Chapter 230 Covered Up
"Lord Seno! How is it?!" the disciplinary officer in the distance shouted loudly.
Seno made a "all is well" gesture to them.
Dozens of discipline officers cheered together.
At this time, the smoke screen woven by sand and dust gradually dissipated, and the broken ruins after the explosion gradually appeared in front of the scholars on the sand dunes.
"Did it really explode? Hahaha, my trip today wasn't in vain!"
The short-haired senior from Murtada looked around in surprise, admiring the devastation as if he were appreciating a beautiful scenery.
Murtada was deeply worried about his outspokenness, but he found that no one cast malicious glances at them this time, because no one was paying attention to them at all.
The fake "Garden of Silence" set up by Seno is located near Kawanyi, far away from Xumi City where scholars gather. Except for a small number of local residents and scholars who secretly conduct research in this area, almost no one else comes here to watch this carefully prepared performance.
The actors have finished their performances and now it is the audience's turn to give feedback.
Nearly a hundred scholars looked at the rubble beneath their feet, unable to believe that the goal they had been pursuing was destroyed right before their eyes.
When they came to their senses, more than a dozen scholars slid down the small sand dune without caring about their own health. Three of them even broke their legs and could only collapse to the ground and wail in pain.
As soon as the rest of them landed, they headed straight for the ruins. The discipline officers who were prepared immediately stopped them, and some of them even drew their scimitars to try to force them back.
"No further progress!"
"It is uncertain whether the relics of the 'Garden of Silence' will cause irreversible harm to the human body. Please go back and wait for the Grand Disciplinary Officer to clear the area!"
"Nonessential personnel, please step back! No one is allowed to enter this place. Wait for Lord Senor to take care of the aftermath!"
"Back off! Back off! Anyone who disobeys the order will be imprisoned for three days!"
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The disciplinary officer shouted at the scholars who tried to break through the human wall violently.
"Let me go! Let me pass!"
"Why are you stopping me?!"
"Let me through! Let me through!!"
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These scholars were extremely emotional and did not take the words of the disciplinary officers seriously at all.
"Tie them up first, and then let them go when they calm down."
Seno had already pretended to check the ruins, and after meeting with other disciplinary officers, he immediately gave orders to control the chaotic situation.
On the small sand dune where the scholars were, two scholars with dull expressions jumped down from the dune, but were caught with cloth by the disciplinary officer who was well prepared.
Although the others cried and made a fuss and looked extremely painful, they had no thoughts of committing suicide.
To complete the show, Seno immediately ordered the discipline officers to bring more fire slime explosive barrels and place them on the ruins.
The scholars watched all this happen, and more than twenty people jumped off the sand dune to stop it, but they were caught and tied up by the discipline officers who were on high alert.
"Boom, boom, boom!"
After a few loud bangs, the broken walls that could still be vaguely identified turned into palm-sized stones, and many were even covered under the yellow sand due to the explosion.
"Leave a quarter of them on standby, and the rest come to clean up the ruins and transport these things back to the House of the Order!" Saino said sternly.
"Yes!"
"As ordered!"
The disciplinary officers who had been assigned the task in advance stepped out and loaded the gravel onto a cart pulled by pack animals - that was a special cargo cart for the House of Lords that had been modified by Kavi and had a load-bearing capacity of 800 kilograms.
The discipline officers worked for half a day under the scorching sun and in the sand, filling up eighteen cars.
Seeing that the House of Religious Orders was so ruthless as to recycle even the stones and really did not leave them any hope at all, some of the scholars on the sand dunes finally could not help but burst into tears.
His crying seemed to be contagious. Soon, more and more scholars covered their faces and cried, and their crying became louder and louder.
Murtada and his short-haired senior looked at each other.
Under this circumstance, Murtada's senior didn't dare to say anything. Not knowing the inside story, he felt that his classmates were all crazy. They were just watching an explosion, but some jumped off a cliff and some cried. They were really a bunch of lunatics!
Murtada's heart was in turmoil. It turned out that people who were studying the same topic as me were such paranoid people?
How much hope did they have in conducting secret research? I'm afraid many of them have already gone crazy, but they just haven't exploded yet.
I'm probably the only one who does research for research's sake.
Thinking about the reasons why he originally agreed to join the research team on the Garden of Silence, he felt that his angry behavior was extremely childish, but at the same time he was glad that he did not take that step.
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A few days later, Senor returned to Xumi City with 18 carts of gravel. The team of discipline officers, pack animals, and carts was too conspicuous.
Along the way, they attracted the attention and inquiries of many residents, and their great achievements also spread.
The news that "the Ministry of Education blew up the legendary "Garden of Silence" and transported all the rubble back" spread like wildfire and became a hot topic among residents.
Many scholars who were excited about the idea of "resurrection of the dead" and who wanted to take shortcuts because of their poor academic performance quickly gave up the idea after hearing the news and threw themselves into the projects at hand.
The scholars who were deeply involved were still somewhat dazed, but those who were not too deeply involved, after seeing more than a dozen truckloads of rubble being sent to the House of the Decrees and sealed up as top-level contraband, got rid of their initial paranoia and gradually began to accept reality.
The two scholars who could not accept this result, just as Void had deduced, were ready to end their lives at a specific time and place, but were saved by the disciplinary officer who was on standby there.
After being rescued once, one of them committed suicide again a week later. With the help of Void's calculations, the discipline officer knew the place where he chose to commit suicide the second time and rescued him again.
This scholar, who was over 60 years old and had devoted half of his life to the study of the "Garden of Silence", began to believe after two failed suicide attempts that this was the protection of the gods, who wanted him to live. Eventually, under the guidance of his old friends, he rekindled his hope in life and joined their research group.
The operation was successfully completed without any casualties.
Seno arrived at the door of the Great Sage's office with the action report, but was stopped by the Great Sage's assistant Setale.
"The Great Sage and his distinguished guest have important matters to discuss. Please wait here, Grand Disciplinary Officer."
Setale raised her voice slightly, deliberately letting the two people at the door hear.
"I'll wait." Seno said no more, folding his arms and waiting silently.
About a quarter of an hour later, the door of the sage's office was pushed open, and a suspicious man with light blue hair, wearing a mask and high heels walked out first.
Hazard followed closely behind, and it was obvious that he was in a good mood.
When Setale and Seno saw the two men, they bowed and saluted.
The blue-haired man did not respond and walked straight past the two of them. When he passed by him, Seno felt an extremely dangerous aura. He felt creepy and his soul trembled.
"Great Disciplinary Officer, you completed your task very well this time." Hazard rarely praised Seno.
"Thank you for the compliment. I just did what I should do." Seno replied.
The usual cold tone and businesslike attitude cooled down Hazard's good mood after receiving the great news.