There is no guarantee for the lottery? So what?

#255 - Chapter 255 Research Institute Trial Area

On the third floor of the research institute, Qi Jing followed behind Gao Qi and Tan Zuoyin, watching them chat and laugh.

He realized that Gao Qi was a super socially awkward person, a social terrorist, who dared to ask anything.

"We're here. This is the trial area for the research institute's weapons.

Actually, the top five floors of the research institute are for people to purchase things. The exhibition area on the first two floors is like a counter, and the trial areas on the third, fourth, and fifth floors are like fitting rooms. If you like something, you can buy it directly here."

Gao Qi introduced them as they walked.

"Actually, every ten floors has a teleportation portal that can take you directly from the Jia campus to here. That's how I got here so quickly."

No wonder his classmate saw him and still arrived before him. Qi Jing thought her mecha speed had improved again.

"Then why are you wearing a white coat?"

"It's cool! A white coat makes you look like a high-tech talent. This is the official research institute version, very impressive."

Gao Qi grabbed the label on the left chest of her coat to show Qi Jing.

Qi Jing quickly shifted his gaze elsewhere:

"My eyesight is good enough to see it. You don't need to pull it up specifically."

Gao Qi put her hands on her hips and said loudly to Qi Jing in a particularly chuunibyou tone:

"Congratulations, you have passed my test. It seems you are qualified to be my sister's boyfriend."

Who needs your approval!

Qi Jing glanced at the pedestrians strolling around and quickly walked a few steps forward, afraid of being discovered that they knew each other.

This wasn't the first floor; there were quite a few people here.

"Hey, why are you running?"

"I want to try this weapon. It looks so cool!"

Watching Qi Jing walk into the adjacent trial area without looking back, Tan Zuoyin couldn't help but laugh.

Seeing her almost overflowing with a hundred pounds of sweetness, Gao Qi gave her a pitying look:

"Stop smiling foolishly. What's the difference between you and those silly women on TV? Come on, I'll take you to pick out some powerful weapons."

How can you be so obsessed with men? It's better to arm and strengthen yourself. Only when you become strong yourself is it the real deal.

Gao Qi led Tan Zuoyin around the large corridor, leaving Qi Jing to wander around aimlessly.

Wandering around the cold weapon trial area, Qi Jing picked up a black knife from the weapon rack. It was priced at 50 points and made primarily of swamp stone and praying mantis parts. Its characteristic was that it was very light and had a trace of poison.

And it also had a very fitting name—the Black Mantis Blade.

Qi Jing held it in his hand and weighed it. It was indeed very light, like it was made of plastic.

However, the hardness probably wasn't great. It couldn't even compare to the shared long knives placed at the entrance of Yuandao Base for killing armored crabs.

Qi Jing remembered that the knife cost 100 points, enough to buy two Black Mantis Blades.

He looked around and found that the knives nearby didn't exceed 100 points either.

It seemed that Yuandao Base was providing maximum support for clearing armored crabs.

"This knife is very good and cheap!"

Hearing someone else picking things out nearby, Qi Jing activated his Observation Haki to sense them, while pretending to look at the knives.

Ahem, this wasn't eavesdropping, but practicing multitasking!

"No, no, this knife is a bit weaker than the others."

Qi Jing saw that this knife only cost 20 points and was indeed cheap.

"We only have four days until the club ranking battle. We can't accumulate many points, and besides, we need to buy armor after buying this knife."

"Alas, academic points are really hard to earn. Each class only gives so little."

"That's right. It's said that you can only accumulate less than 2,000 points a year just by attending classes!"

How could they do nothing? Even Yan Cheng could pass the level one trial. Their physiques should be able to pass, right?

"What? Only 2,000! I don't want to live anymore!"

"It's less than 2,000! Less than! Besides, the 500-point Painless Arm Badge is a must-buy, and the rest isn't enough for a decent set of equipment."

Qi Jing remembered seeing someone's trial in the Jia campus. They only had armor on the critical parts.

A thousand points should be enough for a good full body suit, but he didn't do that.

Didn't he want to buy transitional equipment first and directly buy the graduation set?

It was just like when he played games, he liked to hoard a super strong piece of equipment first, and then use that top-tier equipment to clear other levels.

That way, only the early game was more difficult, and the later game was easier.

"Are there point lotteries? I want to get rich overnight!"

"There are no lotteries, but there is betting. It is said that a class in a special academy earned a lot during the freshman competition!"

"Ah?"

"It's this year's Freshman King. The whole class bet on him to win, and they all made money!"

"Damn it, why doesn't our class have such a powerful classmate!"

It seemed like he was eating melon seeds and eating it on himself.

Their whole class bet on him? How didn't he know?

Qi Jing remembered that when he participated in the competition, only the instructor called on everyone in the group to cheer him on. There was no organized large-scale betting activity?

He usually had almost no communication with his classmates. How could anyone bet their few points on him to win?

In fact, this was Ye Bufan's idea. It was he who suggested to his classmates to support Qi Jing when he was running in the morning.

As the only student in the school who didn't have to attend early classes, Qi Jing had a high profile in the class. Everyone knew there was a guy whose body was stronger than the coach.

Ye Bufan also found a video of Qi Jing's competition and successfully persuaded his classmates to invest ten to fifty points, betting that Qi Jing could win.

The facts proved that their choice was correct.

What Qi Jing didn't know was that his other classmates had become familiar with each other through running together every morning and collapsing on the lawn together. A month was enough for strangers to become very familiar, let alone teenagers of the same age.

However, Qi Jing was an exception. He didn't attend early classes, so he knew nothing about this.

So, sleeping in brings more than just sleeping in.

After listening to the gossip around him for a while, Qi Jing felt bored and left.

He walked around here and found that the melee weapons here were not as handy as the umbrella sword in his hand, nor were they as strong as the umbrella sword.

He should go find Zhayin.

He amplified his Observation Haki and spread his perception waves around him with himself as the center.

Tan Zuoyin's aura was like a dazzling star, clearly reflected in his mind the moment he activated his Observation Haki.

Just as he was about to turn off his Observation Haki, he noticed an invisible barrier blocking his perception on the left.

This wall was exactly like Yu Ding's aerial cabin. It was the second time he had encountered an imperceptible obstacle.

This immediately reminded him of the map he had just seen.

Each floor of the research institute had a huge blank area in the center, seemingly hiding some kind of secret.

He couldn't help but feel a hint of curiosity and doubt in his heart. What secrets were hidden in the central blank area?