After taking the drug, Clark could already feel excitement coursing through him.
Countless formulas surfaced in his mind, as though his mathematical ability had improved tremendously.
He could hardly wait. He was desperate to start working.
But A District was different from the other districts. It had the fiercest competition.
Soon, Yun Xinghe began his routine preparations before work.
"We earned sixty-eight points yesterday. Add my two, and that makes seventy. Not bad."
"But some people didn't perform very well. A11, step forward."
Yun Xinghe quickly began calling people out.
A hunched, sickly-looking middle-aged woman promptly stepped forward. Her belly bulged slightly. She was clearly pregnant.
Yun Xinghe said:
"A11, your performance yesterday was poor. You only worked one hour of overtime, making you one of the few who didn't reach two hours. Do you realize you dragged everyone down?"
Yun Xinghe's expression still seemed gentle. Even his tone remained the same.
A11 said:
"S... sorry."
Yun Xinghe continued:
"Everyone spent twenty points to attack Team C. Do you know how many people traded their lives for those twenty points?"
"Your punishment is twenty push-ups, right here in front of everyone."
"And everyone on A11's team will do them with you."
The pregnant A11 shed tears of humiliation, but she still got down on the floor and struggled through the push-ups.
She had been afraid to work much overtime because it had cost her five HP. She was frightened that it would affect the child in her womb.
Fortunately, twenty push-ups were not that many.
When A11 and her four teammates finished, Yun Xinghe's expression grew even gentler, but his words were still manipulative:
"A11, you're about to become a mother. The Three Towers Company could very well be an absolutely safe haven."
"Do you want your child to die