Part 2
Under their speechless gazes, Yun Yingzhi leaned against Yun Yinghui and said, “Um, I received a notice today that I passed the preliminaries. For the next few rounds, I might have to trouble you older brothers and sisters to help test the weapons I make during the competition.” Saying this, he looked at them expectantly.
Seeing Yun Yingzhi like this, who could bear to refuse? One by one, they agreed.
In truth, while they looked calm on the surface, they were internally shocked.
That kid in the three-piece cotton suit who could eat and sleep so wellāand most importantly, was so good at pulling woolāwas actually their own familyās kid?
Earlier, when everyone spoke about Participant A13167, their first thought was “what a character.” Now, knowing that person was Yun Yingzhi, everyone turned accusatory gazes toward Yun Yinghui.
Nan Gongqing and a few others couldn’t help but send private messages to Yun Yinghui, criticizing him.
Nan Gongqingās exact words were: Did our little Yingzhi pull wool on purpose? If you hadn’t failed to take care of him, he wouldn’t have been forced to milk the organizers like that.
Everyone looked at Yun Yinghui with blaming eyes.
After Yun Yingzhi sincerely thanked everyone, he added, “Please, older brothers and sisters, you must hide this from Father and Mother, otherwise theyāll be angry.”
The group agreed to his request, but a giant question mark slowly formed in their minds.
A long time ago, they had heard that his mental power was very low and that he wasn’t suited to be a source weapon master. How did he become one? And how did he pass the preliminaries of the Star Brilliance Competition?
Amidst their puzzled looks, Yun Yingzhi looked at Jin Taichu. His already red cheeks turned even redder. “Itās like this, Brother Taichu. I remember your ability is Metal-type.”
Jin Taichu responded with a “Yes” and reached out to affectionately ruffle his hair. “Yingzhi actually remembers.”
The smile on Yun Yingzhiās face became even more bashful. He said, “The organizers contacted me earlier and said that the Grade Four weapon I made was selected. It will undergo a live appraisal tomorrow.”
This time, not just Jin Taichu and the others, but even Yun Yinghui was deeply surprised.
Most of them had watched the live stream. The “Wool-Pulling Emperor” had been tirelessly milking the system, and the Grade Four weapon he finished at the end was clearly something he had made haphazardly. They never expected that such a weapon would actually be chosen as one of the ten most outstanding entries from the preliminaries.
They suddenly thought of a serious question.
If a weapon he made haphazardly was already this impressive, then…
What would be the quality of the other nine Grade Five and Six weapons he had manufactured while in his “wool-pulling” state?
They suddenly realized that his talent in source weapon manufacturing was likely even better than they had imagined.
Nan Gongqing and the others looked inconspicuously toward the large black bag he had given Yun Yinghui. Jin Taichu asked, “Yingzhi, the weapons in there… did you make them during the preliminaries?”
Yun Yingzhi nodded. “Nine of them were.”
If he didn’t care about the cost, he could make more, but he didn’t like repeating the same designs over and over.
He preferred designing different models. What he was currently contemplating was how to simulate the Zerg Queen’s mental waves. After locking the Zerg legion into a space that cut off mental waves, he could make them receive false orders and kill each other.
Yun Yingzhi thought fiercely: if there were no war, his brother wouldn’t have to go to the front lines. He could stay on the Imperial Planet and keep him companyāand keep an eye on his two fragile cubs.
Furthermore, if his powerful Uncle Yun Yinghui was around, no one would be able to bully the little rabbit cub and the little egg cub.
During the conversation, the hovercar stopped, and everyone went to eat.
Originally, Nan Gongqing and the others wanted to stay with Yun Yinghui longer to let him test the effects of the weapons Yun Yingzhi had specially made for him, but he declined.
After seeing them off, Yun Yinghui specifically took a reluctant Yun Yingzhi to the hospital for an examination.
The results showed that both cubs in his belly were very healthy.
The doctor added, “Barring any accidents, based on the status of the second-form baby, both might be born within half a month.”
The doctor looked at Yun Yingzhi and said, “Sir, depending on the situation, you might want to be hospitalized a week in advance.”
Yun Yingzhi calculated the time.
It was now December 14th. Half a month meant…
The two cubs would be born before the end of December.
If he had to be hospitalized a week early, that would be around December 23rd. However, the qualifying round of the Star Brilliance Competition lasted seven days, from December 21st to the 27th.
The thought of giving up seven days of wool-pulling during the qualifying round made Yun Yingzhiās heart ache so much he could barely breathe.
He looked at Yun Yinghui cautiously.
Yun Yinghui frowned slightly and said, “He can be hospitalized starting today.”
The doctorās smile deepened. “Iām sorry, but the earliest is one week in advance.” After a pause, he added, “Because beds are tight, we usually only allow admission three hours before labor. However, this gentleman is a special case because the two babies have different forms, so an exception can be made. One week is already the limit.”
Yun Yinghui nodded and led Yun Yingzhi away.
That evening, after taking him to dinner, Yun Yinghui sent him back to Fanse Academy.
On the way back, he inconspicuously asked Yun Yingzhi once more if he really didn’t remember who the person was.
Yun Yingzhi shrank his neck and changed the subject.
Yun Yinghui lightly flicked his forehead, sent him into the academy, and watched his retreating back with worry.
Once the two cubs were born, he wouldn’t feel comfortable letting Yun Yingzhi care for them alone. But he only had two months of leaveāwhat would happen after that?
After a moment, he thought of Nan Gongqing and the others.
Just like in the past, if it were them, they should be able to take good care of Yun Yingzhi and the two cubs, right?
Just as he thought of them, they contacted him to ask about the weapons Yun Yingzhi had given him.
Yun Yinghui replied: “Wait until tomorrow. After the appraisal of the Grade Four weapon is over, we can test them together.”
They spoke a bit more, and before hanging up, Nan Gongqing said, “Iām really looking forward to the effects of that Grade Four weapon.”
“Mm,” Yun Yinghui responded softly.
December 15th.
At 8:30 AM, the official list of qualifiers for the Star Brilliance Competition was posted. Additionally, the list of the ten weapons to be appraised starting at 9:30 AM today was also released.
The students at Fanse Academy gathered to discuss.
This year, a total of 2,378 students from Fanse Academyās Source Weapon Manufacturing Department had participated in the preliminaries. Among them, only 488 had successfully passed.
So many people were screened out just in the preliminariesāit was a result beyond everyone’s expectations.
According to the manufacturing students, many of them who had successfully qualified last year had produced weapons with better attributes this year, yet failed to pass the preliminaries this time.
These students were very angry and contacted the organizers for an explanation, receiving dense data in return.
Every source weapon underwent a comprehensive score. Based on the records, they could understand exactly where their flaws were.
Compared to the past, this session was indeed much stricter.
The ten most outstanding weapons from the preliminaries were selected for live appraisal. To everyoneās surprise…
Most of those ten were Grade Seven weapons. However, among those high-level weapons, one was actually…
A Grade Four weapon.
Everyoneās first thought was: The grade is so low.
The students of Fanse Academy clicked in out of curiosity to check the information on this weapon and saw the following:
[Participant: A13167 (Student of Fanse Academy)] [Name: Anonymous] [Weapon Name: None] [Weapon Grade: Grade Four]
The students were shocked.
They never imagined that the participant in the three-piece cotton suit was actually a young personāand a student of their own academy!
Who was it?
Did their academy really have such a person?
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