Miss White Wolf's Terra Travel Journal

When the leader of the National University heard the key words "infection behind the brain" and "large number", he realized that things were in trouble. Those of them who made a living from Originium research had a very sensitive sense of smell and had already vaguely guessed what was happening.

Without giving it much thought, several leading teachers made the following decision on the spot: "Call back all students immediately! End the assessment early."

On the other hand, Bagpipe, who received the news, immediately issued orders to the members of the Guards Academy: assist and protect the students of the National University to return to the garrison, and all personnel should act separately.

Although it was stipulated that they should act separately, Qin Liu would definitely not do so. After all, no one was more important than her Miss Olicia. She was the other party's "guard knight", and her primary protection target was naturally Olicia.

A similar thing happened to Bai Lang. Even though she knew that her duty was to protect other members of the National University, her focus was still unconsciously on Aina and Bo Lu. These two were the two people she paid the most attention to on this trip.

But strangely, when she took out the locator to look for the two people, she couldn't find the green light spots representing the two people. She tried many times and restarted the instrument considering the malfunction, but still couldn't find them.

"Qin Liu, I can't find Miss Aina and the others." She said to the people behind her.

"How is that possible?" Qin Liu also took out the locator and looked at it carefully. His expression gradually became abnormal: "I can't find it either."

“They can’t be…” White Wolf’s face turned pale.

"No." Qin Liu quickly comforted, "If there really was an accident, the green dot on the locator would stay where it is. They should have gone to a place where the signal can be blocked. Maybe we can see it after a while."

"Then isn't it possible that they won't receive the notification of the end of the assessment? No, that's too dangerous. Let's go look for them." White Wolf pointed to a spot on the edge of the locator and said, "I have been keeping an eye on their movements. In the afternoon, I saw them near this location. Even if they have been moving, they won't run too far."

Qin Liu looked at the location pointed by the white wolf, which was very close to the center of the disaster. Now, the special source stone beasts appeared and disappeared unpredictably, so that place must be extremely dangerous. Moreover, all the people were already gathering at the outer garrison. If they went against the flow of people to the center, they would be isolated and helpless.

Qin Liu hesitated.

Volume 4: Chapter 107 Search and Rescue Mission

Qin Liu had her reasons for hesitating. Although she was confident in her own abilities, she was not confident enough to go to the center of the disaster, which was fraught with danger, under such circumstances.

According to the feedback from other academy members, there are already so many special individuals in the outside world, not to mention the disaster center. To be frank, if there are more than a dozen special Originium beasts like the one she killed today, she will have no choice but to run for her life.

Her hesitation only lasted for a moment, and then she calmly said to White Wolf, "There's no need for everyone to go. You and Fengpige and the others can take the nearby students to the garrison first. I'll go find Miss Aina and the others by myself. Don't worry, I'll kill any monster that comes."

Past operational experience tells Bai Lang that once the number of infected beasts rises to a certain level, the difficulty of solving the problem will increase exponentially. She does not think that Miss Qin Liu can handle it alone.

In fact, she even considered letting Qin Liu go back first and go there alone, but the other party was from the Guard Academy after all, and most likely he would not agree, so she just thought about it in her heart and didn't say it out loud.

The current situation is that she hasn't asked Miss Qin Liu to go back yet, but she asked her to go back. Bai Lang insisted without thinking, "Let's go together."

Qin Liu was now anxious and spoke her mind directly: "Olicia, the center of the natural disaster is not the other places you have been to. It is really very dangerous!"

I know, Bai Lang thought, he seemed to have experienced more than one natural disaster. It seemed that there was a misunderstanding. Miss Qin Liu seemed to be worried that she had no ability to protect herself.

Hiss, this is so unexpected, how could such a misunderstanding occur?

She raised her hand, and with the help of the energy conduction of the glove, she rubbed a ball of flame with her index finger and thumb, and said to Qin Liu: "I'm still strong, don't worry about me."

Warlock? Qin Liu was shocked. Miss Olicia was actually a warlock, and she could cast spells without a spellcasting unit?

By the way, the opponent is an infected person, so there is really no need to use the staff. Judging from the opponent's nonchalant actions, Miss Olisia may still be a very powerful warlock.

She knew where the other party's calmness came from. In that case, it seemed okay to bring Miss Olicia along. She could attract the enemy's attention in front while the other party used spells to support her. The effect would definitely be much better with the two working together.

Taking the above situation into consideration, and the fact that Bailang seemed determined to go, Qin Liu nodded in agreement. After giving many instructions on things to note, the two began to move forward into the depths of the jungle.

It was completely dark at this time. Qin Liu turned on the mini flashlight that came with his uniform. Bai Lang had good eyesight, so there was no need for this. The two of them moved very quickly in the jungle.

In the entire central and outer areas, where the members of the Guard Academy have already checked, there are basically no dangerous situations, so Bailang and Qin Liu are proud to quickly pass through this area and head to the central area.

In the second half of the night, when they were approaching the central area, they gradually began to see some wandering infected beasts. Although the danger factor was not high and they were easy to deal with, for the sake of speed, the two chose to avoid them and headed at full speed to the place near the central area where Aina and others disappeared.

On the other side, Miss Bagpipe, who had been busy all night and exhausted, finally had some free time. Under her personal command, more than half of the National University students had been escorted back to the base, and the rest were basically on their way back and were expected to arrive in the early morning. Now she only had to wait patiently.

She picked up her canteen, gulped down a sip of water, then slumped in the chair and checked the time.

It's four o'clock in the morning, and it will be dawn in an hour. I really envy Qin Liu for not having to deal with these things. However, based on her personality, she will take the initiative to help even if she doesn't receive any orders.

So where is she now?

Fengpi took out the locator and searched in the direction of the base, but found nothing.

She sat up and rubbed her dizzy forehead, remembering that Qin Liu was usually with the beautiful Olicia, so she searched for Olicia again, but couldn't find her.

Now she was in no mood to rest. She turned on the computer, connected the locator, and started a thorough inspection with a frown.

Finally, at the northernmost side of the assessment area, very close to the center of the disaster, she saw two purple dots - Qin Liu and Olicia.

Fengdi's heart shuddered, and then he couldn't understand. According to the data from the positioning device, there were no students from the National University nearby, and the danger level was quite high. What were Qin Liu and the others doing there?

Unable to keep calm, Fengdi immediately dialed Qin Liu's communicator.

Near the center of the disaster.

Qin Liu pierced the infected beast's head with a sword, then picked up the mobile phone from his waist and answered the call.

The white wolf leaned against a big tree, yawned as he watched from the side. After entering this dangerous area, every time there was trouble, Miss Qin Liu would take the initiative to solve it, not giving her a chance to take action.

This kind of thing has been happening in the past few days, and it happened again today. Bailang remembered that Qin Liu said that she liked to read knight novels. She began to doubt whether the other party was influenced by related works and was really holding herself to the standard of a guardian knight.

After some random thoughts, she began to think about the current situation.

They have arrived at the place where Miss Ina disappeared without stopping. After continuous travel, her physical strength is gradually exhausted. However, Miss Qin Liu is still full of energy. She is worthy of being a Waifan.

Anyway, it will be dawn soon. I can rest for half an hour and eat something. It will be more convenient to find someone after dawn.

She looked in the direction of Qin Liu and guessed that the other party should be talking to Feng Di on the phone. Feng Di on the other side was probably a little worried when he saw them going deep into the center of the disaster.

Qin Liu walked towards her while talking on the phone. Bai Lang heard the other party explaining that the two people would not really enter the central area, they were just searching nearby, and it would not be too late to send reinforcements if they couldn't find them.

The voice of Miss Bagpipe could be heard faintly from the phone: "Well, you must pay attention to safety and be careful. If you need reinforcements, notify me immediately."

"Don't worry, the phone's battery is low. Olicia and I will be busy now." Qin Liu hung up the phone with a smile.

Near the station.

Feng Di put down her phone and her sleepiness was swept away. She informed the National University that two students were trapped due to an abnormal situation, and issued an order to the Guard Academy without hesitation:

"All members of the Guard Academy who have completed their escort missions will assemble immediately and head to the center of the disaster area to conduct search and rescue missions."

Volume 4: Chapter 108 Lost Contact

Ten hours ago, shortly after the National University issued an order to end the assessment.

Aina and Bo Lu were running desperately in the jungle. Behind them, there were a dozen infected beasts with dull fur chasing after them. These creatures were skinny, with red eyes, and their heads were covered with brown or dark yellow Originium crystals.

"Sister Aina, there is a cave ahead. It seems like there is a light. Someone may be living there." Bo Lu said breathlessly, pointing at a stone wall ahead. She had used the Originium technique many times to delay the pace of the pursuers, and she felt that she could not hold on any longer.

"Cave? Look, I see it. Go over there and hide. You should take a rest." Aina said breathlessly. She and Bo Lu had been chased by the infected beast for a long time. Although she herself did not consume the Originium skills, she was already physically exhausted. Now she could only hope that someone in that strange cave could provide help.

As they got closer, they discovered that this cave was unexpectedly a modern facility. Several rows of rectangular fluorescent lights could be seen on the ceiling, and there was a smooth silver metal coating on the walls. Most importantly, there was a black metal door hanging in the air at the entrance of the cave, which should be able to be closed from the inside.

Aina and Bo Lu rushed into the cave with all their might, and anxiously looked for the door closing controller on the wall, but the entire wall was completely smooth and there were no protruding landmarks to be found.

"Don't worry about it, just keep running inside!" Ina shouted, pulled up Bo Lu, and rushed up the stairs inside the cave in two steps.

At this moment, there was a sharp metal friction sound coming from behind them. The two turned around and saw the metal door slowly descending, crushing the two fast-running infected beasts into two parts on the spot, one part was inside the cave and the other part was outside. The other infected beasts were also isolated outside.

"Well, we're saved?" Bo Lu said nervously.

"That should be the case. There must be someone in here. We can look for its owner." Ina patted her chest lightly, also looking frightened.

The two could hear the muffled sound of infected beasts hitting the gate outside, but the metal door did not move at all. After they were sure it was safe, they felt relieved and continued to go deeper along the stone walkway.

The architectural style of this place is similar to that of a research institute. The walkway is a square passage that is one person high. Lights can be seen on both sides every five meters or so. However, it seems that they have not been maintained for a long time. Some of the lights on the passage are broken and no longer light up, leaving blurry shadows. Some of them flicker, which looks quite creepy.

Along the way, they encountered many electronic doors that required identification, but strangely, these electronic doors were open and they could pass through freely.

"How could there be such a building in the center of the natural disaster area? It feels like visiting an underground research institute of an academy." Bo Lu commented.

Aina nodded. "Yes, but it's a bit strange that the electronic doors are open. The doors of the institute can't be opened so casually. Also, have you noticed that this place looks big, but I haven't seen anyone after walking for so long?"

"Yes." Bo Lu also noticed this problem. "Someone helped to close the door, which means there must be someone inside. But it's too strange that we can't see anyone."

“And many of the lights are out of maintenance.” Ina said as she walked to the edge of the metal wall, stood on tiptoes, and observed the communicator on the wall.

"There's nothing wrong with the communicator. The people inside should be able to communicate with us through it, but there's no movement at all."

There is indeed something wrong with this place, Bo Lu muttered to herself. Suddenly, an idea came to her mind. Maybe the teachers in the college know this place. She could call and ask.

She lowered her head and took out her communicator, trying to dial the number, but found that there was no signal at all. In addition, there was an unread message on her phone, which was sent an hour ago. At that time, she and Aina were being chased by the Originium Beasts and had no time to read anything.

She clicked on the message and saw that the sender was the teacher in charge of the assessment. After flipping through a few pages, her face gradually began to turn pale.

The research institute became dead silent because of the silence of the two people, giving people a gloomy feeling. Aina felt a little scared. She turned her head to say something to Bo Lu, but saw that the other person's face turned pale.

"What's wrong with you? Is there any message on your phone?" Ina asked nervously and a little scared.

"An hour ago, the team leader issued new instructions." Bo Lu swallowed and continued, "They said that there might be uncontrollable factors in the assessment, so it has to end early. All students must gather before tomorrow morning."

Aina thought of the special infected beasts they encountered. After two days of investigation, she was basically sure that these infected individuals were caused by the artificial implantation of Originium. The "uncontrollable factors" mentioned by the team leader might refer to these creatures.

At this time, Aina no longer had the heart to continue her research, because when faced with such an artificially cultivated body, she should let the team of the Guard Academy handle it and catch the mastermind behind it. She was now anxious about how to get back:

"Bo Lu, we are so far away from the base now. We may not be able to get back even if we run all night. Besides, we don't even know where this place is. We must quickly contact the team leader and explain the situation."

"I want to, too." Bo Lu said with a sad face, "But there is no signal here. I received the previous message when I was outside."

"This..." Aina quickly checked the communicator, her expression becoming quite interesting. If they didn't get in touch with the outside world as soon as possible, everyone would think that the two of them had met with an accident in the disaster area, and it would be bad if they left early. This kind of thing was very likely to happen.

Next, the two anxious people returned to the vicinity of the gate in order to get in touch with the outside world. Unfortunately, there was still no signal at this location.

Moreover, the corpse of the infected beast that had been chopped in half by the gate was right there. Its bloody head covered with Originium crystals rolled to the side, staring straight at the two of them.

They pretended not to see or smell the blood and tried hard to open the door, but the metal door was at least ten centimeters thick. No matter what method they used, it was heavy and there was no movement. There was also no button or switch nearby that could be opened.

About half an hour later, Aina couldn't stand the bloody scene at the gate any more. She thought it was pointless to stay there any longer, so she called Bo Lu and went back into the depths of the institute.

She had been deterred before because the interior was too eerie and dark, but now, they had no other way out except to keep moving forward.

Volume 4: Chapter 109: Cultivation Room

Perhaps it was because it was too quiet. When Aina returned to the metal passage, she heard a faint sound that occurred every once in a while, like drops of water dripping.

She turned her head and asked, "Bo Lu, can you hear it? It sounds like water is dripping."

Bo Lu nodded: "So Sister Aina heard it too, I thought it was an illusion."

The two continued walking forward for a while. The sound of dripping water became clearer and clearer as they moved forward. The smell in the air also gradually changed. There was a strange fragrance mixed with a faint stench of rotten meat.

Bo Lu frowned. The smell was not pleasant, but the fragrance seemed to exist to cover up the stench. It was relatively strong, so it was barely acceptable.

"It might be the smell in the laboratory, Sister Ina, we might be close to the owner of this place. Do you want to shout and say hello first?" Bo Lu said nervously. In this strange place, she didn't dare to act rashly.

"Don't do that yet." Aina shook her head. "This is a metal passage. If you shout, you might disturb others. It's very rude. Let's walk a little further and see."

In fact, what Ina was worried about was not disturbing others, she just obeyed the ominous premonition that emerged in her heart.

After all, the situation in this experiment could be described as weird. Everything was quiet, and she always felt that once the existing tranquility was broken, something bad would probably happen.

The two continued to move forward, and the sound of dripping water echoing in the metal passage became louder and louder, even drowning out all other sounds, including their unconsciously suppressed footsteps and breathing.

After passing through the last electronic door in the metal passage, a fork appeared in front:

Directly ahead is an elevator room.

On the left is a small workshop. From a distance you can see some lights on inside, but no one is there.

On the right was a room that looked like a laboratory, which was pitch black. The sound of dripping water and the strange smell came from there.

"Sister Aina, I'm a little scared. There is no one here. What should I do?" Bo Lu hugged Aina's arm and asked in a barely audible voice.

"It's okay, Xiao Bolu, it's just a research institute. Your sister Aina has seen everything." Aina said with forced calmness, both to comfort Bolu and to cheer herself up.

"Yeah, it's just a research institute, just a research institute." Bo Lu muttered a few times to calm himself down, and then asked, "Sister Aina, do we want to go in and take a look?"

Facing the dark room with a strange smell, Aina was a little scared, but at this time, in order to give the two people courage, she could only pretend to be indifferent and said, "What is there to be afraid of? Don't we have flashlights for camping? We are not afraid of the dark."

"But we threw it away when we escaped." Bo Lu reminded in a low voice.

Ina's breathing paused slightly. She not only remembered throwing away the flashlight, but also remembered that in order to reduce the weight when escaping from the infected beasts, the two of them threw away the entire backpack, including all the collected samples, food, student ID cards, etc.

Now she had nothing on her except her cell phone, whose battery was almost exhausted. Xiao Bolu also carried a book that she never left behind.

In other words, he and Bo Lu might need to find some food and water nearby, so it would be even more necessary to explore further.

Ina was thinking about the action plan in her mind, and at the same time, she slowly walked into the dark room with Bo Lu.

Their eyes quickly adapted to the darkness inside the room. What really made them feel uncomfortable was the smell. When they were close enough, no matter how strong the odor masking agent was, it could not completely cover up the foul smell.

Ina pinched her nose, found the power switch on the wall, and pressed it hard. With a few popping sparks, the whole room flashed a few times and then became completely bright.

Bo Lu looked at the scene in disbelief, holding Aina's arms tightly with both hands, and said in a trembling voice: "Ai, Sister Aina, there must have been an experimental accident here."