Chapter 20: As if God descended.

Chapter 20

"No?!"

Zhuo Fu's voice raised an octave, and he looked at Mu Hang with some disbelief.

"How is that possible? You didn't give the number to someone?"

Mu Hang coldly glanced at Zhuo Fu.

He was silent for a few seconds, but reluctantly spoke up and replied, "Here."

"Wait ......" Zhuo Fu suddenly realized something: "Tell me, how did you stay?"

"Wen Yao sent it to the hospital and asked the front desk to help relay it." Mu Hang said.

Zhuo Fu: "......"

He took a slow, deep breath, and raised his hand to his forehead.

Mu Hang furrowed his brow, "What's wrong?"

"Did you ask Wen Yao to leave a name?"

This time, Mu Hang was silent a little longer, "No."

"A blank piece of paper in addition to the phone number nothing, neither say who left, nor say is to call who ...... how people can call ah!"

Zhuo Fu pressed the corner of his vaguely aching forehead and said in a pained voice:

"It would be nice not to think of this as a new type of scam."

Mu Hang: "......"

"By now they've probably forgotten all about that note, so you'll just have to reach out now."

With that, Zhuo Fu pulled out a piece of paper and wrote a series of numbers on it with a swish, "Here, this is the hospital's internal line, just call and ask to be transferred to Shi An's ward."

Mu Hang squeezes the slip of paper, frowning, "An inside line? Then how do you know?"

Zhuo Fu touched the back of his head with a flippant giggle:

"No, I used to date the nurse lady there for a couple weeks ......"

Mu Hang: "......"

Zhuo Fu coughed lightly and suddenly became serious:

"You know, according to our current intelligence, Shi An may be the only human who has had close contact with the Fantasy Species, he may be able to help us study the dragon's habits, or even track it's whereabouts, and now this kind of thing like the Fantasy Species appearing in the world has to be strictly kept secret, so in this case, we can't ask for his cooperation in the name of Administration, we can only ask for his help in a private capacity. name to ask for his cooperation, we can only ask for his help in a private name."

"But it shouldn't be a problem!"

Zhuo Fu once again resumed his dangling appearance just now, winking at Mu Hang: "No matter what, you are still the benefactor of his life, as the saying goes, there is no way to repay the favor of saving one's life, when it comes to--"

Mu Hang raised his eyes expressionlessly.

Under the silver-white eyelashes, the cold line of sight was like a polished and sharp blade, wrapped in a trace of undisguised murderous aura toward Zhuo Fu.

Zhuo Fu is very skillful at taking the good with the bad.

He coughed dryly and made an excuse to turn around and skedaddle, "That, I still have unfinished business in my research lab, so I'll leave first."

"-Don't forget to get in touch!"

Zhuo Fu's voice came far beyond the slowly closing door.

The office door closed again.

Without Zhuo Fu's noisy voice, the office became extraordinarily quiet.

Mu Hang lowered his eyes, his eyes fell on the note that was placed not far away, and some rare hesitation appeared between his eyebrows.

He frowned slightly, tapping his fingertips on the desktop out of habit.

Even though it has been proven over and over again that Shi An himself is fine, ......

I don't know why, but every time I think of this man, Mu Hang still experiences an indescribable feeling of doubt and irritation.

Or rather, a vague sense of being out of control.

It's a pain in the ass.

And Mu Hang doesn't like trouble.

*

Rustle-- Rustle--

After a few seconds of silence.

Sasha--

Once again, the Demon Worm is awakened by the commotion of Shi An turning over, and finally relents:

"I beg you, Ancestor, why aren't you asleep?"

Shi An stopped moving.

In a resigned whisper, he said, "Couldn't sleep."

This was the first time in his life that he had felt what it was like to lose sleep.

Although his injuries were not deep, the size of the wounds was not small, and now that he was in the critical recovery period, the wounds were strangely itchy, which was fine during the day, but became unbearable at night.

Protected by his scales, Shi An had never been hurt before, much less suffered such a crime.

Shi An can not control want to reach out and scratch, but is too afraid of pain, the more entangled the more can not help but think, the more thought the more sleep.

With a weary sigh, the magic worm planted itself on Shi An's pillow, six legs facing the sky, and let itself go.

At this rate, it thinks it's going to get a black eye.

Wraithworm twisted his head to look at Lin Yanming in the next bed.

Although Shi An is making noise every day, the other person seems not to hear it and sleeps like a dead pig every day.

The Demon Worm never thought that he would actually be so envious of a human one day.

Shi An said sadly, "I also want to sleep."

Magic Worm: "......"

Well, you can say it. So can I.

Shi An flopped down on her bed, her face buried in the fluffy pillows, and said in a muffled voice, "I miss the bed I used to have."

"The bottom layer is gold, at least five hundred tons of it, and it would cover the entire cavern."

"Further up, there were pearls, amber, diamonds, all sorts of artifacts of every race, piled together in such a glittering heap that I could have buried myself so deep in them that I would have rolled again ......"

"And then a layer of silver gems ......"

"Further up is--"

"......"

Demon Worm had a lifeless look on his face.

Please, don't read it.

Finally, as if it had finally made up its mind, it took a deep breath and said, "Fine!"

The Demon Worm rolled up with a totter and said in a serious voice, "I was going to tell you after you recovered, but now it seems that I can't do so without telling you."

--After all, I'm going to be annoyed if I don't say something.

Devil Worm took a deep breath and said, "Two days ago, while you were playing a game, I saw a bird parked on the windowsill outside, I originally thought it was just a normal bird, but the smell wasn't right so I climbed over to take a closer look."

Shi An moved her head and looked through the crack in her pillow towards the demonic bug.

"Then I noticed that they were black, and though they looked like crows, they were three times the size of ordinary crows, with green eyes, and strong barbs that could be driven into the rock at the base of their feet."

Shi An widens her eyes slightly, "You mean ......"

Magic Worm nodded with a pretense of profoundness, "That's right, the Gray Crows weren't wiped out by the Administration's group, these things are ghostly, they probably saw that the momentum wasn't right, so they moved their nests away in advance, and on top of that, none of them individually are considered to be strong, so it's assumed that they weren't detected by the detectors- -"

Before it could finish its words, Shi An's entire body leapt up.

A pair of dark eyes sparkled in the dimly lit room, "Go!"

Caught off guard, the Demon Worm was lifted out of the way by Shi An's sudden movement and fell right under the bed, rolling on the floor a few times.

It leaned back and began to think about bug life.

So isn't this direction of ...... a bit familiar?

I always feel like I've been flipped over like this before ......

Shi An bent down from the bed and peered at the floor, "Are you okay?"

The devil worm's six legs stomped in the air and struggled to turn its entire worm over, "Too good to be true, let's hurry up and get going before it's too late."

Once you have your new bed, you will finally be able to sleep well!

Please!

Shi An slipped the magic bug into his pocket and sneaked out of the hospital in the dead of night.

The Ableist Academy was a large area, and in addition to the areas where the students and teachers lived and studied, there were more unexplored areas, with huge areas of lush forests and deep water lakes surrounded by cliffs and cliffs, hardly a sight that could be found on a campus.

Shi An's feet hurt from walking.

He looked at the already-heady sky not far away and asked wearily, "How much longer?"

"Almost there, almost there!"

The magic bug cheerfully replied, "Judging by the magic I left on that gray crow, another trip over the mountain in front of us is the way to go."

Shi An: "I want to fly so much."

Magic Worm: "......"

It recalled the last time it had been "flown" by Shi An, and shivered subconsciously.

I don't want to, thanks.

"Don't worry, it'll be really soon," Worm soothed, "Wouldn't you like to find the Gray Crow's nest and make a new bed out of the gold and silver they've collected?"

"...... thought." Shi An replied reluctantly.

He sighed and regained his composure as he traveled in the direction indicated by the demonic insect.

Before he could get this mountain in front of him over, he felt a sudden wave of magic power coming from ahead.

Not made by demons, but ...... humans?

Shi An blinks in some confusion.

He used the huge rock in front of him to block himself, then stood slightly on his tiptoes and looked in the direction from which the fluctuation had come.

There were dark flocks of gray crows circling in the air, letting out piercing, shrill cries as they launched themselves toward the bottom of the lowest valley.

Through the dense gray crows, three humans could barely be seen standing at the bottom of the valley, looking at the clothes they wore they should be students of the Ability Academy, they were back to back, struggling to fend off the flock of gray crows that seemed to know no fatigue, and it looked as if they had already reached their limits.

Shi An lifts her head and searches the circle.

Only a short distance away, on the high ground, stood a huge old tree, and among the dense branches of the tree rested the nest of a gray crow.

Though it was a long way off, Shi An could clearly see the gleam of the nest reflected in the rising sun.

"!"

Shi An immediately became excited, as if her whole body was filled with strength again.

"My lord, what are you going to do?" Devil Worm lowered his voice and asked quietly.

Shi An : "Of course it's a rush!"

Wraithworm tried to reason with him, "Wait, there are other humans down there! And the Gray Crow flock is in a state of attack, and your old wounds aren't healed yet-"

Shi An: "Burn them! The treasure is mine!"

Magic Worm: "......"

Please don't say such horrible things with such a cute face, thank you.

A dragon whose head is full of treasure is hard to listen to others.

The Demon Worm felt like he had literally used up his entire life's worth of verbiage:

"You won't do any good at all by rushing up there now, and although Mu Hang is out of school now, the risk isn't completely out of the question-"

Shi An stood still, with a deadpan stare at the gray crow's nest not far away.

The Demon Worm was bitter: "If you ask me, it would be best if you don't reveal your identity, and if you ask me, why don't you take advantage of the fact that they've attracted the attention of the Gray Crows, and take the opportunity to sneak into their nest, take the treasure, and then leave."

Shi An twisted her head to look at it, a thoughtful look on her face.

"You're quite right, too, I think."

The Demon Worm froze.

He was surprised that Shi An could really listen to him.

Is this, is this what it's like to be recognized?

An indescribable sense of accomplishment spread up, causing the Demon Worm to feel a bit of a trance.

"But ......" Shi An continued.

Demon Worm: "?"

Shi An gestured towards the Demon Bug's back with an innocent expression, "I think it might already be a bit late eh."

Magic Worm: "......"

Slowly, bit by bit, it turned its head and looked behind itself.

Only to see that not far behind them on the rocks, has densely parked countless gray crows, they are like a carpet, black pressure covered in the rock wall, a pair of green eyes dead over, silent, one can not help but shiver at the bottom of the heart.

Magic Worm: Holy crap.

The creature, the Gray Crow, is very ancient, having existed on the continent long before Shi An went to sleep.

Their greatest characteristic is that they know no fear.

In the face of an enemy that may threaten their nest, whoever dares to launch a brazen attack, simply wanting treasure without life.

Shi An appreciates this feature.

-- but that didn't stop him from bullying the weak and looting the Gray Crow's nest in his heyday.

Looking at the familiar creatures in front of her, Shi An couldn't help but feel a rare sense of closeness.

He smiled brightly at the flock of gray crows, "Hi!"

*

Wang Li was struggling to hold on under the intense attacks of the gray crows, but he could feel that his own magic power level was about to bottom out, and his other companions were obviously doing the same.

"Have you contacted support yet?!" Wang Li shouted at the top of his lungs over the sound of flapping wings and shrill hissing.

"No way!!!" My companion shouted the same, "These demons are too shrewd! The first thing they attack is our comms!"

Wang Li's heart sank after hearing his companion's answer.

He really didn't expect that he would actually encounter such a critical situation when he had only taken a B-ranked mission from the academy.

The demonic creature in front of him was something he hadn't seen at all, and when he linked it to the recent incident on the freshman side, he was able to guess that he had probably encountered an accidental leak from that time.

Now, they have no backup and can't break out.

The road ahead is so dark and lightless that Wang Li can't help but despair.

Did ......

Is this it?

Suddenly, Wang Li hears an ear-splitting whistling not far away, and commotion begins to spread among the gray crows overhead.

The pressure on their heads instantly eased.

It seems ...... that there is some kind of presence not far away that distracts this group of gray crows.

Wang Li was instantly energized.

He took a deep breath and said to the rest of his companions in a revitalized voice, "Come on, let's take this opportunity to break out-"

The rest of the words stuck in his throat, half a note unable to be uttered.

Wang Li stared incredulously at the shocking scene in front of him.

Roaring tongues of fire jumped in mid-air, the searing heat seemed to set the air on fire, and the blackened flock of gray crows let out mournful screams, but they were unable to escape from this horrifying sea of fire.

The sunrise rose from below the horizon in the distance, lost in color by all the firelight that filled the sky.

The ignited flock of crows crashed down, and the scarlet ashes fluttered around like streams of fire.

It's as if God descended.

*

Shi Rui had already known about Shi An's survival for a long time.

He had never thought that Shi An would be able to escape from such an extreme situation, and even be saved by the legendary Mu Hang himself!

This luck was unbelievable to Shi Rui, and it made him even more angry.

Shi Rui didn't think that he would be recognized by the other side for what he had done.

He is careful, and never takes matters into his own hands, but at best, he is secretly provocative and unintentionally suggestive.

But ...... there was one thing that made him very uneasy.

Ever since he was rescued, that useless Duan Hua started screaming about how hot and painful it was, and after he was sent to the ICU it got even worse, and he started screaming Shi An's name--this idiot, doesn't he know that he's going to be arrested if he's found out about what he's done?

After days of tossing and turning, Shi Rui finally relented.

He decides to visit the hospital and show his brotherhood with Shi An in the process.

In any case, the superficiality is all over the place.

So, early the next morning, Shi Rui headed for the medical office, carrying a pricey consolation gift.

The first place he came to was Duan Hua's hospital room.

Surprisingly, the other party seemed to have completely recovered, but it was that the whole person had lost a circle of weight violently, and his eyes had become evasive, looking extremely haggard.

"How have you been?" Shi Rui asked with extreme concern as he sat at the head of the bed.

Duan Hua's face turned green and white as he replied in a low voice, "Still, okay."

After exchanging a few brief pleasantries, Shi Rui asked, as if offhandedly, "By the way, I heard earlier that you kept calling out other people's names when you weren't quite lucid? What happened?"

"That, that was just a misunderstanding." Duan Hua pulled up a forced smile, "I was scared, that's why I was talking nonsense."

Shi Rui was very satisfied with this answer of his.

That's the smart answer, otherwise it would be bad if Shi An or someone else found out and went to check it out.

After a few parting greetings, Shi Rui placed one of the condolences on the bedside and left Duan Hua's hospital room.

Looking at Shi Rui's departing back, Duan Hua's expression changed to gloomy.

He was now fully aware of what had happened before.

The reason why he himself was obsessed and had his heart set on framing Shi An was entirely provoked by this viper.

Even the medicine was stolen from the other party's backpack in the darkness of the night, after he heard Shi Rui say that he had the means to attract demons.

He has now offended that monster Shi An, and even his life is in his hands ......

And the man behind this last is Shi Rui!

Duan Hua stared malevolently at the already closed door and spat.

Fuck, you wait.

If I can't handle Shi An, I can't handle you?

After leaving Duan Hua's hospital room, Shi Rui walked towards Shi An's hospital room.

He pushed open the door, but surprisingly did not see Shi An's figure, only Lin Yanming sitting alone on the bed reading a book.

Shi Rui was a bit surprised, "Where's Shi An?"

Lin Yanming looked up lovingly, "I don't know."

He didn't know Shi Rui, and he didn't ask anything from Shi An, but he had a natural dislike for the man.

"And ...... when will he probably be back?"

Lin Yanming: "I don't know."

Shi Rui smiled slightly at the other as if he didn't feel any embarrassment, "Alright then, I'll wait for him here."

Lin Yanming: "Oh."

He turned the page, "Suit yourself."

Shi Rui sat by Shi An's bedside and waited idly, but as time passed, there was still no sign of the other party returning.

Lin Yanming had gone out for breakfast, and Shi Rui was unable to find out anything from his conversation with the other man.

He finally couldn't sit down any longer and stood up, ready to leave.

It was at that moment that the ward phone rang.

Shi Rui hesitated, but reached out and picked up the phone, "Hello?"

There was a long silence across the room.

Immediately afterward, a low voice rang out:

"Is Shi An here?"

The voice from the opposite side was very nice, with a kind of coldness like crushed ice, magnetizing one's ears.

Shi Rui: "He's out, I'm his brother, Shi Rui, is there anything you need to pass on?"

"Tell him to call me back, he has my number."

"Are you ......?"

"Mu Hang."

After that, the opposite party simply hung up.

"......"

Shi Rui squeezed the landline in the hospital room so tightly that the tips of his fingers were glazed with a blue-white color from the force, and he slowly twisted his head to see his own hideously twisted face reflected in the mirror not far away.

Time, Ann.

He whispered it word for word, almost through gritted teeth.