You Are Stifling the Future of the Human Race

"Unreasonable!"

"How could you do this?"

"It would be one thing if you wasted Abyss Points like this yourself, but why drag others into doing the same? Pei Chao is the most talented person in this town. How could you squander his talent like this?"

"No, you've made me so angry I'm muddled. You're the most talented person in this town."

"But acting like this, are you worthy of your talent?"

"Are you worthy of the person who built this town..."

"Who built this town? Why can't I remember?"

"In any case, with such tremendous talent, you should shoulder greater responsibility. Squandering your talent so recklessly is stifling the future of the Human Race."

"One [Basic Cultivation Assistance] plus one [Extravagant Meal] costs 50 Abyss Points. No, why did you use [Extravagant Meal] twice? Once was enough! Since you couldn't digest the extra food, it would only be expelled from your body."

"Did you think these Abyss Points were blown in on the wind? Wasting Abyss Points like this, are you worthy of being human?"

The shadow chattered on without end. It was obvious that he was in a very bad mood.

His words became Eerie Whispers that drifted ceaselessly through the air.

On the other side, many of the people queuing to receive food became mentally dazed and dizzy because of the shadow's words.

Pei Chao, however, was not greatly affected.

Pei Chao sucked on the bone in his hand, then drained the remaining small bottle of Wuliangye in one gulp.

This time, his [Extravagant Meal] was a combination of lamb chops and white liquor. He liked it very much.

Compared to Feng Buzhi, who had eaten two [Extravagant Meal]s, he had eaten only one. When he was two-thirds through it, he already felt satisfied.

It was not true fullness, but a peculiar sense of satisfaction. Thus, he quickly stuffed the remaining third into his stomach as well.

The food was gone. Pei Chao wore an expression of complete contentment, but when he stretched lazily, the wounds on his chest and back felt as though they were tearing open.

Although [Basic Cultivation Assistance] had relieved his bodily soreness and weakness, and restored his mental fatigue as well, it had not healed the injuries on his chest and back.

Enduring the pain, Pei Chao soon began moving his body. A series of crackling pops came from his bones.

The wounds on his body hurt badly, but stretching his limbs and loosening his joints felt genuinely wonderful.

After moving around for a while, he asked Feng Buzhi beside him, "Boss, what's with that black thing? It keeps buzzing and buzzing without stopping. Can't you make it stop and rest for a bit?"

The moment Pei Chao finished speaking, he saw that mass of strange black smoke drift toward him. The babbling Eerie Whispers grew closer.

The shadow said furiously, "Rest for a bit? Do you know that I was trying to persuade him for your sake? Your Abyss Points were wasted for nothing!"

"Fifty Abyss Points! You wasted a full 50 Abyss Points! To earn those 50 Abyss Points, you'd have to kill ten Imp Goblins."

"You always call Imp Goblins Green-skinned Dwarves, bragging that you can kill one with every swing, but don't you know how dangerous it really is?"

Faced with the shadow's verbal barrage, bearded Pei Chao covered his ears with both hands, then quickly lowered them again.

—Covering his ears was actually useless. Those Eerie Whispers still bored into his mind like the incessant buzzing of bees.

However, Pei Chao's state of mind had already reached late-stage Clear Mind. His resistance to these whispers had improved further, and he soon ignored them.

Seeing that Boss Feng was ignoring him, Pei Chao quickly sensed the changes in his body and made a new discovery.

Pei Chao clenched his right fist and said, "Although the wounds on my body hurt a little, my strength seems to have increased. Unbelievable."

Pei Chao picked up his cleaver and swung it twice, then jumped twice on the spot, confirming his suspicion. His body had indeed grown stronger.

Pei Chao suddenly understood. "I get it. After intense training, using [Basic Cultivation Assistance] together with [Extravagant Meal] can strengthen our bodies. Zhao Gang and the others never found the correct way to use [Basic Cultivation Assistance], so they thought it was useless."

Though he was heavily muscled, Pei Chao was not entirely without brains.

He quickly understood why Feng Buzhi had taken him out to fight last night, and his heart filled with gratitude for Feng Buzhi's help.

The only shortcoming was that Feng Buzhi had been a little too forceful last night, and had not explained anything to him.

As Pei Chao was still thinking, he saw Feng Buzhi look at him. "The first round of [Basic Cultivation Assistance] is complete. We can begin the second round now. How many Abyss Points do you have left?"

Pei Chao said, "I still have 258 points. Boss, is there such a rush? Shouldn't we rest a little first?"

Feng Buzhi shook his head. "Now is the time to strike while the iron is hot, and this tense rhythm can temper your state of mind.

You need to keep 100 Abyss Points in reserve for emergencies, which means you only have 158 points available.

You can't break open the shackles within your body, so one [Extravagant Meal] each time is enough. Those 158 points can support three rounds of training. We'll start now. Follow me."

As Feng Buzhi spoke, the shadow's fury became impossible to contain. He could not understand why Feng Buzhi refused to listen to reason.

The enraged shadow repeatedly hurled his body at Feng Buzhi. Unfortunately, it was utterly useless. He was only a shadow without any strength...

Under Qin Chengming's dazed gaze, Feng Buzhi said a whole bunch of things that he could not understand to Pei Chao, then led Pei Chao away at a jog.

Qin Chengming rubbed his slightly muddled head. It seemed that the Eerie Whispers found only within the Mist had just appeared here, leaving him mentally unfocused.

But now, those Eerie Whispers seemed to have vanished.

Qin Chengming soon directed several subordinates to help two unconscious civilians nearby.

Because of the Eerie Whispers just now, all of them felt as though they had entered the Mist outside the town. Their minds were sluggish, and some had even fainted because of it.

While busy, Qin Chengming soon saw Chairman Wang Chen striding over.

Wang Chen said, "I heard that Feng Buzhi and Pei Chao, the ones from last night, came again. Where are they?"

Qin Chengming said, "They left not long ago, heading down the eastern street."

Qin Chengming quickly described what had just happened. Because of those Eerie Whispers, his memory was unclear and his account lacked detail, but he still explained the general course of events.

Wang Chen's face darkened. "You're saying that Pei Chao, like Feng Buzhi, also exchanged for an [Extravagant Meal] here?"

Qin Chengming nodded, seeing the gloomy look in Wang Chen's eyes, completely unlike his usual expression.

Their relationship is even closer than I imagined. Feng Buzhi actually got Pei Chao to misuse his Abyss Points. It seems this Feng Buzhi cannot be allowed to remain.

Wang Chen thought to himself, then quickly left the central square...