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The hustle and bustle of the lakeside is once again in silence.

The bugs in the grass greeted each other intermittently, passing the boring hours of the night. Because there is no competition from other sounds, the tunes of these bugs are exceptionally loud in the stillness of the night.

In the square in the distance, some silent figures can be faintly seen rehearsing formations.

According to the elders of the patrol, those people were members of the school hunting team, which trained at night on a routine basis.

After Zheng Qing heard this statement, he secretly smacked his tongue.

He never thought that there was any activity in his life more important than snoring, nor did he think that it was a wise choice to practice formation in the middle of the night, and he did not expect that the so-called hunting team in the mouth of everyone would be so hard.

Fortunately, he is not a member of the hunting team, and he doesn't need to care about those who work hard in the middle of the night.

Tonight's patrol is coming to an end.

His only thought now was to roll back into his six-poster bed and meet Zhou Gong with a pillow.

Tomorrow I have to help Yelena tutor in the talisman class, Zheng Qing yawned and followed behind the old school worker weakly.

Shortly after Professor Yi left with the injured kappa, the old man Verne did not let everyone rest early, as everyone wanted, but assigned many new tasks to the patrol.

The sophomores, led by the old hound May, follow the planned patrol route and complete the set patrol objectives.

A few juniors and seniors stayed at the same place where the kappa had an accident and continued to search for any dead beetles left in the forest. For this reason, the patrol's only gas lantern was also handed over to this team.

The remaining two freshmen were busy with the old school workers in the meadow by the lake.

The old man of Verne took a stake from the wooden basket at hand and smashed it with his fist into the bushes by the bluestone of the lake. Then two live buckles were tied to the stake.

Zheng Qing had seen this technique under the old hunters on the mountain.

"Are you making a rabbit trap?" asked the young scholarship student, "why don't you use magic?"

"Magic and spells aren't all there is to wizards. The old man took a breath, stood up with great difficulty with Zheng Qing's support, and sneered: "As for the rabbit...... Do you hand over a turnip, and those stupid bunnies will jump up and down with you...... In the future, if you go to the Silent Forest, these fools will definitely be eaten on the first day!"

"I also look like a trap. Lin Guo shouted not far away.

Because of his young age, he didn't need to work with the old man, so taking this opportunity, this little genius of Alpha Academy was wearing silkworm skin gloves and concocting a few fat corpse beetles between the test tube and the mortar.

These bugs are the reward for the forest fruit.

Because not long ago, in the insect catching war, this little wizard who is good at alchemy took out a bottle of 'crisp insect potion' from his schoolbag and numbed a large number of corpse-eating beetles. The old school worker was happy for a moment, so he nodded and gave him a few bugs.

As a highly virulent creature, the use of the ghouli-eating beetle within the confines of First University's campus is severely restricted. From the application process for use, to the qualification of use, to the filing of experimental records, the terms and conditions are very complex.

If a freshman wants to complete these steps and apply for a few bugs from the school's 'worm garden', I'm afraid three or two months have passed.

Only this kind of ghoul beetle caught in the field, because it is not registered in the school, there is some room for accommodation.

In principle, the fresher the alchemical ingredients, the better.

Tonight, the moon was abundant, and the brightness of the lakeside was enough for simple operations, so while he had some leisure, Lin Guo began to dissect the worms, collect the corrosive liquid, and do some preliminary treatment of the insects.

"It's a trap. The old man of Verne lifted the wooden staff in his hand, flicked it among the grass, and continued to walk along the shore of the lake: "It's just a trap for a water ghost and a fish woman." Recently, the fishmen in the lake have been lazy and haven't cleaned up the water ghosts. Several students complained that they had seen water spirits pulling their oars while rowing...... Our patrols need to help get rid of pests. ”

"How can there be water ghosts in the lake?" Zheng Qing couldn't help but ask curiously, "As far as I know, no one died in the lake, right?" ”

"But someone died in the river. The old man's tone became a little low: "Linzhong Lake is connected to the Silent River, and the school's defense array blocks the gentleman and the villain...... Those water ghosts knew that the school was safe, and they came in with the current. ”

"Are there a lot of people dying in the river?"

"Every day, the tricksters who cross the river of silence into the forest of silence, every day someone is pulled under the water by the water monster. The old man sighed: "It's all evil...... The life of the prankster is also the life. ”

For a moment, the lakeside fell silent because of this somewhat heavy topic.

The bubbling water of the lake rubs against the bluestones of the embankment, making a refreshing sound.

Zheng Qing suddenly remembered the dispute between the old school worker and several professors not long ago, and when he contacted the old man's current behavior, he suddenly asked, "Catch the water ghost...... Or the fish woman, is it related to the kappa who was bitten by bugs?"

"Sharp little one. The old man of Verne glanced at him and muttered.

Although he did not make any positive comments about Zheng Qing's inference, this attitude obviously says a lot.

"Why?" Zheng Qing pondered, recalling the group of corpse-eating beetles that had been bottled in, speculating about the meaning behind the old man's behavior.

The only clue is the relationship between the kappa and the water spirits or fish women.

The water ghost and the kappa, apart from being both aquatic creatures, Zheng Qing could not find anything in common.

But the fish woman is different.

There are clouds in ancient books, and there are fish that are dry, and the name is called the fish woman. The wind channel comes from the north, the sky is a great spring, and the snake is turned into a fish, and it is a fish woman.

Meaning, there is a kind of fish, half dry, half man, half fish, and its name is Fish Woman. When the wind rains down from the sky and the spring water springs, the snake can turn into a fish and become a fish woman.

Regardless of how the fish woman was generated, the half-withered form alone resembled the kappa whose flesh had been eaten off and half of its flesh had been cut off.

"Withered, withered," Zheng Qing muttered, trying to find those remote memories in his mind, guessing, "Could it be that the kappa wanted to turn into a fish woman, but it didn't work?"

The old man of Verne laughed.

"The idea is very novel," the old man leaned on a wooden cane, and his voice shook the silent lakeside: "Young man, the brain hole is to be bigger......

Zheng Qing understood that he must have guessed wrong, and couldn't help but blush, speechless.

Lin Guo was originally picking up those fresh alchemy materials not far away.

Suddenly, he ran back in a panic and shouted in a low voice:

"It's not these bugs!"

"What?" Zheng Qing raised his head suddenly, and a bright light seemed to pass through his mind.

"It's incredible. The old man nodded appreciatively.

"It was only after the kappa was turned into a dried corpse that most of its flesh and bones were eaten by the ghoul beetle. Lin Guo said quickly, "I've been thinking about what kind of corpse beetle will turn corpses into dried corpses...... Not at all, it is not recorded in the encyclopedia. ”

"Could it be that the lab ran out. Zheng Qing smiled hard and tried to find other possibilities.

"This is the primordial ghoul beetle in the depths of the Silent Forest. Lin Guo wore deerskin gloves and raised the milky white insect in his hand that was struggling, with a serious expression: "It's not an experimental product." ”

Zheng Qing was silent.

"What an eventful time. The old man Verne did not explain Lin Guo's doubts, but just sighed and looked up into the distance.

Zheng Qing was full of anxiety from the bottom of his heart.

First the kitten whose eyes were plucked out, and then the kappa who was sucked into a dried corpse.

The school doesn't seem to be as safe as it seems.