164: Returning to school

Lin Yao suddenly became coy again, making a playful face at him, then put her hands behind her back.

"Secret!"

Humming an unknown tune, she walked out with light steps, completely ignoring the mess on the floor.

When she reached the door, she turned her head again.

"Hurry up, you're so slow, I've been waiting for you for ages!"

"Also, quickly clean up this room, it stinks!"

After saying that, without waiting for Lin Yu to respond, she ran out in a flash, leaving Lin Yu with only a dashing silhouette.

Lin Yu looked at the empty doorway and chuckled.

This girl.

However, deadly strong, huh? He was genuinely curious.

He wondered if she could be stronger than the little Blood Pack bat?

He stood up and stretched his somewhat stiff body.

On his shoulder, the small bat named Blood Pack fluttered its wings, seemingly urging him on.

Lin Yu looked down at his wrinkled clothes, stained with various material smudges, and then sniffed the air, which even he found pungent.

It really was time to clean up.

College Entrance Examination.

That's fine.

Just consider it… a small adjustment before returning to a normal life.

He walked towards the bathroom, his mind racing with calculations.

The Attack Growth formula could be reverse-engineered using the Giant Strength Potion recipe as a blueprint.

Agility Growth could use the Wind Speed Potion.

As for Accelerated Growth… this was more troublesome, involving the rules of time. Perhaps inspiration could be found from certain special contracts or curse-type cards.

After the College Entrance Examination, it would be time to fully commit to the second phase of the "Blood Pack Rearing Project."

He wondered if his high school teachers would have some understanding of this content.

He pushed open the bathroom door, and warm steam wafted towards him.

When Lin Yu emerged from the bathroom, the entire room had been transformed.

The intelligent cleaning system was extremely efficient.

In just a few minutes, the room, which had previously resembled a Evil God Ritual Site (evil god sacrifice site), had regained the cold, expensive cleanliness befitting a top-tier safe house.

It was certainly worth the hefty price.

The mountain of black powder and colorful, strange liquids that had been piled up earlier seemed to have never existed.

Lin Yu changed into a clean casual outfit, looking much fresher.

He was now full of energy, his thoughts clear, and even sharper than before.

"Bro! Are you ready yet!"

Lin Yao's impatient urging came from the doorway.

She poked her small head in, and seeing the refreshed room and her brother, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"You finally look like a human," she mumbled softly.

Lin Yu: "..."

This girl's mouth was getting sharper and sharper.

However, Lin Yu was happy to see her recover from the gloom of her professional awakening.

"Let's go."

Lin Yu didn't argue with her and walked out.

On his shoulder, the small bat named Blood Pack lay quietly, its two ruby-like eyes curiously observing Lin Yao, whom it was meeting for the first time.

Lin Yao's attention was immediately drawn to this fluffy little creature.

"Oh? Bro, when did you get a bat? It's so ugly!"

She reached out a finger, wanting to poke it.

Blood Pack seemed to sense something, fluttered its wings, and shrank back behind Lin Yu's neck.

"It's called Blood Pack," Lin Yu said casually.

"Blood Pack? What a strange name."

Lin Yao pouted, but didn't dwell on it, pulling Lin Yu and running out.

"Hurry, hurry! We need to go to school! We'll get stuck in traffic if we're late!"

...Emerging from the hidden exit of the black market, they returned to the surface.

The morning sunlight instantly bathed them, carrying a warm and bustling worldly aura.

The streets were bustling with traffic and people.

The breakfast shops by the roadside steamed with hot air, the aroma of steamed buns, the crisp scent of fried dough sticks, mixed with the sweetness of soy milk, forming a symphony of the morning.

Students in various school uniforms, in groups of three or five, laughed and chatted, holding breakfast in their hands, eating as they hurried along.

All of this formed an incredibly stark contrast to the cold, silent, and isolated environment of the Insect Dwelling.

Lin Yu squinted slightly, somewhat unaccustomed to the overly vibrant scene.

It had been a long time since he had truly walked on an ordinary street like this, belonging to a normal person's life.

Everything here seemed so… peaceful.

Tiny, yet real.

Lin Yao chattered beside him about school anecdotes, gossip about a certain teacher, and various rumors about this College Entrance Examination.

Lin Yu mostly just listened quietly.

His thoughts were still on those terrifying calculations involving millions of times amplification and billions of times superposition.

They lingered on the insane plan of how to construct a perfect ultimate minion with all-attribute Growth.

They lingered on the mysterious Abyss Domain and the black shield that could withstand his world-destroying strike.

These things were out of place in this bustling, ordinary world before him.

He was like a ghost carrying nuclear launch codes, disguised as an ordinary person, mingling in a bustling crowd unaware of impending danger.

This feeling was absurd, yet carried a peculiar sense of detachment.

The taxi quickly arrived at the entrance of Linzhou No. 1 High School.

A huge red banner hung above the school gate, with a line of eye-catching large characters written on it.

"Wishing the 20XX graduating class great success in the College Entrance Examination and a bright future!"

The school entrance was already packed with people.

Parents seeing off their children, nervous students, teachers and security personnel maintaining order, all jammed the entire area.

The noise, blessings, and motivational songs looping on the broadcast mixed together, forming a unique, massive aura named "College Entrance Examination."

"Bro, let's go in!"

Lin Yao was clearly used to such scenes, even a little excited. She pulled Lin Yu's arm, deftly weaving through the crowd.

Lin Yu passively followed her.

But everything here was irrelevant to him now.

On the campus broadcast, the principal's impassioned speech was playing.

His gaze swept over the youthful, nervous, or expectant faces around him.

He could see their future trajectories.

Most people would enter an ordinary university, study an ordinary major, and after graduation, become an ordinary cog in this massive social machine, living an ordinary life.

Only a very few, those who awakened powerful professions and possessed sufficient talent and perseverance, could truly embark on the path of a "professional."

They would constantly level up and grow stronger through battles, explorations, and various fortuitous encounters.

They were the true protagonists of this world.

They were the engines that drove civilization forward, constantly exploring the unknown.

Among countless engines, one was quite tall.

Lin Yu pondered.

Zhao Tianyang, that guy, how did he grow to five meters tall after a few days?