Chapter 54: My Combat Power is Only One Thousand, While His is at Least Ten Thousand

Evolver Association, twenty-third floor.

The scattering 'lens fragments' fell to the ground.

Zong Bai and Lu Xiguang could not help but change their expressions.

They knew Cao Rong's personality well—fearless of heaven and earth.

Since it was agreed earlier that he would go test Lin Yuan's bottom line, it was impossible for him to back down halfway.

Unless…

Zong Bai and Lu Xiguang exchanged a glance.

As Evolvers with well-developed brain domains, they quickly generated several guesses in their hearts.

The combat power glasses were the latest scientific research achievement of Black Crow Star. Although not yet perfected, there was a possibility of malfunction and explosion.

But if that were all, Cao Rong would definitely not have acted so trembling and fearful.

Most likely, before the combat power glasses exploded, Cao Rong saw something through them.

"It is best not to offend this person."

In a flash of lightning, numerous thoughts surfaced in Zong Bai's mind, and he immediately stepped forward, a benign smile blooming on his face: "Mr. Lin, the three of us have been waiting here for you for a long time."

"It is I who have arrived late."

A trace of strangeness flashed through Lin Yuan's eyes.

His gaze swept without a trace over the scattered 'lens fragments' on the ground.

Just moments ago, he faintly sensed a weak 'sense of surveillance'.

It should have originated from those glasses fragments.

However, this 'sense of surveillance' was very shallow.

At most, it could only slightly perceive a portion of Lin Yuan's strength.

As for his true trump cards and methods, they were hidden within his body.

Unless he went all out, it was very difficult to be observed.

"This way, please. President Liao has specially prepared delicacies from other planets, which are of some help to Evolvers like us."

Zong Bai said in a warm tone.

Lu Xiguang also wore a smile.

"I wonder what on earth Cao Rong saw?"

Lu Xiguang's gaze occasionally swept over the absent-minded Cao Rong.

Had Lin Yuan not been present, he probably would have impatiently asked about it by now.

At the dining table.

Lin Yuan took a sip of the fine wine before him.

"Good wine."

Lin Yuan praised.

The fine wine in his mouth naturally did not just refer to the taste of the fine wine.

Rather, as the fine wine entered his throat, it began to slowly improve his body. If an ordinary citizen drank this mouthful of fine wine, it was estimated that they could prolong their life by three to five years.

Even with Lin Yuan's Physical Body having grown strong to a certain degree, he could still feel the Qi and blood within his body slightly boiling.

"This fine wine is called Tianzhi Wine, and it is a treasured collection of Big Brother Zong. If Mr. Lin hadn't come, we wouldn't have had this blessing of the mouth."

Lü Xibai couldn't help saying beside them.

Tianzhi Wine, even for first-tier or second-tier Evolvers, belonged to the category of luxury goods.

The market price of a pot of Tianzhi Wine was between five million and ten million, and Lin Yuan's cup of Tianzhi Wine alone was worth five hundred thousand.

The salary of an ordinary citizen working for decades was merely this mouthful of wine.

Of course, the reason Tianzhi Wine was so expensive was, first, because it was truly delicious.

Secondly, it was because of its slight enhancement to the Physical Body.

This pot of Tianzhi Wine belonging to Zong Bai was also secretly brought out from home.

Stored in the Evolver Association, intending to taste it slowly.

If not for seeing that Lin Yuan was not simple this time, and Cao Rong's previous behavior might have caused misunderstandings or the like,

Zong Bai would not have been willing to take out the Tianzhi Wine.

Next.

The few of them chatted with each other for a while.

Lin Yuan also roughly gained some understanding of Zong Bai and the other two.

The evolution path Zong Bai walked was named the 'Telepathic Sorcerer' Evolution Path.

Controlling psychokinesis, killing across a distance.

The 'Telepathic Sorcerer' Evolution Path was a widely spread evolution path within Human Civilization.

In essence, it was about continuously developing one's own psychokinesis to further influence reality.

Cultivating this evolution path to the fourth or fifth stage, a slight movement of the mind could cause natural disaster scenes such as volcanic eruptions and crustal plate movements.

As for Lu Xiguang, he was a Bloodline Evolver, and all his abilities came from his own Bloodline.

Lu Xiguang's Bloodline quality had reached the second stage.

However, even though Bloodline Evolvers had a lower cultivation difficulty than Evolvers of other paths, stepping from the first stage into the second stage was no easy matter.

Coupled with the fact that Lu Xiguang's Bloodline concentration was not very high,

he had been trapped at the first stage, twelfth level for more than ten years.

Communicating with Zong Bai, Lu Xiguang, and the others was quite helpful to Lin Yuan.

Chatting face-to-face, Lin Yuan's gaze swept over them, and his Heaven-Defying Comprehension would occasionally provide some feedback, giving Lin Yuan some slight insights.

Especially Zong Bai's Telepathic Sorcerer Evolution Path—the so-called psychokinesis was essentially the power of the Soul and spiritual exotic power.

Some of the insights from it could be completely supplemented into the Martial Dao Evolution Path.

An hour later.

Lin Yuan and Zong Bai and the others exchanged their respective citizen numbers in the Virtual World, and then bid farewell.

Twenty-third floor, inside the room.

After seeing Lin Yuan off, Zong Bai and the others returned here.

"Indeed not simple."

Zong Bai frowned and thought for a moment before speaking.

The 'not simple' in his mouth naturally referred to Lin Yuan.

If at the very beginning, he had treated the matter cautiously because he couldn't figure out Lin Yuan's strength and Cao Rong's performance,

then after having a conversation with Lin Yuan, he naturally had other thoughts in his heart.

Putting other things aside for the moment, Zong Bai clearly perceived that Lin Yuan had an extraordinary understanding of the essence of evolution paths.

When asking about his own Telepathic Sorcerer Evolution Path, every question Lin Yuan asked was something Zong Bai had pondered over without finding an answer, or even had to ask higher-stage Evolvers to barely have his doubts resolved.

Yet in just a few words, Lin Yuan had almost figured it out completely.

You must know that what Lin Yuan cultivated was not the Telepathic Sorcerer Evolution Path.

Without studying it yet, he had already comprehended the general idea, and even his occasional words benefited Zong Bai immensely.

"Cao Rong, what on earth is wrong with you?"

"Why were you like that just now?"

Lu Xiguang nodded in agreement while looking at Cao Rong beside him.

At this moment, Cao Rong appeared unusually silent.

"Mr. Lin's combat power."

Hearing this, a look of shock and fear appeared on Cao Rong's face.

It really was combat power. Zong Bai and Lu Xiguang felt a sense of certainty in their hearts.

They had previously speculated that Cao Rong was affected because he saw Lin Yuan's combat power through the combat power glasses, resulting in his subsequent performance.

"Just how much combat power does Mr. Lin have?"

Lu Xiguang immediately asked.

"My combat power is only one thousand, while Mr. Lin's combat power is at least ten thousand."

Cao Rong's voice was somewhat trembling, "No, it is above ten thousand."

After the combat power glasses observed a combat power of ten thousand, they exploded due to overload.

Therefore, Cao Rong felt that Lin Yuan's combat power was definitely more than ten thousand.

"Combat power above ten thousand…"

Zong Bai and Lu Xiguang immediately took deep breaths.

This was combat power that only true second-tier Evolvers would possess.

Combat power that even most second-tier Evolvers could not reach.

"Didn't President Liao say that the person invited this time is about the same strength as us?" Lu Xiguang muttered to himself.

Theirs was one thousand, while Lin Yuan's was ten thousand—no, it was above ten thousand.

Is this called about the same?

"The combat power glasses should not make a mistake."

Cao Rong added from the side.

If the combat power glasses had exploded directly before seeing Lin Yuan,

it could still be a problem with the glasses themselves; as a new technological product, the possibility of malfunction was indeed not ruled out.

But after the combat power glasses captured Lin Yuan's approximate combat power information and then exploded after exceeding the limit, this could only prove that the glasses' configuration was poor, but the captured information was without any problem.

"What are you two thinking about?"

Seeing the two in silence, Zong Bai suddenly smiled.

"The stronger Mr. Lin is, isn't that a good thing?"

Zong Bai asked rhetorically.

Facing the upcoming arena match, the stronger the strength, the closer the ranking obtained. Even if they failed to squeeze into the top three thousand in the end, they would still be able to get President Liao's private compensation.

"Indeed a good thing."

Lu Xiguang and Cao Rong glanced at each other, their eyes instantly lighting up.

They immediately realized that to them, Lin Yuan was a thick thigh to hug. Embracing it might allow their ranking in the arena match to rise by dozens of places.

Evolver Association, thirtieth floor.

After leaving the twenty-third floor, Lin Yuan did not return to Shuiyue Community.

Instead, he came to the thirtieth floor, intending to see President Liao.

Making a trip here in person this time, aside from getting familiar with the three teammates for the upcoming arena match,

Lin Yuan had another purpose.

"How is it?"

"Zong Bai and the others didn't make things difficult for you, did they?"

President Liao asked with a hint of worry.

He naturally knew the personalities of Zong Bai, Cao Rong, and the others.

He understood that it definitely wouldn't be so easy for Lin Yuan to integrate into the group.

However, he couldn't manage this matter either. As the Association President, he had the power to let Lin Yuan join, but it was impossible to make Zong Bai and the others have zero opinions.

"Not bad."

"That pot of Tianzhi Wine is good."

Lin Yuan said casually.

He had a very good impression of this kind of fine wine.

If it weren't too expensive, he would have planned to buy a few boxes.

"Huh?"

"Since when did Zong Bai become so generous?"

President Liao's expression was shocked.

He had also coveted that pot of Tianzhi Wine for a long time, but Zong Bai had never invited him to drink it.

Yet when it came to Lin Yuan, he took it out after just a single meeting?

"President Liao, coming over this time, there is another matter I would like to ask your help with."

Lin Yuan did not beat around the bush and asked directly.