Following in Si Wo Lin’s footsteps was Ji Yu.
One by one, their teammates completed their mental power manifestation. For the remaining Ling Nian, this was a great pressure. However, he became even calmer, applying his meticulous mechanical thinking to treat mental power as a malfunctioning device.
He wasn’t afraid of delaying time, meticulously designing pathways, and moving the mental power to the correct positions.
The others lowered their voices and eventually fell silent, afraid to disturb Ling Nian and Xi Nan.
Xi Nan strained his neck, using every ounce of strength to make his mental power grow, but after reaching a certain value, it no longer depended on brute force. Regrettably, he opened his eyes, but at least he had made some progress, which made him happy.
Now, they were waiting for Ling Nian.
His expression was much calmer than the others who were standing. Li ZuoXing and the others never doubted LingNian. It wasn’t that his mental power was low; it was just that he was obsessed with science and the internet and didn’t care much about the level of his mental power.
“We can make a restaurant reservation in advance,” Li ZuoXing said confidently. “Considering all of us have manifested our mental power, our team should at least secure a decent position in the competition.”
“If we’re lucky,” Ji Yu sighed, “I have a feeling that the number of participants in this year’s competition will be the highest in nearly a decade.”
Gu WenCheng looked at him with mixed emotions.
Xi Nan exclaimed, “Ah!”
“The more, the merrier. We’re not afraid,” Li ZuoXing waved his hand. “That way, we can show how formidable we are.”
“That’s true,” the group exchanged glances, barely containing their laughter.
They truly had full trust in Ling Nian, and Ling Nian didn’t disappoint their trust. After an hour, he opened his eyes.
His enhanced senses now matched those of his teammates, making him feel refreshed and clear-headed. Ling Nian revealed a subtle smile, then composed himself and said, “I did it.”
“So did we,” Si Wo Lin smiled, “Congratulations, Ling Nian.”
The world of spiritual power manifestation was entirely different from the non-manifested world.
The process had gone even smoother than they had imagined. Gu WenCheng raised his lips and, in celebration, said, “I’ll take over the cooking.”
From the beginning until now, their team had eaten his cooking so few times that they could count on one hand.
Good food was hard to come by, and his cooking was simply irresistible.
Cheers erupted, and Si Wo Lin followed along, looking bewildered.
After buying groceries, the group returned to their dormitory.
While cooking, it was still Li ZuoXing assisting.
He moved around Gu WenCheng, making it hard for him to concentrate. Gu WenCheng held a knife in his hand but couldn’t make a single cut for a long time.
In the end, considering the issue of whether they could eat on time, Gu WenCheng said, “You go outside and wait for me. Let anyone else come in to help.”
Li ZuoXing innocently replied, “Okay.”
As he was about to leave after wiping his hands, Gu WenCheng called him back, “Get me an apron.”
“Do we have aprons?” Li ZuoXing crouched to search in a cabinet.
“I bought one before,” Gu WenCheng said, and it was indeed an old-fashioned style. The vintage ones were cheaper than the new ones.
Li ZuoXing found an apron in the cabinet, walked over, and bent down next to him. He passed the apron around his waist and tied a bow behind him.
Gu WenCheng instinctively took a deep breath, straightening his posture with a broad shoulder and a slightly raised hip, cinching his waist.
The lifted hip flesh felt like it would bounce back if touched.
However, the fabric in front of his chest felt slightly numb, and Gu WenCheng relaxed his posture.
He hadn’t realized how slim Li ZuoXing was until he emotionally focused on him. Gu WenCheng was well aware of the immense attraction of a “slim waist” to this boy.
With the long ribbon, it was now Gu WenCheng’s turn to sway playfully in front of Li ZuoXing.
He hadn’t paid attention before, but only after emotionally connecting with Li ZuoXing did Gu WenCheng realize how much of a pull a “slim waist” had on this young man.
With the long ribbon tied, he made Li ZuoXing leave. “Thanks.”
The curve of his body made his lines taut.
Li ZuoXing slowly moved away, deliberately saying, “My waist isn’t this slim…” as he waited for Gu WenCheng to keep him.
So he liked his slim waist?
Gu WenCheng’s lips curled up, “Let Ji Yu or Ling Nian help me.”
His reluctant look made Gu WenCheng’s mood soar.
When Li ZuoXing left, and Ji Yu came in, Gu WenCheng was fully focused on the ingredients in front of him.
Ji Yu smiled and said, “WenCheng, how happy your girlfriend will be in the future.”
A serious man is the most handsome, and in Ji Yu’s eyes, the scene of Gu WenCheng washing his hands and cooking soup was indeed extremely handsome.
Gu WenCheng raised an eyebrow, “Just a meal, is that my only advantage?”
Speechless, Ji Yu racked his brain to praise him, and he kept praising him until the cooking was done.
Li ZuoXing was dragged into the Starnet to play games. The kitchen door was open, and he occasionally glanced over.
It was hard to imagine that such a perfect flower was about to belong to him.
And now, it was emitting a fragrance, trying every means to enthrall him with its petals.
After finishing their meal, they were summoned to the office by Principal Bu Wei. The principal carefully inquired about their experiences and then sternly scolded them for several hours.
Finally, Lei Lingfeng spoke up, “You’ve all manifested your abilities, and you still haven’t signed up for the competition?! When do you plan to sign up?”
Heaven knows how delighted he was, knowing that this group of young people had all made progress and were so happy that his beard was about to curl up.
Such long faces! They were really too long-faced!
In the Chengyang Military Academy, the Combat Division was the mainstream, the best of the best. Principal Bu Wei maintained his dignity despite the joyful atmosphere.
After they were looked at and registered by him, their light brains sent messages immediately. They were assigned to Zone 543, located at Daylight Meteor.
The competition was set to begin in five days, lasting for two days and one night. Each planet would have 100 participants, and the entire competition would be broadcast live.
The school estimated their participation, so they would be responsible for preparing everything they needed, while the school would provide the rest.
It happened to be a weekend, and as they left the school, they planned to buy some small tools.
At the school gate, they ran into Sofia and another military officer who looked familiar to Li ZuoXing.
This officer was one of Yu Mong’s subordinates, and he was following Sofia under Yu Mong’s orders to supervise her resignation from her position as a school teacher.
“…”
Sofia appeared exhausted. She looked at Gu WenCheng, her lips moved but no words came out.
“She’s looking at you,” Li ZuoXing whispered to him.
“You can look at me too,” Gu WenCheng’s expression was cold, but his voice carried a hint of amusement. “Don’t be like this, ZouXing. You can’t expect everyone not to look at me.”
Li ZuoXing replied, “You’ve misunderstood me.”
This aspect of him made Gu WenCheng quite uncomfortable. There was no possessiveness in Li ZuoXing, and he seemed keen on playing matchmaker for him, which gave Gu WenCheng a somewhat unrequited feeling. But if Gu WenCheng were to directly express his feelings to Li ZuoXing… he didn’t dare.
For now, he could still use their reputation as brothers to justify their intimate actions. If this cover were to disappear, who knows if Li ZuoXing might distance himself to the ends of the earth.
Gu WenCheng glanced at him, and Li ZuoXing noticed. “I’ve noticed you’ve been particularly fond of looking at me lately.”
After they passed by Sofia and the others, their teammates also vouched for Li ZuoXing, “We’ve seen it several times too. ZouXing is telling the truth. WenCheng, you’ve been caught sneaking glances at ZouXing quite a few times.”
“I only look at handsome people,” Gu WenCheng patted his heartthrob’s rainbow buttocks with a straight face and chuckled. “If you guys were handsome enough, I’d give you a few more glances too.”
He was being too mischievous!
What part of them isn’t handsome as Li ZuoXing?
When they reached the mall, there was an event happening in the central square, and it was crowded with people. After Ji Yu and Xi Nan ran over to check it out, they came back with excited expressions. “Do you know what the reward for first place in the competition is? It’s a material made from a 5-centimeter-diameter Stone Chengxing!”
“5 centimeters?” Ling Nian couldn’t help but take a step forward, his eyes shining. “Is there really that much?”
Li ZuoXing and Gu WenCheng remembered the incident on the Red Skull Pirate Ship when Ling Nian used a nail-sized Stone Chengxing material to contact the school.
Upon hearing this, Li ZuoXing and Gu WenCheng looked at Ling Nian and Xi Nan with anticipation.
“That’s right!” Ji Yu nodded. “It’s the size of a palm. The host repeated it three times to confirm that it’s made of Stone Chengxing material, but we’re not sure if it’s genuine.”
“Let’s get it first,” Ling Nian said. “With this size… at the very least, it can be used to make a distress signal device for you guys. Even if it’s just for transmitting location and communication, it’s much better than a whistle.”
Li ZuoXing touched his nose and tried to reason with them. “But what if you can’t use it? When the light brain is damaged, relying on human power isn’t the most effective method, right?”
“It’s a good method,” Ji Yu said with a soft gaze, recalling the incident where he had been in danger before. “Thanks to ZuoXing hearing my whistle.”
The competition in the middle of the square was designed to attract a crowd, and the topic was quite outrageous. The goal was to attract the most spectators and elicit the loudest screams to win first place.
Currently, a muscular and handsome guy is performing on the stage. He held a shy female audience member in his arms and squatted down while holding her.
The cheers from the audience grew louder and louder, with chants of “Kiss her! Kiss her! Kiss her!”
The muscular and handsome guy confidently kissed the girl’s cheek, and the screams reached their peak.
“This guy is quite competitive,” Si Wo Lin furrowed his brows, studying the situation very seriously. “Should we also find a girl?”
“You see the audience below,” Li ZuoXing pointed to the people gathered around. “The proportion of female customers in the mall is higher, and most of the onlookers are women. As long as we attract their attention, it shouldn’t be a problem.”
“How do we attract them?” Well, here comes the question.
If they were on Earth, where they both knew each other well, Li ZuoXing could simply go up and kiss Gu WenCheng to get the crowd excited. However, in the world of “Hand of the Journey,” if he pulled Gu WenCheng to do push-ups, people would probably think they were just fooling around.
Their conversation had caught the attention of the people in front of them. A woman turned her head and looked at Li ZuoXing, feeling familiar with him. She stared for a moment and then gasped, pointing at him and shouting, “You, you, you—you’re the—?!”
Gu WenCheng instinctively took a defensive posture.
“The opponent kissed by Walter?!” The woman continued in the next moment and exclaimed, “Oh my god! You’re much more handsome than you look on StarNet!”
Walter’s reputation was the best advertisement, and people kept turning their heads, curious and gossipy, and crowded around Li ZuoXing and the others.
They were all talking excitedly: “Is Walter really not your father?”
“Is he really not a woman? The combination of the mature and charming old Star Thief and the youthful and fresh new student is so sweet!”
“Do you know that someone has created a website with stories about you and Walter? They’re all gender-bending versions, and some even turn you into a girl. It’s all rated as not suitable for minors.”
Gu WenCheng pulled this buddy out of the crowd. Yes, he was a guy. “What website are you talking about?”
“A colorful website, buddy,” he said, glancing at Li ZuoXing and following Gu WenCheng out. “Can I take a photo with him later?”
“Sure,” Gu WenCheng replied. “But first, send me the website link.”
