437: Missed calls

Jinghai City.

Night.

Xiao Yun returned to his hotel room, threw his phone aside, and lay directly on the bed.

The ten GTI assessments were over, and based on Xiao Yun's team's performance, passing the assessment was already a sure thing.

However, according to He Yan, the assessment results still needed to be sent to GTI Headquarters for verification, so the final results would only be available after 7 days.

“Seven days, seven days, another seven days! How many things could be done in these seven days!”

“If only the assessment results were announced now, and I was directly given a GTI Professional certificate, I would immediately continue working on Endless Night Dam.”

“Although the Eternal Night Mode in my previous life was shit, the Endless Night Dam in this world is truly amazing!”

“After all, this is a blessed land where everyone has four sets of equipment, and even the soldiers in the Administrative Building wear five sets!”

“Alas, it’s such a pity that GTI isn’t faster; it’s delaying things!”

Xiao Yun complained a few times but could do nothing about it, only sighing helplessly.

Although he could continue to stay in Jinghai City at this time, without a GTI Professional certificate, he couldn't enter high-restriction restricted areas to run a military knife, and even going to Confidential Aerospace required prior appointment and queuing.

And thinking of Seyid with the Level 8 helmet and armor who appeared in Dam No. 0 during Eternal Night Mode, Xiao Yun felt an itch in his heart.

If he could take him down, that full set of Level 8 equipment would be an invincible presence in the restricted area!

Although the Level 8 set on this guy was almost invincible, and even the current strongest Level 6 bullets couldn't penetrate it—Level 6 bullets hitting him were like Level 1 bullets hitting Level 3 armor, and with the terrifying 200 durability of the Level 8 armor, Level 6 bullets were even harder to penetrate than Level 1 bullets against Level 3 armor!

However, no matter how invincible the Level 8 helmet and armor were, they were still far from enough against Xiao Yun's system power.

Therefore, Xiao Yun had also clearly thought about the method to take him down during this period.

Currently, the only way he could take down that Level 8 Seyid was to use the armor-piercing function of the family heirloom military knife to directly ignore his armor and deal true damage to him.

After all, the armor-piercing ability of the family heirloom military knife was a conceptual god's ability!

Not only could it pierce through the helmets and armor worn by operatives and soldiers, but it could also easily cut open the vault door of Dam No. 0. Xiao Yun even estimated that if this world developed Gundams, he could even cut through Gundam armor!

Of course, although the family heirloom military knife's ability was very invincible, it was impossible for Xiao Yun to directly engage in a knife fight with that Seyid.

Even if that Seyid agreed to a knife fight, the more than one hundred Asala Soldiers he led would certainly not agree.

By then, if Xiao Yun ran over with his knife and appeared in front of them, he would be directly shot to death by a barrage of bullets!

What's more.

Thinking of Seyid's skill, Xiao Yun even felt that even with the family heirloom military knife, he might not win a knife fight against him!

After all, that Seyid could even hear his movements and instantly launch an attack even when Xiao Yun used his nameless ultimate move, which blocked all sound.

At that time, if Xiao Yun had reacted even a little slower to Seyid's dozen or so bullets, he would have been instantly killed!

Recalling the scene now, Xiao Yun still broke out in a cold sweat.

He didn't know how he dodged those bullets at the time; could it be Lu Xueqing was nearby, and her luck played a role?

Overall, for Xiao Yun to directly engage in a knife fight with Seyid was a high-risk endeavor.

And as a Shu Shu player who spent most of his five hundred hours in his previous life just running a military knife, Xiao Yun was naturally unwilling to do such high-risk things.

No matter how high the reward, he wouldn't do it.

Otherwise, it would be like those aggressive players in his previous life who were aggressive all day, but in the end, out of ten games, they would only win one, and when they calculated the losses, the haifu coin spent in that one game wouldn't even cover the losses, meaning all ten games were a loss.

Therefore, the best method Xiao Yun thought of now was to utilize the family heirloom military knife's armor-ignoring ability, while also using its second skill.

Xiao Yun had already basically tested the effect of the 'Return Hand' skill in previous matches.

After using this skill, the family heirloom military knife, no matter where it was, would return to Xiao Yun's hand after a period of time.

And this time was related to its distance from him.

During the military knife's return flight, due to the influence of the armor-piercing skill, it would also cut through all obstacles in its path.

Therefore.

As long as Xiao Yun could find a way to use the 'Return Hand' function of the family heirloom military knife to attack that Level 8 Seyid multiple times, he would be able to successfully kill him!

If referring to the health points in the previous life's game, a headshot would probably require 3 strikes to kill him, while non-headshots would likely take 5 strikes.

“Forget it, no more thinking about it. It’s useless anyway.”

Xiao Yun sighed, pushing the thoughts of Seyid out of his mind.

Although he had finished the assessment, he could, in theory, re-enter Endless Night Dam for another attempt these past few days.

First, kill the Level 6 Seyid on the map, put on his clothes, and wear a mask, then see if the Level 8 Seyid would still appear.

If he did appear, then Xiao Yun could try to use the tactics he had thought of before and see if there was a chance to kill him.

However.

The current situation was that although Xiao Yun had completed the GTI Professional assessment, he still needed 7 days to obtain his professional status.

During these seven days, Xiao Yun had no right to re-enter Endless Night Dam.

After all, although this map had only recently appeared, it had already undergone two consecutive level jumps.

Initially, it was designated by GTI Official as a Level 5 restricted intermediate restricted area, but on the morning of its appearance, it was adjusted to a Level 2 restricted area, and then on the afternoon of the same day, it rose another level, adjusted to a Level 1 restricted area, which is currently the highest restriction level.

“Xiao Yun, you’re not asleep, are you?”

Just then.

Liu Shihhan's voice came from outside the room door, calling Xiao Yun's name while knocking on the door.

Xiao Yun walked to the door in his slippers and, upon opening it, saw Liu Shihhan and Lu Xueqing.

It was already nine o'clock in the evening, and Xiao Yun had already taken off his coat and was ready to rest, but Liu Shihhan and Lu Xueqing were dressed as if they were about to go out.

“Are you two going out?”

“Nonsense! Lu Xueqing has to catch a flight tonight, you didn't forget, did you!”

“What? You’re leaving tonight?”

Xiao Yun frowned slightly and turned to look at Lu Xueqing.

Lu Xueqing was smiling apologetically; she hadn't indeed told Xiao Yun in advance about leaving tonight.

“The college entrance exam is coming soon; she still has to go back and prepare.”

Lu Xueqing didn't speak, but Liu Shihhan did.

At this time, there were less than two weeks until Lu Xueqing's college entrance examination.

“Let me put on a coat… By the way, apprentice, you’re leaving tonight, why didn’t you tell your master in advance?”

Xiao Yun turned back into the room, and while putting on his coat, he asked somewhat confusedly.

“What? I said it before; you just weren’t paying attention.”

Facing Xiao Yun's question, Lu Xueqing said indignantly.

“Did I? Wait… who’s calling me at this hour?”

Xiao Yun had just put on his coat and was about to go with Liu Shihhan to see Lu Xueqing off for a bit, but his phone suddenly rang.

Normally, few people would call or message him at this time, and most of them would be related to GTI.

Just as Xiao Yun was wondering if He Yan was calling him, the caller ID on his phone made him frown instantly.

“Jiang Kexin… What is this crazy woman calling me for at this time?”

Seeing the caller ID on his phone, Xiao Yun was also a little confused.

And in his impression, he had never saved her phone number.

So who set up this caller ID?

“Master… Is something wrong?”

Lu Xueqing asked weakly.

“If you have something to do, go ahead and be busy; I can go back by myself.”

“It’s nothing, let’s go; we’ll take you to the airport.”

Xiao Yun ignored Jiang Kexin's call, directly hung up, and then the three of them walked out of the hotel together.

...

“He actually didn’t answer my call?”

Meanwhile, on the other side.

Haibei City, North Port beach.

Jiang Kexin listened to the call disconnected announcement, her expression somewhat surprised.

Standing beside her were Li Wenzhe and another boy of the same age as him, with a neat fringe and round-rimmed glasses.

This boy was wearing a loose, oversized black hoodie, and his face seemed to have a lot of powder on it, making him look like an art student.

“Maybe he’s busy?”

“Busy my ass, my sister’s call clearly went through just now, but that Xiao Yun didn’t answer. This kid, how dare he hang up on my sister!”

Li Wenzhe immediately cursed, his emotions fluctuating so much, almost like someone with XYY syndrome.

However.

Li Wenzhe never expected that the next second, an iron fist directly struck his abdomen, almost making him spit out his dinner.

“Damn it! Xia Ming, how dare you hit me!?”

Li Wenzhe clutched his stomach, staring incredulously at the fringe-haired, glasses-wearing boy in front of him.

“I… I’m sorry! I also don’t know why Sister Kexin told me to hit you.”

“What? Jiang Kexin, you told him to punch me?”

Li Wenzhe endured the pain in his abdomen and turned to look at his biological sister.

But Jiang Kexin was expressionless, not even glancing at him.

“Oh, I just suddenly found you annoying.”

“Damn it! I’m your own brother, and you treat me like this!”

“Speaking of which…”

Perhaps a keyword was triggered, Jiang Kexin’s lips curved slightly, and she looked at Li Wenzhe with interest.

“Li Wenzhe, your Leijian Group has gotten into big trouble! All of the Li family will die then, yay yay!”

“No? How do you know!?”

Li Wenzhe immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

Looking at the grinning Jiang Kexin in front of him, he felt immense fear in his heart.

“Is it hard for me to know?”

Jiang Kexin smiled faintly, walked next to Li Wenzhe, and directly snatched his phone from his pocket.

“What are you doing?”

“Leijian Group can probably only last one or two more months. What will you do when your grandfather and father are all arrested?”

Jiang Kexin didn't explain why she took his phone, but instead spoke to herself.

“You might as well become Xia Ming’s sex slave; then you might still be able to get by in Haibei City.”

“Sister Kexin, please spare me. Although I like men, your brother… uh, I can only say he’s not my type.”

Xia Ming said with an embarrassed expression.

“Xia Ming, damn you! Where am I not handsome!?”

Li Wenzhe cursed angrily.

This Xia Ming in front of him, who looked like an ordinary art student, was actually a rare genius in restricted areas from Malai Country, occurring once in a century.

At only 20 years old, he had already completed the GTI Professional assessment and had continuously advanced within it, now being a peak-level operative.

And according to what Li Wenzhe knew, he seemed to have obtained some special abilities in GTI, seemingly able to use a special type of bomb for combat in the restricted area.

Besides that, both his physical strength and endurance were much stronger than ordinary people, which also seemed to be a result of training within GTI.

Therefore.

Li Wenzhe didn't dare to retaliate at all after being punched by him just now.

Although he wasn't smart, he knew how terrifying this Xia Ming was!

If he were to fight him, he would definitely not be an opponent, and it would even be difficult to survive in his hands!

It was with this thought that Li Wenzhe endured such humiliation in front of the two of them.

However.

Although Li Wenzhe had some understanding of this Xia Ming, he had no idea when or how Jiang Kexin and he had met.

He only knew that Jiang Kexin had mysteriously disappeared some time ago, and after reappearing in front of him, she had been accompanied by this man, who was older than her but called her 'sister' every day.

“Damn it, if it weren’t for Xiao Yun framing me, I would definitely make my grandfather punish you two!”

“What? Your grandfather also likes to take a sniper rifle to Confidential Aerospace now? And punishes people?”

“Hahahahaha! Xia Ming, you’re too funny.”

Xia Ming said, finding it very amusing, and these words successfully made Jiang Kexin next to him laugh too.

Their laughter was currently jarring to Li Wenzhe.

If it were according to his old personality, even if his own sister ridiculed him like this, he would have jumped up and cursed back long ago.

However, at this moment, he felt utterly despairing about his future.

“Damn Xiao Yun…”

Li Wenzhe clenched his fists, his heart filled with unwillingness.

“This isn’t anyone else’s fault; you can only blame yourselves for being stupid, clearly having such good resources, yet still wanting to do business with other countries.”

Jiang Kexin said lightly, also taking Li Wenzhe's phone and calling Xiao Yun's side.

And just as she expected, when this call went through, the other party indeed chose to answer.

“Hello? Li Wenzhe.”

“Hello? Speak up?”