Luoshui

As Binhai City's only top-tier university, Binhai University covered a vast area, with a total campus area exceeding 9,000 mu.

Bai Cangshu's campus was not particularly large. Built along the coast, it covered 3,000 mu. Just outside the school stood Binhai City's famous Coastal Ring Road, with beautiful scenery and damp sea breezes.

This year's freshman military training had already ended. As Bai Cangshu walked through campus, quite a few freshmen cast curious glances his way.

Some bolder girls even came up to greet him.

"Senior, what department are you from?"

"Senior, can I add you on WeChat?"

These girls who had only just entered university were always full of expectations for college and campus romance.

But before Bai Cangshu could respond, some older students awkwardly nodded at him, then dragged the girls away.

"Stop being lovestruck. He's not someone you can afford to provoke!"

Bai Cangshu merely smiled indifferently. He crossed the entire campus and left through the gates. The sea breeze washed over him, carrying a faint sense of freedom.

The school clinic could not treat the extent of his muscle damage, but on the street next to Binhai University was a decent private hospital. Presumably, it had chosen the location for the advantages offered by the university district.

Bai Cangshu noticed that the black strange bird behind him was indeed still circling in the sky. This further confirmed that the bird was part of the surveillance on him.

After registering, Bai Cangshu had his wounds re-bandaged and fixed by a surgeon. Even the doctor was shocked by the severity of his muscle contusions.

The doctor used needle-knife therapy to repair and adjust Bai Cangshu's muscles. The agonizing pain left a deep impression on him, yet he insisted on not using anesthetic. In a sense, Bai Cangshu was extraordinarily suited to everything about being a Reincarnator.

Meticulous in the details, yet utterly mad when it came to the bigger picture.

By the time everything was done and Bai Cangshu emerged with fresh bandages, it was already sunset.

The red evening sun over the sea was exceptionally beautiful.

A red sports car was parked along the side of Coastal Ring Road near the hospital.

Luoshui sat tensely inside the car, constantly speaking with Song Xian through her Bluetooth earpiece.

"Master, what do I do? He's out!"

This was Luoshui's first time carrying out a mission like this alone. Due to her background, she had basically never worked in the field. If not for the current special circumstances—and the protection of that treasure, which made her completely immune to cognition-interference abilities—her father would never have allowed her to join her current department.

Song Xian's voice came through the earpiece, low and steady.

"Luoshui, you don't need to be so nervous. Bai Cangshu is only an observation subject. He isn't really a bad person in the strict sense..."

"You only need to interact with him normally. We don't even need you to actually gather any intelligence. All we need to do is ease the hostility and let him know that our surveillance is not an act of aggression."

Song Xian was also somewhat helpless. His operation was not supported by some people in the bureau. To those leaders who never set foot on the front lines, the standards for operations were always rigid and inflexible.

Those people had no idea that in a place like Infinite Dimensional Space, talent was always the rarest resource.

What a powerful Reincarnator could accomplish was simply too terrifying.

Thus, Song Xian had no choice but to send out a young girl like Luoshui. After all, Luoshui's status was special; even the bureau's leaders could not order her around.

Luoshui thought it over carefully. This Bai Cangshu did indeed seem strange only according to his file. When she had met him herself, she had not sensed anything unusual at all.

She touched the pendant around her neck again. It had been given to her by an enlightened master. Her master, Song Xian, had said it was a rare treasure that could keep evil and strangeness from invading her.

Luoshui silently psyched herself up for quite some time before opening the car door, but Bai Cangshu had already walked some distance away.

She secretly punched her thigh. That ruined the "chance encounter" excuse she had prepared. Luoshui hurried after Bai Cangshu in small steps and said, "What a coincidence, Bai. It really is you."

The smile on Luoshui's face was somewhat stiff. She knew how awkward her words sounded right then.

Sure enough, Bai Cangshu turned around, saw Luoshui, and remarked, "Didn't you jog all the way over here? That doesn't look like a chance encounter."

Just as Luoshui's face began to redden, Bai Cangshu abruptly changed the subject.

"But I know that leaving campus without permission probably violated your rules. I was just worried about that."

"I was relieved when I saw it was you and not Officer Song."

A smile appeared on Bai Cangshu's face. Illuminated by the orange-red sunset, he actually looked quite warm.

Hearing this, Luoshui finally found an opening and relaxed with a smile.

"Right? My master is always wearing that dark expression. Even I'm a little scared when I see him, so I volunteered to come ask whether there was some reason you suddenly left the school."

She felt that she had introduced the topic very naturally and secretly rejoiced.

On the other end of the earpiece, Song Xian's face darkened. He had not expected his own disciple to make conversation by joining the observation subject in mocking him.

Bai Cangshu knew that Luoshui was actually probing his whereabouts, so he answered "truthfully."

"I usually work out. Yesterday, I went to the shopping street across from the school to exercise as well, but I ended up straining a muscle."

He pulled his shirt down slightly, revealing his bandaged chest. Luoshui's gaze involuntarily drifted over, only to discover that Bai Cangshu's muscle definition was extremely distinct. Saying it looked carved by knives and axes would not have been an exaggeration.

Wasn't this guy a little too muscular? Could a gym really produce results like that?

Bai Cangshu kept his shirt pulled aside, but the policewoman kept staring. He coughed and pulled his shirt back up. Luoshui's face reddened as well, and she coughed before explaining, "Don't misunderstand. I was checking your injury. Mm, and confirming what you said, while I was at it..."

Bai Cangshu could tell that this policewoman came from no ordinary background. That car was probably a Benz AMG SL63, an exceedingly expensive sports car for ordinary people—not something an average law enforcement officer could afford.

So he did not take her naïve demeanor as an act.

Dealing with someone like her was always better than dealing with Song Xian.

Taking the opportunity, he invited her to get something to drink on the commercial street, partly to make it easier for her to monitor him.

Luoshui felt that her operation today had gone remarkably smoothly. Not only had she figured out Bai Cangshu's movements outside campus over the past two days, but she had also successfully built rapport with him. She believed Bai Cangshu had a fairly good impression of her as well.

But when she heard her master coughing through the earpiece, she still refused.

"Student Bai, there's no need for tea. I only came to see whether you'd run into any trouble. If you have similar problems in the future, you can call me directly. I can make things easier for you within the scope of my authority."

She handed him one of her business cards, then jogged back to her car and drove off in style.

Bai Cangshu smiled and waved as well, then turned toward the commercial street and headed to the gym above yesterday's bar.

When Xiao Ning, whose hands were wrapped in bandages, saw Bai Cangshu arrive, he unconsciously lowered his head.

For some reason, he had become even more afraid of Bai Cangshu.

"Xiao Ning, did you get the Iron Sand I asked for?"

Xiao Ning nodded.

"Everything's ready."

He did not dare ask what those things were for.

Bai Cangshu waved a hand and walked into the VIP area on his own.

Following his instructions, several new pieces of equipment had been added here.

Bai Cangshu stepped up to the heavy basin of Iron Sand and suddenly thrust his hand directly into it.

Pfft!

The coarse Iron Sand instantly scraped his skin raw with a burning sting, but as though he felt nothing, he continued this act of "injuring" his own body.

Meanwhile, only as Luoshui listened to the engine roar did she suddenly remember.

She had forgotten to ask Bai Cangshu about his parents.

She had clearly remembered it before, and Song Xian had said he would remind her, yet once Bai Cangshu appeared, both of them forgot the matter completely.