Time rewound to ten minutes earlier, with Zhou Bai standing nearby, observing the five-story building that concealed Hong Hu.
"It’s someone from the Heavenly Demon," Zhou Bai frowned, "Xing Jun, that guy really is like a lingering spirit, huh. Still targeting me, still wanting to catch me."
Christina: "What should we do? Should we find a way to kill them?"
"Why resort to violence?" Zhou Bai stroked his chin, "Now that we know who they are, the obvious move when dealing with the Heavenly Demon is to go to the police."
Christina: "Go to the police?"
"Yeah," Zhou Bai smiled slightly, "But as for how to alert them, that I need to consider carefully."
Zhou Bai thought to himself, "The most critical piece of evidence known right now is the device that can connect to Xing Jun... And it’s best if the police don’t have to involve me in the process... Hmm... Let me think..."
Christina scratched her chin rapidly with her hind paw, saying, "This is so troublesome, what should we do?"
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Zhou Bai’s eyes suddenly lit up, "I’ve got it."
Then, instead of entering the small building, Zhou Bai went back to Dao School as if nothing had happened and attended the rest of his classes for the day.
Christina reminded him, "Aren’t you going to call the police?"
"No rush, I already have a plan," Zhou Bai spoke, "I can’t report it directly, I need to detour, purposely throw out the clues, and make the Heavenly Demon and Xing Jun not suspect me."
But when Zhou Bai returned to his dormitory, he found a young man standing at the door, who rushed over excitedly upon seeing him, "Are... are you Zhou Bai?"
Surprised by the young man’s tentative manner, Zhou Bai said, "Yes, that’s me, but who are you?"
"I’m Wei Lanzhen’s nephew," Seeing Zhou Bai looking bewildered, the young man continued, "Wei Lanzhen is Zhang Aidao’s wife; she’s fallen ill. But there are no beds available in the First Hospital, and relatives of students from Donghua Dao School can get a bed there. Could you help?"
Zhou Bai gave the young man a curious look, "How did you find me here?"
The young man explained, "My aunt told me. When Zhang Aidao had an accident before, the police had told her about you."
Zhou Bai nodded and said to the young man, "Why don’t you wait here for a bit? Give me half an hour to wrap up what I’m doing, and then I’ll accompany you to the hospital."
The young man nodded repeatedly, "No problem, no problem, I’ll wait right here for you."
As Zhou Bai walked outside, Christina spoke in his mind, "Where are you going?"
"It’s too coincidental," Zhou Bai shared with Christina in his thoughts, "While I’m not certain, this is too coincidental at this time. I better put in extra insurance. It’s best if there’s nothing to it, but if there is, we’ll be safe."
Ten minutes later, Zhou Bai raced to Lv Chongyang’s office, "Teacher, I need a favor."
Then he ran towards the special training class building.
Half an hour later, Zhou Bai returned to the dormitory entrance and said to the young man, "Let’s go."
He followed the young man to the First Hospital and used his identity as a student of Donghua Dao School to secure a bed in the hallway for Zhang Aidao’s wife. After receiving profuse gratitude, he left.
Walking back to Dao School, Zhou Bai couldn’t help but wonder, "Am I being too cautious?"
Christina said, "Are you worried that this is arranged by Xing Jun?"
"After all, back in the small building, Xing Jun asked if they had caught me successfully; obviously, this guy still has designs on me..."
While she was speaking, Zhou Bai looked at the path ahead and noticed that with the sky growing darker, it had become shrouded in darkness.
Unbeknownst to him, there were no people around anymore.
Zhou Bai furrowed his eyebrows. He remembered that this path had been deserted before, so he cautiously continued on, still without incident.
But just as he was about to emerge from the alley’s end and into the light, a Primordial Spirit force of over 3500 points descended from the sky, and Hong Hu’s figure burst through the wall beside him, charging straight at Zhou Bai.
’Sure enough, they’ve come.’ Zhou Bai was startled and immediately threw himself to the ground, bracing himself for the opponent’s attack. He felt waves of cold power invading his body, continuously lowering his temperature.
Hong Hu’s lips curled into a slight smile, and as she approached Zhou Bai step by step with frost beneath her feet, she said, "Zhou Bai, right? I’m from the military police. We suspect you’re in collusion with Xing Jun. Please come with me for further investigation."
It was a deliberate deception by Hong Hu to catch Zhou Bai off guard. Although she was confident after a successful sneak attack from the third realm against someone from the zero realm, she didn’t forget to lower his guard.
Zhou Bai looked at Hong Hu with an innocent expression: "How could that be? I have nothing to do with Xing Jun at all. Could you have made a mistake in your investigation?"
Hong Hu inched closer to him, watching Zhou Bai’s innocent defense, and chuckled inwardly: ’Fool, you’ve got no chance now.’
The next moment, she sprinted forward, reaching Zhou Bai’s side and with her right palm charged with a strong chilling intent, she brutally slammed it toward Zhou Bai’s chest.
Wherever the palm went, even the moisture in the air froze into ice. Frost formed on the walls and ground around them, and Zhou Bai felt as if his blood itself was about to freeze.
But just then, a Sword Qi suddenly whooshed in front of Zhou Bai, blocking Hong Hu’s attack.
Hong Hu’s expression changed, she tried to retreat but found that Ying Hui was already standing behind her. As her thoughts flickered, a Primordial Spirit force exceeding 6000 points had already bound her body.
Lv Chongyang descended from the sky and said with astonishment, "Zhou Bai, you really were attacked."
Seeing Ying Hui and Lv Chongyang before her, Hong Hu’s expression changed drastically, ultimately revealing a hint of despair.
’How is this possible? Why would such powerful masters protect Zhou Bai? Could this guy be the illegitimate child of an immortal god?!’
Her eyes shifted, looking at Zhou Bai who had just been playing innocent a second ago, realizing she had been played.
Just as she thought about committing suicide, Ying Hui, who had mastered the sixth realm’s "Other’s Heart Chart," sensed the change in her emotions ahead of time. The Primordial Spirit force operated in an instant, knocking her out cold.
Ying Hui turned to Zhou Bai and said, "This woman attempted suicide as soon as she was caught. Zhou Bai, who exactly have you offended?"
Zhou Bai shrugged helplessly, saying with an innocent face, "I don’t know. Ever since I left the school recently, I have always felt like someone was trailing me. This time someone actually followed me from outside the school. I thought ’better safe than sorry,’ so I asked the teachers to protect me."
Lv Chongyang chuckled, "When you asked for help, you got both me and Senior Ying. It looks like you don’t even trust us."
Zhou Bai gave a wry smile out of helplessness; for his safety, he could only ask the two teachers in the school he trusted the most. If Lv Chongyang, the vice principal’s disciple, and Ying Hui, the special class administrator, both had issues, then humanity would indeed have no hope against the Heavenly Demon.
Of course, if Zhou Bai had been just an ordinary student, these teachers might not have bothered.
But Zhou Bai’s terrifying achievement of becoming number ten in the special class within four months of enrollment had made both Lv Chongyang and Ying Hui pay exceptional attention to this talent, and they were willing to do Zhou Bai this favor.