A Top Scholar in Everything
Chapter 112: Pupil of Chongming

Chapter 112: Chapter 112: Pupil of Chongming

Baiyu sat on the ground, staring at the giant firebird.

The Pollution Level rose gradually.

No matter what measures were taken, nothing could stop it; this was the imposing force from a mythical creature, deserving some respect.

Thus.

A bizarre scene began to unfold in the Dream Battlefield.

Baiyu’s mist-constructed body kept exploding into birdman pieces, then reformed back to normal by the mist. The man and the bird stared at each other as if competing in endurance.

With each explosion of his body.

The alert in his Scholar Space changed, the progress crawling steadily upward!

Sometimes it was 0.5%, sometimes 1%.

The increases were minuscule.

Baiyu figured out how to pass this trial.

It involved staring at a certain part of the heavy eyes of the Chongming Bird.

By intensely observing the body of the Chongming Bird, corresponding knowledge was acquired. Baiyu chose its peculiar pupils, with heavy eyes.

At first.

He couldn’t get any information.

But after multiple attempts, as the Pollution Level rose, his mind became less chaotic, receiving continuous information feedback.

Heavy Eyes.

Having the effect of seeing through illusions and perceiving reality.

More and more information about the Chongming Bird’s heavy eyes flowed into his mind, while Baiyu’s body kept exploding repeatedly.

The heavy eyes were composed of crystals, vitreous humor...

The ability of the heavy eyes could exorcise spirits, break impurities, kill ghosts, suppress evil.

Every Chongming Bird’s eyes served as a point for releasing Divine Power, as their powerful innate talent as mythical creatures.

Amidst the repeated explosions and recoveries, Baiyu’s Spirit felt fatigued.

Although dying in the Dream Battlefield restored him to the initial state upon entering, his Spirit kept oscillating in distortion, death, and rebirth, exhausting even the strongest.

Fortunately.

Time ticked away.

With only a few minutes left in the Dream Battlefield, the Scholar Space’s prompt sounded:

"Visual learning of Pupil of Chongming progress exceeded sixty percent, trial successful!"

"Reward: Chongming Bird heritage—Pupil of Chongming!"

Upon hearing this mechanical voice, a fiery red beam descended from the sky, enveloping Baiyu. A Chongming Bird, shrunk countless times, flew down and melded into Baiyu’s body.

Soon after, he acquired information regarding the Pupil of Chongming.

[Pupil of Chongming]

Awakening extent: 60%

Effect: Grants true sight within a ten-meter radius, able to see through any stealth, invisibility, and hiding techniques not surpassing the Chongming Bird’s tier; nothing within ten meters can remain hidden!

Description: Increased awakening can enhance the abilities of the Pupil of Chongming by contemplating the mythological Chongming Bird, awakening extent can be increased.

Note: No longer need to worry about being backstabbed with this ability.

Baiyu ignored this frivolous note, focusing on the effect and description.

See through all stealth?

Doesn’t that make me the nemesis of assassins?

This ability is insane!

Who would have thought the third trial would be like this?

By directly contemplating a mythological creature, part of its abilities are acquired.

One wonders if contemplating Chongming Bird’s wings, feathers, and such would yield different abilities.

However, the Pupil of Chongming already greatly satisfied Baiyu.

Exited the space.

Baiyu fetched a mirror and examined himself carefully, discovering that aside from his eyes becoming more spirited, there were no other changes, allowing him to breathe a sigh of relief.

If his eyes truly transformed to heavy eyes like the Chongming Bird, explaining it would be impossible.

Moreover, despite sounding cool, heavy eyes actually appear quite frightening and would only mark him as an anomaly.

The trial time in the Dream Battlefield had ended.

The map of Floating Cloud Mountain·Unfallen City disappeared from the Dream Battlefield options.

The entrance to the Dream Battlefield was a coffin-like place in the west corner of the Scholar Space. By lying inside, a manipulable interface would appear before his eyes.

Above were the selectable image pools of the Dream Battlefield.

The different pools corresponded to various creatures; some maps might have mythical creatures, while others might not.

Regrettably, Baiyu currently possessed no maps.

Thus he could only choose randomly, introducing significant uncertainty; if he drew a High Level pool, Baiyu might not even get through the first trial.

The precious hundred points would be wasted.

Recalling the classes he needed to attend early tomorrow, Baiyu lay in bed, beginning to rest and restore his Spirit.

...

Linjiang City.

Three days had passed since Allen’s treacherous betrayal of Meng Lei.

During these three days, an oppressive gloom enveloped the entire Linjiang City.

The Armed Department and the Anomaly Bureau were continuously deployed, hardly taking a break, relentlessly targeting and capturing various criminal groups. Even the North District, a chaotic area with a mix of fish and dragons, was swept thoroughly several times.

Under such intensity.

Countless criminals, fugitive Martial Artists, and secret organization followers were caught.

All gatherings in Linjiang City had essentially come to a halt for three days, and even the perpetual mechanical rumblings of the North District had fallen silent.

If not for Allen’s betrayal as the excuse, Pang Fei wouldn’t have found the opportunity for such large-scale cleanup.

The efficiency of the Armed Department was exceptionally high.

Compared to the cautious Anomaly Bureau and the always-failing-at-critical-moments Church.

The Armed Department inherited the East Prosperity Imperial military’s swift and decisive nature, and the three-day storm operation completely revamped the entire city.

North District, in front of the sewer entrance.

After three days of storm action, this venue of filth and grime had surprisingly good morale; even someone littering on the street wasn’t seen.

"Quickly, finish inspecting this section of the sewer, there are still ten more points afterward."

"I just don’t understand; the time given was way too short for inspecting the entire North District within a few days. The North District’s sewer system is the most complex."

"Complaints are pointless; it’s better to finish the work and return to sleep with your wife earlier. Late at night like this..."

Two workers lifted the manhole cover, beginning pipe inspections.

Due to usual chaos in the North District, the sewer inspection work hadn’t been conducted for over two years. This time, as the Armed Department cleared the entire North District, management took the opportunity to arrange people for inspections.

The current good security is temporary.

As long as the North District’s foot traffic remains high.

With various kinds of people smuggling in to work, live, moving from settlements to the city for livelihood unchanged.

The North District would soon revert to its past state.

"There’s all this moss, these pipes are worse than the carcass of a skunk putrefying in a smelly ditch."

"Hey, come take a look; there’s a pipe that’s broken. Wait, that condition..."

"What’s wrong?"

A repairman glanced at his companion ahead, ready to walk over, when his helmet’s lamp began flashing.

Sizzle...

The light suddenly disappeared.

The entire sewer plunged into darkness.

"Old Xing?"

"Don’t freakin’ scare me, say something."

"What are you doing?"

The repairman’s trembling voice echoed in the darkness.

Then.

A slimy squirming noise arose, followed by a yelp, and chewing and feeding sounds resonated in the pitch-black sewer.

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