"Wilderness Base City has ranked dead last for ten straight years!"
The training-freak Bald Instructor swept his gaze over the Contractors below him, "In these past ten years, do you think the city's officials and schools haven't done anything about it?"
The Contractors present fell silent, but you could tell they weren't convinced.
The Bald Instructor let out a cold chuckle, then announced a number.
"Tier Nine!"
"The level of last year's national college entrance exam champion during the test!"
"That guy took down a Grandmaster-level Demon Beast while just Tier Nine, crushing the Grandmaster and bagging the top spot nationally."
Tier Nine! Beat a Grandmaster! Exam Champion!
*The Contractors' minds were blown. Reality finally hit them square in the face,*
Tier Nine! That realm was as distant and unattainable as it was strong.
Jing Ran, who had just come back after taking a dump, heard that number and looked totally shell-shocked, like it triggered some deep memory.
Tier Nine beats Grandmaster! SSS-level template, fighting above one's weight class, a true super prodigy!
Back then, he was only a college freshman, and every trending topic on every platform was about that champion.
The Summoned Beast Realms ran from Tier One to Tier Nine, above that was the Grandmaster Realm,
Siyao Nangong, the Fruit-Girl, clenched her fists tight, her beautiful eyes wide open.
Even Cheng Bingxi, usually chatty, turned uncharacteristically silent.
Wilderness Base City's strongest fighter was only at the Grandmaster level.
Grandmaster—enough to be entrusted as a city lord, to command even the highest rank in the City Guard Army!
[Detected host has triggered an event, mission activated]
[Stage Mission: Take the national college entrance exam championship, and get the city into the national Top Ten]
[Current Mission: Raise your Summoned Beast's Realm to Tier Five within a week! Reward: 100 evolution points, a Rule Fragment Crystal]
"Instructor, what level was last year's Wilderness Base City champion at?" Xiao Ye asked.
The Bald Instructor glanced at Xiao Ye with surprise, and said, "Tier Three!"
This time it was the Contractors below who were stunned. Were the gaps between base cities really that insane?
The Wilderness Base City's top scorer was Tier Three, the national champion was Tier Nine! One word apart, a universe of difference! Just couldn't compare.
"Now, let's talk about the basic resource allocation. Every pair of A-ranked Contractors can claim ten Tier One Crystal Cores per week, S-ranked pairs can get twenty Tier One Crystal Cores, and every SSS-ranked pair gets ten Tier Two Crystal Cores!"
"Besides that, every Contractor duo here can claim bonus Crystal Cores after completing each training session."
"Now it's time to assign dorms."
At this point, the Bald Instructor paused, scanning the pairs of already-contracted Contractors standing below.
"Dorms are mixed-gender Contract Rooms. Every Contractor pair gets their own room."
"If I find out that any Contractor pair is living separately, I'll throw them into Hell Level demon training as punishment!"
The guys who had only contracted with girl students in the crowd lit up with excitement.
"Hell yeah!"
"Exactly what I wanted!"
"Woohoo, Xiaoxiao, did you hear that? Instructor says we have to live together in the same room."
"Yeah, and you're dead if you don't let go, hurry up."
*Xiao Ye thought, mixed-gender dorms? If this were back in my old world, it'd be all over the hot trends. But here on Blue Star, in the apocalypse, this was just the norm.*
*What, a Contractor pair doesn't want to live together? The teacher'll help 'educate' her—might even hang her up and smack her!*
"Silence!" the female Bald Instructor spoke up, "There'll be no training today. All trainees, get familiar with the surroundings, check out the dining and sleep arrangements, and pick up this week's basic resources."
"Dismissed!"
Xiao Ye and Cheng Bingxi went to pick up this week's cultivation resources first.
Since they were an SSS-ranked pair, they could claim ten Tier Two Crystal Cores per week.
After grabbing their Crystal Cores, the two of them made their way to the dorm area. It was a cluster of apartment buildings. 001 was their room number. Although it was just one room, it was basically a mini apartment—living room, kitchen, bedroom, all included.
Except, there was only one bedroom!
They had arrived at 2:00 p.m., and it'd been four or five hours since then. Xiao Ye and Cheng Bingxi decided to wash up and get some rest.
Cheng Bingxi went into the bathroom while Xiao Ye waited outside.
"Xiao Ye! I left my clothes outside, bring them in for me."
"Not that one! Wait, why's this one missing a chunk of fabric?"
"Get me a different outfit, hurry up."
"Damn it, Xiao Ye, that's a bunny girl outfit."
"Why'd you bring my wedding dress over here?"
"Forget the panties, at home no one wears those."
"Ugh, can't even grab an outfit right."
In the end, Cheng Bingxi, looking like the Emperor's New Clothes, came out herself, picked a bathrobe, and threw the wedding dress over it.
Xiao Ye witnessed the whole thing, totally floored.
Cheng Bingxi's cheeks reddened as she sat beside him, saying, "Xiao Ye, if you think it's such a pain, then I won't have you fetch my clothes from now on."
Xiao Ye quickly shook his head, saying, "It's not a pain. Actually, do it a few more times—I love it."
*Even if Cheng Bingxi didn't have a body quite like Fruit-Girl, she still had perfect golden proportions, totally flawless. Easy on the eyes, soothing to the soul.*
But Xiao Ye asked, puzzled, "Do you really like wearing the wedding dress?"
"Of course! I worked so hard to trick you into my hands—what else would I wear except a wedding dress?"
Cheng Bingxi huffed, "Hmph, I had my eye on you since the first year of high school! But you were so cold and aloof back then—no one dared to get close, even more stuck-up than me, the 'campus belle.'"
"Luckily, I was smart enough to use the 'we're just bros' excuse to get close to you."
Xiao Ye thought hard, and a chill ran down his spine as he asked, "So that's why you were always asking me questions every day? Back then, your grades were better than mine—you were first in the whole school, I was just number two."
"Then you made yourself my deskmate, and that lasted three years straight!"
"Damn, Cheng Bingxi, I thought you were my bro, but you were actually after my body—wanted to be my wife."
Cheng Bingxi looked all proud of herself, "Hehe! Had to hoodwink you while you were still a clueless deskmate."
"Ever since the first-year Demon Beast attack, your grades slipped, and that's how I got number one in academics," Xiao Ye said.
Cheng Bingxi fell silent. The first-year Demon Beast attack was a nightmare for her.
Seeing his silent little girlfriend, Xiao Ye said, "Let's sleep. We got training tomorrow."
Cheng Bingxi shook her head, "No! I finally tricked you into contracting with me; we're basically married now. I wanna spend every night together."
*Xiao Ye broke out in a sweat—how did I not know my 'bro' was this insane?*
*If I'd known earlier, then seriously…*
Too spicy!
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