Translator: Happy New Year, everyone! May this year be better than the last. =)
Chapter 98
After hearing White King’s words, Si Chen instinctively retorted, “No need.”
What back door?
If the matter of the successful candidate was decided so directly, wouldn’t he have done all of this for nothing?
He still had some feelings for these eighty points he worked so hard to achieve.
White King smiled and didn’t force the matter.
He still didn’t know what the other candidates’ scores were.
But Si Chen, who had the Eternal Life Abyss, was having such a tough time of it that he couldn’t imagine the others being much better off.
But if someone really has scored higher than Si Chen, then he didn’t necessarily want Si Chen to be his heir.
452, who underwater, wanted to fight Si Chen for 300 rounds, was now ashore, as docile as an old ox used to plow the fields. Seeing White King, its knees went weak and even the spiky hair on its body softened.
Its head was hung so low, it was practically buried deep in the ground. It was bowing down in a very human-like manner.
It can be seen from this that even animals knew to serve dishes according to the patron.
This time, White King sat cross-legged on its broad back.
Behind him were two injured party members.
Early that morning, Si Chen had been the one bandaging up No. 9 and at noon, it was No. 9 playing nurse.
Chen Zhizhou had everything in his bag. No. 9 chose the best gene medicine.
Si Chen’s injuries were repairing at a fast pace. Soon, pink new flesh quickly grew over Si Chen’s injured area. Drowsiness proved to be the side effect.
452’s hair was very sharp, like needles. Bloody pinpricks appeared on Si Chen’s back.
No. 9 picked them out one by one and whispered, “Go to sleep.”
White King was here with them.
There was no safer place than here.
So Si Chen fell asleep.
He fell asleep sitting up. After No. 9 took care of his wounds, he gently placed Si Chen’s head on his snake tail.
Si Chen woke up for a moment, but after his brain sent out a safe signal, he fell asleep again.
No. 9 rubbed his fingers against the side of Si Chen’s face, tearing off a layer of white transparent scales.
“He’s molting.”
It was not without reason that the Eternal Life Abyss liked to roll around and play in the mud. From juvenile to adult, its body will go through a long period of molting. Rolling in the black mud can effectively speed up this process.
Si Chen was not the Eternal Life Abyss. But without his conscious control, his body had already begun to assimilate with the Eternal Life Abyss.
In No. 9’s eyes, Si Chen was like a drooping wilting Eternal Life Abyss cub.
Parasitism, assimilation. Two completely different states. The former was the Eternal Life Abyss plundering from its host; the latter was another level of symbiosis. The host will become the Eternal Life Abyss itself.
But assimilation was difficult.
The first requirement was to be stronger than the Eternal Life Abyss of the same level. This was a rule without exception.
Of course, Si Chen was no exception.
This was why White King had been so surprised when he saw him underwater.
White King glanced at him and tried to interrupt his lying down. “If you’re so fond of him, go out and teach him yourself.”
No. 9 shook his head. “Don’t do onto others what you don’t want others to do onto you. I won’t occupy another people’s body like Song Kuafu did.”
White King: “That’s resolved easily enough. Have Song Ziyu give birth to you after he makes it out.”
No. 9 didn’t know who Song Ziyu was but this didn’t derail their conversation. “Song Ziyu might not be willing.”
White King narrowed his eyes slightly. “He is my fifth-generation grandnephew. People cannot enjoy the rights without fulfilling their obligations.”
No. 9 was silent for a moment. “Well, actually, I don’t want to.”
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At this moment, Si Chen, who was sleeping on No. 9’s lap, started struggling. A small whimper came out of his mouth.
No. 9 leaned over to listen.
He heard Si Chen murmuring, “Points…10 points…”
As he said that, he made some movements to sit up.
Funnily enough, it wasn’t as though Si Chen had woken up at this time. It was purely out of bodily instinct.
…
No. 9 pushed him back down.
Song Bai: “Pfft.”
*
It was difficult for Chu Dongliu to explain clearly how he felt when he saw Shen Qiu.
He was used to death. Since he was a child, many people have disappeared from his life. Some died to protect him but most had nothing to do with him.
But Shen Qiu was different. Shen Qiu, same as him, was a direct descendant of a Great Family and a possible future heir. Although the two of them were unfamiliar with each other, there was no actual difference between them.
There is a hellish gag circulated widely among fifth-class citizens. It was about the child of a rich man who was born a first-class citizen. One day he saw on TV that there were people in the Disaster Zones who had no nutrient solutions to drink and had to starve to death. He asked his robot nanny, ‘why won’t those people eat?’
The actual situation was not that bad. But Chu Dongliu knew that in a few decades or maybe in a hundred years, this kind of thing would very likely happen.
Among the Great Families, the proportion of Evolutionaries is 77.3%.
Among ordinary people, the proportion of Evolutionaries is 4.9%.
There was already a growing opinion among the public that Evolutionaries who fight and contain High-Dimensional Invasions should enjoy more privileges. That they are to be distinguished from “genetically incompetent natives”.
Chu Dongliu didn’t agree but he wouldn’t object. No matter how society changes, he will always be among the best; unless Eight Directions Technology, the company behind the Chu Family, goes bankrupt. But he shouldn’t live long enough to see that day.
Now, Shen Qiu’s body was hanging here, a reminder to him that in the face of death, all life is equal.
Chu Dongliu turned his head. He took a deep breath, steeling himself, before taking this corpse, that was in such a bad shape, it ought to be pixelated, off the street lamp.
There were no signs of a struggle. If it wasn’t hypnosis, it had to be suicide.
Chu Dongliu also found Shen Qiu’s test paper on him.
Question 1: What is Child of God No. 3’s favorite pastime?
-Near-death experiences.
When the nerves are sufficiently numbed and pained, only death provides color.
The difference was that No. 3 had a hard time dying because of his strong self-healing ability, but Shen Qiu obviously did not.
“So, it really isn’t the delirium. Why…didn’t the proctor step in?”
Tangled feeling surfaced in Chu Dongliu’s heart. His wariness towards this Space Fold rose to new heights.
He dug a hole and buried Shen Qiu.
Chu Dongliu went to the clinic he’d found yesterday and got the work permit off the lizard doctor. It said ‘K3-616’.
His delirium seemed to be worsening. While he was retrieving the work permit, he saw the doctor smiling at him. Chu Dongliu was so frightened that he smashed its face with his gun.
Chu Dongliu planned to wait for Song Ziyu’s injury to heal before setting off together.
He decided to look for another work permit. After all, the exam was only for 14 days and he couldn’t let Song Ziyu delay their progress especially since his own test paper was still blank.
Chu Dongliu was riding his motorcycle around the residential area when he heard Lin Jiali’s broadcast.
“Hello, exam candidates. This is Lin Jiali..”
Chu Dongliu and Lin Jiali were on much more familiar terms that he was with Shen Qiu.
He suddenly felt cheered. After confirming that it was not a hallucination, he rode his motorcycle over at top speed. “Jiali Jie!”
Lin Jiali looked to be ina somewhat sorry state.
There were obvious scratches on her combat uniform and a piece of flesh on her shoulder had been bitten off by the No. 5 clone, exposing movable metal keel embedded in the flesh. A piece of her normally well-maintained hair was pulled off, exposing her scalp. The bleeding has stopped but her mental state obviously wasn’t the best.
Chu Dongliu was stunned. “What happened to you?”
Lin Jiali’s expression didn’t look right.
Early this morning, Lin Jiali suppressed her inner fear and returned to the entrance of the Khaos Manufacturing Facility to take a look.
The motorcycle parked downstairs was gone, which made her sigh in relief. Only that Lin Jiali waited for a long time but the other motorcycle didn’t come back.
She had no choice but to leave the lab area. She had discovered that the closer she was to the Khaos Manufacturing Facility, the faster her hunger grew.
In fact, had she obtained No. 5’s stomach, the debuff imposed on her by this exam venue would have weakened significantly.
It was a pity that Lin Jiali no longer dared to face No. 5 alone.
Especially since after she walked into the Khaos Manufacturing Facility to see if there was any news from her teammates, she had instead happened upon the bloody elevator.
Lin Jiali looked tired as she recounted her previous experiences. When talking about the Khaos Manufacturing Facility, her expression showed obvious fear.
“I suspect that one of the candidates has died. Based on the scales on the ground, it was probably Chen Zhizhou… that amount of blood loss. It’s hard to imagine that he’s still alive.”
Chu Dongliu slowly opened his eyes.
He took a deep breath. “I also have something to tell you. Shen Qiu is dead.”
Lin Jiali said, “Dying in a Space Fold is normal, isn’t it?… But we were all so surprised.”
Chu Dongliu smiled bitterly, “Jiali Jie, since that time, I’ve actually been thinking. Do we really need to risk our lives like this? We already have everything. Even if we become White King’s students, how much could our lives possibly change? We’re all following the path of mechanical evolution and White King’s experiences might not even apply to us…”
“What’s the point of becoming stronger? A higher status? A better life? But I already have that. I don’t actually have that much ambition to be head of the family. Besides, would the board of directors really allow the student of the former leader of the rebel army to head the family?”
Because of Shen Qiu’s death, the mood during their drive turned very gloomy. Lin Jiali followed Chu Dongliu back to the residential building where Song Ziyu was recovering.
When they saw the ox standing obediently downstairs, their expressions changed drastically and they immediately activated their energy cores.
The Kui Niu was grazing by the side of the residential building. The cow’s tail flicked impatiently, driving away the mutated blood-sucking flies.
Lin Jiali’s eyes flashed with blue light. “That’s a Fifth-step High-dimensional Creature!”
Klein Blue instantly shot out three beams of light.
The Kui Niu mooed and with a stamp of its six hooves, purple-gold lightning nets shot up from the ground.
Metals conduct electricity. Even if the surface is covered with a layer of isolation material, it cannot negate such properties.
Chu Dongliu shouted. “Be careful!”
He threw a string of swallowtail darts. These hidden weapons were usually inserted into his waist. Like the metal skeleton, it was part of Chu Dongliu’s body.
The swallowtail darts were equipped with automatic tracking. The metal blades, shining with a golden light, flew towards the Kui Niu and cut three obvious blood marks on its back.
Dark red blood flowed out.
The Kui Niu let out a long irritated roar!
The Kui Niu was particularly angry today. It had already been beaten by a baby Eternal Life Abyss and then ridden by an old Eternal Life Abyss. Ah, forget it. They were Eternal Life Abysses after all.
But what were these two lumps of iron in front of it?
The light arrow shot by Lin Jiali hit the ox’s eye. A stream of blood mist exploded.
The ox’s only eye was now bloody red and its six hooves made a rumbling sound against the ground. It ran headlong towards the two of them without any hesitation!
…
…
There was a lot of movement downstairs.
Song Bai was talking to Song Ziyu but had to stop.
He walked to the window and looked downstairs.
The cow that Si Chen had beaten up before was now beaten by Lin Jiali and Chu Dongliu in a mixed doubles match. It was already the end of the battle.
The ox which was as big as a small mountain made a “rumbling” sound and smashed into the wall of the residential building behind it.
Chu Dongliu’s figure flickered as he activated the short distance space jump and slashed the Kui Niu’s throat with a knife.
The Kui Niu let out a long “moo” and sank to its knees, laying completely motionless.
Song Bai: “…”
Some candidates offer the teacher a lift as soon as they meet, completely free of charge, even going so far as to catch a cow from a pond. While some candidates kill the teacher’s transportation means as soon as they come.
It truly wasn’t much of a judgement call.
**
Si Chen had a dream. In the dream, he and the Eternal Life Abyss were eating beef and potato stew together.
When he woke up, he found himself in a clearing. Song Bai and the other candidates were there.
It was still daytime. Judging from the position of the sun, it was probably around 6 p.m. It was time for dinner.
There was a blazing campfire on the ground. Si Chen took a closer look and found a complete Kui Niu roasting over the flames.
Yes, complete and intact, unprocessed in any way.
It had been roasting for more than ten minutes but the skin of the Kui Niu was not even yet cooked yet.
No. 9 said, “You’re awake. The cow is dead. Song Bai said we mustn’t waste food so he plans to roast it and eat it.”
But obviously, neither Song Bai nor the heirs could cook.
Oh, noble first-class citizens.
Song Bai used a knife to cut open the cowhide.
Dark red blood poured out of the Kui Niu, exuding an unusual stench.
Song Ziyu covered her mouth, feeling like he was going to have another bout of morning sickness, feeling a little nauseous. “Teacher Song… I’ll have to pass.”
This was unanimously echoed by everyone else.
Chu Dongliu: “Actually, the nutrient solutions are quite delicious.”
“Indeed, and the nutritional value is higher too.” Lin Jiali nodded.
Si Chen didn’t think it smelled bad.
But it definitely wouldn’t be delicious…
After a moment of silence, he said, “Teacher, let me handle it.”
Si Chen tested the temperature to make sure that his body could bear the heat, that he wouldn’t be injured, before he started dressing the cow directly amidst the flames.
If it were before, he would actually have been injured by such a fire.
But after a change of scales, he was no longer what he used to be.
Si Chen had never dissected a cow, but when he was in school, he had dissected animals for experiments.
The physical structure of the two, though different, shared some commonalities.
Therefore, after a few minutes, the giant ox in front of him had been stripped down to its bones. Si Chen didn’t dig out the internal organs.
Si Chen cut off the fat from the beef breast and melted it over a metal block. He then cut the tenderest piece of beef into cubes, fried it over medium heat until it was medium-rare and then handed it to Song Bai.
“Teacher, please have some.”
Song Bai nodded slightly. “Okay! Not bad.”
He thought for a while and added, “There is no need to resurrect No. 13. I’ve decided. I’ll leave that walnut to you.”
Respecting one’s teachers is a traditional virtue.
But the main thing was that Si Chen couldn’t win against Song Bai.
In this matter, Si Chen had to thank Ji Chuyao.
Initially, Si Chen didn’t know how to cook either. His cooking skills were limited to heating up synthetic meat.
But later, Ji Chuyao had specially sent a lot of fresh ingredients as an apology. In order to practice his fire control, Si Chen had frequently pan fried steak.
And so, while he couldn’t say the same for other dishes, Si Chen was quite skilled at cooking steak.
White King had a satisfied smile on his face.
Song Ziyu looked on in shock.
If he had known this, he would have skipped the piano classes and learned cooking instead!
The author has something to say:
Si Chen (sneering): What a bunch of losers, how can they compete against me?
Teacher Song of you didn’t want your ride to be eliminated then you shouldn’t have left it alone.😂 Thanks for the chapter!
thank you for the past year of translation!!! and happy new year 🎊🎊
Thanks for your amazing work this past year. Here’s to hoping the next one is filled with good things.
Another year had end and another one is starting 🎇 What a good way to start the year! Always love Si Chen and baby ELA’s dynamic
Wait does that mean he gave him permission to eat his old body part????
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