Scummy Alpha CEO Keeps Courting Death [Transmigration into a Book] - Chapter 12

Chu Liruo’s pupils suddenly constricted as she looked at the spirit phantom behind Lu Xibie. In her past life, it didn’t seem this massive or as solid as it was now.

Suppressing the instinctive fear in her heart, Chu Liruo forced a smile. “Why are you saying sorry?”

Lu Xibie pulled her hand back from the spiritual sensor orb and pointed apologetically behind her. “I think I scared her.”

As Lu Xibie removed her hand, the brightness in the spiritual space surged.

Fan Shuangyu casually played with her long braid, observing Lu Xibie with an appraising look. General Lu’s daughter, even before she enrolled, had been labeled a “troublemaker” by most of the teachers at Wisdom Valley Military Academy. Now, it seemed she wasn’t entirely useless.

Fan Shuangyu said, “Next!”

“Her?” Chu Liruo’s brow furrowed slightly. This was the third time Lu Xibie had apologized to her.

Lu Xibie walked closer to Chu Liruo and motioned for her to go to an empty spot. “Your spirit.”

A refreshing scent calmed Chu Liruo’s nerves, making her want to get closer and closer.

Chu Liruo returned to where they had been standing, her eyes curved like the bright moon in the night sky. “No, it’s my fault for not controlling myself.”

“Mmm…”

Lu Xibie watched Chu Liruo. When she smiled, it was as if a feather was fluttering around her heart, making Lu Xibie want to carefully trace her features. The faint, even blue light from the spiritual space walls shone on her face, making her look even paler, like a porcelain doll with no pores.

“You’re so good.” Lu Xibie said after a moment of hesitation.

“Huh?” A flash of confusion crossed Chu Liruo’s eyes. The fear she had felt from the giant phantom behind Lu Xibie gradually faded, replaced by a subtle curiosity.

Lu Xibie didn’t explain. She leaned her head back against the wall behind her and a quiet sentence came from her throat. “Yeah, you really are so good.”

It’s just that the world in this novel isn’t.

Chu Liruo looked up at Lu Xibie. Her jawline was sharp, her features delicate. A faint look of worry, she didn’t know why, slightly creased her brow. Her nose was high and straight, and even with the corners of her lips turned up, she still gave off an unapproachable, distant vibe.

This was the first time since her rebirth that Chu Liruo dared to look at Lu Xibie so closely. She was the same person, yet it felt like trying to grasp a spiderweb in the air—you thought you had it, but when you looked down, it was as if you hadn’t.

“Alright, last group.” Fan Shuangyu tapped lightly on her comm to record the class’s progress, then walked to the central workbench in the spiritual space. She pressed the blue button on the side.

“Ssshh—”

A drawer automatically slid out from the center of the workbench. Fan Shuangyu took out a physical enhancement fluid.

“Look! In the teacher’s hand!”

“Physical enhancement fluid!”

“Tch, no suspense. It’s gotta be Lu Xibie.”

“I thought Lu Xibie only had a rare innate skill, but her spirit summoning is this strong!”

“It’s not surprising. She’s General Lu’s daughter. This physical enhancement fluid is a treasure to us, but she can have as many as she wants.”

“You’re right. If I had an unlimited supply of physical enhancement fluid, I’d probably be even stronger than her.”

…

“Everyone summoned their spirits in this spirit summoning class,” Fan Shuangyu’s gaze swept over Chu Liruo. “The purpose of spirit summoning is to amplify power. The stronger the summoned spirit, the better the amplification effect on one’s overall strength. After students master the spirit summoning technique, they can generally achieve a 1.5-times increase in overall strength. However, Wisdom Valley Military Academy once had a genius who achieved a three-times amplification, and she is our school principal, Di Mengzhu.”

Chu Liruo listened intently, her eyes shining.

“Oh my god! A three-times spirit amplification!”

“Isn’t the principal an Omega?”

“I can’t even imagine it. And she’s an Omega!”

“Omegas’ overall strength is naturally inferior to Alphas. What’s the point of a three-times amplification?”

“Hey, that’s our principal.”

“I’m not wrong, am I? Maybe it’s precisely because she’s an Omega that she can achieve a three-times amplification.”

…

Compared to the three-times amplification, the students’ discussion about Omegas was even more intense.

“I’m also an Omega.” Fan Shuangyu’s words caused a huge stir.

“What?!!!” Kou Deben’s eyes widened in disbelief. When did Omegas get so strong?

“The teacher doesn’t seem like a traditional Omega at all,” Ma Binglu mumbled, staring at Fan Shuangyu’s bare arm in a daze. She remembered how the teacher’s hand, like steel, had effortlessly thrown her to the ground.

“Yeah!”

“The teacher is an Omega too???”

…

The students who had participated in the challenge recalled their recent crushing defeat. They felt a sense of disappointment. It had been an overwhelming loss, and even though the teacher used her spirit, the fact that she was an Omega was still disheartening for many.

Can an Omega really be this strong?

Chu Liruo stared at Fan Shuangyu with a look of longing. Her experiences in her previous life had made her realize that having her own powerful strength was the foundation of her existence, more so than relying on an Alpha’s protection.

Lu Xibie glanced at Chu Liruo, whose eyes were sparkling like scattered stardust.

Is she longing to become stronger?

Lu Xibie’s lips curled into a smile. Since entering the novel The Path of an Omega’s Evolution, she had only found Chu Liruo interesting to observe.

Right. If the ‘Lu Xibie’ from the novel hadn’t imprisoned her at the Lu family estate, she would probably be like this now, her eyes filled with aspirations for the future and a thirst for power.

I support you.

Lu Xibie whispered to herself in her heart.

But a second later, the thought, ‘This is just a book,’ flashed through her mind, and a hint of regret filled her gaze as she looked at Chu Liruo.

Let me end all this. Let everything remain beautiful.

“…Once you’re at Wisdom Valley Military Academy, don’t hold on to the stereotype that Omegas are destined to be weaker than Alphas. Many of the teachers here are Omegas. The teacher who will be teaching you combat techniques, Yan Feishen, is one of them. It would be best if you don’t show any weakness in front of him. He will give you a good lesson. That’s my advice to you. Alright, that’s enough for now. Lu Xibie, come up and claim your prize!”

Lu Xibie, suddenly called out, was a bit dazed when she saw Chu Liruo looking at her. “The teacher’s calling you.”

“Oh.” Lu Xibie nodded blankly, then, under the envious, jealous, and hostile gazes, she accepted the physical enhancement fluid from Fan Shuangyu.

Lu Xibie said, “Thank you, teacher.”

She’s… quite polite?

Fan Shuangyu raised an eyebrow. She didn’t seem as hopeless as the other teachers had said.

Fan Shuangyu said, “Let’s congratulate Lu Xibie… This class is over. Practice more after class. Dismissed.”

“Beep beep beep—”

The door to the spiritual space opened, and the students filed out.

Lu Xibie was weighing the physical enhancement fluid in her hand, wondering what excuse to use to give it to Chu Liruo, when a light blue screen appeared in front of her. At the same time, the mechanical voice of the Golden House echoed in her ear.

[Plot Point 4 Activated. Please give the physical enhancement fluid to Dan Ruijing. Reward: 100 Evolution Points]

A light purple screen appeared afterward.

[After the Spirit Summoning Class for A Class of the Innate Skills Department, the Mutation Department also dismisses. Lu Xibie, clutching the physical enhancement fluid, walks out of the spiritual space. Upon seeing Dan Ruijing, she follows her, and tells her that her summoned spirit had the greatest intensity in the Spirit Summoning Class, and that she wants to give the prize she received to her. Dan Ruijing…]

Chu Liruo watched Lu Xibie, who had inexplicably stopped in her tracks, as if looking at something.

“Chu Liruo.” Fan Shuangyu walked over and said to her quietly, “Stay behind for a bit.”

In this Spirit Summoning Class, Chu Liruo was the only student whose summoned spirit disappeared while her hand was still on the spiritual sensor orb.

“Okay, teacher.” Chu Liruo glanced at Lu Xibie, who was walking out again, and hesitated whether to say something to her. In the end, she didn’t turn around and walked toward Fan Shuangyu instead.

The current Lu Xibie was so different from before, but it was hard to say when she might revert to her old self. Quickly strengthening her own power was the source of her security.

The voice in her head grew louder. Lu Xibie reached the door of the spiritual space and looked back, seeing Chu Liruo talking to Fan Shuangyu. She then stepped out of the spiritual space.

The moment she stepped out, a huge, vivid red frame appeared, and glaring red characters appeared beside the Omega who was surrounded by a crowd of admirers.

[Dan Ruijing: Mutation Department, Skill: Poison Thorn]

She was wearing a white silk blouse and light blue high-waisted skinny jeans. A group of Alphas surrounded her, yet kept a certain distance. Their gazes, however, were glued to her, unable to tear away for a moment.

“Scent! What a wonderful scent!” Zhu Xiaotao quickly ran past Lu Xibie and appeared in front of Dan Ruijing. “Classmate Dan, you smell so good!”

Zhu Xiaotao stood there like a small mountain, completely blocking Dan Ruijing from view.

“Get lost!” Shang Lean, the Alpha closest to Dan Ruijing, immediately held out his hand to block her. The airflow from Zhu Xiaotao’s sniffing made him instinctively shift his hand slightly back, and a look of disgust appeared on his face. “What are you doing? What are you sniffing at?”

“Exactly, get lost!”

“Don’t block the way!”

“Where did this lunatic come from?”

“Go on, scram!”

…

Lu Xibie looked at Zhu Xiaotao’s back with a complicated expression. She looked down at the physical enhancement fluid in her hand, her eyes flashing with a struggle.

“Please complete the plot point as soon as possible, Host.” The Golden House urged.

The previous plot points had been completed, but the plot deviation was not satisfactory.

“Dan Ruijing.” Lu Xibie looked directly at Dan Ruijing and called out her name.

“Look! It’s Lu Xibie!”

“Shouldn’t she be running over right now?”

“Back in Lianglan Core City, she couldn’t wait to be around Miss Dan every day. It’s been a few days since school started, and she’s been nowhere to be seen.”

“Don’t you know? She got married. General Lu chose her partner for her.”

“My family told me. Lu Xibie made a big fuss about it for a long time, and in the end—”

“What was the name of her new wife? I can’t remember…”

“Well, she’s a married woman now. How could she have the nerve to still pester Miss Dan?”

“I heard she’s from Huanwei City.”

“…Never heard of it.”

…

“Clink—”

The crisp sound of glass shattering on the floor caused the surrounding chatter to abruptly stop.

Dan Ruijing glanced at the broken glass on the ground, slowly withdrew her outstretched hand, and gave a faint smile. With a slight arch of her eyebrow, she said, “Lu Xibie, are you trying to get my attention?”

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