Chapter 33

Facing Qi Yanbin's sincerity, especially the last phrase "really suits my temperament," Bu Ye neither nodded nor smiled; he could only say that he was very calm.

He did not express any goodwill, nor did he express any ill will.

This was originally a matter between Qi Yanbin and Bu Ye, but unexpectedly, Bu Ye's indifference instead stirred up the discontent of some others.

Who is Qi Yanbin? In the Chinese novel website Qidian, which dominates the market, its share is even greater than the sum of all other Chinese novel websites, and Qi Yanbin is one of the hottest big shots today!

And who is Bu Ye? Just a deranged murderer!

When the great god Qi Yanbin of Qidian expresses goodwill to you, Bu Ye, a small writer, how can you remain completely unresponsive? Truly ungrateful!

At this moment, several people subconsciously looked at Bu Ye, their expressions quite unfriendly.

It was only then that Bu Ye felt something was amiss. His gaze shifted from Qi Yanbin, and with just a quick glance, he understood what was happening.

He did not smile when faced with Qi Yanbin's goodwill, but he smiled now.

However, it was not a smile of flattery, but rather a smile of indifference, slightly tinged with sarcasm.

It was not his turn to speak, so he did not care whether others could understand his gaze. He simply looked back: He had long known that this circle was a mix of good and bad, like a small society, and many people were just the dregs of this small society. Indeed, it was true.

Whether anyone understood or not, those few people were all furious!

They at least felt Bu Ye's contempt and provocation toward them!

They might have been weak scholars in the past, but they were not now! All of them had awakened the Heart Cloud Blood Star, just like Qi Yanbin, who could make a large stone table tremble with one punch!

Several people ganging up on one person could definitely knock Bu Ye down instantly!

As for Bu Ye having killed before, it might have been intimidating on Earth, but this was not Earth. After crossing over to Qiaoshou Star, they might have killed before too!

When others also noticed this situation, the focus of Qi Yanbin's description shifted to Bu Ye and the few people facing off against him. Nie Ning, who was on Bu Ye's right, also sensed something was off and quickly guessed what was happening, frowning slightly. At this moment, this beauty could not help but evaluate Bu Ye in her heart: If he did not speak, he seemed quite decent, but she did not expect him to react this way to external hostility.

She felt that Bu Ye was like a unique sea urchin, usually keeping all its spines inside, but once touched, it would "snap"...

Thinking of this, Nie Ning's frown deepened, but she did not move away, as she felt she understood people like Bu Ye: as long as they were not provoked, they would not pose any danger.

Finally, a voice came from the red light: "Time's up, next person."

Qi Yanbin sat down directly, and a young man on his left stood up, beginning to describe his story and insights.

Everyone had to shift their attention, or they would definitely be penalized by the red light in the final evaluation, which directly related to life and death!

At this point, more than forty out of fifty people had finished their stories, reaching the final stage.

Many people were becoming increasingly nervous, including those who had already spoken. Because the results would be announced as soon as the formal process ended, and out of fifty people, only twenty could survive.

Who would live and who would die?

No one wanted to die!

As time passed, it was finally the turn of the last person, a woman to the right of Lu Nan, who looked to be under thirty. She was not particularly beautiful, but she was still quite pleasant to look at.

This woman wore a leather hunting outfit, and when she stood up, it was clear that a dagger was hanging from her right waist, making her look both efficient and threatening.

And her performance was the same. As soon as she stood up, she looked at Qi Yanbin without hesitation and nodded with a smile, saying, "I never thought I would meet you in person under such circumstances..."

"I am an author from Hongxiu Tianxiang. You probably don't know me, but I read your novels when I was in college. Although I stopped reading later, I have always followed your achievements."

Seeing a woman who was clearly younger than him speak like an old senior, Qi Yanbin was somewhat at a loss, so he nodded in response, showing goodwill.

"Hello everyone, I'm very happy to meet you all here. Yes, I mean it, I am really happy."

"The reason is that this is exactly the environment I have been looking for. Please don't misunderstand, I am not looking for an environment with 'infinite possibilities' as Qi God mentioned, but an absolutely fair environment! Yes, absolutely fair!"

"I think everyone must have long been accustomed to it. Although we always talk about fairness and justice, the environment we live in is not very fair. Some people struggle for years to save up enough money to buy a good car, while for others, it might just be a gift from their elders on their 18th birthday."

"Some people say this is the fate arranged by heaven. But when I see someone who is ugly, talentless, and arrogant, and yet can enjoy a life that many people struggle their whole lives to achieve, I really feel that heaven is blind."

"But I must clarify that I often complained when I was young, but I am not complaining now. I am simply stating a result like an academic expert: these phenomena are indeed unfair."

"I think no one can deny this, right?" The woman looked around, seeing that no one disagreed, and then nodded, "This is very good, because everyone's recognition of these phenomena being unfair is the premise for my next words."

"My name is Yang Ming. Don't laugh, this is indeed a boy's name. It's all because my parents wanted a boy so much and wanted me to be famous, without considering my feelings. I've long wanted to settle accounts with them, but now it's all good, I've finally gotten away from them." Yang Ming smiled frankly.

"I don't think my life path is particularly special, of course, except for this crossover. But perhaps because my parents raised me as a boy from a young age, my competitive spirit has been there since I was aware, and it is very strong."

"I always compare myself with others in everything I do, and I want to win. If I lose, I have to find a reason to justify it. Otherwise, I can't sleep at night."

"When I was 13 or 14, I rarely won arm wrestling with boys, which used to be something I could boast about among my friends. So I blamed it on being a girl, as girls are indeed not as strong as boys when they grow up, and my competitiveness calmed down."

"As I got older, I had to focus all my energy on my studies, hoping to get into a good university. My grades were quite good, and I got into Shanghai Jiaotong University. Isn't that pretty good? But I was actually very disappointed, really disappointed, because my goal was Tsinghua University."

"So I blamed it on the fact that the population of Shandong Province is too large, and the competition is too intense. If I had been born in another province, like Beijing or Qinghai, getting into Tsinghua would have been no problem. So my competitiveness calmed down again."

"But soon I found another fact I couldn't avoid: in the year I took the college entrance exam, quite a few people from Shandong got into Tsinghua. They were also Shandong candidates, and they didn't have any local preference policies, but they did better than me!"

"How could I lose to these people? I had to find a reason to calm down. So I found that they were from better cities, or that someone from the same city as me got in, and their parents were teachers, so they received better education, or that someone was a minority and got extra points on the exam..."

"In short, I found all kinds of reasons to feel at ease. In the last year of university, my application to study in the Netherlands was approved, and I went to Europe. You can imagine what a child from a not particularly wealthy Chinese family would experience there, the visual and mental shock..."

"All kinds of inferiorities, even in terms of thinking, I felt I was a country bumpkin. I had to find a reason to prove that I was not as adaptable as others, that I was not as excellent as others, or I would bleed three liters every day... So I kept looking."

"In many people's eyes, I was already quite excellent, but I always wanted to get to the bottom of things. After returning to China, I did not do as well as many other returnees, but I had to endure it after finding a reason... In my free time, I watched soap operas, read novels, and sometimes even posted articles online. Yes, you should have guessed it, I am actually a weekly, even a monthly, writer. To be honest, my official salary is enough for me to enjoy life, and I don't rely on writing for a living."

"After saying so much, the point I most want to express is that due to my innate competitiveness, I have never lived a very smooth life. I want a platform, a completely fair platform, without any gender, wealth, or national differences, without any seniority, a completely, thoroughly fair platform!"

"Let me live on such a platform and compete in everything. Although I am also worried that if I really get such a platform, I might lose and can't find a reason to justify it, and I have to admit my failure... But at least I have that chance! A completely fair chance! Then, I will have no regrets in life or death!"

"Everyone should understand why I am in this state now. Although I have lost a lot here, I have gained what I most wanted in my previous life, something I could never get: this relatively, almost completely fair environment!"

"To be honest, even if the environment here is more harsh, I will genuinely like it. Gentlemen, ladies, I consider you all friends, but..."

Yang Ming suddenly stopped, looking at her slowly raised right hand, smiling, and then the light in her body gradually brightened, and she clenched her fist and slammed it down!

She pressed her left hand on the stone table, almost using the same action as Qi Yanbin before, and punched the stone table!

"Bang!!!!"

Yang Ming's punch was like a shock to everyone's heart, making them jump.

Yang Ming's strength was probably not inferior to Qi Yanbin!

And Bu Ye, who was diagonally opposite, slightly narrowed his eyes, as he noticed that Yang Ming had at least one advantage over Qi Yanbin: speed!

Yang Ming's punch was faster!

When Bu Ye wanted to see how many stars Yang Ming had, she had already retracted her fist and hidden her Blood Stars, and spoke again, continuing her "but."

"I also consider you all my opponents! This is an almost completely fair environment, and we are all on the same starting line here! I think not only I, but perhaps everyone here, has longed for fairness since childhood. Since we are here, and have this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, why not put aside all other distractions and enjoy this most fair competition?"

"Fellow writers! Can coding competition be more exciting than this? Writers are often jealous of each other, and everyone wants to walk with their noses in the air. If you look down on other writers, despise them, including despising me! If you think you are the strongest, then come on! Right here! This is a fair platform to prove that you are indeed better than others!"