Chapter 813: History Inverted (3k)
After alighting from the train, the sky had already turned to morning. As Magic City was located a bit towards the north, a slight hint of cold could still be felt in the air.
“Master, Magic City University.”
“Alright!”
Su Jiu and the other person found a DiDi driver and headed towards the school. She planned to meet her elder cousin first to understand the situation at Magic City University.
Although Su Ze was from the Imperial Capital, in their subsequent conversation, Su Jiu learned that Su Ze was an auxiliary teacher for the joint event.
“This, why is the donation recipient Yela?”
On the way in the DiDi, Su Jiu leaned back on the soft seat and saw the poster for the gratuitous donation of supplies again. Her gaze casually swept over it, then paused slightly…
She hadn’t looked closely just now and only now noticed the strangeness. If her memory wasn’t mistaken, there was no way they would donate to an invader.
She pointed at the poster and, after considering her words, spoke:
“Master, what’s the situation with this poster? How do I remember Yela being the one who invaded Aers?”
“This? That’s what the news reported back to the country at first.”
The driver, a talkative middle-aged uncle, answered Su Jiu’s confusion with a smile. “But later, according to revelations from a group of Eagle Country agents, public opinion in the country also took a turn.”
“Eagle Country? But… wasn’t our country the one that dispatched the investigation team?”
Su Jiu was stunned again. She clearly remembered receiving notification from the country on the day of her return that they would intervene and conduct peace talks.
Had the talks failed?
“What investigation team? Wasn’t this matter vetoed by Uncle Sam? They thought our people weren’t fair enough, so in the end, AIC and the Blue Hats jointly organized the investigation, and the conclusion was that this was an anti-terrorism war.”
The uncle driver paused, then suddenly said in a teasing tone, “I suspect Uncle Sam wanted some of the resources from Aers, which is why they interfered.”
“Vetoed, but we agreed…”
Su Jiu stopped mid-sentence, as if realizing something. She opened her contact list and sent a message to Youyou:
[Me: Sister Youyou, can you help me check the current situation in Aers?]
“Ding!” The reply came quickly, in just over ten seconds.
[Yan Youyou: The situation is probably similar to before. We passed a ceasefire agreement in the assembly, but the Yela side refused to recognize the agreement’s legality, rejected our intervention as neutral countries, and continued to maintain not large-scale offensives. The attacking and defending sides are quite tacit.]
Suddenly, another “ding” sounded. Su Jiu looked and saw a secondary account under the name “Youyou.”
[Youyou: Some things are inconvenient to discuss on the official account. During the period when the war between Yela and Aers was suppressed, voices strongly supporting Yela began to appear in the country…]
[Youyou: But this is not the main point. Based on Eagle Country’s abnormal intervention, we used special equipment to scan the entire territory of Aers and found large energy points underneath.]
[Youyou: According to estimates, it’s likely a very long Mo Hua crystal vein. There are only two possible reasons for this situation: the first is a gift from nature, and the second is…]
The TXT of Mo Hua Ore’s use.
[Youyou: We can only speculate, with a slight possibility – this is a large alchemy array, used to ward off something.]
“Alchemy array?”
Looking at the text, Su Jiu was taken aback. She then clicked on the attached file and found a detailed introduction to this type of crystal. At the very beginning, she also found a usage method that she had used to advance to a High-Rank Battle General.
As her gaze moved down, she finally saw the last function – causing a large magnetic field and disrupting spatial structure stability.
“Disrupting spatial structure stability?”
Su Jiu fell into thought. What was this formation used for?
She thought of the transfer formation that the Bear of the Snow had used to enter the Snow Demon Kingdom…
[Youyou: Of course, this is just speculation. To confirm it, we can only enter their country for on-site exploration of historical traces. We also cannot get effective information from the leaders of Aers.]
[Youyou: According to their ancestral teachings, God Spa had given instructions that something very dangerous is buried deep underground, and the government also prohibits excavation beyond one hundred meters.]
Su Jiu quickly scrolled through her phone as she read the text:
[Me: Okay, I understand. I’ll check it out again when I have the chance.]
Youyou replied within three seconds:
[Youyou: It’s best not to go. Yela has already allied with Eagle Country. If it weren’t for the red text requirement from the United Nations prohibiting War God Level combatants from participating, Aers would have probably been reduced to ruins.]
Looking at the text, Su Jiu was silent for a moment and gently pressed the virtual key on her phone:
[I know.]
For a moment, she thought of the international hospital and the priest companions she had traveled with on the boat. A sense of unease inexplicably arose in her heart…
[Youyou: That’s all for now. Remember not to do anything foolish.]
“We’ve arrived! Please be careful getting off.”
The middle-aged driver’s voice interrupted her thoughts again. With a “click,” the car door opened. Looking up, she saw half of the familiar school motto again…
“To worry before all the world worries…”
The Little Flower Fairy gently murmured, looking up at the characters carved into the large stone with sword intent. She stepped forward, placed her hand on the stone, and with a hint of emotion on her face, said,
“I remember this school was founded by an official from Dragon Country. When he was escaping the pursuit of The Others and humans, I heard that he used his position to establish a martial arts school, recruit students, and organize folk heroes who could resist foreign enemies as teachers.”
“Little Fool, stop reminiscing.”
Hearing Bai Zhi’s rare serious tone, Su Jiu smiled and lightly patted her shoulder, then took her hand and hurried towards the school.
“I just messaged my elder cousin, so he’ll come pick us up.”
The Little Flower Fairy’s girlishness would only gradually disappear when she saw things belonging to her era, transforming her into a traveler of time.
“Oh, oh—no, who did you call a fool!”
After being pulled along by Su Jiu for a few steps, Bai Zhi finally reacted. She swung her arm and started using her invincible boxing against the latter – the Invincible Fire Wheel.
however, her forehead was pressed down by Su Jiu’s hand, preventing her from touching.
Soon, amidst their playful scuffle, they arrived at the location Su Ze had sent on their phones. Ahead was a wide fish pond, with an arched garden gate situated on both sides of the pond. Some wisteria vines were entwined, and directly below were a row of long stone benches.
A group of people dressed as teachers were sitting there, seemingly discussing some issue. A young man with messy hair was standing outside the stone chairs, constantly looking around.
Su Jiu pulled the Little Flower Fairy and quickly stepped forward, waving and calling out with a smile, “Big cousin!”
“?”
Hearing the voice, Su Ze finally reacted and turned his head. Seeing Su Jiu arrive, he also waved and jogged towards them. “Why are you guys so slow? Magic City University is waiting for your registration, otherwise, we don’t know how this competition will proceed.”
“Waiting for our registration?”
Looking at Su Ze, who had already reached her, Su Jiu glanced at his dark circles and could feel how worried he was about this matter.
Su Ze quickly took out his phone from the pocket of his golden silk robe, pointed at the message on it, and explained:
“Magic City is short of eighteen students, all elite trainees, and some even from prominent families. They have all mysteriously disappeared – if the competition proceeds directly, the outcome will likely be one-sided. Our Principal Lin does not want this to happen.”
“This…”
Su Jiu was a bit troubled. She had only come to slack off, and it was actually inappropriate for her to participate in this kind of competition given her status.
“What? Cousin, you can’t participate?”
Seeing Su Jiu’s troubled expression, Su Ze’s face immediately fell. He had originally handled the joint event simply, and now he had to also be responsible for the situation of the students from the opposing school.
He truly wanted to cry but had no tears!
“I want to…”
“Su Jiu’s status is currently an honorary professor at our school. Later, she will join us old folks on stage to score.”
Just as Su Jiu was about to explain, an aged voice sounded in their ears, directly interrupting her. The figure in the green robe walked towards them.
It was Dean Zi. However, his face also looked a bit haggard. Clearly, Zi Yi’s situation had caused her grandfather considerable worry.
“Honorary professor? Scoring?!”
Su Ze looked at Su Jiu with an expression that said, “You must be kidding me,” as if trying to get her to deny it. But unfortunately…
“I knew there was no such thing as getting resources for nothing.”
Su Jiu turned to look at Dean Zi, scratching her head with a helpless expression, essentially admitting to the title.
“Worked for nothing all these years…”
Seeing this scene, Su Ze felt his worldview was somewhat shattered. He knew his cousin was very capable, but hearing that she had already reached a higher position than him in her first year, he could only sigh at the disparity between people.
He had imagined Su Jiu fighting against the top students of his school and defeating them with great effort, but he had never imagined she would be one of the judges sitting on the stage.
“At that time, you just need to sit there. If it’s really impossible, you can follow me in scoring…”
Dean Zi forced a smile. His withered face once again sank into thought. After about thirty seconds, Jun Yang turned his head, cupped his fist, and said:
“Professor Su, the last time my granddaughter contacted me, she said she was going to do what you were doing. Please help me recall where she took those students.”
“I’ll try – but it will take some time to confirm.”
Su Jiu stepped forward and lifted his cupped fist, speaking softly. In fact, she had already vaguely thought of a possibility in the car…
The few of them chatted for a while longer. Su Jiu did not want to delay further, allowing the Little Flower Fairy to admire the garden. She then picked up her phone again, searching for that old number.
After about five or six minutes of searching, she finally found it – “International Red Cross.” This was even with Su Jiu having very few junk calls.
She directly sent a text message to the number:
[Me: I’m Dr. Su from last time. I have a question: have you received any students from Dragon Country recently?]
“Dong dong!!”
Just as she sent the text, the sound of bells rang out from the plaza. Following the sound, one could see a sea of people filling the area, with the clamor of voices soaring into the sky, seemingly heralding the initial opening of this friendly competition.
