Super Gene Optimization Fluid

“May all candidates please take note. The first round of the Crisis grade assessment has come to an end. May everyone please return to the base camp and report. From this point onward, no candidate is allowed to use any means of attack any longer; Anyone in breach would lose their qualifications to continue. Injured candidates, please press the yellow button on your communication device and await medical treatment.”

Just as the sun came up, the white watch which Xia Fei had on him began broadcasting the news regarding the end of this assessment over and over again. Xia Fei spat and proceeded to run in the direction of the assembly point.

Xia Fei had a bad feeling about Xiao Yu’s mysterious disappearance. He had been trying his best to control his emotions and avoid thinking about the worst-case scenarios.

Right now, all he could do was to put his hope in the power of the Adjudicator Union. After all, the chance of finding anything out just by his own strength was far too slim.

Maintaining a speed of 180m/s, Xia Fei could soon see the four massive black spaceships in the distance parked in a row on the clearing.

There were many candidates around, and most looked to be bearing injuries of different varieties, all looking tired, and their bodies were covered in dirt and sand. They no longer showed the enthusiasm they had when the assessment first started. Whether they had managed to obtain a token or not, these last seven days had been hell, and each and every one of them was looking forward to a hot bath and a sumptuous meal.

Over a thousand staff members from the Adjudicator Union had formed a row and were in charge of registering the returning candidates.

In the distance, two candidates suddenly started fighting each other over a token. The adjudicator who was closest to them instantly stepped in and stopped their altercation, even teaching them a little lesson at the same time.

Xia Fei no longer cared to bother the woman and strode back to his bunk.

“I’ll admit that you’re a very beautiful lady, but do you know what you lack?” Xia Fei walked off as he pulled out a Hongtashan, softly saying, “You lack compassion.”

Xia Fei did not loudly declare this, but it was still particularly harsh when Ye Xiaohan heard it.

A nosy colleague was covering his mouth and secretly sniggering, but a fierce stare from Ye Xiaohan caused the man to look away in a hurry, not daring to meet the eyes of this ice-cold beauty.

Glancing at Xia Fei’s shrinking back, Ye Xiaohan contemplated his parting words, ‘Am I really uncompassionate?’

…

After taking a cold shower, Xia Fei sat on his bedside and took out a Hongtashan. The bed beside him still had traces of Xiao Yu’s scent, a delicate fragrance that was unique to little girls, like the smell of fresh milk with flower petals added to it, unforgettable.

Even though he was not doing well emotionally, Xia Fei still maintained his calm. There was nothing he could do with the complaints and anger he had, so all he could do was patiently wait and attempt to recover his physical strength as quickly as he could, all the while preparing for the second round of assessment in three days.

After a change of clean clothes, Xia Fei made his way to the mess hall and ate a hot meal before retiring back to his bunk to rest. He set his alarm for 12 PM to check the final result of the assessment as soon as possible.

Xia Fei’s head hit the pillow as he instantly fell asleep. Having not slept a wink for seven consecutive days, he was already feeling extremely exhausted.

Xia Fei had a dream in his sleep. On a sunny afternoon several years in the future, Xia Fei was walking amid a crowded street when a slim teenager suddenly appeared right in front of him, wearing a pretty white dress and a head of short black hair that blew freely in the wind.

She had a sweet smile on her face as she walked toward Xia Fei.

Xia Fei thought this teenage girl was very familiar. An urge to reach out and pinch her cheeks with his hand came over him. Unfortunately, his surroundings turned pitch black. Xia Fei hurriedly searched for something on himself that could shine a light, but he turned up empty-handed.

In this darkness, Xia Fei could feel that white figure brush her shoulders as she passed by, slowly getting further away as he could do nothing but watch her leave helplessly.

It was at that moment when the piercing sound of an alarm woke him up from his dream.

While rubbing his eyes, Xia Fei got up from his bed with a hop and washed his face with some cold water in the bathroom. Xia Fei seemed to be much gaunter than how he was several days ago, appearing to be a bit more miserable than before.

Returning to his bunk, Xia Fei wore his virtual reality glasses and accessed the interplanetary internet, intending to check on the Adjudicator Union’s finalized name list. If the Adjudicator Union had yet to find any trace of Xiao Yu after a whole morning of registration and search, then the word ‘missing’ would be added next to her name.

The Adjudicator Union was powerful and unrivaled. If even they had to acknowledge that Xiao Yu was missing, then that meant the chance of Xia Fei locating her would be slim at best.

Logging onto the Endaro Star System’s Adjudicator Union website successfully, Xia Fei clicked onto the candidate name list of the first round of assessment and searched through the names intently.

A name list with 100,000 candidates was very long. Every name would be marked with their current status. If they were marked to be ‘Eliminated – severe injuries,’ a further click would display the candidate’s picture and a detailed report on the injury. The Adjudicator Union was very meticulous in this regard, so the candidate’s family and relatives could very quickly check on them.

As Xia Fei uneasily searched for Xiao Yu’s name, a three-dimensional video signal unceremoniously interrupted Xia Fei’s hunt all of a sudden.

Avril appeared to be seated in her boudoir, a huge room filled with pink decorations in the video. Even her bedsheets and the rows of stuffed toys placed on the table were dressed in pink outfits.

“You’re willing to use an anonymous account that you’ve bought from the black market just to avoid me. Am I really that detestable?” Avril very pitifully asked.

Xia Fei was nervously searching for news about Xiao Yu right now, yet Avril’s mischief had interrupted him. A fit of anger involuntarily welled up in his heart, and with a knitted brow, Xia Fei snapped out of anger, “Scram!”

Poor Avril was stunned. She had not even dreamed that she would receive a scolding after she had spent so much effort tracking Xia Fei.

Lowering her head, her delicate pale hands rubbed a corner of her blouse repeatedly as tears streamed down from the corner of her eyes. She was aggrieved, saddened and helpless. She was feeling too many emotions entangled in her heart.

Phantom was also shocked and feebly commented, “In three days, you’ve lost a girl, angered another, and scolded a third till she’s in tears. This couldn’t possibly be a good omen.”