Part 2
[Good heavens.]
[He’s so fast you can only see an afterimage.]
[Even if this brother wasn’t in the Source Weapon Manufacturing Department, he would definitely shine in the Combat Department!]
[If I didn’t know how difficult Source Weapon manufacturing was, I would suspect this brother was one of my fellow Combat Department students.]
Everyone, whether at the scene or in the livestream, watched Yun Yingzhi with utter shock.
And then…
They saw that in just a brief moment, Yun Yingzhi had practically emptied out one material vending machine.
Everyone: “…”
They were simply speechless.
But he didn’t stop. Still moving with a speed that left afterimages, he emptied another vending machine.
[So, is he moving that fast just to save more time to milk the system?]
[I’m starting to wonder if Red Peony Brother can single-handedly force the competition to change its rules, like raising the material prices again?]
[I see Master Tang and Master Ted taking turns swallowing their spit.]
[Their hearts must be aching. That’s all money!]
Under everyone’s gaze, Yun Yingzhi nimbly emptied three material vending machines.
Seeing that Yun Yingzhi wasn’t moving toward a fourth machine, the two invigilating Masters breathed a heartfelt sigh of relief.
They saw Yun Yingzhi open his personal terminal in hidden mode, though they didn’t know what he was doing.
At this moment, the two Masters felt a subtle sensation…
If they could just reduce the time Yun Yingzhi spent collecting materials, the organizers could save a huge sum of money.
After thinking about it, they both felt their own thoughts were hilarious. After all, Yun Yingzhi was just one person. No matter how amazing he was, he couldn’t possibly cause too much of a loss for the organizers.
Yes, up until this moment, that was what they thought.
Yun Yingzhi was very efficient with his time.
Just like his high-speed material hauling, he only looked at his terminal for 20 seconds before entering the material processing stage.
Batch processing, all at once—he handled all the materials in one go.
Master Tang lowered his voice and said to Master Ted, “His talent is very high. His speed in processing materials has increased again.”
Master Ted shook his head and said, “No, think about it carefully. The preliminaries and qualifying rounds had loss limits, but the semi-finals don’t have that rule. It’s not so much that he’s gotten faster, but rather that he no longer has any reservations.”
Master Tang’s eyelid twitched. He subtly had a bad premonition.
Not just Master Tang; the livestream audience who heard their conversation felt the same way.
For the entire morning, Yun Yingzhi spent all his time processing raw materials.
At noon, when Yun Yingzhi went to eat, he suddenly received a communication request from Yun Yinghui.
Yun Yingzhi found a quiet place to answer.
The moment the call connected, Yun Yingzhi saw Yun Yinghui, as well as the little rabbit cub huddled in the folds of his clothes, its eyes red from crying.
Looking at the red-eyed rabbit cub, Yun Yingzhi’s heart felt like it was breaking.
Seeing Yun Yingzhi, the rabbit cub’s tears fell pitter-patter. “Da da da QAQ.”
He couldn’t understand a thing.
Yun Yingzhi looked at Yun Yinghui with a gaze for help, pleading for a translation.
Yun Yinghui let out a silent breath. “You scolded Jiaojiao yesterday, and then you left this morning. Jiaojiao thought you were abandoning him. He’s been crying on and off since you left, and no matter how I coax him, it doesn’t work.” He paused, then added, “He won’t drink his milk either.”
Yun Yingzhi: “…”
Although the rabbit cub was tiny, he was a big eater with a huge appetite. For a cub who had been born not long ago, fasting for several hours must be extremely uncomfortable.
Yun Yingzhi’s heart ached even more. He looked at the rabbit cub. “Jiaojiao, Papa isn’t going to abandon you.”
The rabbit cub’s tears continued to fall. He stretched out his two little paws toward Yun Yingzhi, begging for a hug.
Across the projection screen, Yun Yingzhi had no way to hug the cub and could only watch him anxiously.
Yun Yinghui said, “Jiaojiao can’t go on like this. I’ve brought him to the competition venue.”
Yun Yingzhi’s heart skipped a beat.
Even so, he didn’t want others to see him in contact with Yun Yinghui, as that could very likely lead people to uncover his true identity.
Yun Yingzhi spoke to Yun Yinghui and then sprinted toward the arena parking lot at a speed that left afterimages.
Once inside the hovercar, the rabbit cub immediately lunged at Yun Yingzhi.
Yun Yingzhi picked up the cub, kissed its eyes, and said, “Jiaojiao, don’t cry anymore. Papa isn’t going to throw you away.”
Yun Yingzhi coaxed the cub for a long time before the aggrieved little thing stopped crying.
He patted the rabbit cub’s head and fed him milk.
The rabbit cub, who had been hungry for half a day, finally agreed to drink.
Gulp, gulp. In the blink of an eye, the tiny cub drank an amount of milk equal to its own body volume.
Normally, the cub needed to be fed every half hour to an hour. Not drinking for half a day was truly like a long hunger strike for him.
Heartaching, Yun Yingzhi rubbed the rabbit cub’s belly.
The afternoon session had already begun.
Yun Yingzhi handed the cub back to Yun Yinghui, intending to return to the arena, but the cub was unwilling. He clung tightly to Yun Yingzhi’s finger.
Yun Yingzhi said, “Be good, Jiaojiao. Papa has to go to work so he can buy milk powder for you. You eat so much; if Papa doesn’t work, you’ll go hungry.”
The rabbit cub’s tears fell pitter-patter, his voice full of sorrow. “Da da da…”
Yun Yingzhi: “…”
Yun Yinghui translated, “Jiaojiao wants to go with you.”
Yun Yingzhi’s eyelids twitched violently.
In a large population, cubs born in their second form were relatively rare. Although the chance of people recognizing the rabbit cub as a human baby was low, he still didn’t want the cub to appear on camera.
But the cub’s crying was truly too heart-wrenching.
Yun Yingzhi thought about it. If he took the cub to the arena, he would have to feed him every so often, and…
The cub didn’t just need to drink; he also needed to “release water.”
He was still so small and understood nothing. He often couldn’t control himself and would release water in public. Was he really going to let this little cub livestream a human baby’s bathroom habits? That would be dark history for the cub’s future.
Yun Yingzhi said with difficulty, “Jiaojiao, it’s not that Papa doesn’t want to bring you, but if I do, you might lose face in front of the entire Empire.”
The rabbit cub continued to cry.
After a tug-of-war, Yun Yingzhi had no choice. The cub’s mental state had clearly crumbled; right now, he couldn’t leave Yun Yingzhi’s side.
What surprised Yun Yingzhi was Yun Yinghui.
Clearly, Yun Yinghui had come prepared.
Besides handing over the rabbit cub, Yun Yinghui had also prepared milk powder, bottles, a thermos with water for mixing, a small cotton quilt, a teething stick, small toys, and…
Special diapers for the rabbit cub.
Yun Yingzhi: “…”
Fine, that avoided the cub peeing in public, but a tiny cub wearing a diaper…
That was also very embarrassing and a total “dark history” moment, okay?
Yun Yingzhi tried once more to get the cub to stay with Yun Yinghui, but failed.
Left with no choice, Yun Yingzhi had to put the diaper on the cub and then tuck him into his pocket.
The cub wasn’t willing to be stuffed into the padded jacket pocket. He grabbed onto Yun Yingzhi’s arm and climbed into his collar instead.
Yun Yingzhi paused, then unbuttoned a few buttons to allow the cub to lie more comfortably against his neck.
Yun Yingzhi glanced at the egg cub bouncing in the incubator and thought to himself that the egg cub was stronger than the rabbit cub.
After saying goodbye to Yun Yinghui and the egg cub, Yun Yingzhi brought the rabbit cub back to the arena.
Everyone in the arena was very surprised to see Yun Yingzhi arrive late. They looked at him curiously and then saw the tiny head of the rabbit cub peeking out from Yun Yingzhi’s collar, as well as the rather heavy luggage bag in his hand.
Everyone’s first reaction was: The rabbit cub is so cute.
Immediately after, their brains slowly formed a question mark: Is he bringing a small pet to the competition?
Wait, was that little milk-rabbit with red, teary eyes really a pet?
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