Chapter 25: Zhang Wei, the Embodiment of a Drama Queen (Part II)

On the grass covered with wounded people lying here and there, only the thin, frail youth stood alone, facing the massive monkey demon without a hint of fear.

"Your teacher says..."

Zhang Wei's expression slowly calmed down, his eyes seeming to reflect the stars in the sky, revealing a touch of otherworldly aura that made the surrounding students gradually stop their discussions and watch the scene before them, holding their breath.

"Child, child, why are you so bad?"

"Bullying, hurting, why do you do it?"

Gu Xueling, lying on the ground, almost spat a mouthful of old blood onto Zhang Wei's face: Which family did this contestant come from? Could someone please hurry up and take him back??

Zhao Yuanjia, the only one still able to jump around, almost twisted his ankle, and even Han Mei, hiding in the grass, covered her face in shame: How did she end up being a classmate with this guy?

The people around looked at one another, completely unable to understand what was going on...

Big brother, can you tell us what kind of bizarre maneuver this is? Why did you start singing awkwardly at the drop of a hat? We onlookers really don't get it!

Absorbed Han Mei's Resentment, +897

Absorbed Gu Xueling's Resentment, +999

Absorbed Ma Jieke's Resentment, +737

Actually, Zhang Wei was under a lot of pressure too.

Only when truly standing in front of this monkey did he feel the invisible yet real "momentum" radiating from it, making one feel pressure and fear, making even his footsteps feel much heavier.

If it were any other student with a normal psyche who hadn't undergone Awakening standing here, they probably wouldn't even be able to remain standing.

This is the deterrence that mutated creatures... or rather, demons, have over ordinary humans!

However, Zhang Wei was not afraid!

Aside from the objective physical discomfort, he truly felt no fear psychologically, and he even had the mood to carefully examine the other party.

"Learn to be a good monkey, love one another,"

"Care is in the heart, full of color."

The awkward song continued, but Zhang Wei noticed the corners of the "mischievous monkey's" mouth twitching, its fangs bared, and the red light in its fierce eyes growing brighter; it seemed unable to endure any longer.

How could that be? The performance hadn't reached its end yet, so please be a little more patient.

Thus, Zhang Wei tapped the Rune representing "Pig Oil Blinds the Heart," and the ape's expression slowly relaxed, a look of confusion reappearing.

"My dear, come back quickly, my arms have always been open for you..."

Zhang Wei's singing was incredibly "affectionate"; he felt as if he had almost reached the front of that door, only a gentle push away... but that one push felt like the distance between heaven and earth.

The mysterious, awkward song echoed all around, and the watching students were all stunned.

This monkey was so fierce just a moment ago, why is it so docile now? Could this song really be tailor-made for monkey-type creatures?

Monkey brother, what's wrong with you? Are you actually addicted to listening to this?? Wake up!

Absorbed Zhao Yuanjia's Resentment...

However, Fatty and Zhao Yuanjia, who could still barely move, reacted quickly and hurriedly carried the few people who couldn't move to a distant location.

"My dear..."

"Shut... up!!!"

Perhaps the movement around it stimulated the ape; it quickly broke free from the state of being blinded, let out a violent roar, and suddenly thrust out a claw. Its disproportionately wide palm gripped Zhang Wei's entire body and lifted him into mid-air...

The surrounding students were shocked, their hearts in their throats; Han Mei had already closed her eyes, unable to bear watching.

In the next second, would it stuff him into its mouth... and crunch him to pieces?

"Human... playing monkey." The ape bared its ferocious fangs, flames of rage surging in its fierce eyes: "Playing monkey, crush to death!!"

As it spoke, the palm, truly the size of a sand pot, suddenly tightened. A massive, overwhelming force made Zhang Wei's skeleton creak, and blood rushed straight to his head.

The people around watched this scene in silence, as did the seven-person group who had escaped death, their eyes filled with struggle and guilt. Han Mei's body moved slightly, and she took a step forward, but then pulled her foot back. Only Ma Jieke, remembering the life-saving grace from earlier, drew his blade and charged back.

"The '82 Nutrient Express gives me infinite power, brothers, let's go together!!"

Ma Jieke charged toward the field all alone, completely failing to notice that there were no "brothers" following behind him; he looked like an alternative version of Don Quixote.

However, the ape merely swiped its hand, easily knocking him several meters away as if swatting a fly.

Zhang Wei's face was swollen a deep red, and even his vision was drowned in blood color. With only a final shred of consciousness left, he struggled to sing the last line: "... kindness is like... a child."

"Still... babbling..." The ape let out a sinister laugh, then suddenly its eyes froze, as if it had seen something incredible.

It saw that on the youth's forehead, where veins were bulging, a small slit suddenly cracked open between his brows. Something that looked like an eye but wasn't emerged silently from within, with black and white swirling together like a galaxy vortex.

The next second, a beam of Starlight descended from the vast dome of the sky, pouring precisely into this eye. The entire eye socket was quickly filled with silver radiance, connecting heaven and earth. Countless points of light seeped out from within his clothes, causing a bone-deep stinging pain in the ape's palm, and it hurriedly let him go.

But even though it let go, Zhang Wei remained suspended in mid-air, showing no sign of falling, as if he had merged into the Starlight above.

Beneath the vast firmament and upon the boundless earth, Zhang Wei resided in between, his entire body projecting mottled points of light, as if eternally frozen in this moment under the gaze of the heavens!

This near-miraculous spectacle, this kind of Awakening scene, was something many were witnessing for the first time. Some were bewildered, some were shocked, and waves of Resentment surged in, causing the Resentment Value to suddenly break through to 20,000.

Awkward singing, is it?? We can do that too!!

People immediately began to sing impatiently... but it was of no use.

Han Mei gazed at the youth in the Starlight, her expression complex and shifting, a hundred emotions churning endlessly; she couldn't help but recall the moments from the beginning that had made her heart flutter for him.

Just as everyone was dazzled and mesmerized, only Fatty squinted his eyes and looked up at the sky, as if trying to identify something.

After a long while, he muttered softly: "Ziwei Enclosure, North Pole... standing on high ground to overlook the world."

Disciples of certain ancient families had their own heritage, and being able to identify stars was basic common knowledge.

If he could, Zhang Wei would not want to achieve his goal in such a ridiculous way and with such a high-profile entrance.

Although there are many ways to complete an Awakening, no one has been able to uncover the mystery behind it until now. In all known cases of Awakening, every process is completely chaotic and illogical, with only one point being generally similar.

That is, the brain's neurons reaching a certain rhythm.

On this point, everyone is different, because this is not a matter of high or low, or more or less. To use a common analogy, this is like a multi-sided Rubik's cube; every emotional fluctuation is equivalent to turning the cube once. For different people, the position and direction of the same emotion are different, which has no reference value at all, and everyone's "get" point is different...

This seemingly complex and ever-changing process is actually very simple to realize: some people achieve Awakening because of a dream, some achieve it after getting dead drunk, and some achieve it out of sorrow and anger...

Some have also tried to experience all of these... yet it was still useless; doing things deliberately is ultimately different.

In the end, this process was named by an ancient term: Opportunity.

Timing, chance, and fate.

As for Zhang Wei himself, he was completely unable to approach it from this direction. In these past few years, the number of times his emotions fluctuated violently could be counted on one hand; even this little flirtation with Han Mei, from beginning to end, caused less inner fluctuation than the time Bai Guagua accidentally dropped an ice cream cone on the ground.

Therefore, he had no choice but to face a life-or-death threat, and the facts proved that the guidance from the unseen was not wrong!

Within the Star Light Descending, a certain star from hundreds of millions of miles away seemed to have a mysterious and indescribable resonance with him; between breaths, a great power washed over him and surged, and the planet, far away in the sky, pulsed through his entire body like a heart in his abdomen!

Zhang Wei felt his body become incomparably light, as if he could soar straight into the sky; every cell in his body was cheering with joy, and an incomparably transcendent delight slowly bloomed from the depths of his soul!

Stepping onto the magical staircase, he leaped and arrived at Transcendence!

In a short amount of time, feeling that mysterious great power above his head rapidly receding, Zhang Wei opened his eyes, looked down at the ape beneath his feet, and smiled slightly: "You unruly monkey, it's my turn to hit you. Have you ever heard of a palm technique that descends from the sky?"

After speaking, a palm-shaped light and shadow slammed down with a boom, carrying the residual power of the stars, causing the flat ground to sink three feet; the massive demon ape lay prone within it, its whole body soaked in blood, burying its head in the dirt and letting out a muffled roar!