novellhall Chapter 19 Preparing to Move
Chapter 19 Preparing to Move
Walking out of the stadium,
The sunlight outside was still blinding, but the students who came out with him were very excited.
"Holy crap, this is the first time I've ever seen magical girls fight this close! Do you guys know what their codenames are?"
"I think her name is Hydrangea. There aren't many magical girls with ice-attribute magic in the entire Maple Leaf District, and even fewer magical girls whose magical artifacts are ice spears. But I think her other nickname sounds better than Hydrangea."
"What nickname?"
"The Frost Princess!"
"Then she must be very strong, right?"
"I don't know about that. This is all the information I found online."
"But wasn't that boy who was found to be a fake human in our class?"
"Yeah, I remember he usually got along pretty well with Liu Hao and Morikawa Hayasuka."
"Tsk, it's that corner of Parrot District again. Every time there's a fake human test, it's mostly students from Parrot District. I don't understand why the school insists on recruiting students from there. They really don't care about our safety at all."
"What are you looking at? I'm talking to you!"
Suddenly, the student in the lead turned around and looked at Bai Yuze with a fierce expression.
"Eh..."
Bai Yuze scratched his head, somewhat bewildered. Why was he so angry? Anyone who didn't know better would think he had cheated on them.
If you can't afford to offend them, you can at least avoid them.
As soon as Bai Yuze turned around, he saw a familiar figure walking out of the stadium.
She saw Bai Yuze pause slightly, then asked softly:
"Bai, it seems you went in for testing with Shen Kuo just now. Are you alright?"
As the white tea Chinatsu draws closer,
Bai Yuze suddenly felt the malice lingering on him intensify.
Ok,
He now knows why these people hate him.
but……
Whether others like him or not is none of his business.
"I'm fine."
Bai Yuze smiled and shook his head, saying, "That magical girl in the gymnasium was very strong; she took down her opponent in just a few moves."
"That's good."
Shiracha Chika breathed a sigh of relief, then, as if remembering something, said, "Shiracha-kun, aren't you moving today? Do you need my help?"
"No, no need."
Bai Yuzhe repeatedly shook his head in refusal:
"Parrot District is too dangerous. It would be bad if you got hurt, Class Monitor. But once I move to Hanjiang District and settle in, I'll invite you to come and visit."
Parrot District was already very unstable, with countless fake humans and abyssal monsters...
What's more, he's also provoked the local power, the Ash Gang. Who knows what will happen if he drags them into this?
"Alright then," Shiratsumi Chika pursed her lips, then quickly raised her voice to remind him, "But don't be late tomorrow!"
"Yes, sir."
all of a sudden,
As if burned by those words, Shirakawa Chika turned and ran away.
Bai Yuzhe watched her brisk departure and scratched the back of his head.
Could it be that the other person likes me?
But soon,
He shook his head firmly.
It's too low.
He didn't know Bai Cha Qianxia's family background yet, but with her fair skin, beautiful appearance, broad mind, long legs, and kind nature, she was definitely not someone a small ant from the Parrot District could aspire to.
This self-awareness
He still has it.
Call ~
Bai Yuze glanced at the sky. Now was not the time to think about these things; he still had many things to deal with.
For example, he was supposed to organize the data he had collected over the past few days and hand it over to his senior, Aiwas, but his black slave employees had not yet handed him the organized spreadsheets.
Just as I turned my head, a slender figure slowly walked out from the side.
Bai Yuze was startled. "When did you get here?"
Chiba Yumeyu remained silent. She gently placed a neatly folded document from her bag into Bai Yuze's hand.
"Boss, take a look. I've organized everything according to your instructions. See if there's anything that needs improvement."
Bai Yuzhe flipped through a few pages; the data was clear, the format was standard, and there was nothing wrong with it.
But he still gave the other person a somewhat dissatisfied look.
"Didn't you say you'd give it to me this morning?"
Chiba Yume lowered her eyes and said, "Boss, many people were looking for you this morning. If I go to you again, it might cause some unnecessary misunderstandings."
Do you think I'm handsome?
Chiba Yumeyu paused for a moment, then replied expressionlessly, "Handsome."
"Do you like me?"
"dislike."
Chiba Yume said expressionlessly.
Bai Yuze waved his hand dismissively, "That's settled then. I'm not Federal Currency. Just because you don't like it doesn't mean they will. Why worry so much?"
He paused for a moment.
He put the documents into his bag and casually reminded me, "The AET exam is next month, so you should study hard. Don't end up working for me for the rest of your life."
Chiba Yume looked up at him, her eyes flickering slightly.
Bai Yuze added, "I misspoke. If you do poorly on the exam, good luck to you. Even the richest family is running out of food; I still have to find a way to support myself."
Chiba Yumeyu nodded.
He didn't speak.
Bai Yuzhe was very satisfied with her. She didn't take much money, didn't talk much, and did a great job. If he could support himself, he definitely wouldn't let go of such a five-star laborer.
......
Holly University is located in the northeast corner of Maple Leaf District.
Rather than a school,
It's more like a meticulously planned miniature ecological research city.
The campus buildings are clean geometric shapes, covered everywhere with tamed vertical greenery.
The air was filled with the scent of freshly trimmed grass. In the center of the school stood an artificial lake, its surface shimmering with azure blue, while the Möbius strip atop the clock tower slowly rotated in the setting sun.
Bai Yuze glanced at the familiar ring-shaped emblem, then raised his hand and summoned a silver-white driverless commuter vehicle.
A few minutes later,
Bai Yuze arrived at the Abyss Biology Interdisciplinary Research Institute, located in the northern part of the campus.
Visible to the naked eye,
The security level here is significantly higher than that at the school gate.
As Bai Yuze approached...
Several pairs of eyes immediately locked onto him.
look up,
Four magical girls of different colors stood quietly at the main entrance. They glanced at Bai Yuze for a moment before looking away.
For people who come every day
They were quite familiar with each other.
But if Bai Yuze tries to build relationships with them like he did with the Qingyang Bridge and Rainbow Bridge checkpoints, that's like a toad trying to eat swan meat.
These magical girls are all very arrogant.
Bai Yuze didn't want to be turned away, so he took out a light purple card with a special texture from the inside pocket of his coat.
Click,
He inserted the card into the machine interface next to him.
After a while
A cone-shaped beam of pale blue light descended from above, completely enveloping Bai Yuze.
drop--
About two seconds later, the blue light cone disappeared.
The massive silver-gray door in front of Bai Yuze silently cracked open from the center with a vertical slit of light, then slid smoothly to both sides, revealing a passage filled with pure white light inside.
He put the card away.
Enter it.
It can be said,
Bai Yuze is one of the few exceptions who can get into this program. The Abyss Biology Deconstruction major has extremely high entry requirements, and the minimum requirement in the laboratory is a master's degree.
The reason he was able to get in
This was mainly due to his extreme thirst for and unique understanding of the miasma of the abyss.
In these years,
Bai Yuze, through his obsessive observation of his own body, submitted several reports on his observations of the abyssal miasma and abyssal creatures. Some of the unique perspectives he presented surprised Professor Mu, which indirectly spurred two or three new directions of exploration in the laboratory.
Because of this,
Professor Mu was willing to make an exception and give him special treatment, allowing him to enter the lab to do odd jobs when he had nothing to do, and to ask other senior students for help if he encountered any problems.
As the heavy soundproof door opened automatically, the low-noise environment characteristic of the laboratory rushed in:
Several senior students were engrossed in their experiments or computers. They glanced up at Bai Yuze and then continued with their work, seemingly accustomed to his arrival.
After greeting his fellow disciples, Bai Yuze looked at his senior disciple Ai Huasi, who was sitting in a corner.
Right now,
The senior student was frowning at a fluorescence quantitative PCR instrument flashing error codes. His dark circles were particularly noticeable, his hair was a bit messy, and he looked somewhat irritable. An empty energy drink was casually tossed aside.
Bai Yuze didn't go over to bother the other party. Instead, he wisely stood aside and finished his chores until the machine's noise gradually subsided.
Only then did he pick up his backpack.
Walk towards the corner.
"Senior brother."
Bai Yuze stopped a step and a half away and spoke slowly.
"Um?"
Ai Huasi looked up from the instrument screen and, seeing it was Bai Yuze, his tense expression relaxed slightly.
"Oh, it's you, junior. How did it go? Did you get the drug data from Hanjiang District last week?"
Aiwas's words were full of casualness.
For this kind of dangerous work that requires going deep into remote areas and coming into contact with people infected with miasma, no one in the laboratory is usually willing to put in too much effort; it's good enough if they can just submit the basic records on time.
"Yes, they're all here."
"These records, made as requested by you, document the duration of medication, a self-reported basic health condition, and changes in subjective feelings after one week. Also…"
He paused, as if remembering something.
"In addition, I found that some of the subjects had portable vital signs monitoring watches at home, so with their consent, I recorded their baseline heart rate and body temperature before and after taking the medication in the morning and evening."
In addition, I have added the usage records of two subjects in the Parrot Zone, which are attached below. I don't know if they will be of any reference value.
Aiwas was listening casually at first, but when he heard the extra information, his eyebrows twitched.
He reached for the file folder and pulled out the papers inside. Instead of the hastily handwritten questionnaires he'd expected, they were meticulously prepared spreadsheets, with data categorized and even outliers highlighted in different colors.
obviously,
This goes far beyond the scope of a simple errand; it's more like a serious mini-research report.
Aiwas quickly scanned the area and slowly said:
"Hmm, this temperature fluctuation... is interesting. The house you marked is located in the low-lying area near Qingyang Bridge?"
Although he didn't like going out, he was very familiar with the miasma concentration in every street of Dongqing City.
Bai Yuzhe nodded, "Yes, on the west side of Hanjiang District, near Qingyang Bridge."
"Environmental factors combined with drug response..."
Aiwas muttered to himself, tapping his fingers on the form. His brow relaxed considerably, as if his frustration with the malfunctioning instrument had dissipated somewhat.
He put the data aside, looked at Bai Yuze, and his previously furrowed brows relaxed slightly:
"It's quite thorough. It's better than the senior you met last time. Half of the questionnaires he collected didn't have the date written on them, and then he said that the area was unsafe and smelly, and he absolutely refused to go."
……
Bai Yuze didn't respond, because what the senior said was true.
If he weren't a monster himself...
Having some confidence
Kill him.
He didn't dare go there either.
Bai Yuze handed the report to Aiwas and then prepared to leave.
If it were any other time,
He will definitely use the laboratory equipment to study his blood tissue.
But he made a promise to Ocasan today.
After moving, I still need to take my new partner out for a meal.
The world is vast,
Okasan is the biggest!
Naturally, we should go back as soon as possible.
whoosh-
As the laboratory glass door opened, Bai Yuze had just stepped into the doorway.
Aiwass suddenly spoke up and gave a warning:
"Junior, it's best to avoid going to the Parrot District and the Dark Alley District if you can. There's no need to collect data from those people who have been rejected by society. You can just collect some experimental data from the Hanjiang District."
"Senior brother, I understand."
Aiwas waved his hand, sat back down at his computer, and continued working on the interrupted data analysis.
With the unexpectedly helpful data from his junior, he felt as if the weight on his shoulders had lightened a little.
Thinking this way,
He instinctively reached for his energy drink again, but then remembered that he had already finished it.
But when he picked it up...
But found that
The energy drink bottle was full, while the empty bottle had been thrown into the trash can sometime earlier.
Aiwass didn't say anything.
He merely gave a slight smile before continuing his experiment.
......
Hongqiao checkpoint
There weren't many people coming and going. Bai Yuze had just reached the vicinity of the gate when he heard a familiar voice:
"noob!"
Li Weiguo poked his head out of the guard post, holding a small package wrapped in oil paper, and walked over quickly.
With a rare smile on his face, he shoved the package into Bai Yuzhe's hands without a word:
"Here, your sister-in-law specially fried a few extra meat patties today and insisted that I bring you two. She said you're always running around by yourself and look so thin, you need to eat something substantial."
The paper wrapping still felt warm to the touch, and the aroma of scallion oil mixed with the caramelized fragrance of noodles wafted through the air.
Bai Yuzhe was slightly taken aback, then accepted the gift and sincerely thanked him.
"Thank you, Uncle Li, and please thank your wife for me too. It's too much trouble."
"No trouble at all, it's just a small favor." Li Weiguo waved his hand, looked him up and down, and asked, "Is there anything you need to take out today?"
"Yeah, nothing much today, just a laptop."
Bai Yuze opened his backpack, which contained only a laptop and a power adapter.
"Let's just go there then."
Li Weiguo nodded, didn't check much, and gestured for him to go through the turnstile directly.
The younger team members nearby glanced at it but did not step forward.
"Uncle Li, I'll be going now."
Go ahead, be careful on the road.
Swipe card, access granted.
Bai Yuze placed the warm fried dough package into the inside pocket of his coat, feeling the faint warmth transmitted through the fabric.
After entering Hanjiang District,
The noise and chaotic neon lights enveloped us once again.
Bai Yuzhe walked to a relatively quiet street corner, took out his phone, and dialed Lu Zihai's number.
The phone rang a few times before being answered. A slightly hurried voice came from the other end, and there was some background noise.
"Feed? Who are you?"
"Brother Lu, it's me, Bai Yuze. I've arrived in Hanjiang District. What's your exact location?"
"Okay, wait a minute... I'm on duty right now, a bit busy. How about this, add me on LINE or WeChat, and I'll send you my location."
Lu Zihai posted a number. "I left the house key under the doormat at the entrance. You can just go in. There's been an unexpected situation here today, so I don't think I can make it to help you move."
"It's alright, Brother Lu, you go ahead with your work, I can manage on my own."
"Then be careful. The parrot area isn't very safe. Let me know when you've moved everything."
"Okay, thank you, Brother Lu."
After hanging up the phone, Bai Yuzhe added the person who made the meal on WeChat. The other party quickly accepted and sent a location message with the caption:
The address is Room 606, Yueju Apartment, No. 117 Qinghe Road, Hanjiang District. The key is under the floor mat. Enjoy your stay!
"Okay, thank you for your help, Brother Lu."
After replying to the message, Bai Yuze did not immediately return to Parrot District to move.
Instead, they took a taxi to their destination to scout and observe.
As the saying goes, one should not have the heart to harm others, but one should not be without the heart to guard against others.
Although he was certain that his identity had not been exposed, and Lu Zihai seemed quite enthusiastic, the other party was, after all, a member of the Security Bureau, and he didn't have much contact with him, so it was always better to be cautious.
It wouldn't be good if it turned out to be a trap; he not only has to take responsibility for himself,
I also have to be responsible for Okasan.
……
Yueju Apartment is located in a medium-sized residential area in Hanjiang District. It is not the most upscale, but it is far away from the chaotic shantytowns.
Bai Yuzhe spent about twenty minutes walking to the vicinity. Instead of going directly into the apartment building, he wandered around the surrounding streets, observing the nearby shops, pedestrian flow, traffic conditions, and the approximate distribution of the apartment building's entrances and exits and surveillance cameras.
Under the scorching sun,
The environment appeared to be normal.
The apartment building's access control seemed fairly strict, with a simple security booth at the entrance. There was no foul odor reminiscent of a special security team.
I didn't smell any magical girl fragrance either.
After confirming that the environment was normal, Bai Yuzhe called a ride-hailing car and headed to Qingyang Bridge to prepare for the move.