Elite Mages' Academy

The rainstorms in the Pacific Rim had gradually stopped. Halfway through their journey, the dark clouds had also dissipated completely, revealing clear skies and an emerald-blue ocean that was a joy to behold. If not for the fear of being spotted by passing ships, Xiao Lin would even ask Big Bai to just travel along the surface.

During that time, Xiao Lin did not stay idle. He experimented and tried various methods to try to communicate with Big Bai. Communicating with a highly intelligent creature was easier than expected, and it had already gained a general understanding of some basic common Chinese phrases.

The whole time, Xiao Lin observed this strange man-made organism. In the sea, Big Bai maintained an appearance of a flatfish, and its magical body seemed to be able to transform according to its own whims. After grasping this general rule, Xiao Lin even had Big Bai transform into a giant bird, soaring into the clouds.

However, they were likely to draw more attention by flying in the sky. After experiencing the thrill of flying, he had Big Bai return to fish form and back under the ocean surface.

Big Bai was very fast, surpassing almost any large ship on Earth. In less than two days, they were able to see the contour of the shoreline. Gu Xiaoyue’s expression became tangled. With Poseidon’s matter resolved, what short holiday they had was even shorter now.

Xiao Lin was actually a little depressed. What was supposed to be a good holiday had turned into this. However, Gu Xiaoyue was even more depressed, as Gu Chengyun’s enrollment was around the corner. She definitely did not want her sister to also enroll into Dawn Academy.

“Relax, with Poseidon’s matter resolved now, Department Head Song will probably be back soon. I will speak to him to find a way. He has friends in high places!” Xiao Lin said seriously while having slightly mixed feelings. It was pretty convenient to say that Department Head Song had powerful friends.

“Hope so.” Gu Xiaoyue was worried, but she did not want to talk.

Worried that people might spot them, they chose to quietly get onshore during the sunset. After going ashore, with a burst of light, Big Bai burrowed into the stone that Silverlight gave him. The stone was unusual, and Silverlight had repeatedly told him that he could not lose the stone. One could say that the stone was Big Bai’s core. Losing the stone would mean losing Big Bai.

Air traffic in various parts of the country quickly returned to normal now that the rainstorm had ceased, and they boarded the later flight home. The two were extremely exhausted, but Xiao Lin did not have much sleep along the way.

Xiao Lin was actually curious about how this whole incident would affect Earth, or how the governments of the world would think about it. The Academy and Planet Norma had always been kept secret. No Academy would allow government forces to intervene. However, with this huge commotion, how would it end?

To Xiao Lin, the Poseidon incident would end here, but to the Academy, there were considerable repercussions that they would have to deal with.

Before he boarded the plane, he phoned Earth Division’s Mao Tianying. Mao Tianying expressed his surprise when he found out Xiao Lin was still on Earth, and he complained that he should come back to the Academy immediately. The student union seemed to also be looking for him.

Xiao Lin took the initiative to reveal everything that happened under the sea. He also enquired about the Pacific Ocean matter. Mao Tianying did not try to hide the subject. Actually. there was nothing to say. Likely when people from various academies arrived at Hawaiian islands, they found monsters hiding under the sea. Thereafter, a fierce battle ensued.

Those monsters were Poseidon’s Guardians. Although the perennial sleep had caused their strength to drastically decline, only Silver-ranked soldiers could be dispatched from the Academy to Earth. Therefore, the battle was brutal and casualties were heavy. Of course, under the influence of the law of resurrection, they merely lost their lives.

In the end, naturally, the elites from Colonial Academy emerged victorious, and the monsters were dismantled by them. Each academy brought pieces of the monster corpses back for further study. Reportedly, senior management of the Academy was surprised by the appearance of such monsters on Earth, and therefore, it had to be investigated till the end. Dawn Academy’s researcher on the monster corpse was obviously Song Junlang.

There was not much useful info from Mao Tianying. However, Xiao Lin was happy. Due to the monster incident on Earth, the special enrollment plan that was originally planned by the Admissions Department seemed to have been shelved. The Academy needed to concentrate all its resources to deal with the monster matter.

After hanging up the phone, Xiao Lin told Gu Xiaoyue the good news, but he did not elicit much response from her. Being temporarily stranded would mean that Gu Chengyun’s recruitment would be reconsidered in the future. However, they had plenty of time, and Xiao Lin swore that he would definitely help resolve this matter.

Mao Tianying repeatedly pestered Xiao Lin to return to school. Xiao Lin also did not wish to be investigated by those other academies who were still on Earth. He said goodbye to Gu Xiaoyue at the airport. Xiao Lin wanted to go home for a short while before going to the school directly.

After returning home, his mother began to ask all sorts of questions about Gu Xiaoyue, and Xiao Lin could only give her a wry smile. He wished to explain, but he was about to set off again, and he did not want his mother to worry. Xiao Lin bit the bullet and just nodded yes to all of his mother’s instructions.

The thought of parting in his heart caused him to talk at length with his parents that night. He could not tell them where he was going, nor did he know when he could return. He might not ever return again.

Xiao Lin sighed deeply in his heart. He could not help but wonder how the pioneers of the New World could choose between Earth and Planet Norma.

After eating breakfast the next morning, Xiao Lin packed his things and was prepared to leave when he suddenly received a call from Gu Xiaoyue. He answered the call feeling surprised, even a little happy. He was about to crack some jokes, but Gu Xiaoyue cut him off in an urgent tone, saying, “The papers! Did you read today’s newspapers?”

“Huh? What newspapers?” Xiao Lin asked casually.

“Hurry and go see!” Gu Xiaoyue’s tone was very strange and it was hard to decipher.

Xiao Lin became curious and laughed, “Okay, okay. Don’t hang up, I’ll go look now. Hmm, let me think, where did I put the newspapers.”

Xiao Lin’s family had always subscribed to newspapers, and that day’s newspapers were flopped open on the table. The first thing that caught his eye were bold black characters on the front page headlines: ‘Appearance of Remnants of a Legendary Civilization!’

Xiao Lin was paying attention now, and he started reading attentively.

The report was eloquently written, and it filled the whole page. The opening paragraph was an introduction and lore of the Atlantean Civilization. Skipping past this useless information, the second half of the report was heavy news.

It was reported that, after the rainstorm the day before, officials were investigating near the Pacific Ocean. They found a large number of what was suspected to be remains of floating ancient cultural relics. After the relics were salvaged and examined through radiocarbon dating, it was found that the age of those relics coincided with the legendary age of Atlantis.

According to archaeologists, this discovery was sufficient evidence to prove the existence of Atlantis.