novelraw Chapter 500 - 233: Woke up to find someone beside me!_1
Chapter 500 - 233: Woke up to find someone beside me!_1
「11:30 in the morning.」
After a journey of more than two hours, Su Yan finally arrived at Demon Capital University.
As someone visiting Demon City for the first time, he was immediately awestruck by the architectural scale of the university, finding himself in a state of shock.
The only word that came to mind was—Big! Very big! Incredibly big!
Whether it was the spacious entrance gate or the school road that seemed to stretch on without end, at a glance, it was much larger than Jing University, which was also one of the top Evolution High Schools in Jiuzhou.
"Su Yan, let’s go."
Seeing Su Yan still standing in place, gazing up at the gate of Demon University, Liu Xiaoman, who was almost at the entrance, turned back and called out to him.
"Right, I’m coming."
Su Yan snapped back to reality and replied, then quickly caught up to the few old hands leading the way.
After entering Demon University, Su Yan followed closely behind Li Shanhai and walked into the Welcome Building of Demon University. The night before departure, Demon University had already arranged accommodations and notified Li Shanhai, who was the team leader, in advance. Moreover, Li Shanhai was a teaching representative who visited Demon University from time to time for academic exchanges. Therefore, he was able to find the Welcome Building quickly without anyone from Demon University to guide them.
"Here are your room cards. You can find your rooms by matching the numbers on them," Li Shanhai said. "If there’s nothing else, I’m going to meet some old friends from Demon University. If you need me, just message or call me."
After speaking, Li Shanhai handed out the room cards to the four participating students and then took off into the air, flying towards a distant building.
Watching Li Shanhai’s figure disappearing into the distance, Su Zicheng couldn’t help but sigh, "It’s good not to be married; lovers everywhere."
Qiu Ziluo, standing beside him, also sighed, "To be fair, it’s true. Dean Li basically plays wherever he goes. I’m so envious."
What the heck? Lovers everywhere? Play wherever he goes?
Hearing their conversation, Su Yan was quite surprised. He had thought Li Shanhai, who looked quite honest, was a rather traditional person.
But who would have thought! The man was actually so wild behind the scenes! One can only say, what a messy circle. It also proved the saying: looks can be deceiving. Some people appear innocent on the surface, but secretly, they might be complete philanderers...
Thinking this over, Su Yan shook his head with a wry smile and then turned his attention to the room card in his hand.
Then... he instantly became tense.
Because he noticed that the room number displayed on his card was the familiar number 404...
Was this a coincidence? Or was someone doing this on purpose?
Su Yan’s face became serious. Too many events tied to the number 404 had occurred in his life, which made him fearfully contemplate that something mysterious might be scheming against him. Otherwise, it would be hard to explain why such coincidences could happen in the world.
The number 404 appears too frequently in my life. Do these numbers represent something?
Looking at the room number on the card, Su Yan was utterly puzzled. After thinking for a while and getting nowhere, he eventually decided not to dwell on it and followed the three senior students into the elevator to the fourth floor.
After entering the room, Su Yan took out his daily necessities from his System Backpack and spent some time arranging them. Not much later, he suddenly felt drowsy.
Logically, as a Mythical creature, he shouldn’t feel sleepy.
The reason for his drowsiness was purely because Qin Yao had been overly enthusiastic last night, entangling with him until dawn and leaving him almost without a wink of sleep. He had only managed a brief nap after daybreak, which was hardly enough.
People say women at forty are like tigers, but that only applies to ordinary humans. For evolved beings, they are amorous at nearly every age.
Sigh, I can’t cope. Now that I have some rare free time, I might as well take the chance to recuperate.
Thinking this, Su Yan went into the bathroom for a cold shower, quickly finished, dried off, and then flopped onto the bed, falling deeply asleep.
In this sleep, he completely relaxed his body and mind, sleeping profoundly. During this time, he even had a dream where Demon Capital University was suddenly invaded by Demonic Plants. At a glance, strange vine-like plants were entwined around the buildings everywhere. He didn’t know if it was a case of ’what one thinks during the day, one dreams at night.’ However, the scene of the university being invaded by plants was exactly the same as what he had seen in the Mirror World, so similar that there wasn’t a single difference.
In the end, he also dreamt of the Flower Fairy, An Shihua, who had been missing for several days. He dreamt that she was scattering seeds in the air above Demon City, releasing colorful and bizarre pollen in large amounts. It was these mysterious seeds and pollen that, in less than half an hour, brutally and directly overran the entire Demon City. Everywhere one looked, there were bizarre plants taking root in skeletons. And among those skeletons, almost beyond recognition, there were still faces he knew. There was the high school class monitor Lin Ruoxi, the senior from Luo City Number One High School Song Yuqin, and Big Sister Da Xiangjiao from the Nanjiang Province Gymnasium, among others... He even saw the skeletons of the Jing University Principal and Old Qin, the head of the education department.
Such a ghastly scene was truly shocking. Deep in his dream, Su Yan felt his heart wrenching, and the taste of it was quite unpleasant.
The dream continued...
An Shihua, high in the sky, suddenly looked down. Her commanding, bird’s-eye view aimed directly at Su Yan’s perspective within the dream. Then, with a resentful look on her face, she gritted her teeth and said, "Why, why do you always have such malice towards me? Why did you cut my hair? You, a cold-hearted straight man who does not cherish women, become nourishment for the plants!"
No sooner had she spoken, An Shihua performed a Heavenly Maiden Scattering Flowers from high above, pelting Su Yan’s field of vision with a barrage of bizarre seeds. Su Yan tried to dodge the incoming seeds, but he found that his body had suddenly frozen mysteriously, completely unable to move.
Quickly! Sounds of impacts began to ring out!
"THUD!"
"THUD!"
"THUD!"
The bizarre seeds, one after another, struck Su Yan. The succession of thuds caused him intense annoyance and restlessness.
"Stop throwing them..."
"Stop it..."
"I said stop throwing them!" Su Yan shouted out in irritation.
Then the next moment, the dream shattered. The scene before him began to change rapidly. The overwhelming plants gradually faded away, replaced by a peaceful and tranquil sea of flowers. This sea of flowers was rather blurry, with very low definition. Every now and then, objects in the view would flicker, seemingly very unstable.
Su Yan didn’t know what had happened. His body was still immovable; only a flickering consciousness struggled to focus on everything unfamiliar before him.
Soon, when everything had settled down, a graceful figure appeared in the sea of flowers. It was a woman with a frosty face, but a figure and appearance that were both nearly perfect. The woman led a little girl by the hand, who looked to be about five or six years old. Her little face had some baby fat, looking very tender and cute.
"Flower God, why must we Demonic Plants coexist harmoniously with the Human race?" the little girl asked, her eyes sparkling with curiosity as she looked up at the enchanting woman, puzzled. "They often trample on flowers and plants and even like to use beautiful flowers as their courtship tools; shouldn’t we resist?"
The enchanting woman fell silent for a moment before speaking lightly, "Because we cannot resist. History has proven many times that any time we go to war with the Human race, it is always us Demonic Plants who end up hurt. The Human race is a Species blessed by destiny itself." As she said this, there was a hint of helplessness on the woman’s charming face, "As Demonic Plants, if we wish to live peacefully, the best way is to find a trustworthy human and strive to become a part of him."
The little girl was still confused, "What does it mean to become a part of someone?"
The enchanting woman stroked the little girl’s head, her voice tender, "It’s a simple concept – if you can’t beat them, join them."
As soon as her words fell, the scene in the dream came to a halt, and the thudding sound that had recently disappeared returned.
"THUD!"
"THUD!"
"THUD!"
With the sound growing louder, the frozen scene in Su Yan’s vision suddenly cracked like glass and shattered into pieces. Subsequently, his consciousness fully returned, and his body was free to move again.
And at this time, accompanied by intermittent knocking sounds, Liu Xiaoman’s voice came from outside the door, "Su Yan, are you in there?"
Hearing this, Su Yan weakly opened his eyes and sat up from the bed, his head feeling heavy. Just as he was about to get out of bed to open the door, he suddenly jolted with a start, his eyes wide open as he stared at the graceful figure beside him.
His entire face was filled with disbelief.
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