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[Blue Star Calendar, August 25, 2010]
[Gregorian Calendar, Wednesday]
[Lunar Calendar, Gengyin Year, July 16. Auspicious for setting a bed, auspicious for lighting a fire, inauspicious for consecration, inauspicious for cutting hair]
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There was less than a week left before school started.
The news of Qin Siyang returning victorious from the thesis hearing quickly spread, both online and offline.
The forums were in an uproar, and stories about it circulated widely within the safe zone.
Following the Vine Core sensation, the Crimson Crystal resurrection incident, and the Zhao Chamber of Commerce ceremony murder case, Qin Siyang once again surged into the hottest area of public discussion.
And this time, the impact was even greater and more far-reaching than the previous ones.
If the earlier incidents were like rising tides in a river, then this one was like raging waves and violent surges.
After the apocalypse, quite a few outstanding young talents had appeared in the safe zone.
But with the major factions in the safe zone interlocked like teeth, after several rounds of conflict, whether human or ghost, everyone would be stripped down layer by layer.
Under such immense pressure, very few people could truly realize their talent.
Even those backed by a faction mostly stayed confined to a corner, like Chu Baxing.
This year, Qin Siyang appeared out of nowhere, his brilliance directly overshadowing all his peers.
Even with the safe zone full of shining stars, he was undoubtedly the brightest one.
When a person becomes famous, trouble follows, just like a fat pig invites slaughter. Even though Qin Siyang had performed exceptionally well all along, there were still people who brought up phrases like "a prodigy who fades" or "gifted as a child, but not necessarily great later" to downplay him.
The safe zone had never lacked geniuses.
What it lacked were geniuses who could grow.
Qin Siyang was only eighteen this year, from a humble background, with weak backing. To truly establish himself, he would need recognition from at least several factions. Three to five years wouldn't be long, eight to ten years wouldn't be short.
But a single thesis hearing completely demonstrated Qin Siyang's strength to everyone.
Among the seven standing committee members, he managed to gain the support of four.
The elusive Tiger Card [Ace of Spades] Zhu Haifeng.
Vice President Jerry Warren of the Warren Chamber of Commerce.
Fourth Master Gu of the Gu family, Director of Humanity Research Institute, Gu Weihong.
The widely acknowledged all-rounder, Director of Heavenly Research Institute, Chu Zhongxiong.
Even for a single faction, gaining the support of one of them might be worth attempting. But to gain the support of two would be extremely difficult.
Qin Siyang, an eighteen-year-old orphan who had just awakened his sequence ability at the beginning of the year, managed to secure four of them at once.
Those with keen instincts realized that the power structure within the safe zone might truly be about to change.
A seat at the gambling table of the safe zone had already been prepared for this young man.
It was just that most people still didn't know in what form Qin Siyang planned to build his own force and take that seat at the table.
After returning to South Glory University, Qin Siyang stayed inside the guesthouse and didn't go out. No one knew what he was doing.
Aside from that, another piece of news, neither shallow nor deep, was spreading on the forum, someone claimed that Jiao Zhijie and Hong Liang had tried to kill Qin Siyang, but were instead killed by him.
However, it was quickly denied. Because Qin Siyang had not yet embarked on the path of believers, it was impossible for him to fight two and kill two well-known professors who had likely already stepped onto that path.
Right now, he was lying on the bed, taking a call from Zhao Longfei.
["Hey, Little Qin, how was the hearing?"]
"Don't you already know the result?"
["Uh… yeah. Longju took good care of you?"]
"He did."
["Well, do you have time to come to my office?"]
"What's the matter? You already prepared the crystal coins?"
["No, not yet. It's just that it's been a while since we last met, so I wanted to see you…"]
"At most, it's only been two days."
["Besides me, my younger sister Zhao Fengjun also wants to see you."]
"Director Zhao is here?"
["No, she's not. She's still seeing patients at the hospital in District 27…"]
"Then what do you mean?"
["My little sister heard you're doing better and better, so she wants to meet you. But it's inconvenient for you both to go back and forth, so I thought I'd take you with me. We can also talk about a small matter concerning the Zhao family."]
"Not going."
["Why?"]
"If you're looking for Director Zhao, it's definitely not something good. You want to use me as a shield. Principal Zhao, you're discussing Zhao family matters, there's no need to drag an outsider like me in. Why not take Little Zhao instead?"
["Little Qin, Sifang isn't as likable as you."]
"Even if that's the truth, I'm still not going. I'm busy. If there's nothing else, I'm hanging up."
Zhao Longfei finally couldn't hold back and shouted, ["Busy? You're holed up in your room, what the hell are you busy with!"]
Beep! Beep! Beep!
Qin Siyang tossed the phone onto the sofa, sat at the table, and looked at the five storage boxes laid out in front of him.
These five storage boxes were all filled with the remains of mid-level gods, hunted together with Hu Chan before his breakthrough outside the safe zone.
"I've eaten at least over a thousand kilograms of god remains today, so why doesn't it feel like there's any obvious change? Isn't [Origin Blood Drink] supposed to double my improvement from eating god remains?"
Qin Siyang tried swinging his fists again, dissatisfaction appearing on his face.
"Fine if the Origin Sequence skills didn't improve, but even my physical abilities barely increased. After activating the [Origin Sequence], how am I supposed to improve quickly?"
But even Li Tianming had never heard of the [Origin Sequence]. There were probably very few people in the entire safe zone who knew about it.
And even if someone did, that person was most likely not his friend.
He could only rely on himself to figure it out.
But how could he figure it out? Try drinking sequence potions?
'Nope,' Qin Siyang rejected the idea.
After experiencing the scam of the believer's path, he held a deep suspicion toward everything in the safe zone, sequence potions included.
Since he had never drunk sequence potions before, it was best not to touch them in the future either.
Looking at it this way, there didn't seem to be any other method.
Qin Siyang looked at the mid-level god remains in the storage boxes in front of him and sighed.
'Let's just keep eating.'
Qin Siyang cut off another piece of god remains and stuffed it into his mouth.
With his powerful chewing ability and tough esophagus, he swallowed the piece in large gulps.
At that moment, Qin Siyang felt a strange force flowing through his entire body, surging violently like a torrent, washing over him.
This force was completely different from the feeling of previous sequence upgrades, more vigorous, more full of energy.
After only a moment, when the force faded, Qin Siyang felt that his physical strength had finally improved a little.
Before he could even feel a bit of joy, a shadow suddenly flashed through his mind.
He looked closely and discovered that the information of [God Devourer] had changed.
Qin Siyang thought he had gained a new skill and was overjoyed.
But after checking again, he found that his information panel was still the same as before.
"Huh? That's strange, what just happened?"
Qin Siyang felt that something was off and examined his information again.
Finally, he spotted the clue.
[Skill: Origin Banquet Domain
Skill Description: Within 5 minutes after consuming god remains, you can teleport to any empty location within a range of 101 meters. If you attempt to move to a location with obstacles, the teleportation fails and the skill immediately becomes invalid. Cooldown time: 5 minutes.]
Previously, [Origin Banquet Domain] had a range of 100 meters.
Now, after being strengthened by thousands of kilograms of god flesh and blood, it had become 101 meters.
"…"
Qin Siyang fell silent.
'What kind of logic is this?'
'If you say the Origin Sequence is weak, its skills can improve along with the user.'
'But if you say it's powerful, the improvement of its skills is barely better than tossing scraps to a beggar.'
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