"Lingchuan City has that pier construction project, right? But recently, an incident of Lin Ye Pier being haunted made headlines in the Lingchuan Daily."
"However, this sort of thing is usually just a media tactic to attract attention."
"It’s probably something like, the pilings bound just the day before, disappearing the next day."
"A project that should have been completed long ago was forcefully delayed by more than a month and still hasn’t been sorted out."
"The most mysterious part is... "
"They somehow hired a Feng Shui master from somewhere, who dug out a water snake from where the pilings were set, insisting that it had offended a spirit-possessed Dragon King, which led to no one daring to go to Lin Ye Pier for a while..."
After listening to Mu Tianzi’s detailed gossip, Lu Zixun’s mouth twitched.
He thought it was ridiculous, what era were they living in to still believe in such nonsense.
Any insightful person could see it was a man-made incident, yet they turned it into a sensational supernatural event that frightened everyone in the city, quite impressive really.
However, Lu Zixun didn’t take this matter to heart and treated it as a joke.
After mocking the current level of the newspapers, Xiong Kang came along laughing and talking.
"Brother Kang, I’ll come to find you later for dinner."
Guo Xin’er sweetly said as she came over and linked arms with Mu Tianzi.
With a smile on his face, Xiong Kang picked up Lu Zixun. "Then I’ll take Da Ju first and get busy, I’ll give you a call later."
Hearing the two’s appointment, Lu Zixun suddenly felt like he had his fill of ’cat food’ from their public display of affection. Is there no law against this?
Feeling utterly hopeless, Lu Zixun, carried by Xiong Kang, walked towards the Central Square of Qingniao University.
Looking up at Xiong Kang’s delighted face, Lu Zixun sighed deeply, "Bro, stop laughing already, you’re going to dislocate your jaw."
"You wouldn’t understand, you don’t understand anything."
Overjoyed Xiong Kang, his accent came through as he spoke.
Lu Zixun sighed again; indeed, those in love are fools.
Members of Sto constantly moved barrels of water around Central Square.
To avoid causing a panic, their excuse was that there was something wrong with this batch of water, potentially causing symptoms like diarrhea.
With this announcement, the students of Qingniao University cooperated completely, helping the STO members move the water.
Just arriving at the square, Lu Zixun felt energy fluctuations emanating from the barrels of water.
This plague was not naturally occurring but emitted from the Poison Liquid, having energy was a normal thing.
But as the number of barrels of water piled up in the square increased, Lu Zixun’s brow furrowed deeply.
The dispersed plague energy wasn’t much, but once gathered, the change in quantity directly caused a qualitative change.
Ordinary students within Central Square started coughing incessantly.
Seeing this, Lu Zixun hurriedly spoke to Xiong Kang, "The plague energy accumulated in these barrels of water, put together, means you don’t even need to drink the water; just standing here could cause infection. We need to destroy them in batches."
Hearing this, Xiong Kang quickly directed the Genetic Optimization Soldiers from Sto to move them away.
At the same time, he called Fire Element superpower users to start draining and torching the water.
But even so, Lu Zixun could still feel that the plague energy was not dispersing but was instead slowly spreading outside the Central Square, which was terrifying.
Jumping off Xiong Kang’s shoulder, Lu Zixun roared in a deep voice, as Spiritual Fire flickered around his body.
The Plague Energy touched by the Spiritual Fire was incinerated, while the remaining energy, as if alive, began to rapidly spread around, avoiding the Spiritual Fire.
Just as the Plague Energy was about to escape Central Square, a light wall suddenly surrounded the area, trapping it within.
And the Plague Energy violently collided with it, creating a loud noise.
Mu Tianzi’s timely arrival.
It prevented the escape of the Plague Energy, and meanwhile, Lu Zixun’s Spiritual Fire grew stronger as it incinerated the Plague Energy.
Unexpectedly, the Plague Energy also acted as a catalyst.
Lu Zixun raised an eyebrow, his Spiritual Fire, as if starved for several days, began quickly chasing after the Plague Energy.
In a short while, the Plague Energy in Central Square was completely devoured by the Spiritual Fire.
And the rising Spiritual Fire grew as tall as a person.
Thinking it over, Lu Zixun tossed this bundle of Spiritual Fire into the air, where it exploded.
It dazzled like grand fireworks, blinding anyone who looked at it.
"Pretty good-looking."
Mu Tianzi, who had come to Lu Zixun’s side, praised with folded arms.
Nodding unabashedly, Lu Zixun looked up at Mu Tianzi, "How did you get here, where’s Guo Xin’er?"
"She went to eat desserts with Jiu Jiu, I don’t like that stuff, so I thought I’d come find you."
After explaining her reason for coming, Mu Tianzi looked at Lu Zixun, "But that greenish energy just now, is that the Plague you mentioned? It’s pretty formidable."
She sincerely remarked, her expression somewhat grave.
Blocking the Plague Energy seemed easy, but in reality, it was fortunate that Lu Zixun’s Spiritual Fire swiftly devoured it,
otherwise, if the Plague Energy had hit a couple more times, Mu Tianzi’s Spiritual Energy might not have held up.
"Originally, I felt the situation would be very complex, but now, it seems manageable."
The setting sun’s afterglow shone on Lu Zixun, making his fur gleam brightly and he seemed three times fatter,
"My Spiritual Fire can devour the plague, let’s go to the hospital later, and I’ll use the Spiritual Fire to handle the epidemic among the students, then the problem will be solved."
Hearing this, Mu Tianzi nodded, took out her phone to check the time, "Alright, since you can handle it on your own, I’ll go pick up Jiu Jiu from the dormitory. If I stayed, I probably wouldn’t be of much help anyway."
Lu Zixun waved a paw at Mu Tianzi to show his understanding, "If something urgent comes up, I’ll give you a call."
After exchanging an OK sign with Lu Zixun, Mu Tianzi put away her phone and walked toward Qingniao University Café.
Just as Lu Zixun, feeling somewhat drowsy while lying on the ground, was thinking of taking a nap, Xiong Kang’s voice rang out.
Lu Zixun instantly perked up.
"The bottled mineral water here has already been disposed of, it’s time to visit the hospital."
Rubbing his sore temples, Xiong Kang spoke wearily, "We must find a way to extract the Poison Liquid, if it can disperse once, it can disperse again."
"The immediate priority is still to resolve the student issue."
Getting up while yawning, Lu Zixun said gravely, "Otherwise, if things get misinterpreted and the media spins it, that wouldn’t be good."