Li Xiang couldn't help but sigh as he watched Wei Linlin gobble up the food on the table like a starving ghost. For some reason, he took Wei Linlin back to the restaurant and sat down in the same chair as before.
The chair was still warm, and her unique fragrance lingered in the air.
"What's wrong with me …" Li Xiang murmured to himself. She was like a magnet, drawing him closer and closer to her. He had never felt this way before.
"I, I just want to see how strong you are …" Wei Linlin took a big sip of black tea and stammered an answer to Li Xiang's question. Her cheeks were red, and there was still a trace of white salad dressing on the corner of her mouth.
Li Xiang was surprised. Sitting so close to her, he finally remembered that the young lady of the Wei family was one year younger than him. How could she be so thoughtful? He smiled self-mockingly and nodded. "I understand. Do you like machines?"
"Of course! The Wei family is a family of machines. Our business is spread across the entire Subcontinent. To be honest, I have seen more machines than you have eaten. " Wei Linlin was beaming with joy. But then, she remembered that this young man was much more capable than she was. She blushed and stopped showing off in front of an expert.
She was really curious about what kind of learning Li Xiang had to go through to get to where he was now.
City 0123 was only an average numbered city. She couldn't figure out how Li Xiang, who was born a civilian, could know so much about machines that even she didn't know about.
"I didn't say that I was Xiao 'ai's brother." Li Xiang burst into laughter. This young lady was interesting. She looked like a spoiled brat. Li Xiang didn't expect that she would be so stubborn and keep looking for an answer after discovering a problem.
That being said, he appreciated her attitude.
Wei Linlin was enlightened. Then, she put on a frustrated face.
"Okay, you have figured it out. You don't have to follow me anymore." Li Xiang didn't really care about Wei Linlin's background, but just in case, he still refused to have too much contact with this kind of aristocratic family. "By the way, in the competition just now, the problem was actually the few gears in the gun …"
He casually explained Wei Linlin's doubts, then paid the bill and left the restaurant. This was just a small interlude. Of course, Wei Linlin didn't know that if she really had designs on Li Xiang, it was very likely that she would never be able to leave the Sky Arena in this lifetime.
After bidding farewell to Wei Linlin, Li Xiang quickly began his journey to earn points. His reputation in the lower levels had already spread far and wide. Many booths had even taken the initiative to invite him to compete. The bounty was also much better than the average competitor.
Li Xiang naturally wouldn't refuse. He picked a booth related to firearms and went to the competition one by one.
Actual combat was the best teacher.
His theoretical knowledge and foundation were already solid enough, but his practical experience was still too little. It just so happened that the lower level competition was able to satisfy his needs. As the grayish-white scale bar slowly rose, his practical skills were also gradually improving.
Earning 5000 points wasn't easy. Even though he could reach an S rank every time he competed, the speed at which he accumulated points was still not very fast.
When night fell, Li Xiang finally reached 4000 points. The gray-white scale returned to 50%, but just as he had expected, once he reached the 50% threshold, the speed at which he accumulated points decreased dramatically. The Origin Substance liquid that the machines here could provide was very limited.
He had finally accumulated 125 standard tubes of Origin Substance. When he raised his head, the countdown on the large screen was particularly eye-catching.
220 hours, 12 minutes, 07 seconds.
There was another rule in the Sky Arena.
If you decided to leave, then your accumulated points would be reset to zero, and you would have to start from scratch. This was unless you chose to stay the night here. However, only the top floors of each level had lodging spots. Staying on the tenth level cost 1000 points. As such, most people were working hard to obtain points and an S rank evaluation.
Li Xiang, on the other hand, didn't care about these points. There were still 220 hours left. Naturally, he would stay the night here.
The resting rooms on the tenth level were very luxurious, just like the super hotels in the city. They were exquisitely decorated, and as long as you were willing to pay, you could enjoy all kinds of services.
There were quite a few students working part-time in the Sky Arena, and many of them were female students with good figures. The meager salary naturally didn't attract them, and the reason they were willing to work part-time was because they wanted to make some extra money or come into contact with some special talents.
In this world, even if you didn't have super strength, you could still make a name for yourself if you had top-notch connections and resources. For example, Zhang Xixi. She wasn't considered an outstanding student in the Night Rose, but her connections and resources allowed her to become one of the top university students.
Every social class had its own way of survival.
Li Xiang lay on the soft bed. After rejecting who knew how many waitresses he had met, he was both physically and mentally exhausted. His mind was still thinking about the matters from the eleventh to the twentieth level.
After thinking for a while, he turned on the Polar night communicator. It had only been a few hours since he last looked at it, but it was about to explode with messages.
The communicator wasn't just a communication tool, but also a communication platform. Users could subscribe to all kinds of news through it. Li Xiang was a super member and had the right to subscribe to ten of them for free. He had carefully selected ten of the most famous news reports, and it just so happened that he had the time at night to sort through all kinds of information.
Ignoring the meaningless headlines, he quickly found a few news articles that had something to do with him.
The Kuang Tie's death was like a stone sinking into the sea. There was no more news about it. However, the military had recently begun a thorough investigation of internal problems. City 0099, where General Shogun was located, and the Northern Military Equipment Center were both under investigation. It was clear that the higher-ups had sensed something.
This also made Li Xiang sweat. The Heart of Disaster was exchanged with the Tarot cards for the military's border material transportation and defense route map. The relationship between this was very complicated. Whether it was General Xiao's side or the other side, they must have been aware of it. It was just that they didn't have a handle on it, nor did they find the lost heart, so no one would touch it.
Logically speaking, if the matter really got out of hand, both sides should have come to contact Ren Baqian's group. After all, they had a direct connection to the Kuang Tie's death, especially Ren Baqian. Everyone knew about his conflict with the Kuang Tie, and the steam pistol that Ming Xu had taken away was also left at Hangzhou Railway Station. How could General Shogun not have guessed that the heart was in Ren Baqian's hands?
The only explanation was that even for someone like him, the Polar night could help him withstand the pressure. Or could it be that the danger had yet to arrive?
Either way, Li Xiang wouldn't let his guard down. After some thought, he sent the news to Chen Fan and the other four, including Baimiya.
After all, the six of them had saved his life. He had to warn them.
What he cared about the most was the news about his sister and Fei Yujing. Unfortunately, after the news about Ye Tong being named as the new master, the Bai family seemed to have deliberately blocked all information about her. He couldn't find any new members of the Bai family in the news.
As for Fei Yujing, she was a frequent visitor to Keihoku University and City News. Li Xiang couldn't help but see her.
Just as the Kuang Tie had said, Fei Yujing, like him, had opened up the weights at this stage. She had excelled during the military training. Keihoku University wasn't in the top one hundred of the continent, but it was barely in the top fifty in District One. Still, its Player and Steam Engineering programs were in the top sixteen of District One. It was a very good program.
Fei Yujing's social status had risen as well. Her name was becoming more and more well-known in the nearby cities.
With Fei Zilan's help, the sixteen branches of the Bai family were becoming more and more wealthy. Bai Yunfei's father had also become a candidate for the position of a councilman.
This was the first time many people had seen such a powerful family. After Bai Yunfei's father became a candidate for the position of councilman, many of the normal families that had been secretly plotting against Fei Yujing stopped doing so.
But this attracted even more attention and attention from the more powerful families.
Fei Yujing and her father's abilities were enough to move the hearts of many families. Some of them were very strong, and if they were to make a move, Bai Yunfei would be a cuckold for sure.
They were still hesitating because they wanted to see what Fei Yujing would do in her first year of university. They also wanted to see if the Dong Ling family would be unhappy with them if they accepted the Fei family.
After all, Fei Zilan had made the Dong Ling family rich. Even though the Dong Ling family didn't care about that, accepting the Fei Zilan's family would be a disregard for the authority of the Dong Ling family.
This was also the reason why the sixteenth branch was so opposed to the idea of accepting the Fei Zilan's daughter. But now, the opposition was mostly gone.
If Fei Yujing continued to develop, she wouldn't be able to escape from becoming a level three magus. With six awakened circuits, she would be one of the strongest magicians aside from the players.
If the Fei family and her family were to accept her, then they would be willing to train her to become a magus.
Li Xiang was curled up in his quilt as he read the news. After Fei Yujing went to Keihoku University, just like in his past life, she was like a stone that stirred up a thousand ripples. Gradually, she changed from a young girl to a strong woman.
He seemed to have seen this script before!
"Poor young master Bai Yunfei. He always has to be on guard against someone who's eager to be a cuckold." Li Xiang half laughed, half laughed bitterly.
He still couldn't bear to part with her. After all, he was the one who had wronged her first. When he heard Wang Bo say that she had married into the Bai family for his sake, he felt even more upset.
"I have to find some time to resolve this misunderstanding in the final trial." Li Xiang thought to himself as he fell into a deep sleep.
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City 0001, the sixteenth branch of the Bai family.
This was a group of floating buildings that looked like a paradise on earth. They were built in a retro style, looking very much like the courtyards and pavilions of the olden era.
Within the group of buildings, there were many pavilions and palaces. The corridors and walkways were filled with lush vegetation. There were countless rare herbs and plants that had clearly been carefully transplanted here.
Each of the large courtyards was scattered in a disorderly manner. In the center of each courtyard was a tall Perpetual Dynamo Tower. The reason why it was named Perpetual Dynamo Tower was because it used steam mixed with elemental substances instead of pure steam power. This way, it could provide continuous energy support and was incomparably luxurious.
Each courtyard was the family of a councilor. The family of a probationary councilor lived in a slightly smaller villa. The other members only had a small building as their family base.
Even so, the sixteenth branch of the Bai family was still incomparably large. The entire branch of the Bai family occupied a large portion of the sky. Including the assets on the ground, the land owned by the sixteenth branch of the Bai family was larger than a small numbered city.
In a certain red villa.
Bai Yunfei looked at the young man in front of him with an uncertain expression.
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