Professor Wen said, gesturing to the large screen beside him.
"Stop with the nonsense. We saw it with our own eyes. These children clearly..."
The parent who had been grabbing the dean turned around and saw their child sitting on the ground, with no wounds anywhere. The child was staring blankly at the camera's position.
The parent was stunned, and the other parents were also dumbfounded.
What was going on? How did this happen?
Weren't they dead? Weren't they shot?
Could it be that Zhou Lin saved them?
One of the parents looked at the dean, whose face was flushed red and had bruises around his mouth. A bad feeling welled up inside them.
It's over, we're done for. They beat up the dean, and now they might not get their graduation certificates.
"Uh... how could this be..."
The parent who had been grabbing the dean quickly let go, wanting to explain, but didn't know how to proceed.
If they explained, how would they explain it?
"Professor Zhou Lin shot and killed your children to rescue them. But now they are all fine, so you don't need to worry anymore."
The dean coughed lightly, tidied his clothes, and then spoke.
The parents were now even more embarrassed, mainly because they didn't know what to say.
"Uh... I'm sorry..."
"I understand how you feel, but everything is fine now. You should leave quickly. Your problem has been resolved, so go. We still have things to do."
The dean had already issued an eviction notice, and his expression was not good.
The anger of these parents had now turned into guilt and unease.
They all left dejectedly.
Silence fell upon the conference room.
Seeing the situation on the side, the professors and experts voluntarily cleared the tables and chairs that had been set up. They then called for the school doctor to tend to the dean's injuries and continued to observe the tomb.
The students who had been unconscious had all woken up, but they were very weak.
"Professor, weren't we dead? At that moment, the bullet entered our bodies. It really hurt."
The students who had been shot looked at Zhou Lin in confusion.
"I had Captain Bai kill you. But when you were about to die, I would transfer your souls into this storage lamp. After dealing with the wood malevolence, I would then treat your wounds, which is why you look like this now."
"This is the only way to deal with wood malevolence. I could only kill you temporarily, otherwise, the wood malevolence would hide its true form, and I wouldn't be able to find you."
Zhou Lin explained proactively as he saw their curious expressions.
Everyone finally understood. So that's what happened.
Captain Bai, the metaphysics professor, and Guo Liang understood why Zhou Lin had given such an order.
Everyone rested for a while, and their physical strength recovered significantly.
Zhou Lin sat on the ground, looking at his electronic page. What was this situation? It was just costing him money.
"I regret it. Can I get more money? Why did I agree to the dean without asking for more? This is a huge loss."
Zhou Lin muttered to himself, and the metaphysics professor happened to overhear him, causing his mouth to twitch.
He had extorted quite a bit since they arrived.
"What do we do now? Do we leave or what?"
The metaphysics professor decided not to engage with this topic.
"Leave? This road is so long. What if we encounter malevolence again? I've already spent money, you know? Money!"
Zhou Lin said, feeling very wronged.
"Hey... didn't you get all the money from the American professor? Why are you so bothered about this?"
The metaphysics professor looked at Zhou Lin's greedy appearance and was utterly speechless.
"That's money I earned with my own skills. How can it be the same?"
As Zhou Lin finished speaking, before the metaphysics professor could comfort him, he felt the environment around them change.
It had been a corridor before, but now black mist appeared along the sides of the corridor.
This mist was somewhat suffocating, making people feel very uncomfortable.
To protect everyone's safety, Zhou Lin took out his jelly shield.
He instinctively shielded them.
But Zhou Lin's mood had plummeted to the bottom.
Money, it was such a loss. It was all because of this malevolence. It was so detestable.
Then, the mist began to solidify, forming a giant cloud.
The mercenaries and students looked at this malevolence with terror, instinctively fearing it. Especially after what they had just experienced, which was more terrifying than they had imagined.
"Is this the original form of malevolence? Is that what it means?"
The metaphysics professor looked up and then glanced at Zhou Lin, who was still looking sad. His mouth twitched.
Seriously, at this moment, don't be sad. There will be opportunities for money.
"Zhou Lin, what are you doing?"
The metaphysics professor, feeling helpless at the situation, suddenly called out.
"I'm worried. If I take action again, will there be no money left?"
Zhou Lin was very distressed.
"Damn it, Zhou Lin, I'm impressed. I'll go back and tell the dean. When you return, we'll see if we can apply to the higher-ups for some money for you. How about that? Consider it your labor fee."
The metaphysics professor could no longer hold back. At this critical moment, shouldn't survival be the priority?
"Really?"
Zhou Lin's eyebrows rose. His objective had been achieved, and his eyes were filled with a smile.
"When have I ever lied to you?"
After the metaphysics professor finished speaking, he looked at Zhou Lin with a hint of displeasure.
Hearing this, Zhou Lin felt much more at ease.
"Then it's easy to talk about."
Zhou Lin's voice was filled with a hint of a smile.
In the live stream.
"Holy crap, our boss is amazing. This demand for money is brilliant, absolutely brilliant."
"Hahaha, that melancholic look can only be cured by money. Haha, it's so satisfying to watch."
"The money is coming in again. I think this routine is very similar to before. He even spat blood to ask for more money. Will it be the same now?"
"It's not 'will it be,' it's 'definitely will be.' This is exactly what Boss Zhou Lin means now, don't you see?"
"Haha, the boss really doesn't care about anything for money."
"So what? The money is in hand first."
"By the way, what is this malevolence trying to do?"
...
The netizens were discussing.
Zhou Lin looked at the malevolence above, which was approaching them.
"System, is there anything that can absorb this malevolence?"
Zhou Lin felt that this aura was troublesome and thought about how to collect it.
[Host, the Qilin is the best. It just absorbed the chaotic energy, and this malevolence is also good.]
Zhou Lin slapped his forehead. Right, how could he forget about this?
The Qilin.