"Mr. Cheng, it's not good!"
Principal Xue said this with all his heart.
I couldn't help but asked worriedly: "Why, another student is missing?"
The monster deep in the lake yesterday left a deep shadow on me. If after I left, the monster crawled outside to harm people, it would be no joke!
"No, it's just that the water in the artificial lake in the new campus has been drained!"
Principal Xue said truthfully.
When I heard that no students were missing, I couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief and said quickly, "Okay, I'll be there right away."
I got up from the bed, walked out of the incense shop alone without informing anyone else, and took a taxi to the new campus.
Principal Xue greeted me at the door and took me to the artificial lake. I was surprised to find that the artificial lake the size of a football field had completely dried up and the entire bottom of the lake was covered with silt.
There wasn't even a drop of water inside!
"How is this going?"
I turned to Principal Xue and asked.
"I do not know."
Principal Xue shook his head and said, "I also received a call from the branch leader this morning, and I learned that the water in the artificial lake had been drained."
"We used to pump water in the artificial lake for several days in order to find the missing male students, and the water level did not drop at all. But now, in just one night, the water in the artificial lake disappeared. This is so strange!"
I couldn't help but hold my chin and fell into thinking.
After I took Wu Zi away yesterday, the monster showed great anger, which is still fresh in my memory. Needless to say, the sudden draining of the artificial lake must have something to do with that monster.
"Principal Xue, I suggest you quickly move all the students here to the main campus. This new campus should be closed temporarily."
Although the monster at the bottom of the lake has disappeared, it must still be within the scope of the new campus. Having such a terrifying monster in a place where thousands of students live is nothing more than a time bomb.
For the sake of the safety of the students, I made this suggestion to Principal Xue.
"But……"
Principal Xue looked embarrassed: "We have spent a lot of money to build this new campus. Besides, the dormitories at our headquarters are not enough. If all the students are transferred there, there will be no place to live."
"If not, just find a way. You don't want students to go missing here, right?"
I glanced at Principal Xue coldly, feeling very unhappy with his calculation that only considered cost.
"Yes, Mr. Cheng is right!"
Under my gaze, Principal Xue did not dare to say anything. After all, if another missing student incident occurs, it will have a great impact on the image of the entire school. He still knows how to weigh the pros and cons.
"I will immediately organize manpower to transfer all students to the headquarters!"
I nodded and said nothing more. Principal Xue went to assign tasks, while I stayed by the lake, planning to explore the traces of the monster again.
Yesterday's monster looked like a python but not a python, and looked like a dragon but not a dragon. Judging from its size, it was dozens of meters long. It was certain that it must be an uncommon ferocious beast.
The artificial lake suddenly dried up, which must be related to the fact that I took Wu Zi away, but where is the monster hiding now?
Are you still living under the mud at the bottom of the lake, or are you hiding in other secret places in the school?
While I was thinking about this, suddenly, a man emerged from the crack in the door.
This man was wearing jeans and casual clothes. He was holding a SLR camera in his hand. He kept taking pictures of the artificial lake as he walked. He came next to me after a while.
"Friend, are you also here to explore spirits?"
After taking several photos in a row, the man greeted me.
"No, I'm just an ordinary staff member of the school."
I said calmly: "This campus is not peaceful, and it will be closed soon. Why are you here?"
"It was precisely because I heard that things were not peaceful here that I came here to explore the spirits."
The man said excitedly: "I am a ghost reporter, specializing in recording some strange and strange supernatural events in this city. I heard that strange things happened one after another in the new campus of the Comprehensive University, so I ran over to the site to dig out some First-hand information.”
I looked at the man and asked curiously: "Have you heard anything strange happened here?"
"You are not a staff member here, you should know better than me."
The man glanced at me: "The news about the new campus has been spread on the Internet. First, it was said that a male student was kidnapped by a water ghost. Nearly a month later, he miraculously survived. I heard that during this period, he had been imprisoned. It’s really curious to be in a confined space at the bottom of the lake.”
"The other thing is that this artificial lake was drained of water overnight. Some students said that there were not only water ghosts but also a terrifying monster deep in the lake. They heard terrifying screams last night. "
"Friend, do you think these Internet rumors are true or just rumors?"
After talking about what he saw on the Internet, the man asked me.
"Do you hope this is true or a rumor?"
I didn't answer directly, but asked the man in return.
"Of course I hope these are true, so that I can discover more big news and publish it on my self-media, and the traffic will definitely increase!"
The man said expectantly.
"You better hope these are all fake, because if they are true, it won't be a good thing for the entire city!"
Hearing the man's mouth opening and closing, I was too lazy to continue arguing with him, so I turned around and left.
But not far away, the man behind him suddenly shouted: "Help!"
When I turned my head, I realized that the man kept walking down along the lakeside embankment in order to take a clearer picture of the bottom of the lake.
The area from the lakeside to the bottom of the lake was covered with aquatic plants, and the bottom was full of mud. He accidentally got his feet stuck in the mud, and he couldn't pull them out now!
"Friend, help me, save me!"
There was no one around the artificial lake, and the students' dormitories and teaching buildings were hundreds of meters away. He could only ask for help from me, who was the only one at the scene.
I shook my head helplessly and walked straight over, intending to give him a hand.
Fortunately, the man was standing not far from the shore. I stepped over with one foot, stretched out my left hand, and asked the man to stretch out his hand, preparing to pull him out of the mud.
I held the man's hand with my left hand and was about to exert force, but suddenly, a ferocious smile appeared on the man's face.
I immediately realized something was wrong and wanted to let go, but it was too late.
The man suddenly exerted force and pulled me into the mud. I almost lost my balance and fell to the ground!
