Lin Zichen! Danger!

"Even though the air conditioning is on, my feet still sweat."

"So much has come out, making the stockings all sticky. I have to get out of bed to wash them again."

"This is so troublesome."

After massaging Lin Zichen's feet for more than ten minutes, Shen Qinghan found that her stockings were soaked and sticky, which bothered her.

Although the sticky feeling isn't uncomfortable, and even feels quite comfortable due to my unique constitution, the problem is that the stockings get wet and dirty and need to be washed, which is quite annoying.

After uttering a few words of distress.

Shen Qinghan took off her dirty stockings and tossed them to Lin Zichen, saying, "These stockings got dirty while I was giving you a massage, so you're responsible for washing them clean."

Lin Zichen took the stockings and complained, "So all that you just said was to get me to wash these stockings, right?"

"Shouldn't it be so?"

Shen Qinghan pouted slightly and said, "I got them dirty because of you. Go wash them quickly, or I won't wear stockings to massage you anymore."

"I didn't say I wasn't going to wash it."

Lin Zichen smiled and reached out to poke Shen Qinghan's cheek, then took the dirty stockings, got out of bed, and went to the bathroom to wash them clean.

It hadn't been washed for long.

It was clean in less than five minutes.

After hanging the stockings to dry on the balcony.

Lin Zichen washed his hands and quickly returned to his room.

As soon as he entered the room, he saw Shen Qinghan sitting on the bed, looking down at the soles of her feet, stroking them repeatedly with her hands, behaving very strangely.

"What are you doing?"

"I've been massaging you with my feet a lot lately, and I feel like I'm getting calluses on the soles of my feet."

Shen Qinghan said with a worried expression.

Lin Zichen laughed and said, "Don't make trouble for yourself. Calluses don't form that easily. I think it's mostly psychological."

Shen Qinghan disagreed with him, her delicate and pretty eyebrows furrowing slightly as she said, "It's definitely not psychological. Massaging you with my feet so often, the friction really does cause calluses."

As she spoke, she stretched out her fair, delicate feet in front of Lin Zichen to prove to him, "Come closer and look at the soles of my feet. They're so pink and tender, so fragile. They look like they'd easily develop calluses."

"If you don't believe me, touch my feet and see if there's any change."

"I dare say it's definitely not as smooth as it used to be."

"Let me touch it."

As Lin Zichen spoke, he sat down on the edge of the bed, picked up Shen Qinghan's small feet, and gently stroked the soles of her feet.

After touching it for a while, I didn't feel any change.

It's still as smooth and soft as before, and feels great to the touch.

"Never mind, never mind, you're tickling me, I won't let you touch me anymore."

Shen Qinghan couldn't take it anymore and quickly pulled her foot back, then asked somewhat nervously, "Can you feel it? Is it not as smooth as before?"

"It's still as smooth and supple as before. I've told you it's just your imagination, but you won't believe me."

"Really?"

"Seriously, I'm only lying if you're a simp."

"That's good."

Shen Qinghan breathed a sigh of relief, worried that her feet would develop calluses and become rough.

After all, besides kissing her cherry lips, Lin Zichen's favorite thing to do was touch her feet.

She felt that if her feet became calloused and rough, Lin Zichen would definitely not like touching them anymore.

"It's almost 2 o'clock, hurry up and get ready for class, or you'll be late."

Lin Zichen patted Shen Qinghan's increasingly round and perky buttocks and urged her on with this sentence.

Shen Qinghan didn't dawdle; she quickly got out of bed, put on her shoes, and headed towards the bathroom.

I plan to use the restroom, wash my face, and then head out to class.

Not long after.

Shen Qinghan went out to class.

Lin Zichen didn't go out; he planned to stay in his dorm that afternoon to temper his body instead of going to the research institute.

Going to research institutes is not like attending classes, where there is a fixed time to go. Instead, it's entirely up to you to go whenever you want, and you don't have to go whenever you don't want to. It's all about freedom.

I just found a place to sit in the living room.

With a thought, Lin Zichen opened his Character Panel and checked the various attribute data.

[Name: Lin Zichen]

[Age: 18]

[Biological Rank: Common (Tier 9)]

[Biological Attribute: Use-Disuse Evolution, Heavenly Human Wisdom Root, survival of the Survival of the Fittest, the Water Fusion Fortune, Natural Selection, the Eye of the Sky, Gregarious Animal, Natural Camouflage, Danger Perception, Rapid Self-Healing]

[Body Tempering: Skin Tempering (1 time), Muscle Tempering (1 time), Bone Tempering (1 time)]

Ordinary Tier 9, ten Biological Attribute, First Body Tempering to perfection.

With such exaggerated strength, there's no need to even look; he's definitely invincible among his peers.

However, this is far from enough; we need to become even stronger...

Thinking about it, Lin Zichen took out his phone, opened the Credit Mall, and browsed it to see if there were any products that could quickly restore qi and blood.

Since starting the Secondary Body Tempering, he found that his qi and blood were somewhat insufficient.

During the tempering process, the tempering progress is too fast, which leads to a rapid consumption of qi and blood, while the recovery rate of qi and blood cannot keep up, seriously affecting the tempering efficiency.

In this situation, external aids are needed to speed up the recovery of qi and blood.

With this in mind, Lin Zichen browsed the Credit Mall for more than ten minutes.

Ultimately, he settled on a product called "Blood Recovery Pill".

As the name suggests, Blood Recovery Pill is a kind of pill used to restore qi and blood.

According to the product description, it is made with various expensive century-old medicinal herbs, and even contains spiritual plants, making it extremely expensive.

Further down, it mentions the effects of taking a Blood Recovery Pill.

The effects corresponding to each Biological Rank are listed.

Among them, a person with Biological Rank of ordinary Tier 9 can recover full health and vitality within half a minute by consuming a Blood Recovery Pill.

Those at the Advanced Tier 1 need half an hour to recover.

Going further up, to the Advanced Tier 2, it would take more than three hours.

Lin Zichen estimated that his blood and qi strength definitely exceeded that of an ordinary Tier 9.

It is highly likely to be equivalent to the Advanced level Tier 1.

In other words, it takes half an hour to recover after taking one Blood Recovery Pill.

The recovery effect is quite remarkable.

I've made up my mind, I'll buy the Blood Recovery Pill.

I glanced at the price; one piece costs one Credit. Considering the discount for buying with Credit, it would sell for at least 12,000 each on the street.

This Blood Recovery Pill is generally used in critical moments or important occasions.

For example, situations such as fighting with other people, hunting Exotic Beast, or carrying out special missions.

As for using it to restore qi and blood during body tempering, to be honest, that's a luxury.

However, Lin Zichen felt that using Credit to accelerate the improvement of his abilities was a worthwhile investment.

Because the faster you improve your skills, the sooner you can take on tasks that offer more Credits.

Then, just like in the previous life, you made money in business, used the money to expand your business, and then used the expanded business to take out a large loan to further expand your business, forming a virtuous cycle of growing bigger and bigger.

In business, recklessly leveraging resources will eventually lead to bankruptcy and financial ruin as the industry declines.

However, when it comes to improving strength, there will never be any mishaps.

Because strength doesn't depreciate; it only becomes more valuable as it grows stronger, creating a virtuous cycle that continues indefinitely.

Of course, this is all predicated on the ability to become infinitely stronger.

Often, due to limitations in one's own talent, once one's skills reach a certain threshold, it becomes difficult to continue improving.

However, this was not a problem for Lin Zichen.

He is extremely talented and has a cheat code that allows him to become infinitely stronger.

In summary.

This Blood Recovery Pill? No need to even think about it, just place an order.

I'll buy 100 at once!

With a wave of his hand, 100 Credit are gone; he's a spendthrift.

After buying the Blood Recovery Pill, the next step was to look at the Exotic Beast Meat.

The Living Dead Slug Atlas is now open; it's time to unlock the next Exotic Beast Atlas.

Lin Zichen browsed through the mall's website.

Soon, he set his sights on the Exotic Beast Meat called the "Myriad Poison Mongoose."

The Myriad Poison Mongoose is a small, Exotic Beast. Despite having "poisonous" in its name, it is actually not poisonous.

It was given this name because it has an extremely strong resistance to poison and feeds on various poisonous creatures.

Based on this, opening the Myriad Poison Mongoose Atlas will most likely grant you a Biological Attribute that grants resistance to poison.

Lin Zichen felt that he really needed the Biological Attribute of being resistant to poison, which would greatly enhance his self-protection ability and make him less likely to die suddenly.

Okay, I've decided to buy Myriad Poison Mongoose meat.

It's a bit pricey, though; it costs 20 Credit per pound.

I glanced at the Credit in the student's account; there were less than 200 points left, not even enough to buy 10 kilograms.

I can only order 1 jin (500g) for now. I'll check the progress bar in the Myriad Poison Mongoose picture book.

With that in mind, Lin Zichen placed an order for one pound of Myriad Poison Mongoose meat.

After finishing these tasks, he put away his phone, walked to the well-ventilated balcony, sat down cross-legged, and began the Second Skin Tempering.

It took about two hours of tempering.

When the body's vital energy and blood are depleted, it starts to feel the strain.

I feel dizzy.

No, I need to stop and rest. I'll go to the fridge and find something to eat to replenish my energy.

Otherwise, I might faint on the balcony in no time.

Let's just cook some meat from the Violent Roc.

The Exotic Beast Meat is quite nutritious, and eating it can help restore energy and vitality more quickly.

"Ding-dong!"

Just as Lin Zichen got up from the ground and was about to go to the refrigerator to find something to eat, the doorbell rang.

Then, a middle-aged man's voice sounded from outside the door, "Hello, I'm the school's deliveryman. Is anyone home?"

Deliveryman?

The Blood Recovery Pill and the Myriad Poison Mongoose meat I ordered have arrived!

Thinking it over, Lin Zichen responded:

"Coming, just a moment!"

Then, I quickly went to open the door to sign for the package and found that it was indeed the Blood Recovery Pill and the Myriad Poison Mongoose meat.

I received the package and closed the door.

Lin Zichen immediately opened the package to check the contents.

The Blood Recovery Pill looks very similar to the Blood Qi Pill, but it is smaller and lighter in color.

The flesh of the Myriad Poison Mongoose is a black lump that looks like rotten meat.

But it's not rotten flesh; the normal flesh color of Myriad Poison Mongoose is black. It's probably because it ate too many poisonous things.

Seeing that the goods matched, Lin Zichen poured out a Blood Recovery Pill and put it in his mouth to test its effects.

The Blood Recovery Pill melts instantly upon entering the mouth, transforming into a warm current that flows into the body.

After a while, you can clearly feel your body rapidly regaining its vitality.

My dizziness has subsided, and my limbs are no longer weak.

"No wonder it's a luxury drug that sells for 12,000 yuan a pill; you get what you pay for, the effects are remarkable."

Lin Zichen smiled and said.

Then, he reached out a finger to touch the flesh of the Myriad Poison Mongoose in front of him, and a thought flashed through his mind: Devour!

[You devoured a Myriad Poison Mongoose's"Life Origin.]

[Myriad Poison Mongoose Image Gallery: 1%]

Just then, my phone vibrated in my pocket.

When I took it out, I saw that it was a message from Shen Qinghan on WeChat.

[Hanhan: Xiao Chen, Chu Xin just messaged me on WeChat saying she'd like to come over to our dorm after school, is that okay?]

[Zichen: Of course.]

[Hanhan: Okay, I'll bring her to the dorm after school.]

[Zichen: Okay.]

End of chat with Shen Qinghan.

Lin Zichen wasted no time and quickly returned to the balcony, where he used the Blood Restoration Blood Recovery Pill his blood and qi while simultaneously consuming blood and qi to temper his body.

About half an hour later.

Shen Qinghan returned after class.

She wasn't the only one who returned; her best friend Li Chuxin, also came back.

Sensing that the two had entered the dormitory, Lin Zichen stopped tempering his body.

He got up and left the balcony, walking into the living room. He smiled and greeted Li Chuxin, "Chu Xin, long time no see."

"Zichen, it's been a long time."

Li Chuxin responded with a smile and a greeting.

Afterwards, she curiously looked around the dormitory where the two of them lived together, her face growing more and more envious, and she couldn't help but say aloud:

"You two are so lucky to have such a luxurious apartment to live in. It feels like you're staying in a five-star hotel every day. Unlike me, I don't even have a single room and have to share with another roommate."

"If you want a single room, my dormitory at the Martial Arts Academy has a single room; you can move in there."

Lin Zichen said with a smile.

Li Chuxin smiled and said, "Thank you for your kindness, Zichen. I actually quite like living with my roommate now. It's nice to have company and not be lonely."

"Too."

After finishing his sentence, Lin Zichen added, "Whenever you want to live alone, just let me know, and I'll give you the key to that single room."

Li Chuxin smiled and said, "Okay, thank you, Zichen."

In the time that follows.

The three of them went into the kitchen to cook, planning to have dinner together.

More than half an hour later.

Dinner is ready.

Four dishes and one soup.

In the living room, at the dining table.

Li Chuxin and Shen Qinghan sat side by side, while Lin Zichen sat opposite them.

"Hanhan, your legs are so thin!"

During the meal, Li Chuxin noticed Shen Qinghan's slender and long legs and said with envy, "I was just as thin as you in junior high, but ever since I joined the Martial Arts Class in high school and had to train my body regularly, my legs have become muscular and quite thick."

Shen Qinghan: "Your legs aren't thick. A little bit of flesh looks better and makes you look healthier."

Li Chuxin: "As expected of my best friend, all she does is compliment my looks."

The two chatted like that, making small talk.

Soon, Li Chuxin started talking about the upperclassmen at school, saying that they were going too far and only knew how to bully the freshmen.

She said angrily, "Zichen, Hanhan, you are geniuses, and no one dares to bully you usually. You have no idea how disgusting the upperclassmen at school are."

"The day before yesterday, a senior student came to my dorm to check on the students. She took my cosmetics without asking whether I agreed or not, saying she wanted to borrow them for two days."

"There was a boy in the class who was even worse off. His family had stolen Century-Old Blood Ginseng that they had given him, and he wanted it back. The senior student told him that they would have a match on the Martial Platform, and he would get it back regardless of who won or lost."

"When the boy lost on the Martial Platform, the senior student told everyone that the Century-Old Blood Ginseng was part of the wager and wouldn't return it to the boy."

"Afterwards, I complained to the Student Union, but they didn't care. They said the school upholds the principle of the survival of the Survival of the Fittest Student Union, and if I didn't like it, I could fight back myself, no matter what means I used."

"But we are all freshmen, not as strong as the seniors, and not as cunning as them. Isn't this blatant favoritism towards the seniors, just watching us freshmen get bullied?"

Li Chuxin became more and more excited as she spoke, and her voice grew louder.

This shows just how dissatisfied she was.

Shen Qinghan gently comforted them, "Now that you mention it, those senior students are indeed awful. We should avoid them in the future. If they push their luck, we'll all sit down together and come up with a solution."

Li Chuxin sighed and said, "Sigh, it feels tough. The Student Union council is biased, and the school leaders and professors don't care. We freshmen in Ordinary Class are destined to be powerless to fight back and can only be bullied."

Seeing how much she was complaining, Lin Zichen could roughly guess what she was thinking.

So he smiled and said to her:

"Chu Xin, if any senior student treats you too badly in the future, just let me know, and I'll see if I can help you resolve it."

"Oh? Really?!"

"Real."

"Thank you so much, Zichen!" Li Chuxin said with delight, "From now on, if you two want to buy any clothes, just tell me, and I'll have my parents send them to you for free!"

"Alright, then I won't stand on ceremony."

Lin Zichen smiled and said.

He didn't need Li Chuxin to send him clothes, but if he didn't say so, he figured Li Chuxin would feel guilty.

As Li Chuxin Shen Qinghan's only close friend, he would help Li Chuxin whenever he could.

Just as he was thinking about these things.

Suddenly, the ground shook!

An earthquake struck!

The tremor was very noticeable!

Li Chuxin was startled and, still somewhat shaken, asked, "What happened? Was that an earthquake?"

"It looks like an earthquake."

Shen Qinghan replied to Li Chuxin.

Compared to Li Chuxin, who appeared slightly flustered, Shen Qinghan seemed more composed.

But I didn't calm down much; I was still a little flustered.

Only because Lin Zichen was there did she not appear too flustered, and she felt somewhat at ease.

However, Lin Zichen himself was not at ease at this moment.

The earthquakes in Shanhai City have been too frequent in recent years.

Something feels off.

His [Danger Perception] was telling him that something bad seemed to be about to happen.

What exactly happened in Shanhai City?

What is affecting the Earth's crustal movement that caused this anomaly?

Fortunately, the [Danger Perception] wasn't too strong, so it should be a minor issue...

Lin Zichen thought to himself silently.

At the same time.

Shanhai City.

In a lavishly decorated room.

Two masked people are sitting together drinking and chatting.

One is Elderly Masked Man holding a cane.

One was a tall, middle-aged masked man.

Both of them wore masks with the words "Divine Plant" written on them.

"Among the freshmen of this year at Shanhai University, there is a genius with an extremely exaggerated physical talent. I have already arranged for someone to have him consume Advanced Demon Seed. If we can successfully recruit him into our sect, then the strength of our Divine Plant Cult will increase even further."

The middle-aged masked man took a sip of his drink and said.

The Elderly Masked Man remained indifferent, his voice hoarse as he said, "That's not important. The true geniuses are all in the Origin Land."

What good are there if there are many geniuses in the Origin Land?

I have absolutely no access to it!

The middle-aged masked man inwardly grumbled, but outwardly set down his wine glass and said in an extremely respectful tone, "My Divine Envoy, I wish to advance to a higher Biological Rank this year, and I need more resources. I wonder if you could provide me with some evolutionary resources..."

"Resources?"

The Elderly Masked Man muttered something, then conjured a bewitching flower out of thin air in his hand, tossing it onto the table as if it were trash, saying, "In recognition of your outstanding performance this year, this Demon Charm Flower is yours."

"Thank you Divine Envoy Excellency!"

The middle-aged masked man excitedly accepted the flower on the table, his eyes filled with fervor.

The Elderly Masked Man warned, "The Demon Charm Flower has a strong aphrodisiac effect; it's best to have a woman with you when you consume it."

"Thank you for the Divine Envoy Excellency."

As he said this, the middle-aged Masked Man kept his eyes fixed on the flower in his hand.

At that moment, a voice echoed deep within the Elderly Masked Man's mind.

"My Divine Envoy, news has just arrived from the Origin Land that they have found the same boundary point and set up the same biological coordinates. You are now required to go to the Earth Tunnel to activate the biological coordinates and connect them with the biological coordinates in the Origin Land."

"Okay, I'll be right there."

The Elderly Masked Man responded to the other person deep in his mind, and then his figure flashed and he disappeared without a trace.

The middle-aged masked man was already used to this, and soon got up, went into another room, changed into an expensive suit, and went out to meet his lover.

The rendezvous was just a side activity; the main purpose was to consume the Demon Charm Flower.

Before leaving, he pulled out an exquisite pocket watch from his crotch, typed in a message, and sent it out via voice.

[You two have been dragging your feet on getting Lin Zichen to consume the Advanced Demon Seed for far too long. If you can't finish it within three days, I'll have to find someone else.]

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