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Wang Xiang had similar thoughts, but he quickly dismissed them.

For him, this was a pointless thought.

However, Bai Miao's appearance and questioning forced him to re-examine the issue.

And the boy who asked that question.

Wang Xiang had a premonition that he was not speaking without reason, but rather that he had truly seen the possibility of his future being bound and controlled, which was why he genuinely wanted to find a way to transcend it.

"Bai Miao, actually, the moment you from other dimensions came into contact with you, the game between you and the door began."

"I believe that if countless people like you are helping you, you will eventually be able to achieve your dream."

Chapter 167 The Monster in the Reservoir

After finishing the meal, Bai Miao's gains were quite good.

After meeting Wang Xiang in person, Bai Miao felt that Wang Xiang was the kind of person who didn't have much ambition, but was willing to work hard for his current life.

He possesses a refined and unassuming demeanor.

"I have a meeting this afternoon, please make yourselves at home."

After dropping the two off at the school, Wang Xiang headed towards the law school's office building.

"Professor Wang is a very busy person."

Zhao Wanyang sighed.

Several phone calls were made to Wang Xiang during the meal, but he hung up on them all.

"So, what are your plans for this afternoon? Tutoring?"

"I finally managed to get you out of retirement, and all you want me to do is send you to tutoring?"

Zhao Wanyang pointed in the direction of the artificial lake inside Jiangcheng University: "We just finished eating, how about we go for a walk to digest our food?"

"Row."

Bai Miao wasn't in a hurry to go back. The address he got from Wang Xiang was still quite far away, so Bai Miao planned to take action that night.

"If there were no door, do you think we'd be taking a walk like this in the artificial lake at Peking University around this time next year?"

As the two walked along the lakeside path lined with willow trees, Zhao Wanyang suddenly asked a question.

"No, because I'm taking a different exam."

"Heh, so why don't you come over and play with me?"

Bai Miao said somewhat innocently, "Aren't you studying medicine? Will my coming to see you interfere with your studies?"

"Studying should be balanced with rest. By the way, I haven't asked you what you're planning to study yet."

"As for me... if no door had appeared, I might have chosen computer science, since it's easy to find a job after graduation."

"what about now?"

"Mathematics Department."

"what?"

Zhao Wanyang wondered if she had misheard. Why would she want to study mathematics?

"I used to do it for a living, now I do it for my hobby. Math is quite interesting to learn."

"No, no, no... Don't talk about math. I think the reason I want to study medicine is largely because the math courses in medical school are very easy."

"It's really impressive that you got such a high score even though you don't like math."

Looking at the college students coming and going on campus, Bai Miao wondered if he would be able to live such a life next year.

Having experienced the trials of the dungeons within the sect, Bai Miao suddenly felt that ordinary days weren't so bad after all.

In the years before doors appeared, life was simple and frugal, but there was no need to worry about suddenly encountering a door that was completely unmanageable.

The two sighed almost simultaneously.

After walking around for a while, Zhao Wanyang got tired of walking and simply sat on a bench to enjoy the afternoon breeze.

"Has something happened again these past two days? My dad went to the reservoir yesterday. Even though he wasn't the one knocking on the door, he still had to go to some scene to maintain order or something. It feels so dangerous."

"A door has been opened over the reservoir, and the things inside have likely come over. The authorities have sent knockers to deal with it, so you don't need to worry too much."

"I see... So, does that mean that in every related incident, the police investigate first, and only after confirming that it's related to the door do official knockers get involved?"

Zhao Wanyang's heart sank again. According to Bai Miao, the appearance of the future gate would be quite frequent.

The risks for ordinary people to conduct on-site investigations are self-evident.

"The number of people knocking on doors is very small, and it's impossible to go to every crime scene. The police have to screen them..."

"I'm starting to think about persuading my dad to retire earlier..."

Zhao Wanyang's words sounded uncertain: "But I feel that he is the kind of person who would still go on a mission even if he knew it would be risking his life."

She looked up at Bai Miao again: "From now on, we must keep all the doors closed."

"Definitely."

At that moment, the information on both of them simultaneously went off.

If Bai Miao was somewhat surprised to see the message, then Zhao Wanyang was panicked.

"Hu Muyao has been sent to the hospital for treatment. The strength of the things in the reservoir far exceeded their expectations..."

"Me too... my dad is in the hospital right now. They didn't notify my mom; they contacted me directly through the Knock on the Door network..."

"I'll go to the reservoir, you go to the hospital."

Without wasting any words, Bai Miao sent his location to the official contact person and then arrived at the entrance of Jiangcheng University to wait for someone to pick him up and take him to the scene.

Zhao Wanyang hurriedly took a taxi to the hospital.

Those injured in incidents involving the knocker are sent to military hospitals for the highest level of treatment, also for security reasons.

Less than a minute later, a black luxury car drove out of Jiangcheng University. The window rolled down, and Wang Xiang waved to Bai Miao: "Get in! I'll take you there."

"Ah."

"Hold on tight, I'm going to the reservoir in twenty minutes. I've already notified the traffic police."

Wang Xiang floored the accelerator, and with a powerful surge of acceleration, the car's speed jumped to over 100 km/h.

“It will take ten minutes for the officials to arrive, but I have a record of my identity with the authorities, so they contacted me quickly and wanted me to take you to the scene to deal with the trouble.”

As Wang Xiang drove, he explained that with his current agility, he could react quickly even at high speeds, not to mention that there were traffic police maintaining order at the intersections and giving him priority to pass.

"Although I don't want to join the official knocker team and restrict myself, I'll help out in any way I can when it matters."

Wang Xiang jerked the steering wheel, and the car began to drift on the mountain road.

The reservoir is located in the mountains outside the city. Normally, it would take ten minutes to drive up there, but Wang Xiang kept the accelerator pressed the whole way and managed to reach his destination from the foot of the mountain in just five minutes.

A crowd had gathered far outside the reservoir, so Wang Xiang had no choice but to stop.

Bai Miao got out of the car and saw a familiar person.

Yu Yingcai.

He did indeed arrive at the scene.

The details of the reservoir incident had already been explained to Bai Miao during his journey with the officials who had come to his door.

Officials discovered that the creature that emerged from the door had entered the reservoir and was preying on the fish there.

Jiangcheng Reservoir has always been an important part of Jiangcheng's fishery. If this guy eats all the fish, I don't know how many fishermen will starve this year.

After assessment, the officials quickly organized a punitive expedition led by Hu Muyao and his group.

But that thing was underwater the whole time, so the battle was extremely difficult.

Hu Muyao and his team did achieve some results in the end, but unexpectedly, that thing released a mental shock at the last moment, affecting people within a radius of about one kilometer.

Not only the entire expedition team, but also the biological experts remaining on the shore and the police maintaining order further away were affected.

The ability to project a mental impact over a kilometer must mean the person involved is quite powerful.

However, Hu Muyao's mental strength did not return to zero, indicating that this attack was more focused on range than power.

However, Bai Miao was not worried about mental attacks.

"Xiao Miao, I won't say much more. This is the first time we've encountered enemies coming from the other side of the gate. Our preparations were rather rushed, so we have no choice but to ask you to take charge."

"Um... I'll try my best."

"They told you you don't need diving equipment?"

"Yes, I have methods for moving underwater."

After a few brief pleasantries, Bai Miao crossed the cordon, put on the Abyss Howl and Silence, donned his hunter's suit, took the door-sized holy sword in his hand, and walked through the woods to the reservoir.

"boom!"

A tentacle nearly a meter thick emerged from the water and slammed heavily onto the surface, seemingly as a form of intimidation.

Bai Miao plunged into the water, and the surrounding currents immediately became active.

Swimming LV10 is almost a skill that controls water.

Bai Miao had never felt so exhilarated.

Bai Miao's ability to see underwater allowed him to see the monster's appearance clearly.

It was an octopus with a shark's head.

Except for the shark's head, its entire body is made up of tentacles.

However, the overall length does not exceed 3 meters.

It moves very fast in the water, preying on any fish it encounters along the way.

And it eats it from the shark's head and spits it out from the mouthparts in the center of its rear tentacles.

The fish's body was intact, but it had lost its vitality.

Is this guy eating the spirit of fish?