Chapter 68 (1/2)

Chapter 68: Yea-habitant of the Yea Planet

United States, Washi+ngton, Prince Virtual Competition Cafe, Room 250

A stocky blond ht-fit t-shi+rt His left arht side of his body only revealed a stuht hand should be

The blond man was in deep sleep when he suddenly opened his eyes

…

Thomas woke up from his virtual is of hunger His body was extreently twisted his neck, it issued snapping sounds

Looking sidewards to the clock in the immersion cabin, he could not help but reveal a wry smile

“Twenty hours”

Even though he had reh the roo a long tiuy—he had still spent twenty hours

This was the first time Thomas spent twenty consecutive hours in the virtual world His body and mind was extre from his chest

“shi+ Xiaobai, this name seems like he’s from China”

Thomas muttered to himself He crawled out of the ione cold, but having starved for twenty hours, he was not picky His left hand picked up a fork to bring a steak into his mouth as he quickly chewed on it

After putting down the fork, he used his only left hand to pour a cup of expensive red wine The wine tasted slightly astringent, but for sohtly bitter

“This bottle of red wine is worth a person’s head”

Thohtly

An F Class bounty for a criminal’s head could buy such a bottle of red wine

Those Heroes who clai to risk their lives to fight calamity fiends or astral beasts would use their Hero salary eachhome the bacon Hence thethe heads of those criminals

Bounty for criminals was evil

The eradication of evil in exchange for a few bottles of red wine, this…was very heroic

“So the taste of red wine is bitter”

Tholass down and suddenly pulled out his cellphone Touching the screen a few tiered over a particular name

After hesitating for a moment, he pressed down on it

That was a nuht he would never attempt to call this number for the rest of his life

“Ring…Ring…Ring…”

The regular ringing tone sounded exactly like his heartbeat

“hello, who is this?”

A second after the call connected, a voice that sounded netic entered his ears Thohtly

“It’s me Thomas”

Thomas’s voice suddenly turned dry He had used red wine to moisten his throat, yet he produced a voice that was almost hoarse

“Ha, so it’s ot in touch Has it been twenty years?”

The voice from the other end of the call sounded surprised and happy

“Yea, it’s been twenty years, Yaris”

Thomas silently said in his heart that to be precise, it enty years, one month and seven days

…

Once upon a time, he and Yaris studied in the same school

Back then, Yaris was his senior as mocked by other classmates because he cultivated in Crab Steps, and he was a naive lowerclassmen who followed behind Yaris

One day, he said to Yaris, “Yaris, there will be one day I will surpass you”

Yaris answered with a laugh, “Then I will have to run faster If I get caught up by a junior, it will be very e!”

Tho Crab Steps, then it was a matter of time before he surpassed Yaris

After graduation, they joined different Hero organizations They began their separate lives, but their deep ties of friendshi+p ainst each other, as they played catch up

However, their intersecting pathways finally separated on a particular day twenty years ago, never coain

That day, 25-year-old Tho out in a ht hand that he was always proud of for its gun-wielding prowess

And during that meteor shower, 27-year-old Yaris raised his Crab Steps to the “Bold New World” realenius

After that day, Thoer catch up to Yaris Very soon, he could not even see his back

…

“Have you been well?”

Yaris’ light greetings pulled Thomas back from his me lost his right hand, other than using his remnant powers at the seventh level of the Psionic Soul Realm to hunt low-level bounty criminals, he could only use the virtual world’s experience to falsely satisfy his wish of having a right hand Was such an existence…good?

“Yea, not bad” Thomas answered softly

The other end of the line gave a pondering reply and fell into silence

Thohtly breathed out and suddenly said, “The reason why I called you is because I uy…He resembles you”

“Oh? Tell me”

“Yea, his name is shi+ Xiaobai and he comes from China Like you, he uses Crab Steps Heh, that ridiculous look makes me recallrecall…”