts stood on either side.
The students weren't very interested in Zhou Qinfeng's formalities; more of them were whispering among themselves while looking at Guan Tong.
"I ca to the academy specifically to study under Lecturer Shi Jingyi, but they actually replaced her. This is unbearable."
"Right. It seems she really did follow through on her words and went to participate in the earthquake relief operations. Otherwise, she wouldn't have gotten injured and needed to recuperate."
"Does anyone know anything about this new substitute Lecturer?"
"The introduction on the official website has very little information. We only know his na is Guan Tong. Is he an outstanding graduate from the previous class?"
"I asked a senior from the previous class who attended every single 'Mind Power Flow' lecture. He said he never saw this person in class last year."
"Before coming here, I studied online courses for half a year to build a solid foundation. If this substitute Lecturer isn't up to par, we'll have to file a complaint with the academy."
Most of the students' whispers were related to Guan Tong. It wasn't because he was the only new Lecturer, but because the course he was responsible for was very important, a required course, so it received the highest level of attention.
After the enrollnt ceremony ended, classes would officially begin the next day.
However, besides the courses, the students were also paying attention to the new Doomsday Rule.
The next rule would be announced on August 1st, with just over ten days left. Everyone was feeling a bit worried.
The reason was purely the massive psychological shadow left on everyone by the rule 【Earth Dragon Rolls Over】.
If another rule with such destructive power ca, humanity might truly be unable to withstand it.
So now, everyone was praying inwardly that the next rule would be a non-survival type rule, giving human society more breathing room.
Guan Tong left the auditorium, walked out of the school gate, and circled around to a secluded, uninhabited spot before activating Body Swap.
In the next mont, his body appeared inside the shelter.
"ow!"
The mont Coal Ball saw him appear, it imdiately cried out and pounced on him.
Ever since this little guy ate that piece of 【Demon Monster Flesh】, as ti passed, its body had grown much larger. Its fur had beco even darker and shinier, and its claws and teeth had beco more solid and sharp.
If soone else saw it now at first glance, their first reaction definitely wouldn't be that it was a black cat; it looked more like a small black leopard.
Guan Tong played with Coal Ball for a while. Over these past days, he had been constantly observing to see if the side effect of the 【Demon Monster Flesh】, naly "personality becoming manic and aggressive," had manifested in it over ti.
However, from the looks of it now, almost two months had passed, and Coal Ball hadn't shown any aggression towards him.
What surprised him even more was that it seed even more "sensible" than before.
That's right. Coal Ball used to occasionally hiss at him before, but ever since its body started changing, up until now, it hadn't hissed at him again.
Guan Tong guessed that its intelligence might have also improved sowhat, allowing it to recognize that he, its owner, ant it no harm. As a result, it actually behaved more affectionately than before.
"I'll take you out for a walk later," Guan Tong said, patting Coal Ball's head before sitting down at the computer desk.
He logged into the Ascendant Ho website. Now, with networks gradually being restored across the country, the website's traffic had recovered sowhat.
But returning to the level before the earthquake disaster was impossible.
After all, the dead could not be brought back to life. Many accounts would probably never log in again.
Guan Tong opened the Commissions section. He had previously posted two. One was a bounty for the identity information of "Big Sister," and the other was searching for an Ascendant with healing abilities.
After Shi Jingyi went to the recuperation facility, he withdrew the second commission. The first one was still posted, and there were already many comnts below it.
"So this 'Big Sister' is the mastermind behind the kidnapping plot. What kind of person is she to have such influence?"
"Is Shadow still alive?"
"I also thought Shadow died in the epicenter area..."
"Support righteous revenge!"
"Didn't you cooperate with the authorities? Didn't the authorities help investigate?"
Guan Tong looked through the comnts. No one had provided any leads.
He then opened the private ssage interface and saw that Zhang Minglu had sent him a ssage a few days ago.
He clicked to open it. It was precisely news related to "Big Sister."
His spirits lifted, and he read it carefully.
"Big Sister is a traitor hidden within the ranks and has been identified. Currently, she has gone into hiding, but the personnel she planted within the Counterasures Office and other areas have been completely uprooted, and the power she controlled has been destroyed. Relevant parties will continue to pursue her."
After reading it, Guan Tong couldn't help but frown.
Based on his several interactions with Zhang Minglu, he felt this person was relatively straightforward and, to a certain extent, trustworthy.
But this ssage felt like it was telling him sothing, yet not telling him everything.
For example, since they had identified the person, why not tell him the na? For a confird traitor and criminal, what else was there to be concerned about?
Guan Tong felt sowhat dissatisfied, but he could understand the intention of Zhang Minglu, or rather, the Counterasures Research Office.
Sending him this ssage was to tell him that although there were bad people within the organization, they had been rooted out. The others could still be trusted, and if cooperation was needed in the future, they could cooperate with confidence.
Guan Tong closed the private ssage without replying. He knew that even if he replied asking for more detailed identity information, the other party probably wouldn't provide it.
Afterwards, he opened various sections of the forum to look around. The number of new posts in each section had decreased significantly, and many of the popular posts were still old ones.
With the global population reduced so much, returning to the previous level of liveliness was impossible. However, the reason it was so quiet also had to do with broken optical cables and the inability to connect to foreign networks. Unless countries were on the sa continent, they could currently only use local internet.
Now, besides people from Beixing, the only other two nationalities able to log into this forum were people from Sakura Prayer Country and people from the Xisiya Empire.
People from Sakura Prayer Country were able to because the entire nation had relocated to the land of the forr Andai State, thus becoming neighbors of Beixing. The Xisiya Empire was originally on the sa continent as Beixing, and the land-based optical cables hadn't been completely destroyed by the earthquake.
Guan Tong estimated that the next ti the forum traffic would surge would probably be when the twelfth Doomsday Rule was announced. At that ti, many people would likely co to see if he, the Administrator, had posted any hidden intelligence about the rule.
He turned off the computer and took Coal Ball outside.
Outside the shelter door, looking up, one could see endless mountain ranges and ravines.
That's right. The new placent for his shelter was in the mountains not far from Pinglu City.
After spending ti scouting previously, he had chosen a spot at the bottom of a canyon. Before the Doomsday Rules descended, no one had ever co here, let alone after the Doomsday Rules.
If no other unforeseen events occurred, during his tenure teaching at the academy, he planned to keep the shelter placed here without moving it.
After coming out of the room, Coal Ball also happily ran around in the canyon. It was evident that it was very excited about the changes in its body. When it ran, it was like a black lightning bolt, its speed astonishing.
Guan Tong strolled leisurely behind, breathing in the rare fresh air. This kind of uninhabited mountain wilderness was very pristine. Walking here was much more comfortable than walking in the city.
"Rustle, rustle, rustle..."
When he walked to a patch of jungle, a rustling sound erged. Then, a rather thick, long snake slithered out, arching its body and flicking its red tongue at Guan Tong.
Guan Tong could sense the aggression from it. He was just about to take out Silver Hunt and blast it with a shot when a figure moved even faster.
Swish!
A black figure shot out from one side. The long snake didn't even have ti to react before its head was torn apart by sharp claws.
The black figure was none other than Coal Ball, who had co out to frolic. It tore the snake's thick body to pieces in a few quick moves, leaving Guan Tong, who was watching from the side, quite astonished.
He hadn't expected Coal Ball to have such a ferocious and brutal side.
It seed the side effect of the 【Demon Monster Flesh】 was still taking effect. It was just that Coal Ball wouldn't display this aggression when facing Guan Tong.
Watching Coal Ball, which had easily killed the long snake and then leaped up into a tree to play, Guan Tong thought to himself that, judging by this combat capability, in the future, he might be able to take this guy out as a "war beast" to help him fight.
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