Chapter 280: Chapter 280

The moonless, windy night is the perfect time for a raven heist.

As the bright moon rose, Qian Qi led a group of students from the Magic Plant Department, stealthily sneaking into the Yanjiao Dungeon.

"Remember, grab as many ravens as you can. If you can’t fit them, stuff them in your pockets or hats. Leave no raven behind!"

"Yes!" The students of the Magic Plant Department, each with a sack and a backpack, shouted ferociously, "Leave no raven behind!"

"Very good!" Qian Qi was very pleased with their fighting spirit, releasing a few ravens from her battle bag, "Ya Ya! Go find your little brothers! Tell them their happy days are about to start!"

The C-level ravens from the battle bag, already trained, flew towards the depths of the dungeon to find their fellow ravens, while the students stayed by Qian Qi’s side to observe the dungeon.

This was their first time entering a dungeon. Honestly, ordinary people seldom dare to enter a dungeon unless some really desperate poor souls need to gamble in an E-level dungeon.

If it weren’t for Qian Qi, they never would’ve thought one day they would dare enter a dungeon, let alone a D-level dungeon.

It’s a lie to say they weren’t scared, but Qian Qi said they were here to reform the outdated cultivation methods of the Magic Plant Department. If they succeeded, the risk for ordinary people to cultivate C-level magic plants would greatly reduce.

For their fellow students in the Magic Plant Department, they had to take this risk!

"Here they come." A quarter of an hour later, Qian Qi watched the mass of quickly flying ravens in the distance and immediately waved her arms, commanding, "Everyone pay attention! Open the bags! Open the packs!"

Upon hearing this, Magic Plant Department students immediately opened their sacks and backpacks. The fluttering D-level ravens flocked into the sacks and backpacks until they couldn’t fit anymore.

The C-level ravens cawed a few times, and some D-level ravens perched on the students’ heads and shoulders. One big-headed student even had three ravens perched on top. Only when there was no more room did Qian Qi urge, "Quickly, quickly! Load them into the truck outside. Let’s start the second wave! The truck rental plus the driver costs us 600 bucks per trip!"

Hearing such a high price, the Magic Plant Department students couldn’t help but quicken their pace, determined to round up a few more waves of D-level ravens to earn back the truck rental and driver’s fee!

The Magic Plant Department doesn’t do business at a loss (〝▼皿▼)!

That night, after several rounds, the Magic Plant Department students finally rounded up every single D-level raven.

Luckily, the Yanjiao Dungeon wasn’t popular anymore, and few went in or out at night. Many Awakeners were attracted to the new strategy in the "ingrate" dungeon, so the Magic Plant Department’s grand "raven theft" didn’t draw much attention from people.

Except for the driver.

There was no way around it, as none of Qian Qi’s poor bunch could drive a truck.

The driver watched as the students loaded bag after bag of flying magical beasts into the cargo compartment, quite worried that his truck might be damaged by the beasts. After all, his truck was for regular cargo, and he was just an ordinary person. If it weren’t for the contract’s clause regarding damages, he wouldn’t have agreed to take this job.

Fortunately, observing closely, he found these ravens were quite quiet and didn’t attack the cargo hold.

Actually, compared to the driver, Qian Qi was more afraid of the ravens damaging the cargo hold, as they would have to pay for it, hence she specifically instructed the C-level ravens to keep the D-level ravens in check. Nᴇw ɴovel chaptᴇrs are published on novel·fire.net

"The subway will start soon. See if you want to take a cab or the subway back to school. Go catch up on sleep, and I’ll take the truck back."

The truck’s passenger seat could only hold one. The cargo area was stuffy and filled with ravens, unsuitable for them, so Qian Qi let them choose how to return themselves.

"Don’t worry about us, you go ahead!" The Magic Plant Department students said it was no problem, "We’ll have a meal nearby, then take the subway back."

"Alright, I’ll go then." Qian Qi waved, got in the truck, and headed towards Awakener University.

At the school, Qian Qi directed the truck driver to drive to the back mountain and opened the cargo hold to release the ravens.

Breathing in fresh air again, the ravens flew around the back mountain excitedly, curiously surveying this new world. Some attempted to fly out of the back mountain to explore elsewhere but were immediately chased back by the C-level ravens and gave them a slap with a wing.

After sending off the truck driver, Qian Qi opened her Light Brain and tapped into the [Gu Yun Mountain Dungeon Mutual Aid Group] she joined earlier.

[I am your uncle]: Got the goods? @Victory--gunman@Naked Sleepwalker--archer@Home Cat Can Stand on Its Head

[Victory--gunman]: Got it, we worked all night to get it for you. Exhausted!

[Naked Sleepwalker--archer]: Victory, how shameless can you be? Clearly, it was the two of us who did it, while you slept on the side, talking as if it was all your work.

[Victory--gunman]: Hilarious! If it weren’t for me knowing a flying system Awakener, could you have gotten those Heavenly God Flowers from the swamp?

[Home Cat Can Stand on Its Head--archer]: What do you need the flowers for? Don’t tell me you’re giving them to your girlfriend again? @I am your uncle

[I am your uncle]: Yeah, the last girlfriend didn’t like these flowers, we broke up. I hope this one likes them.

[Victory--gunman]: ???

[Naked Sleepwalker--archer]: ???

[Home Cat Can Stand on Its Head--archer]: ???

[I am your uncle]: Once the goods arrive, I’ll send you the Blood Stopping Magic Potion.

[Home Cat Can Stand on Its Head--archer]: OK~ Pleasure doing business~

After closing the Light Brain, Qian Qi stretched and sent a video on handmade birdhouses to the Magic Plant Department group chat, announcing the department’s latest task: building nests for the ravens.

Today, the Magic Plant Department’s club activities and agritourism were entirely suspended. The Skill Department students, hearing the news, curiously asked, "Why so sudden? What are you going to do?"

Magic Plant Department answered, "We’re going to build birdhouses."

Skill Department students wondered, "Huh? Why are you making birdhouses all of a sudden?"

Magic Plant Department answered, "We’ve become irritable hanging around fierce magic plants too long; raising birds can cultivate some elegance."

Skill Department students: ?

Thinking of day-to-day life, where Magic Plant Department students are either angry and cursing at mutated magic plant genes or kneeling on the ground pleading for healthy growth without mutations, they felt, indeed, they needed some pretty, quiet birds to cultivate elegance.

Skill Department students saw that the previously grumpy, black-faced Magic Plant Department students now wore gentle smiles, and the cursing had shifted to their... well, crows?

"Caw caw, caw caw caw..." Before nearly every magic plant, there was a "crow" cursing away, occasionally spewing a few clear Chinese characters. Meanwhile, the Magic Plant Department students, in big cotton jackets and small fans, bent over, peering at songsters on the branches like grandpas, looking utterly relaxed and at ease.

Skill Department students: ...

Magic Plant Department fellow students, in the end, have they gone mad...