Chapter 10: Uproot (Leader of the Abyss Cult +1)

The others were stunned, unable to understand what was happening.

When they saw the caregiver approaching, everyone immediately raised their guard, but this caregiver showed no hostility—instead, he looked very respectful toward Bai Nian.

Bai Nian didn’t bother explaining.

She bent down, picked up the handgun from the ground, and turned to the caregiver beside her.

“Take us out of here. Besides the Elevator from the surface that brought us down, this underground psychiatric hospital has a special Escape Elevator.”

Under the caregiver’s guidance, Bai Nian and the others soon appeared at the outskirts of the psychiatric hospital.

Turning her head toward the nearby three-story White Building, Bai Nian saw people still bustling about inside.

It seemed that these personnel couldn’t enter the underground freely and were completely unaware of the Fire raging below.

“We’ve already escaped, so why hasn’t the mission ended yet?”

a boy asked in confusion.

At that moment, Su Su also looked at Bai Nian.

“What was your mission?”

“To treat your illnesses,”

she replied casually.

By then, Bai Nian’s phone had a signal.

She immediately logged into the Forum to learn about the background of this place.

This was an Extinct Nation, its entire region controlled by powerful financial clans.

Though it was a tiny place, it placed itself at the very center of the world map.

It shamelessly stole other nations’ cultures and histories—overall, it was disgusting.

Bai Nian’s background was that of a nationally renowned psychologist.

She could easily leverage her influence to expose this psychiatric hospital.

Regardless of this nation’s fate, her sole purpose was to destroy this place.

She pulled out the files she had saved earlier and began photographing them for online publication, simultaneously reporting to the authorities and drawing in reporters…

The psychiatric hospital was about to be consumed by the Fire, and the financial clans would only try to distance themselves from the incident.

Watching Bai Nian busily crouched on the ground, the classmates grew anxious as their mission remained unfinished, voicing their doubts.

“Why is your Yellow Tier profession so special?”

“Yeah, why do you have a phone if you’re a doctor?”

“You can come and go from the psychiatric hospital freely—why didn’t you call the police and rescue us at the start?”

“Why did that caregiver call you ‘Director’?!”

Though Bai Nian had saved them, these questions still troubled them.

Why was everyone else a patient, but she was part of the hospital staff?

“Enough. This is the Gate of Calamity,”

Su Su spoke up sharply, scolding the classmates.

She knew well that calling the police was useless here.

The boys who had been challenged grew angry and retorted immediately.

“Now we’re all professionals, and you still think you’re the top dog of the grade?”

“Even if given the chance, you’re useless—you can’t even escape.”

“Such a genius? If I were a girl, I’d sell my body and leave.”

“What did you guys do then? Get beaten by those caregivers till you cried out?”

Su Su’s face turned cold as she looked mercilessly at those boys.

“We even saved you. Otherwise, you’d have been gutted by now. We didn’t say anything, but we want Bai Nian to answer our questions.”

“What are you barking about?”

“Hmm~”

Bai Nian stood up and stretched lazily.

“Finally done.”

She turned to the classmates, seemingly recalling their earlier questions.

“Want to know?”

Bai Nian asked the boy who was about to speak, a playful smile on her face.

The boy immediately shut up, shaking his head fearfully.

“N-no, I don’t want to…”

She then looked at the other boys.

“What about you? Do you want to know?”

“I… I don’t want to either.”

Whenever Bai Nian met their gaze, the boys all shook their heads like bobbleheads.

“Since no one wants to know, I won’t say then,”

Bai Nian said with a grin, quietly putting away the handgun.

Just kidding—who knows if she might really shoot.

Everyone fell silent; the surrounding atmosphere grew still.

Only Su Su glanced at Bai Nian deeply, sensing that she had changed.

She used to be timid, but now she seemed different.

Time ticked by, and the Fire had already spread to the surface.

The entire building was in chaos.

The eastern sky brightened with a hint of dawn; the sunrise painted the clouds crimson.

As the first ray of sunlight shone on them, their figures vanished, and the whole world began to collapse…

At the school plaza, even in the early morning hours, teachers firmly guarded the perimeter, and the outer security lines remained intact.

The Gate of Calamity emitted a golden light like a blazing Golden Sun, illuminating the entire plaza and dispelling the surrounding darkness.

In an instant, the Golden Sun dimmed, and the massive Gate of Calamity, half-open, began to dissolve like shooting stars turning into scattered points of starlight.

Following that, several students’ figures emerged from within.

Extraction.

The sudden change was like lightning, instantly drawing all the teachers’ attention.

They swiftly surrounded the students like arrows released from a bow.

“Not clearance, but eradication?!”

the principal exclaimed in surprise.

“Th-this all took only one day!”

the Director of Studies also looked shocked.

It had to be understood that clearance and eradication were two completely different concepts.

Clearance meant winning inside the Gate but continuing to block the surroundings; eradication directly removed the Gate of Calamity from the area.

The Alliance’s attitude toward open Gates of Calamity was always focused on eradication.

Unexpectedly, a group of freshmen who hadn’t fully awakened managed to eradicate the Gate of Calamity—an existence at the First Tier!

The principal was ecstatic; this would definitely make headlines.

Third High School would become famous because of it, and he would gain more resource support!

His gaze settled on Su Su in the crowd, his expression growing more satisfied.

He decided to use his connections; after all, as the grade’s only genius, her future achievements would be Third High’s glory.

The first thing the students did upon returning was undergo examination by the School Doctor, confirming their numbers and any casualties.

Later, they would be recorded and interviewed to document the details of this mission.

Of course, those who cleared the mission would become key subjects of attention, their glorious achievements recorded in their academic files.

At this moment, the barrier above the campus retreated like a tide, and official personnel from the city flooded in like schools of fish, making the scene even more chaotic.

“Su Su, well done. I always knew you’d succeed,”

the homeroom teacher said, a rare smile appearing as he patted her shoulder.

“Teacher… it wasn’t me who cleared the mission…”

Su Su hesitated.

The homeroom teacher thought she was joking.

“If not you, then Bai Nian cleared it?”

“It was Bai Nian…”

Su Su replied weakly.

“What nonsense?”

the homeroom teacher frowned.

A Yellow Tier professional surviving a First Tier Gate of Calamity was already remarkable, let alone clearing it.

He scanned the crowd for Bai Nian’s figure, wanting to clarify the situation.

But after searching, he still couldn’t find her.