Chapter 210 - 138: Giant Rat Tide

Chapter 210: Chapter 138: Giant Rat Tide

Wu Jiahao only stayed on the field for a little while.

Once the conversation died down, he promptly left the field.

With him gone, only Gu Qing and Xia Shuran remained on the vast athletic field.

Xia Shuran looked all around.

The entire athletic field was gloomy and eerie.

She couldn’t help but ask apprehensively,

"Senior, Wu Jiahao just said that the field beneath our feet was originally a graveyard. That can’t be true, can it?"

"It’d be normal even if it were true."

Gu Qing explained, "Because land is so scarce in cities, most schools can only be built in remote corners. And those remote areas are typically undeveloped lands like unmarked burial grounds."

Xia Shuran grew a little scared. "So if we’re staying here all night... we won’t actually run into anything... unclean, will we?"

Even though she practiced Ancient Martial Arts, she’d been terrified of ghouls and ghosts since she was a child.

It was a childhood trauma, scared into her when she was young. She was weak but loved to join in on things, so she’d often tag along with the older boys and girls from her dojo to watch horror movies, and the experience left its mark.

Gu Qing remained perfectly calm. "There’s nothing to be afraid of. If ghosts were real, you’d have met one by now. You wouldn’t just be encountering one for the first time tonight."

"But, Senior..."

Xia Shuran kept glancing around, feeling deeply unsettled. "Times are different now. We even have the Spiritual Energy Recovery. Maybe those... unclean things really have started appearing in the world."

"So what?"

There wasn’t a trace of fear in Gu Qing’s eyes, only a composed and confident arrogance. "We’re powerful Extraordinary Beings who existed even before the Spiritual Energy Recovery. Why would we need to fear these ghostly things that have only appeared after it?"

As the saying goes, if you’re bold enough, even a female ghost will take maternity leave for you.

At that moment, Gu Qing didn’t really think of himself as being particularly bold.

He was just purely, simply confident.

Utterly sure of his own Extraordinary power.

If a female ghost dared to appear before him—especially one as beautiful as a goddess—he would be more than willing to draw his blade and show her just how "thirsty" his greatsword had become.

After hearing Gu Qing’s words, Xia Shuran felt the confidence radiating from him. It was contagious, and she instantly felt much more at ease.

’That’s right.’

’I’m an Extraordinary Being who existed before the Spiritual Energy Recovery.’

’Why should I be afraid of some filthy things that only appeared after it?’

’They should be the ones afraid of me.’

’They should fear the Qi Blood Power inside me, which burns as hot as molten magma.’

’After all, filthy things like that fear things of ultimate yang and righteousness.’

’As a practitioner of Ancient Martial Arts, I’m their perfect counter.’

Xia Shuran repeated these reassurances to herself, trying her best to lessen her fear of demons and monsters.

For the next few hours, the two of them played on their phones, making small talk now and then.

Gu Qing didn’t feel the least bit sleepy.

In fact, he grew increasingly alert.

The quiet of the deep night seemed to be making his mind even sharper.

Xia Shuran wanted to stay up all night with him.

But by a little after two in the morning, she couldn’t take it anymore and simply conked out.

"Junior?"

"Junior?"

’Is she asleep?’

Gu Qing called her name softly twice. When she didn’t respond, he walked over, gently scooped her up, and carried her into the tent. He covered her with a thin blanket so she could sleep more comfortably.

After doing all this, Gu Qing went back outside the tent. He looked down at the field beneath his feet and was lost in thought.

He remembered what Wu Jiahao had said.

Hai City University was supposedly built on an unmarked burial ground, a place once covered in graves.

’An unmarked burial ground...’

’A place where corpses are buried.’

’So...’

’That rat hiding beneath the field right now...’

’The ’all-human banquet’ it was squeaking about earlier... could it be that it’s been gnawing on corpses underground?’

’Hmm...’

Gu Qing continued to ponder, but quickly dismissed that theory.

’No, it’s not that simple.’

’The corpses in an unmarked burial ground would have been buried for many years, with terrible preservation. They would have rotted away into piles of bone long ago.’

’A rat would only find bones to gnaw on, no meat at all.’

’Perhaps...’

’I could ask the wondrous Magic Mirror.’

With a thought, Gu Qing took the Magic Mirror out of his Storage Pouch.

He looked at the mirror’s surface and asked, "This rat hiding in the earth beneath my feet—what is the ’all-human banquet’ it mentioned today, and what is the Rat King?"

For once, the Magic Mirror didn’t convulse violently.

Its frame merely gave a slight shudder.

Then, a line of text appeared on its surface:

"Stay on the athletic field. Today, you can uproot and eliminate every last Rat God Cultist hidden at Hai City University."

"Hey, I asked you what the ’all-human banquet’ and the Rat King were! Are you just going to ignore my question and give me some random response?!"

The Magic Mirror chose to play dead and went completely silent.

Gu Qing was already used to this, so he didn’t waste any time waiting for a response.

Instead, with another thought, he returned the Magic Mirror to his Storage Pouch.

The Magic Mirror’s habit of playing dead at the drop of a hat was annoying, but at least asking it a question usually yielded some useful information.

Take this time, for instance. At least he’d learned one thing from its answer: today, he would be able to wipe out all the Rat God Cultists hiding at Hai City University.

’Today’s going to be the day I make a huge contribution. I’ve got to get at least a C-Level reward for this!’

Gu Qing grew excited just thinking about it.

He wished he could just close his eyes and have it be morning already.

Then he could hurry up and drag out every last Rat God Cultist hiding at Hai City University.

And in return, earn a precious C-Level reward.