Volume 4: It's Dark, Please Close Your Eyes Chapter 19: A Scream That Broke the Silence
Gradually, the only sounds left in the entire camp were the warriors' long breathing, the chirping of birds, beasts and insects in the mountains, and the crackling sounds of the campfires scattered throughout the camp.
With the defensive formation jointly presided over by several five-star top instructors, the other instructors also slept peacefully without any worries about the safety of the camp.
That night, this powerful defensive formation, like any previous martial arts competition in the academy, did not disappoint everyone. Even until dawn appeared in the east, there was still nothing unusual in the camp. It was still as quiet and peaceful as it had been since nightfall.
Instructor Zou might be the only person in the entire camp who did not sleep well, except for the instructors in charge of the defense formation.
The matter that Xu Qingyan had been keeping in his heart made him feel like he was being scratched by a cat all night. He tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep.
Finally, it was dawn. Instructor Zou got up, dressed, and jumped out of his tent. He walked quickly to the door of Tang Zheng's tent.
"Hey, are you still sleeping? Uh, how about I wait a moment?" Instructor Zou heard the breathing sounds in the tent, which were still even and long. It was obvious that the people in the tent were still asleep.
Instructor Zou wanted several times to just go in and wake Tang Zheng up, and pour out all the words that had been pent up in his heart for days, just like pouring out beans, to relieve his worries.
However, out of concern for the students, Instructor Zou hesitated when he thought about the days of travel ahead and wondered whether he should let Tang Zheng and the others sleep a little longer.
Just when Instructor Zou was hesitating and struggling for a long time, a terrified scream suddenly rang out in the quiet camp under the sunshine.
This scream, sounded in such a quiet environment, echoed throughout the entire camp in an instant. If it had happened under normal circumstances, it would definitely have caused a huge uproar.
However, after the scream, only a dozen or so people in the camp heard the sound and quickly gathered at the tent of the academy where the scream came from.
The source of the scream was the camp of the Qing Literature Palace.
The person who screamed was Wen Yuanling, an instructor at the Qing Literature Palace.
A group of instructors and deacons rushed to the camp area of the Qingwen Palace almost immediately and saw Wen Yuanling holding a female student of the Qingwen Palace with a terrified look on his face.
"What's going on?"
"Ah Ling, what happened?"
"What happened to this child?"
All the instructors frowned when they saw that Instructor Wen, a five-star warrior, was so panicked. Among them, several instructors from the Wenhua Academy who were on good terms with the Academy took the initiative to ask.
What on earth could make such a powerful instructor so frightened that his face turned pale?
Could it be that the female student in her arms was attacked and injured?
But this is impossible. The defensive formation was extremely quiet last night. It is absolutely impossible for anything to hurt the students protected by the formation silently!
Moreover, the girl in Wen Yuanling's arms looked normal, with a rosy face. She looked even stronger than the instructor Wen Yuanling who was holding her. She didn't look like she was injured or sick at all. She just looked like she was still sleeping soundly.
"Wen Yu, she, she can't be woken up no matter what?!" Wen Yuanling hugged the girl tightly in his arms, his voice trembling .
When the academy instructors heard Wen Yuanling's words, they all showed surprise on their faces.
"A Ling, don't worry. Maybe you were just too tired yesterday and slept too deeply." Yun Jin'er, the instructor of Jingyun Academy, comforted Wen Yuanling. She walked to Wen Yu's side, touched the acupoints on Wen Yu's wrist, pondered for a moment, and gradually frowned.
"Yun Jin, how is Wen Yu?" Qin Wuyang, the instructor of Qinling Academy, looked at Yun Jin'er's expression and asked in a deep voice. He was the leader of the entire team this time and was also responsible for the safety of the entire team. If something really happened to Wen Yu, he would probably not be able to escape the blame if he returned to the Tianqin family.
"Wen Yu is in good health, everything is fine." Yun Jin'er said.
Hearing her words, the instructors present all breathed a sigh of relief. However, seeing everyone's relieved expressions, Yun Jin'er shook her head and immediately continued, "But... I used star power to stimulate Wen Yu's most sensitive acupoint, but she still didn't wake up, and she didn't even have the slightest stress response. This is definitely not normal! Ah Ling, does Wen Yu have any hidden illness?"
"No, I guarantee it with my life, absolutely not. I have almost watched this child grow up. Whether it is martial arts talent or mental perseverance, this child is not only the leader of my Qingwen Palace in recent years, but also a genius of my Wenhua family's generation. It can be said that she has lived in the attention of all the elders of the family since she was born. How could she have a hidden disease that has not been discovered until now? Suddenly broke out, no, this is absolutely impossible!" Wen Yuanling denied it flatly.
"Yuan Ling, you were also one of the hosts of the defensive formation last night. You should be very clear that there was no sign that the formation was triggered at all. This means that it is absolutely impossible for any external malicious things to harm the people protected by the formation!" Qin Wuyang said.
"But..." Wen Yuanling wanted to refute, but she couldn't find any reason to refute for a while. She knew very well that there was nothing wrong with what Qin Wuyang said, but Wen Yu's abnormality was also a cruel reality. She was completely confused now!
All the instructors felt sad when they saw Wen Yuanling, a five-star warrior, almost crying.
As an instructor, he naturally understood the importance of a legitimate descendant like Wen Yu, who was regarded as a seed by both the family and the academy.
Seeing such a future prodigy suddenly meet with an accident in his own hands is an extremely heavy blow both emotionally and in terms of duty.
Everyone looked at Wen Yu's abnormality, listened to Yun Jiner's diagnosis, and the words of Qin Wuyang and Wen Yuanling, and they all fell into great confusion.
As instructors at the academy, both Qin Wuyang and Wen Yuanling felt that there was nothing wrong with what they said.
The formation was not triggered, which meant that the students in the formation were definitely not harmed last night.
But as a direct descendant of an aristocratic family, it is unlikely that Wen Yu would have a hidden illness and never be discovered.
So... what is the truth? Why did Wen Yu, a top three-star warrior who was still very active yesterday, suddenly fall asleep and die after just one night?
Just when everyone was puzzled, Instructor Zou suddenly raised his hand weakly and said, "Um... Instructor Wen, have you checked on the other students in the Qingwen Palace?"
As soon as Instructor Zou finished speaking, the sad expression on Wen Yuanling's face suddenly disappeared, and he rushed to the other tents of Qingwen Palace with Wen Yu in his arms.
The other instructors looked at each other, then quickly followed with uneasiness in their hearts.
"Ayu, Xiaojue..." As Wen Yuanling's sharp calls rang out, but there was no response from the tent, the hearts of all the instructors became increasingly depressed.
Could it be that Wen Yu is not the only one in trouble?
In this case, it is absolutely impossible that Wen Yu has a hidden illness.
Yun Jin'er saw Wen Yuanling staggering as he walked out of the last tent of the Qingwen Palace and almost fell to the ground. She quickly flashed over and held her good friend Wen Yuanling in her arms.
"Yuanling, don't worry. No matter what happens, we will all help to solve it. These children of Qingwen Palace are not only the seeds of Qingwen Palace and Wenhua World, but also the seeds of the entire human race. None of us will sit idly by and watch them get into trouble!" Yun Jin'er said softly but firmly in Wen Yuanling's ear.
Wen Yuanling was still a five-star warrior after all. He bit his lip, hugged Wen Yu tighter in his arms, and straightened his body like a sword again.
Seeing that Wen Yuanling was in a slightly better condition, Yun Jin'er strode into several tents of the Qingwen Palace and began to check the health of several other students.
A moment later, when Yun Jin'er walked out of the tent, all the instructors' eyes were focused on her.
Looking at the expectant and anxious eyes of the crowd, Yun Jin'er looked a little depressed and shook her head gently: "The other students are in the same situation as Wen Yu. Their bodies are completely normal, but they cannot be awakened."
Yun Jiner's medical attainments are the highest in this team, and no one can question her conclusions.
After hearing Yun Jiner's judgment, all the instructors looked extremely gloomy, especially Wen Yuanling, the instructor from Qingwen Palace, and Qin Wuyang, the instructor from Qinling Academy who was the team's general leader.
Qin Wuyang was just about to speak to comfort everyone and then quickly consider how to deal with this extremely strange and sudden incident.
Instructor Zou, who had always been a little bit invisible, suddenly shouted: "Oh no!"
Then, without even saying hello, he ran towards the camp area of Yisu Academy in such an rude manner.
Upon seeing this, all the instructors reacted suddenly. They didn't even have time to talk to each other and immediately rushed towards the tent area of their own academy. Most of the instructors even turned on the astrology and used their body movements and martial arts to almost crash into the tents of their students.
"Jilan?! Miyan? Are you guys okay?"
"Yun Meng, Yun Tian..."
"You little bastards, it's time to get up!"
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For a moment, the entire camp was disturbed by the deafening shouts of all the academy instructors, shattering the silence that had lasted all night.
However, apart from the shouts of other instructors, the only response they got was the eerie silence and the even breathing of the students.
“Don’t let anything happen to you. You must wake up…” Instructor Zou rushed faster and faster. Listening to the shouts of other instructors, he felt more and more uneasy.
He knew that it was not just the Qingwen Palace that had been in trouble, but many other academies were also not spared.
But in his heart, he still held on to the last glimmer of faith - nothing would happen, we are the exception, we are the miracle.
When I rushed into the tent, the guy who always had a smile that made people feel uncomfortable must be sitting there smiling at me. All the children would smile and say good morning to me...
Instructor Zou no longer dared to have any ominous thoughts in his mind. During the short distance of more than ten seconds, he almost hypnotized himself madly, shouting in his heart and thinking that everything would be fine.
Until he rushed into Tang Zheng's tent: "Tang Zheng, get up, please, let me see that stupid smile !"
