June 24th, morning.
Ling Yi returned home, took a shower, and changed into a clean school uniform.
Then he sat down at the dining table and ate a bowl of white porridge cooked by Bai Suzhen.
The porridge was very hot, and he blew on it for a long time before he could drink it.
The plain congee had a bland taste, but it made my stomach feel warm and cozy.
Chu Ran sat opposite her, also drinking porridge.
Her dark circles were quite pronounced; the all-night operation had taken a toll on her, especially considering she was only at the Third Tier.
Their physical strength and energy are far inferior to those of the Fifth Tier White Bone Demon and Bai Suzhen.
"Go to sleep after you finish eating," Ling Yi said.
"And you?"
I'm going out for a bit.
Where to?
"Going to school, girl!" Ling Yi shrugged.
Chu Ran was taken aback. "Go to school? Now?"
"Hmm! Morning self-study isn't over yet."
Chu Ran looked at him, her expression somewhat complicated.
"You just finished a battle, aren't you going to rest?"
"This is just a break!" Ling Yi put down his bowl and stood up.
"Besides, my sudden decision not to go to school might arouse suspicion, cough cough, although it might not be that necessary."
"But we'll just have to pretend for one day at a time."
"Back at the school, the equipment in the basement still needs someone to keep an eye on it. I'll go check on it."
Ling Yi spoke, he had already reached the door.
"By the way, Second Sister, those seven prisoners, you should give them a good brainwashing. If they can be used, then use them; if not, you decide what to do with them."
He paused for a moment, then said, "You still haven't finished one set of mock college entrance exam Simulation. Hurry up and go to school to finish it."
Chu Ran: "..."
The sun was shining brightly on the street.
The June wind carried a restless air, rustling through the treetops of the roadside trees.
On the street, there were students carrying schoolbags, vendors pushing breakfast carts, and elderly people walking with their dogs.
Everything is normal.
Everything was peaceful.
Ling Yi walked on the sidewalk, blending into the crowd, his expression unchanged.
No one knew that this boy in the old school uniform had just fought a Combat in an underground air-raid shelter a few hours earlier that was enough to change the timeline of this world.
Right now, he's just an ordinary high school student.
On my way to school.
The sunlight shone on his back, casting a long shadow.
The shadow moved across the ground, blending in with everyone else's shadows, making it impossible to distinguish which was his.
He walked to the school gate and passed through the testing device.
Without any alarms, the official detection equipment is almost ineffective against Ling Yi in his current state.
Unless they upgrade it again.
In the classroom, the students are doing their morning reading.
The sound of reading aloud drifted out of the open window, mingling with the birdsong in the courtyard.
Ling Yi walked to his seat and sat down.
Last row, by the window.
He took out an English Simulation from his schoolbag and spread it on the table.
Then he took out a pen and started doing the problems.
Time slips away quietly in the midst of ordinary daily life.
The day passed quickly.
Nothing else happened that day.
June 25th, late at night.
On the top floor of a residential building somewhere in Dafeng City.
Bai Ye sat cross-legged on the futon, the Crystal in front of him emitting a rich, dark purple light.
Charging progress: 99.2%.
"It'll be soon!" Bai Ye murmured.
"It will take at most twenty hours to reach 100%!"
He reached out, his fingertips touching the surface of the Crystal, and began the routine anchor point signal check.
This is the standard procedure before the Purification process starts, confirming that the positioning signal of the anchor point device is normal and ensuring the accuracy of energy coverage.
His consciousness traveled through the Crystal, along the link of super-energy signals, to an underground air-raid shelter twenty kilometers away.
The signal is clear.
The anchor point device is online.
The gemstone's pulsation is normal.
However, Bai Ye frowned slightly.
The location coordinates are incorrect.
He confirmed it again.
The positioning signal emitted by the anchor point device points to the coordinates of the uninhabited area on the eastern outskirts of Dafeng City.
It's not Dafeng City No. 3 Middle School.
Bai Ye's finger stopped above the Crystal.
He stared at the coordinate data displayed in the Crystal, remaining silent for a full thirty seconds.
Then he laughed.
"Interesting!"
"The positioning signal has shifted," he whispered. "Not damaged, just shifted."
"Clever."
He stood up, his white robe swaying gently behind him.
"If the anchor device is Destroy, the self-destruct mechanism will be triggered, releasing the energy within the gem, Hua Wei everything within a Wu Bai radius into ruins. I'll know immediately."
"If the device's structure is damaged, the signal will be interrupted, and I will notice immediately."
But he chose to deviate.
"The signal appears to be working perfectly, except the coordinates have changed. If I hadn't done my routine pre-start check, I wouldn't have noticed it at all."
He walked to the window and drew back the curtains.
The city lights spread out in the night.
"Mid -Sixth Tier, plus a healer Proficiency in energy control."
Bai Ye murmured, "They completed the signal shift overnight without triggering any alarms."
"This boy... is more interesting than I imagined."
He turned around and looked at the Crystal.
"How long will it take to recalibrate?" he asked the being in the Crystal.
The blood-red cesium's vertical pupils slowly opened inside the Crystal.
"Twelve hours."
The deep voice spoke slowly.
"However, during calibration, the anchor device will enter a high-power state, and the super-powerful manipulation will increase significantly."
"The other party will definitely be able to Perception it."
"He will come to stop him," Bai Ye said.
"Certainly."
"So what you need to do is not calibrate, but wait for him to come."
Bai Ye raised an eyebrow slightly.
"Set up an ambush?"
"It's not an ambush, just a meeting with this child."
"I want to know what's on him."
"You want to meet him in person?" Bai Ye asked in surprise.
"No," the voice was low and calm, "It's you who wants to meet him!"
Bai Ye frowned.
"My power cannot directly intervene in this world."
" The Crystal is a medium, not a weapon."
All I can give you is an increase in performance; the rest is up to you.
Bai Ye said worriedly, "What if he breaks through to the Seventh Tier before then..."
"Impossible."
"Twenty hours left, twenty hours to break through from the mid-stage of the Sixth Tier to the Seventh Tier? Absolutely impossible."
The voice from the Crystal rose a few decibels. "Are you afraid?"
"Yes!" Bai Ye did not deny it.
"He's currently at the mid-stage of the Sixth Tier, but his actual combat strength is comparable to the late-stage of the Seventh Tier."
"If he breaks through to the Seventh Tier, I'm afraid I won't be his match."
The Crystal blinked twice. "That's why I need you to test it."
Bai Ye took a deep breath. "Okay!"
"But there's one condition."
What are the conditions?
"If I lose..."
Bai Ye's voice deepened. "The Purification process is terminated. It will no longer be applied to Dafeng City."
The eye in the Crystal blinked.
"Why?"
Bai Ye offered no explanation.
One person, one ball, a brief standoff.
"Yes," said the being within the Crystal.
"If you lose, the Purification plan for Dafeng City will be terminated."
Bai Ye withdrew his hand, and the eyes in the Crystal slowly closed.
He walked to the window and looked at the city lights in the distance.
" Ling Yi, I hope you won't disappoint me."