Chapter 35
The Principal wasn’t the only one who received the alert.
The twin connection caused Ying He, who was creating makeshift study notes in the dorm, to suddenly pause his pen.
The Angel Sequence was special.
Unlike other Awakeners who were forced to alienate, those of the Angel Sequence could choose to alienate into Fallen Angels actively.
And, strictly speaking, Fallen Angels didn’t completely lose their rationality; they just lost all human emotions.
There had been Angel Sequence Awakeners who, when they or their companions faced danger, chose to fall voluntarily, mutating into Fallen Angels.
The saying “Blackening increases strength threefold” was absolutely applicable among Awakeners.
After all, belonging to the Mythological Series, a Fallen Angel who abandoned reason could potentially jump from Tier 2 to Tier 8 or even Tier 9.
Such beings could easily save the people they originally wanted to save.
But they could indeed no longer be called human.
They would become like true Fallen Angels.
No matter how intimate someone was before, in their eyes, that person was no different from a flower or a blade of grass.
The reason they chose to save them was merely a transaction—using the Awakener’s rationality to awaken the Fallen Angel in exchange for one chance of intervention.
The only good news might be that Fallen Angels did not actively harm people. They had no desires, so they wouldn’t choose to attack humans.
A Fallen Angel might choose to find a place with few people and few Anomalies to claim as Their territory. Barring accidents, They would not leave.
This was the official data, but some believed that Fallen Angels still retained some human emotions.
Xia Country’s first Fallen Angel appeared during a battle with the first Tier 9 Anomaly.
She was a powerful Angel Sequence user even back then.
She was Tier 8 at the time. Unable to resist the Tier 9 Anomaly, this Angel Sequence powerhouse chose to actively fall and become a Fallen Angel.
After becoming a Fallen Angel, Her power indeed multiplied, and She quickly killed the Tier 9 Anomaly.
Afterward, She merely gave Her teammates a fleeting glance before flapping Her huge black wings and flying away from the area.
The Guardian Center maintained high surveillance on Her. She clearly sensed it but didn’t care.
After flying for about half a day, She landed in an unexpected place.
She chose a border of Xia Country as Her domain.
At that time, Xia Country was worrying. Besides solving local Anomalies, the country had to guard against Anomalies crossing over from other countries.
Especially since some small countries were powerless to resist and had been almost completely overrun by pollution. These Anomalies wanted to try “other flavors” and would cross borders into neighboring Xia Country.
The appearance of the first Fallen Angel cut off the cross-border Anomalies on that borderline.
It gave Xia Country, which was overwhelmed at the time, a chance to breathe.
Whether intentional or not, no Anomaly dared to step into the territory occupied by a powerful Fallen Angel.
The Guardian Center had tried to communicate with Her, but the results were unsatisfactory.
The final conclusion was that She had indeed lost human emotions, though She retained memories. However, She didn’t view the humans She was close to “in life” any differently because of these memories.
She looked at humans like looking at ants.
She looked at Anomalies like looking at annoying ants.
The Guardian Center could only accept this result. On the bright side, at least humans weren’t being annoyed.
Ying He maintained his state reasonably well, but his younger brother Ying Liu had been constantly falling.
Ying Liu craved power. Advancing slowly as an Awakener was too slow for him.
He looked cynical and playful on the outside, but deep down, for the sake of power, he was willing to bet everything.
Rather than saying he was being polluted, it was more accurate to say he was actively falling.
In fact, when Ying Liu first awakened, he already had tendencies toward falling. The Angel Sequence should only have had the White Feather classification; all angels had huge white wings, and Red Feathers had never appeared.
Red Feather was already a sign of falling.
That was why they came to the school.
But now, the falling had stopped.
Ying He looked at the notes he was copying, his eyes complex. But more than that, he was happy for his brother. He had a vague guess as to why, and also some regret.
He didn’t contact his brother. The twin connection was useful in this regard; without needing other means of communication, he could sense that his brother’s state was excellent right now.
One could even say he was overly hyper.
Finally, Ying He continued writing his notes.
Chen Heyan entered the infirmary with his coat draped over his shoulders.
Unsurprisingly, he saw Luo Shizhen alongside Ying Liu.
Ruffling Luo Shizhen’s hair casually, Chen Heyan looked at Ying Liu.
“I’m glad you changed your mind.”
Ying Liu had naturally noticed the state of his own body, and his expression became complicated too.
He looked at Luo Shizhen.
Luo Shizhen was leaning dependently against Chen Heyan. Seeing Ying Liu look over, he gave him a friendly smile.
“Am I leaving?” Ying Liu asked Chen Heyan.
“Yes.”
Chen Heyan looked at him with a warm smile. Although there wasn’t the intimate physical contact he had with Luo Shizhen, his eyes still held the unique warmth of a teacher toward a student.
“You came to school to control the speed of your falling. Now that the falling has stopped, after resting for a few days, you will have to return to Eternal Day.”
Luo Shizhen realized belatedly, his eyes widening in surprise. “Teacher, isn’t Ying Liu going to school anymore?”
“He has already attended school. He came back this time to recuperate.” Chen Heyan patted his shoulder.
Luo Shizhen suddenly understood.
So Ying Liu is a student who was held back.
As someone who had also “repeated a grade,” he understood very well.
Chen Heyan looked at Ying Liu again.
“If it were before, you might have been given more time to recuperate. The Principal originally wanted to keep you all here; maybe this batch of students could have formed a separate squad.”
“But now the number of Anomalies has increased sharply, and the Guardians are short-handed. Since your falling has stopped, you’ll probably receive a recall message by the day after tomorrow at the latest.”
Ying Liu knew this well in his heart.
In reality, no Awakener liked staying at school. Who would want to sleep in a dorm with a bunch of unfamiliar peers every month?
In the past, hearing he could be recalled, he would have flapped his wings and flown away long ago.
But now…
Ying Liu looked at Luo Shizhen reluctantly.
Luo Shizhen was also looking at him, his eyes full of longing.
“Ying Liu.”
He looked at Ying Liu enviously. “Are you already a Guardian? That’s so cool.”
Ying Liu’s mood, which had just dipped, instantly perked up.
“Ahem, I’ve always been a Guardian. You know, the Angel Sequence advances quickly, and with the Mythological talent bonus, I also have air superiority when fighting Anomalies.”
Luo Shizhen: “Wow!!”
He was extremely envious, his eyes sparkling. “Have you fought Anomalies before? Have you fought zombies?”
“Of course I have. I once wiped out about seventy Anomalies by myself. I haven’t met a zombie though. If you want to see, I’ll find a zombie to fight when I go back and record a video for you.”
Luo Shizhen was amazed. “Seventy!”
Ying Liu straightened his back, his wings spreading slightly.
“It was only seventy because I needed to come to school for recuperation. Otherwise, it would be more than seventy now.”
“So amazing.”
Luo Shizhen sighed again. No wonder Ying Liu’s training grades were so good.
He said expectantly, “I want to become a Guardian quickly too.”
In Luo Shizhen’s eyes, becoming a Guardian was equivalent to graduating and entering the workforce. Not only would his salary double, but he could also contribute to his “workplace.”
Instead of being like this—eating the school’s food, drinking the school’s water every day. The school took care of almost every aspect of his life, yet he had nothing to give back.
Luo Shizhen felt that with his current training results, beating that zombie from back then would definitely be no problem.
Ying Liu wasn’t disappointed at all now; he was even encouraging Luo Shizhen:
“You will definitely become a Guardian. When you become one, let’s form a team!”
“Okay, okay!”
Luo Shizhen yearned for it. “I will study hard and strive to become your teammate.”
Every feather on Ying Liu’s body smoothed out.
Chen Heyan watched as a few simple words from Luo Shizhen completely revitalized Ying Liu.
He raised an eyebrow. He seemed to know how Luo Shizhen had successfully stopped Ying Liu’s falling.
After Luo Shizhen returned to the dorm, Chen Heyan said to Ying Liu, “You were wrong just now.”
“As a Purifier, Shizhen will only go to a team stronger than the one you are in now. If you want to be in the same squad as him, you have to work hard.”
Ying Liu lowered his head and looked at his bright red feathers. “I will work hard!”
He wanted to become stronger, advance faster, and then join Shizhen’s squad.
Get stronger. I must get stronger.
It doesn’t matter if the confession failed.
How can I give up on pursuing the person I like just because of one failure?
This time I was ill-prepared, and I didn’t know Shizhen was straight. But faith can move mountains. Maybe one day, Shizhen will be moved by me?
But before that, I need to work harder to enter the team Shizhen is in.
After all, only by being together day and night will I have a chance.
Chen Heyan looked at his ambitious and motivated appearance and thought this state was good.
Therefore, he didn’t tell him that due to the sudden increase in Anomalies and manpower shortage, not only did he, a Guardian who had just finished recuperation, need to return to his team.
Even these students, who were supposed to stay in school for three years, would be led by high-level teachers to select some easier Anomalies for lower-level students to handle, entering a combat state.
In actual combat, they would rapidly accumulate experience and capital for advancement.
After all, the current world could no longer give students much time to grow slowly.
At that time, perhaps right after Ying Liu left, he would see Luo Shizhen in battle against Anomalies.
Thinking of the expression on his face then, Chen Heyan wanted to laugh.
He held it back, continuing to maintain the image of a gentle, good-tempered teacher, and sent Luo Shizhen a message telling him to go to bed early when he got back to the dorm.
Luo Shizhen replied quickly: [Okay, Teacher. Thank you, Teacher. Goodnight, Teacher!]
In the Yuheng Dormitory—
Lu Qiujin, blushing, hugged his blanket as if facing a formidable enemy.
Luo Shizhen effortlessly dragged his own bed next to Lu Qiujin’s and was adjusting the alignment angle.
He was still muttering, “To bond quickly, let’s sleep next to each other tonight!”
“Don’t worry, I sleep very quietly and I don’t snore.”
He fixed the bed, turned to look at Lu Qiujin, and paused.
“Eh, why is your face so red again?”
“Lu Qiujin, are you hot again?”
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