Full-Time Magister: Immortality Begins with Slaying Demons

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The 18 people set off immediately, passing through several dilapidated residential areas, and finally approached the municipal building.

In front of the municipal building was a huge open space. The decorative fountain was covered with a thick layer of dust. Scattered weeds grew in the vast square, and various items were scattered among them, making it look desolate.

The entire municipal building has a three-tiered structure.

The first level consists of the entire city hall and other ancillary floors, which are rectangular in shape and occupy a very large area.

The second-level structure is a staggered cube-shaped floor built on top of the huge base, which makes it look very architecturally distinctive in contrast to the rectangular base.

The third level consists of the square high-rise buildings that rise atop this cube-shaped building. These were likely built for public institutions that are not fully open to the public. Their height makes them stand out among the surrounding residential buildings, streets, and urban areas.

"This is also an area to be surveyed, but I always feel that this municipal building looks strange. Have you noticed those plants? Instead of growing towards the sunlight, they all grow into the municipal hall. It's unbelievable," Jingjing said.

Mu Nujiao also studied botany, and she carefully observed those black, neither-vine-nor-tree branches.

These branches are incredibly thick, some even reaching the size of an adult's torso.

They emerged from the windows and doors, venturing into the entire lobby of the municipal base, and then spread wildly and crisscrossed throughout the spacious hall.

The city hall, which was originally bright and spacious, felt cramped because of the vines, and even the sunlight could not shine in. It was gloomy and felt more like entering a jungle of vines than a building.

"Leave one or two people outside to provide backup, the rest of you go inside," Lu Zhenghe said.

"Wait a minute, don't be so impulsive." Zhou Sining, who hadn't spoken until now, suddenly spoke up.

"What do you want?" Lu Zhenghe's face stiffened.

Lu Zhenghe had no good feelings towards Zhou Sining; in fact, he could be described as completely disgusted.

After all, he was often the one giving orders, and for someone from a military family like him, the recipients only needed to strictly follow his orders.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, he will be the captain of this training team.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Sining was parachuted in. He said he would be a hands-off manager and not care about them, but he would often contradict their decisions.

Damn it, this is so annoying!

"Check the surroundings first. Both of the girls majoring in botany think there's something wrong. Where did you get the courage to bring a whole team in?" Zhou Sining didn't bother to give Lu Zhenghe a friendly look.

It's fortunate that he has a relatively good temper; he's not the kind of person who explodes at the slightest provocation.

Otherwise, he would have to teach that idiot Lu Zhenghe a lesson!

In the original story, it was this idiot who left a mark to lure Lu Nian here.

In fact, he had been keeping an eye on Lu Zhenghe the whole way, but the guy was too well hidden and he hadn't been able to find any evidence against him.

"I do think there's something wrong with those plants. Normal plants grow towards the sun, and these are too thick and robust," Mu Nujiao chimed in.

She already suspected there was something wrong with those plants, and now that Zhou Sining had started a group buy, she immediately joined.

Jingjing nodded in agreement: "I agree, but let's take another look."

With the two plant-based mages having said so, no one else dared to voice any objections, and they began searching the city hall.

"Strange..." Bai Tingting seemed to have noticed something and walked to the edge of the flower bed.

"What's wrong?" Mingcong quickly came to her side.

"Here's a bag of food that's only half-eaten. The food is just a little moldy, but not completely spoiled. See for yourself."

Bai Tingting put on gloves and picked up the items on the ground.

A few people nearby went over to take a look and, sure enough, it was an item inside a bag of dried meat.

The dried meat was already unsealed, but the meat inside looked perfectly normal, unlike something that had been sitting there for fifteen years.

"There's one here too, it's a hiking backpack." Zheng Bingxiao also made a discovery.

Although the backpack was covered in dust, the iconic logo was still clearly visible.

Zhao Mingyue said, "I know it. It's my brother's favorite hiking backpack brand. It's a new product that came out a few months ago."

"A few months? Wasn't this place abandoned for 15 years?"

"Didn't the teachers say they were doing a preliminary survey of this place? It's most likely left behind by those hunter mages," Shen Ming said with a smile.

"That possibility cannot be ruled out."

"Don't scare yourself. This place has been abandoned for 15 years. How could we be the only ones who have been here?" Luo Song said.

"After searching for so long, we haven't even found a trace of a demon. Zhou Sining, are you overthinking this?" Lu Zhenghe looked at Zhou Sining.

Zhou Sining ignored their questions; his mind was now preoccupied with the giant lizard pseudo-dragon.

In the original story, did the giant lizard pseudo-dragon actively hunt the pseudo-fear demon, or was the giant lizard pseudo-dragon discovering them when the pseudo-fear demon attacked them?

If it's the former, he can delay a bit longer. Once he sees the giant lizard pseudo-dragon, he will naturally have a reason to exercise his veto power.

If it's the latter, he can't exactly lead a team to deliver food to the fake demon, can he?

"Are we going in or not? If not, we should hurry up and find another place to set up camp, or it'll be dark by the time we get there," Luo Song complained.

"I told you he was useless, making a mountain out of a molehill." Liao Mingxuan wouldn't miss any opportunity to mock Zhou Sining.

Zhou Sining frowned: "Even if we change locations, I still feel this place is too dangerous."

Rather than confronting a fake demon or a giant lizard fake dragon head-on, it's better to hide first.

Even with the book of constellations, he wasn't confident he could save everyone's lives.

Having agreed to accompany him on his training, Zhou Sining knew exactly what he should do.

"What a coward," Shen Ming said with a laugh.

"Don't change it, it'll be a hassle to find another place, this place is fine."

"Listen to me, two or three of you stay outside, the rest of you follow me inside!" Lu Zhenghe sneered.

"Just switch when I tell you to! Who's the captain, you idiot or am I?" Zhou Sining couldn't hold back any longer.

Are there any normal people in this world?

Both plant-based mages clearly sensed something was wrong, but just because they couldn't detect any demonic aura, they brazenly walked in?

"What great things can someone who's so timid and hesitant achieve? I don't know how you cultivated yourself to this level. Is Songhe blind to let you be the captain?!" Lu Luzhenghe couldn't help but curse out loud.

"Alright, alright, stop arguing. If you want to leave, then leave," Song Xia stepped in to smooth things over.

Apart from Luo Song and Shen Mingxiao, most of the other students at Mingzhu Academy were on Zhou Sining's side to some extent.

"Why should he leave? He's wasting so much time. There's no danger at all, and he just gives up after a single sentence?" Liao Mingxuan sneered.

Just as everyone was arguing heatedly, Bai Tingting, who was at the edge of the line, noticed something unusual about the municipal building and pointed at it in astonishment.

"Look! What's that?!"

Everyone turned around, and the next second, each person's face showed a look of astonishment.

The vines and branches of the entire municipal building were writhing wildly!

They seemed to come alive, their ferocity as ravenous as starving ghosts seeing food!

This was the first time anyone present had ever seen such a scene.

People are used to thinking of plants as non-aggressive "dead things".

Even when encountering a lush grove of plants, one only needs to leave a message about the demons dwelling within. But who would have thought that these eerie plants were actually demons!

The twisting branches, vines, and trunk formed a perfect and extremely deceptive killing weapon!

"Damn it, there really is something there!" Luo Song exclaimed in surprise.

If they had trespassed into the municipal building before, they might really be fertilizer now!

"Can we leave now?" Zhou Sining glanced at Lu Zhenghe and the others.

"Let's go, let's go quickly. Damn it, if it weren't for Lao Zhou stalling for time, we would probably be dead already."

Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan were completely on Zhou Sining's side. Now that they had witnessed such a horrifying scene, they were too lazy to even argue and simply walked to another block.

"What are you standing there for? Let's go!"

Seeing the group of people still stunned, Zhou Sining couldn't help but roar.

That shout seemed to wake them up. Lu Zhenghe and the others looked livid, but they didn't dare disobey and obediently followed the group to run to another block.