Chapter 47

The training started without any warning.

In the fitness area, Ye Wan directly took out a constant temperature lunch box.

The constant temperature lunch box had an LED screen displaying the internal temperature, as well as options for heating, humidifying, air frying, and cooking.

Qing Chen thought to himself, "Isn't this just an electric rice cooker that doesn't need to be plugged in? It seems there's a Cloud Flow Tower near the prison."

Ye Wan opened the lunch box, and inside were neatly arranged slices of beef.

"Eat it," Ye Wan said.

"Aren't we supposed to train? Isn't it bad for the stomach to eat now?" Qing Chen asked.

"Using the breathing technique for training, if you don't eat, your body will break down because the consumption is too high," Ye Wan explained.

Qing Chen felt the wonder of the breathing technique and suddenly asked, "Wait, when I use the breathing technique, I clearly feel a mysterious energy circulating in my body. It doesn't seem to help my body, nor does it have any substance, but I seem to be able to control it."

Ye Wan shook his head: "I'm not sure about that. You can ask the boss."

"Okay," Qing Chen didn't ask any more.

The next morning, the countdown was 20:20:00.

Lin Xiaoxiao, sitting at the table, asked Ye Wan: "How did it go last night? Usually, people can't handle high-intensity training at the beginning. How long did he last?"

Ye Wan glanced at him: "Full load, from 11 PM to 3 AM."

"Wait, he obviously hasn't trained before. He lasted until 3 AM?" Lin Xiaoxiao was stunned: "Ye Mama, don't overtrain him!"

"What's there to be afraid of with the breathing technique?" Ye Wan shook his head: "Before training, I made him eat a whole box of beef, which was all consumed during the training. The boss specifically instructed me. Don't worry, I know what I'm doing."

Ordinary people starting high-intensity training on the first day would probably be done for, and even rhabdomyolysis could occur.

"Even with the breathing technique, he would still be tired," Lin Xiaoxiao muttered.

Ye Wan shook his head again: "He seems to be able to separate his body and mind, only focusing on the training goal and not caring about his physical fatigue. I've never seen such a case. If he weren't a time traveler, he would have already awakened as an extraordinary being with this willpower."

"That's a good thing. If he had awakened early, he wouldn't be an ordinary person and wouldn't be able to follow the boss's path," Lin Xiaoxiao said.

At this moment, it was breakfast time at Prison No. 18, and the alloy gates opened one by one as the prisoners lined up to go downstairs.

Qing Chen stood in the queue, still without any special privileges.

Lin Xiaoxiao glanced at Qing Chen and was surprised to see him looking energetic, with no signs of the four-day fasting aftereffects.

He turned to Li Shitong and asked: "Boss, is the breathing technique really that amazing? Why don't you let me try it tonight? I feel like I still have a chance."

Li Shitong, staring at the chessboard without lifting his head, said: "When I offered to let you try it before, you were too scared. Now it's too late, you're too old."

"I'm only 27 years old..." Lin Xiaoxiao said.

"The longer you live, the more bitter your heart becomes," Li Shitong said: "After 20, you suffer more from the world. Using the breathing technique won't get you past the self-examination stage. We always thought our teenage years were hard, but as adults, we realize that the two kinds of suffering are different."

When Qing Chen lined up to go downstairs, he still sat far away from Li Shitong. Li Shitong felt a bit melancholic: "Although I made him act like he's being ostracized, now no one will help me solve the difficult chess problems."

As he spoke, a broadcast suddenly sounded in Prison No. 18: "Inmates with numbers 010101, 002199, ... have family visits. Please follow Mechanical Guard No. 03 to the visitation room."

010101 was Qing Chen's number.

He was stunned; he had been in the inner world for so long, and this was the first time someone had visited him.

He had even forgotten that there were family visits in prison.

Lu Guangyi said to him: "Boss, today is family visit day. It must be Qing Yan."

"Okay," Qing Chen nodded and stood up.

He followed over 80 inmates in a queue, then passed through a huge alloy gate and walked down a long corridor.

The walls of the corridor were made of metal, and the ceiling had two white strips, making it look like a time tunnel.

On the way, a prisoner joked to another: "Han Lishan, your sister is visiting you again, right? Get a photo of her and lend it to me tonight!"

The prisoner named Han Lishan cursed, and if it weren't for the visitation time, they would definitely have a fight.

The prisoners were noisy, but as long as they stayed in the queue, the mechanical guards wouldn't intervene.

In the queue, only Qing Chen was quiet.

No prisoner dared to joke with him, and even the ones behind him kept their distance.

When he arrived at the private visitation room, Qing Chen pushed the door open and saw a young man sitting inside.

The man was about 25 or 26 years old, with a black buzz cut, looking very sharp.

This must be Qing Yan. He was wearing a gray suit, and his palm was a mechanical limb.

However, this was probably the most exquisite mechanical limb Qing Chen had ever seen. Each finger's surface was carefully polished, and both sides were inlaid with golden patterns. The back of the hand had beautiful ginkgo leaf patterns, like a mafia's scepter.

The ginkgo leaf was the symbol of the Qing family.

Qing Chen sat down in front of him, and Qing Yan looked at him coldly: "The Second and Fourth Houses have already submitted complaints about you to the family tribunal, saying you unnecessarily provoked Li Shitong and caused him to dislike you. Although our Qing family is not afraid of Li Shitong, we do not want to make enemies with the Knights and the Eternal Society. I hope you behave yourself in Prison No. 18 and don't cause any more trouble."

Qing Chen was stunned. Before this, when Lu Guangyi mentioned Qing Yan, he thought he was an ally.

But now it seemed that wasn't the case.

He thought for a moment and asked: "Is there anything else?"

Qing Yan said coldly: "Have you thought about your situation? The other candidates have people helping them, but you don't. What makes you think you can compete with them? This time, the Second and Fourth Houses are determined to win. Don't be a pawn for others. Take my advice and marry Shendai Koyomi from the Shendai family. The Qing family will still have a place for you."

Qing Chen looked at him expressionlessly but was thinking rapidly.

What a strange turn of events. He had a marriage contract in the inner world? And from the name, it didn't sound like a Chinese name.

Shendai... one of the five major companies, Shendai.

Qing Chen thought for a moment and said: "I still want to try."

Qing Yan, seemingly surprised by Qing Chen's response, adjusted his collar and said calmly: "As you wish. The tribunal hasn't punished you, but the family won't help you anymore. The family never intended for you to participate in the Shadow War. You insisted on joining and even took the Third House's spot, so don't expect more support. If you can complete the task, that's best. If not, stay in Prison No. 18 until your sentence is up."

"Okay," Qing Chen calmly stood up and left without saying more to the well-dressed Qing family member.

Qing Yan, seeing this, was somewhat angry: "Did you hear what I said?"

Qing Chen said to the mechanical guard outside: "Hello, I'm done here."

"Wait!" Qing Yan softened his tone: "Shendai Koyomi came with me to visit you. You should at least meet her, or we can't explain it to both families."

Qing Chen: "...Okay."

Qing Yan left, and five minutes later, another person came in.

It was a girl around 17 or 18 years old. She wasn't stunningly beautiful, but there was something about her that gave a fresh feeling.

She was wearing a formal top and a knee-length skirt, looking like a very formal meeting.

But it seemed she wasn't used to wearing such clothes, so she looked a bit uncomfortable.

Qing Chen observed the girl. She had a small mole beside her nose, and her skin had no traces of makeup.

After sitting down, she didn't look at Qing Chen directly, occasionally sneaking a glance, but didn't speak.

They sat in silence...

Until the broadcast announced that the visitation time was over.

The girl then whispered: "Even though sitting quietly like this is nice, this boy's silence is really beautiful."

"What?" Qing Chen was puzzled.

The girl smiled: "It's nothing."

The mechanical guard led Qing Chen away, and on the way back, he was deep in thought.

Previously, Lu Guangyi said that he had specifically asked him to come to Prison No. 18 to help. It seemed that even Lu Guangyi didn't know the truth.

No wonder the Qing family only sent a retirement home enforcer to help with such an important Shadow War.

It turns out he had been abandoned by the family in the inner world.

But what about this sudden marriage contract?

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