Human Genius? Sorry, I’m a Deviant-Chapter 235: Taking a Risk

The door to Su Zhan's dorm room was gently pushed open a crack.
Su Zhan warily scanned outside, confirming the corridor was empty.
He stepped out.
Gently closed the door behind him.
Opportunity was fleeting.
Su Zhan slipped out of the dormitory soundlessly.
His heart pounded wildly in his chest.
This precious time that Wang Mingyuan had risked himself to buy for him must not be wasted!
According to the map firmly engraved in his mind, the nearest and relatively concealed tunnel entrance was located in the basement of the old campus's abandoned plant specimen museum.
That place had been derelict for many years, normally completely untrodden by anyone, with the sparsest surveillance.
Target clear, route defined.
Su Zhan suppressed his aura to the absolute limit, swiftly moving along the planned route.
Utilizing the shadows of buildings.
The shrubbery in the courtyards, and other cover.
Perfectly avoiding the few scattered night-returning students and patrolling discipline committee members along the way.
The night wind whistled past his ears.
The specimen museum building covered in vines on the old campus came into view.
Su Zhan circled to the rear of the building, finding a long-rusted basement ventilation window.
He forcefully pried open the already loose, corroded bars.
His body contracted, and he agilely slipped inside.
The basement was a mess, piled with discarded desks, chairs, and broken specimen racks.
Relying on memory, Su Zhan headed straight for what appeared to be an ordinary brick wall at the very back.
He felt along the wall, quickly finding a slightly loose brick.
This was it!
He pulled out the bronze key and inserted it into an extremely well-hidden keyhole on the side of the brick.
"Click."
A very faint sound of a mechanism turning echoed.
That brick, along with a small section of the wall behind it, slid inward.
Revealing a dark opening extending downward.
Only large enough for one person to pass through.
A breath of aged air washed over him.
The escape passage was open.
Su Zhan slipped inside.
The next second.
The wall silently closed again, restoring its original appearance.
Su Zhan heavily utilized his spiritual sense, perceiving the surrounding environment.
It was a narrow stone staircase, sloping downward, only wide enough for one person.
The tunnel had clearly been untrodden for a very long time, the steps covered in a thick layer of dust.
Su Zhan smelled the musty air.
The map in his mind unfolded, pointing the way for him.
Su Zhan quickly descended the stone steps, keeping his footsteps as light as possible.
But in the extreme silence, he could still hear his own suppressed breathing.
After descending several dozen steps, the ground beneath his feet leveled out.
The tunnel walls were constructed from massive bluestones.
Covered in moss.
Based on the map in his memory, Su Zhan chose the left fork.
The tunnel network was intricate and complex, like a maze.
He had to put as much distance as possible between himself and the entrance area before Qin Bai realized what was happening, finding the path leading to the outskirts of the academy.
Su Zhan moved rapidly through the darkness.
Passing by various forks and abandoned storage rooms marked on the map, he saw the remnants of ancient mechanisms long rusted into scrap metal.
This place was like an underground world forgotten by time, silently speaking of the academy's unknown past.
The concept of time became blurred here.
Su Zhan only knew to run desperately, following the optimal route in his memory, sprinting towards the hope of survival.
He could feel the ground's slope gradually increasing.
This meant he was approaching the surface, nearing the academy's perimeter.
Hope was ahead.
But the next second.
As Su Zhan passed an especially narrow turn, his foot stepped on a loose stone slab.
"CRACK!"
Ear-piercingly loud in the deathly quiet environment.
Su Zhan's heart leaped, he instantly stopped, all his muscles tensed, holding his breath, listening intently.
It seemed it hadn't triggered any other movement.
Su Zhan breathed a slight sigh of relief;
it appeared there were no additional triggered alarms in this ancient passageway.
But this served as a reminder;
he had to be even more careful.
Su Zhan slowed his pace, observing the path underfoot more carefully, while heightening his senses to the extreme, wary of any anomalies that might appear ahead.
The road to escape had only just begun.
Su Zhan madly navigated the maze-like tunnels.
The map in his mind guided his direction with perfect clarity, his choices at every fork made without hesitation.
The terrain began to noticeably slope upward, and the air was no longer as stagnant.
This lifted his spirits;
it meant the exit was near!
Su Zhan passed a stone wall carved with an ancient Zhuque totem;
according to memory, this was the last major landmark marked on the map.
After passing through the low archway ahead, less than five hundred meters further should be a concealed exit leading to the forest outside the academy.
Su Zhan desperately ran along the deep, dark tunnel towards the estimated exit direction.
Darkness receded behind him.
Ahead, a faint trace of fresh air, different from the tunnel's atmosphere, seemed to drift in.
Getting closer!
Su Zhan dashed through the low archway and saw moonlight casting down not far ahead.
An upward exit.
Using his last ounce of strength, he charged forward, scrambling up the steep slope on hands and feet, and forcefully pushed aside the camouflaged covering at the exit.
The night breeze brushed against his face.
But the next second.
Su Zhan's face froze.
Right outside the exit, less than five steps away.
Two individuals wearing Supervision Department uniforms stood, one on the left, one on the right, as if they had been waiting there for some time.
The two smiled contemptuously:
"Student Su Zhan, stop running."
"All exits of the tunnel have been blocked by our people."
"You can't escape."
Su Zhan looked at them, then at the area faintly illuminated by the Supervision Department vehicle lights behind them. The last shred of hope in his heart was completely extinguished.
So, he had been under their control all along.
Su Zhan stopped panting, straightened his body which was slightly hunched from the frantic run.
As if resigning himself to fate, he stepped out, one step at a time.
Walking towards the two Supervision Department personnel waiting for him.
Seeing this, the two Supervision Department personnel relaxed their guard slightly.
One of them took out a communicator, preparing to the situation to Qin Bai.
Before the call could even be dialed.
A fierce light erupted in Su Zhan's eyes.
Making him go back and wait for death? He couldn't do it.
Might as well risk it all now;
even if he died right here, he would have no regrets!
"Time Abyss Pupil!"
Su Zhan roared inwardly, instantly activating all three skills of his SSS-grade Life Soul simultaneously.
An invisible force field spread out from him, affecting the two Supervision Department personnel, slowing their movements.
At the same time.
Su Zhan's own speed skyrocketed abruptly, and extremely brief fragments of the future flashed in his pupils, predicting the other party's possible counterattack trajectory in the next moment.
This was his final chance.
Taking advantage of the moment when their communication was incomplete and their vigilance was lowest, erupt with all his power, eliminate these two at the fastest speed possible!
Then immediately flee far away!
Su Zhan, carrying a sharp, lethal intent, charged directly at the Supervision Department personnel who was trying to contact Qin Bai.
But were the Supervision Department personnel ordinary fighters?
The moment those two Supervision Department personnel felt the time field's restraint, although startled, they remained calm, and the spiritual power within their bodies explosively surged forth.