The door to Su Zhan's dorm room was gently pushed open a crack.
Su Zhan warily scanned outside, confirming the corridor was empty.
He stepped out.
Gently closed the door behind him.
Opportunity was fleeting.
Su Zhan slipped out of the dormitory soundlessly.
His heart pounded wildly in his chest.
This precious ti that Wang Mingyuan had risked himself to buy for him must not be wasted!
According to the map firmly engraved in his mind, the nearest and relatively concealed tunnel entrance was located in the basent of the old campus's abandoned plant specin museum.
That place had been derelict for many years, normally completely untrodden by anyone, with the sparsest surveillance.
Target clear, route defined.
Su Zhan suppressed his aura to the absolute limit, swiftly moving along the planned route.
Utilizing the shadows of buildings.
The shrubbery in the courtyards, and other cover.
Perfectly avoiding the few scattered night-returning students and patrolling discipline committee mbers along the way.
The night wind whistled past his ears.
The specin museum building covered in vines on the old campus ca into view.
Su Zhan circled to the rear of the building, finding a long-rusted basent ventilation window.
He forcefully pried open the already loose, corroded bars.
His body contracted, and he agilely slipped inside.
The basent was a ss, piled with discarded desks, chairs, and broken specin racks.
Relying on mory, Su Zhan headed straight for what appeared to be an ordinary brick wall at the very back.
He felt along the wall, quickly finding a slightly loose brick.
This was it!
He pulled out the bronze key and inserted it into an extrely well-hidden keyhole on the side of the brick.
"Click."
A very faint sound of a chanism turning echoed.
That brick, along with a small section of the wall behind it, slid inward.
Revealing a dark opening extending downward.
Only large enough for one person to pass through.
A breath of aged air washed over him.
The escape passage was open.
Su Zhan slipped inside.
The next second.
The wall silently closed again, restoring its original appearance.
Su Zhan heavily utilized his spiritual sense, perceiving the surrounding environnt.
It was a narrow stone staircase, sloping downward, only wide enough for one person.
The tunnel had clearly been untrodden for a very long ti, the steps covered in a thick layer of dust.
Su Zhan slled the musty air.
The map in his mind unfolded, pointing the way for him.
Su Zhan quickly descended the stone steps, keeping his footsteps as light as possible.
But in the extre silence, he could still hear his own suppressed breathing.
After descending several dozen steps, the ground beneath his feet leveled out.
The tunnel walls were constructed from massive bluestones.
Covered in moss.
Based on the map in his mory, Su Zhan chose the left fork.
The tunnel network was intricate and complex, like a maze.
He had to put as much distance as possible between himself and the entrance area before Qin Bai realized what was happening, finding the path leading to the outskirts of the academy.
Su Zhan moved rapidly through the darkness.
Passing by various forks and abandoned storage rooms marked on the map, he saw the remnants of ancient chanisms long rusted into scrap tal.
This place was like an underground world forgotten by ti, silently speaking of the academy's unknown past.
The concept of ti beca blurred here.
Su Zhan only knew to run desperately, following the optimal route in his mory, sprinting towards the hope of survival.
He could feel the ground's slope gradually increasing.
This ant he was approaching the surface, nearing the academy's periter.
Hope was ahead.
But the next second.
As Su Zhan passed an especially narrow turn, his foot stepped on a loose stone slab.
"CRACK!"
Ear-piercingly loud in the deathly quiet environnt.
Su Zhan's heart leaped, he instantly stopped, all his muscles tensed, holding his breath, listening intently.
It seed it hadn't triggered any other movent.
Su Zhan breathed a slight sigh of relief;
it appeared there were no additional triggered alarms in this ancient passageway.
But this served as a reminder;
he had to be even more careful.
Su Zhan slowed his pace, observing the path underfoot more carefully, while heightening his senses to the extre, wary of any anomalies that might appear ahead.
The road to escape had only just begun.
Su Zhan madly navigated the maze-like tunnels.
The map in his mind guided his direction with perfect clarity, his choices at every fork made without hesitation.
The terrain began to noticeably slope upward, and the air was no longer as stagnant.
This lifted his spirits;
it ant the exit was near!
Su Zhan passed a stone wall carved with an ancient Zhuque totem;
according to mory, this was the last major landmark marked on the map.
After passing through the low archway ahead, less than five hundred ters further should be a concealed exit leading to the forest outside the academy.
Su Zhan desperately ran along the deep, dark tunnel towards the estimated exit direction.
Darkness receded behind him.
Ahead, a faint trace of fresh air, different from the tunnel's atmosphere, seed to drift in.
Getting closer!
Su Zhan dashed through the low archway and saw moonlight casting down not far ahead.
An upward exit.
Using his last ounce of strength, he charged forward, scrambling up the steep slope on hands and feet, and forcefully pushed aside the camouflaged covering at the exit.
The night breeze brushed against his face.
But the next second.
Su Zhan's face froze.
Right outside the exit, less than five steps away.
Two individuals wearing Supervision Departnt uniforms stood, one on the left, one on the right, as if they had been waiting there for so ti.
The two smiled contemptuously:
"Student Su Zhan, stop running."
"All exits of the tunnel have been blocked by our people."
"You can't escape."
Su Zhan looked at them, then at the area faintly illuminated by the Supervision Departnt vehicle lights behind them. The last shred of hope in his heart was completely extinguished.
So, he had been under their control all along.
Su Zhan stopped panting, straightened his body which was slightly hunched from the frantic run.
As if resigning himself to fate, he stepped out, one step at a ti.
Walking towards the two Supervision Departnt personnel waiting for him.
Seeing this, the two Supervision Departnt personnel relaxed their guard slightly.
One of them took out a communicator, preparing to report the situation to Qin Bai.
Before the call could even be dialed.
A fierce light erupted in Su Zhan's eyes.
Making him go back and wait for death? He couldn't do it.
Might as well risk it all now;
even if he died right here, he would have no regrets!
"Ti Abyss Pupil!"
Su Zhan roared inwardly, instantly activating all three skills of his SSS-grade Life Soul simultaneously.
An invisible force field spread out from him, affecting the two Supervision Departnt personnel, slowing their movents.
At the sa ti.
Su Zhan's own speed skyrocketed abruptly, and extrely brief fragnts of the future flashed in his pupils, predicting the other party's possible counterattack trajectory in the next mont.
This was his final chance.
Taking advantage of the mont when their communication was incomplete and their vigilance was lowest, erupt with all his power, eliminate these two at the fastest speed possible!
Then imdiately flee far away!
Su Zhan, carrying a sharp, lethal intent, charged directly at the Supervision Departnt personnel who was trying to contact Qin Bai.
But were the Supervision Departnt personnel ordinary fighters?
The mont those two Supervision Departnt personnel felt the ti field's restraint, although startled, they remained calm, and the spiritual power within their bodies explosively surged forth.
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