Data Vision

After a moment, the Tai-Chi symbol floating in Luo Yan's pupils began to fade.

But it did not disappear completely.

Those pale lights sank deep into Luo Yan's crimson eyes.

They transformed into tiny silver-white symbols, fine as dust and constantly shifting.

They spread around his eyeballs.

After a second or two, the ring of symbols settled into place.

They stopped changing.

Then the white light faded, and nothing unusual remained.

Luo Yan was stunned for a moment. He vaguely felt that this was related to the Diamond White Jade he had absorbed along the way.

That piece of white jade had displayed the same pattern.

He was filled with doubts, but for now, he could not understand them and could only set them aside.

He walked out of the dormitory.

Luo Yan saw many students touring their rooms.

Some cried out in surprise, while others smiled bitterly.

He walked along the corridor wall, intending to head to the Logistics Department.

Suddenly, he stopped.

A bulky figure stood ahead.

It was the fat student whose head he had smashed open before the Academy Exam.

The fat student's name was Chen Yongsong. He had luckily scored 83 points and become one of the qualifiers.

He also saw Luo Yan.

He remembered Luo Yan using his blood to lure Wolf Ticks.

Anger surged through him.

He still managed to restrain himself. After glaring fiercely at Luo Yan, he slipped into his dormitory.

The dormitory was a four-person room.

Two bunk beds stood inside.

Chen Yongsong immediately tossed his luggage onto the upper bunk, but sat on the lower bunk himself.

He clearly intended to occupy both levels alone.

At that moment, his roommates came in.

They were Li Zhe and Xiao Yun.

One had scored 81 points, and the other 85.

Their scores were close, so they had been assigned to the same room.

After closing the door, the three introduced themselves.

Then the slimmer Li Zhe took the initiative and said, "Chen Yongsong, do you want to meet someone important?"

Chen Yongsong was in a bad mood and snapped, "What important person?"

"Luo Beichen, the son of the owner of Qiming Heavy Industry."

Chen Yongsong abruptly raised his head.

There was no one in Guangling City who did not know Qiming Heavy Industry.

It was the construction group that had built most of the Undercity's infrastructure and public facilities.

Moreover, this year, Qiming Heavy Industry's owner, Luo Tianyi, had invested heavily in his campaign for City Lord.

His biggest rival was Di Zheng, commander of the Ground Exploration Corps!

The son of such an important figure was actually one of their classmates.

Chen Yongsong, who came from humble beginnings, immediately stood up and put on a smile. "What are we waiting for, then?"

A moment later.

In a double room.

Chen Yongsong met Luo Beichen.

The other party immediately brought out fine wine to entertain him.

After downing three cups, Luo Beichen smiled and said, "Yongsong, there's something I'd like your help with."

Chen Yongsong was flattered. "Brother Luo, what is it?"

"I want to teach that Luo Yan a lesson." Luo Beichen's expression remained calm.

Chen Yongsong immediately guessed that this might be related to Luo Tianyi's campaign for City Lord.

After all, Luo Yan had been recommended by Commander Di Zheng.

And Di Zheng was Luo Tianyi's biggest rival!

"Brother Luo, what do you want to do?" Chen Yongsong knew this was a rare opportunity.

He knew his own abilities.

Although he had luckily been admitted, standing out in the Academy would be no easy task.

If he could complete this task for Luo Beichen.

Luo Beichen would naturally look after him in the future. At the very least, he would never have to worry about food and clothing.

Luo Beichen lifted his wine cup, his gaze turning cold. "Cripple him. Even 'accidentally' killing him is fine."

Chen Yongsong sucked in a sharp breath.

He had not expected Luo Beichen to be so ruthless!

"What, you don't dare?" Luo Beichen looked calmly at the fat man.

Chen Yongsong gave an awkward laugh. "Brother Luo, is that really appropriate?"

"Don't worry. As long as you don't give me up afterward."

"Even if they send you to prison, I'll get you out."

"You don't think I can do that, do you?"

Luo Beichen chuckled and took a small sip of the fine wine in his cup.

Beside him.

Li Zhe and Xiao Yuan also joined in.

"Yongsong, that boy surnamed Luo used you during the Academy Exam. You haven't forgotten that, have you?"

"He used your blood to lure Wolf Ticks into killing themselves, while he got through it easily."

"But do you know what the others said about you?"

"Everyone said you were incredibly stupid, that you'd been used by a savage and still had the nerve to enroll."

Chen Yongsong's wound had been ripped open, and he instantly flew into a rage. He gulped down his wine and said in a low voice, "Brother Luo, I'll do it!"

And so, the matter was settled.

After Chen Yongsong and the other two left.

Luo Beichen's roommate.

A fair-faced young man asked cautiously, "Brother Luo, should we inform the Old Master about this?"

Luo Beichen gently swirled his wine cup and said.

"That boy surnamed Luo was recommended by Di Zheng."

"He also got the highest score in the Academy Exam."

"Why do you think Di Zheng did that?"

"He wanted to tell everyone that he had a good eye and that he was the one capable of leading Guangling to glory."

"So I'm going to deal with that savage named Luo Yan."

"To lend my father my support."

"Besides, killing a savage from the surface."

"How is that any different from stepping on an ant?"

"Would you tell your parents just because you stepped on an ant?"

After saying that, he glanced at his roommate.

The fair-faced young man showered him with praise and did not dare mention informing Luo Tianyi again.

When Luo Yan returned to the dormitory, he had an extra backpack.

At the Logistics Department, he had exchanged Credit Points for a dose of Red Poison suppressant, as well as Steel Wire, a Handheld Grinder, and various other odds and ends.

The former had cost 2 Credit Points.

The whole pile of the latter, however, had cost only 1 Credit Point.

The suppressant could suppress Red Poison, preventing it from worsening or flaring up.

But its effect could only last for one month.

For 1 Credit Point each month, he could keep the Red Poison under control. Luo Yan felt it was well worth it.

Back in the dormitory.

After closing the door, Luo Yan began to work.

Using the Handheld Grinder, he started processing the Steel Wire, sharpening its edges.

The process was tedious, but during his three years on the surface, Luo Yan had done even more tedious work than this.

As long as it kept him alive, he was willing to do anything.

Time passed amid the endlessly repetitive work.

Perhaps his eyes were playing tricks on him.

Luo Yan suddenly discovered that a set of numbers, 86, had appeared above the section of Steel Wire he was grinding.

Moreover, as the edge of the Steel Wire reddened, thinned, and sharpened, the number continued to rise.

90... 94... 100.

Luo Yan hurriedly stopped.

He looked elsewhere.

When his gaze fell on the floor-to-ceiling window, he immediately received the data: width, 5 meters; height, 2 meters.

He looked at the other furniture.

More and more numbers leaped into Luo Yan's eyes.

Besides length and width, there was now height, inclination, and thickness.

A massive amount of data appeared from nowhere, making his eyes burn and ache.

Luo Yan hurriedly closed his eyes.

After a while.

He opened his eyes again.

He looked around, but no numbers appeared.

This...

Luo Yan tried activating his Qi Gazing Eyes.

Soon, his eyes began to feel slightly hot.

Everything in his field of vision became transparent, leaving only a few lines. More data appeared around the lines that formed the outlines of the objects.

Luo Yan was both shocked and delighted.

He was certain that his Qi Gazing Eyes had undergone some kind of change.

But he had no idea where this change had come from.

Suddenly.

Luo Yan remembered the Tai-Chi pattern from earlier.

He hurriedly found a mirror.

When he looked.

A ring of silver specks had appeared around the pupils of his crimson eyes.

This abnormal phenomenon had not existed before.

Moreover, as he looked at his reflection in the mirror.

Luo Yan could also see his gray life aura.

But unlike before.

Within this human-shaped life aura, there were now several other colors.

One ring was fiery red, and another was bright yellow.

Two kinds of radiance.

When Luo Yan's gaze fell on the ring of fiery red light, a set of numbers appeared nearby: 108.

When he focused on the ring of Bright Yellow Light, he received another set of numbers: 97.

What did these two sets of numbers represent?

Or rather, what did the fiery red and bright yellow lights mean?

Luo Yan closed his eyes and deactivated his Qi Gazing Eyes.

Now he could be certain that his Pupil Technique had mutated.

While retaining its previous functions, it had also gained the ability to see through obstacles and a digitized field of vision.

The latter was especially remarkable.

It could provide detailed and precise numbers.

In addition, two different-colored radiances had appeared in his gray life light.

They should represent something important.

Well, he could ask the teacher about it after class tomorrow.

But...

Diamond White Jade, the Tai-Chi symbol, and the mutation of the Pupil Technique.

There should be a connection between the three.

That being the case, the reason the Pupil Technique had mutated was related to the Diamond White Jade.

What exactly was it?

Luo Yan shook his head and habitually set aside the questions he couldn't figure out.

He secured the sharpened steel wire near the floor-to-ceiling window.

Then he arranged the other "safety measures."

And so he kept busy until evening.

It was late at night.

Chen Yongsong, Li Zhe, and Xiao Yuan cautiously left the dormitory.

They took a detour.

They arrived near Luo Yan's dormitory.

Looking at the floor-to-ceiling window in the distance, Chen Yongsong took out a bottle of liquor.

He gulped it down, then poured the rest over himself.

He was immediately reeking of alcohol.

"I say, will this plan of yours really work?" Chen Yongsong glanced uncertainly at his roommates.

Li Zhe said with a grin, "I guarantee there won't be any problems."

"After you go in and cripple that bastard, we'll 'arrive in time.'"

Xiao Yuan nodded. "We'll just say you got drunk and went on a rampage. Hurting him wasn't your intention."

After hearing them out, Chen Yongsong nodded and took out a dagger.

It had been sent over by Luo Beichen.

It was very sharp.

He only had to draw it across his neck.

And it would all be over.

After everything had been arranged, Chen Yongsong, reeking of alcohol,

felt his way toward the floor-to-ceiling window.

Gritting his teeth, he suddenly charged forward.

He crashed through the window!

The sound of shattering glass rang out.

Chen Yongsong had already crashed into the room.

But just as he entered,

he suddenly felt a chill at his neck.

It was as though something had swept across it.

He didn't think much of it.

He immediately pounced toward the bed beside the window.

Chen Yongsong raised his dagger and was about to stab the bed.

But at that moment,

his field of vision suddenly dropped rapidly.

The next second,

he saw the floor, and he saw beneath the bed.

And then,

he saw a pair of eyes.

A pair of scarlet eyes.

Luo Yan wasn't on the bed. He was beneath it!

Chen Yongsong's scalp instantly went numb, and he tried to cry out.

But he couldn't make a sound.

His vision froze, then gradually blurred.

Finally, all light left his eyes.

One by one, the lights in the student dormitory came on.

Footsteps echoed through the corridor.

Outside, Li Zhe and Xiao Yuan hurriedly crawled through the wide-open floor-to-ceiling window.

They didn't forget to shout,

"Chen Yongsong, are you all right? We told you not to drink so much, but you wouldn't listen. You got drunk, didn't you?"

Stepping over the glass scattered across the floor, illuminated by the lingering light of the streetlamps outside,

they saw Chen Yongsong's back facing them.

Then the fat body crashed to the ground with a bang.

A fountain of blood suddenly sprayed out, painting a blood-red fan across the floor.

Only then did Li Zhe and Xiao Yuan see Chen Yongsong's head lying beside the bed.

His eyes stared fixedly beneath it.

And right before their eyes,

a thin steel wire stretched across the room.

Blood droplets were still dripping from it.

A moment later,

two sharp, shrill screams rang out from Luo Yan's room!