101: Chapter 101 The Arena

The new semester was undoubtedly painful for the students of Longxiang Ability University.

They had to abandon their warm beds, leave their familiar families, and come to school to grope for the direction of their futures.

But clearly, Qian Mo was not among them.

He had just finished a one-month winter break job at the school and was sitting leisurely in his dorm, scrolling through his phone.

This System upgrade could be described as extremely powerful; first, it unlocked the System store.

He could earn System Points based on rarity either through subsequent missions or by dismantling items within the System space, and these points could be used to exchange for items in the store.

The System store was divided into permanent and limited-time sections. The permanent section included spirit crystals, star crystals, and other daily necessities; the limited-time section was bizarre and refreshed daily, sometimes featuring things like "Starry Sky Royal Blood," "Heaven-Opening Great Sword," "T-Virus"...

Qian Mo took one look and didn't dare to keep looking because they were simply too expensive.

One hundred credit points corresponded to one System Point, so with the long string of zeros following these items, heaven knows how long he would have to work winter break jobs to earn enough.

Then there was the intelligence he had previously obtained from Yu Linger. Simply put, his parents were members of the former Starry Sky Exploration Project. He was conceived unexpectedly while they were exploring the starry sky on a spaceship with the exploration team, and due to the mission, his mother had given birth to him on the spaceship.

Later, for some unknown reason, the Starry Sky Exploration Project was suspended, the exploration team was disbanded, and not long after, news of his parents' deaths arrived.

Clearly, this must have been related to the Starry Sky Exploration Project back then.

He was not yet qualified to access such confidential things; he could only steadily improve his strength and infiltrate the upper echelons of the Human Alliance. Only in this way would he have a chance to obtain the truth of that year and, in turn, give the original owner an explanation.

Qian Mo shook his head, cast the chaotic thoughts in his mind aside, and continued to study the assassination business on the dark web on his phone.

Thinking too much was useless; now he could only strive to obtain resources to improve his strength. Due to his grade level, the school's "Mission Board" was not yet open to them. Therefore, the only way for him to obtain resources was to buy them with money, and when it came to making money, he felt that his old profession suited him a bit better...

"Hey, this assassination mission looks good. The target has a prior record of murder and is only Second Rank. They live in a suburban area near the capital, and it will rain continuously for a week next month. By then, I only need to spend 100,000 to buy a sniper rifle on the dark web and prepare two sets of clothes..."

As he spoke, the young man's originally gentle face gradually revealed an excited smile. He took out paper and a pen from the drawer and quickly wrote down his plan.

Assassins who knew him in his past life all knew that he had entered his work mode.

"Bang!"

"Qian Mo! It's bad!"

The dormitory door was kicked open, and a yellow-haired youth walked in, panicked.

"What is it?"

Qian Mo tried to keep his tone calm.

After all, in his past life, those who dared to interrupt his work died miserably.

"Qian Mo... are you okay..."

Yun Lan looked at the youth, his speech a bit stuttering.

"What's wrong? You seem very afraid of me. Go ahead and continue."

The youth revealed a sunny smile.

Coupled with the red pen he had crushed in his hand and the few drops of red ink splattered on his face, it looked exceptionally creepy.

"Qian Mo, do you know that sometimes you are very scary... just like a perverted serial killer who walked out of a movie."

Qian Mo seemed to realize his difference, quickly wiped the red ink off his face carefully in the mirror on the table, and took the opportunity to stuff the paper with the assassination plan into the drawer, looking much more normal after that.

"Just now, when I was passing the main gate on my way back to school, I felt a very strong fluctuation of Demonic Power. In my haste, your buddy here didn't run away alone; I specifically ran over to notify you. Let me tell you, I have great reason to suspect..."

At this point, Yun Lan quickly leaned in front of Qian Mo and said mysteriously:

"I suspect our school has been infiltrated by the Yao Race! We must quickly find a way to pass the message to the outside world..."

Qian Mo pushed his head aside, looking speechless.

"You really have too wild an imagination. This is the capital; isn't it normal for there to be Yao? Didn't we have a Sea Yao chef in our cafeteria before? Didn't you really like eating her sashimi..."

"This is different. The Aura I felt this time is extremely aggressive; it can't be a friendly Yao. We should..."

"Boom!"

Accompanied by a huge noise from the massive Demonic Power fluctuation, it came from the school gate, exactly the direction Yun Lan had mentioned earlier.

"Let's go take a look."

Qian Mo's expression tightened, and he couldn't help but believe his best friend's words a little.

However, deep down, he still didn't particularly believe Yun Lan's claim.

After all, this was the capital; how could any Yao dare to cause trouble here?

At the same time, a hurried phone ringtone rang out.

It was Yu Linger.

"Qian Mo!"

As soon as the call was connected, the girl's angry voice came from the other end.

"The Yao Race is too arrogant! Early this morning, the school gates of our Fenghu, as well as Vermilion Bird and Zhenhai, were all consecutively set up with arenas by the Yao Race Prodigies. Students at the Third Rank and below can all challenge the arena. The rule is that no special means other than one's own Superpower can be used; it is purely a contest of strength."

"Although they only sent three Yao to each school, except for us at Fenghu where someone tied with one of them, all other schools were wiped out without exception."

"That lion Yao named Kuang Tian even accomplished the feat of 'one against ten' under the watch of our entire school!"

"They even turned on a global broadcast; we have really lost all face. And now it looks like it should be your turn soon."

"Yeah, I have already felt their provocation here just now."

Qian Mo responded calmly as usual.

"However, I think there shouldn't be any problem here..."

"I know you have confidence and I believe in your strength. But the three Yao on your side are not to be trifled with. With your strength, you might be able to win against one, but the consumption will be huge. In the subsequent confrontations, you will most likely not be able to hold on. By the way, there is one more very important thing..."

Yu Linger's voice suddenly became serious.

"That arrogant guy Kuang Tian said this at our school: 'You guys are actually quite lucky; the real difficulty is at the Longxiang Academy. The one fighting there is the strongest among us Yao who came to challenge the halls.'"

"So, you must be careful. We humans really cannot afford to lose. Everyone is holding their breath and watching you all right now. Even if you can't win, you must display the Aura of us humans!"

"Okay, I understand."

Qian Mo hung up the phone and turned to look at the yellow-haired youth who was leaning against the door with his hands on his hips, looking relaxed.

"What? You're not worried anymore?"

"Tch, I thought the Yao Race had attacked. If it's just some Third Rank minor Yao, then I really have nothing to be afraid of."

"Good, then let's go show the Yao Race's so-called 'Geniuses' what's what. The Longxiang Academy is not a place they can just manipulate at will."