Xia Ke's Request

At noon, the sun blazed brightly!

In a secluded alley near Donghai University, Su Li leaned against a wall with his eyes closed, silently circulating the Guidance Technique, "Infinite Star Sea."

Only after a long while did he open his eyes.

Name: Su Li

Location: Real Universe - Donghai City - Donghai University

Rank: F- (3%)

Talent: Eat (Everything you can see is your food)

Shop: Unlocked

Resource Points: 2

PS: Population, land, wealth—everything you possess can be converted into Resource Points.

Missions:

"Grolar Chapter"—Become a superhuman and keep advancing along the Path of Superpowers. At every stage of the mission, you can obtain some Resource Points.

"Primal Chapter"—Slaughter. The meaning of life lies in slaughter. In endless slaughter, you will continuously obtain Resource Points.

"Damn, this is practically a bottomless pit!"

Staring at the rank section, Su Li had no idea what to say.

His F- rank progress had gone from one percent to three percent. The improvement was visible, but the price was that he had spent the entire morning running between major supermarkets in Donghai City, buying more than a thousand yuan worth of dry-cell batteries. He had not counted the exact number, but there had definitely been a lot!

After eating so many batteries in a row, Su Li was practically ready to puke, yet the result was far from satisfactory.

At this rate, to reach F-class, Su Li would have to eat at least fifty thousand yuan worth of batteries—and that was assuming the energy required for each increase in rank progress did not change!

"For the first time, I've realized that I'm broke!" Taking a deep breath, Su Li decided to put his leveling plan on hold for now.

"In modern society, the ways to get rich quickly are... robbery? Buying lottery tickets? Counterfeiting money? Getting a sugar mama?"

Su Li: "..."

Su Li sighed and ultimately decided to head back first.

Crime was not something he should be doing right now. He was still far from the point of disregarding the law. Besides, although his moral bottom line was low, it was not nonexistent. To him, committing crimes was still far too nerve-racking!

And as for getting a sugar mama, there was no need to even mention it. Su Li had no desire to find out what a fat lady's happy ball felt like.

As he walked back to the dorm, Su Li gradually calmed down.

In reality, he truly could not get rich quickly in the short term, but he still had the Virtual Universe!

More precisely, he still had Primal Star!

Although he had just died once last night, the cooldown was only three days!

Su Li thought it over carefully. Primal Star was dangerous, but it was also the perfect place for him to level up!

Primal Star had endless beasts. He could eat to his heart's content, and naturally, he would have energy.

Moreover, hunting those beasts would earn him Resource Points. Using those Resource Points, he could materialize the rank progress he gained in the Virtual Universe into reality...

Thinking about it that way, his future looked bright!

Bzz! Bzz! Bzz!

Just as Su Li was lost in thought, his phone suddenly vibrated.

Su Li took out his phone and glanced at it, then frowned slightly.

A stranger had sent him a message, asking to meet?

No, not a stranger!

"Xia Ke? Isn't she that girl from yesterday?" Su Li suddenly remembered.

During the major class yesterday, Zheng Hongyu had told him that a girl had been staring at him the whole time. That girl seemed to be named Xia Ke!

"Could it be love at first sight?" Su Li chuckled inwardly. After hesitating briefly, he decided to go take a look!

After all, a girl had taken the initiative to invite him. Meeting her would not put him at a loss, and after eating batteries all morning, he could take it as a chance to relax!

After accepting Xia Ke's invitation, Su Li followed her directions and quickly found the milk tea shop called "Zhongdian" outside Donghai University's east gate.

"Hi!"

Su Li found Xia Ke at a table in the corner, walked over, and greeted her.

"Um, have a seat first!"

Xia Ke was still wearing her huge glasses, with her extra-long bangs covering her face. However, she seemed extremely nervous right now.

Su Li found that rather strange. It was just an ordinary meeting. What was there to be nervous about?

Not long after Su Li sat down, Xia Ke came over carrying two cups of milk tea.

Su Li glanced down. Oh, Sparkling Pearls. This girl was quite the rich kid!

However, letting her treat him on their first meeting did not seem quite right. Su Li quietly considered whether he should treat her sometime later.

"Xia Ke, what did you want to see me about?" Seeing that Xia Ke remained silent for a long time, Su Li took the initiative and asked.

"Um, I wanted to ask you for a favor!" Xia Ke said softly.

"Oh?" Su Li smiled, though he was not surprised.

From the outside, Xia Ke did not seem like the sort of person who would take the initiative. Naturally, she could not have asked him out to make friends, so asking him for help made perfect sense!

Su Li did not think there was anything wrong with that. They were classmates, after all. He should help with small favors when he could.

"Go ahead. I'll do my best!" Su Li said.

"Take a look at this!" Xia Ke handed Su Li a flyer.

Su Li took the flyer and read it.

"Donghai Glutton King. Grand prize: one hundred thousand yuan. October 18th—who will claim the prize? Stay tuned!" Su Li read the large print on the flyer, then froze for a moment.

This is practically a competition tailor-made for me. How had I not thought of it? Su Li was somewhat speechless. There was food to eat and prize money to win. It was simply perfect for him!

"Um, if you can't do it, then forget it!" Seeing the dramatic change in Su Li's expression, Xia Ke said uneasily.

"Yes, of course I can!" Su Li instantly came back to his senses and put away the flyer.

"Xia Ke, you saw me eating in the cafeteria yesterday, right?" Su Li asked.

"Mm!"

Xia Ke nodded, then said, "Originally, I was supposed to go, but..."

Xia Ke did not continue, but the meaning was obvious. After seeing Su Li eat, she had willingly admitted defeat.

"You?"

Su Li was shocked. He truly could not imagine how a skinny girl like Xia Ke could participate in that kind of competition.

"Mm, I eat the most in my family!" Xia Ke nodded.

Su Li: "..."

"Actually, this Glutton King competition is jointly organized by many hotels and restaurants in Donghai. My family is involved too, but we still haven't found a suitable candidate. Left with no choice, I could only go myself. Actually, I don't eat that much!" Xia Ke explained further.

"Oh—"

Su Li nodded, then gave Xia Ke another surprised look. She was actually a local!

Judging by how she dressed, she did not look like someone from Donghai at all!

As for Xia Ke saying she did not eat much, Su Li did not believe it one bit. If she could not eat much, would her parents really agree to let her enter a Glutton King competition?

"Alright, I'll help you with this. October 18th—that's tomorrow, right? When do I register?" Su Li asked.

"Won't you think it over some more? These kinds of competitions are actually very exhausting!" Xia Ke reminded him.

Anyone who had participated in Glutton King competitions knew that some people seemed to eat a lot, but in private, they induced vomiting in all sorts of ways and suffered terribly!

Although her father had said he would pay him, Xia Ke still felt as though she was tricking someone into it.

"Well, I actually like these kinds of competitions, so don't worry!" Su Li said without hesitation.

"Then... I'll register you when I go back today!"

After saying that, Xia Ke added, "I'm really troubling you!"

"Haha, it's nothing. We're classmates, after all! Besides, if anyone should be thanking someone, I should be thanking you instead!"

"Huh?!"

"It's nothing. I was just saying!" Su Li smiled and did not elaborate.

"Oh!"

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