Chapter 1: Awakening of Talent Chapter 4 Ambition!
School canteen!
"Nine dishes, lunatic, are you trying to turn depression into appetite?"
When Chu Zhou's best friend Dong Wende saw the nine dishes on the table in front of him, his eyes widened.
The meals given to them in the school cafeteria contain high-energy substances.
Normally, two dishes are enough to fill them up.
Dong Wende calls himself a big eater, but he can only eat three dishes at most.
Nine dishes were enough to burst his round belly, and his body could not digest so much energy.
"Crazy, are you okay?" Dong Wende reached out and touched Chu Zhou's forehead. "You don't have a fever! Is there something wrong with your mind?"
"It is said that some people seek relief through binge eating when they are hit hard, or feel depressed and anxious..."
"…Poor madman, he must be like this because his admission quota will be replaced by Jin Zhennan…"
"What a sin! You are so young, and you have contracted such a disease!"
Dong Wende lamented and felt sympathy, as if he couldn't bear to see Chu Zhou suffering from a serious illness.
"Fatty, you're such a drama queen!" Chu Zhou rolled his eyes and slapped away Dong Wende's hand that was pressing on his forehead. "Have you forgotten that I'm a senior apprentice?"
Dong Wende was stunned for a moment, then muttered: "Oh, by the way, I almost forgot that you are a senior apprentice."
"The digestive function of senior apprentices is much stronger than that of junior and intermediate apprentices, so eating a little more doesn't seem to be a big deal."
"But this is too much!"
Chu Zhou ignored his best friend Dong Wende and started eating.
Diamond rice with each grain as big as a finger, golden chives, and purple moon melon with a faint purple glow...
These are all high-energy foods that emerged after the Cataclysm.
These high-energy foods are actually not easy to grow and obtain.
The school has preferential policies to provide students with so many high-energy foods at very low prices.
Outside of school, many poor people mainly rely on synthetic nutrition bars to fill their stomachs. They only buy some ordinary vegetables and meat on important days...
As for high-energy foods, they are too expensive and ordinary people cannot afford them.
A dish!
Two dishes!
Three dishes!
Chu Zhou finished the three dishes very quickly, and at this time, he was actually full and had satisfied his body's needs.
But he still didn't stop.
Eat eat eat!
The remaining six dishes were also eaten up by him like falling leaves.
At this time, he also felt that his stomach was full and he could not eat anything else.
Dong Wende was so stunned when he saw Chu Zhou's starving appearance that he even forgot to eat.
"I wonder how many attribute points this meal can increase!"
Chu Zhou thought in his mind, staring at the attribute panel that only he could see.
At the same time, his intestines and stomach moved rapidly to digest food.
A large amount of energy is constantly replenished into the body to meet the body's needs.
Under Chu Zhou's gaze, the attribute point values on the attribute panel finally began to increase.
"+0.01!"
"+0.01!"
"+0.01!"
…
Attribute points are increasing at a rate of 0.01.
It takes an average human being about three hours to digest a mixed meal of meat and vegetables.
It only took Chu Zhou half an hour to digest it all, and it was high-energy food.
In the end, this meal gave him 0.15 attribute points.
"Even though I am a senior apprentice and my digestive ability is much stronger than that of an ordinary person, it has its limits... If I overeat, I'm afraid it will damage my stomach and intestines, which will not be worth the loss."
"In this case, it is best to maintain three meals a day."
"One meal increases the attribute by 0.15 points. Three meals a day means 0.45 points of attribute."
"If it's 10 days, that's 4.5 points. So if it's 30 days in a month, that's 13.5 points."
"Increase 13.5 attribute points per month, plus the original 2 attribute points, that's 15.5 attribute points."
"Upgrading the Arc Hand Blade from Mastery to Subtlety consumed 2 attribute points... 15.5 attribute points should be enough to upgrade the Arc Hand Blade to Perfection or even Artistic Conception."
"There might even be some attribute points left to upgrade the basic breathing method to a higher level."
After a simple calculation, Chu Zhou felt slightly happy and excited.
If the plan goes well, he will be able to upgrade his arc-shaped hand knife to the artistic conception level in a month.
In that case, not only could he easily crush Jin Zhennan in the elite trial, but it would not be impossible for him to make it into the top ten of the elite trial.
Even made it into the top three in the elite trial!
"I heard that the top three in the elite trial will receive an extremely valuable reward - genetic potion!"
"Gene potion is a precious medicine that helps humans unlock their gene locks and transform into warriors."
"A bottle of genetic potion has a market value of 10 million Alliance coins... and even though there is a price, it is impossible to buy it."
"Even if you are admitted to the Martial Arts University, it is very difficult to obtain the genetic potion."
"Now, there is an opportunity to obtain the genetic potion in front of me..."
As Chu Zhou thought about this, an astonishing ambition suddenly arose in his heart.
In the past, he would never have dared to have such ambitions.
Although the rewards for the top three in the elite trial are extremely tempting, but... no one from their Fifth High School has been in the top ten for decades, let alone the top three.
Jiangcheng No. 1 High School is where martial arts geniuses gather.
Over the past few decades, the top ten in every elite trial have basically been students from Jiangcheng No. 1 High School.
Only occasionally would a student from other high schools make it into the top ten.
But the top three have always been from the No. 1 high school.
Chu Zhou dared to have such ambition after he calculated that he would have the opportunity to upgrade the arc-shaped hand knife to the artistic conception level in a month.
"…But there is still one problem to be solved."
"If I eat like this every day, my food allowance won't be enough!"
Under normal circumstances, he usually has two dishes for one meal.
One month's food expenses are approximately 1,000 Alliance Coins.
But now with this nine-dish meal, his spending on each meal is a little more than four times what it used to be.
Then, his monthly food expenses immediately soared to more than 4,000 Alliance Coins .
The balance on his student card was only over 900 yuan.
This is clearly not enough.
"My father's monthly salary is 3,000 Alliance coins. In addition to maintaining the daily expenses of the family, he also has to support my sister and me in school. He basically has no spare money."
"I have to find a way to make money myself..."
Chu Zhou had a headache, thinking about whether there was a part-time job suitable for him that could allow him to earn more than 3,000 yuan a month.
Suddenly, his eyes lit up and he looked at his best friend Dong Wende.
It’s hard to find a part-time job that pays 3,000 Alliance Coins a month... but “attracting investment” doesn’t seem difficult.
Right in front of us, there is a very suitable target for "attracting investment".
"Boss...how is our relationship?"
Chu Zhou smiled "friendly" at his best friend Dong Wende.
"Puff..." Dong Wende, who was eating, shuddered when he saw Chu Zhou's "friendly" smile, and spat out a mouthful of rice. "Mad man... You, you smile so cheaply, what do you want to do to me?"
