Scummy Alpha CEO Keeps Courting Death [Transmigration into a Book] - Chapter 11

“Thinking about me?” Chu Liruo’s eyes flashed with surprise. Her voice was soft with a rising inflection, causing those who passed her by to turn their heads.

Compared to before her rebirth, Lu Xibie was much friendlier now. But even with the time they had spent together, it wasn’t enough to change her opinion of Lu Xibie.

Would the cold-blooded Lu Xibie say something like that?

Though she was skeptical, Chu Liruo still curved her lips into a shallow smile. “What are you thinking about me?”

Lu Xibie looked at her without a word, her expression as calm as if she was analyzing an inanimate object.

“Students in the back, keep up!” Fan Shuangyu’s voice, still full of energy, carried from ten meters away.

Lu Xibie shrugged, not intending to continue the conversation. “Nothing. Let’s go.”

Chu Liruo walked beside Lu Xibie, recalling the look in her eyes just now—it wasn’t malicious, but surprisingly calm. It was like being scanned from head to toe by a supercomputer without emotion. It wasn’t uncomfortable, but it was strange.

The levitating elevator shot straight to the 199th floor, the highest in the academic building. The entire floor was divided into two spaces: the Elemental Spirit Space behind the blue metal door on the left, and the Evolved Being Space behind the red metal door on the right.

Fan Shuangyu glanced at the “In Use” sign scrolling on the red metal door and clapped her hands. “Students, gather here. We’re about to enter the Elemental Spirit Space.”

“Teacher, what about that side?”

“That’s the Evolved Being Space, where the Evolved Being Department has classes,” Fan Shuangyu replied. She scanned the closed elevator door. The Talent Skill Department’s Class A was all present. “I need to give you a special reminder: students from the Talent Skill Department, do not try to enter the Evolved Being Space.”

“Why?”

“Yeah, Teacher, why can’t we go in?”

Fan Shuangyu was used to these questions. New students were curious about everything. “To help Evolved Being students correctly awaken the abilities of the Evolved Creatures fused within them, the Evolved Being Space contains many Evolved Creatures. For Talent Skill students who have just reached Tier 1, going in is no different from a fat sheep walking into a wolf’s den.”

“Teacher, don’t say that!”

“At least our combat rating is A!”

“Yeah, Teacher, there’s no need to scare us like this.”

…

“The Evolved Being Space has SS-level Evolved Creatures and countless others. An A-level combat rating is your entrance ticket to the school, but it doesn’t mean you truly have A-level strength. Fewer than five people in this entire class have a comprehensive strength evaluation of A.” Fan Shuangyu turned and stood in front of the blue metal door.

“Scanning iris, confirming biological information. Teacher Fan Shuangyu, please enter.”

The metal door slowly opened from the sides. The students followed Fan Shuangyu into the Elemental Spirit Space, a place whose end couldn’t be seen at a glance.

“I’m not that weak. I’m definitely an A!” Kou Deben said, raising an eyebrow at Ma Binglu, the Alpha who had shown Chu Liruo a water rose with his water element earlier.

Ma Binglu: “I think I am, too.”

…

Fan Shuangyu heard the buzzing. “I know many of you are unconvinced. Come on, challenge me, all of you.”

“Is that a good idea, Teacher?”

“Yeah, it’s so many of us against one of you?”

“Teacher, what if you lose face?”

…

Those who could get into the Federal First Military Academy were not ordinary. Soon, they were all eager to try.

“Okay, those who want to participate, come on up. If you don’t, find a spot and watch.” Fan Shuangyu said, throwing her long braid from her chest to her back. “If you can defeat me, everyone who participated will get ten extra points on their basic grade for this class.”

“Wow!”

“Go! We have to go!”

…

Unlike the excited, restless crowd around them, Lu Xibie leaned against a wall glowing with a faint blue light not far from the metal door, watching them quietly.

After Chu Liruo merged with the crowd, they were briefly separated. The voices in Lu Xibie’s mind became a little noisy again, but soon the fresh scent of honeysuckle and balloon flowers approached. Lu Xibie’s eyes lit up as she watched Chu Liruo walk toward her. “Aren’t you going?”

“What about you?” Chu Liruo asked back.

“No,” Lu Xibie shook her head and explained. “My talent is absolute defense.”

Chu Liruo: “Then there’s even less need for me to go. My healing skill can only be used for treatment.”

“True,” Lu Xibie lowered her head, looking at the shimmering light waves on the floor.

She was indeed thinking about Chu Liruo, but not in that way.

She was wondering what Chu Liruo would do if she knew that the world she lived in was just a novel, that the world was heading towards collapse, and that she was a trivial cannon fodder character in the book.

Would she break down? Would she feel that it was all meaningless? Or would she feel that none of it mattered?

Lu Xibie looked up at Chu Liruo, her gaze moving from her eyebrows all the way down to her neck.

This was a face blessed by the Creator, beautiful and pure. Her eyes were like clear springs, her nose was straight, her lips were perfect, and her neck was long. Yet, in the novel, this person, who seemed almost perfect to her, was tortured until she lost all dignity and became unrecognizable.

That pitying look appeared again. Chu Liruo leaned beside Lu Xibie and, with a smile in her eyes, asked again, “What are you thinking about?”

If she could understand what Lu Xibie was thinking, perhaps she could change her fate from her previous life.

Lu Xibie touched her nose, gazed at Chu Liruo, and gently shook her head.

She thought that not letting her know some things was a kind of mercy. It was better for everything to end in ignorance.

Slap!

A heavy body fell in front of them.

“Ouch! Ouch!” Kou Deben held his waist. As Lu Xibie and Chu Liruo turned to look at him, he raised a hand to silence them, covered his face, and struggled to get up, limping toward a few Alphas who had already fallen to the ground.

In a moment, the ground was littered with students who had lost their combat ability after fighting Fan Shuangyu. Lu Xibie looked over; only a few were still putting up a struggle. Judging from their grim expressions and constant retreats, they were at their wits’ end.

What caught her attention was the massive phantom behind Fan Shuangyu—it looked like a scorpion.

“What’s that?” Lu Xibie asked.

“It’s an Elemental Spirit!” Chu Liruo’s voice became light. In the school in Fantasy City, she had read the basic textbook, Thirteen Questions About Elemental Spirits. She had also borrowed Elemental Spirit Summoning from the federal data library on her optical computer, but unfortunately, her clearance only allowed her to read the first half, which was the theoretical part, and not the practical summoning.

After the last student hit the ground, Fan Shuangyu rubbed her hands, lightly kicked Ma Binglu with her foot, and said, “Give me some water.”

After washing her hands with the water, Fan Shuangyu pulled her long braid back to the front.

“Teacher, you’re a bully!”

“You used your Elemental Spirit, and we can’t!”

“That’s not a fair win!”

“Teacher, you hit too hard! My butt still hurts!”

…

Some of the defeated students were sitting on the ground cross-legged, some were leaning against the wall, and others were sprawled out. Their voices were not as loud as before, but they were still chirping.

Fan Shuangyu looked at the scene with satisfaction. “If you don’t know how to do it, shouldn’t you learn? I never said I wouldn’t use my Elemental Spirit before the challenge started. Weren’t you all saying I’d lose face?”

“Who knew you’d use your Elemental Spirit…”

“We wouldn’t necessarily have lost if you hadn’t used yours!”

…

A few students tried to save face.

Fan Shuangyu, who had taught many tiers of students, was used to this situation. She cleared her throat. “My comprehensive strength is A.”

“What?”

“Someone like the Teacher is an A?”

“Then how strong is an SS?”

…

The Elemental Spirit Space became noisy again.

Fan Shuangyu cleared her throat. “The comprehensive strength of those who have awakened a talent includes many things: Alpha pheromone strength, talent skills, Elemental Spirits, and other learned abilities. You still have a long way to go. I’ll remind you all again: do not enter the Evolved Being Space. Even if every Evolved Creature in there is kept in a protective shield, there is a possibility of an accident. If an accident occurs, you will be killed by the Evolved Creature. The Evolved Creatures in the Evolved Being Space are not domesticated juveniles and cannot be bonded with.”

“Then… what if they could be bonded with?”

Fan Shuangyu’s expression grew serious. “That’s not possible. Even if it were, awakening a talent and being an Evolved Being are two completely different powers. There is no possibility of fusion, only suppression and being suppressed. The presence of both powers in one body will only result in death.”

“It’s that serious!”

“I don’t dare to go to the Evolved Being Space.”

“I’ve always said that Evolved Being people are strange.”

“A human bonding with a juvenile Evolved Creature… just thinking about it gives me goosebumps.”

…

“I’m telling you this for your safety, not so you can discriminate against your classmates!” Fan Shuangyu stared at the students who made the rude comments. “Every student in the Evolved Being Department endures suffering that ordinary people cannot in order to gain powerful strength. They are just like you, fighting to protect humanity’s home. They are your comrades, not monsters!”

“…Understood, Teacher.”

“We won’t say it again.”

Under Fan Shuangyu’s gaze, those students lowered their heads and answered in hushed tones.

“Alright, now form three lines: one for Alphas, one for Omegas, and one for Betas. We will begin the Elemental Spirit summoning.”

With a rumble, three work platforms slowly rose in the center of the Elemental Spirit Space. In the middle of each platform was a white orb covered by a transparent shield.

“…Do you see the white orbs in front of you? These are Elemental Spirit sensors. They can help you feel the flow of the Elemental Spirit within you and summon it.”

“Place your hand lightly on the Elemental Spirit sensor orb, and close your eyes…”

“The strength of the Elemental Spirit summoning is judged by the size of the phantom, but a small Elemental Spirit summoned by a beginner doesn’t necessarily mean it’s weak. It’s also related to your proficiency in summoning,” Fan Shuangyu said, standing in the center of the three platforms with her hand on one of them. “The person with the highest Elemental Spirit summoning strength in this class will receive a small prize from me.”

“What’s the prize?”

Fan Shuangyu didn’t keep them in suspense. “A physical enhancement serum.”

“!”

“How do you summon an Elemental Spirit again?”

“A bottle of physical enhancement serum costs five hundred thousand star coins! It’s priceless and only supplied to the military.”

“That’s a good prize!”

…

With the prize on the line, everyone’s enthusiasm was clearly reignited. The dejection from being beaten was gone, and the teams were all discussing how to make their summoned Elemental Spirit the strongest.

In the Alpha line, Lu Xibie was automatically isolated. No one dared to discuss with her, and she didn’t want to discuss it either. So, she just moved forward with the line little by little.

“Why is my Elemental Spirit a hummingbird?”

“My Elemental Spirit is so small.”

“Teacher, Teacher, look at mine!”

“This strength is pretty good,” Fan Shuangyu commented one by one.

When it was Lu Xibie and Chu Liruo’s turn, they stood in front of the Elemental Spirit sensor orbs and placed their hands on them almost simultaneously. Lu Xibie didn’t even try to feel the flow of her Elemental Spirit or think about how to summon it, like the other students.

The moment her hand was on it, the result was decided.

Or rather, she had known the result all along. It was written in The Omega’s Path to Evolution that “Lu Xibie” would have the highest Elemental Spirit summoning strength in the first Elemental Spirit Summoning class.

“It’s so big!”

“How could it be Lu Xibie?!”

“It’s about the same as the one the Teacher summoned!”

“Wow!” Zhu Xiaotao exclaimed, covering her mouth in surprise.

…

A phantom rose from behind Lu Xibie. It was a vigilant and profound Tibetan Mastiff. Lying there, it was like a mountain, exuding a powerful aura that made the light seem to dim.

Hearing the gasps around her, Lu Xibie turned her head. A small, cute rabbit with red eyes and pink ears was perched on Chu Liruo’s shoulder. It seemed to notice her gaze. The fluffy little rabbit’s ears drooped, then its body retreated. As it shrank, the phantom grew fainter and fainter until it simply disappeared.

“How did it disappear?”

“Did Classmate Chu fail to summon?”

…

Chu Liruo opened her eyes, having lost contact with her Elemental Spirit. As soon as she turned her head, she met Lu Xibie’s apologetic gaze.

Lu Xibie: “I’m sorry.”

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