Scummy Alpha CEO Keeps Courting Death [Transmigration into a Book] - Chapter 19
“Number 158, first-tier talent skill system, Ren Feicheng surrenders. Number 257, first-tier talent skill system, Lu Xibie wins!”
The crowd was in an uproar when they heard the news of Ren Feicheng’s surrender.
“Ren Feicheng surrendered just like that?”
“What else could he do? Lu Xibie’s skill is Absolute Defense.”
“What does Absolute Defense even mean? You can’t break her defense no matter how hard you try.”
…
“Just like we saw, Lu Xibie stood there and did nothing, and Ren Feicheng ran out of all his energy.”
“Thank goodness I didn’t sign up. Otherwise, facing her in the arena would be exhausting.”
“You’re right. Her skill is too overpowered. Isn’t the first tier of the arena going to have no suspense?”
…
“That’s hard to say. Did you forget about Dan Ruijing?”
“That Omega that Teacher Yan praised in every department?”
“Yes.”
“There’s no comparison, right? Dan Ruijing’s skill is Toxic Thorn, which is similar to other people’s offensive skills. It probably can’t break Lu Xibie’s ultimate defense either.”
“Here she comes?” Zhu Xiaotao slurped the last piece of meat off a pig’s trotters and raised her eyebrows, signaling to Chu Liruo.
“Yeah, how was it?” Chu Liruo had just finished her ‘Firearms Operation’ class and rushed to the arena after receiving a message from Lu Xibie.
Zhu Xiaotao gestured for Chu Liruo to sit beside her, raised her chin, and said, “She won.”
Chu Liruo looked at Lu Xibie standing inside the protective shield of the arena. Compared to her usual calmness, her expression was much more irritable at the moment. “What’s wrong with her?”
“Huh?” Zhu Xiaotao sucked on her fingers and looked at the center of the arena. “What could be wrong after winning?”
“She seems…uncomfortable.”
Chu Liruo stared at Lu Xibie, who had her arms crossed and her brows slightly furrowed, looking at Ren Feicheng.
“Telling me to take a supplement, isn’t that an insult?” Ren Feicheng held his head high. “Your skill is just a little stronger.”
“What I meant was you can take a break if you’re tired, take a supplement, and then we can go again,” Lu Xibie said patiently.
Ren Feicheng: “What’s the point of going again if I can’t break your Absolute Defense?”
Lu Xibie: “Maybe you can?”
Ren Feicheng: “Are you messing with me?!”
“Number 158, Number 267, please leave the stage. The next match will begin soon!”
Lu Xibie: “I didn’t mean it that way.”
Ren Feicheng glared at Lu Xibie with hatred. In the match just now, he had used almost all his strength but failed to leave even a small scratch on Lu Xibie, which made him feel very frustrated.
Ren Feicheng stopped talking and decided to double his time in the holographic training room in the future.
He stumbled towards the stage, and due to his energy depletion, he tripped over a snowball on the arena and was about to fall.
Lu Xibie reached out and supported the nearly falling Ren Feicheng.
With a support for his body, which was extremely exhausted, Ren Feicheng subconsciously said, “Tha—”
He had just said one word when he realized the person supporting him was Lu Xibie.
Lu Xibie met Ren Feicheng’s slightly complicated gaze. “You’re welcome.”
Ren Feicheng swallowed his words and let out a light snort.
“Lu Xibie isn’t like the rumors say after all—”
“Yeah, she even helped Ren Feicheng down.”
The moment she stepped off the stage, Lu Xibie looked up at the stands and saw Chu Liruo at a glance.
She was sitting there talking to Zhu Xiaotao, and she didn’t know what they were saying, but she suddenly looked at her.
The blizzard that Ren Feicheng had conjured didn’t hit her just now, but at this moment, she felt as if the snow was swirling in front of her eyes, making her vision blurry yet not blurry enough, and Chu Liruo became the only focus of her world.
“Golden House.”
Lu Xibie called out.
“Host, I’m here.” The mechanical voice of the Golden House sounded in her ear.
Lu Xibie looked at the motionless Chu Liruo, and her gaze slowly shifted to the people in the stands.
This is just a novel.
Lu Xibie: “Is this just a novel?”
Golden House: “Yes, Host. You are currently in ‘The Omega’s Path to Evolution’.”
“Okay. I understand.”
Everything that was still came back to life. Chu Liruo looked at Lu Xibie, who had retracted her gaze, and reached out to pinch her ear.
She really did seem to be in a bad mood.
Lu Xibie helped Ren Feicheng to the rest area.
Ren Feicheng, who had been struggling the whole way, said to Lu Xibie, “Thank you.”
Lu Xibie: “No problem.”
Ren Feicheng became unusually timid. “I just now…”
“It’s fine,” Lu Xibie replied.
Ren Feicheng: “It’s because I couldn’t break your Absolute Defense at all.”
Lu Xibie: “I know. I also want someone to be able to break it.”
Ren Feicheng reached out and tapped Lu Xibie’s shoulder. “Aren’t you being a bit too humblebragging?”
Lu Xibie frowned and shrugged. “I don’t mean to be.”
Ren Feicheng: “Are you not feeling well?”
Lu Xibie lightly tapped her temple. “Headache.”
Ren Feicheng turned his head to look at the match schedule on the screen. “Your next match is in half an hour. Do you want to go back and rest?”
Lu Xibie shook her head. “No need.”
She looked at Ren Feicheng, who was slumped on the sofa with no energy, and reached out to take off the nameplate on her chest and lightly swipe the transparent square on the side.
“Primary supplement has been redeemed. Remaining 40 points,” the mechanical voice sounded.
Click—
The transparent square opened, and Lu Xibie took out a primary supplement and handed it to Ren Feicheng.
“For me?” Ren Feicheng looked at Lu Xibie in surprise. His impression of Lu Xibie was mostly from the posts on the school forum.
Some said she was hot-tempered, irritable, and aggressive, while others said she was obsessed with following Dan Ruijing.
“Yes,” Lu Xibie nodded. “If energy depletion isn’t replenished in time, it will affect your body. As the future strength of the Federation, you should take care of yourself.”
“Thank you.” Ren Feicheng took the supplement and drank it. After he had some strength, he thought for a moment and asked Lu Xibie, “Were you serious when you told me to call a timeout and take a supplement before?”
“Could it be fake?” Lu Xibie raised an eyebrow.
Ren Feicheng shook his clothes and stretched out his hand. “I’ll be your friend.”
Lu Xibie looked at Ren Feicheng’s outstretched hand in surprise and shook it. “Alright then.”
Half an hour later, Lu Xibie’s nameplate lit up again and made a chirping sound.
She said goodbye to Ren Feicheng and followed the guide back to the arena.
“First-tier, talent skill system Lu Xibie, number 267.”
“Opponent—”
“First-tier, talent skill system Zhao Qingqi, number 122.”
“It’s you,” Zhao Qingqi looked at Lu Xibie with curiosity.
“Yeah,” Lu Xibie nodded and seemed to hesitate. “You haven’t…”
She searched for Zhao Qingqi’s name in her mind.
Zhao Qingqi: “Haven’t what?”
Lu Xibie shook her head, the search result was blank.
“Both sides, prepare!”
Zhu Xiaotao tore open a bag of sunflower seeds and said to Chu Liruo, “Quick, look! Lu Xibie!”
Chu Liruo propped her hands on her knees and watched Lu Xibie. She couldn’t explain why, but when she looked at Lu Xibie now, there was less hostility and a sense of closeness.
She should—be considered a friend now.
“Hold out your hand.”
Chu Liruo opened her hand, and Zhu Xiaotao placed a handful of sunflower seeds in it. “That’s enough.”
“Hey, you have to have something to munch on when watching a match. You came too late. I had dried fish before,” Zhu Xiaotao fumbled in her pockets on both sides and, after confirming there was no other food, began to happily crack seeds.
“The salted duck eggs you had Lu Xibie bring me last time were delicious,” Chu Liruo’s eyes curved into a smile, her gaze clear.
“They were, weren’t they! I’ll bring some more for you two lovebirds next time,” Zhu Xiaotao said while cracking seeds and throwing the shells into the automatic recycling bin.
Two lovebirds…
Although she was married to Lu Xibie, they seemed to be just a little closer than ordinary classmates. Close roommates, perhaps?
Chu Liruo held the sunflower seeds to her mouth, motionless.
“What are you spacing out for? Eat!” Zhu Xiaotao leaned closer to Chu Liruo. “Why is your face flushed? Is it hot in the stadium?”
Ji Ningyu, an Omega sitting on the other side of Zhu Xiaotao, spoke up, “What’s so hot, just shy.”
“Huh?” Zhu Xiaotao stared at Chu Liruo. “This is shyness?”
Chu Liruo felt embarrassed under Zhu Xiaotao’s stare and turned her gaze to the arena.
“What are you looking at? You shouldn’t stare at people like that,” Ji Ningyu reached out, pinched Zhu Xiaotao’s ear, and pulled her towards herself.
“Why are you pulling me? Your face was flushed that day too,” Zhu Xiaotao stared at Ji Ningyu. “You’re also now… mmm.”
Ji Ningyu shoved a handful of peeled sunflower seeds into Zhu Xiaotao’s mouth. “Eat your seeds.”
“When… did… you… peel… these…” Zhu Xiaotao mumbled while chewing.
Chu Liruo listened to the sounds beside her and smiled.
“1!”
The last announcement sounded, and the two people on the arena stood face to face, motionless.
Lu Xibie looked at the opposite side at Zhao Qingqi, who had her hair in pigtails. Her eyes sparkled like they were filled with crushed crystals, making it hard to speak to her for fear that something would fall from those eyes.
Three minutes later, neither of them had moved.
“What’s going on?”
“Did these two fall for each other? They haven’t moved for a while.”
“Didn’t the school forum say that Lu Xibie had changed for the better? Is she reverting back so quickly?”
“You can’t say that. Wouldn’t she be looking for Dan Ruijing instead?”
…
“It’s not that they fell for each other. Haven’t you seen the Omega opposite her is about to cry?”
“Lu Xibie doesn’t look fierce…”
“It’s only been a few days since you’ve been reading posts about couples, have you forgotten Lu Xibie’s nickname ‘Little Tyrant’?”
“You have to admit, Zhao Qingqi looks like she’s about to cry whenever she sees someone…”
…
“Number 122, 267, please launch an attack. If no one has launched an attack in two minutes, you will lose your eligibility for this competition!”
Lu Xibie heard the broadcast reminder and gestured with her hand. “Please.”
Zhao Qingqi clenched her fists and held them in front of her chest, shaking slightly as she said, “I… I’m going to… hit you now!”
“‘I’m going to hit you now’? How is she already nervous before she’s even started…”
“Lu Xibie’s skill is Absolute Defense. There’s no suspense in this match.”
“Yeah,” Lu Xibie nodded slightly.
A of a sunbird with a blue and green aura floated behind Zhao Qingqi. The shadow it cast first covered Lu Xibie, and then soaked over most of the arena.
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