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

It just so happened that even if the battle affected too much, it would have nothing to do with the Ninglan New City on the ground. At that time, he could use the excuse of helping with the reconstruction of the underground city area to completely reshuffle the underground city area so that he could better control it.

When he emerged from the underground passage, he encountered the panicked city guards. After all, they had just occupied Ninglan Township Fort, but their commander disappeared. This was a big deal.

"Okay, notify everyone else that I'm fine. Do you have anything else to do while I'm away?" Ning Lanqiuyu said, and then went back with the city guards to take charge of the situation.

"Yes, Miss Ning Lanqiuyue came to see you again, and she looked very anxious."

"Eager?" Ning Lanqiuyu pretended to be puzzled and asked, "So did she say anything?"

"We don't know much about this. Miss Ning Lanqiuyue didn't tell us little people about these things."

"Where is she? I'll go find her." Ning Lanqiuyu said as if she was going to look for someone.

By the time he found Ning Lanqiuyue, Ning Lanqiuyue was already looking extremely anxious.

"Ning Lanqiuyue, I heard what happened here."

"The underground city! Something happened in the underground city. Nightmares have invaded there!" Ning Lanqiuyue said anxiously when she saw the other party.

"What? Are you sure? You mean those nightmares retreated to the underground city?"

"I'm not sure. The connection between the underground city and the ground has been cut off." Ning Lanqiuyue was also very anxious at this moment, but she didn't have much contact with the underground city. The only person she was familiar with and on her side was the captain of the ground patrol team, but he was also brought up.

Now that the communication has been cut off, it is most likely the work of the nightmare. In addition, with the approaching energy tide outside the city and the surging energy of the earth veins, wireless communication will be greatly hindered. Now they have no idea what is happening in the underground city.

"Then we will gather our troops to support the underground city."

"Huh?" This time it was Ning Lanqiuyue's turn to be surprised. She didn't expect Ning Lanqiuyu to make such a decisive decision. She had already prepared to take the ground patrol team back alone. After all, she was the one who brought the ground patrol team up, and she was not free from responsibility for such an incident in the underground city.

"Are you surprised?"

"I thought you would care more about the position of city lord."

"Is this who I am in my eyes?"

"of course."

"Hehe... The underground city area is also part of Ninglan New City. As the new city lord of Ninglan New City, I naturally have the obligation to help them solve their problems."

"I don't think you think so in your heart..." Ning Lanqiuyue said in a low voice.

"So what? Does it matter what I think? The important thing is that the underground city needs support right now, right? I'll mobilize the city guards and the resistance. I see you're having a good chat with those outsiders, so I'll leave the outsiders' affairs to you. After all, their cooperation is still needed to wipe out the nightmares."

"I hope you don't do anything weird."

Ning Lanqiuyu watched his sister's leaving back, but he couldn't suppress the joy in his heart. He transferred all the contradictions and conflicts to the underground city. Even the worst result would not affect his rule.

As for those outsiders, after clearing out the few strong ones, the remaining weak ones all rely on his protection, so it is easy to clear out those small fry.

It would be best if those nightmares and those outsiders suffered mutual losses. He controlled the anchor for the nightmares' transmission. Without this key thing, no one would sacrifice to obtain soul essence, and the nightmares would not be replenished. The nightmares were actually the easiest ones for him to deal with.

At that time, the entire underground city area will become a closed dueling arena, but that is the worst outcome, and this requires the city defense army to survive this beast tide, which will undoubtedly involve great risks. The extraordinary armed forces brought by Ning Lanqiuyue do not meet the military supply standards for normal city defense forces to resist the beast tide.

But... as long as Ninglan New City can overcome this difficulty, it will usher in a new era.

The era controlled by him made him excited just thinking about it!

Chapter 340: Entering the Underground City

"Still can't reach you?"

I asked as I looked at the staff at the research base who were still using the equipment to communicate. The base leaders nearby were stamping their feet in anxiety.

"I'm afraid so. Those nightmares may be lurking somewhere and completely destroying our connection with the ground."

"Oh..." I nodded, probably understanding.

"Then try other ways of contact!"

"Sorry, this is our main communication line with the ground. If it were wireless, not to mention the strata separating our underground city from the ground, the energy collisions caused by external energy tides would also greatly interfere with the signal." The person in charge of the professional equipment patiently explained.

In short, except for the initial signal for help sent out, the specific information about the encounters in the underground city cannot be transmitted upward.

So they could only use the most primitive method, which was to use the elevator on the main road connecting the ground and underground city areas to send people up.

They have even begun planning to send the most important scholars, technicians, senior executives and other important figures in the base to the ground to ensure their safety.

But at the moment they didn't know much about the situation on the ground. If the situation on the ground was still turbulent, then it would be no different from delivering a courier, so they were also struggling.

Moreover, this main road elevator cannot be used whenever you want. It needs to be inspected and maintained every time it is used. You have to know that the underground city is a very long distance from the ground.

There is not even the possibility of anyone cleaning the middle section of the elevator track. This is all thanks to the various inscriptions engraved on it when the elevator was first built, including those for anti-corrosion, anti-rust, solidification, shape memory, etc.

Therefore, unless necessary, the passages here are generally not used as frequently as civilian elevators. At least this is the awareness that people in the underground city who know the technical difficulties should have, but this does not mean that Ninglan New City on the ground will care.

However, the underground city also condoned the people on the ground to come down frequently. After all, extraordinary machinery is always new, and machinery will also have problems if it is not used for a long time. Moreover... even if an accident occurs, it is the people on the ground who are trapped.

"I'm sorry, Scholar Xiaohan, for letting you see our underground city in such a mess."

"Why apologize to me? You should be responsible for your own safety. Besides... this is information pried out from the mouths of those nightmares. However... I suggest that you don't read it now. It's better to discuss it in your senior management meeting. Don't you like meetings?"

"Yes, you are right." The person in charge who was in contact with me also nodded quickly and took the paper document in his hand. He had no desire to open it right away. As for my complaints about them liking to hold meetings, this is indeed true. After all, many things are difficult to solve by one person alone without a meeting.

As for me, although I said before that I would wait and see what Ning Lanqiuyu did and would not interfere with her decision, this does not mean that I would go back on my promise to share the intelligence obtained from the interrogation.

There are some things that the underground city should have the right to know. Ning Lanqiuyu wants to unify the surface and underground, so the other party will become an authoritarian without checks and balances. I don’t believe that with the interference of that guy, these scholars in the Extraordinary Research Base can study extraordinary projects as they do now.

Actually, this is also my selfish desire. I really like the academic atmosphere here. Sometimes people cannot only look at things objectively when doing things. My ideas are equally important. For example... I hope that the academic atmosphere of students here can continue. The most important thing, of course, is that there should not be another Ning Lanqiuyu above the heads of these base leaders.

Moreover, the senior officials of the underground city also understood what Ning Lanqiuyu's behavior represented. Even if they knew the truth, they still had to consider their own interests. After all, the underground city could not survive independently from the ground. They needed a constant supply and materials. As long as the interests were the same or complementary, they would not care how despicable the other party's means were. At most, they would become bargaining chips for the underground city to negotiate with the new city lord.

Moreover, when Ning Lanqiuyu becomes the city lord, even if this information spreads to the ground, he has plenty of ways to turn it into rumors and slander.

Seeing that the person in charge was about to leave, I followed him directly. They were going to have a meeting, so I could just go and listen. I didn’t think they would have the courage to refuse me from listening in from the side, otherwise those guys would do something stupid and I could stop the loss in time. But most of the time I would remain silent, after all, I am not good at talking.

After all, even the top leaders of the base have information gaps with the lower levels, and most of the decisions they make are based on their own interests. Even if it is a big deal, as long as there is still time for a meeting, those people will fight for the last bit of benefit for themselves at the meeting. This is an eternal characteristic of human beings. Even if there is such a selfless person, he cannot reach the position of a top leader. Even if he can, don't forget that people will change.

My arrival can at least make these guys restrain themselves a little. By the way... I can communicate with them directly about the interpretation of the intelligence obtained from the nightmare. If there are any mistakes in the paper report, I can correct them.

……

"Okay, Ning Lanqiuyue, now is not the time to be so sad. The more this situation happens, the more we need to stay calm." At this moment, Tan Han was also comforting Ning Lanqiuyue.

Not only Tan Han, but leaders of other extraordinary academies also moved here. They had roughly understood some of the situation before.

Similarly, they were also very curious about the so-called underground city, and they also hoped that the turmoil would soon return to normal, otherwise it would be a long time before they could go back.

Many people came to comfort them at this moment. After all, they were just of the same age and could empathize with the pressure that the other person was under, and they even felt a little relieved.

Ning Lanqiuyue knew very well at this moment that these outsiders were helping them because they were in the same boat and had the same interests, but that didn't mean that these outsiders were willing to be driven around by them unscrupulously. This time, she also needed the help of these outsiders.

As long as she could properly guide the compassion of these outsiders, they would voluntarily help her. Ning Lanqiuyue could see that the world the outsiders lived in was peaceful. From their eyes, she saw the ignorance of many of them that they had inadvertently revealed. However, she also understood that she could not act too cowardly, as this would only backfire. After all, there were many smart people among the outsiders.

"I understand... Thank you all for your willingness to contribute to our Ninglan New City..."

"Nothing, we just take what we need. After all, our consciousness has been trapped here for too long, and we don't know what the academy outside is like at the moment."

"Now that we know it, we have indeed been trapped here for a long time. I hope the academy has not given up on us..."

At this moment, they also recalled their own situation because of this sentence and began to worry.

However, everyone who can be here are the elites of various extraordinary academies. Those who are not strong have already been settled in case they come out to hinder them.

It didn't take long for them to adjust their mindset. After all, there was no rush for such things, so they should just pay more attention to the current situation.

By the time the city guards were ready to go, the Extraordinary Academy was also mostly ready.

Afterwards, they came to the huge elevator leading to the underground city. This area was strictly guarded by the city guards in the past. It was like a strong military area. However, it was indeed not wrong. The extraordinary research base below was the largest base for the research and development of extraordinary skills and innovation, and it was also the largest production base of extraordinary weapons.

Because a large amount of materials need to be transported back and forth here every once in a while, this elevator is used to transport materials most of the time, so there is no need to worry about the size. The elevator even has a layered design and can lift and lower multiple layers at a time.

In order to build such a huge project, this elevator is also a huge architectural landmark above the ground of Ninglan New City.

It’s just that most people in Ninglan New City don’t know what it is, and over time they have become accustomed to it.

As the huge and layered elevator platform was put into operation, the sound of metal collision unique to such a huge machine immediately made the people here feel novel, even though the sound was not pleasant and was even considered noise.

"I'm sorry, because the platform size of the elevator is limited and the situation in the underground city is unclear, we may need a lot of support. So we have to let you outsiders and the city guards line up together for the time being..."

Although this matter had been expected, there were also many outsiders who did not like the bodies of real people penetrating with their own. Even if they were in a dream and the other person was in reality, there was theoretically no contact. But put yourself in their shoes, most people would not like others standing with overlapping bodies, right?

Many girls in particular care about this. It’s okay to play with it for a while and feel it’s novelty, but it’s really a bit uncomfortable to maintain this situation for a long time.

But this is a special case at the moment, and it is done in batches, so most outsiders will not be too shy about this.

He followed the city guards directly into the elevator platform, ready to go down and show his skills.

After all, they had already prepared themselves for a fight with the enemy, but before they had enough fun, they announced that the Ninglan Township Fort had changed hands. This was very frustrating for those who wanted to vent their strength but had nowhere to vent.

You have to know that when they came here, they found that their strength had increased a lot, so they naturally had the desire to show off. When the outsiders first came to Ninglan New City, they made a lot of jokes because of this and caused a lot of trouble to the indigenous people here.

And just as they were marching into the underground city with such fanfare, a group of people gathered in the distance. Judging from the robes they were wearing, they were naturally the wizard academy that had disappeared for a long time.

At the beginning, the Wizard Academy directly contacted the city lord. As an outsider, he was treated as the only pure human being and given different courtesy by the city lord. He did not expect that the old city lord was also a believer in human supremacy. After all, compared to those who are different from ordinary normal people, they feel more at home with humans like them.

So in principle, the old city lord did not trust those outsiders from the beginning, because they were not pure human beings, at least that was the appearance. Those with wings, pointy ears, or even scales on their bodies, and those with animal features really made the old city lord very suspicious.

Even those who were in the Wizarding Academy knew very well that the old city lord was also on guard against them, but it was not as obvious as in other extraordinary academies.

And now, the capable people in the Wizard Academy joined forces with the old city lord to kill most of the confirmed nightmares. Unexpectedly, they could not hold on in the end due to physical reasons, and then the old city lord cut off contact with them.

He just left a message that he would pass the city lord's position to his son.

All this happened so abruptly that it directly interrupted their subsequent plans.

But in the end, they still did not choose to stand on Ning Lanqiuyu's side again. They chose to remain neutral, get rid of their own limitations, and look at the overall situation.

The Wizard Academy also received news of Ning Lanqiuyu's action at this moment, and even watched from a distance.

The people from the Wizard Academy also sneered at their action. What was the difference between this and Ning Lanqiuyue bringing the main force of the underground city up, leaving the underground city with depleted combat power?

They had seen the cunning of the nightmare demon, but even if they showed up to warn those guys, they probably wouldn't listen, so they chose to guard the Ninglan New City on the ground here alone, so that their base on the ground would not be attacked again by the nightmare demon by luring the tiger away from the mountain.

"Boss Ain...are we really not going to follow them?"

"Wait, we are the last insurance, the insurance on the ground, and... I feel that Ning Lanqiuyu also has some problems." The young man called Iin's full name is Iin Garland, and he is the one who took the initiative to be infected with the sleeping curse this time. He is also one of the sons of fortune hidden by the Wizard Academy in the previous Dream Exchange Competition.

But he himself was not aware of this. In order to hide him in the last exchange competition, the Wizarding Academy provided a lot of resources to compensate him.

"It's right to listen to the boss. We are not those guys who rush to die in a fit of passion. We are wizards."

"Okay, okay... I just want to get back quickly."

At this moment, in the underground city.

The discussion at the meeting of the top management of the Extraordinary Research Base was very intense. Although they were a little restrained at the beginning because of an outsider like me, they gradually started arguing because of their different ideas, and then sat down to discuss it because of their common interests. It was a constant drama.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door of the conference room.

Suddenly, everyone stopped what they were doing. This was the highest-level meeting of the base, and no one was allowed to be interrupted except for specific matters.

"Come in." Finally, one of them spoke. After all, there were not many things that could interrupt the meeting process, and everyone tacitly blocked the content of the discussion.

The person who came in stepped forward and asked the other party a few simple questions, and then the other party left.

Everyone looked at that person, curious about what information had interrupted the meeting.

"Well, the guy just now brought us some good news. The main elevator connecting our underground city to the ground has just applied for a multi-story lift. We have contacted them through the elevator equipment system, and support from the ground has arrived."

"Really!"

Suddenly, excitement appeared on these people's faces. With the support coming, the underground city would no longer have to experience the fear of being dominated by those nightmares.

"The meeting is temporarily suspended. Let's go and greet them first."

With this announcement, the meeting came to an end for the time being. However, many people looked at me. After all, they were all smart people. Although the base was not far from the main elevator, if there was no protection, those nightmares in the dark might get rid of them in a short time. Although the probability was not high, when facing the unknown, people would always scare themselves.

"In this situation, of course I have to go over and take a look." I stood up and said.

Chapter 341: Support Arrives, False Alarm

At this moment, the huge elevator started to move, and perhaps because of the large number of people, the roar was louder.

They gradually went deeper underground, and the light became sparse until everything was pitch black. The only things they could see were the inscriptions etched on the platform at the foot of the elevator, and the inscriptions carved into the track that were rapidly rising upwards. In the pitch-black passage, these inscriptions were the only things that glowed, and they passed upwards before their eyes like reverse-flying meteors, while everyone continued to descend at a steady pace.

After the enthusiasm for new things wore off, the people here became silent, leaving only the sound of mechanical friction.

Afterwards, their faces became tense and their eyes were filled with vigilance. That was the response of the city guards when faced with an unknown situation. Even the students of the Extraordinary Academy became ready in this atmosphere and were prepared for the possibility of being attacked along the way.

This elevator has been running for a while and has not yet reached the bottom. God knows what kind of death you would suffer if you were attacked here and fell down. Even if these outsiders are not afraid of death, it does not mean they are not afraid of pain.