SCOM - Chapter 42
Chapter 42
When the alarm in the Alpha building sounded, the entire northern part of the campus was alerted, but a considerable number of military academy students lived in the south. They were too far away to hear the sound. The south was entirely inhabited by Omegas and Betas.
However, the military academy students in the south who belonged to the Disciplinary Committee's Dark Department had all silently blended into the night by now, retrieving weapons from their nearest assembly points and methodically joining their comrades.
At one of the Dark Department's assembly points in the south, students grabbed their weapons and slipped silently into the night. They hadn't gone far when they saw two patrolling Disciplinary Committee students. Before they could relax, they saw a shadow pounce on the two patrollers from behind.
“Watch out!”
A quick-reacting student had already raised their gun and fired as their companion shouted a warning. The weapons of the Disciplinary Committee's Dark Department were all made by students from the weapons development department, like Qian Mao. Only special departments had energy blocks for light guns, which were unobtainable for students. All these weapons were firearms that the weapons development students had scrounged up and repaired themselves.
They might not be very effective against Robot Dogs, but they were lethal against people.
The gunshot shattered the quiet night in the south. The two Disciplinary Committee students rolled on the ground, dodging the attack from behind, while the several students from the Dark Department opened fire in unison, cutting off the shadow's escape route.
“He’s not a student from our academy!” One of the Disciplinary Committee students who had rolled away twisted his head and finally got a clear look at the shadow. The person was at least thirty years old, with a medium, lean build. Most critically, he had the typical state of a Gashiro Empire attacker—vertical pupils.
Even a three-year-old child in the Federation knew the classic difference between the Gashiro Empire and the Federation. A chill ran down this Disciplinary Committee student's spine, and he immediately shouted, “Enemy attack!”
This cry made the students from the Dark Department instantly turn grim, and they didn't hesitate to use lethal force.
It also alerted the students in the south who had been awakened by the gunfire. Those who were still peeking out to see what was happening all returned to their dorms, searching for anything that could be used as a weapon. At the same time, other students went to sound the alarms in each dormitory building.
The Disciplinary Committee student who had dodged to another direction quickly opened his optical computer, trying to contact the instructors, but no one answered.
At this moment, Ji Yuezhi was in his dorm room, on a call with Jiang Hong.
“Someone is attacking the patrolling Disciplinary Committee students in the north. Luohuan went after them.” Jiang Hong paused. “One student has been sacrificed, and a school doctor is treating another. She dodged the carotid artery.”
Just then, Ji Yuezhi heard gunshots nearby. He frowned and quickly asked Jiang Hong, “What meetings have been happening in the capital recently? Are the instructors involved in any activities?”
Jiang Hong also heard the background noise on Ji Yuezhi's end and knew there was an attack in the south as well. He didn't have time for anything else and told Ji Yuezhi everything he knew: “Yes, a lot. The Military Committee has been in continuous meetings for the past few days, discussing the northern border. It’s a situation where one move affects the whole board, so other departments below are following closely. There’s also an exchange conference this month between teachers from the capital and other universities. Right, Instructor Jia Hailan and Instructor Kang Guang are all at the Military Committee, discussing the joint exercise with the other three military academies. Someone is using this opportunity to attack the First Military Academy? Is it the Gashiro…”
Jiang Hong didn't finish his sentence. The moment the Disciplinary Committee student in the south shouted ‘Enemy attack!’, the communication signal for the entire academy was instantly jammed.
Ji Yuezhi stared blankly at the black screen of his optical computer, listening to the commotion outside. Finally, he followed the sound of gunshots and ran over.
When he arrived, he discovered that the people chasing with guns were students from the academy. There were also two Disciplinary Committee students nearby.
“Senior Ji, a person from the Gashiro Empire just attacked us.” The patrolling Disciplinary Committee student breathed a slight sigh of relief upon seeing him. “He was shot twice, and some students have already gone after him.”
Ji Yuezhi glanced at the two Disciplinary Committee students. According to regulations, nightly patrols were conducted by a senior student with a freshman. In the north today, it was a senior Beta girl with a junior Omega girl. The Gashiro Empire had chosen their time well. It was Saturday, so most instructors were not on campus, and some had even gone to other military academies for exchanges. At the same time, most of the third and fourth-year students were out on missions, leaving the entire academy with only first and second-year students, like lambs to the slaughter.
“Find everyone from the Disciplinary Committee and gather them.” Ji Yuezhi saw several other students with guns flash through the crowd. These people looked more like an organized unit, even spontaneously maintaining discipline, but he had never heard of such a department existing.
“…Senior, who are they?” A Disciplinary Committee student also saw this and couldn't help but ask from behind Ji Yuezhi.
Ji Yuezhi saw Qian Mao in the crowd, distributing a pile of guns with the same flair he had when handing out flyers. Guan Xue, who hadn't fully recovered from her injuries, was also among them. A faint light flickered in his long, narrow eyes as he recalled the subtle familiarity Qian Mao and Guan Xue had shown towards Zuo Luohuan during training.
“People from the First Military Academy.” Ji Yuezhi turned his head to look in a certain direction, towards the dormitory building for students from other academies.
Suddenly, something flashed through Ji Yuezhi's mind.
“Qian Mao, Guan Xue!” Ji Yuezhi immediately shouted to the two in the crowd. “Take your people and follow me.”
Guan Xue and Qian Mao exchanged a look and chose to follow Ji Yuezhi.
“Room 404 in the weapons development building is the light gun research lab. Second-year students from the weapons development department have learned this and know how to assemble the parts. There are six in total. The lab password is 28965. Also, there should be about ten energy blocks inside, in the fourth safe from the left. It requires both a password and a key to open.” Qian Mao grabbed a student and rattled off instructions. “But go to a shelf on the right side. There’s a brown bottle and a blue bottle. Put on gloves, mix the two bottles together, and pour it 20cm above the top left of the safe. Then you can get it out.”
Guan Xue: “…” He must have been coveting this for a long time.
“After everyone in the south has gathered, go get the light guns, then rendezvous with the students in the north.” Ji Yuezhi waited for them to finish, gave his swift command, and then led Guan Xue and the others towards the building where the students from other academies were staying.
Meanwhile, Zuo Luohuan had pursued for a long time and finally caught her target. The moment she saw the person with vertical pupils, she directly twisted his neck.
“Come out,” Zuo Luohuan said coldly, tossing aside the limp, dead body.
In an instant, more than a dozen people from the Gashiro Empire appeared from all directions.
This was just the north. It seemed the Gashiro Empire had paid a heavy price tonight.
Zuo Luohuan glanced down at her optical computer. There was no signal, and there were hardly any instructors at the academy. Was the Gashiro Empire trying to attack the military academy a second time?
They were bold. The first time hadn't succeeded, and this time they came directly to the capital.
However, after clashing with them, Zuo Luohuan changed her mind. These people were a bit too strong. To use so many people of such a high level, it seemed they wanted to kill her for good.
No… Zuo Luohuan suddenly let out a laugh, but her eyes were utterly cold.
The Gashiro Empire's sudden attack, killing military students and her, was just incidental. The real target was… An Yingjing.
Zuo Luohuan glanced towards the south. Ji Yuezhi was there; he should be able to handle it.
In that case… she would just focus on killing these people.
An Yingjing hadn't been able to sleep. He was using an account he had painstakingly stolen from his cousin to browse the First Military Academy's anonymous forum, scrolling through gossip all night. Reading about another military academy's gossip was much more interesting than looking at those documents.
So that Yan Yan had been beaten by both Ji Yuezhi and Zuo Luohuan. So Ji Yuezhi and Zuo Luohuan had always been rivals. And that Qian Mao had even posted to show off about getting demerits from Ji Yuezhi.
Tsk, the relationships at the First Military Academy were truly a mess.
Just as he was getting into it, he suddenly sensed something strange outside the window. He instantly stuffed his pillow under the covers, rolled to the other side of the bed, and hid underneath it.
Someone climbed in through the window, holding a knife, and stabbed directly at the bed.
An Yingjing thought it was students from the First Military Academy or the Northern Military Academy coming to mess with him. He reached out from under the bed, grabbed the person's leg, and yanked hard.
The person was pulled down. It was only when An Yingjing came out from under the bed that he realized it wasn't a military student.
“Fuck!” An Yingjing cursed as soon as he saw the person in the room.
The person's eyes weren't vertical, but An Yingjing found no comfort in that, because the stronger a person from the Gashiro Empire was, the better they could control their vertical pupil state. The aura on this person was too dark; he was almost certain the other was not from the Federation.
At that moment, a heavy thud against a wall echoed from the hallway.
“What the hell?! People from the Gashiro Empire?” Luo Shaoyuan's furious voice came from next door. “Are all the people at the First Military Academy dead?”
An Yingjing immediately yelled at the top of his lungs, “Classmate Luo, help! Sister Shaoyuan! Save me!” completely shameless.
The person opposite him had already rushed over. He held a curved blade and came close to slitting An Yingjing's throat several times, but he seemed more intent on digging out An Yingjing's gland.
An Yingjing's strength was higher than that of an average military student, but compared to the most outstanding ones, he was still a bit lacking. In less than a few minutes, his body was covered in various wounds, and he could only barely dodge the fatal blows.
“An Yingjing, are you crazy?” Luo Shaoyuan finally reached the door and kicked it open. “I’m several months younger than you!”
“Little sister, save me,” An Yingjing quickly corrected himself.
Luo Shaoyuan snorted and looked at the person in the room. “People from the Dog Country dare to come here. Today, I’ll make sure you don’t leave.”
But Luo Shaoyuan had forgotten one thing. An Yingjing's pheromones were slowly being exposed through his blood. Her speed gradually became affected, and her vision started to blur.
Fortunately, others broke through the siege and came to find them.
After Cha Lili was awakened and discovered people from the Gashiro Empire outside, he immediately notified the non-Alpha members of his team to find An Yingjing. “Protect him. He might be the Gashiro Empire's target.”
Not many people lived in this dormitory building, only students or teachers who were visiting for exchanges. Right now, only students from the three military academies were staying here.
The people from the Gashiro Empire clearly knew their floor and room numbers and came straight for them.
Fortunately, the students from the three military academies were not sleeping soundly and noticed the abnormality early. Twenty minutes after Cha Lili sent people to rescue An Yingjing, they successfully broke a window and jumped from the building.
“You guys go first!” Cha Lili and the others were still upstairs, surrounded by people from the Gashiro Empire. They took the opportunity to shout to An Yingjing below.
Obviously, since the Gashiro Empire had gone to such great lengths and acted so brazenly, they wouldn't let An Yingjing leave. Another group of people appeared silently, wearing gas masks and carrying oxygen tanks.
They were isolating themselves from An Yingjing's pheromones.
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