Who wants to become a god? Aren't you all forcing me?

#136 - Chapter 136: In front of the platform

The air fell silent, and Li Chenqiu stared straight at Thousand Faces' face.

"Wait a minute, let me sort this out," Li Chenqiu said, turning away while touching his chin.

"What's there to sort out? Wasn't I clear enough?" Thousand Faces spread his hands.

Li Chenqiu twisted his head around, looking at Thousand Faces as if he had seen a ghost. "Are you kidding me? A Tenth Restriction Awakened going to Star Plucking, is that really okay?"

Thousand Faces said casually, "What's the big deal? It's not a big thing."

Li Chenqiu suppressed the shock in his heart and asked, "Is this your alternate identity or…"

Thousand Faces smiled and shook his head, "Because I'm called Thousand Faces, I can imitate anyone, so I can be anyone."

As he spoke, Thousand Faces took out a pair of black half-rim glasses from his pocket and put them on.

In an instant, his aura underwent a tremendous change.

The curtain fell on the cynical Thousand Faces, replaced by the confident and sunny Xiang Nanzhi.

Xiang Nanzhi revealed a warm smile: "Xiang Nanzhi, please take care of me from now on."

A slender, fair hand extended towards Li Chenqiu.

"Take care," Li Chenqiu said, shaking it.

…

…

On the way to the train station, Li Chenqiu asked the two questions that were weighing on his mind.

"Nanzhi, quite a few people have visited me this month, but no one mentioned merit points. Did someone steal my merit points?" Li Chenqiu asked, turning his head.

"Merit points are distributed by the Anbu, no one dares to steal them. The reason no one told you is because merit points are not public. Only organizations that have joined the Federation can view their own merit points."

Xiang Nanzhi patted Li Chenqiu's shoulder.

Li Chenqiu raised an eyebrow: "I see. By the way, I have something else I wanted to ask you. Last time I drank the Vulture Leader's blood in battle, but most of the blood turned into blood mist and floated out of my body. What was that about?"

Xiang Nanzhi pushed up his glasses and looked at Li Chenqiu thoughtfully: "Before I answer that question, can I ask you one?"

"What question?" A trace of doubt flashed in Li Chenqiu's eyes.

"The life energy we absorb from Awakened Beasts can only be used to strengthen the body, it can't delay aging or be used for regeneration.

Earlier you said that you wouldn't age even if you didn't eat people, is it because the life energy you absorb from Awakened Beasts can be used for regeneration and to delay aging?"

Xiang Nanzhi tilted his head, looking curious.

Li Chenqiu said generously, "Yes, that's right."

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, I'm so envious!" Xiang Nanzhi clicked his tongue and turned his head to ask: "Now it's my turn to answer you. Do you know the difference between First to Fourth Restriction and above Fourth Restriction?"

Li Chenqiu pondered for a moment, then a flash of understanding appeared in his eyes, and he said seriously: "The strokes of First to Fourth Restriction go from few to many, while Fifth Restriction and above go from many to few, right?"

"Cough, cough!" Xiang Nanzhi coughed lightly, and looked Li Chenqiu up and down in surprise: "Li Chenqiu, your thought process is truly amazing!"

"Isn't it right?" Li Chenqiu scratched his head.

"It is right," Xiang Nanzhi nodded: "But completely off topic. First to Fourth Restriction is actually just about tapping into your own potential and breaking through physical limitations. This stage is related to genes, but not much.

But the higher you go, the more important genes become. By Fourth Restriction, the body has basically been developed to its limit, and further strengthening is mainly based on genes. Every time you break through a restriction, the genes in your body will be strengthened.

The reason why the Vulture Leader's blood turned into blood mist is simply because the similarity between your genes is too low."

Li Chenqiu frowned: "So, does that mean that once I reach Fifth Restriction, I can only eat the life of those at the same restriction?"

"Not necessarily, not necessarily," Xiang Nanzhi stretched out a finger and shook it: "You can also eat those below the same restriction. To give you an example, you are a tomato, and the Vulture Leader is tomato and egg noodles.

Tomato and egg noodles can add you to it, making the tomatoes in the bowl more plentiful, because the bowl itself includes tomatoes.

But you, as a tomato, cannot make yourself bigger with noodles and eggs, because you are not the same thing. You can't be added in, understand?"

"Oh…" Li Chenqiu touched his chin: "Since I, this tomato, have eggs and noodles, I should be able to make tomato and egg noodles!"

Xiang Nanzhi: "…"

As they talked, they arrived at the train station in City 11.

Because cities are separated by no man's lands, with beasts on the ground and birds in the sky.

For safety reasons, the Federation abolished civil aviation and converted the trains that ran on the ground into underground ones.

The train station was crowded and noisy. Li Chenqiu and Xiang Nanzhi quickly passed through the VIP channel, and under the guidance of the staff, headed towards the VIP waiting area.

"This academy is really rich, the tickets they bought are all deluxe soft sleepers. I wonder what a deluxe soft sleeper looks like," Li Chenqiu praised, with a hint of anticipation in his heart.

A trace of surprise flashed in Xiang Nanzhi's eyes: "Deluxe soft sleepers aren't that expensive, haven't you ever ridden in one before?"

Li Chenqiu carefully put the ticket in his pocket: "It's not cost-effective. A standing ticket or a hard seat will get you there just the same."

Soon, the two arrived at the VIP waiting area.

The moment they walked through the door, the noise instantly subsided, and a faint fragrance wafted over.

The two found a corner seat and sat down.

"This train originates from City 1 and passes through 11, 23, 35… 78, 89, and finally arrives at the terminal station City 100. There are quite a few people in this waiting area who are taking the exam with me."

Li Chenqiu said in surprise, "How do you even know the train's stops?"

"Erudition needs no explanation," Xiang Nanzhi said smugly, pushing up his glasses.

Time passed by, and when the hour and minute hands reached 7:50, a train station employee walked up to the two of them.

"The T712 train to City 100 is about to arrive, please follow me."

The two packed their luggage and followed the staff to the platform where the train was about to stop.

At this time, in addition to Li Chenqiu and Xiang Nanzhi, there were also a dozen young men and women, who were also taking the exam.

As soon as the two arrived at the platform, a dozen pairs of eyes fell on them, and after a few seconds, they moved away in disappointment.

"It's almost eight o'clock, why hasn't Li Chenqiu arrived yet?"

"I don't know, is his injury too serious to participate in the assessment?"

"It's possible, after all, he was injured so badly. I wanted to meet him and take a photo with him, sigh!"

"If he doesn't participate in the assessment, wouldn't he be unable to join Star Plucking Academy? I've been practicing 'Thank you, Li Chenqiu' for a long time, and I wanted to sing it to him in person…"

"What are you thinking? A freak like him will definitely be let in through the back door, how could he not get in."