Chapter 21: Tears

“Crunch!!”

“Oh! She’s eating.”

“This girl’s got guts. Impressive.”

“She has backbone!”

Everyone exclaimed in amazement.
Zhang Heng was also surprised, then relieved.

After all, Su Xuan was a rare young talent, and as someone who cherished talent, he naturally hoped Su Xuan could endure it.
It wasn’t that he was taking pity on Su Xuan’s appearance.

“The devil training camp meal… anyone who can clean their plate on the first try is no ordinary person. I remember in our batch of over five thousand, only about thirty people finished it all. That’s less than one percent.”

The burly men watched in astonishment as

Su Xuan wolfed down the food.

Their faces were filled with shock.

“This girl is destined for greatness. Ou Chen, I think you can still make it if you go apologize now.”

The burly men once again teased Ou Chen, the one who had made the lewd comment.

Ou Chen’s face was flushed dark red, clearly agitated.

He quickly said, “Wasn’t I just being careless? My mouth ran ahead of my brain. Is this really necessary…”

As he spoke, his voice grew quieter and quieter.

Su Xuan endured the wiggling insects in his mouth, the intertwined taste of soil and rotten flesh, and swallowed with difficulty before burying his head in the plate again.

He gave himself no time to think, ending the battle quickly.

The chatter of the eating men reached him again.

Su Xuan understood that dignity was earned.

As long as he was strong enough, no one would dare to comment on his appearance.

With a strength that came from nowhere, he grabbed handful after handful of insects and stuffed them into his mouth, like a glutton afraid someone would steal his food.
The crunching sound was the collision of flesh and teeth.

One could imagine how forcefully Su Xuan was eating.

Due to his frenzied state, a fanaticism appeared on his face that made others break out in a cold sweat.

Zhang Heng stared, mesmerized, at that face kissed by the god of creation, where angel and devil coexisted.

Zhang Heng was stunned, and so were the burly onlookers.

Ou Chen swallowed hard.

He knew very well that women in the military camp were the most petty.

On the surface, everything might seem fine, but if they hit you from the shadows, it was truly unbearable.

This kind of crazy woman was even more terrifying.

Beautiful and ruthless, what a horrifying person.

Ou Chen couldn’t help but shiver.

Even though he was a man of merit, if this person sought revenge after growing strong, a casual move would be more than enough to deal with him.

“You’d better start thinking about how to apologize!”

“Yeah… this girl is terrifying!”

His companions all urged Ou Chen.
A beautiful woman wasn’t scary, but a beautiful and ruthless woman was terrifying.

“Venomous scorpion beauty…”

“Femme fatale…”

Various terms popped into the burly men’s minds as they looked at Ou Chen and sighed.

A person who was so ruthless to herself would be even more so to others, without a doubt.

“Ugh~~”

“Gulp!”

He almost threw up.

He had been eating without thinking for over ten minutes, finishing all five plates of insects.

His sensitive perception even gave him the illusion that the unchewed insects were still moving in his stomach.

“Wipe your mouth.”

Zhang Heng pulled out a tissue and handed it to Su Xuan.

“Thanks… Ugh~ Mmph…”

It was awful, extremely awful.
Su Xuan felt like he was about to vomit his stomach out.

Thankfully, Zhang Heng suddenly made a move, pressing a certain acupoint on Su Xuan’s throat, preventing him from actually throwing up.

Otherwise, all his previous efforts would have been for naught.

Zhang Heng released his hand, and Su Xuan gasped for air.

“Hah~ Hah~”

A pearl-like tear rolled down from his beautiful eye.

However, this wasn’t from crying out of grievance, but a reflex from gagging, which makes tears flow.

The bright red cheeks and the delicately shimmering eyelashes made Zhang Heng’s entire body thrill with excitement.

“Have some water. Rinse your mouth and throat…”

Zhang Heng placed a glass of pure water in front of Su Xuan and said.

“Mm… Gurgle~ Gurgle, Ptooey…”

He washed away the remnants, then drank a few more sips, feeling much more comfortable.

“Thank you.”

“This is a room reserved specially for you. Don’t run around during your lunch break. Take a shower and get to sleep quickly. Rest up. There’s a lot of training this afternoon.”

Zhang Heng took out a key card for this Warrior’s Restaurant.

“This Warrior’s Restaurant is run by retired veterans. In terms of safety, it’s even better than your home. For this half a month, or maybe a month, you can rest here at noon.”

“Okay, I got it!”

Su Xuan nodded in agreement.

He was certain he could reach the Initial Form in half a month.

“Then I’m leaving. Rest well.”

After Zhang Heng said this, he quickly walked away.

Only then did Su Xuan realize that the guy hadn’t eaten at all.

Which meant he was going off to eat something delicious…

‘D*mn it… Although I know you’re doing this for my own good, I’m not happy about it at all! You could have at least eaten with me!’

Su Xuan complained in his heart.

Making him eat bugs all by himself was too unkind.

He turned to go upstairs when a broad figure blocked his path.

It was Ou Chen, the man who had just teased him.

“Little sis… Big brother was just messing around earlier. Don’t take it to heart.”

“I know your training is important right now. This is my apology gift. Please don’t take it to heart, haha…”

The man spoke awkwardly, not even daring to look at Su Xuan.

His large hand opened, revealing two Energy Stones.

“…I… am… a… boy!”

Su Xuan ground out each word through clenched teeth, then took the two Energy Stones and continued upstairs.

“A… boy?!!”

Ou Chen was dumbfounded.

Su Xuan swayed his slender waist and quickly went up the stairs.

He pushed open the door to his room.
It wasn’t very large, about the size of a standard hotel room, with a toilet, a shower, and a double bed.

He took off his sweat-soaked clothes, not foolishly lying down on the bed.

On the bed was a new black T-shirt, clearly prepared by Zhang Heng.

He felt sticky.

It would be hard to sleep without a shower.
Su Xuan immediately rushed to the bathroom, turned on the showerhead, and let the cold water wash over his tired and hot body.

“Mmm~~”

He looked in the mirror.

A beauty without a trace of makeup, with a charming smile and captivating eyes, red lips and white teeth, dazzlingly brilliant.

“How did I get prettier again… My abs!!!”

Gone.

His abs were gone.

His original six-pack had disappeared, replaced by an alluring V-line and a slender waist he could touch by reaching around his back.

Su Xuan stared blankly at his own bewitching figure.

A body that countless otaku girls dreamed of, yet it had appeared on a man.

“Is this the price of power? …I must enter the Land of Chaos as soon as possible!”

Su Xuan murmured, the Black Energon Stone becoming his last hope.

His gaze shifted upward.

An absolutely wondrous feeling shot straight to his head.

Although it wasn’t visible yet, based on his control over his body, he knew that soon, there would be a range of majestic mountains there of a considerable scale.

“Wuwuwu~”

The beauty shed tears.

Others didn’t know why she cried.
If they knew, they might think she was shedding tears of joy.

After all, that was the wish of thousands of young girls, the dream of thousands of young men.

He dazedly put on his clothes, dazedly lay on the bed, and unknowingly fell into a deep sleep.

The tearstains at the corners of his eyes seemed to be lamenting the girl’s “tragic” fate.