92: Chapter 92 The Terrifying Reward
Instructor Shi Yan's expression was a sight to behold.
He looked at the Ancient Star Map Fragment that had been perfectly repaired and was now emitting a brilliant light, then at Wang Pingan, who was "unconscious" in Hera's arms.
His brain, comparable to a supercomputer, actually glitched for a moment.
What was going on?
He had clearly received a top-level alarm just now about an imminent energy explosion in the Repair Room, so why, after rushing over in a panic, did he see such a... harmonious yet bizarre scene?
That star map fragment, which had troubled the academy for years, was repaired?
Repaired by this freshman who hadn't even been in the school for a day?
And looking at Hera's dazed appearance, which also carried a hint of admiration...
What on earth did this kid do to her?
Countless thoughts filled with the scent of gossip instantly flashed through Shi Yan's mind.
"Ahem."
He coughed twice heavily, breaking the bizarre silence in the Repair Room.
Instructor Hera snapped out of her daze, only then realizing she was still holding Wang Pingan, and in an extremely unseemly posture at that.
Her intellectual and aloof face instantly turned bright red with a "shua."
She hurriedly and clumsily tried to help Wang Pingan onto a nearby chair.
"Instructor, be careful..."
Wang Pingan "weakly" opened his eyes and gave a well-timed reminder.
This "reminder" made Instructor Hera's movements even more flustered.
Finally, after some fumbling, Wang Pingan was steadily placed onto the chair.
"Instructor Shi Yan, why... why are you here?"
Instructor Hera straightened her slightly messy white lab coat and forced herself to calm down, but her slightly reddened cheeks and evasive gaze still betrayed her inner turmoil.
"If I hadn't come, I was afraid the laboratory would have blown sky-high."
Shi Yan gave her an annoyed glare before turning his gaze to the star map fragment.
He stepped forward and checked it meticulously.
The more he checked, the deeper the shock on his face became.
Perfect.
It was simply perfect to the extreme!
All the energy circuits were incredibly smooth.
That originally tyrannical spirit imprint had vanished without a trace.
The entire fragment was like a brand-new work of art fresh from the factory, full of harmony and beauty.
"This... was really done by him?"
Shi Yan turned his head to look at Hera, his voice carrying a tremor that even he hadn't noticed.
Instructor Hera nodded heavily.
Her gaze fell once more upon the youth sitting on the chair, "weakly" panting; in that complex look, there was a hint of something she couldn't quite explain.
She recounted everything that had just happened to Shi Yan exactly as it occurred.
When Shi Yan heard that Wang Pingan had actually used his own spirit to forcibly "suppress" and "crush" that ancient spirit imprint on the spot...
His resolute face completely petrified.
He looked at Wang Pingan as if he were looking at a prehistoric beast in human skin.
This little monster...
To what perverted degree of finesse had his spirit reached?!
After a long time.
Only then did Shi Yan recover from the massive shock.
He didn't ask for any more details.
Because he knew that some secrets weren't for him to ask.
He just gave Wang Pingan a deep look.
Then, he opened his personal terminal and issued a series of commands.
"Hera, take him to the Medical Center for a comprehensive check-up. Put all the expenses on my tab."
"Also, notify the Logistics Department to raise the energy supply level of the Heaven Character Number One Villa to the maximum. All cultivation resources are to be supplied to him without limit!"
"And..."
Shi Yan paused, an extremely strange expression appearing on his face, showing both a bit of heartache and a bit of excitement.
"Increase the reward for this mission tenfold. No, twentyfold!"
"Transfer it to him from my personal account!"
"One... one hundred thousand credits?!" Instructor Hera cried out in shock.
One hundred thousand credits!
For a freshman, this was simply an astronomical sum!
"He's worth the price."
Shi Yan's voice was firm and decisive.
He knew that the value Wang Pingan displayed today was already far beyond what a mere hundred thousand credits could measure.
A freak who could repair ancient relics with his bare hands and possessed spirit control at least comparable to a Rank Seven Martial Artist.
His future was limitless!
He had to be tied firmly to the ship of Xuanyuan University at all costs!
...
That afternoon.
A piece of news, like a level twelve cosmic storm, instantly swept through the entire Campus Star Network.
[mission center Announcement: Mission No. S-0073, regarding the repair of 'Ancient Star Map Fragment - No. 07', has been independently completed today by freshman student Wang Pingan!]
[Mission Rating: Perfect!]
[According to Instructor Shi Yan's special instruction, the mission reward has been increased to: 100,000 credits!]
Once this announcement was released...
The entire Public Forum instantly crashed.
Countless posts sprouted up like mushrooms after rain, popping up frantically.
[Title: I'm blind! I must be blind! Someone tell me, what am I seeing?!]
[Title: One hundred thousand credits! Freshman Wang Pingan has raked in one hundred thousand credits in a single day! Setting the highest record since the school's founding!]
[Title: In-depth Analysis! Just how terrifying was that hardcore pit of a mission that had been shelved for three years?]
[Title: Inside Scoop! According to an insider, Wang Pingan triggered an energy rampage during the repair process, but he single-handedly and forcibly suppressed the rampaging energy!]
The entire Campus Star Network went completely crazy.
If Wang Pingan's performance during the Dragon Gate Baptism only made everyone feel he was a "monster with off-the-charts combat power"...
Then the "miracle" he created today completely subverted everyone's perception of him!
It was one thing for his combat power to be off the charts.
But you're also this perverted in the research field?
Are you even going to let others live?
Those Students who were still clamoring on the forum before, shouting their dissatisfaction and claiming Wang Pingan was a "connected person," were all struck dumb at this moment.
They silently deleted the sour posts they had previously made.
What a joke.
Comparing oneself to a god-tier existence like this?
Isn't that just asking for humiliation?