The morning sun shone through the window. Li Xiang groaned and sat up with difficulty. The back of his head was still burning. Bai Shanshan's last chop last night was not light, and he had been unconscious until now.
He stood up and looked at the empty bed. First, he washed his face with cold water. After he cleared his mind, he sat back on the chair and began to recall everything that happened when he went to see Fei Yujing last night.
Countless images replayed in his mind frame by frame. After clarifying the cause and effect of the incident, Li Xiang slowly exhaled.
His chest rose and fell slowly, and then it became a little violent. He suddenly picked up the steel pipe on the ground and smashed it on the cement floor beside him!
"Bang!"
The steel pipe was slightly deformed and trembled. Li Xiang's somewhat anxious mood calmed down. When he picked up the steel pipe, the row of tiny words appeared again. With the comparison from before, he finally knew that these words were not ordinary. They were the same as the "steam words" that Bai Shanshan left behind.
The gray scale bar at the bottom was completely empty.
There was a slight change in the description of the steam words.
Worn-Out Mechanical Steel Pipe. Durability: 12%.
The previous durability was 13%. He remembered clearly that when he smashed it hard, a medium-sized hole was created in the hard cement floor. With his strength, it should have been difficult for him to do so.
"The steel pipe is not a mechanical device … No, maybe I can 'use' any part of a mechanical device? If the durability is depleted, the power will increase. The liquid in the gray scale bar is gray. I don't know what the conditions are to activate it … "Li Xiang stood up and casually threw the steel pipe in his hand to the side. After losing his sister, the room suddenly became very quiet.
"Ye Tong …" He was calculating the worst possibility in his mind. Judging from how Bai Yuhan was respected in the exam hall, her position in the Bai Family was not low. It was also very likely that she was just doing things for someone else. Then, the identity of the person who was looking for his sister was extremely terrifying.
Before Li Xiang came into contact with the Bai Family, he didn't have much of an impression of this Royal Family. It was only when he truly stood in opposition with them that he felt an intense sense of suffocation.
Why did they take Ye Tong away? What did they want to do? Where did Ye Tong go? After having some speculations in his mind, Li Xiang clenched his fists.
It didn't matter if it was the Bai Clan or anyone else. If they wanted to take Ye Tong away from him forever, they would have to pay a hefty price.
Suddenly, there was a "Pa Pa Pa" sound coming from the window. Li Xiang looked over and saw another messenger bird.
He opened the window and scanned his citizen card. A paper tube rolled into his palm.
He didn't recognize the handwriting, but the signature was an L.
"Do you want to bring your sister back?"
The first words of the other party made him alert. So far, only the siblings and the Bai family knew about this matter. The other party seemed to know what had happened last night like the back of his hand. Every word he said was like a stab at his sore spot.
The person who wrote the letter pointed out with certainty that if Li Xiang just followed the prescribed path and followed the current path, then he would never have the chance to see Li Ye Tong again in this life.
She had the potential of a Player, and it was extremely high. In the future, she would definitely enter the top player's university.
For example, the Chronometer Tower Consortium.
A special alliance formed by 18 of the top player's universities on seven continents. It was not controlled by any organization.
And Li Xiang was just a person who didn't even have the qualifications of a Player. Going to Keihoku University to study steam technology meant that he had chosen to give up.
The letter writer's tone was resolute, as if it was about to jump out of the paper.
And the only way to keep up with his sister's pace was to go to the Polar night training camp.
"Polar night training camp." Li Xiang held the letter and softly read the name on it.
Training camps were a special kind of training base. Usually, there would be many anonymous organizations funding them. The purpose of their creation was to use the cruelest elimination training to force out the hidden potential in the bodies of ordinary people.
After all, the probability of awakening a Magic Circuit was about one in twenty, and having the Player's Potential was fifteen out of sixty-three. In general, the probability of ordinary people having the Player's Potential was extremely low. Most people didn't have the opportunity to choose a Player's major.
And Players were the most special existence above any other class.
At the same time, Players were also the most scarce class. Therefore, various organizations were researching ways to stimulate the Player's Potential from people without talent.
Countless training camps were created because of this, and the most effective one was the Polar night training camp.
But it was also the cruelest training camp.
All the trainees who could enter the Polar night training camp and come out alive successfully obtained the Player's Potential. However, its horrifying death rate and cruel training methods made countless people flinch.
To enter the Polar night training camp, one had to have the Potential recognized by it. Generally, people with such Potential would have no problem at all passing the unified admission exam and getting into a good university. Such people had a bright future ahead of them. They just couldn't become the best Player.
Although being a Player was everyone's dream, it wasn't to the point where people would risk their lives for it.
But this was Li Xiang's only chance.
He had no talent. He could either go to Keihoku University with Fei Yujing and finally become a Army soldier, or risk it all and go to the Polar night training camp. There was a high probability of death, but if he came out alive, there would be a way to go to a Player's University.
Inadvertently, he stood at a fork in the road again, facing a choice.
Li Xiang took a deep breath and continued to read. The other party directly provided an invitation code to the Polar night training camp. With the invitation code, he could skip the admissions test and obtain a predetermined qualification.
In the neighboring Seawatch City, there were admissions personnel of the Polar night training camp lurking. He could go there with the invitation code. The other party didn't force him, nor did they make any suggestions. They just gave him a chance to choose freely.
"Seawatch City." Li Xiang smiled. Wasn't that the place where he met the man and joined the "Tarot" card?
The place where the dream began was also the place where the dream finally shattered.
After going around in circles, he still ended up back where he started.
He didn't hesitate anymore. He folded the letter and slowly swallowed it. Then, he got up and packed everything, cleaning the house. He took out the last ten thousand Blue Star Coins he had saved and put half of it in the mailbox outside Auntie Wang's room.
The sunlight outside was a little dazzling. After experiencing the storm of the Unified Enrollment Exam, Hou City had returned to its usual state. The pedestrians on the streets were in a hurry, and parents of every household were running around for their children's college education. The final summer vacation for these youngsters had officially begun today.
Hou City, on the roof of the Fei family's house.
A small single-cabin airship was suspended in the air. Currently, the manufacturing technology for these high-end vehicles was only in the hands of the Bai family's heavy industry, Dong Ling's heavy industry, and Wessex Technology Company. Therefore, each unit was extremely expensive.
Just a bare airship like this cost five million Blue Star Coins. The annual fuel consumption and maintenance costs were as high as three hundred thousand Blue Star Coins.
The tall young man standing on the roof had a look of disdain on his face. He seemed to look down on this airship. Fei Yujing's father, a tall middle-aged man, stood next to him. He wore a pair of gold-rimmed glasses and looked very cultured and refined.
"Yunfei, when we reach City 0001, I'll leave Xiao Yu in your care. The Fei family's business here will be transferred there in four years. Send my regards to brother Bai. "
He stood with his hands clasped behind his back. His body faintly exuded the aura of an ambitious and ruthless person.
Bai Yunfei hurriedly put away the expression on his face and respectfully bowed back. "Don't worry, uncle Fei. Xiao Yu is my fiancee. I'll take care of her with all my heart. I've already told my father many times. Uncle Fei, feel free to move. The Dong Ling family may be strong, but the Bai family is not to be trifled with. "
A trifling house like the Fei was nothing in Bai Yunfei's eyes. They weren't worth much in City 0127, much less in City 0001. But after a few days of interaction, Bai Yunfei realized that this man named Fei Zilan wasn't any ordinary person.
He was of the lowest class of commoners. He didn't even have the qualifications to be a player. It was even said that he hadn't even awakened his Circuit Magic. He graduated from a very ordinary university, and for the first thirty years of his life, he was a complete failure.
But ten years ago, when he was thirty years old, everything suddenly changed.
From what Bai Yunfei could see, Fei Zilan was able to amass a sizable amount of wealth in just two short years. After that, he invested heavily in various new industries and became one of the wealthiest merchants in Hou City in just five years.
In the five years that followed, everyone thought that he would continue to make great strides and become a rising star in the business world. But then Fei Zilan suddenly stopped. He had spent a large amount of money and was even willing to give up a portion of his company's shares in order to establish ties with the military and various major powers in City 0127.
It wasn't until he came into contact with one of the Five Thrones, the Dong Ling family, that everyone began to see the hidden ambition in his heart.
This man wanted to get his hands on the steam manufacturing industry controlled by the Dong Ling Heavy Industries.
Then the situation became a little strange. Fei Zilan, who was originally one of the representatives of the Dong Ling family in City 0127, was suddenly fired for stealing a document. Then he took the document with him and defected to the Bai family, another one of the Five Thrones.
The one he contacted was Bai Yunfei's family, the sixteenth branch of the Bai family.
Transferring assets, making connections, and disbanding the company. Everything was done under the control of this man. Even his own daughter didn't know about it before it was exposed.
A man like this was comparable to some of the bigshots Bai Yunfei knew of. His father was naturally happy to see him reap some benefits for free and even get a daughter-in-law.
No matter how strong you are, the name of the Bai family will still suppress you. Sneering to himself, Bai Yunfei stole a glance at the calm expression on Fei Yujing's face.
This girl had awakened six circuits and was a match for Bai Yunfei in terms of talent. Her background wasn't bad either. She was smart, gentle, and beautiful. As long as Bai Yunfei brought her to the upper echelons of society, she'd definitely be able to make a name for herself.
Bai Yunfei could already see the rise of the Bai family in his hands. His heart was filled with excitement. The only regret he had was that he hadn't been able to see Bai Shihu after hearing that his cousin Bai Yuhan and cousin Bai Shihu had left.
This was Bai Shihu, the third successor of the Bai family. He was one of the most dazzling figures in the Bai family.
The hierarchy of the Bai family was so strict that Bai Shihu's power was almost comparable to that of a councilor. Bai Yunfei's father, on the other hand, had worked hard for over ten years and still wasn't able to become a councilor.
The comparison between the two made Bai Yunfei jealous.
"Xiao Yu, your friend isn't here yet?" Bai Yunfei was getting impatient. She was still in the same position as before, looking towards a certain direction in Houcheng.
Looking at her watch, Bai Yunfei suddenly turned around.
"It's a little late. Let's go." Fei Yujing's expression didn't change. Turning around, she boarded the airship.
Several pillars of air shot out from the airship, drawing several beautiful arcs in the sky. Gliding for a while, the airship rose up into the sky!
Sunlight shone onto the windows, refracting the image of a young man with a backpack on his back.
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