Care Guide to Raising a Max Level Leaf in a Apocalypse

Ch. 81: Gazing at the tree

Si Yin Yuan lowered his head, flipping through the materials filled with students' exam records. He remained silent, and the atmosphere remained oddly oppressive.

A brutal question lay before them, sparking an internal struggle.

Joker, unafraid of stirring things up, rolled up his sleeves and checked his watch, saying, "Oh, we have half an hour until the apocalypse starts."

His sky-blue sports watch seemed out of place with his tall adult figure.

Ji Jiu responded slowly, "This belongs to that student from earlier. Lin Mo, I think."

Unexpectedly, Joker had quietly taken it away.

Recalling Joker's skilled lockpicking, Ji Jiu fell into silence.

Joker, completely unembarrassed, proudly waved the watch, saying, "This is magic!"

Yu Feichen grabbed his wrist, examining it closely in the darkness.

Time until midnight was running out.

Si Yin Yuan set aside the materials, saying, "The records are intact, and the exam scores match the student files."

This further negated the possibility of an illusion. Even the most meticulous illusion couldn't achieve such perfection in every detail.

"Could it really be a parallel world?" Yu Feichen sighed.

They walked out with heavy hearts. Ji Jiu looked up at the sky, where dark clouds obscured the moon.

Passing by the huge banyan tree again on their way back to the abandoned dormitory, the leaves and branches, once rustling gently in the daytime breeze, now looked like ink splatters in the night.

No one could have anticipated that the old tree, which only swayed in the gentle wind during the day, would transform into a killer for the entire school in just over ten minutes.

They stood before the tree, gazing at it as if reliving the misfortune of three years ago.

Someone stopped walking first, and no one moved forward.

Si Yin Yuan's voice was unusually deep, "Are you all sure?"

No one answered, but their bodies stood here more resolutely than their thoughts.

He chuckled, "Alright."

He knew his subordinates well. Even if all this might be meaningless, they wouldn't willingly ignore it. From the beginning, he never considered not participating.

Ji Jiu felt the increasing concentration of gama around them-a subtle change that humans find hard to perceive.

In fact, gama concentration wasn't something that appeared only after the apocalypse. It had always existed outside living organisms before the apocalypse, undetected and in sparse amounts.

The concentration of gama is rapidly increasing, as time was approaching midnight.

Ji Jiu sighed softly, refocusing on the banyan tree. Suddenly, he was grabbed by the nape of his neck.

"Huh?" He looked back with almost raised hairs.

Si Yin Yuan suppressed his tiny protest, placing him behind him and admonishing, "Don't run around."

Even though everyone in the base knew that Ji Jiu was a formidable hunter, under Si Yin Yuan's powerful protection, he remained a vulnerable and lovable little figure that must be taken care of.

If only he could shrink him and keep him in his pocket.

Ji Jiu nodded obediently, peeking out cautiously to observe the banyan tree.