Chapter 72 The Slum Boy's Desperate Comeback (Seventeen)

Si Yisi actually knew this chubby boy.

The chubby boy's name was Hawking Ren, and he came from a declining noble family. His meager family background was insignificant compared to other noble families. As a result, he was actually being secretly ostracized, just like Si Yisi.

Stephen Hawking also had an insulting nickname, "The Fat Stupid Guy," because he was almost obsessed with researching scrap mecha parts he dug up from who-knows-where, trying to assemble high-energy weapons on his own.

He wanted to turn waste into treasure!

This foolish and thankless behavior earned him ridicule among the aristocracy as wishful thinking and a stupid fat man.

Hawking's eyes were bloodshot. Holding the hastily cobbled-together arrow in his hand, he angrily fired at the group of four! The four aristocratic students scoffed, using their mental power to repel the arrow. The leader looked down at Hawking with disdain:

"I've already said it. What you made is garbage, and you're garbage too."

"I released you just now because you still have a noble title, but this time..."

"Pah!" Hawking sprang up and spat at the leading student, his eyes wide with anger. "Is mental power really omnipotent?! I'll use this to defeat you all!"

Their resolute declaration was met with unanimous ridicule from the four students.

"Get your hands steady before you try again, hahaha!" Si Yisi looked at Huo Jinren and noticed that his hand holding the gun was trembling incessantly. Sweat trickled down his flushed face, leaving faint stains on his clothes.

Si Yisi shook her head.

Hawking noticed Si Yisi's movements; the redness on his face became even more pronounced, and his lips were almost bitten until they bled.

"..." Si Yisi shook her head again.

“I don’t mean to look down on you,” Si Yisi said to Huo Jinren, then casually touched the dagger in his hand.

What I mean is—you're doing it the wrong way.

Hawking Ren's vision blurred, and he realized that the gun in his hand had been taken away by Si Yisi without him noticing!

Immediately afterwards, he saw Si Yisi attack the leading student without relying on any external force, her figure almost turning into a blur!

The sound of a string being pulled—Si Yisi was moved!

Several arrows were fired in quick succession, followed by a few soft whistling sounds as the white-feathered arrows, released by the sniper rifle, "locked" the noble student's limbs without missing a single one, pinning his body to the tree!

The moment the leading nobleman moved, the clothes pierced by the gun made a tearing sound... But even though he struggled to make his clothes a mess, he still couldn't break free from the gun!

Huo Jinren saw it clearly: from the very beginning, Si Yisi had not used a single bit of mental power!

He then swiftly retaliated against the other aristocratic students who attacked him, killing all four of them with a single arrow or two!

Hawking's pupils contracted, and his palms suddenly felt cold.

Si Yisi nodded to him and returned the dagger, which had only a few arrows left, to Hawkingren's hand.

“I said, it’s not that there’s a problem with what you made, but rather that there are limitations in various aspects… such as physical fitness and skills.”

Si'an's hope was that the people in their slums would also have the right to be called human beings, and Si's hope was that Si's hope would be given a spark of hope!

A single spark can start a prairie fire, but Si Yisi will only provide the "raw materials" and will not fulfill all of Si An's grand requirements!

Hawking was resilient... what he did was not without merit, so it can be used as a spark to connect with others.

Si Yisi acted partly out of consideration for Si An's wishes, and partly because of his own true feelings. He disliked seeing people belittled, and when faced with such presumptuous individuals, he should slap them hard across the face they offered themselves!

Si Yisi's gaze was indifferent, as if she wanted to see into Huo Jinren's heart.

"Can I...can I see those arrows?" Hawking asked tentatively, but his eyes lit up.

Although he had the courage to persevere, the ridicule from his classmates and the opposition from his family made it impossible for Hawking to maintain a normal mindset.

Si Yisi was like a ray of light that suddenly appeared.

"Sure. Do you have any more arrows?"

Hawking had already strode up to the student who was hanging on the books, completely ignoring the student's dark face and the foul language he was hurling at him.

“Such deep marks…” He looked at them as if they were treasures, and after a long while, he returned to Si Yisi’s side.

“I can assemble arrows,” Hawking said, pulling out some strange materials from a small crossbody bag.

He focused intently, and in front of Si Yisi, his fingers moved deftly, assembling an arrow in just a few dozen seconds.

"Can...can I team up with you?" After doing all this, Hawking looked at Si Yisi expectantly.

"……Can."

Si Yisi looted all the ore that the four people had, leaving them shivering in the wind.

Well, they weren't completely wiped out; after all, they were meant to be used as stepping stones.

As soon as Si Yisi took a step, that familiar feeling of longing surged up again, and he even felt a little hungry in his stomach.

He looked at Hawking Ren and for a moment thought this guy was kind of...delicious?

Just as Huo Jinren was feeling pleased with himself, he suddenly met Si Yisi's eyes. He swallowed hard, feeling rather pathetic. Why did Si Yisi look like she was about to peel him apart and eat him?

If Si Yisi still can't notice anything unusual, he'd be a fool!

He originally thought that Si'an might really be the Third Prince, which is why his physical condition had improved by more than double.

But nowadays... this feeling of people being delicious.

Is it related to the Zerg?

Si Yisi clearly felt an invisible desire pulling him toward somewhere. In fact, from the very beginning, Si Yisi had been "intentionally or unintentionally" heading in this direction.

Escaping has never been Si Yisi's style!

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Before the patrolling spaceships, an invisible spaceship silently landed on the desolate planet. Anlina arrived on the desolate planet, wearing a humanoid avatar.

She shifted her body, feeling the constraint, but her eyes lit up when she sensed the situation on the desolate planet.

“Newly hatched larvae! Where are they heading…” Anlina closed her eyes and concentrated for a moment, then opened them in ecstasy, “This is truly—a godsend!”

If these larvae, naturally gifted with the ability to evade detection, were to mimic one of the students and be brought back to those two human empires...

The Zerg will be victorious!

Anlina jumped several meters in surprise. Not only would she lend a hand, but the little nails she had planted years ago would also assist her!

Several kilometers away, Tru paced back and forth restlessly. He didn't know what was happening; a strange, unsettling feeling was swirling within him.

It must be because Si'an hasn't taken the bait for a long time.

These damned Zerg eggs, how can they hatch so fast! From the beginning, Tru wasn't worried about being harmed by the Zerg. He didn't care about the lives of other students; as long as he was alright, that was enough!

So... Tru even considered waiting until these students suffered heavy losses so that he could clean up the mess himself!

In this way, he will surely gain the strong support of these nobles who will become the future pillars of the empire!

It's a worthwhile deal, except that a few insignificant guys will die!

Suddenly, Tru felt the signal displayed on the signal device he left on Si'an getting closer and closer, and then he heard a faint sound in his ear.

—That's… the sound of Zerg larvae hatching!

For a split second, Tru couldn't help but let a twisted smile spread across his face. He looked at the noble students in his group and instructed them to explore the surroundings.

Newly hatched Zerg are very weak, and what they need to grow up quickly is fresh flesh and blood!

These aristocratic students were arranged by Tru to be fresh food for the insects!

Tru watched as the noble students went to their deaths without any awareness, and for a moment his eyes darkened, becoming as gloomy as the dark clouds covering the sky of this desolate star.

On Si Yisi's side.

Hawking was panting heavily, completely exhausted.

Si Yisi was rushing to the place that held such a strong attraction for him at an unimaginable speed. Along the way, he noticed something unusual several times—a flash of dark gold appeared for a moment in the black eyes reflected in the puddle!

That dark gold color was sharp and pointed like a blade, splitting open a pair of eyes and turning them into an extremely eerie appearance!

However, apart from this anomaly, Sisley has not made any other discoveries related to appetite.

He guessed that Si'an was probably not a Zerg, but rather a child of a Zerg and a human, or someone who had been deliberately injected with Zerg-related genes!

It's getting closer and closer!

Si Yisi could sense the activity of that "thing," and he even sensed other strange presences at the same time, even when he was extremely close to his destination...

Those were countless creatures vying with him for this "thing"!

Insects...

Countless insectoids underground emitted joyful cries as they hatched, and countless streams of black liquid seeped out, turning this only remaining piece of pure land black!

Suddenly, the newly formed insectoids discovered a delicious feast. They swarmed forward, emerging from the sand beneath the ground to attack the four noble students who were completely unaware of this unexpected turn of events!

"Aaaaaah!"

In the desolate wilderness, this piercing scream shattered the clouds!