Chapter 87 You're Like a Unicorn
Floating island.
Pei Hening walked up to Xixia and said, "Teacher."
The bald little puppet paused for a moment before speaking: "You can't just fight against negative states. Your soul will get tired. When your soul gets tired to a certain extent, you will become extremely indifferent, and the consequence will be that your strength will stagnate."
Pei Hening froze for a moment. In the "Battle for the King of the Ball - Experiment", she had been fighting against the "Flammable" state.
The reason is simple: she particularly hates the feeling of being out of control of her emotions.
The result of the resistance was that, from the beginning, she was disgusted to the point of feeling nauseous and her stomach churning from witnessing others losing control and killing each other, with limbs flying everywhere, until her senses were long since numb and dulled by those images.
Chu Xuange also vaguely sensed that something was wrong with her. Every time she attacked, it was a one-hit kill, and she even cooperated with her to avoid several clashes.
Sicily added, "The rules of the world are clear, and there is a corresponding solution for every negative state. As my student, what you need to do is quickly assess its danger and consider whether it can be avoided or utilized within a controllable range. Instead of being like the unicorn in school, you just know how to fight against it."
Pei Hening felt awkward for a moment. She and Shuxiao had seen Unicorn Beetle when they went to participate in the assessment.
It has a 15-centimeter body, 2-centimeter pointed horns, beady eyes, and a tiny mouth. Its entire body is covered in white downy fur, making it look cute, but it is a notoriously stubborn creature.
If you provoke it, it will come at you with its two-centimeter-long horn and fight you to the death. The worst part is, it's weak...
"I understand, teacher."
Sicily's tone softened a bit: "You don't have our racial talent, so I won't be too strict with you. You're not in the right condition for melee class today, so let's learn about potion ingredients instead."
With a wave of her hand, a magical tablet-like device appeared before Pei Hening's eyes. It contained records of tens of millions of potion ingredients. Clicking on one of them would cause a simulated potion ingredient to float in mid-air, which could be touched and smelled.
Their growth records, cultivation difficulties, medicinal properties, and what materials they can be used to refine will all be recorded in a book.
Pei Hening's eyes lit up. What an advanced thing!
She looked at Sicily and asked, "Teacher, what is this?"
Sicily said, "A tool for recording potion ingredients—a potion ingredient record board—is not difficult. I'll teach you how to make it in the advanced magic tool class."
Pei Hening was surprised by the unexpected joy!
"Okay, teacher!"
Sicily: "After you've memorized five hundred potions, leave the potion ingredient record board behind, and then get out of class is over. I have something to take care of."
Seeing that she had left, Pei Hening took out her notebook and pen, placed the potion material record board next to her, and looked at and made notes one by one. By the time she finished today's lesson, Xixia still hadn't returned.
She left the notepad behind and dismissed the get out of class!
She sent Chu Xuange a message saying she was waiting for him in the parking lot, and then headed towards the parking lot.
She had just gotten into the car and closed the door when she noticed some noise outside.
"Hanada Chiko, where is that thing? You know perfectly well how important that thing is to me!"
A sharp female voice reached Pei Hening's ears through the car window.
She was a cute-looking woman wearing a traditional kimono with her hair up. She didn't look very tall, maybe only 1.5 meters. She quickly ran up to Hanada Ichiko and stopped her.
Hanada Ichiko tucked her long red hair behind her ear, looking coldly at the person blocking her way, and gave a mocking smile: "Makino Tatsuko, what are you pretending to be a good person for? Even important things need to be handed over to the right people. Someone like you, rotten to the core, if you were to get your hands on something... pshaw!"
Tatsuko Makino's expression twisted: "What makes you think I'm not the right person? No matter what I do, my only goal is to return to Earth! What right do you have to criticize me!"
Hanada Chiko looked away, her tone icy: "Is this your purpose in killing players?"
Tatsuko Makino: "That is their glory. As long as humanity returns to Earth and escapes this damned highway to survive, then they are the warriors of humanity!"
She shouted frantically, "Give me the thing right now!"
Hanada Chiko remained remarkably calm: "I left the things by the roadside. If you still want them, go find them yourself."
Makino Tatsuko's frantic expression froze. She grabbed Hanada Ichiko's arm and shook it violently: "You're lying to me, aren't you? How could you throw away something like that!"
Hanada Chiko pulled her hand away, found her vehicle, got in, and started driving decisively. When she drove up to Makino Tatsuko, she rolled down the window and said coldly, "You'd better rein in your madness. This hellish road survival game is not something you can just kill a few people to end. It's far more complicated than you think."
After she finished speaking, she drove away.
Pei Hening didn't expect to stumble upon the two arguing, and Hanada Chiko seemed to be in pretty good shape, her leg injury... healed?
Tatsuko Makino looked extremely upset and stormed off.
Pei Hening put their argument behind her, took out the tattered book, and quietly started reading. She needed to hurry!
"Knock knock—"
She looked up and saw Chu Xuange.
She put away her book and rolled down the car window: "Gogo!"
Chu Xuange raised an eyebrow, handed her a white lily bulb, and smiled, "So happy to see me?"
Pei Hening took the flowers and asked curiously, "Where did you get them?"
Chu Xuange smiled, leaned closer to her, opened the car door, and looked into her eyes: "It's a secret."
Pei Hening's eyes widened. "Gege, you have secrets about me now~"
"I planted these. The next map is too cold, so it's not good for growing vegetables. I got some nutrient solution from the black market and will try planting some flowers to see how it goes."
Chu Xuange pulled her out of the car: "Come on, I'll take you to see it."
The two walked towards Chu Xuange's car, and just as they opened the car door, a third wheel appeared.
Helian Ye said, "He Ning, Xuan Ge! Wait for me, I need to talk to you two."
Chu Xuange turned to look at him, frowning: "Why are you here?"
Helian Ye was already used to Chu Xuange's indifference towards women, so he decisively turned to Pei Hening: "Hening, shouldn't we set a time for our trip to the main city of wanderers?"
Pei Hening understood what he meant: "Have you been busy these past few days?"
Helian Ye nodded: "I got the location card. I need to deal with my illegitimate younger brother."
Chu Xuange frowned: "Are you confident?"
Helian Ye looked solemn and said, "I had someone subtly find out his current four attributes, and he's still a long way from being as good as me. I have to take him down, or I'll be letting my mother down."
Chu Xuange looked at him and said, "Be careful, don't die."
Pei Hening: "Then let's go on January 29th, to give you more time."
After finalizing the time with them, Helian Ye didn't linger at the school and drove away directly.