Bai Liao, clutching his severed arm and grinning, entered the competition's medical room.
"I need treatment."
Five or six high-level healing-type superhumans sat in the medical room, exchanging glances.
One of the older, middle-aged men pointed to a white bed: "Sit down."
......
Ten minutes later.
Bai Liao emerged from the medical room.
Thanks to the superb healing skills of a high-level healing superhuman, his arm has been reattached, although his right arm is not yet as flexible as it used to be.
He'll need at least a few more days to recover.
For the past few days, he has had to come in and receive treatment from these high-level superhumans.
This is because of his weapon, "White Fang".
White Fang is a special enchanted blade; wounds made by White Fang will cause destructive damage to the opponent's body cells.
This is the weapon his master left him.
Even the high-level healing superhumans in the competition group were unable to completely heal him in a short time.
This was supposed to be his ultimate weapon, but Bai Liao never imagined that one day he would be wounded by his own blade...
Bai Liao returned to his room alone, only to find someone already waiting for him outside.
"You must be Bai Liao, hello."
A well-mannered man in a suit walked over.
Bai Liao sized up the man before him: "Who are you?"
The man smiled and extended his hand: "You can call me Xiao Xue. I am the team leader of the Gene Company's directly affiliated college for this competition."
"People from the gene company..." Bai Liao raised an eyebrow: "Then what do you want with me?"
Xiao Xue said, "I know. In the last round of the competition, you took down four of our gene company's contestants all by yourself."
Bai Liao grinned and chuckled, "That's right, so what? You're here to settle scores with them?"
“Of course not, you misunderstood. They lost to you because they were less skilled, there’s nothing to say about it,” Xiao Xue said. “The purpose of my visit here is to sincerely invite you to join our gene company. We can see that although you come from a small fifth-tier city, you are definitely a rare talent.”
Bai Liao narrowed his eyes: "Oh, not interested. To be honest, I don't trust international capital companies like yours."
Xiao Xue wasn't in a hurry. She smiled faintly and said, "Actually, we've collaborated before, you just might not know it."
"oh?"
“I once placed a job on a hitman website to have you assassinate a high-ranking member of the Mo family.”
Bai Liao's eyebrows shot up suddenly, and he remained silent for a long time: "...You placed that order?"
"Yes, that's me." Xiao Xue smiled.
Bai Liao sneered: "What, so you're planning to use this to blackmail me now?"
“That’s not what I meant,” Xiao Xue said. “Our company values talent. Actually, even if you don’t really want to join us, it’s okay. We still have opportunities to cooperate. Besides, you already know about our plans, right? We want to do some business with you. It’s up to you whether you’re willing to take it.”
Bai Liao immediately remembered and asked with interest, "You want the genes of the Apostles?"
“That’s right,” Xiao Xue said. “As long as you can complete it, we’ll give you three times the usual price. But we also have a requirement: you can’t let the event organizing committee find out, and you can’t let the Yan Kingdom officials notice.”
Bai Liao stroked his chin: "Three times..."
That does sound tempting.
Moreover, the fact that his targets were Lin Nai and Mu Xun did indeed pique his interest.
“Okay,” Bai Liao said readily. “I’ll take it.”
......
The athletes' restaurant.
Linnaeus and his group sat together around a table, eating and drinking.
"Hiccup~"
Old Zhang, having finished his meal, leaned back and patted his belly: "You know what, the food at the National Freshman Competition is getting better and better."
"Yes, yes," Lin Yuxi mumbled between bites, "I heard that to keep the contestants in top form, the organizing committee specially invited the best high-level gourmet-type superhuman in the country. Normally, only high-ranking officials in Kyoto can afford to eat like this!"
Anan said with a grin, "We've all benefited from Lin Nai's success. Otherwise, we would have been eliminated in the first round and wouldn't have had the chance to eat here."
The restaurant operates on a self-service basis, providing unlimited food for athletes and their families.
And it's free.
Of course, only the contestants who advance can enjoy this treatment.
One by one, everyone finished eating.
However, everyone's attention quickly focused on one person, their expressions shifting from surprise to shock, and then to utter bewilderment...
At night, she sat next to Lin Nai, eating in a quiet and dignified manner, with a proper demeanor, slowly and deliberately cutting the food in front of her.
But the girl devoured the food at an eerily fast speed; the plates of food in front of her disappeared rapidly, visible to the naked eye.
One game after another.
The small plates next to it were already piled up as high as a mountain.
Like a black hole that can never be filled...
Tang Hongshan and the others stared wide-eyed in disbelief.
Soon, the contestants, their families, and teachers at other tables were also drawn to the mountain of plates piled up on their table, and they were all dumbfounded.
After all, the plates left over by the girl were almost piled up to the ceiling.
You can't help but be drawn to it.
"Hmm..."
As night fell, she pouted and felt the gazes of so many people in the restaurant. Suddenly, she felt a little embarrassed, a blush creeping up her cheeks. She shyly put down the cutlery in her hands.
"Well... I've finished eating... Shall we go?"
"No way." Lin Nai placed a new dish in front of Wan Ye'er: "We should take advantage of the official tournament organizers' freebies. It's not easy to find a free and unlimited restaurant like this, how can we let it go?"
Tang Hongshan: "..."
"But..." Ye Wan'er glanced furtively at the other examinees in the restaurant and felt her face burning.
But unable to resist Linnai's watchful gaze, the girl had no choice but to grit her teeth and continue eating.
Buzz—
At this moment, Ye Wan'er once again felt the same sensation she had experienced in the Heavenly Eye Room, as if she were experiencing tinnitus.
"Hmm..." The girl lowered her head, her brows furrowed.
That feeling again...
The first time could be a coincidence.
Is the second time another coincidence?
Lin Nai noticed that the girl seemed a little off and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong? Did you eat too much?"
"No...no..." Nightshade pursed her lips. "I sensed a familiar energy entering the human plane, as if it was still locating my position...that energy...is from the Black Angel civilization..."
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