It's weird to apply for Witch Academy as a boy

However... now I am interested in this method of destroying the soul. Although it is said to be annihilation, who knows what the real situation is?

If you can figure out this method, then directly destroying the opponent's soul would be too terrifying.

There is an 80% chance that the city lord's method was created by nightmares, after all, nightmares can also absorb soul essence.

Of course, this could also be a plan prepared in advance by the abyss demons behind them. This is really a good plan, but will the dean just let the other party slaughter us like this? This method is completely one-sided, and our main world has no chance to fight back...

Oh, it doesn’t seem necessarily so. Nightmares are monsters that travel between dreams and reality. So the deaths of those nightmares before… can they also be considered complete deaths?

After all, the dead nightmare showed no signs of resurrection. Even with my clairvoyance, I could tell that it was completely dead. Its body information turned into unrecognizable information and dissipated in the dream. Both times the nightmare died, it died in the dream. This made me very sure that it was definitely killed!

Originally, this seemed to be a fair life-and-death fight, and it was even a bit disadvantageous to the nightmare, but now the situation has completely reversed.

Those nightmare demons found a way to hide themselves behind the scenes and let the people of Ninglan New City die.

What is more important is the people's heart.

Those outsiders are used to acting recklessly, and once it involves real death, the contrast with their previous fearlessness of death is likely to cause most people to fall into a huge psychological gap, thus becoming more "cowardly" and "fearful".

After all, they were used to not being afraid of death. When they watched their companions die, the shock was huge for the freshmen who had just entered the Supernormal Academy. Many of them were not even prepared to die, and even naively thought that they would not die. How could someone die in the academy?

But don’t forget that there are still a large number of freshmen who have no fighting ability.

Once the means of destroying the soul are linked to the concept of death, then this means becomes a symbol of deterrence and an existence that cannot be resisted, because resistance means death.

It can be said that one can defeat the enemy without fighting.

"Yes, so you must not go above ground now. If you stay in the underground city, at least you can..."

"Don't you still want to rebel against your father? And you still want to rely on my power? The result is that you persuade me to hide here, haha." I chuckled and said sarcastically.

"This... Actually, I want to transfer the people I trust to the underground city. After all, even if he wants to attack the underground city on a large scale, he needs to think twice."

“But you don’t have the final say in the dungeon, do you?” I said.

"Of course I know, but... I heard that you applied for a project, the Nightmare Killer. You should have found a way to deal with nightmares, right? Compared with the city lord who compromised with the nightmare, the underground city's response method is in contrast to that of the city lord, so the underground city is naturally at odds with the city lord..."

"That's also too much of a stretch. As the city lord's daughter, he just lets you do whatever you want? I remember you have a brother, right? What is he doing now?"

"My brother... is naturally the one who is most opposed to what father did. Now he has fallen out with father. Although the official family power in Ninglanqiu Township is also divided into two factions, there are not many people who support my brother, and there is not even anyone who supports him openly. Those nightmare demons not only bewitched the city lord, but also those forces. Such despicable means... are really shameful!"

"So the core of all your efforts is your brother?"

"Almost. If my brother fails to persuade her again, I guess he might..."

"Overthrow the current city lord, replace him, and establish a new order?"

"Yes, from what I know about my brother, he is capable of doing such a thing, or... he has been waiting for such an opportunity."

"Oh? I can't tell." I recalled the time when I met the young man Ning Lanqiuyu and cooperated with him against the enemy. He didn't seem like an ambitious person, but more like a greenhorn. Can such a person really bring down the old fox who has been in the position of city lord for so long?

“That’s what I thought at first…”

"So what made you change your mind about him?" I continued.

After all, since the old city lord has chosen to join forces with the nightmare demon, he has become my target. I understand the importance of this matter, and I cannot let the abyss demon gain any advantage.

Although I seem to be arguing with Ning Lanqiuyue at the moment, I know very well what I should do. I am just testing Ning Lanqiuyue's bottom line and her attitude.

Now it seems that the other party is still a little immature?

"When I saw him learn to hide himself..."

"Hide yourself? That's interesting." Hiding one's own emotions and thoughts, showing weakness to the enemy, and conserving one's energy. This is a person who wants to do great things.

It’s just that the charge of patricide might not be good at that time... However, if the current city lord has embarked on a wrong path and is killing his own relatives for the sake of justice, then the meaning will be different.

"So how do ordinary people in Ninglan New City view the city lord and outsiders at this moment?"

"Ordinary people... many of them have been troubled by nightmares. Even if they have not been troubled, they have heard of the horror of nightmares. Therefore, the people in the city still rely heavily on the protection of the city lord. Moreover, the arrival of outsiders has also brought a lot of trouble to the residents in the city. When the city lord deals with those unscrupulous outsiders, they also applaud..."

"Oh no~ You have neither power nor popularity. Does your brother also want to use the power of outsiders to resist?"

"Yes, so...the first step is to make public what the city lord has done."

"We need to fight a war of public opinion, but this is difficult. We can't even simply expose what the city lord did. This will directly shake the foundation of Ninglan New City and undermine the prestige of your Ninglan City Lord lineage."

"As my brother said, the labor pains are only temporary."

"Indeed, if Ninglan New City can return to its past, or even go further, after going through this pain, then it will all be worth it. But this is also an if."

"Okay, I won't chat with you anymore. My attitude is that I have no attitude. Anyway, I also want to thank you for bringing me here. I usually don't do things like helping others in times of need. Most people are like this. Only when you prove your own value can you attract more people to add icing on the cake."

"Is this so..."

"Yeah, I just hate trouble."

"By the way, I want to ask you a question on behalf of someone else."

"Oh? Who? Tan Han?"

"Well, she...said she had something she wanted to talk to you about alone, and asked if you were willing to give her this opportunity?"

"If we just want to chat, of course we can. So, are you planning to bring them down with you in the near future?"

"Yes, and she also said that if you refuse, she should let me know that she wants to talk to you about something that is closely related to her, and she doesn't want to bother you to do anything. That's about it."

"Is that so? That's fine. I'm not such a difficult person to approach. I just don't want to respond to those stupid questions. Many questions already have answers when they are asked. That would make me look stupid and like a clown."

"Is there anything else? If not, I'll go back." I said. After all, if Ning Lanqiuyue hadn't suddenly come to me, I should have gone to find Sister Bai at this moment.

But as I had hoped before, I don’t mind Ning Lan Qiu Yue coming back to see me frequently. After all, she can bring a lot of useful or interesting news about Ninglan New City on the ground.

Even if she will eventually ask me to make a choice with a difficult problem that bothers me, just like now, I don’t mind, because it is not a difficult choice for me. I am just curious about how far people who face difficulties can go in order to achieve their goals.

This Ning Lanqiuyue doesn't seem as innocent as she appears.

"I may have other things to do here. Anyway, I am being presumptuous this time."

"It's not presumptuous. Everyone has their own choices. If possible, I also hope that you can talk to me more about the situation in the outside world. I am very interested."

"Yeah, I will, next time, if everything goes well."

Looking at Ning Lanqiuyue's leaving back, I fell into deep thought. I had originally thought about making a plan to promote the development of the script, but I didn't expect those nightmares to be one step faster than me. It seems that I have to go up and take a look at the situation, but before that, I have to talk to Sister Bai. I hope Sister Bai can support me.

Chapter 323 The Other Side of the Underground City

Boom boom boom~

There was a knock on the door, and it turned out that there was no one in Sister Bai's room, just as I expected.

This underground city area is actually not that big. Sister Bai goes out every day these days and I don’t know what she is looking at.

But just like Sister Bai doesn’t understand what I’m busy with, I also don’t understand what Sister Bai is doing.

Maybe...it has something to do with the subject.

In addition to cramming her knowledge of runes and spells, the most important thing for Sister Bai is naturally the subject.

I sighed slightly, but I didn't intend to give up. As I waved my hands, complex rune rituals flowed, forming an exquisite spellcasting ritual.

This is the spell that I learned when I deconstructed the spell book from Sister Bai's huge stock of spell books, a spell... that searches for specific targets within a certain range.

Although this is a spell without any offensive power, the structure of the spell ritual is very complicated, because its spell effect is too convenient. The convenience of using the spell effect comes at the cost of a slow release of the spell ritual.

If this was a spell book, it would only take a few seconds to cast the spell, but I was casting it with my bare hands, and even when I was casting the spell with my bare hands I couldn't use the mana source, so it was a lot slower.

"Well... in this direction." I looked at the very concise and clear instructions generated by the spell and understood where Sister Bai was going.

Following the direction of the arrow, I walked into the streets of the underground city again. Even though I had been in this underground city for many days, I didn't have much time to walk around and see the scenery. My route was very fixed, and the most extraordinary few times I had been there was just to accompany Yu Meng home.

And now I have come to a completely unfamiliar neighborhood. The dome of the underground city is open, and the ground veins that connect the top floor and the ground emit soft light. These ground veins are the most natural source of light for the underground city, and the artificial facilities that cover the ground veins... I originally thought that they were built to develop the energy of the ground veins, but now I understand that they are used to block the light emitted by the ground veins to simulate the night.

Of course, the base in the underground city does make excellent use of earth energy, and I don’t deny that.

However, the more I walked in this direction, the more the surrounding environment shocked me. I thought that the road from my residence to the base was the most realistic portrayal of the underground city, where the high-end technological level enjoyed the lowest living standards.

This reminded me of what Ning Lanqiuyue told me at the time, that most of the people living here are basically family members of scholars and researchers who once worked in the base.

I thought that if the owner had extremely high knowledge, his offspring should have the same knowledge, or at least be considered a little genius. But I didn't expect it to be a genetic mutation.

The people here have lowered the limits of my cognition. Once upon a time, I thought that such scenes could only be jokes I saw on the Internet, but now they are right in front of me.

Even the gangsters on the roadside are doing well, and there are even more homeless people. Looking at the tattered tents on the roadside, you can tell that it is the home of an unknown homeless person here.

They walked inside, and the trash cans were their source of income. The skinny homeless people were not even qualified to rummage through the trash cans.

There are too many homeless people here, and I seem to understand how much controversy it would cause if those outsiders, Yumeng, had houses to live in, even if it was just a small house that might even need to accommodate a dozen or even dozens of Yumeng.

I felt that I was not in an underground city where extraordinary technology had developed to this level, but rather in a slum.

You can even see excrement on the roadside, and there are no public toilets here even because of the public mechanical sweepers made with extraordinary skills.

"Strange... Why does Sister Bai hang out here every day?" I ignored the eyes that were prying in the dark corners and looked around.

But I didn't see Sister Bai, so I fiddled with the guidance spell to see if it was broken.

At this moment, a slender finger touched my shoulder. I was startled by the sudden touch, but when I turned around, I saw a familiar face.

"Sister Bai... Sister Bai? Phew~ I was scared to death."

"Are you scared? What's wrong? Did Xiaohan do something wrong?" Sister Bai smiled at this moment, and it was unclear whether it was because she met the person she missed or because of something else.

"No, how could I have done anything wrong?" I subconsciously reviewed my recent memories in my mind, and after confirming that I really didn't do anything wrong, I felt more confident.

"By the way, Sister Bai, why are you here? There's nothing good to see here." I approached Sister Bai and walked side by side with her, then asked curiously.

"How can there be nothing interesting here? Experiencing the various aspects of life is also part of spiritual practice."

"Practice? What is Sister Bai practicing? The state of mind?"

"It's similar stuff, you can also call it experience. For many things, only by seeing more and trying more can you have wonderful experiences that are different from your own fantasies. Maybe this is one of the pleasures of life."

"Then there's no need to be here, right? Aren't you afraid of getting dirty here?" I said as I glanced around.

"It doesn't matter if it's dirty or not, but Xiaohan, is there anything you want to talk to me about?"

"Hey, it's been a few days since I last had a normal chat with Sister Bai. Today, I have nothing to do, so I wanted to come over and chat with Sister Bai."

"Oh? Have you finished what you were doing? I know you deliberately went to catch a nightmare."

"Ah...you know all this? I clearly didn't say..."

"But that doesn't mean I don't know. This kind of thing is widely spread in the underground city. Even if no name is mentioned, I can guess who did it, right?"

"Oh, because of this."

"Of course, but... I see you look like you want to say something, so go ahead, or I'll derail the topic, okay?"

"You can see that. Haha. Sister Bai really knows me well." I scratched my head a little embarrassedly and said with a smile. It turned out that I was still too young when it came to chatting.

"Of course, Xiaohan, you really need to interact with others more. Eloquence is also very important for a person."

"I tried my best. Inside the base, when I talked and discussed academic issues with the scholars, we got along very well..."

"Xiao Han, are you sure it's harmony and not you fighting alone against the heroes?"

"Ah, this..." I recalled the group of scholars in the laboratory who were silenced by what I said before... It can't be that serious, right?

"Okay, let's get back to the topic. Is there anything interesting that Xiaohan is going to share with me?"

"Oh...yes, I almost went astray again." I quickly reacted and said seriously, "That...that Ning Lanqiu came down to find me again today."

"Oh? Ning Lanqiuyue? Is there something she wants to talk to you about?" Bai Yu nodded and recalled the girl who brought them down.

"He told me about some of the things that happened recently in Ninglan New City. It was quite interesting."

"Very interesting? I'd really like to hear your evaluation. To be honest, I'm also a little curious about what Ninglan New City is like now."

"The current Ninglan New City is probably in chaos. I heard that the city lord who met us in the meeting room at that time actually chose to join the nightmare demon at the most critical moment. He used the power of the nightmare demon to deal with the nightmare, and has already launched a wanted order for us outsiders." I smiled and briefly explained to Sister Bai.

"Ah?" Bai Yu was speechless when he heard the ending. Wasn't it too dramatic? However, Bai Yu also had many questions in his mind. The development of all this was also very counterintuitive.

"How did it become like this? Doesn't that mean..."

"Isn't it what? We as outsiders will be at a disadvantage?"

"Yes." Bai Yu nodded.

"But what can we do? We can only blame ourselves for the fact that the students of the Extraordinary Academy cannot live in harmony and unite against the outside world. After all, the humiliation of the previous dream exchange competition has not yet passed, and those nightmare demons may have come prepared. This is not a situation that one or two of us can reverse."

"So, Xiaohan, are you just going to watch? Or do you actually have a plan, or do you just not care?"

"Plans change with the times, but I really don't care. If I don't let them suffer a little, they won't know that they are attending the Extraordinary Academy. They really think this is a kindergarten."