Hearing the cheers and shouts from his ss, Li Moyu felt a bit thrilled.
He had been waiting on the second-floor corridor for so long, just for this moment.
He waited until the entire genius ss despaired, then he would make his grand entrance ¨C that¡¯s how he would pull off the most impressive and satisfying show!
Thinking this, Li Moyu stood with his hands behind his back, adopting the pose of a seasoned campaigner as he looked at Lin Zichen and said with a smile feigning profundity, ¡°Lin Zichen, Lin Zichen, I didn¡¯t expect you to also be a master at showing off.¡±
¡°Pretending to be just an ordinary number two in the college entrance examination, then during the opening trials, knocking out a provincial top student with a punch in front of everyone, shocking the entire audience.¡±
¡°I must admit, that¡¯s somewhat skillful.¡±
¡°Unfortunately, it¡¯s only destined to be a wedding dress for my moment of glory.¡±
¡°Because not only have you hidden your true strength, so have I.¡±
As he finished speaking, Li Moyu¡¯s eyes instantly hardened!
The next second, his muscles rapidly bulged, stretching and bursting his clothes open, revealing an exaggerated physique.
At the same time, his eyes glowed a blood-red hue, overflowing with a savage wildness filled with violence.
When all was said and done,
the biological pressure emanating from Li Moyu had broken through the shackles of Common Tier Five, evolving into the intimidating Common Sixth Order that made the new students cower.
A Gic Integrator?
Li Moyu was also a Gic Integrator?
And moreover, he had integrated with the Exotic Beast Gene of the Magic-Eyed Giant Ape!
When they saw the blood-red eyes of Li Moyu, the school leaders on the second-floor corridor were all taken aback, their eyes wide open in surprise.
The Magic-Eyed Giant Ape was a terrifying Exotic Beast whose Biological Level could evolve to the Rare Level upon reaching adulthood.
To integrate the gene of an Exotic Beast at the Rare Level, the physical body¡¯s strength needed to reach a higher level.
Otherwise, it simply couldn¡¯t withstand the bacsh of the Exotic Beast Gene at the Rare Level.
And here was Li Moyu in front of them, whose Biological Level was still in the Common stages and yet he had sessfully fused with the gene of the Magic-Eyed Giant Ape, which was just monstrous.
The brothers from the Jingdu Li Family were the real geniuses.
Whether it was Ma Xiwei or Lin Zichen, they were both doomed to pale in his presence.
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Chapter 154: 123, the oue has been decided
That¡¯s it!
I¡¯m afraid I¡¯m going to lose even my underwear!
Upstairs in the hallway, Liu Chuanwu looked down at Li Moyu with a face ashen as death.
Upon seeing the eerie red glow in Li Moyu¡¯s eyes and realizing that he was a Gic Integrator of the Demonic Eyes Giant Ape gene, Liu Chuanwu felt a darkness in front of his eyes and his heart twitched.
1900 academic credits!
That was 19 million yuan!
To pay off that much money all at once, his kidneys were definitely doomed!
However, unlike Liu Chuanwu, the other school leaders all breathed a sigh of relief at that moment, each of their faces showing smiles.
Having just seen Lin Zichen knock out Ma Xiwei with a single punch, they all thought they were bound to lose, allowing Liu Chuanwu to make a fortune.
Unexpectedly, Li Moyu, an even more talented individual, had emerged mid-way,pletely reversing the situation.
It could only be said that the brothers of the Jingdu Li Family were indeed formidable.
Their talent in Gic Fusion far surpassed their peers, leaving them trailing so far behind they couldn¡¯t even see their taillights.
¡°Demonic Eyes Giant Ape gene, huh?¡±
The Student Union president, Zhou Xuehong, looked at Li Moyu on the stage with some surprise.
He had always felt that Li Moyu was no ordinary individual.
After all, his own brother was the genius of Jing University, Li Yijin, so it stood to reason that Li Moyu, as his younger brother, wouldn¡¯t be far behind.
However, Zhou Xuehong had never imagined that Li Moyu could integrate the Demonic Eyes Giant Ape gene.
Li Moyu¡¯s Biological Level was only ordinary, yet he could withstand the bacsh from the Demonic Eyes Giant Ape gene. His constitution was truly strong, astonishingly so.
His older brother Li Yijin had talent in the rapid integration of various Exotic Beast Genes, albeit all ofmon Biological Levels.
As the younger brother, Li Moyu¡¯s talenty in integrating Exotic Beast Genes of extremely high levels.
The Gic Fusion talents of the two brothers, one based on quantity, the other on quality, showed different kinds of strength.
But what they had inmon was that both were incredibly powerful, so much so that they made most of their talented peers look pale inparison, and nearly incapable of contesting them.
¡°The more talented these two brothers are, the better.¡±
¡°The greater their talents, the greater the sense of achievement I¡¯ll have when I trample them underfoot in the future¡¡±
Thinking thus, Zhou Xuehong silently smiled.
At the beginning of this year, he had lost to Li Yijin in the National College Students League due to inferior skill.
Next year, he nned to crush Li Yijin on the same Martial Stage and im the title of the top college student in the country.
He was fully confident he could do just that.
Below the Martial Stage.
Shen Qinghan and Li Chuxin, the pair of best friends, had somehow gathered together among the crowd, chatting andughing.
When Li Chuxin saw Li Moyu on stage suddenly transform into a muscr hunk, exuding a Biological Level pressure that was at least Sixth Order ordinary, she waspletely stunned.
In reality, she had never seen such a strong peer before.
The strongest person she had witnessed was her best friend¡¯s childhood sweetheart¡ªLin Zichen.
But now, Li Moyu¡¯s appearance had shattered her perceptions, showing her an even stronger peer.
Especially since this peer had dyed yellow hair and looked like a misfit, which created an intense contrast with his current power.
¡°Han Han, which province¡¯s top student is this little blond guy from your ss? How is he so strong?¡± Li Chuxin asked curiously, linking arms with Shen Qinghan after regaining herposure.
¡°Huh?¡± Shen Qinghan replied with some confusion, ¡°This little blond you¡¯re talking about just introduced himself onstage as the new student representative before the trial started. You don¡¯t recognize him?¡±
¡°I didn¡¯t want to listen to the school leaders¡¯ nonsense on stage. I kept my headphones on and yed with my phone the whole time.¡±
¡°I see.¡±
¡°So, which province¡¯s top student is this little blond guy?¡±
¡°He¡¯s the top schr from the Capital City.¡±
¡°The top schr from the Capital City?!¡± Li Chuxin¡¯s eyes widened in shock.
This little blonde was the top schr from the Capital City?
What the hell?
Why would the top schr from the Capital City choose toe all the way to Shan University, instead of attending the stronger and closer Jing University?
Li Chuxin was baffled but didn¡¯t dwell on it for long. She soon sighed, ¡°Oh, Zi Chen is so wronged. This Capital City top schr should have been at Jing University, but he ended uping to Shan University. Otherwise, Zichen would have been the king of the new students at Shan University. It¡¯s such a pity.¡±
Shen Qinghan listened with a smile and didn¡¯t say a word, her heart racing with excitement.
Not rooting for Xiao Chen, huh?
Just wait, Xiao Chen will knock out the Capital City top schr with one punch and astonish you to the point of dropping your jaw!
Below the Martial Stage.
A spot with fewer people, hidden in the blind spot of the surveince.
Lu Gang and Wang Shujie, at this moment, were both looking down at their watches.
On the narrow screen of the watch, some newly appeared small text was densely packed together, making it somewhat daunting to read.
For the average person, a magnifying ss would have been necessary to make out the words.
However, both Lu Gang and Wang Shujie had enhanced their vision over the summer, so even if the text was as small as grains of sand, they could still make out the content clearly.
[I¡¯ve just ced an advanced Magic Seed in a park outside the school, at the same spot as before. Make sure the two of youe out to pick it upter. When you get the chance, see that Li Moyu swallows this advanced Magic Seed.]
After reading the message, both Lu Gang and Wang Shujie¡¯s expressions changed.
Among them, Lu Gang replied to the other, [Li Moyu is a young master of the Jingdu Li Family. There might be too much risk in having him ingest the Magic Seed, wouldn¡¯t there?]
He felt that as a young master of the Jingdu Li Family, even if Li Moyu consumed the Magic Seed, he wouldn¡¯t easily capitte to the organization. It was likely that he would make a big fuss.
And when that happened, he and Wang Shujie would definitely be exposed and retaliated against by the Jingdu Li Family.
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Chapter 155: 123, the oue has been decided
It took only a moment before the reply came: ¡°The organization¡¯s background is far more powerful than you imagine. The Jingdu Li Family is nothing, easily crushed with a snap of the fingers.¡±
Lu Gang asked curiously, ¡°What exactly is the background of the organization?¡±
The other side replied, ¡°Ask less, do more.¡±
After reading the message, Lu Gang looked up at Wang Shujie and asked in lip-reading, ¡°Shu Jie, shall we do it?¡±
Wang Shujie replied in lip-reading, ¡°Do you think we have a choice?¡±
Lu Gang said, ¡°How about¡ we ask Principal Yuan for help? Maybe she has a way to solve this.¡±
Wang Shujie said, ¡°She definitely has a way to solve it, but whether we can survive afterwards is another matter.¡±
Wang Shujie continued, ¡°Moreover, I don¡¯t think joining the organization is a bad thing. At least we are much stronger than before and have more potential.¡±
Wang Shujie added, ¡°Most importantly, I agree with the organization¡¯s philosophy. As humans, we can¡¯t save the people of Earth.¡±
Lu Gang said, ¡°That¡¯s true.¡±
After a brief lip-reading exchange, the two decided to follow the organization¡¯s arrangement.
Exotic Beast Gene of the Demon-eyed Giant Ape?
On the Martial Stage, Lin Zichen raised an eyebrow, full of interest towards Li Moyu in front of him.
He overheard the voices of the school leaders in the second-floor corridor, learning that the Exotic Beast Gene Li Moyu fused with was that of the Demon-eyed Giant Ape.
Lin Zichen remembered reading about this type of Exotic Beast in books when he was younger.
It was a kind of beast that was maxed out in strength and defense, but somewhat slow in speed.
The biological level of adult individuals was on average high-level.
A small number of powerful individuals could reach the Rare Level.
All in all, it was an extremely powerful and terrifying Exotic Beast, capable of eating Giant Mutant Rats as snacks.
Despite only being of Ordinary Biological Level, Li Moyu was remarkably capable of fusing the Exotic Beast Gene of a species that could reach the highest Rare Level into his body¡
As he thought about this, Lin Zichen carefully observed Li Moyu in front of him.
At that moment, Li Moyu hadpletely activated the Demon-eyed Giant Ape Gene within him.
His stature had increased by a full fifty percent over its size before activation.
His muscles were all bulging prominently.
The lines and proportions wereparable to the Hulk.
His entire body radiated explosive power.
Lin Zichen also noticed something else: just like on the Martial Stage, the speed at which Li Moyu activated the Exotic Beast Gene was much faster than Ma Xiwei¡¯s.
It was almost in the blink of an eye that Li Moyu activated the Demon-eyed Giant Ape Gene within him.
Then, he rapidly transformed into a being brimming with explosive muscr power, pushing his biological intimidation to Ordinary Sixth Order, possessing strengthparable to a Sixth Order creature.
From this, it was clear that Li Moyu¡¯s abilities were much stronger than Ma Xiwei¡¯s.
Li Moyu, who had fused with the Demon-eyed Giant Ape Gene, was worth collecting data on.
¡°Lin Zichen.¡±
The transformed Li Moyu spoke.
With his arms crossed and standing at his newly acquired height of over two meters, he looked down at Lin Zichen from his elevated position and said, ¡°Ma Xiwei is strong, and along with me, we are hailed as the unparalleled pair of freshmen at Shan University.¡±
¡°But in reality, the gap between her and me is like heaven and earth.¡±
¡°If you can knock her out with one punch, I can too, and I would do it even more effortlessly than you.¡±
¡°I wonder if you will still be able to perform as effortlessly when facing me next.¡±
¡°I think it¡¯s unlikely.¡±
¡°Because the one who¡¯s going to be at ease next will only be me, Li Moyu¡buzz!¡±
Before Li Moyu could finish speaking, a sharp breaking sound suddenly rang out in front of him.
Lin Zichen made his move!
He didn¡¯t want to listen to Li Moyu¡¯s incessant babbling, choosing to take a quick step forward and swing his fist at Li Moyu¡¯s non-stop chattering mouth, intending to use his fist to break off the little brat¡¯s babbling spellcasting.
¡°Fuck!¡±
Faced with Lin Zichen¡¯s sudden sneak attack, Li Moyu cursed out loud, then quickly sidestepped to dodge the iing punch.
Good reflexes, dodging a punch I controlled at ordinary Sixth Order speed¡
Thinking this, Lin Zichen swung another punch at Li Moyu, this time with the speed of an ordinary Seventh Order.
At this moment, Li Moyu was still in the midst of dodging the first punch, facing Lin Zichen¡¯s almost uninterrupted second punch, he had no time to react and dodge.
Only a ¡°bang¡± could be heard.
Lin Zichen¡¯s fist heavily smashed into Li Moyu¡¯s face, warping it instantly and leaving a clear red mark.
This punch wasn¡¯t too forceful, he used only as much strength as he had previously used on Ma Xiwei¡¯s face.
Because of this, Li Moyu didn¡¯t go flying backwards but only staggered two steps back.
At the same time, his face didn¡¯t swell up, but it hurt so much that he covered it with one hand, grimacing in pain.
Strong defense, seems to be on a rtively high level for ordinary Sixth Order¡
Lin Zichen silently appraised as he watched Li Moyu holding his face in pain.
¡°ying sneaky, don¡¯t you have any martial ethics,¡± Li Moyu said, touching the half of his face that took a punch while squinting at Lin Zichen.
Suddenly taking a punch from Lin Zichen made him feel humiliated, and he was somewhat enraged.
However, he soon stretched his mouth into a smile and said, ¡°Now, I¡¯ve got my full attention on you; your fists will probably find it hard to hit me.¡±
Lin Zichen didn¡¯t respond, but once again shed in front of Li Moyu and swung his fists at his face, retesting his reaction speed.
This time, a prepared Li Moyu indeed reacted much faster.
At the same ordinary Seventh Order speed, Lin Zichen threw 52 punches in a short 10 seconds, but only 9nded, bruising the corners of Li Moyu¡¯s mouth.
On the second floor of the corridor.
The school leaders were all watching the duel on the Martial Stage intently.
Upon seeing Lin Zichen¡¯s speed of five punches per second, everyone¡¯s expressions turned to surprise.
¡°Lin Zichen¡¯s speed is too exaggerated; it looks even faster than Ma Xiwei, who has fused with the Shadow Night Cat gene. I have no idea how he managed to train like this.¡±
¡°It¡¯s fast, but unfortunately, it hasn¡¯t caused much damage to Li Moyu. The oue of their duel has been decided.¡±
¡°Indeed, Li Moyu might be slower, but he has tough skin, extremely high defensive capability, and can withstand his punches. On the other hand, if he takes a punch from Li Moyu, he¡¯s likely to fall right there.¡±
¡°Yes, the margin for error between the two isn¡¯t on the same level. It seems like this year¡¯s Neer King will be Li Moyu.¡±
After discussing among themselves, the school leaders all felt that the duel was over and that Li Moyu would be the Neer King.
Among them, Ma Zhenhe first looked at President Liu Chuanwu beside him and said with a smug face, ¡°President Liu, it looks like you¡¯re going to lose your pants this time.¡±
Liu Chuanwu didn¡¯t react to him, just furrowed his brows tightly, hoping that Lin Zichen would be smart enough not to sh head-on with Li Moyu and instead use a maneuvering approach to engage in a war of attrition.
That way, Lin Zichen might still stand a slim chance of winning.
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Chapter 156: 124, The Rookie King is Born
On the Martial Stage.
After testing Li Moyu¡¯s reaction speed again,
Lin Zichen took a light leap backward and created some distance from Li Moyu.
Next, he intended to test Li Moyu¡¯s final attribute¡ªstrength.
Li Moyu had no idea what Lin Zichen was thinking and assumed that Lin Zichen had retreated because his attacks proved ineffective,pelling him to stop and pull back.
Thinking this, he couldn¡¯t help butugh, ¡°Lin Zichen, I underestimated your speed.¡±
¡°But s, your strength is too weak. Even if you¡¯re fast enough to hit me, you can¡¯t inflict any substantial damage. You¡¯re bound to lose this duel.¡±
¡°Now it¡¯s my turn!¡±
With that, he forcefully propelled himself off his calves as if he were a cannonball shot out, swinging his cauldron-sized fist toward Lin Zichen¡¯s face.
Lin Zichen loved to punch people in the face, so he would return the favor to let Lin Zichen taste what it was like to get smacked in the face with a heavy punch!
Faced with Li Moyu¡¯s high-speed charge, Lin Zichen just stood there without moving an inch, showing no intention to dodge.
He was going to take Li Moyu¡¯s hit head-on to test his strength.
¡°Lin Zichen, dodge!¡±
The ordinary ss students below the stage yelled anxiously, seeing him still standing there unmoved.
On the other hand, the school leaders on the second-floor corridor all revealed smiles, delighted at the prospect of winning 100 academic credits.
Especially Ma Zhenhe, whose grin was more unbearable than an ¡®ak,¡¯ fully prepared to mock Liu Chuanwu.
On the Martial Stage, as Li Moyu reached Lin Zichen, he vigorously swung his fist right toward Lin Zichen¡¯s face.
During its flight, the fist produced a bursting sound due to its extreme speed and formidable strength¡ªsounding explosively powerful.
Everyone knew that if this punchnded on Lin Zichen¡¯s face, Lin Zichen would be undoubtedly defeated.
But just when everyone thought the duel would end,
An unbelievable scene urred!
With a loud ¡°bang,¡± Li Moyu¡¯s power-packed punchnded heavily on Lin Zichen¡¯s face!
Then, Lin Zichen didn¡¯t budge, nor was he sent flying off the Martial Stage by that punch!
On the contrary, Li Moyu¡¯s expression suddenly changed drastically, and he let out an agonized scream of ¡°Ah!¡±
¡°My hand! My hand is shattered!¡±
Li Moyu knelt on the ground, clutching his right hand tightly. He curled up, his forehead pressed against the ground, and his mouth emitted extremely painful cries.
His entire right hand, wrist, and part of his arm were nowminuted fractures.
The cause of the fracture was that his hand wasn¡¯t as hard as Lin Zichen¡¯s face; the bones in his hand had ¡°crack¡± broken in the instant his fist struck.
In an instant, excruciating pain swept through his body, making him grimace in terror and scream out loud, so much so that his saliva and mucus uncontrobly dripped down.
¡°What¡¯s going on?!¡±
¡°What happened to Li Moyu, what on earth is happening?!¡±
¡°Did Lin Zichen win?¡±
At that moment, the entire stadium became noisy.
Everyone was dumbfounded, unable to understand the scene that unfolded on the Martial Stage.
Li Moyu clearly punched Lin Zichen in the face, so why was it Li Moyu who was screaming?
This scene was too strange¡
On the Martial Stage.
Lin Zichen, looking at Li Moyu kneeling on the ground, silently assessed: A Gic Integrator of the Demon Eye Giant Ape has great strength, strong enough to shatter his own hand. Strength is greater than defense.
Then, he shouted towards the medical staff still confused below the stage, ¡°Li Moyu¡¯s right hand seems to be aminuted fracture, hurry up ande help him with emergency treatment.¡±
Li Moyu sustained aminuted fracture in his right hand?
Hearing Lin Zichen say this, a flicker of surprise crossed the medical staff¡¯s faces.
Subsequently, they all hurriedly rushed onto the Martial Stage and began inspecting the injury on Li Moyu¡¯s right hand.
When they saw Li Moyu¡¯s entire right hand deformed, they were all shocked, unable to believe what they saw.
¡°Make way.¡±
At this moment, a cool female voice resonated on the Martial Stage.
It was Yuan Dongzhi.
She had silently descended from the second-floor corridor to the Martial Stage.
Seeing her, the medical staff quickly made room.
Yuan Dongzhi stepped forward to Li Moyu, picked up his right hand, and checked the injury with her spiritual power.
Upon finding the entire right hand, along with the wrist and part of the arm, hadminuted fractures, Yuan Dongzhi was immensely shocked inside.
How did this injury ur?
His hand hit Lin Zichen¡¯s face and was then injured by the recoil from his own strength?
How hard must Lin Zichen¡¯s face be?
While thinking, Yuan Dongzhi took out a snow-white pill, flicked it urately into Li Moyu¡¯s mouth with her finger, and helped him quickly heal his hand injury.
At the same time, she imperceptibly released her spiritual power, invading Lin Zichen¡¯s body to carefully investigate.
Lin Zichen¡¯s senses were extremely sharp, and he detected Yuan Dongzhi using spiritual power to investigate him the moment it happened.
But he could only act as if he hadn¡¯t noticed, allowing Yuan Dongzhi to continue her probe.
He just hoped that his Biometric Attribute [Natural Camouge] would deceive Yuan Dongzhi¡¯s inspection.
After a thorough check,
Yuan Dongzhi learned that Lin Zichen¡¯s Biological Level was an ordinary Sixth Order, with skin strength far surpassing that of others at the same level, and the strength of his facial bones and muscles was absurdly high.
Apart from these, nothing else seemed out of the ordinary.
But this was strange.
Why were just the facial bones and muscles absurdly strong, while other parts seemed normal?
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Chapter 157: 124, The Birth of the Rookie King_2
This does not conform to human physiological structure.
Yuan Dongzhi furrowed her brows slightly, feeling quite perplexed by this.
After thinking for a moment, she couldn¡¯te up with an exnation.
Soon, she leapt up and left the Martial Stage, returning to the second-floor corridor.
As soon as shended, other school leaders asked her what exactly had happened below.
She didn¡¯t say much.
She only mentioned that Li Moyu¡¯s right hand had sufferedminuted fracture, Lin Zichen¡¯s Biological Level was as high as amon Sixth Order, and Lin Zichen¡¯s facial bones and muscles had naturally extreme strength.
She pointed out these three details mainly to exin the bizarre scene that had just unfolded on the Martial Stage.
As for Lin Zichen using the Blood Tempering Technique toplete a Tempering Skin session, she chose to conceal that.
The other school leaders, hearing her say this, were all incredulous.
Lin Zichen¡¯s Biological Level was as high as amon Sixth Order?
But how could a freshman who had just started school, without undergoing Gic Fusion or mechanical modification, evolve to amon Sixth Order Biological Level?
This must be some Exotic Beast in human skin!
The more the school leaders thought about it, the more absurd it seemed.
Liu Chuanwu also found it preposterous, but he still feignedposure and said, ¡°This is the power of the Pureblood Human Path, this is the power of the Blood Tempering Technique.¡±
The others, upon hearing that, couldn¡¯t help but twitch their mouths slightly, mentally scoffing at him.
Liu Chuanwu, just give it up, will you? You were clearly so scared of losing that you turned pale, and now you have the nerve to take credit for the Pureblood Human Path?
Off to the side, Yuan Dongzhi quietly watched Lin Zichen on the Martial Stage below, her face thoughtful.
This Lin Zichen¡ could he be the same kind of person as Qianxue?
No, that¡¯s not right.
It¡¯s probably not possible.
Aside from possessing physical strength far surpassing their peers, there¡¯s nothing simr about them at all.
On the Martial Stage.
Seeing Yuan Dongzhi leave just like that, Lin Zichen knew that the effect of his Biometric Attribute ¡°Natural Camouge¡± had sessfully deceived her, the Vice President of Shanhai University.
He felt a slight thrill in his heart about this.
The effect of the Biometric Attribute was much stronger than he had imagined.
Meanwhile, Li Moyu, whose right hand had just been shattered, had already fully recovered.
He clenched his right hand, and seeing that it was as good as new, he was deeply shocked.
What kind of miraculous medicine was that white pill Yuan Dongzhi had me swallow? How is its healing effect so powerful?
Without thinking too much about it, Li Moyu quickly shifted his gaze to Lin Zichen in front of him.
The thought of the punch he had just thrown at Lin Zichen¡¯s face made his right hand uncontrobly tremble, leaving him with some psychological shadow.
That punch was unbearably painful, to the extent that it felt like his nerves were spasming.
After steadying his emotions somewhat, Li Moyu looked at Lin Zichen as if he were looking at a monster and asked, ¡°What exactly is your strength?¡±
Lin Zichen did not answer, but instead countered, ¡°Is your hand okay?¡±
¡°It¡¯s fine, good as new.¡±
Li Moyu flexed his right hand in front of Lin Zichen to prove that it had healed.
Lin Zichen nodded, ¡°That¡¯s good then.¡±
With those words, he took a step and rushed towards Li Moyu, kicking him in the abdomen and sending him flying off the Martial Stage.
Li Moyu, still in mid-air, was filled with question marks.
Was asking about my hand just so you could kick me off the stage without any guilt?
[1s]
[2s]
[3s]
[4s¡]
The moment Li Moyu was kicked off the stage, a timer immediately appeared on the big screen and began counting.
When the timer reached [10s], Li Moyu got up from the ground and shouted toward Lin Zichen on the Martial Stage, ¡°Lin Zichen, when my Gic Fusion advances further, I wille back to challenge you, and I will definitely beat you on the Martial Stage!¡±
He Yu mercilessly heckled, shouting even louder, ¡°As if you¡¯re the only one who can undergo Gic Fusion! Lin Zichen can also undergo Gic Fusion, and could just spend his whole life shitting on your head!¡±
Li Moyu replied with both confidence and stubbornness, ¡°My adaption rate for Gic Fusion is as high as 16%, and I¡¯m bolstered by various special constitutions. On the path of Gic Fusion, no one but my brother Li Yijin can be stronger than me!¡±
¡°Hrious!¡±
Some other regr ss freshmenughed in mockery, ¡°What a sight, I¡¯ve lived this long and this is the first time I¡¯ve seen someone lose with such a brazen attitude!¡±
A freshman from the genius ss retorted, ¡°I don¡¯t know what you¡¯re pretending for, Li Moyu losing to Lin Zichen isn¡¯t like losing to you!¡±
¡°Heh, as long as I am a student in the regr ss and Lin Zichen remains in the regr ss, I can keepughing at you genius ss!¡±
¡°Loser, where do you get the face tough?¡±
Youths brimming with vigor, they easily started arguing.
As more and more people joined the battlefield,
it gradually turned into a heated exchange of words between the ordinary ss and the genius ss.
On the Martial Stage,
Lin Zichen stood quietly alone, waiting for the stopwatch to hit 1 minute and im the title of New King.
During this time, not a single person dared to challenge him on stage.
Everyone was either caught up in the heated arguments or silently watching the stopwatch on the big screen, awaiting the birth of the New King.
[57s]
[58s]
[59s]
[60s]
As the stopwatch reached the [60s] mark, a fluorescent light shot out from the big screen,nding on Lin Zichen¡¯s face toplete facial recognition.
At the moment of sessful facial recognition, Lin Zichen¡¯s entrance photograph appeared on the screen.
Above the photograph was a very conspicuous congrattory message: [Congrattions to Lin Zichen from Martial Arts ss 1 for bing the New King of this year!]
Although he didn¡¯t attend sses, his student registration was still with Martial Arts ss 1.
Immediately afterward, the gymnasium¡¯s broadcast system also yed the congrattory message: [Congrattions to Lin Zichen from Martial Arts ss 1 for bing the New King of this year!]
At this moment, the entire gymnasium fell silent.
Everyone found it surreal.
The title of New King, unbelievably, had been imed by a freshman from an ordinary ss.
In the many years since Shanhai University was founded, it was the first time a non-genius ss freshman had overwhelmed a genius ss freshman to be the New King.
It was a breach of school history!
At this very moment, everyone was witnessing this incredible instant.
Shortly after, the whole venue started to boil over.
¡°Zi Chen, awesome!¡±
¡°Lin Zichen really captured the New King title, this is way too incredible!¡±
¡°Zi Chen, the glory of the ordinary ss!¡±
Arge number of ordinary ss freshmen were cheering for Lin Zichen as well as the ordinary ss.
Meanwhile, the students from the genius ss felt a bit ashamed, standing quietly and silently throughout the whole event.
On the Martial Stage,
Lin Zichen paid no attention to the cheers from below.
Using his Biometric Attribute ¡°Eyes of the Sky,¡± he quickly spotted Shen Qinghan in the crowd below.
Then, he leaped high to Shen Qinghan¡¯s side, wrapped an arm around her waist, and with another leap, brought her back onto the Martial Stage.
Many people in the audience were puzzled by this scene.
Some who knew the rtionship between the two thought Lin Zichen was seizing the spotlight as the New King to publicly dere his rtionship with Shen Qinghan.
Shen Qinghan also thought so, her pretty face flushing hot and her heart pounding with nervous anticipation; she couldn¡¯t help but squeeze her legs together.
Just as everyone¡¯s eyes focused on the Martial Stage, Lin Zichen unexpectedly jumped down from the stage, leaving Shen Qinghan alone on it.
At the same time, the big screen immediately started the stopwatch again, as usual, timing the event.
[1s]
[2s]
[3s]
[4s¡]
As the stopwatch began, Lin Zichen said to the group of genius ss freshmen below, ¡°For the second to tenth ces, I¡¯m taking them all.¡±
These words made the whole venue fall silent instantly.
Everyone was shocked!
It wasn¡¯t enough for him to be the New King; he even wanted to im the second to tenth ces for himself?
How greedy!
Seeing Lin Zichen¡¯s audacity in wanting to monopolize the top ten ranks for himself, someone from the genius ss could not bear it anymore and shouted out in anger:
¡°Lin Zichen, you¡¯re going too far! Let¡¯s all from the genius ss go together and take him down!¡±
¡°Damn, let¡¯s rush him!¡±
¡°If we don¡¯t beat him down today, I¡¯ll write my name backward!¡±
¡°And that traitor Shen Qinghan on the Martial Stage, beat her up too!¡±
¡°Pin her down on the Martial Stage and rub her hard!¡±
At this moment, almost all of the genius ss freshmen sprung into action, united like yers in a game teaming up against a boss, and swarmed toward Lin Zichen and Shen Qinghan.
As for the concepts of unfairness in a mass brawl, they didn¡¯t care at all!
They had but one goal, to take down the excessively audacious Lin Zichen and Shen Qinghan, the genius ss traitor!
Chapter 158: 125, one person wipes out the entire genius class
Chapter 158: 125, one person wipes out the entire genius ss
¡°I¡¯ll take the front, you guys nk from all sides!¡±
¡°I¡¯m on the nk!¡±
¡°I¡¯ll guerri and sneak attack, providing support for you!¡±
The neers from the genius ss had clear roles and begun to coordinate with each other, aiming to overwhelm Lin Zichen with their numerical advantage.
Facing the genius ss neersing at him from all directions, Lin Zichen wasn¡¯t in the mood to y house with them and immediately started an overpowering performance with a sh of his figure.
Bursting forth at the speed of an ordinary seventh rank.
He proactively sprinted to the front of each attacking genius ss neer.
Regardless of whether they were male or female, he knocked them down with one punch each.
¡°Bang!¡±
¡°Bang! Bang! Bang!¡±
¡°Bang! Bang¡¡±
A series of rapid punches could be heard.
Just a moment ago, the genius ss neers had been surrounding Lin Zichen.
The next moment, they were sent flying one after another.
Then, they all crashed to the ground, curling up in pain, unable to stand back up.
¡°Buzz!¡±
As Lin Zichen was exchanging blows with a group of genius ss neers, a whizzing sound suddenly rang through the crowd.
It was Ma Xiwei making her move!
Taking advantage of Lin Zichen¡¯s distraction, she burst out from the crowd in an instant, with a pig-headed face flying toward the Martial Stage, her target aimed directly at Shen Qinghan on the stage.
Lin Zichen had swollen her face, and as an eye-for-an-eye revenge, she nned to do the same to Shen Qinghan!
Let Lin Zichen watch as his beautiful fianc¨¦e¡¯s face swells into a pig-head to see what he would think!
¡°Traitor, receive your death!¡±
As Ma Xiwei sprinted to a distance of more than twenty meters from the Martial Stage, she violently pushed off the ground with her calves, leaping high into the air and tracing a perfect parab towards the Martial Stage.
Just as she was about tond on the Martial Stage!
Lin Zichen leaped forth, instantly catapulting behind her and fiercely kicking her upturned buttocks.
Next, a ¡°Bang¡± was heard!
Midair, Ma Xiwei felt as if her buttocks were about to split open.
The very next second, she was flung out by the powerful impacting from her butt, crashing heavily into the crowd, too pained to get back up.
Seeing this, President Ma on the second-floor corridor immediately jumped into the crowd, anxiously checking his daughter¡¯s injuries.
Fortunately, the injuries weren¡¯t severe ¨C just a swollen butt.
Over at the Martial Stage.
Under Li Moyu¡¯s leadership, the genius ss neers quicklyunched a second round of attacks.
This attack was even more ferocious than the first one.
However, they still couldn¡¯t withstand Lin Zichen¡¯s punches and kicks and were overthrown in an instant.
All the people present were stunned by this scene.
Originally, everyone had thought that at the start of the school year trial, all the regr ss neers would unite to attack the genius ss, striving to take a top-10 ranking from them.
But now, it hadpletely flipped.
Because Lin Zichen was so strong, it turned into all the genius ss neers attacking him alone, just to prevent him from monopolizing all the top-10 rankings for himself.
What shocked people most was that the entire genius ss, despite mobilizing all its members, couldn¡¯t beat Lin Zichen!
That was the entire genius ss!
Among them were the Capital City¡¯s top schr Li Moyu, the fourth-ranked Ma Xiwei, and various other peerless geniuses from different provinces.
Yet, despite such an exaggerated paper strength, they were helpless against Lin Zichen at this moment.
Being punched and kicked without any power to fight back, they were utterly overpowered by him the whole time.
This scene was utterly unprecedented!
About half a minuteter.
Aside from the ¡°traitor¡± Shen Qinghan, the rest of the genius ss neers were knocked down by Lin Zichen, all curled up on the ground in pain, unable to stand,pletely devoid of fighting capability.
The ringleader Li Moyu took the worst beating, his face swollen up like a pig¡¯s head, even more severe than what had been done to Ma Xiwei before.
By this time, the stopwatch on the big screen was almost at 1 minute.
[57s]
[58s]
[59s]
[60s]
When the timer reached [60s], the big screen, like before, performed facial recognition on the person on the Martial Stage.
Immediately after,
Shen Qinghan¡¯s student photo appeared on the big screen, congratting her for achieving second ce in the school trial.
Seeing that the second ce had been sessfully imed, Lin Zichen leapt onto the Martial Stage and shouted at the ordinary ss freshmen below, ¡°Who wants to be third in the school trial? The ranking is yours! The credits are mine!¡±
¡°Me me me!¡±
¡°Zi Chen, let me be third!¡±
¡°Zi Chen, I¡¯m up!¡±
In an instant, the ordinary ss freshmen were all eagerly volunteering, each wanting to experience the feeling of standing on the Martial Stage under the spotlight.
Lin Zichen surveyed the crowd, and eventually chose Li Chuxin, who had been shouting all along, and called out to her:
¡°Chu Xin,e up!¡±
¡°Coming!¡±
Li Chuxin was so excited that she quickly squeezed her way out of the crowd and leaped energetically onto the Martial Stage.
At the same time that she went on stage, Lin Zichen walked down with Shen Qinghan.
Afterward, as usual, the big screen over the empty Martial Stage started the countdown timer.
From [1s] to [60s], no one dared to disturb her, all of them stood below, watching as Li Chuxin took the third ce.
Having easily secured the 80 credits for third ce,
Lin Zichen wasted no time and quickly picked a random ordinary ss freshman to go up and be the fourth ce, grabbing the 70 credits for himself.
At the same time, on the second-floor corridor,
Seeing that the talented ss freshmen from Evolution College had gained nothing, Ma Zhenhe turned to Yuan Dongzhi and said:
¡°Principal Yuan, what Lin Zichen is doing seems somewhat against the rules. He¡¯s already won the title of the top neer, so how can he still act as an enforcer and monopolize the top 10 by finding puppets?¡±
¡°How is it against the rules?¡±
Liu Chuanwu was the first to jump out in opposition, bluntly retorting, ¡°Come on, President Ma, you tell me, when has the school trial ever stipted that one can¡¯t act as an enforcer to secure the top 10?¡±
Ma Zhenhe said, ¡°Indeed, there is no explicit rule against it, but that doesn¡¯t mean Lin Zichen¡¯s actions are justifiable. What he¡¯s doing now is exploiting loopholes in the rules, and it should be stopped.¡±
In the past, the top neer was always determined through life-and-death fights within the talented ss.
They would also be nearly exhausted after securing the title of top neer.
But this year, Lin Zichen was an exception.
His strength was unmatched, far surpassing the other freshmen, and he single-handedly blew up the entire talented ss.
Without so much as taking a breather, his attacks were dimensionally overwhelming.
And afterwards, he still had plenty of strength left to act as an enforcer and take over the top 10.
¡°President Ma has a point, this indeed is a loophole in the rules.¡±
After saying that, the dean of the Mechanical Academy added, ¡°However, we can only fix it next year, not now, as it wouldn¡¯t be fair to Lin Zichen.¡±
The other school authorities also said, ¡°Indeed, the trial is already underway, it¡¯s not reasonable to change the rules now. We¡¯ll have to wait until next year to make amendments.¡±
Although these school authorities didn¡¯t like Liu Chuanwu or Tianren Pavilion, they were still quite reasonable people.
Of course, the main reason was that they were now benefiting from the current situation.
For every ordinary ss freshman that Lin Zichen brought into the top 10, all ordinary ss freshmen would receive 1 credit point.
These were free resources¡ªwhy not take them?
Hearing what the other school authorities had to say, Ma Zhenhe knew he had touched upon the interests of other academies and tactfully fell silent.
But his expression was sour, clearly holding back anger.
Yuan Dongzhi nced at him and said indifferently, ¡°President Ma, you¡¯ve been increasingly unstable recently. It¡¯s best to slow down the integration progress of the Fire Eagle Gene, lest it affect your daily life.¡±
Ma Zhenhe¡¯s expression softened as he replied, ¡°Understood, Principal Yuan.¡±
Chapter 159: 126. Lin Zichen’s Secret
Chapter 159: 126. Lin Zichen¡¯s Secret
About half an hourter.
The school trial finally came to an end.
Aside from Shen Qinghan, who came in second, the rest of the top 10 were all taken by new students from the regr sses.
As a result, every new student from the internal school districts¡¯ regr sses pilfered nine credits each.
That¡¯s basically like getting handed 90,000 yuan for free.
Some of the regr ss new students from less affluent backgrounds blushed with excitement.
Under the impact of 90,000 yuan, they looked up to Lin Zichen with admiration and became his most loyal fans.
The more extroverted among them even went so far as to call him ¡°Lord Chen¡± eagerly, as if they were ready to kneel and acknowledge him as their godfather on the spot.
Lin Zichen paid no attention to the cheers around him.
At the moment, he was tallying up the benefits he had gained from participating in the school trial in his mind.
The top 10 credits totaled up to 550 credits.
Adding the nine credits he received for being a new student from the regr sses brings the total to 559 credits.
Additionally, there were the ten Qi-Blood Pills from Liu Chuanwu.
And one credit can essentially be used as 10,000 yuan.
559 credits would then equal 5.59 million yuan.
This one battle had made him directly rich.
In the time that followed.
The top ten of the school trial proceeded to the stage to receive honors and take photos with the school leaders.
As the newly crowned king of the neers, Lin Zichen received not only a 100 credits reward but also an additional champion trophy.
The trophy was made of special alloy, heavy and looked exquisite.
But it wasn¡¯t worth any money, serving only as a memento.
After the photographs were taken.
Lin Zichen had the other top ten new students transfer their credits to him through the school¡¯s app.
Shen Qinghan also opened the app to transfer credits, but Lin Zichen told her there was no need and asked her to keep the 90 credits she earned foring in second for herself.
Seeing Lin Zichen say this, Shen Qinghan didn¡¯t make a fuss and kept the credits for her personal use.
She wouldn¡¯t just take those 90 credits without giving something back ¨C she wouldpensate Lin Zichen in another way in the future.
Not far away, Liu Chuanwu saw Lin Zichen collecting transferred credits from others, which reminded him of the bet he made with his colleagues.
He looked towards the other school leaders and reminded them, ¡°Don¡¯t forget about our bet, everyone. Lin Zichen has won the title of the top neer, so you can transfer the credits you owe me through the school app now.¡±
¡°Rest assured, you won¡¯t be shortchanged.¡±
¡°It¡¯s just 100 credits, I¡¯m transferring them to you right now.¡±
Everyone honored their bets promptly, transferring the agreed credits to Liu Chuanwu without any dy.
Seeing 1,900 credits deposited into his ount, Liu Chuanwu couldn¡¯t stop smiling.
With thisrge amount of credits, he wouldn¡¯t have to worry about providing Lin Zichen with triple benefits for a good while.
Noticing his arch rival smiling so jubntly, Ma Zhenhe felt displeased and couldn¡¯t resist saying, ¡°President Liu, I¡¯d advise you not to be too smug.¡±
¡°Bing the top neer in the school trial just means having a physically strong body. When the others advance further with their Gic Fusion and mechanical enhancements, the power structure will undergo a great shift.¡±
¡°In next semester¡¯s neerpetition, whether it¡¯s Li Moyu or Weiwei, they will easily crush him as long as Lin Zichen continues on the Pureblood Human Path.¡±
After Ma Zhenhe finished, he added, ¡°Song Yuyan is an example, and Lin Zichen is nothing but an upgraded version of her.¡±
Seeing him constantly using Song Yuyan as a negative example, President Liu frowned slightly, feeling displeased.
But remembering the 1,900 credits he had just earned, his mood vastly improved and he couldn¡¯t be bothered to bicker with Ma Zhenhe.
Soon after, Liu Chuanwu went over to Lin Zichen, gave him the ten Qi-Blood Pills they had previously discussed, and decided to advance all the triple benefits for the entire semester to him at once.
The benefits included various items like credits, Exotic Beast Meat, schrships, and so on.
For convenience, Liu Chuanwu converted these benefits into credits and transferred 300 credits to Lin Zichen.
With these 300 credits included, Lin Zichen¡¯s student ount now totaled 769 credits.
Now that he had so many credits, Lin Zichen immediately opened the school¡¯s app mall to see what he could purchase.
But before he had the chance to look, Liu Chuanwu said he wanted to discuss something with him and asked for a word in private.
Picking a spot nearby, they went up to the rooftop of the sports hall to talk.
After telling Shen Qinghan to head back first, Lin Zichen quickly followed Liu Chuanwu to the rooftop.
As soon as they arrived, Liu Chuanwu, with a face full of curiosity, couldn¡¯t wait to ask, ¡°Zi Chen, you were too strong in the opening trial of the semester. How much strength did you hide?¡±
¡°I hid a little.¡±
¡°What¡¯s your real level?¡±
¡°Ordinary Sixth Order, one Tempering Skin session, a bit of muscle conditioning on the face, and naturally hard facial bones.¡±
¡°You¡¯ve actually learned Tempering Flesh?!¡±
Liu Chuanwu was shocked, his breathing suddenly became rapid, and then he was incredibly excited.
To learn Tempering Flesh just after starting school!
Lin Zichen¡¯spatibility with the Blood Tempering Technique was unbelievably high!
There really was hope for the Pureblood Human Path to make a breakthrough!
No!
It was definitely going to break through!
Liu Chuanwu, who had devoted his life to researching the Pureblood Human Path, had never been as excited as he was today.
After calming his emotions slightly, he earnestly said to Lin Zichen, ¡°Before today, I would have said you had a good chance of evolving into an Advanced-level Creature with the body of a Pure Blood Human.¡±
¡°But now, I can say with certainty that you can evolve into an Advanced-level Creature before you graduate from university with the body of a Pure Blood Human!¡±
¡°You must persevere on the Pureblood Human Path, and you will surely achieve great things in the future!¡±
¡°Don¡¯t worry, President, I will,¡± replied Lin Zichen confidently.
They chatted briefly.
Soon, Lin Zichen left the rooftop and returned to Shen Qinghan¡¯s dormitory.
There was just one thing he wanted to do right away¡ªshop in the school¡¯s app marketce.
And just as he left, Yuan Dongzhi appeared on the rooftop right after him.
¡°This new student of yours, Lin Zichen, is hiding many secrets. His true strength may be far greater than what he showed in the opening trial,¡± Yuan Dongzhi walked up to Liu Chuanwu and said.
Liu Chuanwu chuckled, ¡°What genius doesn¡¯t have secrets? Li Moyu from the Capital City has them, Ma Zhenhe¡¯s daughter has them, and your newly epted cheaper disciple surely has them too. What¡¯s so strange about that?¡±
Yuan Dongzhi: ¡°True.¡±
With his hands sped behind his back, Liu Chuanwu said, ¡°On the path of evolution, those who can seed are allplex in their own right, and those without secrets simply can¡¯t grow.¡±
As he spoke, he looked at Yuan Dongzhi, his gaze somewhat profound, ¡°Your casual use of spiritual power to probe Lin Zichen¡¯s body on the Martial Stage earlier is a very offensive act. If it had been in the past, that would have meant a fight to the death.¡±
Yuan Dongzhi raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised, ¡°You could tell I was using spiritual power to probe him?¡±
Liu Chuanwu didn¡¯t exin but simply snorted coldly, ¡°Yuan Dongzhi, let me give you a piece of advice. Don¡¯t be too aggressive, or sooner orter, disaster will strike.¡±
Yuan Dongzhi ignored the advice, speaking indifferently, ¡°Gathering tonight?¡±
¡°Too busy.¡±
¡°There¡¯s money in it.¡±
¡°At your ce or mine?¡±
Liu Chuanwu instantly asked with a smile on his face.
In a certain dormitory at the school.
Lu Gang and Wang Shujie were together, discussing how to make Li Moyu swallow that high-grade demon seed.
The two racked their brains for a long time, but couldn¡¯te up with a good n.
Force was definitely not an option.
Because they simply couldn¡¯t beat him.
As for temptation¡
Li Moyu was the young master of the Jingdu Li Family; he had everything he wanted and couldn¡¯t be tempted.
While the two were taxing their brains, thinking hard,
their special watches suddenly disyed a dense block of text.
[Change of n, forget about Li Moyu, target Lin Zichen instead. Find a way to make Lin Zichen consume that high-grade demon seed and make him a member of the organization.]
Chapter 160: 127. It’s better to rely on oneself than on others.
Chapter 160: 127. It¡¯s better to rely on oneself than on others.
Leaving the gymnasium¡¯s rooftop, he returned to the dormitory.
As soon as Lin Zichen entered, he saw Shen Qinghan exercising in the training room.
Without the air conditioner on, she was drenched in sweat.
For convenience andfort, Shen Qinghan wasn¡¯t wearing underwear while training. The soaked clothes clung tightly to her body, perfectly showcasing her graceful figure in a very tempting way.
Witnessing this scene, Lin Zichen couldn¡¯t help but feel a bit sentimental.
The little girl who used to shyly wet the bed had unknowingly grown into a beautiful young woman with perfect looks and figure, a heartthrob to thousands.
Looking back now, it seemed as if in the blink of an eye, she had suddenly grown up, giving him the surreal feeling of ying a nurturing game.
He allowed himself a few moments of such reflections.
Soon after, Lin Zichen sat down on the sofa and pulled out his phone to browse the school app¡¯s mall, often referred to by the seniors as the Credit Mall.
Gene reagents, alloy equipment, high-tech gadgets, and so on¡ªhe merely nced at them, focusing instead on the Exotic Beast Meat.
He browsed for almost half an hour.
Eventually, Lin Zichen¡¯s gaze settled on the Undead Slug Meat.
He had seen this type of Exotic Beast Meat in a mall before the college entrance exam, selling for 100,000 a pound.
In the Credit Mall, however, it cost only 8 credits per pound.
It was like getting a 20% discount¡ªmuch cheaper.
Without a doubt, this must have been a special price avable only to Shan University students.
He now had a total of 769 credits.
At 8 credits a pound, he could buy 96 pounds.
The remaining 4 pounds he could buy with money from an outside mall.
That way, he could unlock the Undead Slug album.
He was curious about the Biometric Attributes he might gain¡
Thinking this, Lin Zichen was about to ce an order in the mall for 96 pounds of Undead Slug Meat.
Just as he was about to submit the order, he had a second thought, feeling that doing so wasn¡¯t quite right.
A freshman who suddenly spends over 700 credits on Undead Slug Meat¡ªthis behavior would look abnormal no matter how you sliced it, surely drawing others¡¯ attention.
To avoid unnecessary trouble, it would be better to spread out the purchases over time.
He¡¯d buy a bit every so often.
For now, he decided to buy just 10 pounds.
With that decision made, Lin Zichen spent 80 credits to order 10 pounds of Undead Slug Meat.
Afterpleting his purchase, he took out the Qi-Blood Pills that Liu Chuanwu had given him.
There were 10 in total.
Each one was the size of a soybean, bright red and glossy, emitting a faint and pleasant fragrance.
Lin Zichen tried one, popping it into his mouth. It melted upon entry, turning into a warm stream and flooding into his body, making him feel warmly invigorated.
Simultaneously, a digital prompt popped up in the void.
[Qi-Blood +108]
Is that all the Qi-Blood it adds?
The effect was less impressive than simply running a few kilometers with the boost of his Biometric Attribute, ¡°From Use Springs Strength¡±, which would increase his Qi-Blood more.
Better to give them to Han Han.
Her Biological Level is low; the effect should be good on her.
As Lin Zichen was contemting this, Shen Qinghan happened to walk out of the training room.
She was holding a pair of fruit earphones still ying music and stopped beside Lin Zichen, somewhat out of breath. ¡°When did you get back?¡± she asked.
¡°I came back half an hour ago.¡±
Lin Zichen handed her a Qi-Blood Pill and then said, ¡°Here, try a Qi-Blood Pill and see how it works.¡±
Shen Qinghan epted it without hesitation and swallowed it immediately.
A few secondster, her body started to sweat profusely, her cheeks turned a rosy red, and she seemed to be overheating.
¡°How do you feel?¡±
Lin Zichen asked while looking at Shen Qinghan.
Looking pleasantly surprised, Shen Qinghan said, ¡°My body feels so warm, and my Qi-Blood feels much fuller. Xiao Chen, this Qi-Blood Pill is really good!¡±
¡°That¡¯s good. Take the remaining eight. Eat no more than one a day.¡±
¡°Aren¡¯t you going to have one?¡±
¡°I¡¯ve just had one. It¡¯s not that effective for me; it would be a waste.¡±
¡°Oh, I see.¡±
Shen Qinghan nodded and took the small bottle Lin Zichen handed her.
Gazing at the eight Qi-Blood Pills in the bottle, she smiled sweetly and said, ¡°With both credits and Qi-Blood Pills, it feels like I¡¯m being sponsored by a sugar daddy.¡±
Lin Zichen chuckled and replied, ¡°If anyone is being sponsored, it¡¯s me by you. I¡¯m living in your dorm after all.¡±
¡°Then we¡¯re mutually sponsoring each other,¡± Shen Qinghan said with a smile, and then she asked, ¡°What would you like for dinner tonight? I¡¯ll go cook it for you.¡±
Lin Zichen thought for a moment and replied, ¡°Eating regr meals gets a bit tiresome, let¡¯s have some soup noodles instead, and a te of cucumber sd. What do you think?¡±
¡°Sure, leave it to me. Dinner will be ready in half an hour!¡±
Shen Qinghan assured him with a pat on her chest.
After that, she started to undress while heading to the bathroom.
She had worked up too much sweat during the exercise and needed to take a shower to cool off and change into clean clothes before heading to the kitchen to cook.
After dinner,
the two sat on the sofa, delving into their books to study a variety ofplex evolutionary knowledge.
After roughly two hours, when the food they had eaten had mostly digested, they went into the training room to exercise.
Shen Qinghan was doing strength training.
Lin Zichen sat cross-legged on the ground, undergoing his second Tempering Skin session.
Around 11 pm.
The two finished their training, took a shower together, and went to bed in their room.
However, they didn¡¯t go straight to sleep buty there and started chatting.
¡°Xiao Chen, your performance in today¡¯s school trial was too exaggerated, the so-called peerless geniuses in my ss were all dumbfounded by you; I bet they¡¯re still questioning their lives right now.¡±
¡°It¡¯s not that serious.¡±
¡°It is that serious.¡±
Shen Qinghan¡¯s hands were restless, skillfully massaging Lin Zichen while speaking, ¡°I just scrolled through the school forum, and everyone is discussing you there. A lot of people are demoralized because of you.¡±
¡°Not just the freshmen, but also the seniors, quite a few sophomores, juniors, and even seniors say they could never take on the entire freshman genius ss on their own, iming you¡¯re an Exotic Beast in human skin.¡±
¡°Also, I saw someone on the forum creating a group, and the group¡¯s name is ¡®Chen God Support Club¡¯¡ªso, you¡¯ve got another fan club.¡±
At this point, Shen Qinghan couldn¡¯t help but express her envy, ¡°From kindergarten to university, you¡¯ve always had a huge fan base supporting you. That feeling of being the center of attention must be great.¡±
Lin Zichen: ¡°Actually, having too many fans can be troublesome at times.¡±
Shen Qinghan disagreed, ¡°You¡¯d only find it troublesome after experiencing it a lot. For someone like me who¡¯s never experienced it, being the center of attention like you would definitely feel amazing.¡±
Lin Zichen: ¡°With your Gic Fusionpatibility as high as 21%, you¡¯ll surely have your day in the spotlight too.¡±
¡°I think so too. I hope that dayes soon.¡±
While speaking, Shen Qinghan felt her hands getting sore, so she stopped her movements, her peach blossom eyes shimmering, and said to Lin Zichen, ¡°You know¡ I saw a video on your phone where the female lead massages the male lead with her feet. It looked prettyfortable; do you want to try it?¡±
¡°Sure.¡±
Lin Zichen agreed without hesitation.
After all, he was the one being massaged; he just had to lie on the bed with his eyes closed and enjoy, so there was no reason not to try.
Soon, Shen Qinghan awkwardly started to massage Lin Zichen with her feet.
This was her way of making it up to him.
After all, just within that day, she had received 90 credits and nine Qi-Blood pills from Lin Zichen.
If she didn¡¯t properlypensate Lin Zichen, she would feel as though she was being kept by him.
She didn¡¯t like that kind of unequal rtionship.
She preferred a rtionship where both sides contribute.
Time passed by every minute and second.
About half an hourter.
Shen Qinghan stopped the massage movements of her feet.
It was mid-September, the weather was hot, and her naturally sweaty physique left her covered in ayer of fine sweat.
Especially her delicate little feet, which were now sticky.
¡°I¡¯ve sweated a lot; do you want to go for a bath together?¡±
Shen Qinghan grabbed some tissues to wipe herself and Lin Zichen clean, then suggested to him.
Hearing this, Lin Zichen sat up from the bed, swept her into his arms, got out of bed and walked toward the bathroom,ughing, ¡°As a return for the massage you just gave me, I¡¯ll scrub your back while we bathe.¡±
The next day.
Lin Zichen got up early to make breakfast.
It was very simple: a slice of bread, a grilled sausage, an egg, plus a ss of milk.
Before long, Shen Qinghan emerged from the room, bleary-eyed.
After she washed up and ate breakfast, they left the house together, went downstairs, and then went their separate ways.
Upon arriving at the Pure Human Research Institute.
Lin Zichen entered the Living Recreational Area and saw Song Yuyan, as before, doing yoga inside.
¡°Morning, New King.¡±
As soon as she saw Lin Zichen arrive, Song Yuyan stopped her yoga, sat cross-legged on a mat, and cheerfully greeted him with that title.
Lin Zichen responded with a smile, ¡°Morning, Sister Yan.¡±
¡°Come on, sit here with Sister Yan, I really want to talk to you,¡± Song Yuyan smiled, patting the spot next to her, beckoning Lin Zichen to sit beside her.
Lin Zichen walked over and sat down.
He knew what Song Yuyan wanted to talk about. It was undoubtedly about the trials from the previous day.
¡°I heard from the dean that your Biological Level is actually a normal Sixth Order, and you¡¯ve learned Tempering Flesh as well?¡±
Song Yuyan asked with bright apricot eyes.
Lin Zichen nodded, ¡°Right.¡±
Hearing his answer, Song Yuyan¡¯s face showed disbelief, ¡°My God, Zi Chen, you are too much of a genius, truly. Compared to you, I feel like Capital City¡¯s runner-up is just a waste.¡±
Excitement tinged her voice as she continued, ¡°With you joining, the Pureblood Human Path is definitely going to make a ssh. We at Tianren Pavilion are going to shock the world and change the public¡¯s perception!¡±
¡°Alright, let¡¯s work hard together,¡± Lin Zichen said, turning his gaze away.
Song Yuyan¡¯s outfit had a neckline that was far too low, revealing too much cleavage.
After a few more exchanges.
Soon, Lin Zichen got up and left the Living Recreational Area, heading straight for the Research Area.
He didn¡¯t go there to conduct research but to study the text of the Blood Tempering Technique Scripture.
Liu Chuanwu and Song Yuyan had researched it for years without being able toprehend the contents of the Technique¡¯s opening chapter.
Lin Zichen felt that he couldn¡¯t rely on them anymore; he had to rely on himself.
Once he learned the text on the Blood Tempering Technique Scripture, he was sure to achieve research results faster than Liu Chuanwu and Song Yuyan ever could.
After all, the effect of the ¡°Biometric Attributes of Heavenly Intelligence¡± wasn¡¯t a joke. It would undoubtedly produce more with less effort in such research tasks.
No, more with less effort was still too conservative.
Boldly put, it would yield a hundred times more with half the effort!
Chapter 161: 128. The disdain of the student council
Chapter 161: 128. The disdain of the student council
Yi: Qi-Blood.
Xuan: Essence Qi.
Cao: Acupoint.
Liang: Upper limbs.
Zhe: Lower limbs.
Lin Zichen skimmed through the trantion materials in his hand at the speed of reading ten lines at a nce, studying the text on the Blood Tempering Technique.
After studying for a while, it felt like he was learning ssical Chinese from a previous cultural ss.
Only, it was more obscure and more concise than ssical Chinese.
From which era were these texts?
Thousands of years ago?
Or perhaps¡ tens of thousands of years ago?
Lin Zichen was very curious about this.
What made him even more curious was why, given that the Blood Tempering Technique was so powerful, it had fallen into obscurity?
Was it because the Age of Dusk was not conducive to cultivatingter generations?
While Lin Zichen was musing over these things.
Song Yuyan, who had changed out of her yoga clothes and into a martial arts uniform, walked in from outside and said, ¡°Zi Chen, someone from the student council is looking for you. They¡¯re waiting at the entrance of the institute right now.¡±
¡°Looking for me?¡±
Lin Zichen was somewhat puzzled.
Song Yuyan brushed her bangs from her forehead, her voice rational as she said, ¡°I think it¡¯s highly likely they¡¯re here to invite you to join the student council. After all, you performed exceptionally well in yesterday¡¯s initiation trial. As the strongest student organization in the school, they definitely want you to join.¡±
Hearing her say this, Lin Zichen figured that if the student council president was looking for him, it was probably for this reason.
However, he had no interest in the student council and didn¡¯t want any positions or titles.
Seeing that he was uninterested, Song Yuyan said with a smile, ¡°Members of the student council get a credit subsidy every month, and there¡¯s not much to do on a regr basis. Joining is like making a profit. I suggest you join.¡±
Lin Zichen¡¯s eyebrows lifted. There was a credit subsidy?
Well, in that case, he would have to take his talents to the student council.
With that thought, Lin Zichen hurried to the institute¡¯s entrance, so as not to keep the people from the student council waiting too long.
Upon arriving at the entrance of the institute.
What met his eyes was a group of males and females with formidable auras.
All were upperssmen, and the biological pressure emanating from them was such that even the lowest among them was at the level of an ordinary seventh order.
The highest among them, the leading student council president¡ªZhou Xuehong¡ªstood out.
The biological pressure radiating from him had broken through the ordinary category and stepped into the advanced level.
He was a genuine advanced-level creature.
Seeing Lin Zichene out, Zhou Xuehong introduced himself in a neutral tone, ¡°Hello, I am Zhou Xuehong, the president of the student council.¡±
Although he had already introduced himself in front of the new students yesterday, he still gave a brief self-introduction in front of Lin Zichen out of politeness.
¡°President Zhou, hello.¡±
Lin Zichen also returned the greeting politely.
Zhou Xuehong didn¡¯t like to waste time, so without any small talk, he got straight to the point, ¡°You performed exceptionally well in the initiation trial yesterday, meeting the student council¡¯s recruitment requirements.¡±
¡°My visit today is to invite you to join the student council and be a presidential seed, to be groomed for the role of a future student council president.¡±
¡°There are many benefits to joining the student council, such as enjoying special treatment and privileges not avable to ordinary students,¡± he continued.
¡°For instance, special provisions for meals three times a day, participation in the school¡¯s major and minor decision-making processes, and a monthly credit subsidy, among others.¡±
After exining these perks, Zhou Xuehong asked, ¡°Are you interested in joining the student council?¡±
Lin Zichen: ¡°Of course.¡±
Zhou Xuehong nodded, then said, ¡°You can join, but there is one condition: you have to give up the Pureblood Human Path and choose the Gic Fusion Path.¡±
¡°Why?¡±
Lin Zichen¡¯s eyebrows furrowed slightly, puzzled.
Zhou Xuehong exined, ¡°The student council only epts future geniuses. You are very talented now, but if you do not choose the Gic Fusion Path, no matter how talented you are, you will be mediocre like everyone else.¡±
Lin Zichen was unconvinced, ¡°I believe the Pureblood Human Path has a future and won¡¯t be mediocre.¡±
¡°The Pureblood Human Path has no future,¡± Zhou Xuehong stated decisively.
Then, he added, ¡°If the Pureblood Human Path had a future, President Liu and Instructor Song wouldn¡¯t be in such a sorry state now.¡±
¡°President Zhou, must I choose the Gic Fusion Path to join the student council?¡±
¡°Yes.¡±
¡°Then forget it, I¡¯m not joining.¡±
After dropping that remark, Lin Zichen turned and went back inside the institute.
How could the benefits of joining the student council ever outweigh those of joining the Tianren Pavilion?
If he had to give up the Pureblood Human Path just to join, then there was no point in joining the student council.
Seeing Lin Zichen turn and leave without further discussion, Zhou Xuehong was stunned.
He hadn¡¯t expected Lin Zichen to be so decisive.
The other members of the student council around him were also quite surprised.
When they came to their senses, they started cursing one after another.
¡°This neer king really has a screw loose, insisting on following the Pureblood Human Path. Must¡¯ve been brainwashed until his brains spilled out.¡±
¡°Got the title of neer king and got cocky, huh.¡±
¡°Such a stupid freshman, he¡¯s gonna regret itter.¡±
¡°By then, if hees to his senses and wants to join the student council, it won¡¯t be so easy.¡±
¡°President, I told you before, Tianren Pavilion¡¯s brainwashing is intense, no need to waste time trying to recruit him.¡±
Zhou Xuehong didn¡¯t say a word, just shook his head and quickly led the others away from the entrance of the research institute to recruit other talents.
Having talent without a future is not being a genius.
It¡¯s called ¡ª a waste.
Since Lin Zichen wasn¡¯t willing to give up the Pure Blood Human Path, there was no need to recruit him.
He didn¡¯t have much hope to begin with, just wanted to see if he could persuade him, to try.
As a result, Lin Zichen didn¡¯t give them any chance; he turned around and left without a word.
One can only say, Tianren Pavilion¡¯s brainwashing is too powerful.
First Song Yuyan, now Lin Zichen, their brains were thoroughly washed out.
On the other side.
As soon as Lin Zichen returned to the research institute, Song Yuyan asked him if he had joined the student council.
Lin Zichen told her what had just happened, infuriating her and causing her to swear, cursing the entire student council as fossils.
They were all around twenty years old, yet their thinking was so antiquated, totally hopeless.
Close to 11 a.m., Liu Chuanwu, who hadn¡¯t been seen all morning, finally showed up at the research institute.
He looked absolutely drained, with dark circles under his eyes and a listless air about him, as if he¡¯d been squeezed dry.
Seeing him look like this, Song Yuyan felt a wave of emotion: ¡°President, you are truly great. For the advancement of the Pureblood Human Path, you sell your body night and day to draw in investments. If the Pureblood Human Path makes a breakthrough in the future, your name is bound to go down in history!¡±
Liu Chuanwu¡¯s mouth twitched slightly at this.
Can¡¯t you give apliment?
Would it kill you to leave out the words ¡°sell your body¡±?
With those four words, even the phrase ¡°go down in history¡± took on a different taste.
It turned into the ¡°green¡± of brothels.
Mutteringints internally, Liu Chuanwu turned to Lin Zichen and advised him with a rather shaky voice, ¡°Zi Chen, remember, women are the stumbling block on the evolutionary path. They¡¯ll knock your bones and suck your marrow. If you can avoid women, then avoid them.¡±
Lin Zichen just smiled and said nothing.
He couldn¡¯t possibly avoid women.
Intimacy between men and women is human nature.
To put it broadly, it¡¯s biological nature.
Suppressing biological nature is certainly detrimental to evolution.
Once he and Shen Qinghan break through thest step in the future, he ns to revel night after night. He¡¯s going to fullybine his physical strength with Shen Qinghan¡¯s special constitution and enjoy every moment of pleasure.
¡°By the way, Zi Chen, the school provides housing arrangements for the families of geniuses and can even arrange work within the school. Do you want to bring your parents over to live?¡±
After speaking, Liu Chuanwu added, ¡°With a talent like you, heretical sects will likely target you in the future, and your family could be implicated. I advise you to bring your parents to live at the school as soon as possible.¡±
Lin Zichen: ¡°I understand, President. I¡¯ll go home this weekend and talk to my parents about it.¡±
Liu Chuanwu nodded, then continued, ¡°Give me your phone, and I¡¯ll help you activate the permissions to ept school tasks.¡±
Lin Zichen was puzzled: ¡°Isn¡¯t this only avable to activate in the second semester of freshman year?¡±
He had read the student handbook and was aware of how school tasks worked.
Every day, the school posts various tasks on the student app.
Tasks to assist campus tutors with their work.
Tasks to help the security department catch criminals off-campus.
And tasks to eliminate members of the Heretical Sect or Exotic Beasts off-campus, and so on.
Completing tasks earns school credits.
And these school tasks, freshmen can¡¯t ept them during the first semester; they must wait until the second semester to do so.
¡°With your strength being so strong now, there¡¯s no need to wait until the second semester of freshman year like everyone else. Start epting tasks now, the sooner you start, the sooner you earn credits, don¡¯t waste your time getting stronger.¡±
As Liu Chuanwu spoke, he activated the task eptance permissions on Lin Zichen¡¯s phone.
About two minutester, he handed the phone back to Lin Zichen, saying, ¡°I¡¯ve already activated it for you. Enter the task page from the bottom right corner of the school app¡¯s homepage.¡±
Lin Zichen took his phone and curiously clicked into the task page to check the tasks.
At that moment, Song Yuyan said, ¡°Your Sister Yan here goes off-campus to do tasks every week to earn school credits. You can join me on tasks in the future, get familiar with the process, and gain experience inpleting tasks.¡±
Lin Zichen: ¡°Then I¡¯ll have to trouble Sister Yan when the timees.¡±
¡°Don¡¯t mention it, don¡¯t be so formal. It¡¯s only right for a senior to look after juniors. After a while, I¡¯ll ept a task to eliminate Exotic Beasts, and I¡¯ll take you to broaden your horizons.¡±
Song Yuyan smiled and then added, ¡°Although your Sister Yan may be ordinarypared to top-level talents, but against the average person, your Sister Yan is still very strong. I¡¯m invincible below the advanced level; bring on any ordinary Exotic Beasts, and I¡¯ll take them all down.¡±
Lin Zichenughed: ¡°Of course.¡±
Chapter 162: 129, Peak Chart Challenge
Chapter 162: 129, Peak Chart Challenge
The three of them had a brief chat.
Soon, Liu Chuanwu went off to sleep in hisboratory.
He had fought all night without a single minute of rest, and he felt like he was about to drop dead if he didn¡¯t catch up on sleep.
Normally, with a physical strengthparable to that of an advanced-level creature, he could go a whole week without feeling tired.
But Yuan Dongzhi had really drained himst night.
One round after another.
Being vastly outssed in biological level, he just couldn¡¯t keep up.
The Dragon Lady only seemed proper on the surface, but she was more licentious than anyone when out of sight, a true paragon of contrast.
After Liu Chuanwu left.
Lin Zichen sat down on a sofa nearby and started to check the tasks on the school app.
There were three types of tasks.
Published by the school.
Published by the students.
Published by external entities.
Among them, the tasks published by external entities, often by official departments like public security, were the most numerous.
Lin Zichen proceeded to open the tasks published by the school first.
After a brief look, he found that there weren¡¯t many tasks and they were all minor affairs.
Either helping the president with some work or assisting the academic affairs office.
The reward for the tasks was mostly 1 credit, with a few offering 2 credits.
Although the credits were few, the tasks were not difficult and highly sought after, usually being snatched up the moment they were posted.
Lin Zichen wasn¡¯t interested in these menial tasks.
After a quick look, he exited the page.
Next.
He clicked into the tasks published by students.
Task: Looking for a Gic Integrator as a sparring partner, female required, with preference for a beast-eared beauty with fair skin and long legs.
Reward: 5 credits per month.
As soon as he clicked in, Lin Zichen saw this task that was hard to take seriously.
Is this really about finding a sparring partner?
Haha, I won¡¯t even burst your bubble.
Continuing to scroll down, most of the tasks were more or less the same.
Most of them were aimed at making friends, which was a bit odd.
Exiting the student-published tasks page, he entered the externally published tasks page.
Task: Capture a gang of robbers, a 7-person group that has repeatedly robbed Exotic Beast Meat transport trucks, armed but with no cyborgs or Gic Integrators, location near the outskirts of Qianzhen City.
Reward: 30 credits.
Task: Hunt Exotic Beasts, Ordinary Ninth Rank, Bloodthirsty Fish-Dragon, which has attacked fishing boats multiple times, location in Changzhou City¡¯s Jinhai Bay.
Reward: 200 credits.
Task: Capture a rogue Gic Integrator ¨C Cat Woman, Common Sixth Order, a Shadow Night Cats Integrator who has tortured multiple men, active mainly in the red-light districts of Shanhai City.
Reward: 50 credits.
Task: Capture members of the Divine nt Cult, a Heretic Believer of Common Eighth Rank, who incite or coerce college students into the cult, active mainly in Shanhai City.
Reward: 100 credits.
The externally published tasks were numerous and the credit rewards were high.
Lin Zichen felt a hint of excitement at this.
With these external tasks avable, he wouldn¡¯t have to worry about ie anymore.
After checking the tasks, the next step was to ept one.
Not considering the distant ones, he focused on the nearer tasks.
The Cat Woman task was quite suitable, being within Shanhai City; he could take it on.
As for the Divine nt Cult task, it could be easilypleted too, but there was no need to ept it.
Mainly because he feared retaliation.
After all, the Heretical Sect was an organization, and unless he could eradicate it altogether, catching just one of its members would certainly result in being targeted for revenge.
The security team captain who offended the Rat God Cult back in junior high was a bloody example.
Lin Zichen had a certain capacity for self-protection and wasn¡¯t afraid of being targeted, but it was different for his family members, who were ordinary people.
Tasks like capturing Heretic Believers would be deferred until his parents moved to live near Shan University.
After weighing his options.
In the end, Lin Zichen epted the task of capturing the Cat Woman.
nning to deal with it during the weekend when he went home.
He just wasn¡¯t sure if two days would be enough.
After all, he still had to find her.
If he was lucky, he might find her on the first day.
But if he was unlucky, he might not find her for a whole month.
These 50 credits weren¡¯t easy to earn.
Otherwise, the task would have beenpleted long ago and wouldn¡¯t still be listed on the task page.
¡°You took on that Cat Woman task?¡±
Song Yuyan sounded surprised, then said, ¡°This is your first task, and you chose a Common Sixth Order one, that¡¯s too risky. Do you want me to apany you?¡±
After speaking, she added, ¡°I won¡¯t split the credits with you, just treat me to a meal afterward.¡±
Lin Zichen politely declined, ¡°That would be a waste of Sister Yan¡¯s time, it¡¯s not necessary.¡±
If his biological level were Common Sixth Order, he certainly wouldn¡¯t have turned down Song Yuyan¡¯s offer.
But the thing was, his biological level was an Ordinary Ninth Rank, and facing a Cat Woman who was only Common Sixth Order was basically using a sledgehammer to crack a nut, he could handle it with ease.
¡°Alright, then be careful on your own. Remember to act within your capabilities,¡± she advised.
¡°Yeah, I will, thanks for your concern, Sister Yan,¡± Xiao Chen replied.
Having said that, Lin Zichen expressed some confusion, ¡°By the way, Sister Yan, how did you know that I took on the Catwoman task?¡±
Song Yuyan exined, ¡°The task page shows who has epted the task.¡±
Upon hearing this, Lin Zichen opened the task rted to Catwoman to take a look.
Sure enough, it was indeed possible to see who had taken on the task.
A total of 28 people had epted the Catwoman task.
Among them, 26 were upperssmen, with only 2 being first-year freshmen.
Besides me, there¡¯s actually another freshman who has taken on the Catwoman task?
Lin Zichen felt somewhat surprised.
Then, he checked the information of the other freshman who had taken on the task and found out it was Ma Xiwei from the genius ss.
Ma Xiwei?
Her strength was at most Common Tier Five; how did she dare to take on this Catwoman task?
She must have help.
After all, as the daughter of the President of Evolution College, she held a very noble status, and it was likely that many upperssmen in the college would be willing to fawn over her.
He spent a moment mulling over these matters.
Then Lin Zichen continued browsing tasks on the campus app.
Looking but not epting.
Because you could only ept one task at a time, not multiple simultaneously.
After browsing for roughly half an hour, his phone suddenly vibrated.
It was a message from the school app, informing him that the 10 pounds of Undead Slug Meat he had orderedst night had arrived.
Lin Zichen nced at the time; it was almost noon.
He told Song Yuyan he needed to head back to the dorm to cook and swiftly left the research institute.
No sooner had he walked a short distance from the institute than he encountered an unwee guest.
It was a somewhat handsome young stranger.
Using ¡°Danger Perception,¡± he sensed the biological pressure emanating from the young man, indicating an Ordinary Seventh Rank.
The youth had been standing under a tree ying with his phone out of boredom but, upon seeing Lin Zichen emerge from the institute, he immediately pocketed his phone and quickly stepped toward him.
In just a couple of strides, he stopped in front of Lin Zichen and demanded in a very unpleasant tone, ¡°Lin Zichen, what exactly did Weiwei do to offend you that you need to target her like this?¡±
¡°You swelled her face during the opening trial, kicked her butt, and now you¡¯re evenpeting with her for the same off-campus task. Is it Liu Chuanwu who told you to do this?¡±
¡°Picking on a girl, what does that make you, dare you fight me?¡±
The young man¡¯s tone grew increasingly angry, and if not for the campus rules, he probably would have been ready to beat Lin Zichen up there and then.
Is this Ma Xiwei¡¯spdog?
Or possibly Ma Zhenhe¡¯s eunuch?
Thinking this, Lin Zichen asked, ¡°Did Ma Xiwei send you, or was it President Ma?¡±
¡°Neither.¡±
The young man denied, then added, ¡°I came on my own because I simply can¡¯t stand you.¡±
Lin Zichen: ¡°So what now?¡±
The young man: ¡°Dare you fight me?¡±
Lin Zichen ignored the young man and walked right past him.
To still encounter such idioticpdogs in college, that¡¯s quite something.
¡°Stop right there!¡±
Seeing Lin Zichen ignore himpletely, the young man became frustrated and reached out to grab his shoulder.
Lin Zichen stopped as he wished.
Then, with few words and a fierce demeanor, he turned around, aimed at the somewhat handsome face, andnded a punch.
¡°Bang!¡±
Just that sound echoed.
The young man fell to the ground, knocked out cold, his face swelling visibly fast.
Without looking back, Lin Zichen continued on his way to the dormitory.
Zhongyuan Building No. 8, Dormitory 603.
When Lin Zichen opened the door and entered, Shen Qinghan was already in the kitchen cooking.
Walking into the kitchen and seeing that she had already prepared two dishes, he asked, ¡°Did you get out of school early today?¡±
¡°I only had two sses this morning. I came back at 10, spent an hour training in the gym, took a shower, and then started cooking,¡± Shen Qinghan reported what she had done while continuing to stir-fry thest dish.
Soon, the final dish was ready.
Both of them sat down in the living room to eat, chatting while dining.
¡°Xiao Chen, the 10 pounds of Undead Slug Meat you bought from the credit mallst night have been delivered. I¡¯ve put them in the fridge for you,¡± she said.
¡°Okay, I got it,¡± he replied.
¡°Xiao Chen, today in ss our instructor mentioned there¡¯s going to be a duel at 3 pm in the gymnasium. A peak ranking mechanical life form is challenging a Gic Integrator, and it¡¯s said to be a worthwhile peak battle. He suggested everyone in the ss goes to watch. Do you want toe too?¡± she inquired.
¡°Let¡¯s go watch it together,¡± Xiao Chen answered.
Then, he added, ¡°Oh, and this morning at the institute, President Liu mentioned that the school offers family resettlement housing. Any qualifying genius can have their parents move in and even arrange jobs for them. I¡¯m nning on bringing both my parents here to live. Do you want to bring yours over too?¡±
¡°Is there such a good deal?¡±
Shen Qinghan¡¯s eyes widened in disbelief.
Then, knitting her delicate eyebrows in concern, she said, ¡°I¡¯m not a freshman champion. Can I still enjoy such a benefit of family resettlement housing?¡±
Lin Zichen: ¡°You¡¯ve already reached a Gic Fusion aptitude of 21%. Just mention it to your mentor, and it should be arranged for you.¡±
¡°True.¡±
Shen Qinghan nodded, and her whole being seemed excited as she said, ¡°I¡¯ll ask my mentor right away. If I can get a resettlement house, I¡¯ll have my parents move in here.¡±
She was very homesick, and despite having left home just a few days ago, she already missed her parents.
Having her parents live at school would be perfect for her.
Lin Zichen casually said, ¡°Then, let¡¯s go home this weekend to tell our parents about it.¡±
Shen Qinghan smiled sweetly and agreed, ¡°Okay, we¡¯ll go back this weekend.¡±
Chapter 163: 130, The Powerful Machine God Group
Chapter 163: 130, The Powerful Machine God Group
After the meal.
Lin Zichen took out the 10 pounds of Undead Slug Meat from the refrigerator, and without avoiding Shen Qinghan, he decided to devour it right in front of her.
[You have absorbed arge amount of life essence from the ¡°Living Dead Slugs¡±]
[Living Dead Slug Album: 10%]
After devouring the meat, Lin Zichen packed up the now useless Undead Slug Meat in a trash bag, nning to take it downstairs and throw it awayter.
¡°Xiao Chen, why are you using a trash bag for the Undead Slug Meat?¡±
Shen Qinghan asked with a puzzled expression.
In her eyes, all Lin Zichen did was take the slug meat out of the refrigerator, touched the meat inside with his finger, and then put it in a trash bag, which looked very strange.
Lin Zichen exined, ¡°These pieces of Undead Slug Meat have gone bad and need to be thrown away.¡±
¡°Gone bad?¡± Shen Qinghan was a bit confused. ¡°But when I signed for the delivery, it looked very fresh.¡±
Lin Zichen said, ¡°It was fresh when you signed for it, but just now, I¡¯ve absorbed all the essence from the meat, and it will spoil very quickly.¡±
¡°Absorbed the essence from the meat?¡±
Shen Qinghan was somewhat puzzled and after thinking for a moment, asked, ¡°Is this your superpower?¡±
Lin Zichen nodded, ¡°Yes, this is my superpower. I can absorb the essence from the Exotic Beast Meat with a mere thought, thus gaining some of the abilities of the rted Exotic Beasts.¡±
He no longer hid it and openly shared the secret of his ability to devour Exotic Beast Meat with Shen Qinghan.
They were living together after all, and over time, frequent devouring would unquestionably raise her suspicions, so it was better to tell her proactively.
Since they were in a rtionship that would lead to marriage after graduation, it made sense to share secrets. There was nothing to hide.
¡°Absorbing the essence of Exotic Beast Meat and gaining the abilities of the associated Exotic Beasts?¡±
Shen Qinghan was shocked, her cherry-like mouth opened instinctively, her face filled with disbelief.
After a moment, she regained herposure and realized, ¡°No wonder you don¡¯t follow the Gic Fusion Path, but instead the Pureblood Human Path. With this superpower, you don¡¯t need Gic Fusion at all.¡±
After speaking, her mood dipped slightly as she said, ¡°I thought that because my suitability for Gic Fusion was as high as 21%, I would eventually be as strong as you, and we would be known as the unparalleled duo, talked about by everyone. Now it seems, I thought too much.¡±
Lin Zichen smiled and said, ¡°The two words ¡®husband and wife¡¯ carry much more weight than the four words ¡®unparalleled duo,¡¯ don¡¯t they?¡±
Shen Qinghan pouted somewhat petntly, ¡°But I just want to be the ¡®unparalleled duo¡¯ with you!¡±
¡°We will be known as the ¡®unparalleled duo.¡¯
Lin Zichenforted her with a gentle voice, ¡°You still have an unknown superpower within you. Once it¡¯s developed in the future, you might even be stronger than me.¡±
¡°That seems possible, too.¡±
Shen Qinghan blinked her clear eyes.
She said this out loud; however, in her heart, she didn¡¯t believe it at all.
Lin Zichen¡¯s superpower was too formidable, so much so that it seemed absurd. She doubted there could be any other superpower in the world more incredible than his.
She knew very well she would never be able to match Lin Zichen as the ¡®unparalleled duo¡¯ in her lifetime.
Her only extravagant hope was not to be left too far behind by Lin Zichen in the future and not to be a burden on his journey, but rather to provide him support.
Yes, that would be enough.
While she mulled over these thoughts, Shen Qinghan btedly realized something.
Xiao Chen actually wanted to share such an important secret with me?
Does this mean that I am the most important person in his heart?
That must be it, without a doubt!
With this thought, Shen Qinghan¡¯s mood instantly improved, casting her regret about not being part of the ¡®unparalleled duo¡¯ out of her mind.
At 2:45 p.m.
Lin Zichen did not go to the research institute but apanied Shen Qinghan to the gymnasium to watch the showdown between the 8th and 9th ranks on the peak leaderboard.
Many people came to watch the match, including teachers, students, and individuals from the Mech God Corporation.
The Mech God Corporation is now thergest partner of the Mechanical Academy at Shanhai University, providing 80% of the various alloy equipment used in the academy.
The Mech God Corporation had two objectives in generously supporting the Mechanical Academy.
First, to promote mechanical modification, to prove that mechanical modification is not weaker than Gic Fusion, and perhaps even stronger because mechanical modification has broader applicability. There are far more people suitable for mechanical modification than for Gic Fusion.
Second, to expand the corporation¡¯s influence; one of the conditions for the partnership was that Shanhai University¡¯s Mechanical Academy would send graduates to the Mech God Corporation every year.
In summary, the Mech God Corporation wanted to increase its own influence.
¡°Xiao Chen, look at the second-floor corridor, that mechanical genius girl we often see online is up there now,¡± Shen Qinghan poked Lin Zichen, signaling him to look upstairs.
Lin Zichen had already spotted her.
On the second-floor corridor, the Mech God Corporation¡¯s representatives were with the leaders of the Mechanical Academy.
The genius girl from the Mech God Corporation, whose body was more than half alloy, was very conspicuous.
¡°Xiao Chen, who do you think would be more powerful if the genius from the Capital and that mechanical genius girl upstairs were to fight?¡± Shen Qinghan curiously asked.
The term ¡®unparalleled duo¡¯ was first heard by her from the marketing surrounding the genius from the Capital and the mechanical genius girl, and she was always intrigued about who would be stronger between the two top talents from different fields.
Lin Zichen was equally curious about the question.
However, despite years of marketing hype, the genius from the Capital and the mechanical genius girl had never shed.
Because they both knew thatpeting would bring no benefits, only drawbacks.
As long as they never faced off and never made it clear who was superior, the topic would continue.
This was good for both parties.
¡°I think, to have an approximation of who between the genius from the Capital and the mechanical genius girl is more formidable, we just need to see who wins in the uing match, and then we can make a somewhat rough judgment,¡± Lin Zichen said.
¡°If the 9th ranked mechanical being wins, it would mean the mechanical genius girl is more impressive.¡±
¡°And if the 8th ranked evolutionary being wins, it would be the genius from the capital university that is superior,¡±
Lin Zichen analyzed logically.
The mechanical being ranked 9th has enhancements from the Mechanical God Corporation, which well reflects the strength of the corporation.
If this 9th ranked mechanical being could win against the 8th ranked evolutionary being, it would suggest that mechanical enhancements are stronger than gic fusion.
To some extent, this could indicate that the mechanical genius girl is stronger than the genius from the capital university.
Of course, these are all spections and not necessarily urate.
Soon, the time reached 3 P.M.
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, the two contenders stepped onto the stage.
The 8th ranked evolutionary being was a young man with a pair of ox horns on his head.
The 9th ranked mechanical being was a young man covered in a mechanical exoskeleton.
The moment the two stepped onto the stage,
high-strength transparent ss walls rose around the Martial Stage to protect the audience from incidental harm from thepetitors¡¯ actions.
For mechanical beings,bat might involve widespread artillery bombardment and bullets flying everywhere.
If there wasn¡¯t a ss wall enclosure, the audience seats might be littered with casualties before the contest even ended.
For the same reason, there were no referees on the Martial Stage.
¡°Begin the duel!¡±
At the broadcastmand, the two on the Martial Stage shed in an instant.
In an instant, the Martial Stage was a scene of relentless gunfire, massive sounds of hot weapons firing filled the air, turning it into a ce of thick smoke and low visibility.
Fortunately, Lin Zichen possessed the biometric attribute ¡°Eyes of the Sky,¡± which allowed him to see far beyond the average person.
Even with the stage filled with smoke, he could clearly make out the battle¡¯s situation.
Right from the start, the mechanical being used an anti-airflow propulsion device to take to the skies, raining down firepower on the evolutionary being below.
The evolutionary being, unable to reach the mechanical being, protected his head and curled up on the Martial Stage, enduring the barrage of hot weapons fired from above.
Soon, the evolutionary being¡¯s body was riddled with bullet holes, many parts sted away.
But he didn¡¯t die, he was just bloodied and weak.
After expending all his ammunition, the mechanical beingnded on the ground, switching to closebat mode, engaging the severely injured evolutionary being in a fistfight.
The closebatsted for a few minutes.
In the end, the evolutionary beingy on the Martial Stage, barely clinging to life.
Meanwhile, the mechanical being only had some cracks on his exoskeleton, which still looked intact.
When the result of this duel emerged, a wave of discussion immediately erupted among the spectators.
¡°In the past, Evolution College could dominate Mechanical Academy inbat, but ever since the Mechanical God Corporation coborated with Mechanical Academy, the situation has been turned on its head.¡±
¡°Yeah, mechanical technology is too powerful. If it weren¡¯t for the need to give up the flesh in mechanical modification, I¡¯d want to be a mechanically modified human.¡±
¡°After today¡¯s battle, it feels like the power hierarchy among the colleges is about to change.¡±
¡°Actually, it¡¯s not as exaggerated as you say. Mechanically modified humans only have an early advantage, relying on lower-level gic integrators who can¡¯t fly, gaining the upper hand through aerial attacks.¡±
¡°Indeed, once biological levels are high enough, many gic integrators gain the ability to fly. At that realm, mechanically modified humans will, in turn, find themselves at a disadvantage.¡±
¡°That¡¯s only if the biological level is high enough. For us ordinary people, our biological level in this lifetime will at most be in the advanced category. Discussing beyond that is meaningless.¡±
¡°Yeah, even just at the university stage, I feel like Mechanical Academy is really going to turn things around.¡±
Everyone was surprised that the 9th ranked mechanical being won so easily, basically treating the 8th ranked evolutionary being like a punching bag the entire time.
It just goes to show that the Mechanical God Corporation, this colossal entity, is incredibly powerful, able to exponentially increase a person¡¯s strength with mechanical technology.
Lin Zichen listened to everyone¡¯s discussion for a while.
He wasn¡¯t the least bit concerned about which college would be more formidable in the future.
What he cared about was only one thing, how many college credits he could earn from being in the top 10 of the peak list each month?
Thinking this, he searched for rted information on the school¡¯s app and soon learned the answer.
First ce, 1,000 credits per month.
Second ce, 900 credits per month.
Third ce, 800 credits per month.
And so on, until the tenth ce, which earns 100 credits per month.
Beyond the credit rewards, he also saw information about the rules for challenging the peak list.
New students mustplete thepetition for new students next semester before attempting to challenge the peak list.
There is only one opportunity each week to challenge the peak list, and when doing so, you cannot challenge an opponent ranked more than 50 ces above you.
With only one opportunity each week to challenge the list, and not being able to target anyone more than 50 ces higher,
the peak list has a total of 500 ces.
This means that counting from afterpleting thepetition for new students next semester, it would take at least 10 weeks to reach the top at the fastest.
And considering that thepetition for new students urs in the middle of next semester, reaching the top of the peak list would be close to the end of the first academic year¡¯s second term.
¡°Feels a bit too long,¡±
Lin Zichen muttered to himself.
Chapter 164: 131, Catwoman
Chapter 164: 131, Catwoman
Shanhai University, president¡¯s office.
Yuan Dongzhi sat in her chair, engaged in a video call with a trusted confidant from her family.
¡°Miss, in recent times, Origin Land No. 36 has been unusually peaceful, without disturbances for several months in a row. We don¡¯t know whether the other side has given up on this channel or is scheming some major n.¡±
On theputer screen, a short-haired woman with a valiant appearance was reporting to Yuan Dongzhi about the situation in Source Land No. 36.
Yuan Dongzhi nodded and asked, ¡°How is Qianxue faring in the Origin Landtely? Is she adapting well?¡±
¡°Very well. She¡¯s growing incredibly fast and is about to evolve to the Advanced Second Rank.¡±
¡°Hmm, she¡¯s evolving faster than I expected.¡±
¡°Miss, just who is Qianxue? Why is her physique so special, so extraordinary that she doesn¡¯t even seem like a person from Earth, as if we¡¯re two different species.¡±
¡°Don¡¯t ask about things you shouldn¡¯t.¡±
¡°Yes, I¡¯m sorry, Miss. It was thoughtless of me,¡± apologized the woman on the video, somewhat flustered.
Yuan Dongzhi said nothing more but remarked lightly, ¡°Alright, I have a student duel to watch here, so I won¡¯t talk any longer. You go ahead with your tasks.¡±
After speaking, she ended the video call and switched to the surveince from the sports hall to watch the forting duel.
It was the duel between the 9th ranked Mechanically Modified Human and the 8th ranked Gic Integrator.
After spending some time watching the duel and seeing the Mechanically Modified Human emerge as the victor, Yuan Dongzhi couldn¡¯t help feeling a bit surprised.
The Mechanism Group was stronger than she had imagined.
The adaptability of mechanical modifications held more advantage.
Regrettably, no matter how formidable mechanical modifications are, their limitations are still too great. They can only protect one¡¯s home on Earth and cannot enter the Origin Land.
Once in the Origin Land, all electronic mechanical devices would malfunction, and even the most formidable Mechanically Modified Humans would be reduced to a bunch of scrap metal.
Elsewhere.
After watching the duel, Lin Zichen and Shen Qinghan left the sports hall shortly after.
One headed to the research institute to learn the Blood Tempering Technique.
The other went back to the dorm to train her strength.
Though they lived together, they each had their schedules, and their lives were no longer synchronized as before starting university.
Time passed quickly.
A few dayster.
Friday afternoon after school.
Both packed their school bags and took a Didi ride home from the dorm.
The school was close to home, about an hour¡¯s drive, and the hired car stopped at their house.
Zhang Wanxin was waiting outside the door early on.
Upon seeing them get out of the car, she greeted them with a beaming smile, telling them that she had made some snacks and squeezed some juice, and urged them toe inside and try them.
In the evening.
The two families gathered for dinner.
At the table, Shen Qinghan turned into a storyteller, vividly describing Lin Zichen¡¯s performance during the initiation trial at the start of school.
He talked about how Lin Zichen knocked out top provincial schrs with his fists and even overpowered Gic Integrators, astonishing the school¡¯s leadership.
The parents from both families knew early on that Lin Zichen had be the new king, but this was their first time hearing the details.
Listening to Shen Qinghan¡¯s narration, all four were greatly astounded.
Among them, Lin Yansheng teased, ¡°Son, you¡¯re not one of those legendary Heretics, are you?¡±
Many experts have conjectured that if there are Exotic Beasts in this world, there should be Heretics too, but this theory has yet to be proven.
Zhang Wanxin gave him an unamused nce: ¡°Our son came from my belly, how could he be a Heretic?¡±
Lin Yanshengughed it off, ¡°I was just praising how amazing our son is.¡±
Hearing the conversation filled with family warmth, Lin Zichen smiled.
Later, he spoke to his parents about the issue of the resettlement housing.
He mentioned that as he became more famous, he would likely be targeted by the Heretical Sect. For safety reasons, he wanted his parents to move into the school.
Lin Yansheng and Zhang Wanxin, both frence novelists, agreed without a second thought since writing was the same no matter where they lived, saying they were ready to move anytime.
Upon hearing this, Shen Qinghan also suggested that Shen Jianye and Xu Meng should move into Shanhai University.
She mentioned the workload, saying that the students in the inner campus of Shanhai University still needed to take cultural elective courses, and they could arrange for her parents to teach these courses at the school.
Shen Jianye and Xu Meng liked the idea and said they would move to Shanhai University once theypleted the handover work with their current school.
The time approached 10 o¡¯clock at night.
Lin Zichen opened the school app to check the task details of the Catwoman mission he had epted.
Target code name: Cat Woman, Juicer, Collector of the Stick, Master of Disguise.
Target strength: Biological Level Sixth Order, extremely fast speed.
Behavioral characteristics: Often found seducing men in the red-light districts of Shanhai City, leading them to secluded areas for intimate affairs, then brutally murdering them afterward, severing their lineage and collecting their appendages.
Precautions: The target is skilled in disguise and highly cunning, adept at using various drugs.
Other content: Omited¡
Looking at the mission details above, Lin Zichen finally understood why this mission had been hanging for so long without beingpleted.
The location was too vague, and the enemy too cunning; indeed, it was difficult to catch.
However, these were not problems for Lin Zichen.
With the effects of ¡°Sky Eye¡± and ¡°Danger Perception¡± biometric attributes, he could thoroughly search every red-light district in Shanhai City.
As long as he searched carefully enough, there was a good chance of finding the target.
10:10 p.m.
Lin Zichen made a special effort with his hairstyle and slightly altered his appearance to avoid being recognized as the second-highest scorer from Nanjiang Province on the college entrance examination, to avoid drawing unnecessary attention.
Lying to his parents that he was going to bed early, he instead climbed out the window from the second floor, leaped down, and took a taxi to the nearest red-light district to continue his systematic search.
Upon arriving at the destination.
He used ¡°Sky Eye¡± to scan every individual within sight, not sparing either men or women because the target could use disguise techniques.
With ¡°Danger Perception,¡± he detected each individual¡¯s biological level within range, focusing on people whose biological level was Sixth Order.
¡°This guy¡¯s eyes are terrifying.¡±
¡°What is he doing?¡±
¡°He¡¯s so handsome, but his gaze is a bit unsettling.¡±
Everyone scanned by Sky Eye felt as if they were mice being watched by an eagle, causing an inexplicable anxiety.
Several women thought Lin Zichen was handsome and wanted to approach him, but they were frightened and backed away by his Sky Eye.
¡°Kid, who are you ring at!¡±
A burly man felt offended by Lin Zichen¡¯s gaze and walked over with an unfriendly face to pick a fight.
Lin Zichen didn¡¯t waste words with the man, simply unleashing his biological pressure to stun him, then turning to leave the red-light district for the next one.
This red-light district had already been searched once, and there was no sign of the suspicious target.
As for the possibility that the target might have shown up just as he left, resulting in a perfect miss.
That was certainly possible, but unavoidable; he could only hope that he was luckier and wouldn¡¯t be so unlucky.
However, his luck seemed quite average tonight.
Throughout the rest of the night.
Lin Zichen systematically searched 10 red-light districts in a row, and didn¡¯t encounter a single suspect.
And by this time, it was four in the morning.
Seeing it was sote, he had no choice but to go home to sleep, nning to continue his search the following night.
The next night.
Lin Zichen arrived on time at the red-light district and began his systematic search just like the night before.
After searching several red-light districts in session, he found nothing.
Just as he was preparing to head to the next red-light district.
He encountered an acquaintance.
It was Ma Xiwei from the genius ss.
By Ma Xiwei¡¯s side, a man and a woman apanied her.
The couple appeared to be in their twenties and were both Seventh Order in biological level, likely senior students from Shanhai University who came specially to apany Ma Xiwei on the Cat Woman mission.
¡°How unlucky!¡±
Ma Xiwei also saw Lin Zichen, giving him not a hint of a friendly face, pulled a sulky expression, snorted coldly, and turned to leave with the two people beside her.
Once they were far from Lin Zichen, she stopped immediately and said to the two beside her, ¡°Lin Zichen has also taken on the Cat Woman mission, and he must be here to find her as well. We have to find her before he does, to make his effort fruitless.¡±
¡°Leave it to me,¡± said the young man among them with confidence. ¡°I have the gene of a demon hound fused with me, my sense of smell is extremely sensitive, and I can certainly find Cat Woman before he does.¡±
Just as he said this, the young man¡¯s expression subtly changed.
He instinctively sniffed the air, then with a look of delight said, ¡°I smell Cat Woman, she¡¯s right inside that bar across the street!¡±
Upon hearing this, Ma Xiwei immediately became excited, ¡°Then let¡¯s go catch Cat Woman quickly. Later, we should bring Cat Woman in front of Lin Zichen and infuriate him!¡±
She had been holding a grudge about Lin Zichen swelling her face during the school trials and was eager to anger him¡ªif possible, to disgust him utterly.
Quickly, the three of them rushed to the bar across the street to capture Cat Woman.
Chapter 165: 132. A clever hunter often appears in the guise of the prey.
Chapter 165: 132. A clever hunter often appears in the guise of the prey.
Dream Fantasy Bar, second floor.
Under the leadership of their senior who had merged with the magic hound gene, Ma Xiwei and her schoolmate were quickly brought up to the second floor of the bar.
¡°Where is that woman?¡±
Ma Xiwei lowered her voice, using ¡°that woman¡± to refer to ¡°cat woman,¡± to avoid alerting their quarry.
The senior did not speak, only extending his finger to point at a girl sitting in a corner up ahead.
Ma Xiwei followed his gesture and saw a girl who looked like a college student.
The girl was dressed conservatively, neither showing her chest nor her legs, wearing a pair of ck-framed sses that gave off a studious vibe, sitting somewhat reservedly in the corner by herself.
She seemed like someone visiting a bar for the first time, giving off quite an introverted impression.
¡°Are you sure it¡¯s her?¡±
Ma Xiwei asked the senior to confirm.
The girl in the corner didn¡¯t look at all like the debauched cat woman described in the mission brief.
Most likely, she had meticulously disguised her appearance.
But out of caution, they still needed to make sure.
The senior affirmed, ¡°The biological scent she¡¯s emitting is exactly the same as what I smelled on the cat woman¡¯s personal belongings at the security department. There¡¯s no mistake.¡±
Ma Xiwei nodded, speaking softly, ¡°Then let¡¯s not dy, we should go do her in now.¡±
The senior and the schoolmate made an OK gesture and immediately split into three directions to approach the girl in the corner naturally.
In just a short while, the three had closed in around the girl, cutting off all her escape routes.
Just as the three were about to make a move on the girl, who had been quietly looking at her phone, she suddenly curled her lips up in a scornful smirk.
The next moment, she leaped up, smashing through the ss window behind her, and jumped down to escape.
¡°Chase her!¡±
Ma Xiwei shouted loudly.
As her voice fell, the three of them jumped out the window, relentlessly pursuing the fleeing girl.
¡°No good, the cat woman is too fast, we simply can¡¯t catch up, we¡¯re going to lose her!¡±
Having chased for less than a few hundred meters, Ma Xiwei felt somewhat powerless to continue.
The senior said, ¡°No worries, I can keep tracking her scent. As long as she thinks she¡¯s safe and stops for a moment, we can catch up to her right away.¡±
While running, Ma Xiwei said, ¡°Ming brother, Shan sister, you two are faster than me, you go ahead and catch up to her first, I¡¯ll follow gradually from behind.¡±
¡°Okay, then the two of us will go ahead.¡±
After dropping this line, the senior and schoolmate, both with Biological Levels reaching Ordinary Seventh Rank, sped up and chased after the girl.
In just a few seconds, Ma Xiwei was left dozens of meters behind, unable to see the two figures.
The street was bustling with people, greatly obstructing the line of sight.
However, this did not stop Ma Xiwei from following.
Because all three of them were wearing locator watches, Ma Xiwei only needed to follow the locator to keep up.
About five minutester.
Ma Xiwei finally caught up with the two.
At that moment, they had stopped at the entrance of an old street waiting for her.
It wasn¡¯t so much waiting as it was that the two had lost track of their quarry.
The senior looked at Ma Xiwei, frowning, ¡°The scent of the cat woman has disappeared, covered up by some smell, making it difficult for me to locate her by scent now.¡±
Upon hearing that, Ma Xiwei immediately took out a bottle of reagent from her person and handed it to the senior, saying, ¡°Ming brother, here¡¯s a bottle of gene amplification liquid, drink it and see if you can smell the cat woman¡¯s scent again.¡±
¡°I¡¯ll try.¡±
The senior reached out to take the reagent.
Just as he was about to open the cap and drink it, he suddenly caught the cat woman¡¯s scent again.
It was faint, but he definitely smelled it.
¡°Weiwei, we don¡¯t need to waste this bottle of gene amplification liquid.¡±
The senior smiled, handed the reagent back to Ma Xiwei, and then said, ¡°I¡¯ve picked up the cat woman¡¯s scent again, it¡¯s inside the street.¡±
¡°Then let¡¯s go, we should hurry in,¡±
anxious not to let the cat woman get away again, Ma Xiwei urged them hastily.
Very quickly, under the senior¡¯s lead, the three of them prated deeper into the old street and finally stopped in front of a secluded, old alleyway.
ording to the source of the scent, the cat woman was hiding inside.
Looking down the alleyway, they saw it was full of life¡¯s refuse, emitting wafts of foul odor.
Probably some unscrupulous residents, toozy to go to the designated waste stations, opted to dump their garbage into the alleyway instead.
¡°It really stinks in there.¡±
The senior frowned deeply, ¡°No wonder I suddenly couldn¡¯t smell the cat woman¡¯s scent earlier, it must have been covered by the stench from the garbage in the alley. Then, as my nose adapted to these odors, I was slowly able to recognize the cat woman¡¯s scent again.¡±
Ma Xiwei said, ¡°Let¡¯s go, we¡¯ll go in and find the cat woman, quick battle, quick decision.¡±
The schoolmate agreed, ¡°We must make it quick, it¡¯s too stinky inside, staying even a second longer is torture.¡±
After a brief exchange, the three of them immediately set off deeper into the alleyway.
Then, guided by the scent of the cat woman, they found the bespectacled girl they had been chasing, at the far end of the alley in a deadend.
At this time, the bespectacled girl stood leaning against the wall, quietly ying with her phone.
The senior looked at the bespectacled girl and said, ¡°You¡¯re pretty good at hiding, deliberately choosing an alley full of trash smell, we almost lost you.¡±
¡°If I really wanted to run, do you think you could have caught up?¡±
The bespectacled girl pocketed her phone and turned her head to look at the three people blocking the entrance of the alley, a shallow smile appearing on her lips, ¡°The smarter the hunter, the more they enjoy posing as the prey, don¡¯t you understand that?¡±
With those words, she took off her sses and casually tossed them aside.
Then, on the top of her head, a pair of thick cat ears grew at a visible speed, and several fine whiskers rapidly sprouted on her face.
In just a brief moment, the girl who was filled with a student¡¯s air had transformed into a wild-eyed cat-ear girl.
The biological pressure she exuded also skyrocketed to the Ordinary Ninth Rank!
Ordinary Ninth Rank?!
Feeling the powerful biological pressure emanating from the cat-ear girl, all three of them wore faces of surprise that quickly turned to horror, and without saying another word, they turned and ran.
This cat-ear girl had hidden her strength!
Her Biological Level wasn¡¯t the Ordinary Sixth Order described in the mission, but an extraordinary Ordinary Ninth Rank!
This mission was impossible toplete!
¡°Hmph, thinking of escaping?¡±
The cat-ear girl sneered with contempt.
Then with a slight effort of her calves, she leaped high into the air, vaulting over the heads of the three people who were fleeing in front of her.
Shended with a ¡°thud¡± right before them, blocking their only escape route.
¡°So cool.¡±
The cat-ear girl stared intently at the senior, unable to resist sticking out her tongue and licking her lips, ¡°This handsome guy, the moment you came into the bar, I¡¯ve been craving you.¡±
¡°Bang¡ª!¡±
As soon as the cat-ear girl finished speaking, Ma Xiwei pulled out a smoke bomb from her bosom and smashed it on the ground, releasing arge cloud of purple-blue smoke.
Inhaling this purple-blue smoke significantly reduced a creature¡¯s biological activity, causing a dramatic weakening in their sensory perception.
It had a good effect, whether for killing the enemy or for escaping.
Under the cover of the smoke.
Ma Xiwei and the other two quickly covered their mouths and noses and escaped from the alley.
Once they were well away from the alley.
The trio finally stopped.
The female senior said with a look of fright, ¡°That was so dangerous, that was really so dangerous, no wonder the cat-ear girl has been atrge in Shanhai City for so long without being caught, she was hiding her strength.¡±
The senior, still shaken, said, ¡°Weiwei, call President Ma quickly and inform him about the cat-ear girl, tell him to contact the relevant school leaders immediately to revise that damn cat-ear girl mission.¡±
¡°I, I¡¯ll call now.¡±
Ma Xiwei¡¯s lips quivered slightly, and she shakily took out her phone to call Ma Zhenhe.
But before she could make the call, she somehow thought of Lin Zichen.
Lin Zichen had also taken up this cat-ear girl mission.
With his strength, if he encountered the cat-ear girl without any defensive items, he would surely be doomed.
¡°No, I have to warn him!¡±
Thinking this, Ma Xiwei quickly opened WeChat, found Shen Qinghan¡¯s avatar, and sent her an invitation for a voice chat.
She didn¡¯t have Lin Zichen¡¯s contact information, so she could only contact Shen Qinghan first, tell her about the cat-ear girl, and then have Shen Qinghan contact Lin Zichen.
She really disliked Lin Zichen, but she was clear in her heart that strictly speaking, there was no deep hatred between them, and it wasn¡¯t a matter of leaving him to die.
Meanwhile.
In the alley.
The cat-ear girl had escaped the engulfment of the purple-blue smoke and moved to a smoke-free area, where her sensory perception quickly returned.
¡°Bang!¡±
Angry, she kicked a hole through the wall in front of her, cursing in irritation, ¡°Damn it, the cooked duck flew away!¡±
¡°Bang!¡±
¡°Bang!¡±
¡°Bang!¡±
After kicking the wall three times in a row and feeling that she had vented enough frustration, the cat-ear girl didn¡¯t stay in the alley any longer and quickly left.
Her whereabouts had been exposed, and if she didn¡¯t leave promptly, she risked being encircled.
¡°Hmm?¡±
No sooner had the cat-ear girle out of the alley than she froze in ce.
On the old street ahead, she saw an extremely handsome young man walking towards her.
This young man¡¯s attractiveness surpassed that of Ma Xiwei¡¯s senior from just moments before by more than tenfold.
¡°So handsome!¡±
Salivating, the cat-ear girl instantly showed a perverted smile full of animalistic desire, ¡°A blessing in disguise, but your misfortune for bumping into me means you can only me your bad luck.¡±
After muttering these words to herself.
The cat-ear girl could no longer resist the urge in her heart and charged at the young man at top speed, intending to drag him somewhere secluded to thoroughly enjoy him.
Chapter 166: 133, Overlevel Power Kill
Chapter 166: 133, Overlevel Power Kill
On the old streets.
Lin Zichen walked leisurely toward the alley ahead.
When he saw a catwoman with a pair of beast ears on her head and whiskers on her face emerging from the alley, his eyes instantly brightened.
A real catwoman!
50 credits in the bag!
¡°Buzz!¡±
Just as Lin Zichen was thinking about the 50 credits, a swooshing noise exploded in front of him.
It was the catwoman, whose Biological Level had reached the Ordinary Ninth Order, making her move.
At a speed barely visible to the naked eye, she charged towards Lin Zichen like lightning.
Her speed was so fast that it generated a strong air current around her body.
Causing the road she passed to be instantly filled with flying dust.
Faced with the attack of the peer-level catwoman, Lin Zichen was not afraid at all. He immediately burst forward with his Blood Qi Power, charging towards her to meet her head-on.
¡°How is he faster than me?!¡±
The catwoman, who was attacking Lin Zichen, was stunned to see him suddenly unleash a speed that far exceeded hers.
In that moment of her bewilderment.
Lin Zichen, who had been a hundred meters away just a moment ago, now appeared right in front of her, punching her innocent student face fiercely.
Then, a loud ¡°Boom¡± was heard.
The catwoman, who took the punch squarely, was instantly sent flying backward, crashing heavily on the ground and tumbling all the way into the alley.
Soon, another ¡°Boom¡± sounded.
Lin Zichen¡¯s calves burst forth with power, shattering the ground beneath his feet, and he instantly turned into a blur as he rushed into the alley, pursuing his advantage.
When he entered the alley, the catwoman he had punched flying was already getting up from the ground.
The half of her face that took the punch burst open.
But what burst was just the outeryer of fake face skin, revealing the face of a woman in her forties.
Not ugly, somewhat attractive, but itcked any dazzling appeal.
¡°Just ayer of face skin burst¡¡±
Lin Zichen looked at the catwoman who was standing up against the wall, surprised that her head had not exploded from the punch.
Since childhood, this was the first time he encountered an opponent who could withstand half of his strength.
While he was still surprised.
On the other side, the catwoman¡¯s heart was extremely shocked.
This young man looked so young, probably in high school or just starting university, how could he be so strong?
And!
There was no sign of a Gic Integrator on his body!
The punch that had just been delivered was purely from his own physical strength!
But how could that be possible?!
In just a brief moment, myriad thoughts shed through the catwoman¡¯s mind, her face filled with terror as she realized she might meet her downfall today.
With that thought, without any hesitation, she powered her legs and ¡°buzzed¡± as she dashed backwards, fleeing.
She had integrated the Shadow Night Cat Gene, making her speed far exceed that of ordinary creatures at the same biological level,parable to that of Advanced-level Creatures.
As long as she wasn¡¯t suicidal or met an overpowering Advanced-level Creature, she could always remain unbeatable and flee when she couldn¡¯t win the fight.
However, Lin Zichen, who was behind her, was not any slower than her, he was even faster!
In just a few seconds, he caught up to her, leaping into the air and fiercely kicking her head.
This kick used a hundred percent of his strength!
¡°Boom!¡±
Just one st.
The fleeing catwoman was immediately kicked into the air and ¡°smashed¡± against the wall, her body burying deep into it, out of sight.
About several seconds passed.
Apanied by the sound of falling rubble.
The catwoman buried in the wall finally climbed out, looking utterly disheveled.
At this point, her neck had broken, and her head dangling helplessly appeared rather eerie.
Lin Zichen didn¡¯t give her a chance to catch her breath, rushed forward immediately and kicked her again, ¡°Boom,¡± driving her back into the crumbling wall, causing it to break open withrge web-like cracks, teetering on the brink of copse.
This time, there was no movement from the wall for a long time, and it seemed the catwoman might have died inside.
But Lin Zichen knew that the catwoman was not dead.
Because he could still sense the Biological Level pressure emanating from her body.
However, this pressure was getting weaker and weaker.
Like a candle about to burn out, about to be extinguished.
Just as Lin Zichen picked up a brick, ready to smash it into the wall to finish off the catwoman.
The increasingly weaker Biological Level pressure inside the catwoman suddenly, like a fire drenched in oil, burst into intense mes.
Growing stronger and stronger!
Growing stronger and stronger¡
In the blink of an eye, the Biological Level pressure inside the catwoman surged from being nearly extinguished at an Ordinary First Order to the peak of Ordinary Ninth Order.
And, it continued to soar.
Until it broke the confinement of ordinary creatures and just crossed the threshold to evolve into an Advanced-level Creature, then it slowly stabilized.
¡°Boom!¡±
The wall filled with cracks suddenly exploded, stones flying all over the alley, dust and smoke rising everywhere.
Then, a figure with a muscr build appeared in Lin Zichen¡¯s sight.
It was the catwoman.
But her appearance had changed drastically.
Her neck was no longer broken, and had self-healed.
Her body was now covered in bulging muscles, exuding great strength.
Her eyes were wild, radiating a crushing presence.
Faced with a life and death crisis, the catwoman was forced to fully activate all the Shadow Night Cat Genes in her body, taking her transformation a step further to gain greater strength.
The cost was, she lost more of her humanity, while her beastly nature intensified, and her rationale diminished as well.
To her, this cost was permanent.
Because herpatibility with Gic Fusion was low, and she was prone to bacsh from the Exotic Beast Genes.
This was exactly why she became a catwoman.
¡°Who exactly are you!¡±
The cat woman bared her teeth, her gaze fiercely fixed on Lin Zichen,pletely losing the innocent student appearance she previously had.
At this moment, her animal instincts were overpowering her humanity.
However, the intense pain throughout her body prevented her from losing her sanity and recklessly attacking Lin Zichen.
Lin Zichen didn¡¯t answer the cat woman¡¯s question.
Seeing that her biological level had suddenly elevated to a high-level category and that she was in a desperate fight-to-the-death stance, he felt the risk of confronting her was too high.
So, he calmly said, ¡°Sorry, wrong person.¡±
After speaking, he disappeared in the blink of an eye,pletely vanishing at the entrance of the alley.
The cat woman, uncertain of Lin Zichen¡¯s strength, chose to watch him leave and not engage him inbat.
¡°Who exactly is he?¡±
¡°Why can his physical strength be so exaggerated?¡±
¡°This is simply unbelievable¡¡±
The cat woman murmured a few words, then quickly vanished, hurrying away from the controversial area to avoid any further trouble.
Just as she stepped out of the alley!
Suddenly, a steel pipe, thick as a chicken egg, fiercely stabbed from the side, ¡°puh-ch¡± sound piercing her head and pinning her dead against the wall.
She was attacked stealthily, but before she could even react to defend herself, another steel pipe harshly stabbed her, ¡°puh-ch¡± sound piercing her heart.
As soon as the second steel pipe was inserted, it was immediately pulled out, then fiercely stabbed in again.
¡°Puh-ch!¡±
¡°Puh-ch!¡±
¡°Puh-ch!¡±
It continued to be violently stabbed dozens to hundreds of times in rapid session.
Each thrust was filled with Blood Qi Power, brutally destroying the cat woman¡¯s muscles, bones, and tissues, impaling her alive against a wall at the entrance of the alley.
Seeing that the cat woman was beyond dead and all the biological intimidation within her body waspletely dissipated, Lin Zichen finally rxed his grip on the steel pipe and casually threw it to the ground.
He had overpowered and killed her.
Simply overpowered and killed a high-level Gic Integrator.
Though it involved a stealthy assault, he truly, unharmed, killed a high-level Shadow Night Cat Gic Integrator with the strength of an Ordinary Ninth Rank.
Natural Camouge is truly strong; by hiding my presence beside the wall, even a high-level Shadow Night Cat Gic Integrator with highly sensitive senses couldn¡¯t detect my presence.
Uh, and also the damage boost from ¡°Survival of the Fittest.¡±
He thought about these things.
The adrenaline that Lin Zichen¡¯s body had previously released had also faded away by now.
Without the help of adrenaline, now looking at the bloody and holed corpse of the cat woman on the wall, he suddenly felt a bit uneasy.
But it wasn¡¯t too severe.
After all, he had killed rat-people long ago, which immunized him somewhat to the difort.
¡°Once bitten, twice shy, maybe someday I¡¯ll let Little Dirty Girl see some blood to toughen up her somewhat timid nature¡¡±
Lin Zichen thought to himself.
He felt that since Shen Qinghan had embarked on the path of Evolution, it was inevitable that she would facebat.
Allowing her to see blood early on, to experience the cruelty of ¡®Survival of the Fittest,¡¯ would help her go further on her path of Evolution in the future.
Lin Zichen pondered these matters briefly.
He raised his hand to wipe the blood sttered on his face, then cleaned his hand and took out his phone from his pocket to take a photo of the deceased Cat Woman. He uploaded the photo to the school app¡¯s task system to prove that he had dealt with Cat Woman.
Then he called the security department to have someonee and clean up the scene.
After finishing all this, Lin Zichen reached out to touch the body of the Cat Woman in front of him, beginning to consume the Shadow Night Cat gene within her body.
[You have consumed arge amount of ¡°Shadow Night Cat¡¯s¡± Life Origin]
[Shadow Night Cat As: 36%]
How much? 36%?
Lin Zichen was stunned for a moment, not expecting that consuming the gene of just one high-level Shadow Night Cat Gic Integrator would increase the as progress so much.
He thought about it and figured that it must be because the Cat Woman was overwhelmed by the Shadow Night Cat gene in her body, which led to a higher proportion of the gene.
It was just a fleeting thought; he didn¡¯t dwell on it too much.
In the next half minute or so.
Lin Zichen carefully handled the Cat Woman¡¯s body on the wall, concealing any traces of his consumption.
Afterward, not waiting for the security department, he directly left the alley and went home to shower and sleep.
In the school app¡¯s task system, there was an essential item he had toplete.
This item could serve as an official statement; the school would coordinate with the security departmentter, so he didn¡¯t need to go to the security department to describe what had happened.
Elsewhere.
On a street thousands of meters away from the alley.
Ma Xiwei made a call to Ma Zhenhe, angrily reporting, ¡°Dad, that Cat Woman task I took, the information in it was wrong. That Cat Woman¡¯s Biological Level isn¡¯t just an Ordinary Sixth Order, it was actually as high as Ordinary Ninth Order. I nearly died!¡±
¡°What?!¡±
A shocked voice came from the phone.
Then quickly, Ma Zhenhe¡¯s voice turned somewhat angry, ¡°Weiwei, describe the specific details of what happened. Later, Dad will go talk to Director He, who is in charge of the task system.¡±
¡°Dad, here¡¯s what happened¡¡±
Ma Xiwei steadied her emotions and described in great detail to Ma Zhenhe the entire process of her and her peers chasing Cat Woman.
After understanding the situation, Ma Zhenhe said he would talk to Director He about it now, and told Ma Xiwei to hurry back to Shanhai University if she had nothing else to do, and not to stay out to avoid any revenge from the Cat Woman.
Ma Xiwei, always obedient to her parents, immediately hailed a ride-sharing car after ending the call, and along with her seniors, started heading back to Shanhai University.
Just after getting into the car, the senior sitting in the backseat with Ma Xiwei suddenly spoke in surprise, ¡°What¡¯s going on? How did Lin Zichenplete that Cat Woman task?!¡±
¡°What did you say?¡±
Ma Xiwei thought she had misheard, saying in disbelief, ¡°That Cat Woman¡¯s Biological Level is as high as an Ordinary Ninth Rank, how could he possiblyplete it!¡±
The senior said, ¡°Really, you two quickly check the task. It shows that Lin Zichenpleted it just a minute ago.¡±
Ma Xiwei didn¡¯t take out her phone, but leaned over to look at the senior¡¯s phone instead.
When she saw that the Cat Woman task had indeed beenpleted by Lin Zichen, she was full of disbelief.
This is impossible!
That cunning Cat Woman, she was a Gic Integrator of a high-level Ordinary Ninth Order Shadow Night Cats!
Lin Zichen was just a freshman. What could he possibly have used toplete it?!
Chapter 167: 134. Living Dead Slugs Album
Chapter 167: 134. Living Dead Slugs Album
Sunday evening.
After dinner at home, Lin Zichen left with Shen Qinghan for Shanhai University, the two of them waved off by both sets of parents who had proposed to drive them but were declined.
Lin Zichen felt it was a waste of their parents¡¯ time to drive them back and forth and that it was more practical to just take a Didi.
Upon arriving at school and just entering the dorm,
his school app notified him that 300 school credits had been deposited into his ount.
It was the reward forpleting the Catwoman task.
The reward was originally 50 credits, but it was increased to 300 because Director He, who managed the task system, found out that the biological level of the Catwoman was not an ordinary Sixth Order, but an Ordinary Ninth Order.
Out of the 300 credits, 200 were the original reward for an Ordinary Ninth Order task.
The extra 100 credits werepensation for Lin Zichen.
¡°The school¡¯s task system is really unreliable. Lucky you¡¯re strong enough, or else that Catwoman task would have killed you.¡±
Seeing the credits deposit notification on Lin Zichen¡¯s phone, Shen Qinghan couldn¡¯t help butin.
Lin Zichen agreed, ¡°Indeed, we¡¯ll have to be more careful in epting tasks in the future.¡±
Shen Qinghan: ¡°One point of caution isn¡¯t enough, we need ny-nine.¡±
Lin Zichenughed, ¡°Indeed.¡±
Then he added, ¡°By the way, I¡¯ll bring you along for suitable tasks in the future, let you see some action and toughen your mind.¡±
¡°Sure.¡±
Shen Qinghan agreed without hesitation.
If it was something Lin Zichen was up to, she supported it unconditionally.
In the times that followed,
both of them sat on the living room couch, absorbed in their phones.
Lin Zichen browsed the news for a while, but quickly essed the school¡¯s credit shop on the app and ordered 90 pounds of Undead Slug Meat, aiming to unlock the Undead Slug album by the next morning.
He had previously worried that buying too much Exotic Beast Meat at once might seem odd and attract unwanted attention, so he nned on ordering 10 pounds at a time, spreading out the orders over 10 instances to slowly umte 100 pounds.
But now he realized this was too troublesome and unnecessary.
Purchasing 100 pounds of Exotic Beast Meat wasn¡¯t really that unusual after all, and nobody would care.
He was worrying over nothing, only adding unnecessary stress to himself.
¡°Do you want to eat some Exotic Beast Meat? I¡¯ll ce an order.¡±
Having bought the Undead Slug Meat, Lin Zichen turned to Shen Qinghan and asked.
Exotic Beast Meat was highly nutritious and helpful for evolution, and since Shen Qinghan was physically weak, he thought he should buy more for her to eat.
¡°Let me see.¡±
Without further ado, Shen Qinghan opened the credit shop on her phone, browsed for a bit and then said, ¡°Let¡¯s get some Violent Great Eagle Meat. Six pounds for one credit, and it willst several days in the fridge.¡±
She was still a bit reluctant to spend credits and picked one of the cheapest Exotic Beast Meats.
Lin Zichen: ¡°Okay, then I¡¯ll ce the order for the Violent Great Eagle Meat.¡±
¡°No, don¡¯t you order, I¡¯ll do it. I still have the 90 credits you gave me,¡± she said, cing the order directly on the credit shop.
Lin Zichen let her do as she pleased; after all, they were like family under the same roof, and credits could be shared without worrying about whose they were.
¡°Ding-dong!¡±
Suddenly, the doorbell rang.
Hearing the sound, Lin Zichen immediately reached out with his senses to see who was at the door.
It was Ma Xiwei standing outside.
What was she here for?
About the Catwoman task?
With this question in mind, Lin Zichen got up from the couch to open the door.
Shen Qinghan followed.
¡°Creak¡ª¡± The door of the dorm opened.
There stood Ma Xiwei, who politely said to the two of them, ¡°I¡¯m sorry to bother you sote.¡±
¡°What can I do for you?¡± Lin Zichen asked in a calm tone.
Ma Xiwei cut to the chase, ¡°I¡¯m really curious about how youpleted that Catwoman task. Would you mind sharing?¡±
¡°It¡¯s not very convenient.¡±
¡°Oh, then I won¡¯t disturb you,¡± Ma Xiwei said, and turned to walk away without persisting or making an awkward situation.
Shen Qinghan hesitated for a moment before calling out to her, ¡°Xiwei, do you¡ want toe in for some tea? I have tea leaves from home, roasted by my mom.¡±
¡°Some other time, I¡¯ve still got things to do.¡±
Leaving behind those indifferent words, Ma Xiwei quickly disappeared at the stairway.
She lived in the dorm below, room 501, rather than with her parents at home.
She found living with them a bit annoying and preferred the freedom of living on her own.
¡°Xiao Chen, I think Xiwei is a nice person. We could interact with her more in the future,¡± Shen Qinghan suggested to Lin Zichen.
She had a good impression of Ma Xiwei and wanted to get on good terms with the aloof daughter of the dean.
That¡¯s because, one night, Ma Xiwei had specifically messaged her on WeChat to correct the mission information about the cat woman, asking her to pass the correction to Lin Zichen. This act had maxed out her fondness for Ma Xiwei.
Lin Zichen nodded and said, ¡°That¡¯s very good. If you want, you can invite her over to our ce more often; after all, she lives right downstairs.¡±
Having said this, the two quickly went back inside the room.
Seeing that the time was about right, they entered the training room together to exercise, one doing strength training and the other undergoing a second Tempering Skin.
After working out and taking a shower, both of them felt a bit hungry, so they went to the kitchen to cook some noodles.
They both exercised a lot every day and got hungry easily, needing to eat multiple times to replenish their energy.
Before long, the noodles were ready.
They sat opposite each other at the dining table eating noodles.
As they ate, Shen Qinghan stretched her foot under the table towards Lin Zichen and skillfully teased him with her movements.
¡°What are you doing?¡±
Lin Zichen reached out to grab Shen Qinghan¡¯s mischievous little foot, looked up at her, and asked.
Shen Qinghan smiled with curved eyes and said, ¡°I¡¯m not doing much, just wanted to flirt with you a bit. I saw the female leads do this all the time to the male leads for fun in the study videos.¡±
¡°Howe you¡¯re getting naughtier and naughtier?¡±
¡°It¡¯s not naughty, it¡¯s called being charming. Just say whether you like it or not.¡±
¡°Well, I do like it.¡±
Lin Zichen released the delicate and pristine little foot he was holding and said sincerely.
Upon hearing his answer, Shen Qinghan felt a bit smug, then while continuing to tease him with her foot, she said yfully, ¡°In the study videos, the female lead will crawl under the table to flirt with the male lead. Maybe when I¡¯m in a good mood one day, I¡¯ll crawl under the table to give you the experience of being the male lead.¡±
Lin Zichen didn¡¯t say anything, pretending to be indifferent with a smile, yet inside he was full of anticipation.
Shen Qinghan, the increasingly mischievous girl, had won his heart.
The next morning.
After eating breakfast, Shen Qinghan went out alone to attend sses in the academic building.
Lin Zichen stayed at home, waiting for the delivery of the 90 pounds of Undead Slug Meat he had ordered the night before.
He saw on the school¡¯s app that the Undead Slug Meat was scheduled to be delivered around 9 a.m.
So, he nned to wait until the Undead Slug¡¯s album was opened to see what Biometric Attributes he could obtain before heading over to the research institute to study the Blood Tempering Technique script.
At 8:43 in the morning.
The 90 pounds of Undead Slug Meat was delivered.
Also delivered was the 6 pounds of Violent Great Eagle Meat that Shen Qinghan had purchased.
After putting all the Violent Great Eagle Meat into the fridge.
Lin Zichen couldn¡¯t wait to open the box containing the Undead Slug Meat and started to devour it instantly with a thought.
[You have devoured arge amount of the life essence of ¡°Living Dead Slugs¡±]
[Living Dead Slug Album: 100%]
As the text information appeared, a gravely injured slug, lying on the ground barely breathing, gradually materialized in the void.
It was severely wounded, its body sliced into countless pieces by the ws of a Ferocious Great Eagle.
It seemed beyond saving, left only to await death.
However, in less than 5 minutes.
This slug, torn to pieces, began to reassemble, its fragmented body sticking back together one by one at a speed visible to the naked eye, seamlessly healing until it was as good as new, miraculouslying back to life.
At the same time, two pieces of text information floated in the void.
[You have sessfully opened the Living Dead Slug Album, gaining the Biometric Attribute ¡ª Rapid Self-Healing]
[Rapid Self-Healing: Your healing ability is greatly enhanced; as long as you don¡¯t die on the spot and have enough energy supply, no matter the severity of the injury, you can heal yourself]
This healing ability is invincible!
Looking at the content in the prompt information, Lin Zichen was ecstatic.
He then grimaced with pain as he bit his own hand hard to test how his healing capability fared.
This bite tore arge chunk of flesh beneath his right thumb, and blood kept spurting out relentlessly.
However, under the effect of [Rapid Self-Healing].
In a matter of seconds, the bleeding stopped.
A few more secondster, the pain dissipated too, reced by a ticklish sensation.
Lin Zichen went into the kitchen and washed the blood off his hand to check the wound.
Then, just as he had anticipated, the wound on his hand had vanished.
It waspletely healed.
There was no sign of injury to be seen.
For the sake of thoroughness, he tested it a few more times.
Each test yielded the same result; the wounds all healed as if they had never been there.
Lin Zichen felt invincible.
With this [Rapid Self-Healing], as long as he could hang onto a breath of life and had sufficient energy supply, he would be able to constantly revive himself at full health and magic.
Even if he were to castrate himself as part of practicing the invincible Sunflower Manual, he could regrow it back at any time.
Chapter 168: 135, The Outsider
Chapter 168: 135, The Outsider
After testing the ¡°Fast Self-Healing¡± effect,
Lin Zichen didn¡¯t use a knife to castrate himself to verify his bold idea.
Instead, he headed out to the study institute.
To begin a new day of learning the Blood Tempering Technique inscriptions.
No sooner had Lin Zichen entered the institute than Liu Chuanwu and Song Yuyan approached him, asking about the mission involving the cat woman.
On the Saturday night, Liu Chuanwu had seen Ma Zhenhe going to look for Director He, who managed the mission system.
He saw the two of them immediately got into an argument.
And before long, they even came to blows.
The incident caused quite amotion.
The reason for themotion was a severe error in the information about the mission Ma Zhenhe¡¯s daughter had taken on involving the cat woman.
The cat woman¡¯s true strength was that of an Ordinary Ninth Rank, but the mission listed her as an Ordinary Sixth Rank¡ªthree levels off, which almost killed Ma Zhenhe¡¯s daughter. Furious, Ma Zhenhe went to Director He to settle the ount.
And since Director He had a temper himself, he imed it was normal for there to be discrepancies in the mission, and he was annoyed by Ma Zhenhe making a mountain out of a molehill. Their quarrel escted to the point where they started fighting.
Afterwards, Liu Chuanwu returned to the institute and shared this curious incident with Song Yuyan. Then, from Song Yuyan, he heard that Lin Zichen had also taken on that same mission involving the cat woman and evenpleted it, which greatly piqued their curiosity.
¡°Zi Chen, the biological level of that cat woman is as high as an Ordinary Ninth Order. Your biological level is only an Ordinary Sixth Order, how did you manage toplete the mission?¡±
Liu Chuanwu said, unable to fathom it.
At this, Song Yuyan thought about how she had previously offered to apany Lin Zichen on the mission for free, not requiring any academic credits to be shared afterward, but Lin Zichen had declined.
From this, she spected, ¡°Zi Chen, does your family have some powerful rtive who apanied you on the mission with the cat woman? Is that how you managed to kill a Ninth Order creature?¡±
In the face of their curiosity, Lin Zichen honestly replied, ¡°No one helped me; I killed the cat woman by myself.¡±
¡°Your biological level is only Ordinary Sixth Order, how did you manage to kill an Ordinary Ninth Order cat woman all by yourself? Are you sure you¡¯re not joking?¡±
Liu Chuanwu wore a look of disbelief, convinced that Lin Zichen was surely joking.
But after giving it some serious thought, he felt that Lin Zichen wasn¡¯t the type to make such jokes, which puzzled him even more.
¡°Did you set up a trap or something?¡±
Song Yuyan thought for a moment and, if Lin Zichen wasn¡¯t joking, he must have used a trap to prevail against a stronger opponent through cunning.
However, much to her surprise, Lin Zichen said, ¡°No, it was a one-on-one duel the whole time; I killed her with pure physical strength.¡±
He said this very calmly, but the two listeners were anything but calm.
Kill the cat woman with pure physical strength?
What does that mean?
Could it be that you¡¯re hiding your true strength?
Liu Chuanwu suddenly thought of this possibility and began to question with hastened breath, ¡°Zi Chen, you¡¯re not going to tell me that you have actually been hiding your strength, are you?¡±
¡°Hmm, I¡¯ve hidden it. Indeed, my true strength is that of an Ordinary Ninth Order.¡±
As the words fell, Lin Zichen¡¯s eyes sharpened, and he instantly released the pressure of an advanced-level creature of an Ordinary Ninth Order, making the hair of the two people in front of him flutter.
How is this possible?!
Feeling the formidable pressure emanating from Lin Zichen, Liu Chuanwu and Song Yuyan were both dumbfounded, staring with mouths agape, stupefied like wooden chickens.
Lin Zichen¡¯s biological level is actually at the Ordinary Ninth Order?!
And he¡¯s just a freshman who had started school!
This isn¡¯t scientific at all!
Seeing the two shocked into stillness, Lin Zichen exined calmly, ¡°In fact, during the summer holiday, I¡¯d already achieved Body Tempering Great Aplishment once and am now in the midst of a second Tempering Skin phase.¡±
In front of Liu Chuanwu and Song Yuyan, he felt there was no need to keep hiding his progress in body refining.
After all, this was just one of many cards up his sleeve, and not a particrly notable one at that.
If showing this card would do more good than harm, then revealing it to gain advantages was a worthwhile exchange.
After having spent some time with Liu Chuanwu and Song Yuyan, Lin Zichen felt they were decent enough to be trustworthy, and concluded that revealing his body refining progress to them would be entirely harmless.
The advantage: in the future, he could have Liu Chuanwu and Song Yuyan fully support his research on opening acupoints.
The harmlessness: he was certain that Liu Chuanwu and Song Yuyan would keep his body refining progress secret, ensuring that only the three people within the institute would know.
Overall, the revtion today was the result of Lin Zichen¡¯s careful contemtion over the weekend.
¡°Body Tempering Great Aplishment on your first try?!¡±
Hearing Lin Zichen¡¯s honest revtion, Liu Chuanwu was totally bbergasted.
After snapping out of his stupor, he became overjoyed, bursting intoughter and saying, ¡°Ha ha, heaven rewards the diligent, heaven rewards the diligent indeed!¡±
¡°The years of persistence I, Liu Chuanwu, havemitted are finally paying off!¡±
¡°Zi Chen, with you here, the Pureblood Human Path is bound to be a tremendous sess. When the timees, your name, as well as that of Tianren Pavilion, will surely astonish the whole world!¡±
At that moment, Liu Chuanwu felt as if he were dreaming.
After many years of dedicated research into the Pureblood Human Path, which led to his family¡¯s downfall and separation, there had never been any significant progress.
But finally, on this day after so many years, he encountered an unparalleled genius perfectly suited for the Tempering Blood Technique!
With such a rare genius paving the way, the Pureblood Human Path could surely shine bright on Earth, bing humanity¡¯s most potent salvation weapon!
This was the reward of diligence!
After calming down a bit,
Liu Chuanwu looked at Lin Zichen with a beaming smile and said, ¡°Zi Chen, your bodily talent is truly too exaggerated. If it weren¡¯t for the fact that you have no Origin Force in your body, I¡¯d suspect you¡¯re a foreign being from the Origin Land.¡±
¡°Foreign being from the Origin Land?¡±
Lin Zichen felt that he had heard some very critical information.
Liu Chuanwu exined, ¡°Since this world has Exotic Beasts, correspondingly, there must also be Exotic Beings, but those Exotic Beings mostly reside in the Origin Land, not on Earth, so we can hardly evere across them.¡±
¡°Ah?¡±
Song Yuyan, standing beside him, showed surprise and said, ¡°Are there really Exotic Beings?¡±
Although she had joined the Tianren Pavilion for ten years now, Liu Chuanwu had never mentioned this to her.
For a moment, she felt a little discriminated against. Lin Zichen just arrived and he told him this secret, but I¡¯ve been working at the research institute for ten years and he¡¯s never mentioned it to me. That¡¯s really unfair!
¡°Director, what is Origin Force?¡±
Lin Zichen grasped the key term, full of curiosity.
Liu Chuanwu, stroking his beard, replied, ¡°Origin Force is a unique energy of beings from the Origin Land, simr to Qi-Blood and spirit.¡±
Simr to Qi-Blood and spirit?
Lin Zichen then asked, ¡°So how can Origin Force be used, and what specific effects does it have?¡±
Liu Chuanwu said, ¡°About that, I¡¯m still somewhat unable to give you an answer, as I¡¯ve lived for so many years and I¡¯ve only encountered two Exotic Beings.¡±
Song Yuyan asked with some confusion, ¡°Director, where did you encounter these Exotic Beings? You¡¯ve been stuck at Ordinary Ninth Rank; you can¡¯t possibly enter the Origin Land.¡±
¡°Sister Yan, are there any requirements for entering the Origin Land?¡±
¡°Yes, the standards set by the authorities are, if you want to enter the Origin Land, the Biological Level has to start from advanced-level, otherwise entering is like being cannon fodder.¡±
¡°I see.¡±
Lin Zichen nodded, gaining a new piece of knowledge.
Song Yuyan looked at Liu Chuanwu, urging him, ¡°Director, you still haven¡¯t told us where you encountered those Exotic Beings.¡±
Liu Chuanwu answered, ¡°I encountered them here on Earth, one was a female disciple my ex-wife took in ten years ago from who knows where; the other one was met in a mysterious, super-ancient ruin that is the same ruin where the Blood Tempering Technique was discovered.¡±
¡°You met them in a ruin?¡± Song Yuyan raised an eyebrow and said, ¡°It wasn¡¯t a corpse lying in a coffin, dead as a doornail, was it?¡±
¡°Indeed, it was lying in a coffin.¡±
After saying this, Liu Chuanwu then solemnly warned both of them, ¡°The secrets I¡¯ve told you today, make sure they aren¡¯t leaked at all; they have to remain confidential, understand?¡±
Song Yuyan patted her ample chest and assured, ¡°Don¡¯t worry, Director, I¡¯m very tight-lipped, I¡¯ve never revealed a single secret.¡±
¡°Hmm, I trust you.¡±
Liu Chuanwu nodded, then turned to Lin Zichen with an even more solemn expression and cautioned, ¡°Zi Chen, regarding your strength, at this stage you must not disy it too extravagantly, or too far beyond whatmon peopleprehend, otherwise you will definitely be targeted by the Heretical Sect, attracting unnecessary danger.¡±
¡°It¡¯s dangerous even in the school.¡±
¡°The Heretical Sects now are pervasive, and nobody can be sure there are no Heretics among the humans in high positions.¡±
Liu Chuanwu mentioned an example, ¡°Over forty years ago, a vice-chancellor at Capital University was actually a Heretic. He designed a plot to kill everyone in his team when they entered the Origin Land, nearly knocking Capital University down. It took nearly a decade for the university to recover.¡±
Song Yuyan listened with some surprise, ¡°I¡¯m a born-and-bred resident of Capital City. Such a big incident happened at Capital University, and I didn¡¯t know anything about it.¡±
¡°It¡¯s normal that you didn¡¯t know, the incident was heavily suppressed at the time. Without channels of information, it would be impossible to know.¡±
After finishing, Liu Chuanwu once again turned toward Lin Zichen and suggested, ¡°Zi Chen, if you want to take on missions that match your strength to earn credits in the future, use your Sister Yan¡¯s ount to ept them.¡±
¡°Your Sister Yan¡¯s Biological Level is also Ordinary Ninth Rank, just like yours. If you use her ount to ept missions, you can fully unleash your strength during the task without worrying that your true abilities will be exposed.¡±
¡°Once you break the constraints of ordinary ranks with the path of a Pureblood Human and evolve into an Advanced-level Creature, I¡¯ll find you a powerful backer to protect you. Then you can show off your abilities freely and astonish the world.¡±
Lin Zichen: ¡°Okay, I understand.¡±
Song Yuyan, driven by curiosity, said, ¡°Director, you¡¯ve mentioned this powerful backer many times. Who exactly are they?¡±
Liu Chuanwu: ¡°It¡¯s not convenient to disclose that now, but when Zi Chen breaks the constraints of the ordinary ranks with the body of a Pureblood Human, you will naturally find out.¡±
After listening to the conversation between the two, Lin Zichen looked at Liu Chuanwu and said, ¡°Director, do you have any materials rted to the Origin Land? I want to learn more about knowledge rted to the Origin Land.¡±
Whether it¡¯s Exotic Beasts, Exotic Beings, or the Heretical Sect, all are inseparably rted to the Origin Land.
This made him filled with curiosity about the Origin Land.
Liu Chuanwu shook his head, ¡°I don¡¯t have such materials. Everything about the Origin Land has always been ssified.¡±
¡°Currently, my understanding of the Origin Landes mostly from my ex-wife and some records in the ruins.¡±
¡°However, you don¡¯t have to rush to understand it. Before your Biological Level evolves to advanced-level, having more knowledge about the Origin Land is useless.¡±
¡°Because you can¡¯t enter the Origin Land, the knowledge you learn about it won¡¯t be of any use.¡±
¡°For now, you only need to know this much, for us, the majority of creatures in the Origin Land are enemies who have been trying every means possible to invade Earth. As to why they want to invade Earth, some strong beings specte that there¡¯s something on Earth these creatures from the Origin Land desire.¡±
As Liu Chuanwu finished thisst sentence, his cellphone in his pocket rang.
Once he took the call, a mature woman¡¯s voice came from the other end.
It sounded like she was in her early forties.
Liu Chuanwu went to one side, chatting andughing with the woman on the phone.
After not talking for long, he hung up the call and came back to Lin Zichen and Song Yuyan, saying, ¡°An old me of many years has invited me over to her ce for dinner. I won¡¯t stay long at the research institute, contact me on WeChat if you need me.¡±
After dropping this remark, he hurriedly left the research institute.
¡°The Director is really hardworking, going to secure investments for Tianren Pavilion again,¡± Song Yuyan remarked, watching Liu Chuanwu¡¯s retreating figure.
Lin Zichen didn¡¯t have anyment but silently went over to the sofa in front and sat down, lost in thought.
Exotic Beasts, Exotic Beings, the Heretical Sect, Origin Force¡
All these elements are inseparably connected to the Origin Land.
What exactly is the Origin Land like?
Chapter 169: 136, Care from Song Yuyan
Chapter 169: 136, Care from Song Yuyan
¡°By the way, Zi Chen, how is it that your Biological Level and Body Refining progress are hidden? Howe even the dean can¡¯t see through them, and Principal Yuan can¡¯t either?¡±
Song Yuyan walked over and sat down beside Lin Zichen, one hand resting on her chest and the other propping up her cheek, her eyes watery as she looked at him, her voice full of wonder.
Hearing this question, Lin Zichen bted realized that Song Yuyan, this tall and mixed-blood beauty, trulycked a sense of personal boundaries.
Are these kinds of secrets concerning one¡¯s trump cards something you can just casually ask others?
Often, even family and partners are kept in the dark about such secrets; how could he possibly tell an outsider like her?
Mentallyining for a moment, Lin Zichen politely smiled and said, ¡°Sorry, Sister Yan, it¡¯s probably not convenient for me to disclose that.¡±
¡°Brother Zichen, don¡¯t be so stingy, okay? Can you tell Sister Yan?¡±
Song Yuyan batted her light blue eyes, her voice carrying a hint of pleading, ¡°I¡¯m really too curious. As a trade, I¡¯ll also share a secret with you. You can ask me about any secret you want.¡±
Her curiosity was genuine, with an especially strong thirst for knowledge.
If Lin Zichen didn¡¯t give her an answer, she would feel unbearably ufortable, as if itching all over.
¡°Sister Yan, it really isn¡¯t convenient.¡±
Lin Zichen¡¯s tone was much more serious this time as he firmly refused Song Yuyan, to prevent her from continuing to ask.
Seeing how earnest Lin Zichen was, Song Yuyan knew she wouldn¡¯t get an answer and gave up.
But she couldn¡¯t help being unbearably curious.
So she changed tact and asked, ¡°Then, let¡¯s switch to a different question. You said your Biological Level is Ordinary Ninth Rank and your Body Refining progress is at the first Body Tempering Great Aplishment. You haven¡¯t hidden your strength, have you?¡±
¡°There¡¯s no hiding. Blood Tempering Technique at the first Body Refining, Biological Level at Ordinary Ninth Rank¡ªthat¡¯s all my strength right now.¡±
Lin Zichen said calmly, satisfying Song Yuyan¡¯s curiosity.
With her curiosity satisfied, Song Yuyan suddenly didn¡¯t feel that itch anymore.
Looking at Lin Zichen, she said with a smile, ¡°As a return for satisfying my curiosity, I will now answer a secret for you. It can be as private as you want, and you can ask anything.¡±
Lin Zichen thought for a moment and felt he had nothing to ask, so he casually said, ¡°I¡¯ll hold onto it for now. If there¡¯s anything I want to askter, I¡¯ll ask you then.¡±
¡°That¡¯s fine, then I¡¯ll make a note of it in your WeChat contacts so that I can remind you if you forgetter on.¡±
Song Yuyan said as she took out her phone, opened WeChat, clicked on Lin Zichen¡¯s profile, and wrote in the remarks section that she owed him a secret.
She didn¡¯t like owing others; she would definitely repay what she could.
After noting it down,
Song Yuyan looked up at Lin Zichen and asked, ¡°By the way, your Biological Level is Ordinary Ninth Rank, and I am too. Do you want to spar a bit with each other?¡±
¡°That¡¯s possible.¡±
Lin Zichen immediately agreed without even thinking.
Sparring with an opponent of the same rank would help rify his own strength and could also improve hisbat skills. There was no reason not to agree.
Soon, they found a rtively open space to spar.
Before they started, Song Yuyan reminded him, ¡°My Body Refining progress is at the second stage of Tempering Skin and Tempering Flesh, and one-fifthpletion of Bone Tempering. My bodily strength is quite a bit stronger than yours, so feel free to attack me with all your mightter, don¡¯t hold back for fear of hurting me.¡±
¡°Okay, I got it.¡±
Lin Zichen verbally agreed, but he certainly wouldn¡¯t use his full strength when the sparring started.
If it was just aparison of Biological Level and Body Refining progress, then his physical strength was indeed not as high as Song Yuyan¡¯s.
But he had various powerful Biometric Attributes enhancing him.
There were those that increased damage like ¡°Survival of the Fittest¡± and ¡°Social Animal.¡±
There were those that enhanced perception like ¡°Danger Perception.¡±
And those that strengthened his dynamic sight like ¡°Eyes of the Sky¡± and so on.
With all these Biometric Attributes enhancing him, his overall strength was surely stronger than Song Yuyan¡¯s.
If he genuinely used his full strength, Song Yuyan likely couldn¡¯t withstand it.
The physical strength of someone with Second-stage Body Refinement Completion wasparable to an ordinary Advanced First Rank fighter.
And an Advanced First Rank fighter was what the cat woman wasst Saturday night.
That night, the cat woman fully activated all the Shadow Night Cat genes in her body, temporarily breaking through to an Advanced First Rank.
Yet even so, she was ultimately defeated by Lin Zichen without sustaining any injuries.
Although there was the element of a surprise attack, a defeat was indeed a defeat.
All the damage Lin Zichen inflicted while attacking the cat woman was genuine.
Byparison, Song Yuyan, who had only progressed to the second stage of Bone Tempering, was not likely to be a match for Lin Zichen.
¡°Ready yet?¡±
Seeing that Lin Zichen had taken his position, Song Yuyan called out to him.
Lin Zichen nodded, ¡°Ready.¡±
¡°Good, let¡¯s get started now,e on, you attack me first, I¡¯ll take care of the defense, and let¡¯s see how strong your attacks are,¡± Song Yuyan told Lin Zichen with the tone of an instructor.
Lin Zichen didn¡¯t waste any words and immediately lunged forward, rushing up to Song Yuyan and aiming a kick at her abdomen.
He didn¡¯t use full force, only about fifty percent of his strength, to test Song Yuyan¡¯s defensive power first.
¡°Bang!¡±
Just such a sound rang out.
Lin Zichen¡¯s footnded heavily on Song Yuyan¡¯s abdomen, kicking her back several steps.
What impressive strength!
Song Yuyan was shocked inside as a sharp pain came from her abdomen, but she bore it and pretended it was nothing.
This guy was ridiculously strong.
Even though it was just a first Body Tempering Great Aplishment, he managed to injure my abdomen, which had undergone a second Tempering Flesh.
Given hispatibility with the Blood Tempering Technique, he was likely not far from surpassing her.
No! She had to make a strong impression while she was still stronger than him, she had to show off fiercely!
Otherwise, she would lose the chance to do soter.
Thinking this, Song Yuyan immediately adopted an instructor¡¯s posture and shook her head at Lin Zichen, ¡°Zi Chen, I¡¯m not satisfied with that kick you just delivered.¡±
¡°If you have the opportunity to strike, you need to aim for maximizing damage, aim to severely injure your opponent, and not waste any chance to attack.¡±
¡°Just now, I gave you the opportunity to strike first; you shouldn¡¯t have kicked my abdomen, but you should have aimed for my vital areas.¡±
¡°See my eyes?¡±
¡°You need to thrust viciously!¡±
¡°See my groin?¡±
¡°You need to kick fiercely!¡±
¡°See my throat?¡±
¡°Just chop down with a hand strike directly!¡±
¡°Focusing your attacks on these vital areas is the correct way to attack!¡±
Having said this, Song Yuyan looked into Lin Zichen¡¯s eyes with a serious expression and asked, ¡°In battle, there is only life and death, no martial morality. Do you understand?¡±
¡°I understand.¡±
Lin Zichen nodded in agreement.
He very much agreed with Song Yuyan¡¯s words and felt that battle should indeed only concern life and death, without regard for martial morality.
If you can ambush, then ambush.
If you can target vital spots, target them.
Whoever talks about martial morality is at a disadvantage.
And in battle, being at a disadvantage probably means death.
Song Yuyan was very satisfied with Lin Zichen¡¯s response and said to him with a smile and a loud voice, ¡°Very good! Then up next, we will start the actual sparring. I hope you canst more than 5 minutes against me.¡±
The moment her words fell, she shed towards Lin Zichen, taking the initiative to charge at him.
As for standing still and letting Lin Zichen take the first move, she would pass on that.
He had kicked her just now, and it almost killed her with pain.
On the other side.
Facing Song Yuyan¡¯s rapidly approaching attack, Lin Zichen did not dodge.
Instead, he charged towards her, engaging in a fierce physical sh.
¡°Bang!¡±
¡°Bang!¡±
¡°Bang!¡±
Soon, the two of them were fiercely exchanging blows, hand against hand, foot against foot, producing a series of crisp collisions that sounded painful.
But it was only Song Yuyan who was in pain, so much that her face was contorted, almost resembling a series of emoticon stickers throughout the fight.
Lin Zichen felt alright, not very painful, but to save Song Yuyan¡¯s face, he also pretended to be in great pain, grimacing and grinding his teeth.
The only special feeling was that Song Yuyan¡¯s physique seemed very slender, but her muscles were surprisingly firm, and although they seemed small, they could explode with formidable strength.
It was the opposite of Shen Qinghan.
Shen Qinghan¡¯s muscles were soft and felt like water when kneaded, giving a particrlyfortable sensation.
¡°Bang!¡±
¡°Bang!¡±
¡°Bang!¡±
The battle continued for just over a minute.
The two of them were evenly matched, unable to best one another.
This oue left Song Yuyan dumbfounded, doubting her life for a moment.
What¡¯s going on?!
How is he so strong?!
I¡¯m already going all out. Howe it¡¯s still an even match?!
The normal script shouldn¡¯t be me easily crushing him?!
I won¡¯t lose, will I?
Thinking this, Song Yuyan began to feel ufortable.
She had just posed as a teacher in front of Lin Zichen, and if she ended up losing to him in the end, where would she put her face?
Fortunately, Lin Zichen was very understanding of human rtionships and etiquette.
Three minutes into the battle, he deliberately slowed his dodge and was kicked out of the fighting area by Song Yuyan, regretfully losing the duel.
¡°Zi Chen, you really have a promising future.¡±
Song Yuyan looked at Lin Zichen and appraised him highly, ¡°I trained for a whole ten years longer than you, but when I used eighty percent of my strength, I could only fight you to a standstill.¡±
¡°Only when I was pushed to use ny percent of my strength did I manage to win the duel by a narrow margin.¡±
¡°With your talent, give it another year and I probably won¡¯t be a match for you.¡±
Song Yuyan continued, ¡°So, in the uing year, while my strength can still surpass yours, I¡¯ll be your sparring partner and do my best to improve your fighting skills.¡±
Lin Zichen replied, ¡°Then I¡¯ll be in your care from now on, Sister Yan.¡±
¡°Hey, what are you talking about? It¡¯s not a bother at all,¡± Song Yuyan waved her hand and added, ¡°I¡¯ve been stuck in the Ordinary Ninth Rank for many years, nearly causing me depression. Only with your arrival did I finally see a hope of evolving into an advanced-level creature. Strictly speaking, it¡¯s I who should be asking you to lead me forward.¡±
Lin Zichen smiled and said, ¡°Then it¡¯s us helping each other out, and bothering each other.¡±
¡°Right, helping each other out, and bothering each other,¡± agreed Song Yuyan with a genuine smile on her face.
Ten years in the Tianren Pavilion had been tough for her.
Originally a highly promising Capital City second-ranked schr, she joined the Tianren Pavilion and adopted the Pureblood Human Path, stagnating in the Ordinary Ninth Rank, and was used as a negative example, being told she had be indistinguishable from the masses.
She might appear indifferent on the surface to these taunts.
However, they truly pained her inside.
After all, she was still a high school second-ranked schr; and no person who achieved that rank was without pride.
Because those without pride, those without a desire to win, would never have the motivation to be a high school second-ranked schr.
But now, none of that mattered anymore.
Because she knew that with Lin Zichen joining the Tianren Pavilion, she, indistinguishable from the masses, would definitely be able to ride on his coattails to a bright future under his leadership.
In return for being lifted by Lin Zichen, she could only do her utmost to bring him benefits on the road to evolution.
Being Lin Zichen¡¯s sparring partner was one of the advantages she could offer him.
With that in mind, she looked at Lin Zichen and said:
¡°Zi Chen,e on, let¡¯s continue!¡±
¡°Alright.¡±
Lin Zichen agreed, and quickly resumed sparring with Song Yuyan.
[You are in battle: Qi-Blood +1, Combat Techniques +1, Battle Awareness +1¡]
Chapter 170: 137, the end is near
Chapter 170: 137, the end is near
The dpidated Liu Family mansion.
The basement.
Liu Chuanwu took two steps at a time, hastening to a bronze ancient coffin filled with the aura of vicissitude, where he stopped.
Gazing at the bronze ancient coffin, he said with respectful excitement, ¡°Pavilion Master, I have finally found a peerless genius who harbors the hope of opening his acupoints!¡±
There was no response from the bronze ancient coffin.
The basement fell silent.
Liu Chuanwu didn¡¯t mind, and continued to speak, ¡°This genius has just turned eighteen this year. He has had the tranted version of the Blood Tempering Technique for only three months, yet he has already achieved Body Tempering Great Aplishment once and is now undergoing the second Body Tempering.¡±
¡°With such physical talent, in the future, he will certainly be able to break through the shackles ofmon levels as a pureblood human and evolve into an advanced-level creature, a rare-level creature, or even an epic-level creature.¡±
¡°By then, you will be able to rely on him to transfer Qi-Blood to you every day to maintain your life, so you no longer have to barely survive in this cramped bronze ancient coffin.¡±
¡°And with a powerful you to protect him, with you and that genius leading the way for Tianren Pavilion, it will surely flourish on Earth, leading the people of Earth in an ascendence of flesh and blood!¡±
Liu Chuanwu spoke with great excitement.
But from beginning to end, the Pavilion Master he spoke of gave no response at all.
The moment turned somewhat eerie.
It was as if looking at a mentally disturbed person muttering to himself in the confined, dim basement, a chilling sight indeed.
Seeing that the other party remained unresponsive, Liu Chuanwu¡¯s brow furrowed slightly.
But that was all he did, without any other superfluous actions.
He simply stood quietly in front of the coffin the whole time, waiting for the person inside the bronze ancient coffin to respond.
About three minutes passed.
Finally, a weak female voice echoed from the bronze ancient coffin:
¡°Mm¡¡±
That was the only response.
Then, everything quieted downpletely, falling into utter silence.
The woman inside the bronze ancient coffin fell back into a deep slumber.
The single word ¡°Mm¡± she just uttered had exhausted all of her energy for the day, leaving her powerless to make any further sound.
At this, Liu Chuanwu¡¯s brows deeply furrowed.
The woman¡¯s body within the bronze ancient coffin was growing weaker by the day.
Decades ago, when the ancient and weathered bronze ancient coffin was discovered in a ruin, the woman inside could still talk intermittently.
And today, decadester, the woman had weakened to the point where even uttering a simple phoneme took her up to half a minute to muster.
This state¡ it felt as if death was closing in.
Thinking this, Liu Chuanwu shook his head involuntarily.
He quickly left the basement, leaving a quiet environment for the woman in the bronze ancient coffin to rest deeply.
Once he exited the basement,
Liu Chuanwu couldn¡¯t help but sigh, ¡°Ah, if only we couldmunicate normally.¡±
¡°In that case, I wouldn¡¯t have to waste so much time studying the Acupoint Chapter of the Blood Tempering Technique.¡±
¡°I could just directly ask the Pavilion Master, the pioneer of the Pureblood Human Path, and seek her guidance on cultivating the Blood Tempering Technique, both simple and efficient.¡±
The more Liu Chuanwu spoke, the more he felt it was a pity.
Back when he first moved the bronze ancient coffin into the mansion¡¯s basement, the woman¡¯s consciousness was still rtively clear, and her energy was sufficient tomunicate with the outside world.
Unfortunately, at that time, because of thenguage barrier,munication was difficult.
By the time they managed to somewhat understand each other¡¯snguage and couldmunicate fairly smoothly,
The consciousness of the woman in the coffin suddenly became blurred, and her condition grew weaker and weaker.
Until now, she had weakened to this extent, having to fall into a slumber after voicing a single phoneme, makingmunication impossible.
¡°I hope Zi Chen manages to evolve into an advanced-level creature with the flesh and blood of a pureblood human before the Pavilion Masterpletely perishes,¡±
¡°Then, he can transfer Qi-Blood to maintain her life, keeping her consciousness clear.¡±
¡°Once the Pavilion Master steps in, the Blood Tempering Technique will definitely be more widespread, and its upper limits can be developed even higher.¡±
Liu Chuanwu muttered to himself.
Elsewhere.
The research institute.
Lin Zichen and Song Yuyan had just finished sparring and were now sitting on the sofa, chatting casually.
¡°Zi Chen, you have already achieved Body Tempering Great Aplishment once in the Blood Tempering Technique, so you can try to open the Acupoints now. I will teach you thetest method of Acupoint opening that I¡¯ve researched; give it a try and see if you can seed.¡±
¡°Alright, I¡¯ll give it a try.¡±
¡°Come, I¡¯ll exin, and you listen carefully.¡±
Song Yuyan began the teaching session, articting clearly, ¡°The human body has a total of 366 Acupoints, scattered in various locations within our bodies.¡±
¡°ording to the records of the Blood Tempering Technique, the easiest Acupoints to open are the four that are located around our heart.¡±
¡°What you need to do now is to first sense the four Acupoints around the heart, and then control the Qi-Blood to strike at them, at a frequency of ten times per second.¡±
¡°The stronger the impact, the better, but be careful not to hit the heart itself, otherwise it will be so painful that your heart may cramp or even possibly stop beating on the spot.¡±
¡°Also pay attention to these points¡¡±
¡°The first point¡¡±
¡°The second point¡¡±
Song Yuyan shared all the insights and experiences she had acquired over the years in attempting to open the Acupoints, speaking in detail for nearly half an hour before finishing.
Feeling that she hadn¡¯t missed anything, she then said to Lin Zichen, ¡°Well, that¡¯s all there is to it. Now try to feel for the four Acupoints around your heart.¡±
¡°No need, I already sensed them during the summer vacation. I know the location of all 366 Acupoints inside my body; I can directly start to strike the Acupoints ording to your method.¡±
Having said that, Lin Zichen concentrated and began controlling his Qi-Blood to strike the four Acupoints around his heart.
With the frequency of ten times a second, he exerted as much force as he could.
He continued the high-intensity strikes for over ten minutes.
However, the four Acupoints around his heart didn¡¯t budge at all, and he couldn¡¯t open them.
The only sensation on the Acupoints was pain, a very intense pain.
It hurt so much that he clenched his teeth and broke out into a cold sweat on his forehead.
After pausing to rest, he tried a few more times.
But the result was still the same. It simply didn¡¯t work; he couldn¡¯t open the Acupoints.
¡°It¡¯s okay, it¡¯s very normal not to feel anything. After all, you have only achieved Body Tempering Great Aplishment once; maybe your physical strength is not yet sufficient to open the Acupoints. Of course, it¡¯s also possible that the method I taught you is incorrect. In any case, there¡¯s still plenty of time, and there¡¯s no need to rush.¡±
Song Yuyan worried that Lin Zichen might be discouraged by this, andforted him in her role as a caring big sister.
After all, Lin Zichen¡¯s talent was astonishing, and ever since he joined Tianren Pavilion, everything had been smooth sailing. A sudden setback could potentially unbnce him.
However, Lin Zichen¡¯s heart waspletely unfazed; he did not needforting at all.
He was very clear within that failure was normal; it would have been strange had he seeded.
How long had he been practicing the Blood Tempering Technique?
Less than three months.
He was already very satisfied with his current progress.
As for the Acupoints, he would study them slowly in the future; eventually, he would seed.
Even if he didn¡¯t, it didn¡¯t matter because he wasn¡¯t obligated to practice the Blood Tempering Technique.
If all else failed, he could always rely on ¡°use it or lose it¡± to gradually improve.
As long as the training time was long enough and the intensity high enough, he could grind his way to bing an advanced-level creature.
And regarding the Blood Tempering Technique, if he managed to sessfully temper his body five times in the end, then the time spent would have been worth it, even extremely profitable.
Chapter 171: 138, Shen Qinghan! Genetic Fusion!
Chapter 171: 138, Shen Qinghan! Gic Fusion!
Seeing that it was about time, Lin Zichen left the research institute, went to the living area to buy groceries, and returned to the dormitory to cook.
Thinking that Shen Qinghan would be able to eat as soon as she finished her morning sses and came back to the dorm.
It took some time to finish buying the groceries.
Lin Zichen quickly returned to the dormitory.
Soon after, Shen Qinghan finished her sses and returned as well.
The two of them cooked together in the kitchen, took a refreshing cold shower after they ate, and then went to the room to nap, leading a veryfortable life.
¡°Zi Chen, this morning Master found me and said she wants to advance my Gic Fusion, with the Blue Spirit Jellyfish gene, iming it¡¯s very suitable for me in the early stages.¡±
In bed, Shen Qinghan, with her back to Lin Zichen ensconced in his embrace, brought up the matter.
Blue Spirit Jellyfish?
Lin Zichen knew about this Exotic Beast, having read about it in books when he was a child.
It is a low-ranking Exotic Beast with the Biological Level of an adult individual averaging amon seventh rank.
A powerful Jellyfish King¡¯s Biological Level can break through themon rank¡¯s restraints and evolve to an advanced level.
The Blue Spirit Jellyfish mainly resides in the deep sea at depths of ten thousand meters, extremely rare in number, rarer than the pandas in his previous life.
Its characteristic feature is that its spiritual power far surpasses that of other creatures of the same rank.
And its ability is the maniption of water at will using spiritual power.
Controlling water is something that creatures with high spiritual power can do.
But the Blue Spirit Jellyfish is different; even with the biological ranking in themon range and only a sliver of spiritual power, it can control tens of cubic meters of sea water.
To sum up, it¡¯s better at ying with water than other creatures.
After thinking through the information on the Blue Spirit Jellyfish,
Lin Zichen said to Shen Qinghan in his arms, ¡°That¡¯s good, I think the Blue Spirit Jellyfish suits you very well. Just do what your master suggested.¡±
Shen Qinghan turned around, facing him, and said with a somewhat uneasy voice, ¡°I also think it¡¯s very suitable, but Master directly mentioned using the Azure Jellyfish King¡¯s gene for the fusion. That¡¯s an Advanced-level Creature gene. What if my frail body can¡¯t handle it and I suffer gene rejection?¡±
Fusion with the Azure Jellyfish King¡¯s gene?
Lin Zichen opened his eyes wide, quite surprised by this.
If the Blue Spirit Jellyfish is rare, then the Azure Jellyfish King is extremely, extremely rare!
Ten thousand Blue Spirit Jellyfish might give rise to one Azure Jellyfish King!
Yuan Dongzhi truly is the precious daughter of the Yuan Family, rich and generous, giving away Azure Jellyfish King genes as if it were nothing, truly devoted to her disciple.
I also wish I had such a magnanimous and generous master¡
Lin Zichen inwardly felt envious, thenforted Shen Qinghan, ¡°Don¡¯t worry, jellyfish-type Exotic Beasts naturally have highpatibility with human bodies. Plus, your gic fusion adaptability is as high as 21%, fusing with an advanced Exotic Beast Gene should be a piece of cake for you. There won¡¯t be any rejection.¡±
¡°What about side effects?¡± Shen Qinghan still felt uneasy.
When facing the unknown, or doing something for the first time, humans always feel anxious, which is a natural biological protection mechanism.
There is also an opposite mechanism, curiosity.
Shen Qinghan tends to be timid, and her anxiety haspletely overshadowed her curiosity, making her very nervous.
Lin Zichenughed, ¡°Side effects are bound to ur, but they are all well-known, such as a high chance of losing reproductive abilities, showing some physical Exotic Beast traits and so on.¡±
¡°These side effects aren¡¯t considered disadvantages anymore.¡±
¡°Regarding the loss of reproductive ability, you¡¯ve already harvested and stored normal eggs beforehand, so if you want to have children in the future, you can just use those eggs.¡±
¡°As for showing Exotic Beast traits in your appearance, that can be concealed. Just put the Exotic Beast Gene in your body into dormancy.¡±
After saying this, Lin Zichen added, ¡°Plus, many Exotic Beast traits that manifest outwardly can actually enhance one¡¯s appearance, like cat-eared girls, fox-tailed girls; you¡¯ve seen them, very popr.¡±
¡°That seems true.¡±
Shen Qinghan spoke with her sparkling peachy eyes glinting.
After hearing Lin Zichen¡¯s exnation, she was no longer so anxious.
In fact, she was even feeling a bit excited.
Excited about how she would look after fusing with the Azure Jellyfish King gene next month, whether she would exhibit any Exotic Beast traits that would make her prettier.
¡°Moreover, gic technology has matured a lot by now, allowing not just fusion but also separation. If there are any adverse reactions after the fusion, just separate itter.¡±
Lin Zichen said this while tenderly rubbing Shen Qinghan¡¯s hand.
Speaking of separation, it¡¯s not entirely urate,
It should be called suppression.
There is a special virus, harmless to the human body, but highly aggressive against Exotic Beast genes.
One can inject this viral reagent to suppress the expression of the Exotic Beast gene within the body.
Then, after a lengthy process spanning years, it steadily erodes the Exotic Beast gene within the body until it ispletely cleared.
Many biochemical weapons targeting Exotic Beasts are made from this special virus.
¡°You make it sound so easy, but separation is painful. I hope the fusion is perfect.¡±
With that, Shen Qinghan got up from the bed, grabbed her phone, opened a video, and presented it to Lin Zichen, saying, ¡°Zi Chen, take a look at this video.¡±
Lin Zichen sat up to look at the phone screen. What appeared before him was an underwater scene.
From the filming angle, it was not taken by a submarine but by a person diving into the sea.
¡°It turns out to be a diving video. Here I was thinking you were going to show me one of Sakura Sea Country¡¯s anime study videos.¡±
Chapter 172: 138, Shen Qinghan! Genetic Fusion! 2
Chapter 172: 138, Shen Qinghan! Gic Fusion! 2
Lin Zichen teased Shen Qinghan.
Shen Qinghan rolled her eyes at him, ¡°Look at you, always calling me a little dirty girl, but in reality, you are the dirtiest one. You can¡¯t even watch a video without thinking about that kind of stuff.¡±
¡°Don¡¯t get it twisted, Shen Wuhang. It¡¯s precisely because you¡¯re usually so dirty that I subconsciously associate things that way.¡±
¡°Ugh, you¡¯re so annoying!¡±
Shen Qinghan reached out and hit Lin Zichen lightly, saying with an annoyed face, ¡°Stop talking about this, and watch the video. The Blue Spirit Jellyfish are about to appear.¡±
Lin Zichen stopped teasing her and focused his gaze on the cell phone screen.
A few secondster, as the camera pivoted, a few deep blue, strange jellyfish appeared on the screen.
From a distance, they looked like clusters of deep blue mes floating in the water, painting a purely beautiful scene.
These jellyfish were enormous, measuring at least three meters in length.
They were indeed adult Blue Spirit Jellyfish.
The Blue Spirit Jellyfish¡¯s habitat is in the deep sea, at a depth of ten thousand meters. To be able to grow so vast under such immense water pressure demonstrated how strong the physical body of a Blue Spirit Jellyfish was.
¡°Aren¡¯t the Blue Spirit Jellyfish beautiful?¡±
Shen Qinghan turned her head to look at Lin Zichen, with some of her bangs slipping down her forehead, looking particrly pure and lovely.
Lin Zichen reached out and brushed the hair from her forehead, looking at her enchanting face, he couldn¡¯t help butpliment, ¡°They are beautiful, but not as beautiful as you.¡±
Shen Qinghan felt pleased, smiling sweetly, ¡°What a sweet talker.¡±
Lin Zichen wrapped his hand around her slender waist and asked with a smile, ¡°Want to have a taste?¡±
¡°Then I¡¯ll have a taste.¡±
Shen Qinghan leaned her face in, giving Lin Zichen¡¯s lips a light peck and then licked her own lips, her clear eyes filled withughter, ¡°Xiao Chen¡¯s lips are so sweet.¡±
After speaking, she blinked her gorgeous Carline eyes and asked, ¡°Guess who filmed this video?¡±
Lin Zichen, ¡°Your master?¡±
¡°You guessed right!¡±
Shen Qinghan snapped her fingers silently and then continued with disbelief, ¡°Master went down to the deep sea of ten thousand meters without any equipment, just with her bare body. How strong must her physique be to do that?¡±
Lin Zichen, ¡°At least Rare Level.¡±
Shen Qinghan¡¯s face lit up with anticipation, ¡°Rare Level, that¡¯s high. I wonder if I can evolve to that level in the future.¡±
Lin Zichen, ¡°You definitely can. With your Gic Fusionpatibility as high as 21%, not to mention Rare Level, even Epic Level wouldn¡¯t be out of reach.¡±
Shen Qinghan was skeptical, ¡°It¡¯s not that simple. It¡¯s not like high Gic Fusionpatibility guarantees amazing power. It also depends on various physical conditions and evolutionary resources.¡±
¡°Your constitution is already incredible. You were born with excellent affinity for Water Attribute. Once you go down the path of Water Attribute Gic Fusion, you¡¯ll definitely be a big shot, even more formidable than your master.¡±
Lin Zichen poked her soft cheek with his finger and smiled, ¡°As for evolutionary resources¡ you don¡¯t need to worry about that at all. In the future, I¡¯ll be your sugar daddy, I¡¯ll give you whatever resources you want.¡±
Shen Qinghan huffed, ¡°Don¡¯t even start, you just want to be my daddy, don¡¯t think I don¡¯t know what you guys are thinking, just looking to take advantage of me!¡±
¡°Pure nder.¡±
¡°I don¡¯t believe it. You just want to hear me call you daddy.¡±
¡°Ok ok ok, I admit it. Are you happy now?¡±
¡°Hmm, I knew it!¡±
Shen Qinghan showed a victorious expression.
Lin Zichen lowered the air conditioner by 2 degrees, took the nket, and covered both himself and Shen Qinghan, urging her, ¡°Go to sleep, it¡¯s almost 1 o¡¯clock. If you don¡¯t sleep now, you¡¯ll be dozing off in ss this afternoon.¡±
¡°Oh, I¡¯ll sleep now.¡±
After saying this, Shen Qinghan obedientlyy down with Lin Zichen, quietly moved a bit closer, and cuddled up with him to sleep.
Then, taking advantage of Lin Zichen¡¯s distraction, she whispered into his ear, ¡°Daddy~¡±
Hisss!
Hearing Shen Qinghan¡¯s soft voice calling him that, Lin Zichen shivered.
This little dirty girl was really too provocative!
It was temptingly criminal!
Lin Zichen couldn¡¯t stand it, turned towards Shen Qinghan, and warned, ¡°Shen Wuhang, if you keep seducing me like this, you can forget about getting any sleep now.¡±
¡°No more seducing, let¡¯s sleep.¡±
After teasing Lin Zichen, Shen Qinghan closed her eyes, satisfied, and went to sleep.
Lin Zichen didn¡¯t sleep and chose to lie on his side and look at the news on his phone.
His physical body was much stronger than Shen Qinghan¡¯s, so he didn¡¯t rely on sleep as much and didn¡¯t need a nap to rest.
He scrolled through a few news articles.
Soon, Lin Zichen¡¯s attention was caught by a strange piece of news.
[Recently, mysterious unidentified nts have been discovered in various ces in Shanhai City, diversified in species with bizarre shapes. Arge number of botanists have rushed to study them. As it is not certain whether these nts are harmful, the general public is advised not to approach them out of curiosity, to prevent unnecessary idents and injuries.]
Several photos of the nts apanied the news.
At a nce, they were all vines.
However, none of them were known species.
The vines in the photos grew in strange shapes, with particrly well-developed roots, resembling the weird nts from a fantasy magic world.
Lin Zichen looked closely for a moment, feeling that the nts in the photos looked familiar.
After thinking for a while, he realized they were quite simr to the nts he saw in the photo that Shen Qinghan showed him earlier.
It was the photo Yuan Dongzhi sent to Shen Qinghan through WeChat.
Strictly speaking, it wasn¡¯t a photo but a hand-drawn portrait.
On it was a painting of Shen Qinghan¡¯s senior sister, a white-haired girl who seemed to be Bai Xue.
However, the white-haired girl was not the focus; the background was full of strange nts that seemed to belong to an alien species.
Chapter 173: 138, Shen Qinghan! Genetic Fusion!_3
Chapter 173: 138, Shen Qinghan! Gic Fusion!_3
There are nts with ck leaves and branches.
Trees with trunks covered in blood vessels.
And strange, seductive flowers with mouths.
The mysterious unknown nts mentioned in the news, although they appear different from those weird nts in the drawings, are very simr in terms of their strangeness and the degree of weirdness.
It¡¯s as if they all grow in the same environment.
And the drawing from Senior Sister Shen Qinghan, the background is the Origin Land.
So¡ are these nts in the news from the Origin Land?
But how could nts from the Origin Land appear on Earth out of the blue?
Could it be the Divine nt Cult?
Lin Zichen suddenly thought of this heretical sect.
He had seen this sect before on the mission system.
The ¡°Divine nt¡± in the Divine nt Cult¡¯s name makes it clear it has something to do with nts.
And heretical sects, they are all invariably linked to the Origin Land.
Combining the two, it¡¯s hard not to associate the mysterious unknown nts that appeared in Shanhai City with the Divine nt Cult, this heretical sect.
Just got rid of the Rat God Cult, and now there¡¯s a Divine nt Cult.
There¡¯s an endless supply of scoundrels¡
Lin Zichen shook his head, then exited the news app and sent messages to his parents and future inws.
He warned them about the mysterious unknown nts that had appeared in the city recently, suggesting they might be rted to heretical sects, and told them to stay far away if they see them, and definitely not to get close.
Also, he urged them to move to Shanhai University as soon as possible.
Meanwhile, Shen Qinghan turned over and faced Lin Zichen, saying:
¡°Xiao Chen, I can¡¯t sleep.¡±
¡°What¡¯s the matter?¡±
Lin Zichen put down his phone and asked with concern.
Shen Qinghan pursed her lips and said, ¡°It¡¯s just that I keep thinking about getting Gic Fusion done early, and I can¡¯t stop thinking about it and can¡¯t sleep.¡±
¡°That¡¯s normal. If you can¡¯t sleep, then don¡¯t try to force it. y with your phone for a bit.¡±
Lin Zichen offered this helpful suggestion.
Shen Qinghan¡¯s voice was soft as she said, ¡°Then I want to y with your phone.¡±
y with my phone?
Lin Zichen was puzzled by such a strange request.
But he quickly realized what it meant and couldn¡¯t help but twitch the corner of his mouth, saying, ¡°You little naughty girl, you want to watch anime learning videos again, don¡¯t you?¡±
¡°Ah, don¡¯t ask so many questions, just give me your phone already, I just want to y with your phone.¡±
¡°Take it, take it, here you go, for you to y with.¡±
Lin Zichen handed over his phone somewhat helplessly.
Shen Qinghan took his phone and then handed hers over to him, returning the favor: ¡°I won¡¯t let you be at a loss, you y with my phone.¡±
Lin Zichen didn¡¯t say a word, took her phone, and silently started browsing the news.
He hadn¡¯t finished the first piece of news when a clear sound of a learning video came from next door.
It was the male and female protagonists in the video screaming, a bit noisy.
Lin Zichen was done for, he looked at Shen Qinghan with a speechless expression andined: ¡°Shen Wuhang, when you watch anime learning videos, I suggest you wear headphones.¡±
¡°Oh, forgot about that.¡±
Shen Qinghan quickly found some headphones and put them on.
And so, one quietly browsed news on the phone while the other wore headphones to broaden her horizons with anime learning videos from Sakura Sea Country, making the room very quiet.
When the time reached 1:30 AM.
Shen Qinghan finished an educational video, picking up quite a bit of new knowledge.
She took off the headphones, handed the phone back to Lin Zichen who was next to her, and said with a light smile, ¡°As thanks for lending me your phone, and with half an hour to spare, why don¡¯t I give you a massage?¡±
¡°Sure, that¡¯s very considerate.¡±
Lin Zichen gave Shen Qinghan a thumbs up and immediatelyy t on the bed, ready to enjoy her increasingly supreme massage techniques.
Shen Qinghan didn¡¯t immediately start massaging him; instead, she got out of bed and fetched two pairs of stockings, one ck and one white.
Then, holding the stockings, she sat next to him on the bed and asked, ¡°This time I won¡¯t use my hands. Let¡¯s try something innovative, I¡¯ll wear the stockings and use my feet to massage you. Want to give it a try?¡±
¡°That sounds good.¡±
Lin Zichen responded without hesitation.
Shen Qinghan held a white stocking in her left hand and a ck one in her right, and presented them to Lin Zichen, asking, ¡°ck or white, which one do you want me to wear?¡±
Lin Zichen: ¡°Either is fine, I like both.¡±
¡°Well then, how about this: I¡¯ll wear a ck one on one side and a white one on the other, so we¡¯ll have both.¡±
Shen Qinghan said with a spirit of innovation.
One leg ck and the other white?
Lin Zichen thought it would look odd.
But he was also quite eager to try.
So he agreed, ¡°Sure, one side ck and the other white then.¡±
¡°Okay, it¡¯s settled just like that.¡±
After saying that, Shen Qinghan began putting on the stockings, first donning the white one on her left leg, then the ck on her right.
Once she had them on, she began skillfully massaging Lin Zichen with her feet, giving him a treat to enjoy.
After massaging for a while and finding the silence a bit too quiet, she took on a yful act and said, ¡°Hmph, Zi Chen, you dare to raise your head when you see me, ck and White Impermanence. Watch as I hook away your soul and make you bow your head!¡±
Lin Zichen couldn¡¯t help butugh.
This little naughty girl, so meek andpliant outside, yful and lively at home, she really has a sense of contrast.
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PS: Begging for monthly and rmendation tickets!
Chapter 174: 139, Lin Zichen! Danger!
Chapter 174: 139, Lin Zichen! Danger!
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¡°Even with the air conditioning on, my feet still sweat,¡±
¡°And they sweat so much, making my stockings sticky; now I have to get out of bed to wash them.¡±
¡°What a hassle.¡±
After massaging Lin Zichen with her feet for more than ten minutes, Shen Qinghan found that her stockings were soaked and sticky, which was quite annoying.
Although the stickiness was not too ufortable¡ªin fact, it felt quite nice because of her unique constitution¡ªthe problem was that the wet and dirty stockings needed to be washed, which was a nuisance.
Afterining for a while,
Shen Qinghan took off her dirty stockings and threw them at Lin Zichen, saying, ¡°These stockings got dirty because I was massaging you, so you¡¯re responsible for washing them clean.¡±
Lin Zichen took the stockings and retorted, ¡°So all your talk just now was leading up to you getting me to wash your stockings, right?¡±
¡°Shouldn¡¯t you?¡±
Shen Qinghan pouted her cherry lips slightly and said, ¡°They got dirty for you, so go and wash them. Otherwise, I won¡¯t wear stockings to massage you ever again.¡±
¡°I never said I wouldn¡¯t wash them.¡±
Lin Zichen chuckled and poked Shen Qinghan¡¯s cheek before taking the dirty stockings and heading to the bathroom to wash them clean.
It didn¡¯t take long.
They were clean in less than five minutes.
After hanging the stockings to dry on the balcony,
Lin Zichen washed his hands and quickly returned to the room.
As soon as he entered the room, he saw Shen Qinghan sitting on the bed looking down at the soles of her feet and endlessly stroking them with her hands in a strange manner.
¡°What are you doing?¡±
¡°I¡¯ve been using my feet to massage you frequently, and I feel like I¡¯m getting calluses on the sole of my feet.¡±
Shen Qinghan said with a worried face.
Lin Zichenughed, ¡°Stop finding trouble for yourself. It¡¯s not so easy to develop calluses. I think it¡¯s mostly in your head.¡±
Shen Qinghan disagreed with him, her fine eyebrows slightly furrowed as she said, ¡°It¡¯s definitely not psychological. Constantly using my feet to massage you and all the friction, it really can cause calluses.¡±
Saying this, she stretched out her delicate feet in front of Lin Zichen to prove her point, ¡°Come closer and look at the soles of my feet, they¡¯re so soft and tender, very fragile, and you can easily tell they¡¯re prone to calluses.¡±
¡°If you don¡¯t believe me, touch them and see if there¡¯s been any change. I bet they¡¯re not as smooth and delicate as before.¡±
¡°Let me feel.¡±
Lin Zichen said as he sat down on the edge of the bed and seriously caressed the sole of Shen Qinghan¡¯s feet.
After touching them for a while, he didn¡¯t feel any change.
They were still as smooth and delicate as before, and they felt very good.
¡°Enough, enough, you¡¯re tickling me. I won¡¯t let you touch them anymore.¡±
Unable to take it anymore, Shen Qinghan quickly withdrew her feet and then asked somewhat hesitantly, ¡°Can you feel it, are they not as smooth as before?¡±
¡°They¡¯re just as smooth as before. I told you it was all in your head, and you wouldn¡¯t believe me.¡±
¡°Really?¡±
¡°Really, I swear on my dog¡¯s life.¡±
¡°That¡¯s good.¡±
Shen Qinghan breathed a sigh of relief, fearing that her feet had be rough and callused.
After all, aside from liking to kiss her cherry mouth, Lin Zichen¡¯s favorite thing was touching her feet.
She felt that if her feet became rough and callused, Lin Zichen definitely wouldn¡¯t like to touch them anymore.
¡°It¡¯s almost 2 p.m.; get up and get ready for ss, or you¡¯ll bete,¡±
Lin Zichen said as he patted Shen Qinghan¡¯s increasingly plump buttocks, urging her.
Shen Qinghan didn¡¯t dawdle. She swiftly got out of bed and put on her shoes, heading to the bathroom.
nning to use the toilet, wash her face, and then head out for ss.
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Before long,
Shen Qinghan left for ss.
Lin Zichen didn¡¯t go out, nning to stay in the dormitory to refine his body and not go to the institute in the afternoon.
Going to the institute wasn¡¯t like attending sses with fixed times; it was purely up to his own schedule, depending on whether he felt like going or not, emphasizing freedom.
He casually found a spot to sit down in the living room.
Lin Zichen had a thought and opened his character panel to check his various attribute data.
[Name: Lin Zichen]
[Age: 18]
[Biological Level: Ordinary (Ninth Order)]
[Biometric Attributes: Use or Lose, Intelligent Root, Survival of the Fittest, Water Harmony Blessing, Natural Selection, Sky Eye, Social Animal, Natural Camouge, Danger Perception, Rapid Healing]
[Body Refining: Skin Tempering (1 time), Flesh Tempering (1 time), Bone Tempering (1 time)]
An Ordinary Ninth Rank, ten Biometric Attributes, one Body Tempering Great Aplishment.
With such exaggerated strength, there was no need to look, he was definitely invincible among his peers.
However, this was still far from enough, he had to be even stronger¡
With that thought, Lin Zichen took out his phone, opened the credit shop, and started browsing, looking for any items that could quickly restore Qi-Blood.
Ever since he started his second phase of Body Refining, he noticed that his Qi-Blood was somewhat insufficient.
That is, during the refining process, because the progress was too fast, the Qi-Blood was being consumed quickly, and its recovery could not keep up, significantly affecting the efficiency of the refining.
For this situation, he needed an external aid to elerate the restoration of Qi-Blood.
With this in mind, Lin Zichen browsed the credit shop for over ten minutes.
Finally, he was interested in a product called ¡°Revitalization Pill.¡±
The Revitalization Pill, as the name implies, was a pill used to restore Qi-Blood.
Reading the product description, it was made of various expensive century-old medicinal materials, and even included spiritual nts, making it extremely costly to produce.
Moving further down, there was mention of the effects of consuming a single Revitalization Pill.
The effects corresponding to each Biological Level were listed.
For individuals at Ordinary Ninth Order, consuming one Revitalization Pill would restore full Qi-Blood within half a minute.
Chapter 175: 139, Lin Zichen! Danger!_2
Chapter 175: 139, Lin Zichen! Danger!_2
And for those at the Advanced First Rank, it would take half an hour to recover.
Going further up, individuals at the Advanced Second Rank would need to spend over three hours.
Lin Zichen estimated that the strength of his Qi-Blood was definitely beyond that of the Ordinary Ninth Rank.
Most likely, it was equivalent to the level of the Advanced First Rank.
That is, consuming one Revitalization Pill would require half an hour to recover.
This recovery effect was still quite remarkable.
He decided, he would purchase the Revitalization Pills.
ncing at the price, one pill cost 1 credit. Considering the discount for using credits to make a purchase, it would sell for at least 12,000 outside.
The Revitalization Pills were generally used in critical moments or important asions.
For example, inbat with others, hunting Exotic Beasts, carrying out special tasks, and so on.
As for using them to restore Qi-Blood during Body Refining, to be honest, it was quite extravagant.
However, Lin Zichen felt that using credits to speed up the increase in strength was worth it.
Because the faster the strength improved, the sooner he could undertake tasks with more credit rewards.
Then, it was just like how in his previous life he made money from business, used the earned money to expand the scale, then used the expanded business as coteral to loan a big sum of money, and with that money further expanded the scale of business, creating a benign cycle that grew bigger and bigger.
In business, leveraging aggressively could result in a crash and bankruptcy if the industry went downhill.
But in increasing strength, there would never be a crash.
Because strength would not depreciate, only bing stronger and more valuable, continuously cycling in an infinitely benign loop.
Of course, the premise was the ability to be infinitely stronger.
Often, limited by one¡¯s innate talent, it became very difficult to continue improving once strength reached a certain threshold.
However, this was not a problem for Lin Zichen.
He was extremely talented and had cheats, allowing for limitless strengthening.
In conclusion.
He didn¡¯t even need to think about it, he would just ce the order for the Revitalization Pills.
In one go, he bought 100 pills!
With a wave of his hand, 100 credits were gone, spending like dirt.
After purchasing the Revitalization Pills, the next thing was to look at Exotic Beast Meat.
The Living Dead Slugs album had already been activated, so it was time to get started on the next Exotic Beast Album.
Lin Zichen browsed through the market page.
Soon, he noticed a type of Exotic Beast Meat called ¡°Ten Thousand Poison Mongoose.¡±
The Ten Thousand Poison Mongoose was a small Exotic Beast. Despite having ¡°Ten Thousand Poison¡± in its name, it was in fact non-toxic.
The reason for such a name was due to its extraordinary resistance to poison, as it fed on various toxins.
Based on this, activating the Ten Thousand Poison Mongoose album had a high chance of granting a biometric attribute that could resist poison.
Lin Zichen felt he urgently needed such a poison-resistant biometric attribute that would greatly enhance his ability to protect himself and prevent an untimely death.
Yep, he decided to buy the Ten Thousand Poison Mongoose Meat.
The only issue was the steep price, costing 20 credits per pound.
He nced at his student ount credits, which were less than 200, not enough even to buy 10 pounds.
He could only ce an order for 1 pound first, to just get the Ten Thousand Poison Mongoose album started.
Thinking this, Lin Zichen ced an order for 1 pound of Ten Thousand Poison Mongoose Meat.
Afterpleting these tasks, he put away his phone and sat down on the well-ventted balcony to start his second Tempering Skin session.
After roughly two and a half hours of refining.
As he consumed arge amount of Qi-Blood, he began to feel weak.
His head became dizzy.
No good, he needed to stop and rest, find something to eat in the fridge to restore his Qi-Blood.
Otherwise, he might faint on the balcony any minute.
Might as well cook some Violent Great Eagle Meat to eat.
Exotic Beast Meat was more nutritious and could restore Qi-Blood faster.
¡°Ding-dong!¡±
Just as Lin Zichen got up from the ground, preparing to go to the fridge for food, the doorbell rang in the room.
Then, a middle-aged man¡¯s voice came from outside, ¡°Hello, I¡¯m here with a delivery from the school. Is there anyone home?¡±
A delivery?
The Revitalization Pills and Ten Thousand Poison Mongoose Meat had arrived!
Thinking this, Lin Zichen called out,
¡°Coming, just a moment!¡±
Then, he hurried to the door to sign for and receive the delivery, confirming that it was indeed the Revitalization Pills and Ten Thousand Poison Mongoose Meat.
After receiving the delivery, he closed the door.
Lin Zichen immediately opened the package to check the contents.
The Revitalization Pills looked very simr to Qi-Blood Pills, just a bit smaller in size and lighter in color.
As for the Ten Thousand Poison Mongoose Meat, it was just a dark lump that looked like rotten flesh.
But it wasn¡¯t rotten; the normal color of Ten Thousand Poison Mongoose Meat was ck, probably because it had eaten too many toxins.
Checking that the goods were correct, Lin Zichen poured out a Revitalization Pill into his mouth to test its effects.
The Revitalization Pill melted upon touching his tongue, instantly turning into warm streams that infused his body.
Then, after a while, he could distinctly feel his body rapidly regaining vitality.
No more dizziness, no more weak limbs.
¡°As expected of a luxury pill that sells for 12,000 a piece, you get what you pay for, the effect is significant,¡±
Lin Zichen said with a smile.
Next, he stretched out his finger to touch the Ten Thousand Poison Mongoose Meat in front of him and thought: Devour!
[You have devoured a strand of the ¡°Ten Thousand Poison Mongoose¡± life essence.]
[Ten Thousand Poison Mongoose Album: 1%]
At that moment, his phone in his pocket vibrated.
He took it out and saw it was a message from Shen Qinghan on WeChat.
[Han Han: Xiao Chen, Chu Xin just sent a message on WeChat saying she wants to visit our dormitory after school, is that okay?]
[Zi Chen: Of course, it¡¯s okay.]
[Han Han: Okay, then I¡¯ll bring her to the dormitory after school.]
[Zi Chen: Good.]
After ending the chat with Shen Qinghan.
Lin Zichen wasted no time, quickly returning to the balcony to continue, relying on the Revitalization Pills to restore his Qi-Blood while using his Qi-Blood to refining his body.
Chapter 176: 139, Lin Zichen! Danger!_3
Chapter 176: 139, Lin Zichen! Danger!_3
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About half an hourter.
Shen Qinghan came back from ss.
It wasn¡¯t just her returning alone; her close girlfriend, Li Chuxin, was with her.
Perceiving that both of them had entered the dormitory, Lin Zichen stopped his Body Refining.
He got up, left the balcony, and walked into the living room, smiling as he greeted Li Chuxin, ¡°Chu Xin, long time no see.¡±
¡°Zi Chen, it¡¯s been a while indeed.¡±
Li Chuxin returned the greeting with a smile.
Then, she curiously looked around the cohabited apartment, her face growing more envious as she observed. She couldn¡¯t help but say, ¡°It¡¯s really nice for the two of you to live in such a luxurious apartment. It feels like being in a five-star hotel every day. Unlike me, I don¡¯t even have a single room and have to share with another roommate.¡±
¡°If you want to live in a single room, the dormitory I have at the Martial Arts College is a single room; you can move in there,¡± Lin Zichen said with a smile.
Li Chuxin also smiled, ¡°Thanks for the offer, Zi Chen. For now, I quite enjoy living with my roommate. It¡¯s nice to havepany; it¡¯s not lonely.¡±
¡°That¡¯s also true.¡±
After saying that, Lin Zichen added, ¡°If you ever want to live alone, just let me know, and I¡¯ll give you the key to that single room.¡±
Li Chuxin smiled, ¡°Okay, thank you so much, Zi Chen.¡±
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In the time that followed.
All three of them went to the kitchen to cook, nning to have dinner together.
Over half an hourter.
The meal was ready.
Four dishes and one soup.
In the living room, at the dining table.
Li Chuxin and Shen Qinghan sat next to each other, with Lin Zichen sitting across from them.
¡°Han Han, your legs are so slim.¡±
During dinner, Li Chuxin, seeing Shen Qinghan¡¯s slender and long legs, said with a face full of envy, ¡°My legs used to be as thin as yours during middle school, but ever since I joined the Martial Arts ss in high school and had to regrly train my body, my legs gained muscle and got so thick.¡±
Shen Qinghan replied, ¡°Your legs aren¡¯t thick at all; a little bit of flesh looks good and healthy.¡±
Li Chuxin: ¡°True to being my best girlfriend, you only praise how good I look.¡±
The two chatted casually back and forth.
Soon, Li Chuxin brought up the school¡¯s senior students, saying they were too much, always bullying the freshmen.
She expressed with indignation, ¡°Zi Chen, Han Han, you are both geniuses, and usually, nobody dares to bully you. You don¡¯t know how disgusting the seniors at school can be.¡±
¡°The day before yesterday, when a senior came to inspect our dorm, she took a liking to my cosmetics. Without caring whether I agreed or not, she just took them, saying she was borrowing them for a couple of days.¡±
¡°It¡¯s even worse for a guy in our ss. The hundred-year ginseng his family sent was stolen. To get it back, the senior told him to have a sparring match at the Martial Stage, promising to return it regardless of winning or losing.¡±
¡°However, after the guy lost, the senior publicly dered the hundred-year ginseng was a wager and refused to return it to him.¡±
¡°When he went to the student union toin, they did nothing about it, saying that the school advocates the principle of survival of the fittest and that if you¡¯re not content, fight back using any means necessary.¡±
¡°But we are all freshmen; we¡¯re not as strong as the seniors, nor are we as cunning as they are. Isn¡¯t this tantly favoring the seniors and watching us freshmen being bullied?¡±
Li Chuxin became more agitated as she spoke and raised her voice quite a bit.
This clearly showed how dissatisfied she was.
Shen Qinghan gently consoled her, ¡°Hearing what you said, those seniors indeed are despicable. From now on, we should avoid them. If they go too far, then we¡¯ll all sit down together and think of a solution.¡±
Li Chuxin sighed, ¡°Ah, it seems tough. The student union is biased, and then the school leaders and tutors don¡¯t care. We, the regr ss freshmen, are doomed not to resist and can only be bullied.¡±
Seeing her vent so much, Lin Zichen guessed her little scheme.
So he smiled and said to her:
¡°Chu Xin, if a senior goes too far with you in the future, just tell me, and I¡¯ll see if I can help you out.¡±
¡°Ah? Really?¡±
¡°Really.¡±
¡°That¡¯s so kind of you, Zi Chen!¡± Li Chuxin said, joyfully: ¡°If you two ever want to buy any clothes, just tell me, and I¡¯ll get my parents to express them over to you for free!¡±
¡°Alright, I won¡¯t be shy then.¡±
Lin Zichen said with a smile.
He didn¡¯t need Li Chuxin to send clothes, but if he didn¡¯t say so, he figured Li Chuxin would feel burdened.
As the only close friend Shen Qinghan had now, Lin Zichen would help Li Chuxin with anything within his power.
As he contemted these matters,
suddenly, the ground shook!
An earthquake!
The sensation was quite noticeable!
Li Chuxin was startled and said with some dismay, ¡°What¡¯s happening? Was that an earthquake just now?¡±
¡°It seems so,¡±
Shen Qinghan replied to Li Chuxin.
In contrast to Li Chuxin, who seemed a bit panicked at the moment, Shen Qinghan was somewhat calmer.
But she wasn¡¯t that much calmer, still feeling a bit uneasy inside.
It was only because Lin Zichen was there that she didn¡¯t appear too flustered, which gave her a little peace of mind.
However, Lin Zichen himself was far from at ease at the moment.
In recent years, earthquakes had be too frequent in Shanhai City.
Something felt very wrong.
His [Danger Perception] was telling him that it seemed something bad was about to happen.
What on earth was going on with Shanhai City?
Was the tectonic movement affected by something, causing anomalies?
Fortunately, [Danger Perception] wasn¡¯t too strong, so it should be a minor problem¡
Lin Zichen thought to himself.
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At the same time,
in Shanhai City,
inside a luxuriously decorated room,
there were two people wearing masks, sitting together, drinking and chatting.
One was an old man with a mask, holding a cane.
The other was a tall, middle-aged man with a mask.
The masks both had the word ¡°Divine nt¡± written on them.
¡°There¡¯s a genius with an extremely exaggerated physical talent among the new students at Shanhai University this year. I have arranged for someone to make him ingest a high-level demon seed. If we can sessfully recruit him into our cult, the Divine nt Cult¡¯s strength will gain another division,¡±
the middle-aged masked man said after taking a sip of his drink.
The old masked man seemed indifferent, his voice hoarse, ¡°That is not important. The real geniuses are in the Origin Land.¡±
So what if there are many geniuses in the Origin Land?
I can¡¯t even get in touch with them!
The middle-aged masked man grumbled in his heart but outwardly put down his wine ss and said with utmost respect, ¡°Divine Envoy, I am aiming for a higher Biological Level this year, and I need more resources. Could you perhaps provide me with some evolution resources?¡±
¡°Resources?¡±
The old masked man murmured, then conjured a bewitching flower out of nowhere and tossed it on the table casually, like throwing away trash, ¡°Considering your exceptional performance this year, I¡¯ll reward you with this Bewitching Beauty Flower.¡±
¡°Thank you, Divine Envoy!¡±
The middle-aged masked man excitedly epted the flower from the table, his eyes filled with fervor.
The old masked man warned, ¡°The Bewitching Beauty Flower has a strong aphrodisiac effect. It¡¯s best to have a woman with you when you consume it.¡±
¡°Thank you for the reminder, Divine Envoy.¡±
As he said these words, the middle-aged masked man¡¯s eyes were fixed on the flower in his hand.
At that moment, in the deep recesses of the old masked man¡¯s mind, a voice echoed.
¡°Divine Envoy, news just came from the Origin Land that they have found an identical realm point andid down the same biological coordinates. We now need you to go to the tunnel and activate the biological coordinates to connect with those in the Origin Land.¡±
¡°Hmm, I¡¯ll go there now.¡±
The old masked man responded mentally to the other party then his figure shed, and he disappeared without a trace in an instant.
The middle-aged masked man was already ustomed to this and quickly got up and went into another room, changing into a luxurious suit to go out and secretly meet his lover.
The secret meeting was just incidental, the main intention was to consume the Bewitching Beauty Flower.
Before leaving, he took out an exquisite pocket watch from his crotch, voice-input a piece of text, and sent it.
[You two have been taking a long time with the task of making Lin Zichen consume the high-level demon seed. If it¡¯s not done within three days, I¡¯ll have to find someone else.]
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PS: I¡¯m setting out my bowl, asking for monthly and rmendation tickets!
Chapter 177: 140. Actions of the Divine Plant Cult
Chapter 177: 140. Actions of the Divine nt Cult
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¡°You, why are you so fierce today?¡±
¡°I¡¯m fierce every day.¡±
¡°I can¡¯t take it anymore, let me rest for a bit to recover my strength, or I¡¯ll faint.¡±
Yinlian Residential Area, inside a homeowner¡¯s ce.
A muscr middle-aged man had just finished a round of pleasure with an extremely voluptuous younger woman.
The young womany on the bed to rest, feeling extremely thirsty. She got up to get some water in the living room to prepare for the next round.
Watching the young woman¡¯s graceful figure as she left, the middle-aged man couldn¡¯t help but sigh, ¡°The aphrodisiac effect of the Bewitching Beauty Flower is too strong; it¡¯s nearly drained all my energy.¡±
¡°But I have to say, the strength-enhancing effect is also potent, feels like my Biological Level is about to evolve to the next stage.¡±
¡°Hopefully I can evolve after tonight¡¡±
Having said that, the middle-aged man took out a pocket watch to check on Lu Gang and Wang Shujie¡¯s whereabouts.
Seeing that their locations were still in the dormitory, his brows slightly furrowed.
Just as he was about to urge the two men, a noise of quarrel came from the living room outside.
¡°Damn it, bitch, I knew you were cheating on me with another man!¡±
¡°Honey, calm down.¡±
¡°Calm down my ass!¡±
As the voices grew closer.
Soon, a Mechanically Modified Human burst into the room.
Seeing the middle-aged man on the marital bed, the Mechanically Modified Human angrily lifted his alloy arm with a gun barrel and aimed it at the middle-aged man, his eyes bloodshot as he roared:
¡°Damn dog, you dare to sneak with my wife in my marriage room, think I won¡¯t blow you away with one shot!¡±
¡°You think you can blow me away with one shot?¡±
The middle-aged manughed, not the least bit intimidated by the alloy arm with a gun barrel in front of him. He got up calmly and walked to the Mechanically Modified Human and stopped.
Then, he looked at the other party indifferently and asked, ¡°How much did you spend on this alloy arm?¡±
¡°I spent 3 million!¡±
The Mechanically Modified Human replied proudly.
The middle-aged man then asked, ¡°And the alloy shin below?¡±
¡°5 million!¡±
¡°Good, you also know how much you¡¯ve spent on mechanical modifications.¡±
With that, the middle-aged man pped the face of the Mechanically Modified Human, challenging, ¡°Ever since your wife followed me, you¡¯ve nevercked money for mechanical modifications. Now, be honest, do you have the face to be angry in front of me?¡±
Hearing this, the Mechanically Modified Human¡¯s momentum instantly weakened, a stark contrast to his hard alloy arm.
Middle-aged man: ¡°Say whatever you want now, miss today and there will be no more chances.¡±
The Mechanically Modified Human fell into a struggle.
Should he be a penniless tough guy, or a coward with money?
About three secondster.
The Mechanically Modified Human made his choice.
He opted to smile sycophantically and said, ¡°Bro, I stillck a counter-flow dynamic system; I want to feel what it¡¯s like to fly.¡±
The middle-aged man picked up his phone from next to the bed, tapped the screen a few times and then looked at the Mechanically Modified Human with contempt, saying, ¡°I¡¯ve transferred 10 million to your wife¡¯s bank ount.¡±
10 million?!
The Mechanically Modified Human first froze, then his entire body trembled with excitement.
He steadied his emotions, his eyes filled with exhration, and shouted to the two of them:
¡°Thank you, big bro!¡±
¡°Thank you, sis!¡±
¡°Tonight this ce is your battleground, stay as long as you want, I won¡¯t disturb you.¡±
He tactfully left those words behind and turned to leave without looking back.
Middle-aged man: ¡°Stop.¡±
¡°Bro, is there anything else?¡±
The Mechanically Modified Human stopped and turned around, his face now a ttering smile.
Middle-aged man: ¡°That ¡®sis¡¯ you called ruined my mood. She¡¯s your wife; you should call her wife, got it?¡±
¡°Got it, I got it!¡±
The Mechanically Modified Human nodded with a smile on his face, then turned to the young woman next to him and instructed, ¡°Wife, make sure to serve him well, don¡¯t disappoint him.¡±
After saying that, he turned and left again.
¡°Who let you go?¡±
The middle-aged man¡¯s voice was extremely firm: ¡°Tonight, you have to stay and watch the whole time, got it?¡±
¡°This¡¡±
¡°I¡¯ll transfer another 10 million to your wife.¡±
¡°Dad, I¡¯ll do whatever you say!¡±
The Mechanically Modified Human decisively chose to submit to his oppressor.
The middle-aged man nodded in satisfaction.
Then, he took out a red seed, about the size of a peanut, and handed it to him with a smile on his face:
¡°Good, I like people who are flexible with their principles like you. Eat this Spirit Fruit; it can greatly enhance Qi-Blood.¡±
¡°Thank you, dad!¡±
The Mechanically Modified Human excitedly took the seed.
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In the blink of an eye.
The next day had arrived.
It was just turning dawn.
The middle-aged man was putting on his belt, walking out unhurriedly from the room.
Despite having battled all night without sleep, his face was still full of vigor at this moment.
He took a deep breath, feeling the strength of his evolved body, and sneered, ¡°Yuan Dongzhi, I will eventually humiliate you thoroughly and see if you can still be arrogant then.¡±
Muttering to himself.
He soon left the house, took the elevator to the underground parking garage, and drove a luxury car worth millions straight to Shanhai University.
He lived inside the campus of Shanhai University.
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Meanwhile.
Zhongyuan Building No. 8, Room 603.
Lin Zichen got up early and was focused on the second stage of Tempering Skin on the balcony.
After tempering for over two hours, feeling that his Qi-Blood had been almost depleted, he called up his Body Refining attribute pane to check the progress of the second Tempering Skin.
[Second Tempering Skin: 45%]
The progress bar was more than halfway.
Given the current pace of tempering, it should bepleted in about a week.
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Chapter 178: 140. Actions of the Divine nt Cult_2
One can only say that with the aid of the Revitalization Pill, the refining efficiency has greatly increased.
¡°Xiao Chen, when did you wake up?¡±
Shen Qinghan, who had just woken up, was standing at the balcony doorway in a light pink nightgown, barefoot and rubbing her eyes, sleepily looking towards Lin Zichen and asked.
Lin Zichen stood up from the ground and, while picking up the yoga mat underfoot, said, ¡°I woke up earlier today, before 5 am.¡±
¡°You¡¯re up so early. Compared to you, I feel sozy.¡±
¡°It¡¯s only just past 7 am, a university student getting up at this time isn¡¯tzy at all.¡±
¡°But you woke up before 5¡¡±
Shen Qinghan wasn¡¯tparing herself to the average university student but to Lin Zichen.
Lin Zichen walked in front of her and stopped, tenderly arranging her disheveled hair as he said in a gentle voice, ¡°That¡¯s different, my superpower is my strong physical body and abundance of Qi-Blood, I have less need for sleep than ordinary people, you don¡¯t need topare with me.¡±
¡°Everyone has their own strengths. Take your special constitution for example, your skin is tender and smooth, your sweat even smells fragrant. Plus, despite constantly engaging in high-intensity workouts, your strength keeps increasing day by day, but your muscles don¡¯t bulge or firm up, keeping your figure slender and graceful, making other girls envious and resentful.¡±
¡°If you really want to wake up early, then from now on we can go to sleep earlier, around 10 pm. Early to bed, early to rise.¡±
¡°Let¡¯s not do that, I prefer to sleep in with you rather than get up early,¡± Shen Qinghan saidzily.
After speaking, she tiptoed and gave Lin Zichen a peck on the lips, her smile sweet as she said, ¡°That¡¯s my good morning kiss, from now on, we have to kiss like this every day.¡±
Lin Zichen smiled and pinched her bottom as he urged, ¡°Go brush your teeth quickly, or else you¡¯ll run out of time and end up rushing to ss again, sweating profusely.¡±
¡°It¡¯s okay, there¡¯s still plenty of time.¡±
Even though Shen Qinghan said this, she obediently went back to the room to put on slippers, then to the bathroom to brush her teeth and wash her face.
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Half an hourter.
After breakfast, the two left the house together.
When they reached the downstairs of the dormitory and were about to go their separate ways, two familiar figures blocked their path.
They were former ssmates from high school¡ªWang Shujie and Lu Gang.
Among them, the burly Lu Gang spoke first, ¡°Lin Zichen, can I take a moment of your time? I have a favor to ask of you¡¡±
¡°Go ahead,¡± Lin Zichen said indifferently.
Lu Gang clenched his fists and said with a face that found it hard to speak, ¡°There¡¯s a senior who doesn¡¯t like me and Wang Shujie. Relying on his strength being greater than ours, he targets us every day, and we¡¯re finding it hard to cope. Could you please stand up for us?¡±
¡°You¡¯re the neer king of this year. That senior definitely won¡¯t dare to offend you and will give you face.¡±
¡°Of course, we won¡¯t let you help us for nothing.¡±
Lu Gang handed over a bag he was carrying, adding, ¡°There are several types of Spirit Fruits in the bag, some for beauty and skin care, some for calming the mind and refreshing the brain, and some for blood and vitality enhancement. They were sent by my father especially as evolution resources, now I¡¯m giving them all to you, hoping you can do us this favor.¡±
After he finished, Wang Shujie, setting aside his pride, also pleaded humbly, ¡°Lin Zichen, even though we are not that close, in the name of being high school ssmates, can you grudgingly make a move to help us this once?¡±
Considering they were former ssmates, and there was a bag of Spirit Fruits involved, Lin Zichen felt he could agree to this request.
But he didn¡¯t agree immediately, instead he asked, ¡°What is the strength of that senior?¡±
¡°From what we know, that person is almost as strong as you, around an ordinary Sixth Order,¡± Wang Shujie replied.
Ordinary Sixth Order?
Then this favor shouldn¡¯t be too difficult to handle¡
Thinking this, Lin Zichen said, ¡°That¡¯s fine. Meet me at the gate of the Pure Human Research Institute at 5:30 pm, and I¡¯ll solve this for you.¡±
Seeing him agree, Lu Gang clenched his fist against his chest, seriously saying, ¡°Lin Zichen, if you need my help with anything in the future, I promise to be there whenever you call.¡±
Wang Shujie said, ¡°Same for me.¡±
Lin Zichen said, ¡°It¡¯s just a small effort.¡±
Lu Gang again extended the bag he was holding and said, ¡°Lin Zichen, please ept this bag of Spirit Fruits.¡±
¡°Then I won¡¯t be polite.¡±
Lin Zichen reached out and epted the bag from Lu Gang.
Lu Gang reminded, ¡°Oh, those Spirit Fruits in the bag are of three different types.¡±
¡°The white-skinned are for beauty and skin care, blue-skinned for calming the mind and refreshing the brain, and red-skinned for enhancing blood and vitality. Make sure you two don¡¯t eat the wrong ones.¡±
¡°Especially the wriggling red Spirit Fruit inside, the effect for enhancing blood and vitality is particrly strong, and women might have adverse reactions if they eat it.¡±
Lu Gang added, ¡°Also, don¡¯t eat too many of the red-skinned Spirit Fruits, one a day at most, otherwise, it¡¯s easy to get inmed.¡±
Lin Zichen said, ¡°Alright, I got it.¡±
If that¡¯s all, I¡¯ll go with Wang Shujie now, see you at 5:30 pm.¡±
After saying that, Lu Gang and Wang Shujie turned and walked away.
Seeing the two of them walk away, Shen Qinghan immediately curiously said to Lin Zichen, ¡°Xiao Chen, open the bag and let¡¯s see the Spirit Fruits, I¡¯ve never eaten one in my life.¡±
¡°Then you can take one to eat on the road,¡± Lin Zichen said.
Lin Zichen opened the bag to pick out a white or blue-skinned Spirit Fruit for Shen Qinghan to eat.
Shen Qinghan leaned over and looked into the bag, saying, ¡°Pick a smaller one, I won¡¯t be able to finish it if it¡¯s too big.¡±
¡°Okay, I¡¯ll pick a small one for you.¡±
After saying that, Lin Zichen reached into the bag to search.
Shortly after he began searching, a red Spirit Fruit at the bottom of the bag caught his attention.
It was the size of an egg, its skin covered in pulsing veins, looking like an animal¡¯s heart.
Shen Qinghan also noticed the oddly shaped Spirit Fruit, her brows slightly furrowed as she said, ¡°Zi Chen, that red Spirit Fruit at the bottom is so disgusting.¡±
Although Lu Gang had just specifically mentioned this Spirit Fruit, she hadn¡¯t expected it to look so repulsive.
The skin kept wriggling.
It looked as if it were a worm gone bad.
It was quite nauseating.
Lin Zichen also found the oddly shaped Spirit Fruit disgusting.
But out of curiosity, he took the fruit out of the bag to take a closer look.
Just as he was about to sniff the strange Spirit Fruit,
suddenly, the [Danger Perception] in his mind jumped violently!
Following that, a prompt message slowly appeared out of thin air.
[Do you wish to ingest the advanced Tree Demon Gu Seed?]
Tree Demon? Gu Seed?
Capable of being ingested?
What¡¯s going on?
Divine nt Cult?
Initially bewildered, Lin Zichen then recalled the sudden jump in his [Danger Perception] and immediately realized something was amiss.
Meanwhile, Lu Gang and Wang Shujie had not walked far, just over two hundred meters away.
Without hesitating, Lin Zichen took a quick step forward and instantly rushed in front of the two, blocking their path.
¡°You two, don¡¯t go anywhere.¡±
¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡±
Wang Shujie was somewhat confused.
Next to him, Lu Gang¡¯s eyes flickered with a fleeting panic.
Lin Zichen didn¡¯t answer his question; instead, he shouted to Shen Qinghan, who was jogging over, ¡°Han Han, contact your master and ask her toe here!¡±
¡°Okay, I¡¯ll contact her now!¡±
Shen Qinghan responded and stopped to take out her phone to contact Yuan Dongzhi.
She didn¡¯t understand what the situation was, but that didn¡¯t matter. She knew one thing: following Lin Zichen¡¯s lead was the right thing to do.
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Underneath Shanhai City.
Twenty thousand meters deep.
Inside the vast and empty Underground Pce,
a seemingly hunchbacked elderly man in a mask stood in front of a blood-red cane nted in the ground, muttering a strange incantation under his breath.
Behind him stood a tall Three-eyed Giant andy a massive Mutant Rat.
Both the Three-eyed Giant and the Mutant Rat were very quiet, careful not to disturb the elderly masked figure.
Time passed unknowingly.
The elderly figure stopped chanting, slowly opened his tightly shut eyes, and said in a hoarse voice:
¡°It¡¯s done.¡±
As he spoke, the blood-red cane in front of him suddenly plunged into the ground and disappeared from view.
The next second, the ground cracked open with terrifying spiderweb-like fissures before copsing with a thunderous sound, creating a huge hole.
It was pitch ck inside the hole, and nothing could be seen.
¡°The biological coordinates on both sides are connected, and the biological passage has been sessfully opened.¡±
¡°Next, we just need to wait for this biological passage to stabilize, and then we can fully connect to Source Land No. 36.¡±
¡°At that time, the creatures from Origin Land will be able to be transported continuously to Earth,¡± the elderly man said in an increasingly hoarse voice.
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PS: Just one chapter today, updating bright and early tomorrow.
Chapter 179: The genius who ended up behind bars
Chapter 179: The genius who ended up behind bars
Less than half a minute passed before Yuan Dongzhi arrived.
Her entrance was simple and crude, as she floated down slowly from high above.
Shended beside Shen Qinghan.
She had flown over.
Flight by levitation.
Advanced-level creatures can manipte objects in the air with powerful spiritual power.
If the object being manipted is oneself, that is flight by levitation.
¡°What has happened?¡±
Yuan Dongzhi asked Shen Qinghan.
Shen Qinghan had told her on WeChat that there was an urgent matter that needed her attention, hoping she coulde quickly.
As for what the matter was, even Shen Qinghan didn¡¯t know; she was merely a tool for passing messages.
¡°Principal Yuan, these two people came to me for help, and gave me a bag of Spirit Fruit. Inside it, there was this peculiar red seed. I suspect it¡¯s a method used by the Divine nt Cult to force students into joining,¡± Lin Zichen briefly summarized the events and his suspicions to Yuan Dongzhi, who had just arrived.
Yuan Dongzhi hadn¡¯t even finished hearing what he was saying when she saw the red seed in his hand. Her brow furrowed immediately.
It was a Gu Seed of a tree demon!
And what¡¯s more, it was arge, egg-sized, advanced tree demon Gu Seed!
A Gu Seed this size could probably control even advanced-level creatures!
The Divine nt Cult actually used it to control a freshman?
Thinking this, Yuan Dongzhi stretched out her hand and suctioned the red seed from Lin Zichen¡¯s hand from across the air.
After inspecting it and confirming that it was indeed a tree demon Gu Seed,
Yuan Dongzhi said to Lin Zichen, ¡°The red seed in your hand is the seed of an exotic tree. Once consumed, it will control the eater, rendering them helpless. It¡¯s one of themon methods used by the Divine nt Cult to coerce people into joining.¡±
Under control after being consumed?
This Gu Seed is that toxic?
Lu Gang and Wang Shujie are truly despicable creatures!
Lin Zichen cursed in his heart.
Then, he remembered the car ride back to school after the practical assessment had ended, when Lu Gang and Wang Shujie had seemed very off.
Now that he thought about it, they must have just been controlled by someone from the Divine nt Cult and were at a loss.
Thinking this, Lin Zichen ryed the incident to Yuan Dongzhi.
After listening, Yuan Dongzhi nodded and, with a light tap on the ground, she soared into the air, suspending herself mid-air.
Lu Gang and Wang Shujie also floated up with her.
It was Yuan Dongzhi¡¯s spiritual power that suspended them both.
¡°Principal Yuan, we were forced!¡±
¡°Principal Yuan, I¡ hmm!¡±
No sooner had the two started to plea than Yuan Dongzhi used her spiritual power to seal their mouths, silencing thempletely.
Upon this, their faces turned pale, filled with panic.
At that moment, both knew their fate was sealed; their oues weren¡¯t likely to be good.
Yuan Dongzhi didn¡¯t pay any attention to the two, instead addressing Lin Zichen and Shen Qinghan below: ¡°The situation within humanity is much worse than what you two see on the surface.¡±
¡°The Heretical Sect is pervasive, and there are heretics lurking in many ces.¡±
¡°When you¡¯re interacting with people, you need to learn to keep your eyes peeled, and that goes for instructors and school authorities as well.¡±
¡°In any case, you must always be cautious of others.¡±
While speaking, Yuan Dongzhi looked at Lin Zichen, her voice indifferent: ¡°I¡¯ll take these two back for investigation first, and I will inform you as soon as there¡¯s an oue.¡±
Without a moment¡¯s dy, she swiftly levitated and took Lu Gang and Wang Shujie towards the administrative building with her burst of spiritual power.
It must be nice to fly¡
Lin Zichen watched as Yuan Dongzhi flew away, his eyes full of envy.
¡°Xiao Chen, Lu Gang and Wang Shujie are too wicked. You were thinking of helping them, yet they were thinking of harming you!¡± Shen Qinghan said with indignation.
Lin Zichen also felt the danger and was somewhat afraid.
If Lu Gang and Wang Shujie had targeted Shen Qinghan and attacked her when she was alone, they might have seeded in their plot.
With this thought, he cautioned Shen Qinghan: ¡°Those two are indeed vile. We must be cautious in the future, and never let down our guard.¡±
¡°Yes, we must be cautious,¡± Shen Qinghan nodded like a pecking chicken.
Lin Zichen said no more, lost in thought.
Standing out too much is indeed dangerous.
He had been targeted by the Divine nt Cult right away.
Luckily, he had [Danger Perception] and [Survival of the Fittest] to give him a prompt, helping him to detect Lu Gang and Wang Shujie¡¯s plot in time.
Otherwise, he might have fallen for it¡
After steadying his emotions a bit, Lin Zichen promptly discarded the bag of Spirit Fruit he was carrying.
The Spirit Fruit in the bag were probably fine.
But to be on the safe side, it was better to dispose of all of them.
There was no need to be greedy for such minor gains.
Shen Qinghan found it painful to watch as he threw away all of the Spirit Fruit into the trash can.
It was the pain of waste.
Such arge bag of Spirit Fruit, worth quite a bit of money, and to throw it away like that was such a pity.
She knew the Spirit Fruit had to be discarded, and she would have done the same.
But her heart just felt it was a terrible shame, as if she were watching money burn.
¡°You mustn¡¯t eat those Spirit Fruit, so throwing them away is the right choice; stop looking at the trash can,¡± Lin Zichen poked Shen Qinghan¡¯s cheek and said with a smile: ¡°If you want to try them, I¡¯ll buy some for you from the school credit storeter.¡±
Shen Qinghan shook her head: ¡°No need, I¡¯m not particrly eager to try them, just a bit curious, that¡¯s all.¡±
Spirit Fruit were too expensive, and she didn¡¯t want Lin Zichen to waste school credits on them.
School credits were better spent purchasing Exotic Beast Meat.
After all, Lin Zichen could gain abilities by devouring Exotic Beast Meat; it offered a higher return on investment.
A mature and sensible woman should always consider her man¡¯s needs in this way.
Although she wasn¡¯t quite mature yet and her rtionship with Lin Zichen hadn¡¯t progressed to that of adults,
Chapter 180: 141. A Genius Imprisoned
Chapter 180: 141. A Genius Imprisoned
But at this moment, that¡¯s what she was thinking.
In her heart, she had already treated Lin Zichen as the man she had married.
Lin Zichen knew what she was thinking; he knew that she was hesitant to spend her academic credits.
So he smiled and said, ¡°You don¡¯t particrly want to eat, but I really want to eat.¡±
After speaking, seeing that it was almost time, he added,
¡°Alright, go to ss now, otherwise you¡¯ll bete. When youe back to the dorm after ss, you can have the fruit tter I¡¯ll make.¡±
¡°Okay, I¡¯m looking forward to it,¡±
Shen Qinghan said with a sweet smile.
After speaking, she looked down at the time on her phone, and her expression changed slightly.
Oh no!
ss starts in 5 minutes!
I¡¯m going to bete!
¡°Xiao Chen, I¡¯m off to ss, bye!¡± Shen Qinghan hastily waved goodbye to Lin Zichen and quickly ran towards the academic building of Evolution College.
Lin Zichen watched her back and called out, ¡°Run slower; it¡¯s okay if you¡¯rete, it doesn¡¯t matter!¡±
Shen Qinghan didn¡¯t take his advice and ran even faster.
She was a top student and couldn¡¯t bete.
Lin Zichen smiled helplessly, then turned and headed towards the institute.
En route to the institute, he opened the academic credits mall, spent 5 credits, and ordered several types of highly nutritious Spirit Fruits.
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Pure Human Research Institute.
As soon as Lin Zichen arrived, he told Liu Chuanwu and Song Yuyan that he was being targeted by the Divine nt Cult.
Liu Chuanwu and Song Yuyan weren¡¯t surprised.
Among them, Song Yuyan said, ¡°It¡¯s normal to have Heretics in colleges, but these Heretics generally don¡¯t reveal themselves during their college years. They progress normally and slowly infiltrate the human upper echelons.¡±
¡°Then, in the field of education or any other fields, they gradually expand their influence and subtly affect all of humanity.¡±
¡°These Heretics are unpredictable, virtually untraceable.¡±
¡°Because on the surface, they seem utterly normal, even going so far as to kill Heretics themselves, fervently speaking of protecting humanity, but deep down, they are Traitors.¡±
¡°Recently, a long-serving educational leader in Capital City was exposed as a Heretic. He had mixed much of his own agenda into the textbooks. It¡¯s unknown how many students have been corrupted.¡±
Song Yuyan continued, ¡°The kind of situation you encountered today is considered a lower-level tactic, with a low sess rate and a high risk of exposure.¡±
¡°Such sacrificial strategies are typically employed by the leaders of the Heretical Sect, who feel that their subordinates aren¡¯t worth much and then utilize them for high-risk, high-reward tasks that have a very low chance of sess.¡±
¡°If it works, great; if not, consider it ayoff.¡±
Layoff?
Lin Zichen was somewhat surprised when he heard this word.
Lu Gang and Wang Shujie, after all, were two of the top students at the school level, yet they were used as cannon fodder.
It seems the threshold of the Divine nt Cult is very high¡
Thinking about this, he curiously asked, ¡°Sister Yan, have you ever been targeted by the Heretics?¡±
¡°Of course.¡±
Song Yuyan said with a smile, ¡°Your Sister Yan was once Capital City¡¯s second top schr, a famous genius. Which Heretical Sect wouldn¡¯t want to recruit me?¡±
After speaking, she then added with a bitter smile, ¡°However, ever since I joined Tianren Pavilion and became just another person among the masses, no Heretic has cared about me anymore. It¡¯s truly a sad piece of good news.¡±
Yes, the Pureblood Human Path is so unappealing that even the Heretics look down on it, and even dogs would shake their heads.
It¡¯s just how unpopr it is.
As for Lin Zichen being targeted, it was purely because he had only recently started on the Pureblood Human Path and still had a chance to turn back.
Additionally, as the new champion showing brilliant performance in the initiation trial, he drew attention to himself.
¡°Zi Chen, regarding the Heretics, you really shouldn¡¯t worry too much,¡±
Liu Chuanwu smiled and continued, ¡°In fact, many Heretics are just beguiled into joining, and very few are truly forced. As long as you remain steadfast, you will likely be fine.¡±
¡°Moreover, even if you really get tricked, you can ask Yuan Dongzhi for help, and she can solve it for you anytime.¡±
¡°Those two ssmates who wanted to harm you probably couldn¡¯t resist the resources offered by the Divine nt Cult and willingly became Heretics, rather than being forcibly controlled.¡±
After speaking, Liu Chuanwu pped his hands and said, ¡°Alright, let¡¯s not talk about these trivial matters anymore. Let¡¯s start researching how to open Acupoints.¡±
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In the time that followed, the three of them gathered in theboratory to discuss and study.
Until 11 am, when Liu Chuanwu waspelled to leave by an old acquaintance, the research session came to an end.
And the oue of their research was bleak, with no results.
Unlocking Acupoints is a challenging task, not achievable overnight, and needs to be measured in years.
However, for Lin Zichen, this research session was still fruitful, as he absorbed many of Liu Chuanwu and Song Yuyan¡¯s failed experiences.
With their unsessful attempts in mind, he could save a lot of detours in his future research.
¡°By the way, Zi Chen, don¡¯t forget I still owe you a secret, got any secrets you want to ask me about today?¡±
Song Yuyan said with a smile.
Lin Zichen: ¡°Not for now.¡±
Song Yuyan: ¡°Okay, then I¡¯ll remind you again tomorrow, lest you forget over time.¡±
Good grief, she needs to remind me again tomorrow?
Are you an rm clock?
Lin Zichen felt that being reminded by her every day would be quite annoying, so after thinking for a moment, he said, ¡°Sister Yan, I suddenly have a secret I want to ask.¡±
¡°What secret?¡±
¡°I think you look like you¡¯re mixed-race. Where are your parents from?¡±
¡°Just asking this?¡±
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Chapter 181: The genius who ended up behind bars_3
Song Yuyan was speechless, and couldn¡¯t help but tease, ¡°I¡¯m talking about you, Brother Zichen, you¡¯re already an 18-year-old guy, and you finally get the chance to ask a great beauty like me a secret, can¡¯t you be a bit more cheeky and ask about my measurements or something?¡±
Upon hearing this, Lin Zichen felt even more speechless than she did.
Sexual harassment, huh?
Turns out, men and women are the same, they all want to flirt when they see someone good-looking.
In one sentence, it¡¯s the ugly ones who will never know how proactive women can be.
Lin Zichen had deeply realized this principle.
¡°Haha, Sister Yan is just teasing you. Don¡¯t take it seriously, you pure-hearted little boy,¡±
Song Yuyanughed with a ¡°haha¡± after saying this.
Then, she reined in herughter and said, ¡°You might not believe it if I tell you, but I was actually an abandoned baby; I have no idea who my biological parents are.¡±
¡°But don¡¯t get me wrong, I had a very happy childhood.¡±
¡°My adoptive parents not only loved me, they were also extremely wealthy, owning several martial arts schools in the Capital City.¡±
¡°Thanks to that, I never had to worry about food or clothing growing up. I spent every day in the martial arts schools practicing, and as I kept practicing, I became the second-highest scorer in the Capital City¡¯s college entrance exams.¡±
¡°Unfortunately, my adoptive parents had many chronic illnesses due to beingbative in their youth, and they both fell ill and passed away during my sophomore year in high school, never seeing me be the second-highest scorer.¡±
¡°Speaking of which, the reason I followed the Pureblood Human Path is all because of the influence of my adoptive parents.¡±
¡°Both of them were members of Tianren Pavilion, long-time friends of the dean, always believing that the Pureblood Human Path is the future of humanity, So following the Pureblood Human Path was my way of fulfilling their wish.¡±
While saying this, she mocked herself, ¡°It¡¯s just a pity that I¡¯m too useless. I¡¯ve been walking the Pureblood Human Path for ten years and haven¡¯t made a ssh, gettingughed at for being no different from anyone else.¡±
Lin Zichen didn¡¯t say anything, just listened intently, nodding now and then in response.
He wasn¡¯t interested in Song Yuyan¡¯s life story.
It was just a casual question.
However, since she was talking so earnestly, he still needed to listen politely.
¡°By the way, Zichen, since you¡¯re such a prodigy, what do your parents do?¡±
After sharing her own backstory, Song Yuyan asked curiously.
Lin Zichen smiled and used the same sentence structure she had just used, ¡°You might not believe it, but both my parents are ordinary people, they write novels online.¡±
¡°Your parents are ordinary people?¡±
Song Yuyan said in disbelief.
How could two ordinary people produce such a genius son?
A gic mutation?
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The next day.
Yuan Dongzhi called a meeting for all the new students in the morning.
Like the fire drills of the past life, she spoke about the Heretical Sect during the meeting.
She intended for the new students to recognize the Heretical Sect and understand its dangers.
To teach them how to identify heretics and avoid being persecuted by them.
She said, if you¡¯re coerced by heretics, you cane to her for help at any time; just don¡¯t collude with them.
Otherwise, once you¡¯ve soiled your hands, she wouldn¡¯t treat the coerced student as a student anymore.
But rather as a heretic, a betrayer of humanity.
How they would be dealt with would be determined then and there, with no room for turning back.
About an hourter,
the meeting ended.
Yuan Dongzhi found Lin Zichen and informed him of the investigation results concerning Lu Gang and Wang Shujie, as well as the punishment they were to face.
The investigation found:
Both of them were confirmed to be members of the Divine nt Cult.
During the practical college entrance exam, a safety officer forced them to consume a demonic seed.
Then, under threat and temptation, they chose to join the Divine nt Cult.
The punishment was:
Both were expelled from Shanhai University and had to bear corresponding criminal responsibilities; their lives were pretty much ruined.
In addition, Yuan Dongzhi also mentioned that the education department of Nanjiang Province had started investigating this year¡¯s practical exam and initiated ountability procedures, which should yield results soon.
Lin Zichen couldn¡¯t help but feel a bit poignant after hearing all this.
Back when he first entered high school, Lu Gang and Wang Shujie had the halo of Nanguan City¡¯s prodigies who looked down on everyone in the elite ss of Shanhai High School, antic and invincible.
Yet, in just a short three years, both were behind bars.
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Chapter 182: 142, Shen Qinghan genetic fusion failure
Chapter 182: 142, Shen Qinghan gic fusion failure
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Time flew by, and a week had passed.
That evening,
with the help of the Revitalization Pill, Lin Zichen sessfully achieved Second-stage Skin Tempering Great Aplishment as he had wished.
His body became invulnerable to des and spears, and he could withstand close-range AK gunfire,parable to the Golden Bell Shield described in martial arts novels.
In light of this, Lin Zichen didn¡¯t indulge in self-satisfaction but continued to diligently refine himself.
The next day, he immediately began Second-stage Flesh Tempering.
He didn¡¯t go to the research institute and spent the entire day in his dorm room refining his body.
He refined himself for an entire day.
He consumed four Revitalization Pills.
And ultimately, he achieved a 5% progress.
5% progress in one day.
As long as he maintained this refining efficiency, he would only need to refine for another 19 days to achieve Second-stage Flesh Tempering Great Aplishment.
After that, he could proceed to Second-stage Bone Tempering.
With such high refining efficiency, he was certain to achieve Second-stage Body Refinement Great Aplishment before the semester ended.
Thinking of this, Lin Zichen felt invigorated inside.
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Another week went by.
That morning,
Lin Zichen¡¯s progress in Second-stage Flesh Tempering increased as scheduled to 40%.
In another 12 days, he would achieve Second-stage Flesh Tempering Great Aplishment, and then he could start Second-stage Bone Tempering.
That same afternoon,
parents from both families drove to the school, bringing as much as they could from home, nning to settle down at Shanhai University.
Shen Qinghan specially took an afternoon off to join Lin Zichen in helping their parents move.
The school¡¯s arranged housing was all in the outer district.
This was because students not belonging to the inner district were prohibited from entering it.
Even the parents of inner district students were likewise forbidden from entering the inner district.
This was a strict rule.
Even the parents of the Neer King were no exception.
Soon, both Lin Zichen and Shen Qinghan met up with their parents and led them to their assigned houses.
Thanks to Lin Zichen¡¯s request to the school authorities, their parents were allocated houses next to each other, allowing them to continue being neighbors.
The only difference was that their children were living in the student dormitories, which made it feel a bit less like aplete family.
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It took an entire afternoon to set up the new home.
Around 5 o¡¯clock in the afternoon,
both families gathered at a restaurant in the outer district for a meal.
While eating and chatting, the atmosphere was harmonious.
¡°I just looked at the work arrangement; I¡¯ve been assigned to teach cultural electives in Building C of the outer district, for inner district students, just 5 sses a week. This is too rxing,¡± said Shen Jianye with a smile on his face.
Xu Meng also smiled and said, ¡°Had I known teaching here was so rxing, I would have moved over sooner.¡±
Lin Yansheng and Zhang Wanxin both felt envious listening to this.
The two were novelists, and moving near the university didn¡¯t reduce their workload at all.
But they enjoyed it nheless.
¡°Han Han, living with Xiao Chen and sharing a bed every day, how does it feel?¡± Zhang Wanxin asked Shen Qinghan with a teasing smile.
Shen Qinghan smiled sweetly, ¡°Every day is so happy, it feels like a dream.¡±
As she said this, her delicate and fair face didn¡¯t blush at all, and she wasn¡¯t as shy as before.
It showed that she had grown up and her personality had be less timid.
Zhang Wanxin looked regretful, ¡°Ah, if only our parents could also enter the inner district. I really want to see your dorm rooms. If I had time, I could even help you clean.¡±
Lin Yansheng, puzzled, said, ¡°I remember Han Han posted a lot of videos in the group chat. Couldn¡¯t you just watch those?¡±
Zhang Wanxin rolled her eyes at him, ¡°Is watching on a phone the same as seeing it in person?¡±
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Around 9 o¡¯clock at night.
It was about time for Lin Zichen and Shen Qinghan to head back to their dormitory.
Before leaving, Xu Meng pulled Shen Qinghan to the side and quietly handed her a bag.
Shen Qinghan, thinking it was some gift, opened the bag with anticipation.
However, upon looking inside, she found two boxes of ¡°ultra-thin XX condoms,¡± leaving her speechless.
¡°Mom, why do you always give me these?¡±
Shen Qinghan pouted, slightly unhappy with the gift.
Xu Meng exined, ¡°I¡¯m worried you might not have enough.¡±
Not have enough?
They hadn¡¯t even reached that step yet.
They were not needed at all¡
Mumbling to herself, Shen Qinghan then seriously said, ¡°Mom, don¡¯t give me these anymore, if we need them, I¡¯ll buy them myself.¡±
¡°You¡¯re just too shy to buy them, aren¡¯t you?¡± her mother retorted.
¡°It¡¯s convenient to shop online nowadays¡¡±
¡°Shen Qinghan, since starting university and not being under your parents¡¯ care, have you learned to talk back?¡± Xu Meng said, looking at her daughter with dissatisfaction.
Shen Qinghan immediately softened and affectionately linked arms with Xu Meng, whining softly, ¡°Not at all. I¡¯ve always been the obedient darling daughter who listens to Mom.¡±
Xu Meng smiled and pinched her cheek, ¡°You¡¯re already so big but still like to act spoiled. You must have been doing this a lot with Xiao Chen, right?¡±
¡°I only act like this with you, Mom.¡±
¡°Okay, Mom knows. Go on back. Xiao Chen is waiting outside.¡±
¡°Mom, bye-bye.¡±
¡°Mhm, bye-bye.¡±
The mother and daughter waved at each other and said their goodbyes.
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Zhongyuan Building No. 8, Dormitory 603.
By the time the two of them returned here, it was nearly 9:30 p.m.
As soon as they entered the dormitory, Shen Qinghan remembered something very important and said to Lin Zichen:
¡°Zi Chen, I forgot to tell you, I have my Gic Fusion scheduled for tomorrow night at 9 o¡¯clock, in the master¡¯s office. Would youe and keep mepany?¡±
¡°Sure, I¡¯lle with you,¡± Lin Zichen replied without hesitation.
An event as significant as the Gic Fusion, akin to conceiving a child, was something he would have insisted on being a part of, even if Shen Qinghan hadn¡¯t asked.
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Chapter 183: 142, Shen Qinghan gic fusion failure_2
¡°It¡¯s gettingte, let¡¯s go take a bath and then get to bed early.¡±
¡°Okay, let¡¯s go.¡±
After saying that, Lin Zichen walked with Shen Qinghan toward the front bathroom.
About half an hourter.
They came out of the bathroom after taking their baths.
As soon as Shen Qinghan came out, she said she was hungry and wanted ate-night snack.
Lin Zichen indulged her and specifically went to the kitchen to stir-fry a dish of rice noodles and squeeze a ss of spirit fruit juice to satisfy her craving.
After spending a dozen minutes eating their fill.
Shen Qinghan rested for a while, brushed her teeth and washed her face, and soon went to sleep in the room with Lin Zichen.
After lying in bed for a while without falling asleep, she turned on her side to face Lin Zichen and said,
¡°Xiao Chen, it¡¯s not even 11 o¡¯clock yet, it¡¯s too early, and I can¡¯t sleep. Can I borrow your phone to y for a while?¡±
¡°I haven¡¯t downloaded any new study videos.¡±
¡°It¡¯s okay, I can watch the old ones.¡±
¡°Here you go.¡±
Lin Zichen handed over his phone and said, ¡°Remember to use headphones, don¡¯t let the sound y out loud.¡±
¡°I know.¡±
Shen Qinghan took the phone, put on the headphones, and skillfully opened the study videos that were cached inside, silently shrinking into the nket to watch.
Half an hourter.
The videos ended.
Shen Qinghan took off the headphones and returned the phone to Lin Zichen.
As Lin Zichen reached out to take the phone, she said in a soft, sticky voice, ¡°Xiao Chen, I¡¯d like to drink some milk.¡±
¡°I¡¯ll go get it for you.¡±
Lin Zichen said, getting up from the bed and putting on his shoes.
But before he had a chance to go, Shen Qinghan took hold of his hand with eyes full of affection, her voice slightly soft, ¡°No need to go to the living room to get it, just lie down on the bed¡¡±
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The next day, 7:30 AM.
The two of them sat opposite each other at the dining table for breakfast.
Today¡¯s breakfast was also made by Lin Zichen.
It was simple: a bowl of corn dumplings, a boiled egg, and a cup of hot milk.
After finishing the dumplings and egg, Shen Qinghan held the hot milk in front of her and couldn¡¯t wait to drink it.
The egg was too dry, and she was very thirsty.
¡°Xiao Chen, the milk is not tasty at all, it¡¯s all a lie.¡±
After finishing the milk in the cup, Shen Qinghan wiped the corner of her mouth, pouted her rosy lips slightly, andined as if she had been deceived.
Lin Zichen looked at the empty cup in front of her andughed without saying a word.
¡°Xiao Chen, I have to undergo Gic Fusion tonight at 9 PM, and I¡¯m a bit nervous.¡±
A hint of unease appeared on Shen Qinghan¡¯s pretty face.
Lin Zichenforted her with a gentle voice, ¡°It¡¯s normal to feel nervous the first time. After doing it a few more times and getting used to it, it¡¯ll be fine.¡±
¡°That¡¯s true.¡±
Shen Qinghan nodded in agreement.
They sat like that and chatted for a while, then quickly got up to clean up the dining table together.
A momentter, after the table was cleared,
Shen Qinghan put on the small backpack that Lin Zichen had made for her and went out to ss on her own.
Lin Zichen chose not to go to the research institute today but to stay at home for a second Tempering Flesh.
This Temperingsted a quick 10 hours.
With the help of four Revitalization Pills, the progress of the second Tempering Flesh sessfully advanced to 45%.
Seeing that it was 5:30 PM, Lin Zichen put away the yoga mat, picked a few ingredients from the fridge, and took them to the kitchen to cook dinner.
Closer to 6 PM,
Shen Qinghan came back with her backpack.
As soon as she entered the house, she smelled the aromaing from the kitchen, and she couldn¡¯t help swallowing saliva.
The dishes Lin Zichen cooked were so fragrant that she never got tired of eating them; just one whiff made her want to eat.
After dinner, the two sat on the couch reading books for a while.
Feeling sufficiently digested, Shen Qinghan stood up, left the living room, and went to the bathroom for a shower.
In just over an hour, she would head to Yuan Dongzhi¡¯s office for her first Gic Fusion. Before that, it was necessary to clean up.
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8:30 PM.
Lin Zichen and Shen Qinghan left home to head towards Yuan Dongzhi¡¯s office.
They walked leisurely for over ten minutes.
Arriving at the administrative building,
they walked in.
Took the elevator to the 5th floor.
When the two entered the principal¡¯s office, Yuan Dongzhi had already been waiting inside for a long time.
Upon seeing Shen Qinghan, Yuan Dongzhi handed her a cup of warm water to drink all at once.
After finishing that cup, she poured another one for her to continue drinking.
In total, she drank five cups, nearly a liter of water.
This was the preparatory work before fusing the Blue Spirit Jellyfish gene.
The Blue Spirit Jellyfish is a Water Attribute Exotic Beast; the more water there is in the body, the easier it is to fuse with its genes.
¡°Master, I can¡¯t drink any more.¡±
Shen Qinghan put down her cup and touched her full belly, feeling a bit ufortable.
Yuan Dongzhi said indifferently, ¡°If you can¡¯t drink anymore, there¡¯s no need to force it. Come up to the bed and lie down, and I¡¯m going to fuse you with the Azure Jellyfish King¡¯s genes.¡±
¡°Thank you, Master.¡±
Shen Qinghan obedientlyy down on the bed, her belly filled with water slightly raised, making her look like a little pregnant woman several months along.
Yuan Dongzhi brought over a syringe filled with blue liquid, sat next to Shen Qinghan,
and said to her, ¡°The blue liquid in this syringe I¡¯m holding contains the Azure Jellyfish King gene. When I inject itter, I have to insert it directly into the heart.¡±
¡°But don¡¯t worry, the insertion won¡¯t hurt. I¡¯ll use spiritual power to numb your pain nerves so you won¡¯t feel any pain.¡±
¡°However, during the gene fusion process, even if your pain nerves are numbed, you will still feel pain.¡±
¡°But, the duration of the process usually won¡¯t be too long, at most just a few minutes.¡±
¡°During that time, if you truly can¡¯t bear the pain, feel free to scream out loud, don¡¯t hold it in, understand?¡±
¡°I understand, Master.¡± Shen Qinghan nodded her head.
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Chapter 184: 142, Shen Qinghan Gic Fusion Failure_3
As she said these words, fear and nervousness filled her eyes, and she felt extremely uneasy inside.
Such a thick needle, directly piercing into the heart to inject, could it really be painless?
The sensation felt like it could stab someone to death¡
After simply exining the precautions to Shen Qinghan,
Yuan Dongzhi retrieved the tools they¡¯d needter, preparing to inject Shen Qinghan with the Azure Jellyfish King gene.
Before the injection, she looked at Lin Zichen in front of her and said, ¡°You¡¯ll have to lift up your clothes for the injection, you should step out to avoid any difort.¡±
We¡¯ve already been intimate, no need for such formalities¡ Shen Qinghan thought to herself, her cheeks blushing slightly as she quietly said, ¡°Master, we¡¯ve already been living together¡¡±
Living together?
Yuan Dongzhi was somewhat surprised, but didn¡¯t pay much attention to it, simply saying calmly, ¡°Since you two are living together, there¡¯s no need to avoid each other.¡±
Having said that, she lifted Shen Qinghan¡¯s shirt, took a piece of cloth soaked in alcohol, and wiped her chest for disinfection.
After disinfecting, she aimed the sharp needle at Shen Qinghan¡¯s chest and said, ¡°Qinghan, I¡¯m going to insert it now.¡±
¡°Mhm.¡±
Shen Qinghan responded tersely, closing her eyes in fear.
Seeing that she was ready, Yuan Dongzhi released her own spiritual power to anesthetize Shen Qinghan¡¯s pain receptors.
Then, with a gentle push, she urately pierced the needle into her heart and slowly injected the Azure Jellyfish King gene from the syringe.
Lin Zichen witnessed the scene, finding it incredible.
He had previously studied the process of human gic fusion and even watched rted videos.
From them, he learned that various precise monitoring instruments are needed during gic fusion, to constantly observe changes in the subject¡¯s body data.
However, Yuan Dongzhi needed no monitoring instruments at that moment.
This was because her incredibly powerful spiritual power was the best monitoring instrument that could minutely observe every data change in Shen Qinghan¡¯s body.
Soon, the Azure Jellyfish King gene waspletely injected.
Yuan Dongzhi removed the needle from Shen Qinghan¡¯s heart and took some white mystical ointment, spreading it over the remaining needle hole on her chest.
As soon as the ointment was applied, the next second, the needle hole on Shen Qinghan¡¯s chest swiftly healed, appearing as good as new.
¡°After the gic fusion starts, you will soon feel intense pain, so you need to be psychologically prepared,¡± Yuan Dongzhi cautioned Shen Qinghan.
Shen Qinghan ¡°Mhm¡±ed again, tightly closing her eyes, biting her lower lip, ready to face a bout of severe pain.
However¡ª
1 second passed¡
2 seconds passed¡
3 seconds passed¡
Even after 5 seconds, 6 seconds, 7 seconds, and even 10 seconds had passed, Shen Qinghan still didn¡¯t feel any pain.
This waspletely different from what Yuan Dongzhi had said.
Faced with this situation, Shen Qinghan felt particrly uneasy, and couldn¡¯t help asking weakly, ¡°Master, it¡¯s so strange, I don¡¯t feel any pain at all, could something be wrong?¡±
Yuan Dongzhi did not respond.
It wasn¡¯t that she hadn¡¯t heard Shen Qinghan.
Nor was she being aloof.
Instead, she waspletely stunned at that moment.
The Azure Jellyfish King¡¯s gene had been sessfully injected into Shen Qinghan¡¯s heart without any rejection reaction; the process went very smoothly.
But strangely, the Azure Jellyfish King gene that was injected did not fuse with Shen Qinghan¡¯s genes.
Instead, it was eerily controlled!
All of the Azure Jellyfish King genes were controlled by Shen Qinghan¡¯s genes!
Unable to fuse!
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PS: Setting out my bowl, asking for monthly and rmendation tickets!
Chapter 185: 143. Shen Qinghan’s ability—Gene Slavery!
Chapter 185: 143. Shen Qinghan¡¯s ability¡ªGene very!
¡°Master?¡±
Shen Qinghan opened her eyes and saw Yuan Dongzhi standing still with a stunned expression, not responding to her words, which made her voice her doubt and feel very uneasy.
Lin Zichen¡¯s brow furrowed slightly, and after hesitating for a moment he stepped forward and asked, ¡°Principal Yuan, is there a problem with Han Han¡¯s gic fusion?¡±
Upon hearing the two people¡¯s voices, Yuan Dongzhi quickly snapped back to reality.
She steadied her emotions and said with some uncertainty, ¡°Qinghan¡¯s gic fusion failed, it didn¡¯t sessfully integrate the Azure Jellyfish King genes, but¡ I can¡¯t say it¡¯s an outright failure.¡±
¡°What do you mean?¡±
Lin Zichen¡¯s brows knitted even tighter.
Either it seeds, or it fails, what is this ¡®not aplete failure¡¯?
Did it only fuse halfway?
Lin Zichen was worried about this, afraid that Shen Qinghan¡¯s body might develop problems because of it.
Abnormal situations always provoke such unease.
Yuan Dongzhi didn¡¯t hide the situation from her young disciple¡¯s cohabiting boyfriend and told the truth, ¡°Under normal circumstances, if exotic beast genes injected into the heart don¡¯t cause a severe rejection reaction, it¡¯s considered a sessful gic fusion.¡±
¡°Because the biggest difficulty in gic fusion is the rejection reaction.¡±
¡°As long as there is no rejection reaction, with the assistance of various drugs in the gene reagent, one¡¯s own genes will quickly fuse with the exotic beast gene on their own, obtaining the authority to express the exotic beast gene, thus attaining certain abilities of the respective exotic beast.¡±
¡°However, Qinghan¡¯s situation is strange; the Azure Jellyfish King genes injected into her didn¡¯t cause the slightest rejection reaction, nor did they initiate fusion, but were insteadpletely controlled.¡±
¡°All the Azure Jellyfish King genes were controlled by her own genes.¡±
As she spoke these words, disbelief was written all over Yuan Dongzhi¡¯s face, and she felt very unreal.
Having lived for nearly a century and personally witnessed the development of gic fusion technology from scratch to the present, participating in tens of thousands of gic fusion surgeries, she had never seen a case like Shen Qinghan¡¯s.
She had not only never seen it, but she had also never even heard of it.
Her past knowledge of gic fusion waspletely shattered, leaving her dumbfounded.
The Azure Jellyfish King genes, controlled by Han Han¡¯s genes?
Lin Zi Chen was extremely puzzled and looked at Yuan Dongzhi, asking, ¡°Principal Yuan, what exactly is going on?¡±
¡°I can¡¯t quite rify what exactly is going on,¡± Yuan Dongzhi admitted with uncharacteristic patience. ¡°The only thing I¡¯m clear about now is that, under the perception of my spiritual power, I found that Qinghan¡¯s own genes seem to have a mind of their own, systematically surrounding the invading Azure Jellyfish King genes and then coiling around them, restricting their freedom.¡±
¡°During the process, some Azure Jellyfish King genes instinctively tried to initiate fusion, only to be directly strangled by Qinghan¡¯s genes, turning into a heap of gene fragments that werepletely absorbed as nutrients.¡±
¡°The current situation is that the remaining Azure Jellyfish King genes are all restricted in their freedom, looking like a female thief who broke into a house and got imprisoned in the basement by the homeowner, a situation I have never encountered.¡±
Surrounding?
Coiling?
Imprisoning?
Hearing these sensitive words, Lin Zichen found it unbelievable.
Is this something genes can do?
This notion was so astonishing that it made him doubt whether Yuan Dongzhi was lying.
Unfortunately, his spiritual power was not strong enough; otherwise, he would also want to investigate Shen Qinghan¡¯s body to verify if it was really that bizarre.
While the two were talking, Shen Qinghan on the bed was very well-behaved, not interrupting, listening quietly the entire time.
As she was attentively listening to Yuan Dongzhi exin the situation in her body,
suddenly, she noticed her hair changing color!
Turning blue at a visible rate, resembling the hue of the ocean.
At the same time, it became even more supple and glossy, looking crystal-clear like water.
¡°Xiao Chen, Master, my hair is changing color!¡±
Shen Qinghan felt a bit panicked and turned to look at the two as she spoke, reacting immediately.
There was no need for her reminder, as Lin Zichen and Yuan Dongzhi had already noticed.
Because their gaze had never left her, not even for a second.
¡°What¡¯s the matter?¡±
Yuan Dongzhi was once again baffled and asked with a puzzled expression, ¡°Why does she express the Azure Jellyfish King¡¯s genes when the fusion clearly failed?¡±
Turning hair blue is one of the characteristics expressed by the Blue Spirit Jellyfish genes.
This shouldn¡¯t be urring in Shen Qinghan.
Yuan Dongzhi sat down by the bed and observed Shen Qinghan¡¯s now azure-blue supple hair closely, asking her, ¡°Qinghan, do you feel anything unusual in your body?¡±
Shen Qinghan calmed her emotions, focused quietly and felt something carefully, then said uncertainly, ¡°It feels like there¡¯s something extra inside of me; I can sense it, and it seems¡ I can also control it.¡±
Something extra inside?
Able to sense it?
And even control it?
Isn¡¯t that a Gic Integrator?
Yuan Dongzhi felt perplexed.
After some thought, she figured that it must be a problem with her own spiritual power.
Indeed, Shen Qinghan had sessfully fused with the Azure Jellyfish King genes, and it was a w in her spiritual power perception that had prevented her from realizing this.
Thinking this, she immediately withdrew her spiritual power from Shen Qinghan¡¯s body.
She took a moment to rest, allowing her brain to take a short break.
Afterward, she extended her spiritual power again, entering Shen Qinghan¡¯s body, carefully examining the Azure Jellyfish King genes inside.
Her findings revealed that the Azure Jellyfish King genes were still being controlled by Shen Qinghan¡¯s genes; there was no mutual fusion whatsoever.
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Chapter 186: 143. Shen Qinghan¡¯s ability¡ªGene very!_2
But what was different from before was that at this moment, the Azure Jellyfish King¡¯s gene was striving to express itself.
It looked as if it were threatened by Shen Qinghan¡¯s gic death threat, and if it didn¡¯t express its gene, it would strangle!
What on earth was going on?
Yuan Dongzhi was extremely shocked in her heart, feeling baffled beyond measure.
But one thing could be certain, Shen Qinghan didn¡¯t need to fuse with the Exotic Beast Gene, she just needed to control the Exotic Beast Gene to express it and acquire the abilities of the Exotic Beast.
It¡¯s just like a jerk, only responsible for bed affairs and not marriage, never having to worry about divorce disputes.
In the domain of Gic Fusion, it¡¯s like never having to worry about bacsh from the Exotic Beast Gene.
No, that¡¯s not vivid enough.
When jerks date, they are equal in status.
The situation inside Shen Qinghan¡¯s body is more like a rtionship between master and ve.
Shen Qinghan¡¯s genes had enved all those foreign Azure Jellyfish King genes, turning them into its ves, making the Azure Jellyfish King genes work for it.
If they obey, they just bind and imprison; if they don¡¯t, they get strangled.
Yes, that¡¯s it!
It¡¯s a rtionship of envement!
Gene very!
Yuan Dongzhi made such a judgment about the situation inside Shen Qinghan¡¯s body and named this phenomenon Gene very.
She felt that her conjectures were well-founded, logical, and scientifically minded.
Without surprises, the truth should be just so.
After roughly figuring out these things.
Yuan Dongzhi looked at Shen Qinghan and said, ¡°Qinghan, the thing you sense inside your body should be the Azure Jellyfish King gene that I just injected into you.¡±
¡°Now, the Azure Jellyfish King gene inside you is in an activated state, calm your mind, and try to use your spiritual power to control it, make it fall into dormancy.¡±
¡°Oh, I¡¯ll try.¡±
Shen Qinghan¡¯s voice was soft as she replied.
Then, concentrating, she did as Yuan Dongzhi said and tried to use her spiritual power to control the Azure Jellyfish King gene inside her.
It was only a moment of fumbling.
Soon, Shen Qinghan intuitively seeded in controlling the Azure Jellyfish King gene all by herself.
Then, with a thought, she put the Azure Jellyfish King gene into dormancy.
At the same time, her hair as blue as the sea visibly faded from blue and returned to its original ck color.
Seeing this, Yuan Dongzhi was excited in her heart.
Shen Qinghan could control the Azure Jellyfish King gene inside her!
My guess was right!
After steadying her emotions for a moment, Yuan Dongzhi looked at Shen Qinghan and said, ¡°Qinghan, now try to reactivate the Azure Jellyfish King gene.¡±
¡°Okay.¡±
After speaking, Shen Qinghan thought, reactivating the Azure Jellyfish King gene inside her.
The next second, her hair turned bright and shiny blue again, dazzlingly beautiful.
Seeing her hair turn blue again, Yuan Dongzhi could no longer suppress the excitement in her heart.
She¡¯s so strong!
Shen Qinghan¡¯s physique is truly too strong!
Even the likes of Li Moyu, Ma Xiwei, and even Student Council President Zhou Xuehong, who are top Gic Integrators, need at least three days to adapt after sessfully fusing with an Exotic Beast Gene, and then they can activate or put their Exotic Beast Gene into dormancy at will.
But Shen Qinghan, she had just injected the Exotic Beast Gene into her heart and was directly able to control the Exotic Beast Gene!
This is much more powerful than a Gic Integrator!
In front of her, a Gic Integrator is just like a mentally challenged child!
A skill that could be mastered instantly, yet they have to spend at least three days to master it!
What about the genius of the capital¡¯s top university?
What about the unbeatable gic fusion talent?
All of these are not worth mentioning in the face of Shen Qinghan¡¯s Gene very ability!
The more Yuan Dongzhi thought about it, the more excited she got.
The disciple she had newly taken had potential far beyond what she had imagined!
As for thepatibility of Gic Fusion reaching 21%?
This ispletely iparable in the face of the ability of Gene very!
Seeing the usually cold and reticent Yuan Dongzhi suddenly showing excitement in a way that didn¡¯t fit her persona, Lin Zichen immediately asked, ¡°Principal Yuan, what¡¯s the situation with Han Han now?¡±
Yuan Dongzhi, feeling exceptionally good, smiled and said, ¡°I have a good news and a bad news, which would you like to hear first?¡±
Lin Zichen didn¡¯t speak, silently looking at Shen Qinghan on the bed, allowing her to decide.
Shen Qinghan hesitated for a moment, her mood somewhat uneasy, and said, ¡°Well¡ let¡¯s hear the bad news first.¡±
Yuan Dongzhi: ¡°The bad news is, you may never be a Gic Integrator.¡±
¡°Ah?¡±
Shen Qinghan was stunned for a moment.
Then, she felt as though her whole world had crumbled.
She had finally tested out a high 21%patibility for Gic Fusion.
She had finally turned from an ordinary person into a top-tier talent.
She had finally earned the right to be with Lin Zichen and be called the Double Pride of the Era.
But in less than half a year, was she going to fall back to mediocrity?
Heartbroken, distressed, despair, agony¡
For a moment, Shen Qinghan was overwhelmed with negative emotions, feeling the world darken.
But soon, she realized something was amiss.
If she could not be a Gic Integrator, then why could she freely control the Azure Jellyfish King gene inside her just now?
Wasn¡¯t that something only a Gic Integrator could do?
With these thoughts in her mind, Shen Qinghan asked full of confusion, ¡°Master, then why could I control the Azure Jellyfish King gene inside me just now, isn¡¯t that something only a Gic Integrator can do?¡±
Yuan Dongzhi smiled and said, ¡°That¡¯s exactly what I¡¯m about to tell you in the good news.¡±
¡°Master, I want to hear the good news!¡±
Shen Qinghan could no longer wait, desperately needing some good news to soothe her restless spirit.
Chapter 187: 143. Shen Qinghan’s ability—Gene Slavery!_3
Chapter 187: 143. Shen Qinghan¡¯s ability¡ªGene very!_3
Yuan Dongzhi said with a smile, ¡°The good news is, you are more advanced and powerful than a Gic Integrator, you don¡¯t need Gic Fusion to do what they can, and you can do it even better.¡±
¡°Really?¡±
Shen Qinghan was overjoyed.
Yuan Dongzhi smiled, then shared her conjecture about Gene very.
She exined in detail.
She emphasized the power of Gene very.
She said that Shen Qinghan didn¡¯t need to fuse with an Exotic Beast Gene to express the gene and gain the Exotic Beasts¡¯ abilities, without worrying about being backfired by the Exotic Beast Gene.
Lin Zichen and Shen Qinghan were both surprised after hearing this.
Among them, Shen Qinghan¡¯s pretty face turned red with excitement, more excited than if she had won several hundred million in a lottery.
But soon, Yuan Dongzhi poured cold water on her by saying indifferently, ¡°Qinghan, don¡¯t be too happy too soon, Master¡¯s conjecture may not be urate.¡±
¡°Whether you¡¯re actually more advanced than a Gic Integrator, that still needs to be observed over time.¡±
¡°So far, we have not found any Pure Blood Human being able to break the shackles of ordinary creatures to evolve into an Advanced-level Creature.¡±
¡°Only by integrating with an Exotic Beast Gene can one break this shackle.¡±
¡°And your current situation is, you can¡¯t fuse with an Exotic Beast Gene, but you can enve it, express it, and gain the corresponding abilities.¡±
¡°What does this mean? It means that you are essentially still a Pure Blood Human.¡±
Saying this, Yuan Dongzhi asked Shen Qinghan, ¡°Do you think, you can break the shackles of ordinary creatures with your Pureblood Human body?¡±
This question, like a bucket filled with ice-cold water, was poured over Shen Qinghan¡¯s head, extinguishing all her excitement and joy.
From great sorrow to great joy, then back to great sorrow again.
This set of emotional rollercoaster moves left Shen Qinghan silent for a long time, unable to speak.
¡°Don¡¯t be so disheartened.¡±
Yuan Dongzhi said with her genteel smile, ¡°In my opinion, since your genes can enve the genes of the Azure Jellyfish King, that means your genes are stronger than those of the Jellyfish King.¡±
¡°And the genes of the Azure Jellyfish King belong to an Advanced-level Creature.¡±
¡°Therefore, you have a good chance of breaking the shackles of ordinary creatures with your own genes.¡±
At this point, Yuan Dongzhi ced her hand on Shen Qinghan¡¯s shoulder, looking at her with great expectation, ¡°You are very likely to be the first pioneer on Earth to break away from the constraints of ordinary creatures and evolve into an Advanced-level Creature using a Pureblood Human body.¡±
¡°I, I really can?¡±
After hearing Yuan Dongzhi¡¯s words, Shen Qinghan¡¯s whole mind was in a whirl, resembling an innocent girl who had been hoodwinked by a cult leader.
Yuan Dongzhi said seriously, ¡°If a Pure Blood Human can really break the shackles of ordinary creatures, then the first one to do so will definitely be you.¡±
Lin Zichen frowned, what did that mean, was she looking down on him?
Muttering in his heart, he calmly asked Yuan Dongzhi, ¡°Principal Yuan, ording to what you said, does that mean Han Han will be following the Pureblood Human Path from now on?¡±
Yuan Dongzhi shook her head, ¡°She can¡¯t walk the Pureblood Human Path.¡±
Lin Zichen was puzzled, ¡°Can¡¯t walk it?¡±
Yuan Dongzhi patiently exined, ¡°Whether one can walk the Pureblood Human Path depends on one¡¯s physical talent and the strength of their Qi-Blood, and both of these just happen to be Qinghan¡¯s weak points.¡±
¡°Abilities of the controlling type are generally linked with spiritual power, and Qinghan¡¯s Gene very ability should be no exception.¡±
¡°So, Qinghan¡¯s future direction of evolution is to refine her spiritual power, enhance the strength of her Gene very ability, and then keep on enving Exotic Beast Genes to be stronger.¡±
¡°This is an unprecedented and pioneering path of evolution, only feasible for Qinghan who has the ability for Gene very; others cannot.¡±
Yuan Dongzhi added, ¡°Although Qinghan is not a Gic Integrator, her main method of improving strength is inseparable from the Exotic Beast Genes.¡±
¡°Considering this, Qinghan will still be a student in the genius ss of Evolution College, and on the surface, she¡¯ll be identified as a Gic Integrator.¡±
¡°This secret, just the two of you should know, don¡¯t tell anyone, not even parents.¡±
After giving her instructions, Yuan Dongzhi turned to Shen Qinghan and said, ¡°Qinghan, there¡¯s still much to research about your Gene very ability, so from now on,e to my office every night at 8 o¡¯clock if you¡¯re free, and we¡¯ll study it together.¡±
¡°Yes, Master. I understand,¡± Shen Qinghan obediently nodded, disying a model student¡¯s attributes perfectly.
Yuan Dongzhi nced at the time and spoke with rare gentleness, ¡°All right, it¡¯s gettingte, both of you should go back and rest early.¡±
¡°Principal Yuan, goodbye.¡±
¡°Master, bye-bye.¡±
Lin Zichen and Shen Qinghan waved politely to Yuan Dongzhi and quickly left the office.
After the two had left,
Yuan Dongzhi picked up the mobile phone on the desk and dialed her father¡¯s number.
Soon, the call connected, and a deep male voice came through,
¡°Dongzhi, why are you calling sote?¡±
¡°I dialed by mistake.¡±
¡°Oh, then I¡¯ll hang up first, I¡¯m having a drink with a few friends.¡±
¡°Dad, drink less.¡±
¡°Hey, I know, don¡¯t nag like your mother, youngdy. I¡¯m hanging up now.¡±
¡°Beep beep beep beep¡¡±
After a brief conversation, Yuan Dongzhi ended the call with her father.
She thought about it and decided not to tell her nearly 200-year-old father about Shen Qinghan¡¯s situation.
This secret about her little disciple should just be known to herself and the little disciple couple; there was no need for a fourth person to know, to avoid unnecessary trouble.
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Chapter 188: 144. Remotely controlling another person’s Qi-Blood
Chapter 188: 144. Remotely controlling another person¡¯s Qi-Blood
In the days that followed, whenever she had the time, Shen Qinghan would arrive promptly at 8 p.m. at Yuan Dongzhi¡¯s office to study her Gene very ability with her bargain mentor.
They focused on this research for nearly half a month.
During that time, Shen Qinghan¡¯s body showed no signs of abnormalities.
The genes of the Azure Jellyfish King within her were tightly controlled by her own DNA.
Any movement from the Azure Jellyfish King gene would be instantly crushed by her own.
The remaining genes of the Azure Jellyfish King behaved like obedient ves.
Shen Qinghan needed only to think, and they would express or enter dormancy as she wished.
Gic Integrators would cry with envy at the sight.
For Gic Integrators, each fusion with an Exotic Beast Gene was followed by a period of instability.
During which, they needed constant injection of drugs to stabilize and prevent any anomalous transformations.
Whereas Shen Qinghan, who possessed the Gene very ability, didn¡¯t have to worry about this at all, enjoying the ability to freeload off the genes of Exotic Beasts.
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Administrative building.
Inside the principal¡¯s office.
The lights were zing.
Yuan Dongzhi, d in a light white cheongsam, sat crossing her legs on the office chair, her pose sensual yet elegant, emanating the aura of a noblewoman and appearing as an experienced charmer.
In contrast, sitting across from her in a light blue dress, Shen Qinghan seemed somewhat pure and restrained.
Sitting upright throughout, she resembled an elementary student upying the front row in a ssroom.
Shen Qinghan and Yuan Dongzhi, despite their mentor-apprentice rtionship, weren¡¯t particrly close.
Most of their interactions bore the air of a ¡°serious¡± and ¡°reserved¡± elementary school teacher-student rtionship.
¡°Come on, Qinghan, try using spiritual power as I just taught you to slowly move the water from the left cup to the right cup,¡± Yuan Dongzhi said, her voice unusually gentle.
She was very much invested in her well-behaved little apprentice and wanted to deepen their bond and nurture her growth.
¡°Hmm, I¡¯ll give it a try,¡± answered Shen Qinghan, in her soft voice.
Next, with a thought, she activated the gene of the Azure Jellyfish King within her, causing her hair to turn a vibrant, shiny blue.
Then, again with a thought, she clumsily spread out her spiritual power, gradually moving the water from the left cup to the right one.
Her spiritual power was weak and far from being strong enough to manipte objects through the air.
Ordinarily, she wouldn¡¯t be able to move the water from one cup to another.
But with the properties of the Azure Jellyfish King gene enhancing her abilities, she did it effortlessly.
Moreover, she did it perfectly.
The water she drew was silky smooth, pouringpletely into the other cup without spilling a single drop onto the table.
Yuan Dongzhi witnessed the whole process, deeply impressed.
She considered herself a genius among geniuses, butpared to Shen Qinghan, she seemed utterlymon.
The silky water control Shen Qinghan disyed just now took her three months of hard practice to aplish when she was younger.
Yet Shen Qinghan had seeded in less than half a month.
The disparity was like the difference between heaven and earth.
Pleased with what she saw, Yuan Dongzhi didn¡¯t skimp on her praise, ¡°Not bad, your water control ability is much stronger than mine was back then; indeed, the blue is outshining the indigo.¡±
¡°You tter me, Master,¡± Shen Qinghan said modestly.
She felt a bit embarrassed by Yuan Dongzhi¡¯spliments, her fingers ying with her smooth hair on her shoulders in shyness.
For Yuan Dongzhi, the more she watched her apprentice¡¯s bashful demeanor, the more endearing she found it.
She then continued, ¡°The method of spiritual refinement I taught youst night, you must practice it diligently for an hour every night before going to bed.¡±
¡°Strive to raise your currently faint spiritual power to the standard required to train in the Spirit Refinement Room in a month¡¯s time.¡±
¡°Training in the Spirit Refinement Room will enhance your spiritual power rapidly. Once it is sufficiently high, you will be able to influence not just water from a distance but also the Qi-Blood within others¡¯ bodies.¡±
¡°Do you understand what it means to be able to control others¡¯ Qi-Blood from a distance?¡±
¡°It means that in a confrontation, you could at the very least cause your opponent¡¯s Qi-Blood to flow chaotically or, at worst, make them explode and die from it. To kill an enemy would be but a thought away!¡±
Yuan Dongzhi said thisst sentence with an emphasis that carried a surge of momentum.
To kill an enemy with just a thought¡
Hearing Yuan Dongzhi¡¯s words, Shen Qinghan felt a bit unreal.
Just a few months ago, in the practical exam for the college entrance exam, she had to set up traps in advance to hunt a wild boar, wielding a sharpened bamboo stick and approached with caution, fearing to be overturned by the creature.
Yet now, just a few monthster, she was at the point where she could kill with a mere thought?
She had improved so fast¡
Shen Qinghan felt a wave of emotion within herself.
Unaware of her thoughts, Yuan Dongzhi quickly resumed speaking, ¡°The skill to influence others¡¯ Qi-Blood remotely is something I mastered a year after integrating with the gene of the Azure Jellyfish King, but with a better talent than mine, you should aim to master it before the end of this term. Do you have confidence?¡±
¡°Yes, I have confidence,¡± replied Shen Qinghan, nodding confidently without a hint of hesitation.
Surprised, but then reassured, Yuan Dongzhi smiled and said, ¡°Good, a top-tier genius should have top-tier confidence; a genius without confidence will sooner orter fade into obscurity. A genius ought to be proud andpetitive.¡±
Chapter 189: 144. Remotely controlling another person’s Qi-Blood_2
Chapter 189: 144. Remotely controlling another person¡¯s Qi-Blood_2
Shen Qinghan nodded vigorously.
In front of Yuan Dongzhi, nodding had almost be her signature move.
¡°By the way, Master, when I saw you walking on the waves toe to the research base during the college entrance examination, it was so breathtaking. If I want to walk on the waves like that, how long will I at least have to practice?¡±
Shen Qinghan asked longingly.
Yuan Dongzhiughed and said, ¡°I was nearly forty-five when I managed to walk on the waves like I did that day. For you, I think you can do it before you turn thirty, I have great faith in you.¡±
Before thirty?
Hearing what Yuan Dongzhi said, Shen Qinghan felt a little overwhelmed.
It was the first time in her life someone had such high hopes for her, giving her a very peculiar feeling.
Seeing her so pleasantly surprised, Yuan Dongzhi couldn¡¯t help but smile, finding her little disciple inexplicably adorable.
Unlike the eldest disciple from Origin Land, who was always expressionless, taciturn, not rejoicing in material gains, nor wallowing in one¡¯s own sorrows, like a block of emotionless ice.
Thinking thus, Yuan Dongzhi said to Shen Qinghan, ¡°Qinghan, at the end of the term, I will inject you with other Exotic Beast Genes to further research your Gene very ability.¡±
¡°Okay, I understand, Master.¡±
¡°It¡¯s gettingte, if there¡¯s nothing else, you should head back and rest early.¡±
¡°Okay, goodbye, Master.¡±
After finishing, Shen Qinghan quickly left the office.
She missed Lin Zichen and wanted to go back and take a bath with him in the bathroom, enjoying their private world.
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Zhongyuan Building No. 8, Dorm Room 603.
On the balcony.
Lin Zichen was sitting cross-legged on a yoga mat, sweating profusely as he refined his muscles for the second time.
After some time, he slowly opened his clear eyes, let out a deep breath, and a relieved smile spread across his face.
The second Tempering Flesh was a sess!
Next up, time for the second Bone Tempering!
With the boost from the Revitalization Pill, let¡¯s set a small goal, aim toplete it within two months!
Speaking of which, I still haven¡¯t tried out the mental refinement method I learned from Han Hanst night.
Now that I¡¯m free, might as well give it a go¡
With that thought, Lin Zichen closed his eyes and, following the technique Shen Qinghan taught him the night before, calmed his breathing and emptied his mind as he meditated.
About half an hourter.
A prompt slowly appeared in the void.
[Spiritual Power +1]
That¡¯s it?
Lin Zichen felt a bit disappointed; half an hour of meditation only increased his spiritual power by 1 point, not even as much as solving a few math problems would have.
This so-called mental refinement method wasn¡¯t suited for a cheater like him.
¡°Creak¡ª¡±
A door opening sound came from the living room.
It was Shen Qinghan returning.
She quickly changed into a pair of pink slippers meant for indoor wear, then briskly walked towards the balcony.
Before long, she stopped in front of Lin Zichen and said with a sweet smile, ¡°Xiao Chen, I have some good news for you.¡±
¡°What good news?¡±
Lin Zichen looked up at her and asked.
With her hands behind her back, Shen Qinghan smiled mysteriously and said, ¡°I won¡¯t tell you just yet. After you finish refining, let¡¯s take a bath together and then I¡¯ll tell you.¡±
¡°Then let¡¯s go take a bath now.¡±
Lin Zichen stood up, picked up Shen Qinghan in his arms, not even bothering to clean up the yoga mat, and headed straight for the bathroom.
He didn¡¯t like his curiosity being piqued; he wanted to know the good news right now.
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In the bathroom.
The two of them took over ten minutes to finish bathing, sitting face to face in therge tub,fortably enjoying the warm water.
After soaking for a while, Lin Zichen couldn¡¯t wait to ask Shen Qinghan, ¡°Now that we¡¯re already soaking, what¡¯s the good news?¡±
¡°The good news is¡¡± Shen Qinghan started to speak then paused teasingly for a bit before continuing with a smile, ¡°I can control water now!¡±
Lin Zichen raised an eyebrow, finding this a bit surprising; he hadn¡¯t expected Shen Qinghan to learn water control so quickly.
Seems like little Miss Dirty was quite talented in ying with water.
She couldn¡¯t be seen as just an ordinary person.
Thinking this, he said to Shen Qinghan, ¡°Show me.¡±
¡°Then keep your eyes peeled because this will definitely dazzle you.¡±
After saying this, Shen Qinghan began to demonstrate her water control ability, levitating a part of the water from the tub in the air in front of Lin Zichen.
Then, using her weak spiritual power, she morphed the water into various shapes.
There were cubes, rectangr prisms, spheres, cones, and more.
Next, she even formed a basketball with clear stripes and a granr surface.
¡°How impressive is your sister Qinghan?¡±
With the water basketball slowly rotating in the air, Shen Qinghan bragged a little with a triumphant smile.
Watching this scene unfold before his very eyes, Lin Zichen was truly amazed and said in disbelief, ¡°To control it so smoothly right after learning, your talent is so incredible it¡¯s almost exaggerated.¡±
¡°And there¡¯s more impressive stuff toe.¡±
¡°Please, begin your performance.¡±
¡°I¡¯m about to start my performance, don¡¯t blink.¡±
¡°Okay. I¡¯ve got my eyes wide open.¡±
As Lin Zichen tried his best to widen his eyes, the water basketball floating in front of him suddenly morphed into a thin stream, cleverly sshing onto his face like a squirt of urine.
¡°Haha, you fell for it.¡±
The sound of Shen Qinghan¡¯s mischievousughter came from ahead, ¡°Xiao Chen, you look just like those clueless dads inedy videos who get peed on by their babies,pletely bewildered, haha.¡±
Lin Zichen wiped the water off his face and said with resignation, ¡°Shen Wuhang, you¡¯re getting sillier.¡±
Chapter 190: 144. Remotely controlling another person’s Qi-Blood_3
Chapter 190: 144. Remotely controlling another person¡¯s Qi-Blood_3
¡°That¡¯s nice, the joy of a sand sculpture girl is plenty.¡±
Having said that, Shen Qinghanughed for a while, then collected her smile and continued, ¡°I was just joking with you. Actually, what¡¯s even more incredible is that I can manipte someone¡¯s Qi-Blood from a distance.¡±
¡°Really? You can manipte others¡¯ Qi-Blood from a distance?¡±
Lin Zichen was not amazed this time, but rather shocked, his face filled with disbelief.
¡°Of course it¡¯s true!¡±
Shen Qinghan said earnestly, ¡°Come on, I¡¯ll show you by manipting your Qi-Blood from a distance right now.¡±
Lin Zichen didn¡¯t speak, waiting for her to manipte.
3 seconds passed¡
6 seconds passed¡
9 seconds passed¡
Lin Zichen didn¡¯t feel his Qi-Blood being manipted, so he asked, ¡°Isn¡¯t it working yet?¡±
¡°No, I can¡¯t do it.¡±
Shen Qinghan said with a look of frustration, ¡°The intensity of your Qi-Blood is too high, and my spiritual power isn¡¯t strong enough, I simply can¡¯t manipte it.¡±
¡°Is that so?¡±
After Lin Zichen spoke, his thoughts shifted, and he retracted the intensity of his Qi-Blood, then said to Shen Qinghan, ¡°I¡¯ve just retracted the intensity of my Qi-Blood, try it again now.¡±
¡°I¡¯ll try.¡±
Shen Qinghan responded and immediately spread her spiritual power, manipting Lin Zichen¡¯s Qi-Blood from a distance.
Then, to her delighted surprise, she found she could manipte it!
¡°Xiao Chen, it worked, I¡¯ve manipted it, do you feel it?¡±
¡°Mhm, I feel it.¡±
Lin Zichen nodded, distinctly aware that his Qi-Blood was being manipted by a faint spiritual power from afar.
Shen Qinghan carefully manipted a small part of Lin Zichen¡¯s Qi-Blood, curiously flowing and exploring inside his body, finding it quite fun.
While manipting it, she suddenly had a bold idea, and then she slowly started drawing that portion of Qi-Blood towards a ce where it shouldn¡¯t be led.
¡°Shen Wuhang, you get dirtier day by day.¡±
Sensing the direction of that portion of Qi-Blood inside him, Lin Zichen immediately realized Shen Qinghan¡¯s thoughts, and his whole person was a bit speechless.
Shen Qinghan said with an indifferent face, ¡°It¡¯s not dirty, it¡¯s sexy.¡±
¡°Sure, sure, it¡¯s sexy.¡±
Lin Zichen chose to indulge her, letting her y however she wanted.
After all, this little dirty girl was only naughty at home, which wasn¡¯t a bad thing.
And he had to admit, letting her be naughty asionally was indeed quite sexy.
After ying around for a while, Shen Qinghan had had enough.
Quickly, with a single thought, she retracted her dispersed spiritual power from Lin Zichen and with a face asking for praise she said, ¡°Xiao Chen, am I not very good at ying with water?¡±
Lin Zichen: ¡°Indeed, you¡¯re amazing, almost invincible in fact.¡±
Shen Qinghan listened with joy inside.
But the next second, Lin Zichen teased her with a smile, ¡°Likewise, you¡¯d be invincible at ying with pee.¡±
¡°Ah, you¡¯re so annoying!¡±
Shen Qinghan pursed her rosy lips, hitting Lin Zichen with a look of discontent.
Lin Zichen continued to teasingly say, ¡°I really think you¡¯d be invincible at ying with pee. Think about it, since you can control someone else¡¯s Qi-Blood, then by extension, you could definitely control someone¡¯s pee too. In future battles with enemies, just by thinking about it, you could make the enemy wet their pants, that would be a full-on killer move, right?¡±
¡°So annoying, you better stop mentioning pee, or I¡¯ll get mad!¡±
Shen Qinghan puffed up her cheeks in displeasure.
It was obviously you who started sshing water on my face first, and then you bring up ¡°pee¡±¡ Lin Zichen thought to himself, meanwhile nodding continuously and saying:
¡°Alright, alright, I won¡¯t mention it anymore.¡±
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Chapter 191: 145. Pureblood Human Path! Another strong warrior added!
Chapter 191: 145. Pureblood Human Path! Another strong warrior added!
Aftering out of the bathroom, Lin Zichen and Shen Qinghan dried their hair and went to bed.
The two chatted before falling asleep.
Shen Qinghan mentioned that it was a year after Yuan Dongzhi had fully integrated with the Azure Jellyfish King¡¯s gene that he mastered the skill of controlling the Qi-Blood within another¡¯s body from a distance.
She, on the other hand, had mastered it in less than half a month since her fusion, far surpassing Yuan Dongzhi in talent.
She nned to keep her newfound skill of controlling Qi-Blood a secret, and learn from Lin Zichen to keep her cards close to her chest.
When she had mastered even more formidable skills and be stronger, then she would reveal her ability to control Qi-Blood.
After all, she was already proving to be extremely talented and could ess any resources she needed; there was no need to show all her strengths just yet.
Keeping her cards close was the right choice.
To Shen Qinghan¡¯s ns, Lin Zichen smiled and said, ¡°Well, you¡¯ve really learned the essence.¡±
The two continued to chat sporadically like this.
When the clock struck 11PM,
Lin Zichen suddenly thought of something.
He turned to Shen Qinghan and said, ¡°I once said you were a Pure Blood Human too, and asked your master if you could follow the Pureblood Human Path. He said no, iming your Qi-Blood was too weak.¡±
¡°But I just thought, if you can control someone else¡¯s Qi-Blood from afar, there¡¯s no reason you can¡¯t control your own and perform Body Refining.¡±
¡°Most importantly, like me, you are a special being. We might be able to aplish what ordinary people cannot.¡±
As he spoke, Lin Zichen sat up, looked at Shen Qinghan lying beside him, and said earnestly, ¡°I¡¯ll teach you how to use Qi-Blood in Body Refinement now. Give it a try.¡±
We are special beings¡ Shen Qinghan suddenly felt like she was being wooed, getting a kind of adolescent thrill from standing with her loved one against the world.
But¡ she didn¡¯t feel embarrassed, instead, it felt wonderful.
¡°Han Han?¡±
Seeing Shen Qinghan spacing out, Lin Zichen called out, puzzled.
Shen Qinghan snapped back to reality and quickly sat up on the bed, her eyes resolute as she said, ¡°You¡¯re right, we are special, and I can definitely use Qi-Blood to refine my body!¡±
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In the following period,
The night grew deep and quiet.
Lin Zichen patiently instructed while Shen Qinghan earnestly learned.
Two and a half hourster,
At 1:30 AM,
Shen Qinghan suddenly shouted excitedly, ¡°I did it, Xiao Chen, I did it!¡±
She had sessfully mastered the Blood Tempering Technique!
She could use spiritual power to control her own Qi-Blood and refine her body!
She could follow the Pureblood Human Path just like Lin Zichen!
Seeing that Shen Qinghan had really seeded, Lin Zichen felt somewhat surprised.
Two and a half hours ago, he had only wanted her to give it a try, without much hope.
After all, the Blood Tempering Technique had its prerequisites.
ording to Liu Chuanwu, one needed to have at least the vital energy and blood strength of a typical Fourth Order to have enough Blood Qi Power to refine the body.
However, Shen Qinghan¡¯s current Biological Level was only a typical Second Order, yet she had mastered the Blood Tempering Technique.
She could use Qi-Blood to refine her body.
This was a bit of a paradigm shift.
¡°Xiao Chen, I can enve Exotic Beast Genes to obtain their abilities, and you can absorb Exotic Beast Meat to gain their abilities; now both following the Pureblood Human Path, truly, we are a remarkable pair!¡±
Shen Qinghan excitedly hugged Lin Zichen, her pretty face flushed with excitement.
Lin Zichen smiled and said, ¡°As we should be.¡±
He was happy for Shen Qinghan and felt excited, but he didn¡¯t show it as openly as she did.
That was just his nature.
Shen Qinghan was the type to wear her emotions openly, while he was the type to remain poised at all times.
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In the days that followed.
Whenever Shen Qinghan was in the dormitory, she would practice the Blood Tempering Technique with Lin Zichen, using Qi-Blood to refine her body.
With Lin Zichen, a master of Body Refining, at her side, Shen Qinghan didn¡¯t take any detours.
Her progress in refining her body sped up.
In just under half a month,
Shen Qinghan hadpletely mastered Tempering Skin.
Her Biological Level evolved directly from a typical Second Order to a typical Third Order.
Though not as efficient as Lin Zichen,pared to Liu Chuanwu and Song Yuyan, she was overwhelming.
Moreover, there was something amazing.
Although Shen Qinghan hadpletely mastered Tempering Skin, making her skin much stronger, the feel of her skin remained unchanged from before, still tender and smooth.
If it weren¡¯t for a skin strength test where a fruit knife had been forcefully drawn across her hand, Lin Zichen would have doubted whether she had refined her skin at all.
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A few dayster.
On a bright and sunny morning,
Shen Qinghan had no morning sses and was wrapped in a nket, sleeping in.
Lin Zichen woke up early but didn¡¯t rush to get up.
He sat leaning against the headboard, browsing the school app¡¯s task system on his phone, thinking of picking up some off-campus tasks to earn school credits.
After browsing for a while, he remembered saying he wanted to expose Shen Qinghan to realbat, to toughen her up.
So, after half an hour of careful selection, he finally chose an off-campus task in the city to capture a drug dealer.
Task: Capture drug dealers, 21-member gang, armed with firearms, no mechanically modified humans, no Gic Integrators, location on the outskirts of Shanhai City.
Reward: 50 school credits.
The reward for this task was only 50 school credits, indicating it wasn¡¯t very difficult; it was quite suitable for bringing Shen Qinghan to get some realbat experience.
Right, this task it is¡
Thinking this, Lin Zichen epted the task in the system, unlocking more task details.
The task would begin at 11 PM the next evening. They needed to report to the security headquarters in Shanhai City two hours earlier and then join the security officers as reinforcements to capture the drug dealers.
Chapter 192: 145. Pureblood Human Path! Another strong warrior added!_2
Chapter 192: 145. Pureblood Human Path! Another strong warrior added!_2
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In in terms, just a hired thug.
Lin Zichen suspected that those mechanically modified humans he had seen as a child were likely reinforcements called in by the security headquarters.
¡°Xiao Chen, when did you wake up?¡±
Shen Qinghan groggily woke up and asked Lin Zichen, her eyes bleary with sleep.
¡°Been awake for over an hour.¡±
After finishing, Lin Zichen continued, ¡°I just epted a task on the university app to capture drug traffickers outside the campus. It¡¯s scheduled for 9 pm tomorrow night, and we¡¯re going to the security department to participate in the operation. You¡¯reing with me, I¡¯ll let you see some action.¡±
¡°Sure.¡±
Shen Qinghan readily agreed without a second thought.
Lin Zichen handed her his phone, saying gently, ¡°Then that¡¯s settled. Take a look at the details of the task on there, I¡¯m going to make breakfast.¡±
¡°Hmm.¡±
Shen Qinghan responded, taking the phone Lin Zichen passed to her.
Lin Zichen didn¡¯t stay in the room long, he quickly got out of bed, put on his shoes, and headed straight for the fridge.
He had only taken a few steps when the doorbell rang.
¡°Ding-dong!¡±
Hearing the doorbell, Lin Zichen immediately extended his senses to see who woulde calling so early in the morning.
Then, he sensed Li Moyu standing outside.
What was he here for?
Lin Zichen was puzzled.
But without overthinking it, he quickly went to open the door for Li Moyu.
¡°Creak¡ª¡±
The door opened.
Upon seeing Lin Zichen, Li Moyu cut to the chase, ¡°Lin Zichen, I epted a taskst night to kill an Ordinary Seventh Order water monster. It¡¯s risky for me to go alone, do you want toe with me?¡±
¡°The task reward is 100 academic credits. Once it¡¯s done, we¡¯ll split it fifty-fifty, 50 credits each, and we¡¯ll do the same with the monster¡¯s carcass.¡±
¡°A fifty-fifty split isn¡¯t taking advantage of you. I went homest week and under my dad¡¯s arrangement, I fused with another strand of Demon-eyed Giant Ape genes. Now, even in my normal state, my strength has reached an Ordinary Sixth Order. When I fully activate the Demon-eyed Giant Ape genes, my strength can climb directly to Ordinary Seventh Order.¡±
¡°With this level of power, I¡¯m not weaker than you. I might even be stronger,¡± said Li Moyu, who rattled off so much at once, eventually asking again, ¡°So, what do you say, want to team up?¡±
Lin Zichen declined, ¡°No thanks, I prefer doing tasks alone, it¡¯s freer that way.¡±
He couldplete tasks by himself and keep all the academic credits; there was no need to find a teammate to share them.
Unless that teammate was Shen Qinghan.