Chapter 2766 - 1873: Total Lockdown

Chapter 2766: Chapter 1873: Total Lockdown

"Everyone, gather first, and then we’ll fight our way out."

Duanmu Huai clenched his fist and quickly gave the command. A mere group of students; it’s not hard for him to handle them however he wants. If they dare to intrude and cause trouble, Duanmu Huai doesn’t mind beating them to death.

No one objected to Duanmu Huai’s proposal. Quickly, the group swiftly went downstairs and, led by Duanmu Huai, ran towards the defensive line at the main entrance.

However, just as they reached the entrance, a sudden, urgent alarm sounded. Then everyone saw heavy metal plates fall abruptly, sealing the windows and doors leading outside completely shut. For a moment, the entire hall plunged into darkness, followed by the bright red lights illuminating the dim hall ahead.

"Hey? What’s happening?"

Faced with this sudden change, everyone was dumbfounded. At this moment, that strange voice on the broadcast sounded again.

"Emergency alert. Due to the detection of unidentified intruders on campus, to protect the students bearing the fate of humanity’s future from harm, the emergency lockdown procedure has now been activated. From now on, the entire school is under full lockdown."

"What?"

Upon hearing this, everyone was once again astonished, while Duanmu Huai raised an eyebrow, then clenched his fist and loosened up his body, striding towards the locked main entrance. It seemed the voice had anticipated his plan, as it soon sounded again.

"To avoid any accidents, I remind everyone here, please do not use violent means to damage doors, windows, and walls. If the system detects any non-compliant behavior, the school’s internal self-destruct system will activate, and by then, the entire school will ’boom’ up in the air."

"Hah, I don’t believe a word you say."

Duanmu Huai rolled his eyes and continued towards the entrance. He truly didn’t care if the person was truthful, after all, Cunning Deception never spoke the truth. Besides, even if it were true, so what? Could he not withstand a small explosion? Not to mention Duanmu Huai, Ann and the others could effortlessly survive an explosion too.

"But, does this count as non-compliant behavior?"

However, just as Duanmu Huai reached the door, intending to punch through the metal door, the voice also timely sounded again.

"That’s hard to say, you see, if the map itself disappears, would that mean we have left the map?"

"........."

Upon hearing this, Duanmu Huai’s eyes sharpened. Indeed, he remembered receiving a letter containing special rules before entering this world, which stated that once leaving the map area, they would be completely obliterated.

Now Duanmu Huai’s situation was like a boxer stepping onto the ring. According to the rules, once a boxer is knocked off the ring to the ground, it is naturally considered out of bounds.

But conversely, if you smash the entire ring into pieces and then fall to the ground, does that count as out-of-bounds?

Even if you are at the location of the ring, but if the ring itself disappears, does it count as inside the field? Or is it still out-of-bounds?

Duanmu Huai was definitely unafraid of any explosions. Even if the opponent exploded a nuclear bomb, they couldn’t kill him. But if the whole school is destroyed, would the competition venue still be considered existing?

Hmm, that’s... hard to say.

Damn, no wonder it’s Cunning Deception, this trick is quite sophisticated.

Duanmu Huai snorted coldly, lowering his fist. He really didn’t want to gamble on this.

Now it seems... they might have to play the game according to the other party’s rules.

Mad, it’s extremely frustrating.

"Good, it seems we have reached a consensus."

The voice laughed sinisterly, looking rather smug.

"Next, we will play a game... very simple, just as I said before, you must find the perpetrator who killed the principal and bring them to justice."

"Are you kidding? Isn’t it obvious you’re the one hiding and doing it?"

At this time, another student clenched his fist and shouted angrily, but the voice seemed prepared for his angry questioning.

"Certainly not, I’m quite rigorous in this area. I can fully and affirmatively tell you, the current principal of Hope Peak Academy, Wuqie Ren, was not killed by me—oh, if possible, I would like this sentence highlighted in red."

"Then who was it?"

"This is the answer you need to find. Also, you only have twenty-four hours. If you can’t find the answer within twenty-four hours, I will also detonate the bomb."

"What a joke! Who on earth are you, and what do you want to do! Hey!"

However, this time the broadcast fell completely silent, and no matter how much the students shouted, there was no response.

"Alright, wasting our breath here is useless."

Duanmu Huai coldly glanced at the speaker in the corner of the wall and then looked away.

"Let’s just do what we can do."

As Duanmu Huai and the others returned to the principal’s office, a secret battle was unfolding in a dark, dim maze.

"Gaaah———!"

A giant figure screamed while raising the magic wand in its hand. It was more than ten meters tall, covered with blue feathers all over its body, with a pair of wings on its back, and a sharp, bird-like head filled with sinister and cunning eyes.

At the feet of this monster, hundreds of demons were surging, screaming madly as dazzling magic lights flickered, tearing apart the original darkness here.

And in front of them, a slender figure flitted past like a ghost. Accompanied by a few gunshots, the leading demon was instantly knocked to the ground. In the blink of an eye, the Moonlight Greatsword, mingled with cold winds, suddenly appeared, sweeping across the battlefield. The explosive cold wind froze the surrounding demons, extinguishing their flames and turning their bodies into solid ice.

Mary held the magic wand in one hand and gripped the gun tightly with the other, flashing through the frozen demons. At the same time, she saw that giant bird-man suddenly raise its magic wand to aim at her. A blue lightning roared out like a dancing silver snake, targeting the moment when the girl’s figure was unsteady, shooting straight at her.

"Calia’s Return!"

But facing this lightning that could scorch her, Mary did not panic at all. She tightly gripped the magic wand with her right hand and swirled it in front of her. The next moment, she saw the lightning strike Mary and suddenly return the way it came, hitting the giant bird-man directly, causing it to let out an angry roar. Almost simultaneously, with two gunshots, one side of the giant bird-man’s eye exploded from the incoming bullets. This made the giant bird-man stagger, kneeling half on the ground.

As the bird-man knelt, Mary again raised her wand, aiming straight at it.

The roaring Soul Flood swallowed the bird-man demon with no mercy, erasing it entirely.

"Hah......"

Only when the last demon’s remains dissipated in the air did Mary finally breathe a sigh of relief. She gripped the wand in front of her, panting heavily.

"Just as Mr. Duanmu said, I am the biggest trouble for Cunning Deception."

Talking to herself, Mary glanced around. This seemed to be some kind of underground maze, but she didn’t know where exactly this place was. Mary didn’t even know where she should go, unable to contact Duanmu Huai or anyone else, which made her uneasy.

Moreover, in this dark underground maze, demons kept appearing endlessly, always using various ways to attack her. There was even a fearsome giant demon... Fortunately, having followed Duanmu Huai long enough and as one of the only two Judges in the Tribunal qualified to issue an Extinction Order, Mary was well-experienced in fighting demons.

At least these demons were better-looking than the followers of The Ancient Dominator.

After all, the latter were utterly grotesque.

Of course, if you asked Mary, what she was most grateful for now was......

"Luckily, I had asked Miss Frieren about this magic before."

Looking at her clothing, Mary sighed in relief. As a long-lived Elf Magician, Frieren knew countless spells, especially those interesting and useful household tips-like folk magics. Mary had previously learned from Frieren a spell to clean clothes and body, so even after fighting those vile demons in this wretched place for so long, her clothes remained spotless, without any smell......

I wonder how things are going over on Mr. Duanmu’s side.

Mary composed herself, staring ahead. If she only used her left eye, what Mary saw was a chaotic, disordered maze. But her Golden Pupil told her it was all an illusion, and that hidden in this chaos, there was only one path.

Though it was a thorny road.

The girl sighed again, then looked up forward.

She had to keep moving forward to return to Duanmu Huai’s side.

Or, thwart the plot of the one hidden in the shadows who was mocking her helplessness. Mary was well aware of how terrifying and treacherous this guy was; lies and illusions were mere facades. What it really could do was lure you into its trap. Just like Mr. Duanmu always says — everything is part of the plan.

And now, this road she chose might be the same.

Even so, for Mary, all she could do was continue to keep moving forward.