Chapter 69: Apology! Spatial Ring!

In the office of the chief supervisor, Wang Chuang had tightly restrained his anger.

But anyone with eyes could hear the fury hidden in his tone, and Zhao Yi, being a seasoned veteran, was no exception.

And this reaction was clearly beyond Zhao Yi's expectations.

He couldn't help but frown slightly:

"Chief Wang, it's just a lowly second-rank upper-tier kid—why get so angry?"

"Just a lowly second-rank upper-tier kid?"

Wang Chuang nearly laughed in rage.

An hour ago, he had been thinking about how to cultivate a good relationship with Xu Jingming.

Yet this Zhao Yi had turned right around and stabbed him in the back!

So he simply opened Xu Jingming's file and projected it as a hologram into midair, coldly saying:

"Here's Xu Jingming's file—take a look yourself."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Yi immediately leaned in to read.

"Provincial Top Scorer of Jiangnan Province," "Age: 18," "Freshman at Metropolis Psychic University"......

Line after line of information, key terms, appeared before his eyes.

"What?! He's only eighteen?!"

Zhao Yi was stunned.

An eighteen-year-old second-rank upper-tier—what did that even mean?

You know, among all the martial arts college entrance exam provincial top scorers in the country, the very best barely reach the upper tier of the first rank.

Maybe in some year, a provincial top scorer at the lower tier of the second rank might appear.

But a provincial top scorer at the upper tier of the second rank—he had never even heard of such a thing!

And the very next piece of information made his pupils contract sharply:

"The Dean of the Weaponry Academy at Modu Ability University, Yang Zhentian, is his exclusive mentor?!"

"Trouble, this is real trouble."

Zhao Yi's face turned ashen.

If the previous information merely indicated that Xu Jingming was a monster-level genius,

then this piece of information represented a colossal entity standing behind Xu Jingming!

And such an existence—not to mention the entire Yuanshui Base City—even the whole of Yuanshui City couldn't afford to offend!

After all, a Master-level figure could flatten the entire supply base and the nation wouldn't say a word.

"Xu Jingming actually has such a background..."

Zhao Yi took a deep breath, a look of resolve flashing in his eyes:

"Director Wang, I understand. I'll deal with Zhao Chunlin immediately. I absolutely won't make things difficult for the base."

"Director Zhao, just dealing with Zhao Chunlin won't be enough."

Wang Chuang gazed at Zhao Yi with a deep, unreadable look:

"All the things you've done at the supply base over the years—you don't think nobody knows about them, do you?

Guards! Take Director Zhao away and hold him pending investigation by the Security Bureau!"

"What? You want to dispose of me along with him?"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Yi was instantly overcome with shock and fury.

Before he could resist, he was directly taken away by two fourth-rank ability users stationed outside the door to protect the chief director's safety.

"The Tiger Shark Squad also needs to be dealt with. Additionally, we'll need to prepare a gift of apology for Xu Jingming's side."

Wang Chuang's eyes flickered.

Although that fool Zhao Yi committed a grave mistake, at least the Tiger Shark Squad didn't actually make a move.

If this matter is handled well, it might just be an opportunity to build a good relationship with Xu Jingming...

Half an hour later.

In the first-floor lobby of the supply base, ability users looked in surprise toward the entrance.

There, several middle-aged men in sharp suits stood.

Among them, one was leaner in build, yet he stood at the very front of the group.

"The one at the front—isn't that the base's chief director, Wang Chuang?"

"That's right! It's him! Not only Wang Chuang, but the directors from the other floors are all here too!"

"Tsk tsk, with such a display, could some important figure be arriving?"

"Possibly..."

「...... 」

The ability users buzzed with discussion.

On the lobby's sofa seating, a four-person team also watched that direction with curiosity.

All four were women, and one of them was none other than Wang Qian, who had spoken up for Xu Jingming a month ago.

"All the base directors coming out to welcome someone—this person sure has a grand reception," Wang Qian remarked with feeling.

Yuanshui Supply Base was a place where various factions were deeply entangled.

Even a single director's position was coveted by countless families and factions.

Especially the chief director's seat, which could only be held by scions from deeply established great families.

And now, all these chief directors and directors had actually come out in person.

This was truly a rare sight.

"Never mind all that. School starts in half a month — what are we doing next?

Head back to school, or go to the wilderness zone one more time?"

Captain Yao Muxi said with a frown.

Seeing the captain bring up business, the squad members all came back to themselves. Wang Qian also said with a serious expression:

"In half a month's time, we can still hunt down some fierce beasts."

"But we can't keep targeting upper-tier second-rank fierce beasts anymore.

Just like before, we'll mainly hunt mid-tier and lower-tier second-rank fierce beasts."

The remaining two female squad members also nodded along:

"Indeed, upper-tier second-rank fierce beasts are still a bit too much for us."

In the past, their squad's hunting targets had always been mid-tier and lower-tier second-rank.

This past month, they'd tried using upper-tier second-rank fierce beasts as their hunting targets.

However, after two consecutive trips into the wilderness zone, they hadn't killed many upper-tier second-rank fierce beasts.

Instead, the squad members had nearly lost their lives several times.

"Sigh, our team is still short a strong attacker.

If only we'd managed to pull that guy from Modu Ability University into our team back then."

The moment she thought of that tall, slender figure, Wang Qian couldn't help but sigh.

On these two returns to the base city, they hadn't run into him either.

In that case, he'd most likely gone back to school.

The chances of meeting again in the future are very low..."

Just as she was thinking this, a squad member beside her suddenly pointed toward the entrance and cried out:

"Xiao Qian, isn't that the guy from Modu Ability University?"

"Huh? Where?"

Wang Qian instinctively looked over and saw that upright figure carrying a long spear on his back appear at the base entrance.

However, the next moment—

The supply base's chief supervisor, who had been standing to the side, went up to greet him with an enthusiastic face.

"Huh?? They're welcoming him?"

Wang Qian's eyes went wide, instantly finding it unbelievable.

Even if he's from Modu Ability University, there's no way he'd get such a solemn welcome, right?

Even the chief supervisor personally went up to greet him!

"It seems this young man's identity isn't just simply a current student at Modu Ability University."

Across the table, Captain Yao Muxi's pretty face also showed a thoughtful expression.

Meanwhile, on the other side—

Xu Jingming, who had just walked into the supply base, was enthusiastically led by Wang Chuang to the top-floor VIP reception room.

In the luxuriously decorated VIP reception room, there were only Wang Chuang and Xu Jingming.

And with Wang Chuang's explanation, Xu Jingming also understood the whole story.

"Student Xu, I'm truly sorry about this matter."

Wang Chuang apologized sincerely. "But don't worry, we'll absolutely give you a satisfactory answer!

It's just that when we found Zhao Chunlin, he'd already been silenced by Zhao Yi.

Of course, we've also contacted the Public Security Bureau — Zhao Yi and the Tiger Shark Squad have quite a lot on them.

I believe once the results come out, they'll spend the rest of their lives behind bars."

"Then I'll trouble you, Supervisor Wang."

Listening to Wang Chuang's words, Xu Jingming nodded on the surface.

In his heart, however, he couldn't help but secretly marvel — worthy of being a ruthless character who could sit in the chief supervisor's seat.

The way he'd dealt with his own subordinate was so clean-cut that it left Xu Jingming unable to voice a single word of dissatisfaction.

Of course,

Xu Jingming also knew that just on his own account, it definitely wouldn't have been enough to make the other man go this far.

Most likely, the other party had investigated his background and learned that his teacher was Yang Zhentian.

"To express our apologies, this is a gift our supply base has specially prepared for you."

The spatial ring on Wang Chuang's right hand flickered slightly, and a black-gold card appeared on the table.

"This is our supply base's Black Gold membership card. From now on, your lodging at our supply base will be free.

Any purchases will also enjoy a twenty percent discount."

Wang Chuang explained with a smile, then took out a small box from his bag.

He opened the box and set it on the table. Inside lay a ring of archaic design.

"Additionally, this is a spatial ring with a volume of one cubic meter — also a gift of apology."