Chapter 190

"Not united?"

He Ying seemed to have caught something.

"Hmm, it seems to be because of the successor issue," An Ruosuo said.

"Successor? The principal is only 50, why consider a successor? And what kind of management model does Qingbei have, yet there's a successor?" Dong Junwei interjected.

"This... the principal's appearance is now completely different. Since he became small, we've watched him age day by day, turning into a seventy- or eighty-year-old; now he can't even stand," An Ruosuo answered.

"Why is this happening?"

Dong Junwei had many more opportunities to communicate with Shi Yuanjun than others; thinking of that handsome middle-aged man turning into this, she felt somewhat heartbroken.

"We don't know either."

"Has the principal awakened his Special Ability?"

"Hmm... probably," An Ruosuo hesitated a moment.

"You don't know?" Chen Mu frowned.

"It seems not many people know, but Song Yu, Xia Qing, Tong Bin, and them all obey the principal's words, so he must have some ability, and definitely a strong one, we just haven't seen it."

"What ability does Song Yu have?" Chen Mu asked again.

"Senior Song...?" An Ruosuo glanced at Chen Mu, apparently thinking that since you know each other, how could you not know this.

Chen Mu also didn't explain, using his gaze to signal her to speak quickly.

An Ruosuo hurriedly said: "His ability is to control the movement of objects; I'm not exactly sure, but I once saw Senior Song kill a grasshopper by himself, a big one, and he just waved his hand, and the things around him seemed to turn into hidden weapons, shooting out with a swish-swish-swish, really cool and handsome..."

Given current human physique, being able to alone kill a swift grasshopper is indeed strong, not to mention this may not be Song Yu's limit.

"What ability does the one called Tong Bin have?" Chen Mu asked again.

"This... I don't know." An Ruosuo shook her head.

"Are you all in the same organization? You don't even know this?" He Ying said somewhat dissatisfied.

Because Tong Bin seems never to have gone on field duty, and no one has seen him use his ability.

"Then what qualifies him to be one of the administrators?"

Such matters, people of our rank definitely wouldn't know, but several combat-type ability users under Tong Bin are very strong; for example, one can control a toad to assist in battle, a huge toad, and Qingbei's initial food source was that toad helping to catch food.

Chen Mu and the others looked at each other.

This seems somewhat similar to Du Jia Jia.

Although a cat's body is much larger than a toad's, obviously that person can directly control the toad, which is even stronger than Du Jia Jia.

Chen Mu asked again: "And what about the Xia Qing you mentioned?"

"Senior Xue Xia, she also rarely takes action; her ability is ice sealing."

"Ice sealing?"

"Hmm." An Ruosuo said with admiration: "Once during a fight with Yi Zhong, she froze a person into an ice pop, but you know, Special Ability is private, everyone tries not to tell others, especially those combat-type ability users, so even though I'm on the side of Senior Xia, I couldn't really ask her... except for one person..."

"Yangbu'an?" Chen Mu interjected.

"Huh?" An Ruosuo seemed somewhat surprised that Chen Mu actually knew this person, but quickly realized: "Senior Chen Mu indeed defeated Yangbu'an."

Afterwards she continued: "Little Yang is indeed formidable, just that his mouth is really too big, but no matter what, he is a combat-type ability user and can live above the tenth floor."

"Tenth floor?"

Chen Mu suddenly startled, has Qingbei already built high-rises?

He immediately asked: "Where is Qingbei's base?"

An Ruosuo obviously also knew this was highly confidential, took a deep breath, then said: "I'm not saying, at the beginning we gathered at the flag-raising platform, right?"

"Hmm."

"Later, we drilled a hole in the flagpole, everyone went inside to shelter from wind and rain; later, after renovation, we've been living inside ever since."

"Living inside the flagpole?"

Chen Mu was stunned.

But after thinking, it actually makes sense.

The flagpole's thickness is sufficient for people; if we develop upward, adding a few more levels, over two hundred people could probably manage.

Chen Mu turned his head to look at Tang Jing.

Tang Jing had never spoken before; seeing Chen Mu's inquiring gaze, she nodded and said: "Our school's stainless steel flagpole is 16 meters tall, upper diameter 8 centimeters, lower diameter 24 centimeters; with reasonable layering, it could easily accommodate several thousand people."

Chen Mu nodded, already accustomed to Tang Jing knowing such things.

However, An Ruosuo and the other person were both shocked; despite Qingbei's size and over two hundred people living there for so long not knowing these exact dimensions, this senior sister knew them clearly.

The decision to defect to this side now looks increasingly wise.

"You said Yangbu'an can live above the tenth floor, what do you mean?" Chen Mu asked.

"Inside the flagpole there are sixteen floors total; the principal lives at the top; the fifteenth floor has only three people: Senior Xia, Song Yu, and Tong Bin, each with a single room; the fourteenth floor also has three rooms, but they are double occupancy, and the one who can control the toad lives on the fourteenth floor."

"Going further down to the thirteenth floor, it's also two-person rooms, but there are four rooms total; Yangbu'an is on this floor, and... Xin Ping used to also be on the thirteenth floor..."

An Ruosuo, saying this, glanced sideways at Chen Mu with a little fear, obviously thinking of Xin Ping's miserable state.

Chen Mu froze, then understood.

It seems that Liang Yan at that time was speaking his real name.

"Liang Yan went back?" Since mentioning Xin Ping, Chen Mu simply asked.

"Hmm."

"And what about Xin Ping?"

"He also went back, but... both his hands were amputated."

"He's not dead?" He Ying interjected.

"He's not dead, but because his ability must be used with the palms, he's now a cripple, and even more useless than those who haven't discovered Special Ability; now he's been moved directly from the thirteenth floor to the bottom floor."

An Ruosuo thought of Xin Ping's ordeal; although she didn't have much good feeling toward this person, she couldn't help but sigh.

As for Chen Mu, this only added a touch of fear; at that moment she was desperately trying to recall whether there had been any lack of respect in her earlier words……

On Chen Mu's side, after these days had passed, looking back on what had happened, he felt somewhat sigh-worthy, but more than that, he was dissatisfied with his own insufficient strength.

Precisely because he wasn't strong enough, when fighting others he couldn't hold back; although that person wasn't worth mourning, killing someone is ultimately not a pleasant matter.

Fortunately, Xin Ping didn't die.

It was merely a case of being better off dead.