Love letters are not allowed in the exorcism notebook!-Chapter 128 We are the Gravel on the Beach

The most coveted job in legends, is one that satisfies three conditions at the same time: a high salary, low workload, and proximity to home.

Yet the vast majority of employees find even one of these conditions unattainable.

On the first and fifteenth days of every month, the moon phase changes.

As the calendar approached the first day of May, the security uncles at the school seemed to suddenly come to life, patrolling back and forth in front of and behind the buildings, their presence increasing tenfold.

Of course, this was also because Wang Yunxiao had been paying attention to their movements; ordinary students might not even notice this change.

He had originally thought these security uncles were Garrison Soldiers, but it appeared they did not show any signs of Forming Array; they mostly acted alone, each responsible for patrolling a specific area. Only when they encountered a problem, like the incident at the cafeteria last time, would they come together.

Wang Yunxiao was not acquainted with them, except for the uncle at the gate whom he had seen a few times and merely nodded to in passing. It was Loach who had a better relationship with them, able to call each security guard by name.

"You’re overthinking it, the school doesn’t have the budget to hire so many Garrison Soldiers."

During class, Nurse Liu immediately negated Wang Yunxiao’s speculation.

"To be precise, they are patients."

"Patients?"

"Stricken by Echo Erosion and rescued, those patients. You see, they don’t talk much; it’s not a personality issue but rather, neurological damage that has made them extremely slow-witted, slower in reaction than a normal person. We usually refer to this symptom as ’brain fog’."

Nurse Liu earnestly explained, "Patients with such sequela find it hard to integrate into society or find normal work; they are more susceptible to being bullied. Once their emotions accumulate to a critical point and erupt, they could potentially cause serious harm."

"However, it’s not entirely without benefits; the only advantage is their resistance to Echo Erosion is much stronger than average. Thus, they are more suited for security guard duties, and the human resource costs are significantly less compared to the Garrison Soldiers."

"If you don’t properly cherish your lives, this will be your future fate!"

Of course, this wasn’t the main content of Nurse Liu’s lecture for the day; she only mentioned it in passing because Wang Yunxiao had asked.

Today’s main topic was the "disaster" associated with the equipment they had brought back.

"The most terrifying disaster in this world is time-space tides. Exactly as the name suggests, imagine if you and I were grains of sand on the beach, while time and space are like the raging tides, relentlessly washing over the beach... I know that saying this won’t give you any tangible feelings, as with your current knowledge, you can’t grasp such a high-level concept."

"Aside from the highest-grade time-space tides, certain supremely powerful beings, using language you can understand, that is, Divine Demons, have the power to cause fluctuations in spacetime, creating the phenomenon of a disaster on a smaller scale."

"Your textbooks mention that after the establishment of the new government, the Astronomy Bureau, Secretary Bureau, and Special Service Bureau were founded to specifically deal with the abnormal effects and special circumstances brought by time-space tides. Among them, the Astronomy Bureau is specifically tasked with monitoring the omens of various disasters and dealing with them accordingly."

At this point, Nurse Liu glanced at Chen Yan, "The textbooks you are studying have special codes on them; one textbook corresponds to one person. Studying this textbook means you have entered the field of vision of the three Bureaus. The textbooks I found for you are old ones that have been used by others, which can only conceal your identity for a while. If you expose your real identities outside, you might be compulsorily recruited by one of the three Bureaus."

"That’s no good."

"The shortage of manpower in the three Bureaus has not eased, even up to this day. They will not care if you are students or beginners; they are so desperate that they would even conscript an Evil Spirit spotted on the roadside straight into a work position... Especially the Astronomy Bureau, it’s like they devour people; countless Chess Heralds have been taken by them, never to be heard from again. Ask about them, you’re told ’no such person exists,’ and if you keep asking, they’ll take you away too."

Nurse Liu’s grim voice made Chen Yan unconsciously shrink her neck.

"Now, back to the topic of disasters, let me reiterate that specific situations require specific analyses. Any advice I give, once it forms a stereotype in your minds, could potentially bring a calamitous disaster upon you."

"The regional disaster that struck Tianmen City about ten years ago was known as ’Blood Rain’."

"The blood-red rain, corrosive and pathogenic, fell from the sky, causing a burning sensation upon contact with skin. Long exposure to the rain led to flesh rotting away. A small number of people would mutate, becoming afraid of sunlight, losing their rationality, and biting people like rabid dogs..."

"The essence of this disaster was the corrosion of the Corpse of a Divine Demon from an evolved Outer Dimension upon the Real World."

"The Blood Rain lasted for three whole months, by which time numerous secondary disasters had developed. The most pessimistic scholars estimated that it would take at least a hundred years for that Demon God’s body to fully dissolve, and Tianmen City would not be able to withstand a decade of erosion and decay."

"Take a look at the styles of these garments, including the police uniforms from the police station; they were all switched out during that period. The same goes for these face masks and eyeshields, all designed for rain protection. Also this special water bottle might not look like much, but in critical moments, the clean water it holds could save your life."

Unable to hold back, Chen Yan raised her hand and asked, "Teacher Liu, how did we solve the problem at the time?"

Nurse Liu shrugged, "It was simple: we just dealt with that Divine Demon in a way that rendered it harmless."

What does it mean to have dealt with it in a way that rendered it harmless?

Wang Yunxiao felt a headache coming on.

"The first time it was killed, nobody knew its corpse would cause such severe pollution. After figuring out where the problem lay, they just had to kill it again in a different way."

Seeing the baffled looks on the students’ faces, Nurse Liu sighed deeply in her heart.

Education was indeed no easy task, like trying to feed those who didn’t know how to chew.

"Do you remember what I just mentioned? The highest-grade disaster we face is called the time-space tides."

"We are the grains of sand on the beach, repeatedly washed by time-space tides. And this means―"

"Our time can move forward, as well as in reverse!"