Implant

Implant

"I'm back!"

A loud voice carried into the bedroom.

Li Fei knew Li Tianyu had returned.

She could be considered the previous owner's childhood sweetheart, an older sister with no blood relation.

Li Fei set down his book and turned toward the door.

He knew Li Tianyu would be coming into his room any moment now.

Sure enough, before long, a short-haired woman in a white top and long black skirt pushed the door open and walked straight in.

"What are you doing?"

Li Fei looked helpless. "Sis, I've told you so many times. Knock before coming in from now on."

Li Tianyu raised an eyebrow. "What could you possibly be doing that your big sister can't know about?"

She had inherited her mother Zhang Yuqing's oval face and fair skin. Her long, narrow eyes and willow-leaf brows came from her father Li Lei, lending her a touch of heroic spirit.

Her long legs made her taller than many boys her age. Standing there, she looked every bit valiant and dashing.

Li Fei felt that if this sister of his had been in his previous life, she could easily have become an international supermodel.

"What if I was changing clothes in here?"

Li Fei said.

Li Tianyu gave a disdainful laugh. "What part of you haven't I seen, brat? What are you embarrassed about?"

Li Fei could only sigh helplessly.

His father and Li Lei had been comrades-in-arms. They happened to share the same surname, and to outsiders, they were as close as true brothers.

Li Fei's father had died on the battlefield, and Li Lei had taken him in. Li Lei had originally wanted Li Fei to call him godfather, but the previous owner had refused.

Li Fei understood the previous owner's thoughts. If he called Li Lei godfather, then Li Tianyu would truly become his sister—and the previous owner had not wanted to see Li Tianyu as only a sister.

But in Li Fei's view, Li Tianyu clearly regarded the previous owner purely as her little brother, with no other thoughts whatsoever.

That's for the best. It'll save us from an awkward situation later.

Li Fei thought this.

Right now, he was wholly focused on becoming a martial artist and taking control of his own fate. He had no mind for romance.

"Come to think of it, you've been acting strange lately. You never used to want to call me Sis, so why did you suddenly change?"

Li Tianyu sat familiarly on the edge of Li Fei's bed, facing him.

Li Fei's heart skipped a beat.

Although he had inherited the previous owner's memories after transmigrating here, some of his behavior and mannerisms would inevitably differ from the previous owner's.

Fortunately, he was only seventeen, right in the middle of adolescence. A slight change in personality was not something people would find impossible to accept.

He smiled. "You're unhappy that I call you Sis?"

"I am your sister."

Li Tianyu habitually raised an eyebrow. "Come on, let your big sister tell you what the Tutor taught us today."

Two months ago, she had received a Rank A- rating during the special physical examination.

According to their teachers, only those rated Rank C or above were qualified to apply for a university's Conflict Mitigation Department, while only those rated Grade A or above had a strong chance of getting in.

So after that examination, the school had specially arranged Tutors for every student who received a Grade A rating, teaching them things in advance to improve their odds of getting into university.

The reason Li Tianyu had come home late today was that she had been attending extra lessons at school.

"Can you just casually tell other people what you learn in those lessons?"

Li Fei asked curiously.

"You aren't other people."

Li Tianyu said it as though it were only natural.

Though she also enjoyed bullying Li Fei, ever since they were children, whenever she had something good, she would share it with this little brother.

"Alright, sit properly. Your big sister is going to tutor you!"

"Please, go ahead."

Li Tianyu cleared her throat and adopted a serious expression.

"The human body has limits. No matter how much you train, you can't run faster than a bullet, and your body can't withstand cannon fire. So do you know why the martial artists of our Great Blue Dynasty can defeat those foreigners with their foreign guns and cannons?"

"Why?"

Li Fei wore a look of eager curiosity.

This was also what he most wanted to know.

How could martial artists in this world defeat firearms? In his previous life, even martial artists only dared to say, "Within seven steps, the fist is faster." Could fists in this world be both faster and stronger even beyond seven steps?

"Because we have Implants."

Li Tianyu did not keep him in suspense and revealed the answer directly.

"Implants?"

"I don't know exactly what they are either. Anyway, they're something implanted into the human body. With them, martial artists can break through the limits of the human body and gain greater strength."

"This..."

Li Fei had thought this world might have inner force, battle aura, or something of that sort. Never in his wildest dreams had he expected these so-called Implants.

Was this some kind of Cyber Martial Path?

"What else did the Tutor tell you?"

"The Tutor also said that once an Implant enters the human body, it harms the body. Some people have good constitutions and strong tolerance, so they can gradually adapt. But the vast majority of people's constitutions cannot bear Implants, and naturally, they cannot become true martial artists."

"I see. So the rating from the last test was actually an evaluation of how well we can withstand Implants?"

"That's right."

Li Tianyu looked into Li Fei's eyes. "Your rating was Rank B-. Although it isn't as good as mine, it's already better than most people's. You still have a chance to become a martial artist."

That was the main reason she had come to talk to Li Fei today. She was worried that he would be discouraged by this matter.

In her impression, her little brother was reserved and sensitive.

Yet after hearing her words, Li Fei could not stop a smile from appearing on his face. "With the Myriad Blood Bead on me, my constitution is definitely even stronger than Rank A+!"

When Li Tianyu saw the smile appear on Li Fei's face, she smiled as well.

"The Tutor also said that we'll be taking some medicine next. It can help our bodies adapt in advance to the side effects brought by Implants. I'll secretly bring some back for you when the time comes, so you can try it too."

Li Fei froze at her words, then quickly turned serious. "Sis, you don't need to bring medicine back for me. I'm not planning to take the university entrance exam this year."

Li Tianyu frowned. "You're not taking the university entrance exam? Didn't you say you wanted to become a general with me and go to the battlefield together someday?"

Unlike other girls, her dream since childhood had been to become a female general, galloping across battlefields and leaving her name in the annals of history.

Only by becoming a martial artist—and a sufficiently powerful one—could she realize that dream. That was why she had chosen the Conflict Mitigation Department as her vocational school major, and why she had to get into university.

Li Fei smiled. "I'm only not taking the university entrance exam this year. I plan to go to Xingcheng's Military Academy. They have slots every year that grant direct admission into a university's Conflict Mitigation Department."

"Did my dad say something to you?"

Li Tianyu's face darkened. She abruptly stood up. "I'm going to find him!"

"Sis!"

Li Fei hurriedly grabbed her. "Our family can only afford to send one person to university. Your aptitude is better than mine, so you should be the one to go. Don't make things difficult for Uncle Li."

"I..."

Li Tianyu hesitated.

Since childhood, she had always been able to share anything good with Li Fei.

But this time...

"Sis, the Military Academy also has university slots. I'll go there and secure one, and next year we'll meet at university."

Li Fei spoke in an assured tone.

The light of the setting sun shone in through the bedroom window, falling across Li Fei and making his whole body seem gilded in gold.

Li Tianyu looked at this little brother she had grown up with and felt that he truly seemed a little different now.

"Then it's settled. We'll meet at university next year."

"Mm, it's a promise!"