The seven people outside were all dead, and their bodies were not intact. This was Mo Chen's first time killing someone, and so many people at that, but he didn't feel disgusted at all. Instead, he felt a little unsatisfied. Am I born a serial killer? No, these traitors deserve to die. That's why I don't feel disgusted. Yes, that must be it.
Mo Chen composed himself and headed towards the room where Zhuang Lingmeng was being held.
"Bang!" He kicked the door open and roared, "Those who don't want to die, stand still!"
Mo Chen had expected to see enemies attacking him or surrendering obediently, but instead he only saw Zhuang Lingmeng bound like a dumpling on the bed.
Has the enemy escaped?
Mo Chen stepped forward and untied the rope from Zhuang Lingmeng's mouth.
"Young Pioneers, hurry! She ran through the tunnel behind this cabinet. She's a masked young woman from Japan, dressed in casual clothes. If we go out and chase her now, we might still make it in time," Zhuang Lingmeng said anxiously as soon as he untied the rope.
She didn't ask the idiotic question of why Mo Chen would come to save her, but instead made the most rational judgment.
Mo Chen could tell that Zhuang Lingmeng had already immersed herself in the role of a secret agent.
But... what the heck is a red scarf? I was just joking last time! Zhang Hongguo calls it that, and you call it that too, really...
"Are you sure you can manage on your own?" Mo Chen looked at Zhuang Lingmeng, who had a few wounds on her body, but they weren't very serious.
"It's alright. I was careless when I was caught before. They definitely won't be able to catch me again if something like this happens," Zhuang Lingmeng said.
She was clearly still resentful about being arrested.
"Okay, I'll go take a look."
Mo Chen transformed into a shower of flying petals, smashing the cabinet to pieces before disappearing into the tunnel.
"So cool!" Zhuang Lingmeng looked at the sky full of flower petals with envy, feeling that it was much better than her own artificial sun.
Five minutes later, Mo Chen returned, but he hadn't caught the person.
At this moment, Zhuang Lingmeng found a cell phone from somewhere and contacted someone from the Supermarket Management Bureau.
"Red Scarf, you're back? Where are you?" Zhuang Lingmeng rushed up to ask as soon as she saw Mo Chen return.
"The tunnel was only about 50 meters long, and it led out to a small grove of trees. There was nothing there. I flew up into the sky and searched for a long time, but I couldn't find a single thing."
Mo Chen couldn't understand how the other party could have disappeared so quickly, given that it hadn't been long since she attacked him and entered the house.
"There are probably tunnels or something similar around here. It's normal that you can't find them," Zhuang Lingmeng analyzed.
"Damn! No wonder she ran so fast!"
These people were cunning enough to have prepared two tunnels for escape. That way, even if the first one was discovered, it wouldn't matter. As long as they escaped into the second secret tunnel, they wouldn't be so easy to find.
"You don't need to worry about the rest. I've already notified headquarters, and they'll send people to search. We're already very grateful that you're helping us."
"Alright, my mission was to save you. Now that you're safe and sound, I'll be going."
"Thank you!" Zhuang Lingmeng gave Mo Chen a big hug.
Mo Chen: "..."
More perks!
...
When Mo Chen returned to school, it was exactly 9 o'clock, and he actually made it to his major class.
Mo Chen found Zheng Wenjun's seat in the back row and sat down next to him.
Contrary to Mo Chen's expectations, the classroom was packed with people, even more than in a normal class.
Where did they come from? Weren't they all off cultivating their livers? Something's not right.
"Mo Chen, you're finally back. It seems they're about to announce the Awakening Class."
Zheng Wenjun breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Mo Chen return; such an important matter hadn't been mentioned before.
"An Awakening Class? Is our school that fast?"
It has only been four days since the official release of the "Book of National Awakening," but I didn't expect that Long Da would have already made preparations for the Awakening Class. I originally thought I would have to wait a few more days. That's really fast.
"Of course, the school loudspeakers announced it at least ten times. Otherwise, why do you think everyone would be here?"
Yes, otherwise the classroom would never be full.
"Ding-dong~" Just then, Mo Chen received a text message from Zhou Qian, asking if he wanted to join the Awakening Class.
When it comes to matters of awakening, Zhou Qian naturally centered her attention on Mo Chen, subconsciously letting him make the decisions in many situations. After all, she's a girl, and she lacks decisiveness when it comes to important matters, which Mo Chen understands.
He replied, "I'll join too and see what the difference is."
Although he had all the information about awakening, he also wanted to see what tricks the official team would come up with. Anyway, I'm just killing time.
"Okay, see you in the Awakening Class." Zhou Qian replied.
Mo Chen put away his phone and noticed that the classroom had suddenly become quiet.
He looked up and saw their homeroom teacher walking in with a notebook.
The homeroom teacher was a middle-aged, overweight man named Zhang Quanfu.
This was the second time Mo Chen had met his homeroom teacher.
"Everyone, please be quiet..." the homeroom teacher clapped his hands and said. "I think you all know what I'm about to announce. That's right, the Awakening Class has been officially established. This is mandated by national policy. As long as you've awakened, you can join. Of course, joining the Awakening Class doesn't mean you won't study your major anymore. You can still do what you normally do. You can think of it as... having an extra 'major.' Okay, is there anything you want to ask?"
"Teacher Zhang, do we really have to join?" a male student asked.
"Theoretically, yes. It's legally mandated by the state," Teacher Zhang nodded.
"What are the benefits of joining the Awakening Class?"
"I don't know either. After all, I haven't awakened either," Teacher Zhang said helplessly.
Several students then asked some irrelevant questions, which Teacher Zhang answered one by one, but without any substantial information.
Finally, he got to the point: Who... has awakened?
The entire classroom looked at each other, and finally, Mo Chen awkwardly realized that he was the only one who had raised his hand.
Suddenly, all eyes in the class turned to Mo Chen, and gasps of surprise rippled through the room.
"Oh my god, someone in our class has actually awakened?"
"Oh, fate! I've been trying for four days, and there's been absolutely no reaction!"
"By the way, didn't you guys notice he's quite handsome?"
"You just realized? This is our freshman heartthrob. He's already outshone the old heartthrob."
"Ah, he's handsome and an Awakened One. I'm smitten."
"The one you're attracted to is Luan Zi. You're a man!"
"By the way, how did he awaken?"
"I'll go ask about it in a bit."
Mo Chen listened to the whole class discussing him, and many of them had even started making fun of him.
He silently put his hand down.
Why don't I get that satisfying feeling of showing off? It's so bland!
It was so much more satisfying to show off when I was killing people!