53: The 'fake' university that was famous far and wide, and shocked by Ye Bai.

Seeing the display on his phone, his eyes lit up.

"Did you find it?"

Professor Wang pressed the answer button and hurriedly followed up.

"I found it. He graduated from a third-rate university in Magic City. Ye Bai's life hasn't been easy; he joined this program just to support himself."

"As for anything else... I haven't found it yet, but I've already arrived at the entrance of his university. I'm going to find his advisor to investigate right now!!"

The news from the other end made Professor Wang's brow furrow.

Hmm?

Ye Bai only graduated from a third-rate university?

Then how did he learn Corpse Language? And what about those combat skills and those eerie abilities?

This isn't scientific!

"Mm."

Professor Wang gave a brief acknowledgement and hung up the phone.

At the entrance of the Magic City 'third-rate' university.

Professor Zhao from the Archaeology Academy's Admissions Office was walking into the university.

At this moment, all the instructors were watching the live stream.

In particular, Ye Bai's homeroom teacher's eyes nearly popped out of his head after seeing Ye Bai's various feats.

Is this the student he taught?

He remembered Ye Bai being a chatterbox in the classroom!

He would drag classmates into conversations whenever he had a chance, and he was frequently reported by other teachers—some even complained directly to him.

And when did he become so powerful? To actually be able to kill that Titanoboa... "I say, Old Cui, you're really something. How did you teach a student like Ye Bai? I'm so jealous my eyes are turning red."

The colleague beside him looked at Ye Bai's homeroom teacher with a gaze full of envy and resentment.

How could such a good student not have ended up in his class?

"Holy crap! Old Cui, Ye Bai is your student? How did this kid get so formidable? And that combat skill—tell me about it right now!"

"Yeah! Hurry up and tell us. I remember that kid was always being reported for something, right? You were quite dissatisfied with him. I'm telling you, if you don't want to keep Ye Bai in your class, then let him come to mine. I'm willing to take him!"

"What's your major? My major is the right fit for Ye Bai. Old Cui, if you don't want this student, I think I'll do! I can take him in!"

Teacher Cui looked at everyone's greedy expressions and his heart suddenly tightened.

"When did I say I didn't want him? Don't even think about it!!"

Teacher Cui laughingly scolded his colleagues. He used to think Ye Bai was a problem student, but now it seemed he was a treasure... With Ye Bai being so powerful now, he didn't want such a good student to slip away from his class. He wasn't a fool... Just then—

The class group chat notifications were ringing incessantly.

[Holy crap! Is that Ye Bai? My god! That's incredible. How did I never realize Ye Bai was so badass before? What's the situation? When did he learn this skill?]

[Is this my Brother Ye? Damn, he was just borrowing money from me to buy food a while ago. He has this kind of ability and he's still playing poor?]

[Damn, damn, damn!! I never imagined until now that my Brother Ye actually had this move, especially those fingers. Holy shit! If I had those fingers, would my girlfriend have broken up with me?]

[Holy crap! Holy crap!! I feel like this university has become so much better because of Ye Bai!! Now, just thinking about how Ye Bai and I came from the same university makes me feel proud...]

Teacher Cui watched the conversation between the students in the class group. His mouth twitched, but in his heart, he felt very proud.

He was Ye Bai's teacher!!

"Teacher Cui, the principal wants you to come to his office."

While Teacher Cui was still basking in pride, a teacher entered through the door, holding lesson planning documents in hand.

"What is it?"

Whenever Teacher Cui thought of the chatterbox principal, he got a headache. It was like listening to Tang Sanzang's chanting—endless and never getting to the point.

"It seems people from the Archaeology Academy have arrived. They specifically asked for you."

The teacher said very calmly.

But to Teacher Cui's ears, those words were like heavenly music. People from the Archaeology Academy?

And they specifically asked for him... The Archaeology Academy was a top-tier institution in Great Xia!

Their third-rate college couldn't even be compared to it.

"Stop dazing and get going! If they're looking for you, it's probably a good thing. Hurry up!"

Before Teacher Cui could snap out of it, his colleague beside him anxiously urged him to hurry to the principal's office.

Teacher Cui regained his senses and moved like the wind, wishing he could fly to the office right now.

Inside the Forbidden Zone—

Wu Jing looked at the large tree before him. Besides nervousness, there was doubt in his heart.

"How are we back? I clearly paddled to the right. Why are we back here again? Is my direction wrong? Could it be that we were too hurried, so I accidentally paddled back?"

"Brother Jing, if we really paddled back, we should have seen the Ghost Eagles. And that branch from before—how could it have snapped off again after we got here?"

Reba felt that things weren't so simple, as if the scene just now was intentionally shown to them.

"True. Then I'll try a different path!"

Wu Jing also wanted to try, so he decided to paddle toward the left.

But just as he prepared to paddle, he found the direction was not under his control.

"Brother Jing! What are you doing? Didn't you say left? Why are you going right again?"

Seeing the direction was wrong, Zhang Dada looked at Wu Jing behind him with surprise, even noticing a look of panic.

"I am aiming for the left! It's going to the right on its own!"

As Wu Jing spoke, he held his hands up high. The boat was still moving forward on its own, and the speed wasn't slow either.

Just after they turned, the sound of a 'thud' came from the airplane behind them again. Then, Yang Mi and the others looked at the plane and saw many Ghost Eagles standing on it.

And the heads of those Ghost Eagles were once again rotating 360 degrees without any blind spots... They were seeing the exact same scene once more.

When Yang Mi and Reba heard the sound of bones cracking, the hair on their bodies stood up again. Thinking of the images they had seen before, they were even more terrified.

"Ye Bai!"

Reba covered her ears and buried her face in Ye Bai's back, not daring to listen to those sounds anymore.

Ye Bai first looked at the Ghost Eagles behind them, then glanced at the forest straight ahead... A flash of realization crossed his cold eyes, as if he had finally thought of something.

As the boat moved forward on its own, Wu Jing, Yang Mi, and the others returned once again to the fruit tree they had seen before.

It was the same familiar airplane, the same familiar fruit tree, and the branch that had just fallen into the water... "How... how are we back again? Why are we still in this place after going in a circle?"

Cai Xukun's face turned several shades paler from fright, and his voice began to tremble.

"What on earth is going on? Why can't we get out? What kind of place is this?"

Zhang Dada was also flustered, looking around frantically as his breathing became rapid.

Wu Jing was also dazed, and then he looked at Ye Bai.

"Ye Bai, what do you think?"