Part 4
Three pairs of eyes snapped toward Yun Yingzhi in perfect unison. Their expressions were particularly hard to describe as they slowly nodded.
The four of them finished washing up and went about their own tasks.
Suddenly, Yu Feiwen let out a cry of surprise.
Yun Yingzhi, who was recording his Source Weapon inspirations for the day on his terminal, looked at Yu Feiwen with confusion.
After the battles at the arena today, he had quite a lot of inspiration.
First: the Limited Space Source Weapon to block the Zerg Queenās mental waves.
Second: a Level 8 weapon for Wei Yuanqing.
Third: Level 5 weapons for his three roommates.
The three roommates had each transferred one million creditsāthe full amountāwhich was almost the upper limit of the market price for a Level 5 weapon. He was quite happy and wanted to manufacture these three relatively simple weapons as soon as possible.
Ji Xiaobo asked, “Feiwen, what is it?”
Yu Feiwen looked at Yun Yingzhi and said, “Itās that Little Battle Bunny who appeared in the arena today!”
Yun Yingzhiās eyelids jumped, and his hand shook. His finger accidentally hit the delete key, instantly clearing the recorded inspirations on his screen.
His heart thudded, but he forced himself to stay calm. He pressed the “undo” key and looked at Yu Feiwen with trepidation, having a very bad premonition.
Yu Feiwen: “Since he has the same Second Form as Yingzhi, I wanted to see how he fights. I found…”
Yun Yingzhi: “…”
Ji Xiaobo and Jing Haomiao were instantly interested.
Yun Yingzhi pressed his lips into a straight line and silently looked away.
Yu Feiwen marveled, “If it weren’t for the fact that our Yingzhi is truly fragile…”
The moment the word “fragile” came out, Ji Xiaobo and Jing Haomiao looked at Yu Feiwen with accusatory glares.
Itās said you shouldn’t hit someone in the face or stab them in the heart. For a military student to be called “fragile”ācould there be a more crushing blow than that?
Yu Feiwen realized he had misspoken, paused, and said, “No, thatās not what I meant. I mean, our Yingzhi has a very good temper and is gentle and polite, while the Little Battle Bunny at the arena really knows how to draw aggro! His strength is great, and his fighting style is ferocious. Heās completely different from Yingzhi!”
Yun Yingzhi: “…” Was that a compliment or an insult?
Yun Yingzhi felt his cheeks heating up. As the Little Battle Bunny himself, his mood was extremely delicate right now.
Ji Xiaobo said, “Is that so? Let me see too.”
Jing Haomiao had already opened his personal terminal for public viewing. The projection showed a little white rabbit standing on the combat platform of the arena.
Yun Yingzhiās eyelids jumped wildly; he was having a mental breakdown.
Jing Haomiao looked at the video projection, then at Yun Yingzhi, and said, “If I didn’t see how this Little Battle Bunny fights, Iād really think it was you, Yingzhi.”
Yun Yingzhi: “…”
The three roommates looked at the video, then at Yun Yingzhi, back and forth, over and over.
Yun Yingzhi pressed his hand against his eyelid; it was twitching even more violently now.
Thinking quickly, Yun Yingzhi said, “Itās not me! Really!”
Yu Feiwen: “…Huh?”
Ji Xiaobo: “…Hmm?”
Jing Haomiao: “…Oh?”
Yun Yingzhi: “…”
After a pause, Yun Yingzhi said, “Stop watching. Letās sleep; thereās morning training in a bit.”
At that same moment, in the public projection opened by Jing Haomiao, the little bunny on the platform had just finished a successful charge and was already doing his little spin.
Yun Yingzhi thought: If I could have one more chance and turn back time, I would definitely never go to that Yaoming Battle Arena.
Yun Yingzhi sniffled and tried to struggle. “Itās already very late.”
Yu Feiwen: “Wait, Iām going to finish watching all of the Little Battle Bunny’s videos before I sleep. His fighting style is both ferocious and cute. Heās definitely an elementary schooler.”
Yun Yingzhi: “…”
Jing Haomiao said sincerely, “This kidās Second Form is so cute and heās so strong. Heās definitely going to go viral!”
“He might even get his own dedicated discussion thread!”
“Iām going to download his battle videos first. This is all ‘black history’ for the kid. If his parents see it, they might contact the arena and refuse to let the post-battle videos be public. Then we won’t be able to see them.”
Yun Yingzhi: “…”
He thought his roommates were quite far-sightedāthey even knew they should download them first.
No, wait. He had said “I heard heās an elementary schooler,” but looking at the person on the platform, that was clearly not an elementary schooler’s height, right? They didn’t have to keep calling him a “kid” every other sentence, did they?
Yun Yingzhi pulled a grumpy face and immediately sent an email to the Yaoming Battle Arena, demanding they take down all battle videos related to him.
Yu Feiwen and the others watched the Little Battle Bunnyās three matches, completely forgetting the shame of their five losses. After finishing the videos, they lay down and fell asleep.
Initially, Yun Yingzhi was restless, deeply reflecting on himself and unable to sleep. Eventually, he grew too tired and drifted off in a daze.
When the alarm rang, the four of them got up listlessly, ran to the training hall for morning training, and began their day of classes.
Yun Yingzhi was drowsy the entire time. He couldn’t help but fall asleep openly during class several times and was scolded by the teachers. If it weren’t for one teacher being particularly lenient with him, he would have been made to stand as punishment long ago.
None of the four had classes in the afternoon. After lunch, they decided to head back to the dorm as a group to catch up on sleep.
On the way, they received a private message from Wei Yuanqing, telling them to go to the training hall.
The four looked at each other. They were exhausted, but they didn’t dare refuse.
On the bright side, it was usually very hard to get a senior to coach them. For Wei Yuanqing to be willing to teach them was a huge stroke of luck.
Coincidentally, on the way to the hall, the four bumped into Huai Boshe and Yun Yingyao.
Yun Yingyao had a cold personality. Seeing Yun Yingzhi, she nodded at him coldly, which counted as a greeting.
Huai Boshe smiled at Yun Yingzhi and called him by name. He seemed to have completely disregarded the previous unpleasantness. He said “See you next time” and then left with Yun Yingyao as if nothing were wrong.
Yun Yingzhiās brow furrowed. If it weren’t for knowing his strength was lacking, he really wanted to pull out twelve energy cannons and blast Huai Boshe.
No, twelve weren’t enough. He wanted to upgrade the cannons from twelve to twenty-four.
Yu Feiwen and the others watched Huai Bosheās back and spoke ill of him.
Yun Yingzhi nodded in agreement and joined in the bad-mouthing.
After a moment, Jing Haomiao said, “I don’t know if itās just my imagination, but I feel like Huai Boshe and Yingzhiās sister have been getting very close lately?”
Yun Yingzhi had been very sleepy, but after seeing Huai Boshe, he was filled with murderous intent and was instantly energized. He said, “He likes Yao Yao.”
Yu Feiwen and the others looked at Yun Yingzhi simultaneously.
Yun Yingzhi felt their gazes were strange. “Why are you looking at me like that?”
After a pause, Jing Haomiao said, “I once thought Huai Boshe liked you.”
Yun Yingzhi: “…” He used to think so too.
Yu Feiwen added, “In the past, whenever we walked with you, Huai Boshe would glare at us.”
Jing Haomiao nodded.
Yun Yingzhiās lips pressed into a straight line.
The oblivious Ji Xiaobo said, “Come to think of it, on the surface, Huai Boshe and Yun Yingyao actually seem like a good match.”
Translator’s Note:
A few fun terms for this chapter:
- “Selling his body for victory” (č³£čŗ«ę±å): This is a funny exaggeration in Chinese. It doesn’t mean anything literal; it’s just joking about how Zhizhi “sacrificed” his dignity by doing that cute spin just to get the opponents to forfeit for the prize money.
- “Black History” (é»ę·å²): This is a common term in Asian web culture. It refers to embarrassing things you did in the past that you wish everyone would forget.
- The “Friend” Excuse: Using the “I have a friend” excuse is the universal sign of someone talking about themselves. Zhizhi isn’t fooling as many people as he thinks!
- Thirty Million Credits: For context, Zhizhi just went from “broke student” to “multimillionaire” in one conversation. Wei Yuanqing is seriously rich!
Go, go, go Carrot team!!! Hehe~
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