277: The collapse of the fifth ecosystem

"Principal Xie."

"Thank you, I'm fine. The mission was barely completed successfully."

"Hm? Ryan wants to see me?"

"Tomorrow? Oh, okay, I naturally have time."

After Chen Du hung up the phone, he found Peng Fei standing beside him with a smile.

"Congratulations, Chen Du. Those three powerhouses usually only meet Advanced Aerial Warriors. Even I haven't met any of them yet."

"Haven't seen them once in decades?"

Chen Du asked, somewhat surprised.

"No need to be so surprised. Not just me, many Sky Soaring Warriors, and even Advanced Aerial Warriors, never meet those three until they die in battle."

"It's not that they are deliberately avoiding anything, but rather because they are extremely, extremely busy."

"Their every move, every choice, every direction, can determine the rise and fall, and survival of High Martial Civilization."

"They spend 90% of their time outside the Land of Abandoned Armor, 9.9% of their time inside the Land of Abandoned Armor, and only 0.1% of their time do they briefly stay within the Nine Ecological Zones."

"So it's very difficult to meet them. The Principal of our Qilin Martial Arts University is similar, just not as busy as those three."

"But he is also a very difficult person to see. Just as I told you at the beginning of the semester, you will most likely not see Principal Pang for four years."

Chen Du nodded, showing an expression of understanding. He knew that the Principal Pang Peng Fei referred to was not Pang Tian Ce but Pang Tianwen.

Because of the principle of not calling someone 'Vice' in their presence, when the Principal is not present, the 'Vice' in the title of these Vice-Principals is omitted.

"No wonder Principal Xie said the time was so fixed and limited, only tomorrow from 14:25 to 14:30, a 5-minute window."

Chen Du murmured to himself. If he hadn't happened to return today, he didn't know when the next meeting would be, nor did he know what Ryan wanted to see him for.

Surely it wasn't just to praise him a few times, right?

Chen Du believed that someone like Ryan, who constantly toiled for the survival of civilization, wouldn't do something so meaningless.

At this moment, the two noticed Xu Tian standing alone, looking at his wristband with a solemn expression, not saying a word.

After a long while.

"I'm going to find Principal Xie to report on this mission in person, so I'll be leaving now."

After speaking, he quickly departed. Their current location was within the cordon of the First Ecological Zone.

Although it was still not a safe area, with Peng Fei, a Sky Soaring Warrior, by Chen Du's side, nothing untoward could happen.

Both clearly sensed that Xu Tian's mood was off, but neither said anything.

"Teacher Hamon's avatar is black!"

After Xu Tian left, Chen Du immediately opened V, not looking at messages from his family, but searching for Hamon's name.

Before departing, he had added Hamon and Fukawa Kujako's V accounts.

If an avatar is colored, it means the person is within that Ecological Zone; if it's gray, it means the person is not within that Ecological Zone.

Fukawa Kujako, of course, was already gone in the Medium Danger Zone of Sifang Cave, so it would definitely be gray.

But what about Hamon?

He was an Advanced Aerial Warrior. So many days had passed; if Xu Tian's words were true, he should have returned by now, right?

Without Chen Du, a burden, an Advanced Aerial Warrior's speed of returning alone is very fast. Could something truly unexpected have happened?

Peng Fei looked at the gray avatar on Chen Du's wristband, remained silent for a few seconds, then explained some procedures that Chen Du had not yet encountered:

"Even if Hamon hasn't returned, it doesn't mean he's necessarily dead. Perhaps he had an urgent mission and immediately went on another business trip."

"Or perhaps the situation was critical at the time, and he didn't want to take the route we might return by, so he went to another Ecological Zone."

"It's even possible he's still outside now, temporarily unable to return for some reason."

"If our High Martial Civilization wants to determine the death of an Advanced Aerial Warrior, apart from irrefutable evidence like witnessing his death or finding his body..."

"The rest is determined by time."

"One year."

"If Hamon does not appear in any Ecological Zone within the next year, his death can be declared."

Peng Fei paused here, then continued:

"So, Xu Tian must have received some other information, which is why he was so rushed."

"Since he didn't say anything, it proves that the confidentiality level of this matter is very high."

Chen Du nodded, saying nothing more.

He had a vague suspicion in his heart, probably related to the Fifth Ecological Circle.

Chen Du himself had no interaction with the Fifth Ecological Circle, but after Pang Tian Ce said that war might break out there, he started paying attention to the news section of the Fifth Ecological Circle.

Of course, Chen Du didn't expect to get any information he wanted from it. The news content in this section was all information allowed to be known.

Naturally, there wouldn't be news like 'war might break out in the Fifth Ecological Circle' circulating.

The reason Chen Du paid attention to this section was to understand the severity of the situation in the Fifth Ecological Circle.

When he checked V earlier, there was a red dot for the Fifth Ecological Circle, and the message update time was 3 days ago. 'Three days ago' here refers to the time the message was sent from the Fifth Ecological Circle.

The time this message was transported to the First Ecological Zone was this morning.

Chen Du inferred from this that the Fifth Ecological Circle should have endured, otherwise this service would probably be suspended.

Afterward, the two chatted as they entered from Border City No. 3. Peng Fei and Chen Du were both team members for this mission and didn't need to make summary reports, so they each went their separate ways.

However, because Chen Du could not use any transportation within the First Ecological Zone...

Peng Fei, considering that Chen Du hadn't rested much during the entire journey back, and that he still had to meet Ryan tomorrow...

Did not make Chen Du run back according to school rules. Peng Fei called a Didi Flying car and first sent Chen Du to Qilin Martial Arts University, then he himself returned to Teacher City.

After Chen Du returned, he first took a shower. He had been rushing non-stop the whole way; let alone showering, he couldn't even stop to eat.

Then he let out a light breath. He didn't have the physique of a Sky Soaring Warrior, and coupled with the fact that he hadn't truly rested the entire journey, a wave of fatigue washed over him.

This time, he didn't need the assistance of the Void Immortal Contemplation Method to fall asleep; Chen Du collapsed and slept.

He was already level 15 now.

He would use this sleep to charge the 15th wave of BOSS!

...In a certain room in Martial Arts Room No. 5.

Xu Tian looked at Xie Miao, who was calm as still water, and did not immediately report the details of the Sifang Cave mission.

He asked in a tone yearning for denial:

"Is the information on the wristband true?"

"The Fifth Ecological Circle was destroyed?"

"Teacher... Yan died?"

"Yes."

Xie Miao said faintly, then looked calmly at Xu Tian:

"Give a detailed report on this mission. I heard it was barely completed successfully."

Xu Tian did not comply, but instead retorted:

"Xie Miao! How can you still be so calm!"

"Didn't Teacher also teach you for a while?"

"Your expression tells me that the answer just now was negative!"

"Tell me quickly, are you lying!"

A few seconds later, Xie Miao let out a light breath:

"Xu Tian, do you know why, even though there are eight Vice-Principals, it's me who stays?"

"It's because I am the calmest and most unfeeling person among the eight. Only I can ensure the academy runs best!"

"I will repeat the answer to your question one last time: The Fifth Ecological Circle was destroyed, the High Martial Civilization's strongest, our teacher, Yan..."

"Lit his Life Ignition Cord, attempting to change the tide of battle against five Domain Warriors alone, and after failing..."

"Died in battle!!!"

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