Chapter 178: Wait and See

Chapter 178: Wait and See

Everyone fell silent and quickly turned off the flashlights.

“Which classes are you from? What are you doing so late at night?”

The voice grew closer from inside the metal gate, and a figure emerged with a flashlight. It must be the teacher in charge of dorm keeping, which proved Gao Yang’s speculation that there were people in the dorm.

However, there was no time for them to dwell on it.

“Come on.” Gao Yang made the split-second decision.

They rushed away quickly to the shaded path. Just when they were going to settle down, they turned to see a flashlight swinging.

“Shit,” Gray Bear cursed under his breath. “He doesn’t know how to give up!”

“If you were the dorm keeper and saw a group of people sneaking around outside the dorm, wouldn’t you chase after them?” Lithe Snake asked coldly.

Of course they would do the same in the teacher’s shoes.

From the teacher’s point of view, it was a serious matter for a dozen ‘students’, men and women, to stay out late rather than sleeping in their respective dorms, and it was indeed a matter that must be addressed.

“This isn’t the time to talk about it,” Yellow Butterfly said worriedly. “Find a place and hide!”

“To the hill in the back,” Gao Yang suggested. “That’s outside the campus, and the dorm keeper won’t chase us there.”

The fifth team didn’t disagree, and the fourth team turned to their captain, Nine Frost.

Nine Frost nodded. “To the hill.”

They moved quickly to the back door of the school. Vaulting over the metal gate that didn’t count as an obstacle, they rushed into the small patch of woods on the hill in the back.

They stayed for more than ten minutes to make sure they had lost the teacher. Only then did they let out a sigh of relief.

Mosquitoes were rampant here. It was difficult to endure.

Gray Bear took out a sleeping gas grenade and threw it some distance away. Five minutes later, the gas dissipated. The twelve of them moved over, and there were indeed less mosquitoes harassing them.

That earned Gray Bear some approving looks. Who would’ve thought that sleeping gas worked as mosquito repellent? One truly never stopped learning.

They all took out their supplies, having some water and hardtacks.

As they recuperated, Gao Yang told the fourth team about his speculation that the monsters might have been silenced as well, and Nine Frost agreed.

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Nine Frost started the ball rolling. “If the Eleventh High School is in a similar situation as the Gu Family’s Village, our goal now is to find the Rune Circuit.”

Gao Yang added, “Yeah, the Rune Circuit may be on its own, or it may be with a monster.”

“It must be with a monster,” Gray Bear said with certainty.

“Reason being?” Lithe Snake asked.

“How about us?” Gray Bear asked hurriedly. “Are we just gonna stay here as mosquito food?”

“There are other excuses we can use.” Gao Yang thought of something. “When we went past the auditorium, did you notice a building under construction?”

“I don’t remember it,” said Gray Bear.

“That should be the indoor basketball court,” Xiuyi said in his youthful voice. “I read about it when I looked into the Eleventh High School. The construction is only halfway done at this point in time.”

Gao Yang looked over the trees. Judging by the color of the night sky, there was still quite some time before dawn would break.

“The dorm keeper should be gone,” said Gao Yang. “Let’s check the basketball court under construction.”

None of them disagreed.

They went out of the woods and made sure the dorm keeper wasn’t around before vaulting the metal gate. Then they ran to the indoor basketball court.

The two-storied building was halfway done with the foundation completed, and the scaffolding around it hadn’t been torn down yet.

They dove in and saw bags of cement, bricks, and all sorts of construction tools.

In one of the rooms, they found quite a few futons on the floor, littered with cigarette butts and empty liquor bottles. On the makeshift clothing stand were a few safety helmets and orange vests. And a few pairs of black boots lined the wall.

Gao Yang took a yellow helmet and threw it to Gray Bear. “Put it on.”

Gray Bear did. Gao Yang then asked, “Does he look like a construction worker?”

“He doesn’t look like one, he is one!” Can gave him a thumbs-up with a grin.

Gao Yang did a quick inventory of the helmets and clothes. “These are enough for five of us to play construction workers.”

“Me, me, me!” Can raised her hand eagerly. “I’m in, Captain!”

“Stop playing around.” Gao Yang didn’t even spare her a look. “Gray Bear, Lithe Snake, Xiran, me, and Old Joe will be the construction workers.”

“Captain, you don’t look the part at all!” Can shouted.

Gao Yang grabbed a handful of ash from the ground and wiped it on several parts of his face. Then he put on a helmet and an orange vest, finally a pair of boots.

“And now?”

“Whoa!” Can said with admiration and gave him another thumbs-up. “You’re born a construction worker, Captain!”

Old Joe was a member of the fourth team, so he first turned to Nine Frost for confirmation. Nine Frost nodded, giving him the go-ahead.

Gao Yang said, “Ronnie, Can, Xiuyi, Black Sparrow, standby in the back mountain and keep watch on our supplies and equipment.”

“Black Sparrow, you will be the temporary unit leader,” Nine Frost chimed in. “Radio us if there’s any problem.”

“Leave it to me.” Black Sparrow nodded with her hands behind her back.

“The day will break soon,” said Gao Yang. “Take a quick rest and recover your stamina.”

“Black Sparrow, you four should split into two pairs,” Nine Frost added. “Take turns keeping watch and sleep during the day.”

“Okay.”