Chapter 52: It has recognized its master?!

Lin Nan was awakened by the clamor coming from downstairs. He muttered a confused remark and climbed out of bed.

He looked toward the balcony.

The door leading to the balcony was wide open, and the noise from below drifted into the room, clearly audible.

Wang Chengyu and Jiang Tao were standing on the balcony, staring intently at something below.

As they watched, mesmerized, they couldn't stop muttering in astonishment.

Seeing this, Lin Nan frowned and walked toward the two men on the balcony.

*Tap, tap...*

At the sound of Lin Nan's footsteps, the two on the balcony heard him and turned their heads in unison.

"Yo, Brother Nan! You're awake!"

Seeing Lin Nan get out of bed, the look of surprise on Wang Chengyu's face had not yet faded.

He hurriedly waved him over and called out

"You woke up at just the right time! I was just about to go wake you up!"

Beside him, Jiang Tao nodded and stepped forward to pull Lin Nan along.

"What's going on?"

Seeing their urgency, Lin Nan asked in confusion.

As he took two steps onto the balcony, the commotion from below grew even clearer.

Immediately after, Wang Chengyu made room for him.

The three of them stood on the balcony together, though Wang Chengyu's build made the line-up quite crowded.

"Brother Nan! A big guy has arrived at our dormitory building!"

"Quick, take a look! Do you recognize it?!"

As Wang Chengyu spoke, he struggled to lift an arm to point downstairs.

Standing on the balcony, one could see everything below with just a slight tilt of the head.

However, when Lin Nan caught sight of the scene below, his pupils involuntarily dilated.

For no other reason than the fact that when he looked down...

He locked eyes directly with a pair of pitch-black eyes!

And the creature seemed quite jubilant upon seeing Lin Nan, letting out a series of cheerful deer calls.

"This..." Lin Nan froze for a moment, asking in disbelief, "Fatty, where am I??"

"Brother Nan, are you still half-asleep? We're at school, of course!"

Hearing the answer, Lin Nan nodded numbly, but he truly could not explain what he was seeing!

At this very moment... standing right beneath the dormitory building, was a black deer!

Judging by its appearance and unique aura, Lin Nan could tell at a glance that this was the very same one he had encountered in Nanjiao!

The lightning seal imprinted on its body also shared a powerful resonance with him!

Lin Nan's mind was filled with question marks!

Wasn't this deer... in Nan Province?

To get from Nanjiao City to Yanhai City, it would have to cross the entire Dongshan Province!

How could it be here?!

As Lin Nan wore an expression of shock, Wang Chengyu noticed and asked

"Brother Nan, how is it?"

"Does it look familiar? Is it the one you met in Nanjiao?"

"Yeah..." Lin Nan nodded instinctively, still feeling immensely confused.

He even felt the urge to rub his eyes to confirm he wasn't seeing things.

On the contrary, Wang Chengyu, as if having received an answer, said excitedly to Jiang Tao

"Hahaha, Taozi! What did I tell you?"

"It's the same deer that was caught on the highway! There's no doubt about it this time!"

"Highway??" Lin Nan asked, feeling completely lost.

"Oh right, Brother Nan, you went straight to sleep when you got back, so you probably don't know yet."

"This afternoon, many netizens posted videos saying there was a deer on the Heshan Expressway!"

"People even gave it a nickname: the 'Highway Deer'."

"Look, here."

As he spoke, Wang Chengyu scrolled through his phone to find the relevant content.

Lin Nan took the phone and scanned it briefly, seeing the videos posted online.

During the time he had been sleeping, netizens had captured footage of a black deer running like the wind on the highway!

It was so fast that even many private cars couldn't keep up.

One of the most popular videos was a compilation of footage from various netizens.

It featured high-definition clips edited together, set to a background track.

In the video, the deer was running along the highway as the music kicked in

*"The distant mountains call to me~ I've passed by a thousand times~ Picking a few flowers from the mountainside..."*

The melodious music, paired with the sight of the black deer running resolutely forward, created an indescribable feeling.

Watching these videos, Lin Nan felt a sense of daze.

The bus he had taken when returning home... the scenery in this video looked strangely familiar.

Hadn't he passed through there himself?

At the same time, Lin Nan noticed many comments under the video.

Most were speculating about what exactly was attracting it.

Seeing this, Lin Nan couldn't help but look back down at the black deer.

"So... this black deer ran all this way and actually followed me here?!" Amidst his surprise, Lin Nan also felt a surge of joy.

He had placed a lightning seal on this deer and had intended to wait for it to trigger its ancient bloodline before seeking it out again.

He hadn't expected that the connection through the lightning seal would cause the deer to chase him all the way to Yanhai!

In a way, it had saved him a lot of trouble.

At this moment, Lin Nan locked eyes with the black deer below, feeling the joy in its eyes.

He also saw the crowd of students gathered below.

And the security guards, who were extremely wary of the black deer and were attempting to drive it away.

Seeing this, Lin Nan couldn't wait and called the two to head downstairs.

As soon as Lin Nan finished speaking, Wang Chengyu's eyes darted around, and he suggested

"Brother Nan, I bet this deer is coming for you!"

"There are so many people taking pictures down there. We can't let others steal all the clout, can we?"

"How about we just start a livestream and go down to check it out?"

Lin Nan didn't have time to think much about it; he gave a casual agreement and started heading downstairs.

...

Meanwhile, more and more students were gathering below the dormitory.

Despite several attempts by the campus security to dissuade them, they couldn't stem the tide of student enthusiasm.

Moreover, a black deer of such massive size and majestic presence was a rare sight.

Among the onlookers, there were many of Lin Nan's classmates.

Even the class beauty, Wang Yue, had been egged on by her roommates to stop and watch from a distance.

"That deer... why do I feel like I've seen it somewhere before..."

Looking at the black deer standing below, Wang Yue muttered, feeling a sense of familiarity.

The group of boys gathered below seemed to have lost their minds.

With so many female classmates watching, every one of them wanted to show off.

A few bold ones wanted to go up and pet the deer to demonstrate their courage.

Some went even further; seeing the deer standing there as if waiting for something, one boy stepped forward with large strides, muttering incessantly.

One could barely make out words like "beast tamer" and "ability awakening."

Even as the two security guards tried to pull him back, they couldn't break his resolve.

He stood firmly in front of the deer and, with great solemnity, raised a hand.

He began chanting a very familiar-sounding spell

"Good little deer, don't be afraid, don't be afraid, the bad guys have been chased away..."

The surrounding students were speechless, some even sneering in contempt.

However, to everyone's surprise.

Amidst the chanting of the spell, the black deer actually moved its feet and slowly walked forward!

Seeing this, the surrounding students began to whisper

"No way?? It actually moved! Is that guy's spell really that effective??"

The boy chanting the spell couldn't hide his joy!

It was as if those few steps taken by the deer showed him a glimpse of a bright future.

As if he were about to marry a rich and beautiful woman and reach the pinnacle of life!

"Ahem..."

Just as the boy was lost in his ecstatic fantasies of the future, a light cough sounded from behind him.

Immediately after, a magnetic voice rang out

"Student, please move aside."

"Who are you?? Don't interfere, I'm about to tame it!" the boy said resolutely without looking back.

As the deer drew closer, his eyes were filled with fanaticism.

But in the next second, the black deer's head suddenly twisted and nudged.

"Eh, eh, eh??"

The long, narrow antlers shoved him hard to the side. The deer's gaze then fixed forward, staring unmoving at the person in front of it, letting out a happy deer call.

Seeing this, the gathered students finally understood.

It turned out the reason the deer had moved wasn't because of some spell.

It was because it saw the person behind him!

"Who is it?"

"...Lin Nan??"

Seeing that familiar figure, Wang Yue instinctively called out his name.

Hearing this, the surrounding students all turned their heads!

"Oh~ so that's Lin Nan."

"Yeah, he's the one who received the honorary banner during the freshman military training parade."

"But why does that deer act like a completely different creature when it sees him??"

Standing before the black deer was none other than Lin Nan, who had just come downstairs.

And just as everyone said, when the black deer saw Lin Nan, it seemed to instantly lose its majestic aura.

It became like a spoiled child, even looking quite smug, as if requesting praise!

This anthropomorphic behavior left the students on the scene feeling incredibly astonished.

Looking at this scene, something suddenly clicked in Wang Yue's mind, and she spoke up

"Ah, I remember now!"

"That deer... isn't that the one that took a photo with Lin Nan?"

At that moment, Wang Chengyu also came running out, panting heavily, holding his phone.

He had already started a livestream, capturing every moment of what was happening.

While catching his breath, he briefly explained the situation to the viewers in the livestream.

Seeing Lin Nan and the deer in the same frame again, the viewers in the livestream were stunned.

"So it's the same one that took a photo with the streamer before?"

"The one caught on the highway—it was this one all along!"

As the comments scrolled through the livestream, the netizens felt a sense of disbelief, and their curiosity was instantly ignited.

This deer actually ran all the way from Nanjiao City to Yanhai along the highway?

For a moment, the comment section erupted into heated discussion.

"Holy crap, Nanjiao and Yanhai are over eight hundred kilometers apart!"

"It ran all that way... just to find the streamer??"

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