"Zhou Lin can say this, he must have a way to solve it, so there's no need to worry for now."
The dean watched the students on the big screen with beads of sweat falling, feeling extremely nervous.
"It's heartbreaking to watch."
Professor Wen next to him echoed the dean's thoughts.
The dean pursed his lips at the sound.
At this moment, Zhou Lin took out a few cupping jars from his bag.
The mercenaries and students watching were startled. Cupping jars?
What for? Are they going to do cupping now?
"Are those cupping jars? What are you going to use them for?"
The metaphysics professor looked at him in astonishment.
"You'll see."
Zhou Lin walked up to one of the students and saw that his clothes were removed.
Only then did everyone see clearly. No wonder they kept crying out in pain. Their clothes looked fine, but their bodies were already scalded purple, a color that was tinged with red.
It looked like a dense spider web spread across their bodies, with some parts twitching intermittently and emitting heat.
"Is this the fire malevolence? No wonder these children are in so much pain."
Guo Liang's heart ached when he saw it, and his nose twitched with emotion.
"Zhou Lin, think of a way. Is there any way to resolve this?"
The metaphysics professor was also heartbroken and urgently sought Zhou Lin's help.
"Hold him down. I'm going to act now."
Zhou Lin picked up one of the cupping jars and pulled the dragon head part. He saw a faint flame inside the jar.
Then, he pressed it down forcefully.
"Ah..."
The moment the cupping jar was pressed down, the student's cry became even more piercing.
It echoed throughout the corridor, as if he were shouting his very soul out.
He writhed restlessly, and sweat broke out on his body.
The metaphysics professor and the mercenaries beside him held the student down. Hearing his cries, they felt even more unbearable.
"Bear with it."
How could Zhou Lin not know how painful this was? The fire malevolence had been hidden somewhere before, but now it was different; it was moving along the skin.
In the next moment, the spider-web-like patterns on his body began to move closer to the cupping jar.
Then, Zhou Lin placed another cupping jar on his body, but the student could no longer cry out.
He could only let Zhou Lin place cupping jars on him, but his trembling body told everyone that he was in immense pain.
The pain caused him to break out in a cold sweat.
The students beside him couldn't bear to watch but were equally helpless. They could only turn their heads away and not look at the student.
Zhou Lin saw the fire malevolence being absorbed by the cupping jars, then he lightly tapped the area below the cupping jar with his finger.
A smooth, red thread was drawn out from the cupping jar.
It finally fell to the ground, leaving only a faint red mark that soon disappeared.
As the fire malevolence was extracted, the student's vision went black, and he fainted.
Zhou Lin took out the medicinal solution from his body and handed it to Captain Bai.
"Have him drink this, and he'll be fine soon. Now it's the next person's turn."
Zhou Lin looked at the students in pain on the ground and slowly approached.
Having witnessed the previous case, the student looked at Zhou Lin with fear in his eyes, as if he had seen a plague god.
"No... don't come over."
"Professor, I'm scared, I'm so scared."
The student, thinking of his classmate who had already fainted, trembled even more violently out of fear.
"You must. I know the process is very painful, but you have to endure it, or you will all lose your lives."
Zhou Lin knew they were afraid, but no matter how painful it was, they had to persevere, otherwise, there would surely be problems later.
Finally, Zhou Lin waved his hand, and the students and mercenaries behind him stepped forward to hold him down.
Within a few minutes, piercing screams echoed through the space.
In the live broadcast room.
"My god, the sound is so painful to hear. No wonder this guy is so scared. I feel pain just listening to it."
"I finally understand why they said it hurt. Who wouldn't feel pain watching this?"
"I can't even bear to listen. The sound is so terrifying. It hurts just to hear it, more than childbirth."
"Is it more painful than childbirth?"
"Get lost, how can that be the same?"
As time ticked by, the screams began to fade.
Several students lay on the ground, completely unconscious.
Zhou Lin sat on the ground, sighing with relief as he looked at the sleeping students.
"I didn't expect this fire malevolence to be so powerful. But they must have been in a lot of pain when they were buried underground, right?"
Guo Liang looked at the marks on their bodies with concern.
"No, they were buried by sand underground. The temperature there is the kind the fire malevolence likes, so they would have felt comfortable. But after coming out, they started to feel pain."
Zhou Lin shook his head and looked at the students beside him.
Then he turned his gaze to the marks on the side.
Now it was time for the water.
Zhou Lin took out a bottle of water and threw it on the ground.
"Professor Zhou Lin, do you want me to go with you? I can help you with something."
Captain Bai felt useless and decided to volunteer.
"No need. We don't know what's down there yet. It would be very dangerous for you to go down. Also, what if something happens while I'm gone?"
Zhou Lin still felt that these people needed protection. Even if Captain Bai and the others couldn't handle it, they could at least buy some time.
"Alright, then be careful."
Captain Bai looked at Zhou Lin and cautioned him with concern.
After Zhou Lin finished speaking, he disappeared from his spot with his equipment.
Everyone couldn't help but marvel at the eerie nature of this place.
As soon as Zhou Lin disappeared from the ground, he saw water all around.
He quickly used bubbles to surround himself.
Then he looked at the surrounding environment, which was dark and almost impossible to see.
"Wuwuwu—"
Zhou Lin heard the sound and looked towards it. He saw several people in the water, but their figures were flickering in and out of sight.
Zhou Lin walked towards their location.
In the live broadcast room.
"Damn, why do I feel a bit creepy? Am I having deep-sea phobia?"
"You're not alone. I feel the same way. I just feel like I'm thinking of many eerie things. Not to mention anything far away, just recently, I still have a vivid memory of those heads."
"Holy crap, you didn't mention it, and I almost forgot. Can you stop talking about that?"
"I feel the same way, but I don't want to think about it now. You guys should stop talking about it."
...
Zhou Lin looked towards the sound and saw several mercenaries and students floating in the water.