PNB Chapter 27 Chain Reaction
Chapter 27 Chain Reaction
Upon hearing this, Ms. Tsukimi glanced at the two little ones, said nothing more, and turned her attention back to her romance novel.
After following the caravan for a few steps, the guy felt that reading a novel while walking was too inconvenient.
He glanced at the mule carts piled high with goods and addressed his students:
"Someone, can you make room for me up there?"
However, thanks to the good reputation he has built up in Class 8 since the start of the semester.
Without a doubt—
No one paid any attention to them.
Tsukimi was a little embarrassed and was preparing to take matters into her own hands and be self-sufficient.
However, there are still some honest children in the class.
For example, Huomu is a fool who never knows how to refuse others.
He rushed forward and quickly hoisted the goods onto his shoulder, making room for Tsukimi to sit.
"idiot."
Setsuna, standing nearby, rolled her eyes at him, thinking that this guy really was an idiot.
"We have a whole day's journey ahead of us! Are you really going to carry all the goods for this scoundrel of a teacher for the entire day?"
"Weight training, you know!"
Huo Mu chuckled, not at all bothered by it, but rather pleased that he had become someone "useful" to others.
Teacher Tsukimi was naturally not going to be polite about Hōki's realization.
He leisurely sat on the mule cart, crossed his legs, and began reading a novel, thoroughly enjoying himself.
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The group slowly made its way towards the entrance to the rift on the outskirts of the city-state.
In this world plagued by disasters, while the Rift is a threat, it is not all bad.
Some stable fissures with multiple exits have become natural "teleportation channels".
For example, the two exits of this rift are nearly fifty kilometers apart in the real world, but by passing through the rift, the distance is shortened to one-half of the distance.
It greatly shortened the distance between city-states and strongholds, supporting the fragile cross-regional trade of this era.
This mission requires traversing three rift passages that are rated as Class D.
Because of the presence of the sparse rocks, this level of crack is not considered dangerous.
The biggest trouble actually comes from the journey itself.
As is well known, the terrain inside most fissures is extremely poor.
Twisted vegetation and jagged rocks are everywhere.
In many places, the caravan's four-wheeled mule carts couldn't pass, and the trainees had to manually help.
The group trudged along, carrying the mule cart, but Teacher Tsukimi remained leisurely lying on the lifted cart.
Even if the car occasionally wobbled and disturbed his reading of the novel, he would still lazily grumble at him.
……
"Why should we be toiling away down here while he's enjoying himself up here?!"
"Exactly! What kind of teacher is this!"
Many students were seething with anger, wondering how the academy could have allowed such a person to be their teacher.
Aside from the fact that the teacher leading the team was extremely unreliable and almost provoked public outrage, the mission itself went relatively smoothly.
As the sun began to set, the group stepped into the last rift passage of their journey.
The sky inside the crevice darkened much faster than the outside world; before long, all light had vanished into darkness.
After traveling for most of the day and constantly dealing with rugged terrain, the trainees were already exhausted.
The caravan's men and mules had reached their limit.
The caravan owner suggested taking a break, so the group dispersed to survey the terrain, following the camping procedures recommended in the textbook.
Luckily, they found a natural narrow valley nearby.
The entrances and exits on both sides of the valley are narrow, "skyline" terrain.
The two walls were steep and sheer, as if cut by a knife, and only a sliver of light could be seen when looking up.
Passing through the entrance and exit, the interior is a relatively open flat area, like a natural haven.
It is undoubtedly an excellent place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack.
Even if they are suddenly attacked by virtual beasts, they will still have a perfect advantage in terms of terrain.
Tsukimi, engrossed in reading a novel, seemed to only then realize that the group had stopped.
He frowned and said, "Why are you resting? There's only one more stretch left. Let's finish it and hurry up and get off work."
Hearing this, who had been holding it in all the way, she rolled her eyes and finally couldn't take it anymore:
"Teacher! We've been traveling all day, we're so tired!"
"Tired? I haven't even complained about being tired, yet you bunch of young people are already saying you're tired?"
These words made even Qi Ji's lips twitch.
Unexpectedly, there was someone even more shameless than him in this class.
Not one to back down, he immediately chimed in with a sarcastic remark: "Laoyue, you've been sitting in the car all day, of course you're not tired."
Tsukimi was taken aback by his words, then turned her gaze to Saki: "What did you call me?"
"Old Yue, didn't you say that on the first day of school—because I'm irresponsible, you don't have to call me teacher anymore~~"
Saki Jū mimicked a phrase in a sarcastic tone, and it was remarkably similar.
The comments section was hilarious:
"There's someone in Class 8 who's a skilled ventriloquist!"
"Hilarious! But to be fair, Hajime looks more like a teacher than him!"
Tsukimi stared at Saki for two seconds, then suddenly laughed, thinking that this masked brat was actually quite to his liking.
Normally, he might even share his favorite romance novels with Saki.
But now—
He looked up at the brightly colored moon above the crevice and sighed.
"But as expected, many times, even when you're tired, you can't stop."
He clapped his hands and raised his voice slightly.
"Rest cancelled, let's continue our journey!"
As soon as everyone sat down and took out their dry rations, they heard this and began to complain.
Tsukimi ignored all of this: "This is an order—if you don't want to die."
Upon hearing what Laoyue said, Qiji instantly realized something.
His expression tightened slightly, and then his ears twitched as he intently listened for the subtle sounds carried on the wind.
A moment later—
"Watch out! Be on alert!!!" he shouted a warning.
The moment the words fell!
"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"
In the distance, a muffled, thunderous roar approached.
Immediately afterwards, the ground beneath their feet began to tremble violently, and rubble tumbled down from the rock face!
Everyone suddenly looked up—
It's not an earthquake!
In the distance, through the valley entrance, one could vaguely see more and more crimson beast eyes emerging from the darkness.
It's a virtual beast!
Countless Void Beasts have gone berserk!
Rushing forward like crazy!
Head towards them!
"How could this be?!"
Looking at the spectacular, even somewhat exaggerated, scene before him, Saki frowned.
He had read the plot summary of the first season countless times; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say he knew it by heart.
This escort mission was just a brief scene in the script, and there shouldn't have been an accident of this scale at all!
The next moment, the nose under the mask of the saki-saki twitched slightly.
The air was filled with a very faint, strange scent that seemed to be a mixture of sweet, bloody, and hot spices.
Combined with the abnormal crimson in the eyes of those virtual beasts, Qi Ji instantly understood everything.
It's the "Red Heat Incense" of the Kamishiro family!
Combined with their unique mental resonance, they can stimulate the beasts, causing them to enter a short period of frenzy.
Their strength has increased dramatically, and they are fearless in the face of death!
This is a scene that never appeared in the original storyline, but now it's unfolding before our eyes...
So, without a doubt, this change—
Simply because he killed Seigen Kamishiro!
His intervention caused the plot to deviate unexpectedly, triggering a chain reaction!
"This is a little troublesome."
"But only slightly."
Saki was glad that he had participated in this mission.
Otherwise, wouldn't we just miss out on such a great opportunity to show off?
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