The morning reading sounds at Qingyang City First Middle School drifted through the glass windows, weaving together with the chirping of sparrows in the branches. Su Yao spun the Azure Heaven Sword pen in her hand; it was the product of fusing her Cyan Jade Pendant with an ordinary fountain pen, and it left a faint cyan glow of Spiritual Power whenever the nib touched the paper. However, as she opened her physics textbook, a chip fragment tucked inside suddenly grew scorching hot, burning a string of binary code onto the blank page.
"Another anomaly?" Lin Yu appeared behind her at some point. He handed her a soy milk carton, its surface coated in fine ice crystals—chilled with Spiritual Power. Ever since the digital crisis, he had been constantly finding ways to surprise Su Yao. Zhao Ya burst through the classroom door, her golden ponytail swaying with the movement. The Jade Slip in her sportswear pocket was burning hot: "The electronic access system at the school gate restarted suddenly in the middle of the night. The surveillance footage captured... it captured the Silver-masked Man!"
When the four of them arrived at the gate, the morning light was slanting across the twisted metal railings. The display screen of the access system flickered with static before suddenly playing a video: The figure of the Silver-masked Man was shrouded in a stream of data. As he reached out to touch the sensor, the eerie purple light bursting from his fingertips was identical to the spirit-d…
Chapter 247