Chapter 279 The Missing Magic Hat

"Good morning, everyone!" Chu Tian yawned as he entered the dormitory and saw Wang Yue and Ye Li already waiting at the table.

"Good morning, Chu Tian." Wang Yue greeted him, "Why are you so late today?"

"I dreamed last night that I was chased by a bunch of magic hats and ended up getting entangled in them." Chu Tian shrugged, "No wonder it was so difficult to get up this morning."

"Magic hat?" Ye Li couldn't help laughing, "I think you might be too excited about yesterday's event."

"That's right, the dinner after the treasure hunt is really exciting." Chu Tian said, "However, today we have to start preparing for the school's annual magic competition."

"Magic Contest? Oh yeah, I almost forgot." Wang Yue nodded, "I heard that the theme of this year's competition is 'The Missing Magic Hat', and the contestants need to find a magic hat that mysteriously disappeared."

"Mysterious magic hat? It sounds like a big challenge." Ye Li asked curiously, "How should we start preparing?"

"It is said that the clue to the magic hat is in the historical archives of the academy." Qin Feng walked into the dormitory and brought good news, "We are going to the library today to check those archives and find clues to the disappearance of the hat."

"Then let's act quickly." Chu Tian said excitedly, "I can't wait to know the secret of this hat."

Everyone packed up and headed to the library. In the library, the ancient bookshelves were filled with dusty archives, as if waiting for their exploration.

"The bookshelves here are so densely packed," Wang Yue exclaimed, "Where should we start looking?"

"We can start with the oldest archives in the academy's history." Qin Feng said, "There may be clues about the magic hat in these archives."

Everyone split up in the library and began to look through various historical archives. Chu Tian and Zhang Meng found a thick old book marked "College Missing Items Record".

"This book looks very useful." Chu Tian opened the book excitedly. "It mentioned some missing items. Maybe we can find clues about the magic hat."

"Let's take a look." Zhang Meng came over and began to read carefully, "Here is a record about a missing magic hat."

"Is there a record?" Chu Tian asked curiously, "Tell me about it."

"This record mentioned that there was once a very precious magic hat in the academy, which suddenly disappeared a hundred years ago." Zhang Meng read, "The hat was made by a great magician and possessed powerful magical powers."

"Wow, that sounds really mysterious." Chu Tian said, "Did you mention where it was last seen?"

"Yes." Zhang Meng continued reading, "The hat was last seen in an old tower of the academy."

"Tower?" Wang Yue came over. "Is that tower still there?"

"Yes." Qin Feng replied, "But it has been closed for many years and is now just an abandoned building."

"Then we have to go there and take a look." Ye Li said, "Maybe we can find more clues."

Everyone decided to go to the ancient tower to explore the mystery of the disappearance of the magic hat. When they arrived at the tower, they found that the door was locked with an iron chain.

"It seems we have to find a way to get in." Chu Tian looked at the chains, looking a little anxious.

"We can see if there is a spare key or a way to open the lock." Wang Yue suggested.

"I'll go see if there are any tools." Zhang Meng said, "Maybe we can find some solutions."

After searching around the tower, they finally found a small toolbox. After some effort, they successfully opened the chain and entered the tower.

"This place is really old." Ye Li said carefully, "The ground is covered with dust, it looks like no one has been here for a long time."

"We have to be careful, there may be danger here." Qin Feng reminded everyone.

They walked up the tower stairs, making creaking sounds with every step, until they finally reached the top floor, where they found an old study.

"This looks like a magician's private space." Chu Tian said, "Maybe we can find some useful clues."

Everyone began to search in the study, looking through many ancient books and documents. Suddenly, Wang Yue found an ancient map with some mysterious symbols and locations marked on it.

"There are some marks on this map," Wang Yue said, "and it looks like they point to a hidden room."

"Hidden room?" Ye Li asked curiously, "We have to look for it."

Following the instructions on the map, everyone found a hidden door. After opening the door, they found a magical room with an old magic hat box in the middle of the room.

"Is this the magic hat we are looking for?" Chu Tian asked excitedly.

"It's very likely." Qin Feng opened the box carefully and found a gorgeous magic hat inside.

"Wow, this hat looks really special," Zhang Meng exclaimed. "It's inlaid with many gemstones."

"But this hat doesn't look unusual." Ye Li said, "Perhaps its disappearance is related to its current location."

They continued to search the room and found some old wizard logs. By reading the logs, they learned that the magic hat was cast with a powerful invisibility spell before it disappeared, making it impossible to be found after it disappeared.

"It seems that the disappearance of the magic hat is related to the invisibility magic." Qin Feng concluded, "Now that we have found the exact location of the hat, the mission is accomplished."

"Great!" Chu Tian said happily, "This expedition was really fruitful."

They returned to the academy with their magic hats and reported their findings to the teachers, who praised their performance and prepared a sumptuous dinner as a reward.

"This magic competition is really full of challenges and surprises." Wang Yue exclaimed, "But we finally found the magic hat."

"Yes, this hat has many mysterious stories." Ye Li said, "We really gained a lot from this adventure."

"No matter how many challenges there are in the future, we will continue to work hard." Qin Feng said, "Because we are the best team!"

Everyone enjoyed dinner happily, talked about their adventure experiences, and felt the power of the team. Although today's adventure went through many twists and turns, they finally successfully found the missing magic hat, bringing the magic competition to a successful conclusion.