Early the next morning.
The sky had only just begun to brighten when a neither-light-nor-heavy knock on the door woke Bai Ye from his sleep.
"An Xiaotong! What the hell are you doing this early in the morning?!"
He yanked the door open in a fury. Standing outside, An Xiaotong withdrew her knocking hand, dressed in a light gray yoga outfit, and said calmly,
"It's time to train."
"It's not even five yet. Do you know I've only slept for three hours since yesterday?!"
An Xiaotong nodded calmly. "I know. Starting today, you can only sleep three hours a day."
Huh?!
Bai Ye's eyes flew wide open. He could not understand how a mouth at 37 degrees could say something so cold.
"No, didn't we change the plan to kidnap the Apocalypse Directors and decide to inject Genetic Potion instead? Do we really need to go this hard?"
"It's precisely because you decided to inject Genetic Potion that you need to make the most of your time training. The Zodiac Reserve Selection begins in half a month. The minimum requirement for injecting III Gene Serum is a Blood Qi value above one hundred. If your Blood Qi value does not exceed one hundred, your physique simply will not be strong enough to receive III Gene Serum.
"Then your genes will collapse, and you'll die. The safest option would actually be to reach two hundred, but there isn't enough time. Two hundred is unrealistic.
"Besides meeting the Blood Qi requirement, candidates must also undergo a trial of life and death. Only the strongest group can be selected as Zodiac Candidates."
"It's that dangerous?" Bai Ye immediately felt something was wrong. He was not worried about the life-and-death trial, but he was worried about Gene Collapse! Did that not mean even Time