Superbrain Potion

What are you prepared to give?

Huang Gang's words plunged Chu Fei into deep thought.

There was no such thing as a free lunch in this world—

Unless you killed the person providing the lunch.

Thoughts flashed through Chu Fei's mind one after another.

What was it about him that they valued?

His performance had been good, but only good.

No matter how poor the Dawn Team was, it was still an existence beyond the reach of ordinary people.

After pondering for a long time, Chu Fei tossed the question back. "Captain Huang, you tell me. What do I need to give, or rather, what is it about me that you value?"

Huang Gang laughed heartily, then said word by word, "I want a promise."

Chu Fei looked at Huang Gang without speaking, waiting for Captain Huang to explain further.

Huang Gang said seriously, "Having seen your combat and academic performance, I believe that you can at least reach the level of Semi-Awakened in the future.

"If you become a Semi-Awakened, please give the Dawn Team priority.

"If you become an Awakened, I hope you can look after the Dawn Team a little."

Realization dawned on Chu Fei. "So this is an investment?"

"It isn't an investment!" Huang Gang shook his head. "Investments have relatively clear requirements.

"First, the team has to put in real money and resources, such as drugs that enhance the brain's nervous system, cultivation resources, and so on.

"Second, the investee is subject to mandatory requirements, such as having to work at a designated post for a certain number of years after graduation.

"Third, exclusivity. A person can only accept investment from one team.

"By comparison, the Dawn Team is only providing you with a simple training environment. In return, we only need a verbal promise from you, with no other demands."

Chu Fei looked at Huang Gang, somewhat surprised. "Captain Huang, I feel like your requirements are a little... well... not tough enough?"

Huang Gang sighed, somewhat helplessly. "When people are poor, their ambitions shrink. Teams are the same. Compared to the Flying Cloud Battle Team and the Greedy Wolf Team, the Dawn Team is far too small."

"But isn't the Dawn Team part of Dawn Academy? Doesn't Dawn Academy do anything?"

"Alright, alright, why do you have so many questions? I'm merely preparing for a rainy day!"

Chu Fei muttered, "When we first met, you said I was a promising troublemaker with few words."

Laughter came from the surrounding area.

Huang Gang snorted irritably and slammed several books into Chu Fei's chest. "Since you've already agreed, take these books back and read them. Once you've finished them, I'll teach you Gun-Fu!"

"What books?" Huang Gang had spoken too quickly and unclearly, so Chu Fei hadn't caught it.

The veteran technician who had been maintaining equipment with Chu Fei smiled. "Gun-Fu, a combat technique that uses firearms. But within the Dawn Team, only Captain Huang has grasped the true essence of Gun-Fu. He's even taken down more than one genuine Awakened."

He had actually killed genuine Awakened? Chu Fei's eyes brightened noticeably. "Can Gun-Fu make bullets turn corners?"

"What's turning corners? They can dance too!" Captain Huang muttered as he walked away.

The veteran technician patted Chu Fei on the shoulder, laughing loudly as he left.

Chu Fei held the books and flipped through them. They covered firearm principles, structures, types, ballistics, and more.

"Does this count as a secret technique?"

Muttering to himself, Chu Fei left the team's base with the books in his arms.

The sun was half-set. The towering city walls blocked half the sunlight, leaving the hilltops stained red by the sunset while their lower halves lay in darkness.

Looking at the dim, rugged mountain path, Chu Fei thought for a moment before taking a smaller trail. This trail had been left behind by Huang Gang and the others during their mountain patrols.

He had chosen the small trail because he remembered the furious looks in Li Honggang's and Lu Hong's eyes, as well as how he had inadvertently offended the Greedy Wolf Team.

It might have been overly cautious, but his life was his own.

Before he rose to sufficient heights, he had to learn how to lie low.

"I still need to grow stronger as soon as possible." Chu Fei sighed, silently feeling the invisible pressure weighing on him.

The sun sank quickly. Before long, darkness swallowed the hills; in the forest at the foot of the mountain, the road could no longer be seen.

The mountain wind blew softly, carrying hazy, intermittent voices.

At first, Chu Fei paid them no mind. But after walking a while longer, the voices gradually became clearer.

"That's... Li Honggang's voice!

They can't really be planning to ambush me, can they?!"

Chu Fei's eyes suddenly narrowed.

He immediately used a drop of Wisdom Dewdrop, and his consciousness ascended.

His ears could distinguish subtler sounds, while his vision also improved significantly.

He carefully surveyed his surroundings, identified where the voices were coming from, and cautiously crept forward.

After advancing roughly a hundred meters, Chu Fei stopped and went no farther.

He could now hear three voices, all familiar: Li Honggang, Lu Hong, and Zhao Xiaofeng!

After eavesdropping for a while, Chu Fei's expression became rather colorful.

It turned out that Li Honggang and Lu Hong had already attracted the Flying Cloud Battle Team's attention and accepted its initial investment. They had been bound to the Flying Cloud Battle Team. Even their positions as class monitor and deputy class monitor had the Flying Cloud Battle Team's shadow behind them.

But teams were not charitable organizations. If you took their money, you had to work for them!

And now, there was something they needed done: "bring out" a certain item from the teachers' office.

Li Honggang and Lu Hong were clearly at a loss. They had not expected Zhao Xiaofeng to make such an "excessive" demand.

Faced with their hesitation, Zhao Xiaofeng patiently guided them.

"You've felt the pressure of studying by now, haven't you? How confident are the two of you that you can become Awakened?"

The mountain wind howled, but it carried over the sound of heavy breathing.

Clearly, the two had fallen into a struggle.

Zhao Xiaofeng said faintly, "The Flying Cloud Battle Team always pays in advance. Here are four doses of Superbrain Potion. Their main ingredient is Tetrahydrobiopterin Bio-nucleoside, which can optimize the brain's nervous system by 3%. The effects last about a month.

"They sell for at least ten thousand yuan each, and can only be purchased through special channels.

"If the job succeeds, there'll be four more doses.

"And whether the job succeeds or fails, it won't affect the investments you've already received."

At last, Li Honggang's heavy voice came through. "We'll do it! But that Chu Fei really doesn't know what's good for him."

Lu Hong added, "Can we kill him?"

Chu Fei: ...

Zhao Xiaofeng pondered for a moment before saying in a somewhat stern tone, "Don't stir up trouble lately. The mission comes first.

"You two should take the potions first and see how your grades improve.

"With the Superbrain Potion, you should be able to surpass Chu Fei."

After that came the sound of footsteps and branches scraping together, and the voices gradually faded into the distance.

Chu Fei did not move. Instead, he waited another five or six minutes before changing direction and cautiously making his way back.

Only after returning to the small square and seeing those benches and wooden racks did a sense of familiarity rise within him.

What a damned sense of familiarity.

Suddenly, voices and footsteps sounded behind him. He turned and saw Li Honggang and Lu Hong approaching.

Had these two also taken a detour?

Or had they already taken the Superbrain Potion?

Chu Fei warmly greeted them. "What a coincidence. You went to train too?"

Li Honggang looked somewhat bewildered, and even more wary.

But before Li Honggang could speak, Lu Hong smiled openly. "Yeah, I feel like I've improved. You'd better work hard."

Chu Fei gave Lu Hong a deep look. Compared to Li Honggang, this Lu Hong seemed to have something to him.