Chapter 1108: Autograph

Autograph

Chen Ling fell into silence.

An unknown amount of time passed before he slowly spoke:

"I understand, thank you Teacher Ye."

"During this period of time, just recuperate and study well here. No matter how big or small the knowledge of the Integration Faction is, the more comprehensively you master it, the better. After all, the person who understands your situation best in the world is only yourself... No matter who comes to research you, they won't be faster than you researching yourself."

Teacher Ye subconsciously wanted to reach out to drink tea, only to realize that the cup had already been broken. He helplessly retracted his hand and continued speaking,

"If you feel you can't keep up with the progress, you can ask other students for notes, and if there's still anything you don't understand, you can come ask me directly."

"Alright."

Chen Ling got up and prepared to leave.

"Wait a moment."

Chen Ling turned his head to look, only to see Teacher Ye open his mouth, hesitating for a long time before speaking embarrassedly:

"That... Chen Ling, can you give me a little bit of your blood?"

Chen Ling didn't hesitate much. Backhandedly grabbing the Bone-Stripping Knife in his hand, he pressed the blade tip against the blood vessels on his wrist. "How much?"

Looking at Chen Ling's posture, it seemed that in the next moment he would chop off his entire wrist. Teacher Ye was greatly alarmed,

"No need, no need for so much! Just a little bit is enough... Wait a moment!"

Teacher Ye rummaged through the drawer for a moment, finding a disposable blood drawing syringe used in hospitals. After gently piercing the needle into Chen Ling's intravenous blood vessel, he pulled it out a moment later.

"Alright, thank you."

"This little bit is enough?" Chen Ling raised his eyebrows in surprise.

"It's enough."

Teacher Ye took out a piece of cotton, preparing to stop the bleeding for Chen Ling. Before he could place it on, the wound on Chen Ling's arm had already disappeared without a trace. "To tell you the truth, I have always had an important research topic that hasn't been overcome, and to continue researching it, I must have the blood of a World-Ending Calamity... For your willingness to help me, I owe you a favor."

"You're too polite, Teacher Ye." Chen Ling answered seriously. "Before I came to the Integration Faction, I was prepared to be an experimental subject... Just drawing this little bit of blood, what does it count as."

Hearing this, Teacher Ye recalled something unknown, and a barely noticeable trace of disgust flashed deep in his eyes,

"The experiments of our Integration Faction have always only been to save people. That kind of thing you mentioned... I, Ye Mu, cannot do it."

Chen Ling withdrew his arm. After bidding farewell to Teacher Ye, he walked straight out of the office.

Swoosh——

Just as he walked out the door, out of the corner of his eye, Chen Ling saw a sneaky figure flash past from the side in panic.

"..." Chen Ling backhandedly closed the door and spoke calmly, "Little Peach, do you have any business?"

Seeing that Chen Ling didn't backhandedly give her a knife, Little Peach's tense body finally relaxed. She guiltily lowered her head, "No... no business..."

"Eavesdropping again just now?"

"Ah?! No, no! I... I just happened to pass by..."

"Alright, if there's nothing else, then I'll leave first." Chen Ling swept a glance at her, turning around and walking towards his own room.

Seeing this, Little Peach silently clenched the few notebooks carried behind her back. Gritting her teeth, she still followed up.

"Big Brother Chen Ling, this is for you!"

The young girl in sackcloth tightly clenched a notebook with both hands, handing it to Chen Ling.

Chen Ling was slightly taken aback, accepting it with both hands. "This is..."

"It's the class notes for 'Basic Principles of Fusion Theory'!" Little Peach spoke seriously. "I am the study committee member of the class. Among everyone, my notes are the neatest and most comprehensive... I only brought this one right now. I will bring the notes for the other subjects together next time."

Chen Ling flipped through the notebook. A massive amount of knowledge points were neatly recorded on it, and there were even colored labels attached next to important chapters, written with the name of each knowledge point, allowing one to find exactly which page it was at a glance.

Chen Ling gave her a strange look. "And you said you weren't eavesdropping?"

"I... I was just passing by, and then heard a small segment... I didn't mean to." Little Peach lowered her head somewhat guiltily.

Chen Ling didn't refuse. Just as Teacher Ye said, the person who understood his body's condition best was himself... There were too many secrets within his body. The Stage, Gacha Draw, the Audience, he couldn't tell all of these to Teacher Ye, so it was of vital importance for him to comprehensively master the knowledge of the Integration Faction himself.

This notebook was exactly what he urgently needed.

"If you give me the notes, what will you do?"

"I memorized all these knowledge points last year. They're all in my brain, it's fine even without the notebook!"

"... Thank you."

Chen Ling's voice softened a lot.

"If you need it, I can also give you makeup lessons... I also have quite a lot of time." Little Peach gathered her courage and spoke again.

Chen Ling sized her up doubtfully for a long time. "Why do you want to help me?"

"Because I am the study committee member! Helping other students who are not doing well in their studies is my job!" Little Peach puffed out her chest and said. But after finishing speaking, her confidence was slightly lacking, and she silently added a sentence,

"If... if you can give me an autograph... it would be even better."

Chen Ling: ...

"... Autograph?" Chen Ling found it inconceivable.

Having grown up so big, Chen Ling had only written his name on contracts and exam papers. Giving others an autograph was truly a first time... Even if he racked his brains, he couldn't have imagined that there would be a day where he would be asked for an autograph by someone.

"Is it not okay?" Little Peach's expression was visibly disappointed to the naked eye.

Chen Ling held it in for a long time before squeezing out a sentence:

"It's... okay."

A smile rose on Little Peach's face again. She immediately pulled out an autograph paper from behind her back and handed it to Chen Ling, along with a colored pencil.

Chen Ling took the paper and pen with a strange expression, signing his name on it. Just as he prepared to return the pen to Little Peach, the latter pulled out another crumpled newspaper fragment from her pocket, as if deliberately cut out by someone. It was exactly the scene of Chen Ling driving a train to break through the gate of Aurora City in the Aurora Domain.

Seeing this newspaper fragment, Chen Ling's expression became even stranger.

"Sign this too?"

"Mhm mhm!" Little Peach's smile was like a blooming flower. "Sign this with a TO signature!"

"What's a TO signature?"

"It means writing down the name of who you're giving it to... Let me teach you how to write it, 'TO Little Peach...'"

The World-Ending Calamity Chen Ling, whose fierce reputation had spread throughout the Human Domains, was silently squatting in the corner of the corridor at this moment. While clumsily writing on the newspaper, he would occasionally wipe the sweat from his forehead...

"'TO Little Peach...'"

"Happy every day! Eating wildly without getting fat..."

"Happy every day! Eating wildly without getting fat... Anything else?"

"Hmm... add one more sentence, find Brother Renjie soon!"

"Find Brother Renjie soon... Your brother's name is Renjie?" Chen Ling worked hard to stuff all his words onto this small piece of newspaper, asking without raising his head.

"That's right!" Little Peach nodded,

"His surname is Xi, named Xi Renjie, he's an Enforcer of the Aurora Domain... But these three words are too long, so just writing Brother Renjie is fine."

The pen in Chen Ling's hand abruptly stopped in mid-air.