Part 2
Yun Yingzhi: “I refuse to grant authorization for any weapons I make to Admiral Yun or Admiral Huai. Furthermore, in our partnership, I want the Association to prioritize providing me with the source weapons I manufacture whenever I have a need for them!”
The group was stunned.
In their eyes, Yun Yingzhi was a manufacturer himself. Theoretically, he had no need to make such a request.
A Grandmaster said, “Your request has no meaning. Even if you apply for a large batch of weapons from the Association, your request wouldn’t be approved without a reasonable justification.”
Yun Yingzhi: “No, there is a justification! Not long ago, Madam Huai helped me establish a new life goal.”
Everyone was puzzled. What life goal?
Yun Yingzhi: “I didn’t understand before why Madam Huai was always so high and mighty, why she could point fingers and dictate my life. Now I understand—it’s because Admiral Huai is powerful.”
Everyone: “…” They subtly felt that Yun Yingzhi might still not quite understand.
Yun Yingzhi: “I am a military student. I’ve been taking classes in the Combat Department since I was a child.”
Hearing this, everyone immediately filled in the blanks based on the text and videos they had seen on the Star Network.
The Yun Yingzhi back then was so small, his body so fragile. He couldn’t carry much or lift heavy things, yet he was forced to take classes with students in the Combat Department.
If those students hadn’t constantly gone easy on him, it would have been a major question whether he could have even passed his grades.
Some of them had even seen the video of his final exam at Fanse through their own channels.
It had to be said that for Yun Yingzhi to have successfully progressed to his current level was truly not easy.
Thinking about his upbringing, the group couldn’t help but sigh. Admiral Yun and his wife were indeed a bit excessive as parents.
Then, they heard Yun Yingzhi say with a solemn face, “I cannot waste what I have learned over these years!”
Waste what he learned?
The things he learned in the Combat Department?
A massive question mark formed in everyone’s minds.
?
They felt something was potentially wrong with Yun Yingzhi.
Yun Yingzhi continued, “I will follow the path of Admiral Yun and Admiral Huai. I will surpass them and become the strongest Admiral in the Empire!”
Everyone present: “…”
Everyone: “…………”
Wait.
Successfully passing exams only because classmates made clumsy concessions in combat… That student wanted to be the strongest Admiral?
Yun Yingzhi: “I will grow!”
Yun Yingzhi: “I will establish my own strongest legion!”
Yun Yingzhi: “I know that my individual strength is limited. At that time, I hope the Source Weapon Association can prioritize providing my legion’s warriors with an inexhaustible supply of source weapons!”
Everyone looked at him with very complicated expressions. That phrase “inexhaustible supply” was quite thick-skinned.
They felt that, young man, you certainly have ideas.
Ideas that seemed like they belonged in a dream.
However, the current situation was that it would be hard to shake Yun Yingzhi and pour the “water” out of his brain. They couldn’t just tell him: Young man, wake up. There are too many things in a dream; when you wake up, nothing is left.
Yun Yingzhi tilted his chin up and said, “I must do it!”
Looking at his sincere pursuit of power, the group suddenly felt even more resentful toward Admiral Yun and his wife.
He was a perfectly good source weapon manufacturer, but because they forcibly sent him to the Combat Department, he wasn’t thinking about becoming the Empire’s top manufacturer. Instead, he was already fantasizing about being the Empire’s top Admiral.
It was true that one should have dreams, but dreams should be realistic.
They felt Yun Yingzhi’s dream was too far out of reach.
What they didn’t know was that, combined with his new life goal, Yun Yingzhi’s dream was even bigger.
He wanted to become the Grand Marshal of the Empire, someone above the four Admirals! Up until now, the Empire had no Grand Marshal, but it could have one in the near future.
Yun Yingzhi’s beautiful eyes seemed to sparkle with a brilliant light. He was serious and full of anticipation for the future. “If you wish to use my ideas, you must sign an agreement with me in advance.” He pointed to his head as he spoke.
Everyone: “…” They were truly awestruck.
He was just a student, yet he was already paving the way for his future as an Admiral.
On his first day at the Source Weapon Association, Yun Yingzhi made everyone realize one fact: no matter how fragile he looked, he really had ideas.
After a moment of thought, Yun Yingzhi suddenly said, “Xing Chen.”
The group was stunned. They didn’t know why he would suddenly mention that name.
Xing Chen (Star) was a member of the Alvin Studio.
When they found out Participant A13167 was Yun Yingzhi, some had speculated that he might also be Xing Chen.
However, that idea was quickly dismissed.
It was impossible.
Based on the timeline, when Xing Chen became famous, Yun Yingzhi was far too young.
From the preliminaries to the semi-finals of the Star Glory Competition, Yun Yingzhi had given them too many surprises. At that time, the Association’s higher-ups had already held a discussion about him.
If there was anyone in the younger generation who could be compared to Yun Yingzhi, it was only Xing Chen.
To many in the Association, Xing Chen was like his name—a star, the brightest one in the vast galaxy of their minds.
From the moment he rose to fame in the Alvin Studio, every source weapon he made had left them amazed.
Unfortunately, they had never known Xing Chen’s true identity.
Yun Yingzhi said, “I am Xing Chen.”
The room was shocked. Many looked at him with disbelief.
In their minds, Xing Chen had to be at least twenty-five years old. But Yun Yingzhi wasn’t even twenty.
They thought of how he had just said with a determined face that he wanted to be an Admiral, the strongest Admiral.
If he had only said it as A13167, they would have felt a bit of pity and not thought much more of it. but now, it was different. They only felt a profound sense of heartache.
They had watched Xing Chen grow step by step.
From the initial clumsiness when he first began manufacturing to the variety and versatility of his later works, they had seen it all.
They didn’t want a person like Xing Chen to walk a path that didn’t suit him!
It was a waste of time!
Yun Yingzhi: “I am telling you this fact because, for one, I want to say that the inscriptions I’ve made under the name Xing Chen will also never be provided to the five major legions from now on!”
Everyone: “…”
So, Yun Yingzhi had suddenly dropped his mask just for this?
This had to be said—for the two Admirals, this would be a tragic blow.
Quite tragic.
An elderly man said, “Child, I think I understand your anger now. but listen to me. No matter how angry you are, don’t act on impulse. You aren’t suited for the military. Instead of joining them, you’re more suited to join us.” He patted his own chest. “Child, with your talent, you might be sitting in my position in the near future.”
Yun Yingzhi looked the Association’s old President in the eyes and said with a firm voice, “No! I will establish a legion! I will become the head of the Empire’s Admirals!”
The expressions in the room were extremely complicated. It felt as if they were watching a brilliant child they had raised suddenly go astray.
Thinking it over…
The elder who had previously mocked Yun Yingzhi for being disrespectful looked at him and suddenly asked, “May I ask you a question?”
Yun Yingzhi nodded slightly. “Go ahead.”
“You are incredibly talented in manufacturing. Why didn’t you enter the Manufacturing Department?”
Another person asked, “Yun Yingzhi, did you hide this from Admiral Yun and his wife on purpose?”
Yun Yingzhi swept his gaze across the room. The corners of his eyes were slightly red. He fell silent for a moment before saying, “I think… I was six.”
The group felt that his emotions were a bit unstable at this moment. His eyes were misty, as if he were about to cry.
Yun Yingzhi said, “It’s quite strange. When I awakened my second form, the test showed I had C-level mental power.”
A group of people immediately protested. It was impossible for Yun Yingzhi to have only C-level mental power.
C-level was the bare minimum threshold to become a manufacturer.
Yun Yingzhi: “Later, I thought… I thought I had 3S-level mental power.”
Everyone immediately heard the implication. He wasn’t a 3S-level ability user, so…
What level of mental power did he have?
Theoretically, judging by that sentence, his mental power couldn’t be lower than 3S.
The answer was obvious.
But it still felt impossible. Yet, there could only be one answer.
Yun Yingzhi continued, “4S-level mental power.”
He said, “I have 4S-level mental power.”
Instantly, several manufacturers in the room couldn’t help but gasp.
Even though there was only one possible answer, hearing it was still a massive shock.
Out of the Empire’s billions of people, there were very few with 3S-level mental power, let alone 4S.
Without a doubt, Yun Yingzhi was currently the only person in the Los Empire with 4S-level mental power.
He was a genius.
A super-genius who should have been enshrined and nurtured by the Source Weapon Association a long time ago.
Yun Yingzhi said, “Despite having 4S-level mental power, I was put into the Combat Department.”
“You must be curious why, in the past, Xing Chen never appeared in public with his true identity.”
“Why Master Alvin never revealed who Xing Chen was.”
The corners of Yun Yingzhi’s mouth curved into a mocking arc. “Because Admiral Yun and his wife wouldn’t let me follow the path of manufacturing. I had no choice.”
“They believed that as the son of the Admiral’s Manor, I couldn’t—and shouldn’t—take that path.”
“Even though many of the Empire’s warriors need source weapons.”
“Do you understand?”
“It wasn’t because they cared for me that they forbade me from following this path. It was because the Admiral’s Manor could not have a ‘trash’ who couldn’t graduate from the military academy’s Combat Department.”
“Under their demands, I had to enter the Combat Department.”
Yun Yingzhi pursed his lips and let out a soft breath. “Even though my physique is only C-level.”
At this moment, Yun Yingzhi looked exceptionally fragile, like a beautiful flower that would shatter at a touch.
The room was instantly filled with heartache for him.
They thought: Yun Yingzhi is grown now, but what about him when he was a child?
Did he, with his C-level child’s body, attend Combat Department classes all that time?
This wasn’t some “Ultimate Human Scumbag.” This was a “Pitiful Soul of the Human World.”
Admiral Yun and his wife were simply too much!
They were determined to go find the Admiral and his wife to demand an explanation. To think a genius from the Manufacturing Department had been so mistreated that his life goals had been completely warped! It was all their fault! They were truly excessive!
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