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nDawn, 6:30 a.m.

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nThe dull, golden sunlight beamed through the curtains and landed on Xu Tui’s long eyelashes. Xu Tui opened his eyes right on time.

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nThe high intensity of studying and training of a third-year student had made Xu Tui’s biological clock extremely accurate.

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nHe stretched slowly.

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nHe felt refreshed.

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nThe aching limbs he had yesterday had become very loose.

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nHe had fully recovered.

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nXu Tui’s lazy expression was mixed with a thick suave and youthful aura.

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nHowever, that lazy aura rapidly disappeared after Xu Tui got off the bed. It was replaced with Xu Tui’s efficient actions.

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nHe brushed his teeth.

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nThen drank the large glass of warm water on the table.

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nThat was his mother’s order. Xu Tui had long made it a habit.

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nHe then washed his face and changed his clothes.

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nXu Tui devoured the breakfast that had been prepared for him as fast as possible.

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nThe selection included: three boiled eggs, a large glass of milk, a corn cob, a plate of glossy-looking buns filled with pork and eggplants, and a small dish of chili oil, which was the dipping sauce for his buns.

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nHis mother had made it herself.

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nPerhaps it was his father who made it.

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nIt was fragrant!

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nIt was delicious!

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nIn this Great Genetic Era, every student had to go through cultural studies and a certain extent of physical training since elementary school.

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nThese kinds of physical training reached their peak at high school.

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nThat was obvious from how physical education teachers were also homeroom teachers for third-year students.

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nFor most ordinary households, eggs were the best and cheapest way to replenish protein.

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nXu Tui’s family was extremely ordinary.

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nThey lived in a small area that was full of life. His parents were also average-wage earners.

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nThey only managed to have such an ordinary life because Xu Tui’s parents had passed the Genetic Admission Score during their time.

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n“Mum, I’ve eaten breakfast. I’m heading to school now.”

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nXu Tui brought along the liability form and insurance form after telling his mother that he was leaving the house and was about to head out the door.

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nZhang Xiuli looked at Xu Tui and opened her mouth. However, she did not say anything.

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nXu Jianguo waved at Xu Tui. “Go. Remember to call us after you come out of the Genetic Examination Hall.”

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nXu Jianguo did not tell Xu Tui to notify them of his safety. However, Xu Tui could still see his mother’s body shake.

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n“I got it.”

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nHe had been immature when he was young and was always repulsed by his parents nagging at him.

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nHowever, today, Xu Tui felt the weight behind his parents’ nags.

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n…

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nAfter Xu Tui left the house, Xu Jianguo slowly sat down in front of the dining table and pulled out a tissue for his wife.

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n“In this day and age, every child has to go through this,” Xu Jianguo said gently, trying to comfort his wife. Not taking the Genetic Liberation Elixir is equivalent to being crippled in this Great Genetic Age. Furthermore, didn’t the both of us also make it through this? What’s there to be worried about? Also, 20 years ago, didn’t you feel more anxious than Improvement when you were consuming the Genetic Liberation Elixir? But I didn’t see you cry then, right?”

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nXu Jianguo’s words made his wife feel better. She picked up the tissue and wiped off the tears at the corner of her eyes. “I’m just worried about Improvement. Probabilities are probabilities. But if the probability lands on someone, that…”

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n“The probability would not land on Improvement,” Xu Jianguo was quick to interject. “The teacher said that as long as a person has meditated for more than 10 years, the probability of the Genetic Liberation Elixir causing a genetic breakdown would be infinitely close to zero.”

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nZhang Xiuli’s expression became clearly calmer when Xu Jianguo mentioned the teacher.

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nIt was obvious that she had a deep trust in the teacher that Xu Jianguo was talking about.

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n“But the side effects…”

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n“There are no buts!” Xu Jianguo was very determined. “Furthermore, the targets that the teacher is tracking are very little. There’s nothing much for us to refer to from the consolidated results.”

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n…

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nXu Tui did not know that his parents were worrying about his future after he left the house.

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nHe reached the school on time. The school was filled with students, their faces filled with anticipation.

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nMany of them would become genetic superhumans after they consumed the Genetic Liberation Elixir today.

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nEvery student, Xu Tui included, hoped that they could become a genetic superhuman.

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nSpeed as fast as the wind…

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nOr an ironman with super strength…

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nOr vision as good as an eagle…

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nOr even the legendary supernatural abilities!

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nOf course, almost all of the students were walking with a rigid gait or limping.

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nCheng Mo was even more exaggerated. He leaped into the school like a frog.

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nThey reported directly to Court Number Four today.

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nYu Zeping was already waiting for the students at the court.

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nHe collected and scanned through their liability form and insurance forms.

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nThe probability of death that was going to happen during the genetic exams a few hours later was no joke.

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nWhen it was Xu Tui’s turn, there were no problems with his liability form and insurance form. However, Yu Zeping’s eyebrows furrowed when he saw how normally Xu Tui was walking.

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n“It looks like the tripled training yesterday was far less than enough for you.” He didn’t wait for Xu Tui to respond. “Go. Start with double the training before the rest of the students start.”

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nXu Tui’s suave expression instantly became irritated.

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n“Teacher, I did reach my limits yesterday.”

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nXu Tui tried his best to walk with a limp.

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nPat!

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nThe thin leather whip in the homeroom teacher’s hand pointed toward Xu Tui.

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n“Do you think I will believe you?”

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n“…”

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nXu Tui opened his mouth, then walked toward the court, frustrated.

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nCheng Mo, Tang Ting, and the rest of the students stole glances at Xu Tui. All of them were extremely amused.

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nThey were familiar with Xu Tui’s situation.

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nXu Tui would always be energetic the next day, no matter how hard the training was the previous day.

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nHowever, he was going to suffer today.

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nXu Tui got into the court, extremely frustrated. Before he left, he shouted, “Teacher, Cheng Mo and the rest might be faking it, too!”

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nThe expressions of Cheng Mo, Tang Ting, and the rest of the students changed drastically.

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nYu Zeping instantly went where they are with his whip at hand. The thin whip was swaying with the wind. “We’ll know if they are faking it or not if we drag them out and make them train!”

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nYu Zeping’s so-called potential extracting training was not all name and no substance.

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nThe tripled amount of training yesterday had made most of the students reach their limits.

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nThey had just trained for a short time today before several students broke down and cried.

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nHowever, they were only allowed to leave when the school doctor, who was present at the court with a Life Examination Device in hand, ascertained that they were at their biological limits.

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nXu Tui was the last person to leave Court Number Four.

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nThe rest of the students only needed one to two rounds of regular training before the Life Examination Device showed that their muscle strength and heart load had reached their limits. They could then move on to the next event.

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nHowever, Xu Tui required four and a half rounds.

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nThe homeroom teacher was extremely shocked.

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nHe did not realize that Xu Tui was this talented during their normal training.

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nDeep inside, Xu Tui was exasperated.

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nHe knew that the culprit was the recovery speed he got from his nightly meditation lessons.

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n…

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nAll of the students washed up in school after the extreme training. They then checked through the information of their electronic identity and got onto a vehicle toward the location of their genetic exams.

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nThe genetic exams were taking place in two locations.

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nThe first was an examination hall in the Jincheng Genetic Evolution College.

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nThis location provided the Level D Genetic Compound Chain Allele Elixir.

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nThe students who met the Genetic Admission Score but fell short of the Single Excellence Score would attend the genetic exams here.

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nThe second location was the Jincheng examination branch of the Jincheng Genetic Research Institute.

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nThis location provided the Level C Genetic Compound Chain Allele Elixir, as well as the Genetic Activation Stabilization Elixir.

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nThe students who scored higher than the Single Excellence Score would attend the genetic exams here.

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nBoth the Level D and Level C Genetic Liberation Elixirs, as well as the Genetic Activation Stabilization Elixirs, were extremely valuable. The cost was even more startling, given how many of them there were during the genetic exams.

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nThe military had taken over both locations three days ago.

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nThe troupe of vehicles was examined and guarded by unmanned technology when they arrived at an area 10 kilometers away from the two locations.

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nIn front of the Jincheng branch of the Genetic Research Institute, Xu Tui, Cheng Mo, Tang Ting, and the rest of the students alighted the vehicle in succession and underwent a thorough investigation.

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nIn class 3–7 led by Yu Zeping, aside from Cheng Mo and Xu Tui who had passed the Double Excellence Score, six other students passed the Single Excellence Score, four males and four females.

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nFingerprint

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nRetina

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nDigital Identification Document

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nFacial Recognition

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nAfter these four stations and the signature of the teacher leading the group, Xu Tui and the rest were finally allowed to enter the security tunnel of the Genetic Institute.

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nThis was the most high-profile security tunnel that Xu Tui had ever seen.

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nThere were 11 different security equipment.

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nHe could faintly see a variety of unmanned devices constantly prowling around outside the tunnel. There was also fierce armed military personnel. All of these attested to how important the genetic exams were.

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nThere was a vast hall at the end of the tunnel. It could easily hold several hundred people.

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nOne side of the room was made up of 40 tightly-shut rooms. There was a display for student numbers in front of every room. Students whose numbers were called up were to enter that room.

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nOn the other side of the hall was another hall that was clearly labeled with abilities. There was a constant stream of students who entered those function halls after they were administered with their elixirs.

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nThere were two main kinds of function halls: the Extreme Branch Testing Hall and the Mystery Branch Testing Hall.

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nExtremes bred superhumans.

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nThis was fundamental knowledge. Xu Tui and the rest of the students had learned about this.

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nWhat attracted the attention of Xu Tui and the rest of the students was the row of rooms in the north that had a variety of colors.

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nThat was the Mystery Branch Testing Hall.

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nOnly the Mystery Branch could test for supernatural abilities.

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nThere were not many students, almost none, entering and leaving those rooms.

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nXu Tui had not seen a single person walk toward the Mystery Branch Testing Hall since he arrived at the main hall.

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nAt this moment, a door of the supernatural-type testing hall at the Mystery Branch Testing Hall suddenly opened.

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nA short man with a silly grin on his face walked out from the hall. He could not stop smiling.

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nWhen the teacher in charge of the short man walked forward, the short man waved his arms in excitement.

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n“Superhuman!”

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n“Teacher, I am a fire-element superhuman…”

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nHe had not finished his sentence when the sound of something catching fire rang out.

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nThe short man’s body suddenly started to billow with smoke and fire.

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nAmidst the smoke and fire, the short man’s hair and eyebrows were the first to ignite, then his clothes and shoes.

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n“Side effects?”

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nThe teacher-in-charge reacted quickly. He immediately turned around and dived toward the fire extinguisher.

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nHowever, the reactions of the security personnel were even faster.

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nThey sprayed the short man with foam almost instantly after the smoke rose. The form immediately engulfed the short man.

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nHowever, the short man fainted before the smoke and fire on his body were extinguished.

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n“Bring him to Cold Storage Room Number 9. Set the temperature to five degrees. Then inject him with a Level D Recovery Elixir.”

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nA researcher wearing a white coat appeared at the door of the supernatural-type testing hall and relayed a string of actions to be taken without any emotion. It was clear that he had experienced this many times.

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nHe looked like a doctor.

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nYu Zeping’s eyes suddenly lit up.

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n“Level D Recovery Elixir? That lad sure is lucky. Not only did he activate supernatural-type genes, but he also managed to use a Level D Recovery Elixir. That means that the number of Genetic Base Points that he liberated is around eight to 10,” Yu Zeping told his students. “The side effects also seem negligible at first glance. It’s merely a leakage of power or that he cannot fully control his powers yet. Not bad. Very good!”

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nXu Tui, Cheng Mo, Tang Ting, and the rest of the students didn’t respond to their teacher’s blabbing. “It would be good if you guys have that boy’s luck. I’ll be happy if just one of you becomes like that.”

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n“Teacher, that lad burned off his hair and eyebrows just now. Do you think that he burned off down there too?” Cheng Mo elbowed Tang Ting.

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n“Down there?”

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n“Which means… Roasted bird?”

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n“Barbequed balls?”

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nThe pudgy Tang Ting instinctively cleared his throat and then elbowed Xu Tui.

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nXu Tui was shocked, having seen a superhuman for the first time. His thoughts then wandered, ‘Barbeque? Isn’t that HT’s favorite food?’

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nYu Zeping, who had been smiling, immediately turned red.

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nHe was about to flare up and teach these three bastards a lesson.

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nXu Tui and Cheng Mo’s student numbers were called at the same time.

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