Chapter 7

Luo Yang was truly exhausted, sleeping soundly until noon the next day before he finally woke up groggily.

When he saw that he was still in the small wooden house, he mumbled, "Sure enough, I’ve been reborn. I didn’t sleep back to my old self. From thirty-six to sixteen, from an uncle to a young boy, from an old bird to a little bird. Hehe, it feels pretty good."

"What do you mean by old bird and little bird? What are you talking about?" A clear and pleasant voice rang out beside him, startling Luo Yang. Someone had sneaked in while he was sleeping, and he hadn’t even noticed, indicating he had slept like the dead.

"Sister Xiaoman, when did you come in?" Luo Yang, seeing the beautiful figure by the bed with her sleeves rolled up and a fresh hairstyle, naturally reverted to his youthful and restless nature, as if he could never grow up in front of Zhang Xiaoman.

"You really can sleep! I made breakfast early this morning and came over eagerly to thank you for saving me yesterday, but you were sleeping like a dead pig, ruining your image in my eyes." Zhang Xiaoman blinked and looked at Luo Yang playfully, glancing at his solid chest and thinking to herself, "This brat has developed well. Four years ago, he was still a little kid when I bathed him. I didn’t expect him to grow up so quickly."

"What are you thinking about? Your face is turning red." Luo Yang found it amusing and waved his finger in front of Zhang Xiaoman.

"Hmph, it’s all because of you. Sister is thinking about a very serious issue. I heard from the classmates that you seemed to turn into someone else yesterday, taking out Lan Tianfang and many other students from Nangang High School."

Zhang Xiaoman took a deep breath and lowered her voice, "You, you are so bold, incredibly bold. Just thinking about it makes me scared. I heard the Lan family is very powerful, and there’s also the Zhang family, involving Nangang, Heitan, and Longque, the three key high schools in our Heiyue Province. Canghai can’t compare to these giants. Sister is telling you, if you can’t deal with them, you can run. I’ll take you and Leopard and run away!"

"Ha ha ha, it’s better for me not to leave Canghai. If I go out now, I’ll be dead for sure." Luo Yang, without a care, picked up the insulated lunch box. He had lost a lot of blood yesterday and needed a good meal. He didn’t expect Zhang Xiaoman to have prepared so many blood-nourishing foods.

"How can that be? We can disguise ourselves as plants, especially in the area behind the school near the forest. Once we dive into the big forest and take a detour for half a month, those despicable guys won’t be able to do anything to us."

"Wait, let me recall. When was the last time you made a promise? It seems you made me and Leopard climb a tree to get a bird’s nest, and we ended up falling and getting badly hurt."

"Tsk, that was two years ago, before high school. Do you need to recall? You have a pretty bad memory for your age. You should know, that wasn’t an ordinary bird’s nest. A level-two super-species, the Quail Dove, is very rare. Wasn’t the bird’s egg delicious?"

"Rare, indeed rare, and it chased us in a very rare way." Luo Yang chewed and swallowed his food, and Zhang Xiaoman didn’t notice that tears were welling up in the eyes of this tough young man.

Only when you lose something do you realize its value. In his dreams, he had wished countless times to eat Zhang Xiaoman’s cooking again. What is happiness? At this moment, Luo Yang felt that Zhang Xiaoman sitting in front of him, watching him eat, was happiness.

After twenty years, these were twenty painful years. Today, he finally realized his wish, and this meal made him more determined and cherish it even more. To protect this happiness, he must become strong, very strong.

"Brat, how can you eat it all? My goodness, are you a rice bucket? It’s already noon, and you didn’t even leave any for your sister. If you go out and cause trouble, don’t mention my name. It’s embarrassing to have a rice bucket for a brother."

"That’s not acceptable. I must announce Sister Xiaoman’s name, so everyone in the world knows our relationship." Luo Yang and Zhang Xiaoman laughed and joked, enjoying the meal until Lin Tianbao arrived.

"Brother Yang, Sister Xiaoman is here too!" Lin Tianbao grinned, his thick eyebrows making him look particularly honest, but he was far from it. He often winked and exchanged knowing glances with Luo Yang, a form of communication only brothers understood.

Zhang Xiaoman glared, understanding some of the lewd exchanges between the two, like "Did you get it done?" "Hold her tight," and "Kiss her," which made her uncomfortable just thinking about it.

Lin Tianbao wasn’t alone; five others followed him.

"Hua Luo, Meng Weiyang, Dou Xianyue, Zhu Niangsheng, and Brother Shigu, nice to see you all." Zhang Xiaoman, a minor celebrity in Canghai, knew all five people Lin Tianbao had brought.

"Hehe, Sister Xiaoman, Brother Luo Yang asked me to select people. I beat up all the weaklings who didn’t meet the criteria, and these four are the only ones who qualified." Hua Luo, who was only thirteen this year, looked like he was only eight or nine due to his thin and frail build.

Upon closer inspection, Hua Luo had a delicate face, but a scar on his left eyebrow made it look broken, and the coldness in his eyes made him seem very gloomy for his age.

Each time he said "hehe," it wasn’t a real laugh but a forced one, making people feel uncomfortable the first time they saw him.

"This kid is really annoying. I’ve been in Canghai for six years, and there aren’t many brats as annoying as him." The young man with braids leaning against the door of the wooden house was Shigu, who had sworn to get into a prestigious university but had failed three times.

"Dead braid, you should be grateful. I put laxatives in your breakfast, not poison." Hua Luo’s eyes turned sharp, making it hard to imagine such a young child could have such a fierce aura.

"If it’s poisonous, I can help you, but I’ll charge a fee. I’m all about money." Among the five, Zhu Niangsheng, with his pale face, spoke, and the temperature in the wooden house seemed to drop a few degrees. Despite his handsome appearance, his face was deathly pale, like a corpse that had been in a coffin for days, ready to turn into a zombie at any moment.

"Hey, hey, hey, it’s your first time here, don’t be so distant. We should all be close and loving, like a harmonious family." The effeminate voice made everyone feel uneasy, raising goosebumps. This man, dressed flamboyantly and with a feminine name, Meng Weiyang, was a man.

"Brat, you’re a man, so stop pretending to be a woman. Your soft voice is annoying; shut up." The girl with a buzz cut, Dou Xianyue, was the opposite of the effeminate boy, dressing and behaving very masculine, more like a man than most men.

Luo Yang nodded and said, "Everyone is here, showing your determination to resist the enemy. The situation is very serious. Nangang will definitely take revenge. If we add Heitan and Longque, Canghai will be easily defeated. In this situation, we must form an elite team to help the clock tower level up, creating a positive cycle to protect us in this struggle."

"But the clock tower at Canghai High School has never responded to anyone." Dou Xianyue crossed her arms.

"That’s because we are only a branch of Canghai. When we split from the original site, we didn’t do it thoroughly, leaving key parts behind. Our task now is to make up for these deficiencies."

"Go out now?" Zhang Xiaoman quickly interjected, "Ayang, didn’t you say that you would die if you left Canghai High School? The Lan and Zhang families won’t let it go. They must be closely watching every move in Canghai."

"You’re right. Within the Canghai High School grounds, we are protected by the law, so those families can’t act directly. They can only send students from other schools to invade, putting us in a relatively fair protection period. However, if I step out of Canghai High School, anything could happen."

"But how can you...?" Zhang Xiaoman was very confused.

"Let me keep you in suspense. If everything goes well, you’ll know the answer at midnight two days from now." In fact, Luo Yang wasn’t entirely confident. The timeline had been pushed back by twenty years, and he didn’t know if the things he was familiar with still existed. His understanding of the world was still limited, and even as a Sealer before his rebirth, he had only just begun to explore the mysterious world.

"Hmph, this brat has learned to create suspense and act mysterious." Zhang Xiaoman wasn’t bothered by Luo Yang’s changes. Perhaps due to a woman’s intuition, she could sense that Luo Yang cared about her more than ever.

Luo Yang, facing everyone, said with emphasis, "Alright, we have eight people here. We need to get to know each other well. Let’s talk about our abilities and levels to find our roles in the team. I’ll start. My ability is Level 1 Imprint and Level 0 Star Spiral. Using some special methods, I can reduce the restrictions on imprinting. For example, if a strong person leaves their aura on a book in the school library, I can imprint it.

Of course, the superpowers I can record have never exceeded Level 3. Yesterday, I was lucky and accidentally activated the clock tower’s intelligence, which allowed me to do that.

In other words, if it happens again, without external help, I definitely can’t handle so many Nangang students. All I can do is run.

I think just introducing abilities isn’t enough. Each of you should have your own special skills, which are your own and shouldn’t be easily revealed to others. Additionally, before the team is fully integrated, try to be independent and not overly rely on others. Only after a few life-and-death trials can you trust your teammates completely."

"Wait, Ayang, when did you activate your second superpower? The books clearly state that it’s impossible to activate a second superpower before the first one reaches Level 4. How did you do it?" Zhang Xiaoman asked what everyone was thinking. Normally, one can only activate a second superpower after reaching a certain level, and even those with special constitutions can’t do it this early.

The seven people all looked at Luo Yang, waiting for the answer they desired.

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