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Chapter 25: The Wrong Answer

Leaning against the wall outside the classroom, Xu Le let out a slight sigh of relief.

No matter what, at least now with the teacher's supervision, it could be considered somewhat safe.

The journey from the dormitory to the classroom was quite dangerous, especially when encountering the cicada witch. One wrong step could have been fatal.

Now that he could relax, Xu Le suddenly felt some fatigue.

Fortunately, sitting here, he wasn't bothered by Zhang Zhe.

Zhang Zhe began arranging for some students to build simple defensive structures, mainly wooden fences, ground stakes, and some red and white powders.

What Xu Le was most curious about were those red and white powders.

In the original host's memory, this powder was sprinkled by the school every time, but he never knew what its main purpose was.

Although the original host was focused on studying the supernatural,

His main efforts were on researching how to become a disaster mage.

For other matters, he was really powerless, so he had no knowledge about these powders.

[The Red Moon Calamity will descend in 3 hours and 52 minutes.]

Looking at the sky, there was still plenty of time. He could use this opportunity to do something else, like asking questions.

As is well known, not being ashamed to ask questions was Xu Le's excellent tradition.

So, what the original host wouldn't ask, he would:

"Teacher Zhang Zhe, what are these powders?"

Hearing Xu Le's question, Zhang Zhe smiled and answered:

"You mean these red and white powders? These are the ashes of anomalies, of course, the processed kind, without any Ancient Sound pollution.

The red ones are from the Red Moon system, and the white ones are from the Ancient Sound system.

After being mixed with some mage's power and scattered on the ground, they have the effect of making ghostly anomalies visible.

They're mainly used to prevent possible ghost species from appearing."

Hearing that it had the effect of making ghost species visible, Xu Le's eyes immediately lit up.

In fact, the effect of this powder was completely meaningless to him.

But if used well, this powder had the added effect of hiding his abilities.

The ability to see ghostly bodies could be demonstrated.

But that was for self-preservation in front of the Night Watchers, for survival.

Now that he had returned to the Lighthouse, he couldn't just tell people, "My ability allows me to see ghosts..."

That would be stupid, and could also cause unnecessary trouble, as well as covetousness from some ill-intentioned people.

With the cover of the anomaly ashes, his ability wouldn't stand out so much.

"I see, I understand now."

Xu Le nodded, but the previous conversation seemed to have opened Zhang Zhe's floodgates of speech.

He nodded towards Xu Le, pointing at Wang Man who was busy bustling about, always hovering near Xu Le.

"This girl, she should be from the Zion Art Troupe, right?

Girls like this usually have high spirits. Something must have happened between you two?"

Xu Le paused. The things that happened between him and Wang Man seemed to only last about 20 minutes.

But in those 20 minutes, they had experienced two life-and-death situations.

When the importance of events increases, it makes people feel as if time passes very slowly.

"Indeed, many things happened. An anomaly chased us, and I killed it."

Xu Le's statement was very simple and brief.

But after he said this, some students who overheard their conversation couldn't help but stop what they were doing, all turning to look at Xu Le and Zhang Zhe.

They kept casting inquiring glances at Zhang Zhe.

As if wanting to know the truth of this news from the teacher's mouth.

Zhang Zhe naturally knew what these people were thinking, so he nodded to them, as a sort of confirmation.

He sensed a maturity and calmness in Xu Le that didn't match his age.

The blood on Xu Le's neck, head, and clothes, that strong Ancient Sound aura, was absolutely impossible to fake.

Zhang Zhe was certain that Xu Le had indeed killed an anomaly.

He also had a feeling.

Xu Le probably wasn't killing an anomaly for the first time.

"How many times now?"

Xu Le felt that Zhang Zhe's question was ambiguous. What did he mean by "how many times"? It made him sound like he often did bad things.

Moreover, Zhang Zhe's question made the surrounding classmates even more curious.

If they weren't unfamiliar with Xu Le, and if the current situation wasn't so dangerous, the male students here might have put their arms around Xu Le's neck and boasted over some beers.

Seeing Xu Le's conflicted expression, Zhang Zhe laughed again:

"It shouldn't be your first time, right? You don't seem nervous at all, doesn't look like it.

Anyway, I was nervous as hell my first time."

Well, Zhang Zhe's words carried even more ambiguity now.

However, these words also carried some explanatory meaning for Xu Le.

Only then did the others look at Xu Le, and sure enough, Xu Le's expression was calm, without any sign of nervousness.

A mood of observing a tough guy began to spread among the onlookers.

In fact, it was this calmness that greatly changed Wang Man's perception of Xu Le, whom she had played with since childhood, even making her see him in a new light.

In the Dark Age, there were many powerful people.

But calm and powerful people were rare.

The existence of heart energy made it difficult for many strong individuals to face fear, anger, and desire.

People who could maintain a peaceful mindset when facing anomalies had a unique charm in this era.

"Second time."

Xu Le answered truthfully.

As for not being nervous, he naturally knew what was going on with himself.

It wasn't that he wasn't truly nervous, but all his nervousness and fear were absorbed by the Ancient Sound soul tree.

Moreover, after absorbing these emotions, the soul tree would feedback a strange state to him.

Empty mind, calm attitude.

That's why he could achieve that level.

To say he was so awesome on his own, it really wasn't the case...

"You can achieve this level on your second time? You're quite something, fellow!"

Zhang Zhe praised him again, and Xu Le turned his head away, feeling a bit embarrassed.

"It's nothing much."

And Wang Man beside him, as if she had been praised herself, puffed out her chest, well, quite high.

After that, Xu Le and Zhang Zhe didn't talk anymore.

Because he was covered in too much anomaly blood, and had been through a battle.

Zhang Zhe didn't let Xu Le participate in building the defensive facilities.

Xu Le just quietly leaned against the wall, rested well for a while, and then started doing his own thing.

...

A few hours later.

Having completed her own tasks, Wang Man walked outside the classroom, curiously looking at Xu Le squatting on the ground.

"Brother Xu Le, what are you doing?"

"Digging for earthworms."

"Digging for earthworms? Why are you digging for earthworms?"

"Of course, to summon toads."

Wang Man: ???

Seeing Xu Le's serious expression, Wang Man became even more confused. Summon toads?

"The black tide is coming soon, Brother Xu Le."

"I know." Xu Le didn't even look up, continuing to dig for earthworms.

She stared at Xu Le for a while, and he seemed like he didn't want to talk to her. She started to feel a bit unhappy.

"Is Brother Xu Le going to keep digging for earthworms until night?"

"Is there a problem with that?"

Xu Le asked back, and Wang Man was suddenly at a loss for words.

"If you don't want to talk to me, just say so. Why beat around the bush?"

Looking at his childhood friend walking away in a huff, Xu Le was also bewildered.

I was seriously talking to you, yet you think I'm lying to you?

However, about not wanting to talk to Wang Man, she was right about that. He really didn't want to talk to Wang Man much.

Time passed minute by minute.

Xu Le dug for a long time before getting ten earthworms, then dug a few more for backup.

By late night, Xu Le looked up at the sky.

Unlike last night's sky, the night was no longer dark.

Instead, it was a sea of red.

Zhang Zhe beside him also looked at the red moon and began his prayer:

"The red moon illuminates the earth, may the Red Moon Holy Lord bless our deep blue, may humanity pass through darkness and walk towards light."

Xu Le just quietly watched him pray.

He didn't know how to evaluate Zhang Zhe's prayer, and he also looked at the red moon.

[The Red Moon Calamity will descend in 13 minutes and 45 seconds.]

Whether the red moon had anything to do with the so-called Red Moon Calamity, Xu Le wasn't quite sure.

His level hadn't reached the point where he could research such things.

Whether it was the Red Moon Calamity or the Ancient Sound black tide, at this moment it all seemed unimportant.

Now he just hoped tonight would be a bit calmer.

It was said that as long as one persisted until 4:30 to 4:50, when the first ray of dawn light illuminates the earth, the anomalies would recede like the tide.

Seeing Xu Le also looking at the red moon, Zhang Zhe felt somewhat emotional:

"The red moon is so beautiful, its existence has taught us knowledge, bestowed us power.

It gave us a brand new path, allowing mages to appear, allowing humans to grow.

Xu Le, do you know? When the red moon is full, that's when the black tide descends."

Xu Le's thoughts suddenly stagnated, as if he had realized something.

Zhang Zhe just mentioned knowledge, no, not knowledge.

Gan had told him before, the answer was already recorded on the path of seeking knowledge.

"It's the path, the red moon gave us a brand new path, and the answer has already been recorded on the path of seeking knowledge.

The path of seeking knowledge is learning, so the answer has already been recorded on items related to learning?

If that's what Gan meant by those words..."

Xu Le hurriedly took out the handbook from his bosom and quickly flipped to the last page.

Whether due to the red moon or his own realization,

At this moment, the words on the handbook began to become crooked.

And the required conditions also increased by two.

[Disaster Mage - Fire LV1 Promotion - Sacrifice Method, specific conditions as follows.]

LV1 - Flame Secret Mage

Sacrifice promotion conditions:

First, consume Ancient Sound products. The purer and stronger the energy, the higher the success rate.

Second, weave ten flame flowers into a wreath using anomaly threads, wear it on your head at noon on Monday, and feel the afterglow of the scorching sun.

Third, bathe in fire.

Fourth, using mage's flame for the fire bath will increase the success rate up to 25%.

Fifth, eating the Ancient Sound fruit - Anger during the fire bath will increase the success rate up to 50%.

Xu Le twitched.

In other words, even if all conditions were met, the success rate of the sacrifice method was only 50%.

A 50% chance of becoming a mage, and a 50% chance of burning to death?

Great! What a good way to court death.

Xu Le felt a bit helpless. In his previous life, some big shots believed that a 98% probability was about the same as nine deaths and one life. Although he wasn't that extreme, he wouldn't take reckless risks either.

A 50% success rate, isn't that almost the same as sending oneself to death?

"So the so-called answer was just this..."

(End of Chapter)

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