Half an hour after nightfall, Zhong Yuanbei and Bai Shengyuan wrapped up their experiment. Both of them heaved a sigh of relief before taking a short break to prepare for dinner.

But damn it, the new student actually left for the weekend! Zhong Yuanbei couldn't hide his annoyance and could only glance at Bai Shengyuan. "Go to the cafeteria..."

Then Bai Shengyuan suddenly noticed a flashing message in his inbox. Upon opening it, he heard the voice of a Fifth Energy Level chef, "Student Bai, Chen Gu had instructed earlier that all the meals have been prepared in advance. Just let me know when you are ready to eat, and I'll deliver them right away."

Bai Shengyuan and Zhong Yuanbei showed a hint of satisfaction on their faces, and Zhong Yuanbei thought to himself, This new disciple isn't entirely useless after all.

Bai Shengyuan immediately made the call. "Send it over."

Two minutes later, the meal was delivered. Bai Shengyuan went to pick it up, and in the meantime, Zhong Yuanbei opened his own inbox.

By the time Bai Shengyuan returned, he just caught Chen Gu's voice crying out, "Teacher, Teacher, save me!"

Bai Shengyuan instantly had a bad feeling. He noticed Zhong Yuanbei's complexion had changed.

He knew his teacher was extremely protective of his students, harsh when they fought among themselves and even harsher on outsiders.

A few minutes later, Zhong Yuanbei stormed out of Yuanbei Hall.

Andreyao's dormitory was probably the best in the entire Huai Shan Branch School, with ample space, good lighting, and the most complete set of exercise equipment.

Just as Andreyao was silently swearing revenge on Chen Gu, there was a sudden BOOM! From the main entrance to his bedroom, someone had punched clear through with a single blow!

Urgent alarm sounds resonated throughout the school. The security staff jumped up from their posts, rubbing their hands together excitedly. "Finally, after so long, we've found someone daring to cause trouble at school! Let's go, let's stretch our muscles!"

"Oh, it's Teacher Zhong Yuanbei. Never mind then. Everyone sit down, sit down. Turn off the alarms; they're too noisy. Don't disturb the other students' studies."

Zhong Yuanbei charged at Andreyao like a behemoth. Andreyao, baffled, was sent flying out of the dormitory by a punch from the teacher.

Andreyao crashed through the exterior wall and plunged into an artificial lake outside with a SPLASH.

That wasn't the end of it, though. Zhong Yuanbei followed, hauled him out of the lake, swung him around in the air twice, then tossed him high before landing another skyward punch that sent Andreyao even higher.

When Zhong Yuanbei appeared, Andreyao had already guessed: Could it be that Chen Gu's chosen mentor is Zhong Yuanbei?

This mentor had an infamous reputation throughout the school; virtually no student would choose him. Even Andreyao and his peers had overlooked this fact.

THUD—

Andreyao smashed heavily into the ground. The rough, stone-paved surface immediately formed a large crater surrounded by a spiderweb of cracks.

Andreyao had long since lost consciousness, not knowing how many bones he had broken.

Zhong Yuanbei checked the time. "Garbage, wasting ten minutes of my time!" Then, the teacher turned and returned to his lab as if nothing had happened, continuing his experiment.

Andreyao's lackeys hurried over and rescued him. One person said indignantly, "The school should do something about this, letting such a person..."

A companion by his side quickly covered his mouth, grinding his teeth. "Are you crazy? That's Zhong Yuanbei! If you spout nonsense, he'll beat us all up together! If you want to die, don't drag me down with you."

Chen Gu spent a delightful weekend. On Sunday afternoon, he went to the school ahead of time—not to return to school, but to visit Mao Yisheng at the rookie training camp.

The "Fourth Generation Palace on the Ground" had switched to a low-profile appearance, so he easily found the place.

This area was originally a protected zone, where the Behemoth Alliance's rookie training camps are usually situated to facilitate the most accurate assessment of the rookies and their behemoth partners.

Due to the Confederation's laws, permanent structures are not allowed in such protected zones. So, the region was filled with various kinds of bio-mimetic architecture that could be disassembled and recycled multiple times.

Only the Behemoth Alliance could do this. Other organizations wouldn't even dream of getting approval to rent a protected zone.

Chen Gu was stopped at the entrance by several uniformed staff who declined his visit. "Sorry, this year's rookie training camp is not open to the public."

Chen Gu was surprised. "Hasn't it always been open in the past?"

The staff member still shook his head. "Sorry, this year is an exception."

Chen Gu found it all rather baffling and, shaking his head, drove away.

The rookie training camp had to be open, as the Behemoth Alliance needed the hype. Before the games began, the rookie training camp was the Alliance's biggest buzz generator.

Instead of rejecting visits and interviews, the Alliance would even encourage them. Any piece of news coming out of here was a mix of truth and lies, real and fake. This gave fans plenty to guess and talk about, naturally raising the hype.

Not to mention, they could use "incidents" at the rookie training camp to create "grudges" and stir up all sorts of sensationalism.

Chen Gu parked his car at a distance and called Mao Yisheng, only to be surprised once again—the call to his close friend didn't go through!

It wasn't that nobody answered; the call was completely unreachable.

Even in a protected zone where the signal could be weaker, it shouldn't be this bad. Besides, since the Alliance had set up the training camp here, they would have surely boosted the signal strength.

A sense of suspicion began to rise in Chen Gu's mind, so he switched to Milna Katerina's memories and activated Radiation Field!

He was parked seventy to eighty meters away from the training camp. At this distance, his Radiation Field could detect every move of the staff near the sentry post. Even the subtle expressions on their faces were clearly reflected in Chen Gu's mind.

Chen Gu noticed the staff were very vigilant, keeping an eye on him. A few of them, realizing he had parked and wasn't leaving, had already gone back inside the sentry post.

They opened a box hidden underground inside the sentry post, which was filled with superweapons!

Chen Gu's heart skipped a beat. No way! Could something have actually happened on Behemoth Alliance territory?!

The Behemoth Alliance was wealthy and powerful; its security should be very strong.

Chen Gu nonchalantly started his car and drove away. Only once he was out of the staff's line of sight did they finally let out a sigh of relief and report over their communication channel, "He's gone. He must have given up after failing to contact his friend."

Inside the training camp, what should have been a vibrant and energetic place was now laden with a heavy atmosphere.

Huge, heavy cages, like dark iron domes, covered the ground, with dense ion plasma occasionally flashing across their surfaces.

In the rookies' dormitories, there was complete silence. Dozens of heavily armed warriors patrolled the corridors, vigilantly watching their surroundings.

All of this was completely invisible to Chen Gu outside, as the entire rookie training camp was enveloped in a layer of "Phantasm."

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