Whole School Transmigrated: I Have 3 Daily Intel

"Looks like these Parasites are willing to take us down with them. They’ve given up on hiding just to make sure we suffer heavy losses!"

"Sir, the people at the school definitely can’t hold off the Parasites. But I don’t think we can get back in time. What about our place...?"

Chen Chong shook his head. "Don’t worry. They won’t be able to break into the seventh-floor apartment right away, but it won’t hold for long. Besides, the people in the Chinese medicine clinic are in even bigger trouble. Let’s go, now!"

With that, Chen Chong was the first to charge toward the cave exit.

Xu Jun, Wang Biao, Qi Zhen, and the Tiger Striped Dog understood the gravity of the situation and followed close behind without a moment’s delay.

Before leaving, they all took one last look back...

The Bloodthirsty Vine King’s thick vines were coiling around the Stone Claw Eagle, gashing its body as they tried to drag it back into the abyss below.

Meanwhile, the Stone Claw Eagle dug its sharp stone talons deep into the rocky ground, fighting with all its might to keep from being pulled down, pecking and tearing at the vines...

Having just barely escaped death, it certainly wasn’t going to give up without a fight.

The Bloodthirsty Vine King was also focused entirely on the Stone Claw Eagle, paying no attention to Chen Chong and his group.

Although it desperately wanted to kill Chen Chong, it knew that parasitizing the Stone Claw Eagle and absorbing its Extraordinary Energy was the only way to advance to S-Class. It was now using all its power to restrain the eagle and had no strength to spare...

’A vine several meters wide, huh?’

Chen Chong muttered to himself, searing the image of the suddenly-appeared, terrifyingly destructive giant vine into his memory.

Though they had encountered an unexpected turn of events at the last moment and nearly been caught in the crossfire, it wasn’t a total loss.

After being in this world for so long, Chen Chong had learned to draw lessons from crises and see both sides of every situation.

’If this hadn’t happened, I would never have known about this giant vine. I never found it during my previous reconnaissance underground while invisible.’

’I always thought the Bloodthirsty Vine King’s thickest vine was only about a meter wide. But now...’

’This must be its main vine, the one with the most destructive power.’

’With this new information, I’ll have a better chance of dealing with it later...’

"Go!"

Feeling the tremors from the battle between the eagle and the vine, it seemed like the cave was about to collapse again. Chen Chong didn’t dare to delay any longer, pulling Xu Jun and the others as they sprinted for the exit with all their might.

They had to make every second count.

’If a landslide causes the exit to collapse, we’ll be trapped in here.’

’Even if it doesn’t collapse, if the Stone Claw Eagle gets dragged underground, the Bloodthirsty Vine King will have strength to spare and will definitely come after us.’

’We have to get out before either of those things happens, or we’ll never be safe...’

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「Meanwhile, at the school...」

"Sis!"

A heart-wrenching cry rang out. Ning Feng tried to rush out but was kicked back by Ning Yu, who then slammed the door shut.

"Get back inside!"

Ning Yu’s face was a mask of fury. Her Bone Sword Whip, now a seven-sectioned lash, was slick with a viscous green fluid.

At the same time, several gashes deep enough to reveal bone marred her arm. Blood stained half her clothes, dripping down from her wrist...

At her feet lay no fewer than ten Parasites, their cores pierced.

But lining both sides of the hallway, more than twenty other Parasites stood watching her with faint smiles...

Their smiles were filled with contempt, as if mocking her. They were like a pack of cats toying with a mouse, wanting to watch their prey struggle before it died.

Because the teacher’s apartment building had been built with first-floor security in mind, all the windows had anti-theft bars, making it impossible for anyone to climb in or out.

Shen Xinrou, the Medicine Lady, the laborers, and the others had nowhere to run. They could only move all the wounded into the innermost room and listen to the sounds from outside with terror on their faces...

Ning Feng tried to go out and help several times, but Ning Yu kicked him back every time.

His skills were decent against ordinary people, but against creatures like the Parasites, the best he could hope for was to pierce one of their Vine Cores before being killed—a life for a life.

The Swordsmanship Club had already suffered grievous losses. Ning Feng was the only member left unharmed, and Ning Yu would never let him throw his life away too.

Even if she couldn’t handle all the Parasites by herself, she would defend the door to the death.

She would hold back every last Parasite until she was killed...

"Damn it..."

Ning Yu clutched her injured arm, a wave of weakness washing over her. She knew she probably couldn’t last much longer.

The constant use of her two abilities, Frenzy and Swiftness, was putting too much strain on her.

She hadn’t even recovered from the aftereffects of using them last time. Forcing them again now had pushed her body to its absolute limit.

But if she hadn’t used them, she never would have held on this long...

She had only managed to survive this long because the people from the gymnasium had noticed the commotion, rushed over, and drawn away some of the Parasites.

Hearing the shouts from outside, Ning Yu knew the ordinary members of her team were no match for them.

But right now, she could barely protect herself, let alone find the strength to help them.

Another group of Parasites had gone upstairs...

Ning Yu didn’t know what they were doing up there, but she imagined it was nothing good.

’Chen Chong, where in the world are you? If you don’t come back soon, the entire apartment building is going to fall...’

Without realizing it, Ning Yu had subconsciously pinned all her hopes of surviving this crisis on Chen Chong.

The only solution she could think of was one that only Chen Chong could provide.

VMMMM—

The Parasites moved again.

Ning Yu fought through the dizziness brought on by her weakness and charged forward to meet them.

She had only one thought now: ’Even if I die, I have to die before everyone behind that door...’

....

"Sis..."

Leaning against the door, Ning Feng was already in tears. He hated how weak he was, unable to help his sister at such a critical moment.

’If I had a second chance, I would never have slacked off during sword practice to sneak out and play.’

’And I wouldn’t have just wallowed in self-pity when I learned Chen Chong could make people stronger, instead of doing everything I could to improve my own strength...’

Just then, he suddenly froze.

’The wall... why is it glowing?’

Shen Xinrou, the Medicine Lady, the laborer, and the handmaiden saw it too. Curious, they all reached out to touch the wall.

They found that the faint light was like a barrier. It seemed to emanate from the wall, but it was actually about a centimeter away from the wall’s surface, as if protecting everything within.

The laborer was a man of action. He immediately took out a large knife he carried for protection.

It was the same knife Jia Wen had given him.

CLANG—

He brought the knife down on it, but the wall wasn’t damaged in the slightest.

Instead, the blade was violently repelled, and a small chip even appeared on its edge.

Seeing this, Ning Feng’s eyes widened in understanding.

He yanked the door open and shouted at the top of his lungs, "Sis, get in here, quick!"

The wounds on Ning Yu’s body were growing more numerous, and blood had now stained her almost completely red.

Forced back by the vines again, she was about to scold Ning Feng.

But he cut her off first.

"Look, Sis! The walls!"

Ning Yu glanced over instinctively and saw a layer of light that had appeared on the walls at some point.

It wasn’t just the walls of the Chinese medicine clinic; the entire hallway, all the rooms, all the walls—or rather, the entire apartment building—was enveloped in this faint light.

As a Transcendent, her senses were much sharper than an ordinary person’s, and she had a clearer perception of certain Extraordinary Items.

With just one look, she was almost certain this layer of light came from an Extraordinary Artifact.

Moreover, it possessed a certain hardness that could defend against attacks.

And that was indeed the case.

The countless Parasites on both sides of the hallway were brandishing barbed vines. A casual swing would leave dents in the surrounding floors and walls, exposing the concrete and brick underneath.

But now, when a few vines swept past, they not only failed to leave new marks but were actually repelled.

This baffled even the Parasites themselves, and they turned to look...

’Could this be Chen Chong’s doing?’

’A contingency he left for the apartment building?’

Ning Yu instinctively felt that only the ever-enigmatic Chen Chong could have rigged up something so miraculous.

Just as several more vines lashed out.

Ning Yu, holding her Bone Sword Whip, quickly leaped into the Chinese medicine clinic.

As the door shut, the vines striking it were instantly repelled.

The Parasites froze, then slowly gathered in front of the clinic door.

After several failed attempts to break down the door.

The expressions on their faces shifted constantly, finally settling into masks of rage and distortion.

Inhuman sounds escaped from their mouths.

The vines floating in mid-air began to swell rapidly and change color, the thorns upon them growing more menacing.

At the same time, the bodies of a large number of the Parasites began to visibly wither and dry up.

The Bloodthirsty Vines were evolving and mutating once again...

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