Chapter 8

The weekend party was a huge success. The high-quality beef and mutton were grilled to perfection, soft and delicious, with a special aroma that drew people towards the source of the scent. The table was filled with ice-cold beer and cola in wooden barrels, golden-brown fried pork chops, sweet and sour meat, and a few salads and noodle dishes, making it a perfect weekend party.

"Han, this party is amazing, I really don't want to leave," Cynthia gave Li Han a big hug and a charming kiss.

"Your beauty makes it even more brilliant, it's a real pity," Li Han seemed not to understand Cynthia's meaning and said lightly.

Cynthia left reluctantly, and Will shook his head with some regret. "What a pity, Han, to miss such a wonderful evening."

"Han, Uncle Ronald's red wine is really good, how about another glass?" Li Han was no fool; if he had said something, he might have enjoyed the endless beauty tonight, but he had more important things to deal with, matters concerning his life, which couldn't be taken lightly.

"Of course, but I think beer would be better, don't you think?" Will gestured to Kelly, who was helping to move the beer barrels.

"What a pity, maybe I should build a small brewery. Uncle Ronald might give me some good advice," Li Han took the beer Kelly handed him and said with a smile to Will.

"Really? That's great, Han, it's a brilliant idea." Will loved beer, especially ice-cold beer with high-quality grilled meat, a perfect combination. Li Han and Will had almost the same hobbies, and with Li Han's grilling skills, it was an exciting prospect.

"Han, did you finally get God's favor?" Kelly said lightly, and indeed, Li Han looked a bit dejected. "Kelly, what a pity, you've shattered a young man's dream, how cruel."

"I think God will forgive a girl who tells the truth." Kelly pushed past Li Han and Will, tidied up the beer barrels, and ignored them as she walked to the living room to clean up the party's mess. "Let's have a drink for the busy Kelly."

"Han, to Kelly," Will raised his glass with a smile, for Kelly and for today's victory.

"Bang!" Will and Li Han were startled; several cups on the table exploded. Li Han looked at Kelly, unable to laugh or cry. She had a lion's temper and had even brought a gun to the party. Will shivered and moved away from Li Han, knowing that Kelly was planning to give Li Han a taste of her wrath.

"Hey, beautiful lady, how about a beer?" Li Han approached Kelly with a bit of a flirtatious air, carefully blocking the gun's muzzle. Will watched from a distance as Li Han spoke to Kelly for a while, and soon Kelly's face showed a smile.

"Han, you're a man like a lion." Will thought only a lion could tame another lion, but he didn't know that Li Han had agreed to participate in the August Farm Cup football match, a joint event organized by the major farms and ranchers in Montana, which Li Han had previously refused.

The weekend party ended with Li Han's submission to Kelly's gun. After sending off Will and the others, Li Han took a shower and began to plan his grand project of creating a child. "The mother should be a young woman around twenty-two, with a perfection level of at least seventy-five. What a headache."

Li Han opened his notebook, which contained some data. "High IQ, around twenty-two years old, that's a college student, right?" Li Han slapped his forehead, wondering why he hadn't thought of it sooner.

"But how do I get the blood?" Li Han didn't dwell on it for long, deciding that this matter needed to be resolved quickly. Otherwise, he would need to sleep twelve hours a day to maintain the system's normal hibernation, and starting the system would require his blood as energy, which would shorten his life.

Li Han thought all night but couldn't come up with a good solution. He decided to take it one step at a time. The next morning, he called Will and hired him to take care of the farm for a week for two hundred dollars. Will agreed happily without even asking why Li Han was leaving. For the university, he chose the most prestigious and influential schools. He circled a few key ones: the University of Chicago, Columbia, Princeton, Harvard, Yale, and MIT. Li Han decided to start with the University of Chicago and then head to New York.

Li Han set off in his pickup truck with three barrels of diesel. He drove all day and night, slept in a motel, and set out early the next morning, finally arriving in Chicago. But when he got there, he was stumped. There were too many students, and finding a girl with high genetic perfection was a problem. Checking each one individually would likely kill him faster, so he needed to check the blood, but he couldn't bring a knife to draw blood. Li Han found a cheap motel and settled in, thinking of a plan.

"System, system, what should I do?" He munched on beef to replenish his energy while asking the silent iron chip, but the system had no good solution. It lacked energy and couldn't do much. Unless Li Han agreed to draw blood, which he refused to do, as it would shorten his life. "Right, blood donation." Li Han was delighted, thinking there might be blood samples left over from tests at the university.

Li Han decided to eat more meat to store more energy, then sneak into the university to try to get some blood samples. At night, as soon as it got dark, Li Han set out. Dressed like a student, he gathered information and learned that a batch of new students had just had their blood tested. Li Han guessed that the samples hadn't been moved yet. "System." Li Han arrived at the location, carefully opened the space, and hid inside. The small flying saucer glowed faintly as it flew down the hallway.

After dodging around, he finally reached the place. Li Han's face was pale; he had eaten meat all afternoon, and it was almost all digested. He quickly entered the freezer. "System, is there any blood with a perfection level over seventy percent?"

Li Han shivered, feeling an urge to drink the blood. "System, can you hurry up? I'm freezing." Li Han shivered and gnawed on beef to replenish his energy, feeling like a vampire. He needed to hurry and create a child, or he would be drained dry. "Okay, these few bottles?" Li Han carefully collected them. These were only over sixty-five percent, with only one reaching seventy percent.

"Host energy intake is insufficient, blood is needed for replenishment." As Li Han was about to put the bottles away, a wave of electricity flashed in his mind. "Are you telling me to drink blood?" Li Han was stunned, his mouth dry, but he didn't feel nauseous.

"Vampire, yes, vampire, I can't be turning into a vampire, can I?" Li Han was shocked. "Vampire Diaries" was airing, and he had watched a few episodes. He couldn't be turning into one of those.

"Host energy is insufficient, replenishment is needed." Li Han was completely dumbfounded. He decided to go for it; better to replenish than to lose his life. He packed the healthy blood and drank dozens of samples, his stomach finally full of energy. He activated the space and flew out of the University of Chicago. The next day, news of a bloodthirsty madman broke out in Chicago, while Li Han was already driving to the next location, New York.

"Still, eating beef is more comfortable. Drinking so much blood, just thinking about it makes me feel sick." Li Han spent over ten minutes brushing his teeth in the morning. Fortunately, he only needed to create a child with a perfection level of seventy or higher to be free. Li Han was eager to find a girl with a perfection level over eighty, and he would bite her to get a mouthful of blood.

Three days later, news of a bloodthirsty madman broke out at several universities in New York. Li Han was already in Massachusetts, home to two world-renowned universities, Harvard and MIT. He chose Harvard, which was more famous in his home country.

"What a wonderful place." Li Han was in a good mood. In New York, he had obtained a sample with a perfection level over seventy percent, but it didn't reach seventy-five. He was a bit disappointed but hopeful that Harvard, with students from all over the world, might have a surprise.

"Truly beautiful, even the sun avoids her radiance." Li Han watched a girl walking nearby, about 1.75 meters tall, with a golden ratio, a perfect figure, long hair, and a floral scent.

"System, check quickly." Li Han felt that creating a child with such a beauty would be the cutest baby in the world. He thought the girl must have excellent genes. "Locked, genetic perfection level eighty percent, gene grade excellent."

"Damn." Li Han couldn't help but curse. Eighty percent, too high. He had traveled half of America without finding anyone over seventy-five percent, and this girl was eighty. "Where did she go?" Li Han was in a panic, determined to find her. This time, he would bite her to get half a bottle of blood. With eighty percent, the system's theory of the survival of the fittest suggested that a child created with seventy-five percent would have a ninety percent chance of reaching seventy percent perfection, and with eighty percent, it would almost certainly reach seventy percent, with a possibility of gene enhancement.

Li Han was both excited and worried, fearing that his genes wouldn't be fully expressed. Fortunately, the system was bound to him, ensuring that his genes wouldn't be completely discarded. He chased after her, finally seeing her enter a small building. What should he do? Li Han thought for a moment and decided to take a chance. "Hello, can I ask for your help?"

The girl's companion frowned slightly, and Li Han felt a chill from his feet. "Of course." The girl's smile was like winter sunshine, charming and captivating. Li Han was a bit excited, feeling lucky to have met an angel today. "Thank you so much. This might be a bit forward, but can you give me a little of your blood? Just a little, please, don't—"

Before Li Han could finish, his body was flying through the air. The last thing he saw before losing consciousness was a red shoe and white underwear. "But you said you would help."

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