An Qingyu opened his mouth as if he wanted to ask something, but after hesitating for a moment, he tactfully kept silent.
He was very interested in Lin Qiye's identity and his extraordinary fighting ability, but if he asked in public, he estimated that Lin Qiye would not tell him, and it would instead arouse the other party's disgust.
"Qi Ye, he is a rare genius in Cangnan City who appears rarely in ten years, and the treasure of No. 2 Middle School. Have you heard of his name?" Li Yifei introduced.
"never heard of that."
"… "
"Now is not the time to discuss this." Lin Qiye said calmly, "Send these students to the auditorium first, it's safer there."
Li Yifei was stunned, "But we can't go down at all, there are so many monsters on the first floor..."
Halfway through his speech, Li Yifei realized that he had asked a stupid question.
"They're all dead. Otherwise, how do you think I got up here?" Lin Qiye looked at Li Yifei as if he was a mentally retarded person.
"You are really brave." Li Yifei grinned, "Then do you want to continue to save people?"
"certainly."
"I'll go with you." Li Yifei said firmly, "Don't worry, I won't be a drag if I follow you, and now they are more convinced of me, I can help you control the situation."
Lin Qiye hesitated for a moment, then nodded, "Bring your axe team and follow me up."
Although there seemed to be no change on the surface, after a day of fighting, nearly twenty monsters had died in his hands. Lin Qiye had exhausted both his physical and mental strength, and he was tired.
Li Yifei and his Axe Squad can help him relieve a lot of pressure.
"I'll go too." An Qingyu suddenly said.
"you?"
"I can help you with advice and analyze the monsters' behavioral habits." An Qingyu looked into Lin Qiye's eyes calmly without any retreat.
Li Yifei leaned close to Lin Qiye's ear and whispered, "I think this kid is quite smart."
Lin Qiye hesitated for a moment and nodded slightly: "Okay, but let me make it clear first, I can't guarantee your safety."
He already had a whole axe squad with him anyway, so one more person wouldn't make much difference.
"No problem, I'm not afraid of death." An Qingyu's eyes lit up and he seemed very excited.
After Lin Qiye gave some instructions to the other students in the class, he asked them to go to the auditorium on their own. The auditorium was not far from the Grade 12 teaching building. In addition, Lin Qiye had just cleared the monsters again, so there would be basically no danger.
"Li Yifei."
"What's wrong?"
"How's things upstairs?"
"It's not bad. It shouldn't be a problem to hold off those monsters on the fourth floor."
"Okay, let's rest here for a while."
Lin Qiye found a stool and sat down. There were many monsters on the fourth floor. If he wanted to kill them all, he would need enough physical and mental strength.
"Sister Hongying, how are things going over there?" Lin Qiye turned on the headset.
"I didn't catch it. I chased it for most of the school. Then it ran into the woods behind your school and disappeared." Hongying on the other end of the headset seemed a little frustrated.
Lin Qiye's heart sank again.
As long as the main body is not dead, this incident will not end. Even if he can find the monsters in the school one by one and kill them, it is only a temporary solution and not a fundamental solution.
"So where are you now?"
"Xiao Nan is trying to follow the trail left by the monster. Let's continue chasing it. As long as the [No Ring Airspace] is still there, it can't escape from this school."
"good."
"By the way, Wu Xiangnan has found out what this monster is."
Lin Qiye's eyes lit up.
"This monster is a Nanda snake demon. It should come from rural legends. Wu Xiangnan searched all the mythological books before but couldn't find any information about it. Finally, he found a few words in a broken ancient book."
"Nanda snake demon?"
"This snake demon has a strong camouflage ability and intelligence that is no less than that of humans. After swallowing a creature, it can plant snake seeds in its body, transform the body into its offspring, and control their actions.
However, there are limits on the production of snake species. Even the main body can only produce one snake species a day, and it takes three days to produce one offspring. Moreover, the combat power of both the main body and the offspring is not high, at least in the immature stage. "
"I see." Lin Qiye touched his chin.
It seems that this snake demon has existed longer than he thought. With so many snake demon offspring, it may have stayed in this school for more than a month.
It is careful and cautious.
Just as Lin Qiye was thinking, An Qingyu walked to his side quietly and silently.
"Is there a problem?"
"I want to ask a question."
"If you want to ask me if I'm a superman or a cultivator, forget it."
"No, what I want to ask is... have monsters like this always existed in places we don't know about?" An Qingyu pointed at the monster with its body torn apart outside.
Lin Qiye hesitated for a moment and nodded.
"Then why can we still live so leisurely and comfortably?"
Lin Qiye glanced at him and said slowly: "Because someone is watching over the night for mankind."
Logically speaking, Lin Qiye shouldn't answer this question, but they will be remembered clearly sooner or later anyway, so it doesn't matter what he says now.
However, this is all Lin Qiye could say.
"I understand." An Qingyu nodded.
"Are not you afraid?"
"Afraid? Why should I be afraid?" An Qingyu's mouth corners slightly raised, "I just think it's interesting."
"interesting?"
"It turns out that in addition to science, this world also has such magical creatures." An Qingyu licked his lips, his eyes never leaving the monster corpses outside the corridor, "I really want to take them back and slice them for research."
"…You're still just a high school student, right?"
"So what? Do you think like everyone else that high school students can only learn high school stuff?" An Qingyu chuckled, "Spending three years learning those simple, dull and boring knowledge is just a waste of life."
"and you… "
"I have just finished my master's degree in biology and plan to start my doctorate in the second half of the year. My main research area is genetics and gene mutations, as well as some research in clinical medicine."
"… "Lin Qiye stared at An Qingyu blankly, and after a long while he uttered a few words: "Excuse me."
Is there really such a monster in this world
Lin Qiye always thought he was quite smart, but compared to the boy in front of him, the word "smart" seemed so pale and powerless.
He looked at the time, stood up from his chair, and walked out of the classroom.
"Let's go, it's time to rescue people."
Everyone took up their weapons and followed Lin Qiye out aggressively. Even An Qingyu took out a fruit knife from the drawer and followed with a smile.
That expression seemed as if he was not going to fight the monsters, but to cut them into eighteen pieces and take them back for research.