Chapter 67: The Calm Before the Storm (End)
Day 4 of the Global Arrival in the Savage Realm. 11:30 PM.
Ti flew by in an instant, and the night fell heavy and low.
On the dining table inside the motorho sat 2 large basins of steaming Spinach and Lamb Stew, along with a big pot of crystal-clear Pickled Vegetable Mixed Rice.
Everyone sat gathered together, eating heartily, thoroughly enjoying themselves.
Inside the cab.
Guo Shuai shoveled rice into his mouth, mumbling his praises indistinctly.
"Mmm! Delicious! So delicious!"
"Chen Tong's cooking really is the best! These skills—absolutely incredible!"
"I knew the boss had good taste! Not only is his wife beautiful, but her cooking is second to none!"
Beside him, Wang ng said nothing, simply plowing through his al.
As forr college companions who had once spent all their money on hobbies and survived solely on budget al deals—accustod to processed, artificial food—
This ordinary ho-cooked al felt like a feast of rare delicacies to them!
Especially compared to Yu Shishi's Dark Cuisine Chaotic Stew that could bring a dead elder back to life in outrage—Chen Tong's cooking was outright chef-level!
In the rear compartnt.
Hoshino Hikari and Yekaterina, as unofficial mbers, also received portions of food.
Though their share of at was only a small serving compared to the official mbers—
For these 2, who had eaten almost nothing over these past few days, it was more than satisfying.
Yekaterina savored each bite slowly, as if she were tasting fine chocolate.
"Wuu wuu wuu… This is what at tastes like…"
Hoshino Hikari was moved to tears, so overco she looked ready to swallow her own tongue.
On the other side of the dining table.
Liu Yuqing pushed up her glasses and stared at Yu Shishi beside her with deep disappointnt.
"Shishi, watch closely and learn."
"Sa ingredients—why does Chen Tong produce a delicacy, while you produce a biohazard?"
Yu Shishi held her bowl and said nothing in rebuttal.
She rubbed her chin, as though she had just grasped the fundantal truth of the universe.
"Oh…"
"So when steaming rice… you're supposed to add water to the pot?"
"No wonder I almost blew up the pot last ti. I thought the rice cooker was short-circuiting."
"…"
Liu Yuqing pressed her hand to her forehead and sighed, exhausted at heart.
……
Burp.
Jiang Nan finished his al at lightning speed and set down his chopsticks.
He took no part in the group's banter, and instead walked straight to the window.
He stared out at the pitch-black night sky, his gaze deep and distant, as though his thoughts were sowhere far away.
A wave of fragrant warmth drifted over.
Chen Tong finished tidying the dishes, walked to Jiang Nan's side, and naturally hooked her arm through his, resting her head lightly on his shoulder.
Hum!
The instant their skin made contact—
Jiang Nan's Supre Bone unexpectedly produced a faint resonance.
An inexplicable wave of heat surged up his arm and shot straight to the top of his head.
"Huu…"
Jiang Nan drew a deep breath and forcibly suppressed that burning sensation with sheer willpower.
"What's wrong?"
Chen Tong sensed the tension in his body and tilted her head up. Those gentle eyes of hers were filled with concern.
"Is sothing on your mind? I've felt like you've been distracted all evening."
Jiang Nan nodded.
He was not the type of person who liked burying his thoughts deep inside and making others guess at riddles.
Say what you an, an what you say.
That was his motto.
He then extended a finger toward the night sky outside.
"Hmm?"
Chen Tong froze for a mont, then looked out the window.
Not just her—everyone inside the motorho who had been eating also stopped moving, sensing that sothing was wrong.
Silence.
It was far too quiet.
That torrential rain that had seed endless since the mont they arrived here—accompanied by thunder and lightning, as though it would never cease—
Had, at so point without anyone noticing, completely stopped?
……
At the sa ti, inside the school building 100 ters away.
"Nani?"
Corporal Morishita and his squad mbers, who had been crouching behind a pillar gnawing on grass balls, all looked up with bewildered expressions.
But what horrified them was not that the rain had stopped.
It was—
Zzz—zzz—zzz!
The black Ghost Face Marks on the backs of their hands, which had been dormant until this mont, were now erupting wildly with black mist!
"What's happening?!"
"It's not Morning Study ti yet! Why is the mark reacting?!"
Not just them.
Inside the motorho—
Jiang Nan, Chen Tong, Yekaterina… every single person's Ghost Face Mark on the back of their hand erupted with dense black aura at this very mont.
A powerful pulling force was tearing at their souls.
This could only an—
They were about to be forcibly dragged back into the【Rose High School Campus】!
"Why?!"
Liu Yuqing stared at the back of her hand, crying out in alarm.
"No one has died! Not a single kill rule has been triggered!"
"Why are we being sent to class early?!"
She turned to look at Yekaterina.
Yekaterina clutched the burning back of her hand, her golden vertical pupils contracting into needle-thin slits, her expression grave.
"I don't know…"
"Sothing feels wrong… This has never happened before."
"It's as though the rules have gone into disorder… Sothing earth-shattering must have occurred inside the school."
"Sothing earth-shattering?"
Yu Shishi tucked her neck in slightly, saying with a trace of fear—
"Could it be that Lu Shiyan is behind this?"
Because of Guo Shuai's irresistible love of gossip—
Everyone in the motorho already knew about that man's insane plan to resurrect his Wandering Corpse girlfriend.
"Hard to say."
Guo Shuai's sowhat tense voice ca through the control panel.
"But the answer should be inside the Ghost Domain."
"Boss, everyone stay sharp. This ti going in… I'm afraid it's going to be a tough fight."
All eyes turned once more toward Jiang Nan.
Jiang Nan still stood by the window.
Faced with this sudden turn of events, his expression held not the slightest trace of panic.
He stared out at that dark night sky, feeling the heat and violent energy continuously rising inside him.
‘Whatever it is…’
Jiang Nan clenched his fist. His knuckles cracked.
‘Whether today or tomorrow… don't even think about getting away with it.’
‘Because… right now, I'm in a very bad mood.’
He turned around, the corner of his mouth lifting.
‘Perfect.’
‘There's more than one way to vent frustration…’
‘There's also… finding sothing durable to use as a punching bag!’
Hum!!
The next second—
Black light swallowed everything.
Everyone…
Was forcibly enrolled.
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