Chapter 55: Canteen New Product, Recent Strange Case of Jumping into the River
After Li Yunbin left, Bai Yu naturally began to circulate the Great Heavenly Cycle, at least to confirm if he could obtain a purple fragment today.
If it wasn’t a purple fragment, he would naturally choose to obtain the summoning technique for the Spirit of Thunder.
As a result, after circulating for just one cycle, he heard a knock on the door again.
Bai Yu was a little curious, who could it be?
Opening the door, he saw Liu Feifei.
“Knock, knock, knock~”
Liu Feifei looked like she wanted to give a surprise, and she was indeed that kind of lively personality.
Seeing this scene, Bai Yu felt quite warm inside.
It was probably because of yesterday’s events that Sister Feifei wanted to cheer him up.
“You’re visiting without bringing any gifts.”
Hearing this, Liu Feifei pouted: “You’re so capable, I can’t bring anything you’d like.”
“Haha~ That’s true. By the way, Sister Feifei, what brings you here?”
“Can’t I look for you if there’s nothing?”
“Of course not.”
“Hmph! Can’t I ask you to go to the cafeteria together? And see your strength along the way.”
Bai Yu heard this drawn-out tone and thought about what she wanted to see, it was his strength, so it was fine.
Hearing this, Bai Yu was not polite: “The space inside is too small, I can’t spread out, I’ll show you outside.”
Investigation Bureau.
Building No. 3, training ground.
Bai Yu activated the Palm Lightning technique. He could currently connect one of the four routes, which meant mobilizing seven acupoints.
As he watched, blue lightning gathered in his hand.
Watch me, Five Thunders Heavenly Stellar Art!
Ha~
“Boom~”
Lightning flashed and scattered, lingering in the air for a while before slowly dissipating.
Then he looked at the data monitoring beside him.
【 Destructive power: Level 5.6~6.9
Energy level: 100~120】
Bai Yu clearly remembered his strength when he first arrived:
【 Destructive power: Level 3.5~4.8
Energy level: 50~80】
The rate of improvement was even faster than expected!
And this was without him using the scepter.
If he used the scepter, he felt he could unleash a power of level nine!
But to avoid being too conspicuous, he didn’t choose to test it.
Liu Feifei saw this and said, “You guy… your progress is too fast!”
Those envious glances truly provided a lot of emotional value.
Bai Yu was not modest either, he rubbed his nose with his thumb and said rather boastfully, “Of course! Who do you think I am?”
“You won’t need anyone to protect you anymore~”
“People have to grow up eventually.”
“This growth rate is too monstrous! You’ve only been with us for nine days, who can be as fast as you?”
Fast. Why did she think that again?
Liu Feifei then put on a dejected expression and took out the Fire Whip she had obtained from the Treasure Vault earlier.
“Then I’ll try my new spiritual art too…”
Saying that, Liu Feifei began to swing the long whip, and arcs of fire formed around her, suspended in the air.
After gathering more than thirty arcs of fire, she instantly attacked forward.
To be honest, it looked quite spectacular.
Bai Yu was also curious about its power…
“Boom~”
Scorching blazing energy permeated the air, and the special material of the wall quickly absorbed the spiritual energy from the area.
The screen beside them also displayed numbers.
【 Destructive power: Level 12.2~14.4
Energy level: 800~1100】
Seeing these numbers, Bai Yu’s smile froze.
“??? “
“What’s going on? Isn’t the Captain only level 14?”
Liu Feifei looked triumphant. Seeing Bai Yu’s shocked expression, her smile became even brighter, saying, “Hmph hmph~! Level 14 was just the lower limit tested by the Captain a few months ago.”
“How is it? Do you still need me to protect you in the future?”
Bai Yu: .
“So after what happened yesterday, you came to tease me this morning, right?”
“Isn’t it more interesting~?”
“No love, bye.”
“Don’t be like that~”
“We’re not close, don’t contact me.”
Bai Yu originally felt a sense of accomplishment from his improvement, but who knew the gap was still so large!
However, being stimulated like this was good, lest his mindset become too arrogant.
Moreover, looking at Sister Feifei, who looked like she had made a mistake behind him, was quite interesting.
Cafeteria.
Early in the morning, everyone heard that new items had been added.
“Ten Spirit Nourishing Soup? It uses 10 kinds of spiritual materials? Won’t it be too expensive?”
“What we should be considering is whether Professor Wang’s new product will cause diarrhea.”
“Indeed! I heard that Professor Wang’s entire lineage, whether it’s ingredients, potions, or even that so-called Spirit Oil Fruit they cultivated before! All have the miraculous effect of aiding diarrhea for weight loss.”
“Cough~ Cough cough~!”
At this moment, a cough was heard.
The young investigator who was talking about ‘aiding diarrhea for weight loss’ suddenly stiffened.
He turned around somewhat awkwardly and found Professor Wang Wen queuing behind him.
Seeing this, he quickly stepped aside and said, “Professor, please go first!”
“Yes, yes, yes, Professor, please go first!”
Professor Wang was not one to stand on ceremony. After ordering some food, he walked towards Bai Yu and the others who were eating breakfast.
When he arrived at Bai Yu’s table, he looked at the lavish breakfast Bai Yu had ordered, worth at least sixty to seventy contribution points, and said with a smile, “You’ve got money, kid. Eating quite sumptuously!”
Bai Yu certainly didn’t hold back: “Of course! I make money like flowing water, faster than a printing press. I definitely have to eat well to quickly improve my strength.”
“Heh heh~”
Professor Wang Wen glanced at Bai Yu’s tray, reached out and picked a seedless lychee worth 20 contribution points, put it on his own plate, and left with a flourish.
Bai Yu’s eyes widened, he turned to look at the departing Professor Wang, and after a moment of silence, cursed, “Is this something a person would do?”
Bai Yu, however, was thinking: ‘That old guy’s action speed is quite fast. I didn’t expect him to be selling it in the cafeteria today. Two pounds of soup for one contribution point, one pound of meat for two contribution points, what a huge profit! How much can he earn?’
‘Never mind, I’ll just get my share later.’
With new items on the menu today, everyone’s attention was more or less on Professor Wang.
Many people naturally saw this scene.
However, the vast majority of them never expected Professor Wang to be related to Bai Yu! And looking at them, their relationship seemed quite good, as if they had known each other for a long time.
Group Leader Jiang Yan of Eighth Group and Group Leader Hu Chengyong of Ninth Group exchanged glances.
The two of them stood up, picked up their plates, and sat directly with Seventh Group.
Hu Chengyong still had that bearded man appearance, but his smile looked incredibly roguish as he said, “Haha, we came over because we wanted to discuss the distribution of contribution points.”
Li Yunbin decisively said, “Our Seventh Group gets fifteen thousand, and each of you gets seven thousand five.”
“Hey~! Why? We all went into battle together, and no one did more work than anyone else.”
He then asked Jiang Yan, “Right?”
Jiang Yan was the type of straightforward girl, with a rather fiery temper. She slammed the table and said, “Exactly! Why should Seventh Group get more?”
The people around watched the three groups seemingly on the verge of a fight, completely unfazed.
This was all standard operating procedure!
Li Yunbin calmly said, “It’s divided according to contribution, there’s nothing unfair about it.”
Hu Chengyong smiled and said, “Divided by contribution? Then Group Leader Li must explain why your group contributed so much to get more. That would be reasonable, wouldn’t it?”
As he spoke, Hu Chengyong’s hand rested on Bai Yu’s shoulder, his eyes occasionally glancing at Bai Yu.
This was their initial goal: to find out what secret Bai Yu had. Based on yesterday’s conversation and Director Yang’s reactions, Bai Yu seemed to be the mastermind of this incident!
Logically, shouldn’t it be Director Yang? After all, Director Yang had that kind of ability…
Another strange point was that Bai Yu was actually at the scene in advance, and his combat power was quite impressive! The lightning magic staff in his hand was also strange.
His relationship with Professor Wang Wen was also quite strange.
Everything was strange, there was nothing normal.
They were naturally extremely curious!!!
Their hearts itched, so they had to ask.
Before Li Yunbin could figure out how to answer, Liu Feifei couldn’t help but slap Hu Chengyong’s hand away and said, “Don’t touch our Bai Yu if you have nothing to do.”
“Are you two dating?”
Liu Feifei didn’t expect this question and was stunned for a moment, then blushed.
Hu Chengyong exclaimed loudly, “Haha~ Not dating, so he belongs to everyone!”
At this moment, Li Yunbin calmly said, “Then each group gets ten thousand.”
“Uh…”
As soon as these words were spoken, Hu Chengyong’s face stiffened.
Their main purpose for coming here was to understand Bai Yu’s secrets, not to snatch money.
After all, judging by the development of the entire incident, Seventh Group seemed to have made a great contribution, and they completely agreed with them taking 15,000.
The remaining 7,500 was equivalent to getting it for free. They had never earned money so easily!
Now Li Yunbin suddenly saying one group gets ten thousand put them in a difficult position.
Hu Chengyong and Jiang Yan looked at each other, feeling a bit awkward.
However, Hu Chengyong’s unique personality meant he could say anything without causing conflict.
He then said, “Hey, if you can’t say it, you can’t say it. We’ll stick to your arrangement, you get 15,000. Our two groups get 7,500 each.”
Liu Feifei snorted haughtily.
Hu Chengyong also used this as an opportunity to say, “It just so happens that the three group leaders haven’t communicated much recently. Let’s use this opportunity to discuss the current situation.”
“The group of Fishmen I’m in charge of, although heavily damaged, have been causing a lot of trouble recently!”
When it came to serious matters, the three group leaders were very serious.
Group Leader Jiang Yan of Eighth Group had a belly full of complaints!
Their group was mainly responsible for Dragonblood creatures, which were actually Lizardmen. However, these Lizardmen liked to call themselves Dragon People and were fond of making bloodline purification potions, pretending to be dragons.
The means by which Lizardmen corrupted humans were also through potions and other means, involving profit transactions and corrupting internal human members.
For these guys to drink potions was equivalent to cultivation, and various instruments could hardly detect it, at most a blood test.
Therefore, the hardest people to find were those colluding with Lizardmen!
Eighth Group had been busy for half a month and had only caught a group led by a real estate developer, a total of about thirty people, whose combat power after taking potions was not low.
Most of Eighth Group’s time was spent catching scattered Alien Race monsters and earning contribution points.
As for Group Leader Hu Chengyong of Ninth Group, he had been having a very comfortable time recently!
The official crackdown on Fishmen had unearthed quite a few Fishmen!
However, Hu Chengyong still sighed, “Alas, I’m not the only group catching these Fishmen. Didn’t you all get a lot of credit too?”
“Moreover, it was your Seventh Group that found the Fishman Followers back then. That huge credit was all counted towards you.”
As he spoke, he glanced at Bai Yu.
He was really curious about this newcomer!
But looking at Li Yunbin’s reaction, it seemed that this newcomer’s secret couldn’t be revealed.
Thinking back to that night, it was clearly a fated encounter! He actually didn’t try to lure this newcomer over.
Alas~ Thinking of this, he regretted it, regretted it, and got angry!!
After calming down for a while, he continued, “And something strange happened recently.”
“What strange thing?”
“That is, in recent times, there have been more than ten cases of people jumping into the river to commit suicide. Initially, ordinary law enforcement officers were responsible for the investigation. After initial screening, they found that before these people jumped into the river, their emotions suddenly became unusually irritable, and their behavior was somewhat abnormal.”
“They felt something was amiss and handed the case over to our Investigation Bureau.”
“Alas, after investigating for two or three days, we also received several reports of people jumping into the river. We rushed there as quickly as possible and deployed underwater equipment, but… we couldn’t find any bodies in the water! Isn’t that strange?”
“Moreover, we inquired and learned that after these people jumped into the river, they sank directly to the bottom, without even struggling in the water.”
“It’s truly bizarre!!!”
After Hu Chengyong finished speaking, everyone fell into discussion.
Everyone paid close attention to such weird incidents. If they were not resolved, they often could lead to great disasters.
Bai Yu was thinking: ‘When I was looking at Li Yunbin’s intelligence before, I got information on three cases. Now, only the Blood Pool case is missing.’
‘But this time it’s clearly unrelated to the Blood Pool.’
‘It seems I’ll have to wait and see if there’s any intelligence on serial cases later.’
