Chapter 161: Mu Fei (2/2)
Why was there another person with her?
Ye Chong immediately went into high alert. He had clearly heard only Wei Xi’s footsteps earlier, but now there were two people entering his room. The other person’s footsteps had obviously escaped him! On the trash planet, Ye Chong had developed good hearing. After some meditation training, he found his hearing improved even further, even though he did not gain anything in terms of mental abilities.
This was the first time he met someone who could approach him so closely without him hearing his footsteps!
Looking at the man with long hair standing beside Wei Xi, Ye Chong looked calm on the surface, but inside his emotions rolled like a tsunami!
What a terrifying man!
The other party’s physique was well balanced, without any particularly bulging muscles, but Ye Chong did not underestimate him just because of this. From what he knew, among the mentalists in the Sanctuary, only the unpopular students would have obvious bulging muscles. The stronger one was, the more inconspicuous they seem from the outside. This man’s eyes were calm and steady, and Ye Chong was sure that the man before him was already at a very high level in terms of his mental attainments, unlike what he could achieve with some simple meditations. Ye Chong could only just sense his breathing. If not for his eyes looking at the man before him, Ye Chong definitely could not have otherwise sense the man’s presence!
Could the Sanctuary produce men of such caliber on a normal basis? The thought was terrifying!
”Ye, be careful, this guy’s good!” Shang seemed to noticed as well that the man was unusual.
Wei Xi smiled to Ye Chong and said, ”Mr Ye, how are your experiments going? Do you have anything new? Oh, right, almost forgot to introduce you two!” Wei Xi stuck her tongue out in a cute way, and continued, ”This is Sir Mu Fei, he will replace me as your guide. Sigh, I really hoped to learn more from you, but I have other tasks to attend to, so Sir Mu Fei will act as your guide, I hope you and him will get along together!”
Ye Chong started to think. With the man as guide, would that not mean that he would be nearby every day? Sir? It seemed that he had a high status! Ye Chong’s expression did not change as he acknowledged, ”Okay,” and nodded at Mu Fei.
”Glad to be of service. I heard you have quite astonishing achievements in skeletons, please take care of me!” Mu Fei’s delicate profile lacked the usual masculine roughness, and he smiled enigmatically as Wei Xi watched from aside, charmed.
”It’s nothing.” Ye Chong waved in polite dismissal.
Wei Xi noticed the two skeletons in Ye Chong’s hands and asked curiously, ”Mr Ye, are those skeletons from your successful experiment results?”
”Yes, only two of them barely make the cut!” Ye Chong affected a regretful expression.
Wei Xi quickly consoled him. ”It’s alright, even so, they are still Mr Ye’s astonishing breakthroughs!”
Fei Mu suddenly approached from the side. ”These must be the skeletons from the Rohin primate and the Blitzwing!”
Could he also be well versed with skeletons? Ye Chong was again startled, but he managed to take a casual glance at Mu Fei and asked in a calm but slightly surprised voice, ”Is Mr Mu also experienced with skeletons?”
Mu Fei smiled modestly and said, ”I don’t know much about skeletons, but I’ve encountered with these two mutants before!”
Ye Chong was surprised once again. He knew these two life forms. The Rohin primate was alright, but the Blitzwing was terribly ferocious and aggressive. They always appeared in pairs, and their claws were sharp, capable of damaging mech armor. They moved agilely and were cunning creatures, difficult opponents to fight against! Mu Fei may have said that he encountered them before, and Ye Chong believed that it must not be some friendly encounter. It seemed that Mu Fei must be very strong!
Why did the Sanctuary assign Mu Fei to him? Ye Chong was perplexed.
However, Ye Chong quickly grew absorbed in his work for the Trial. No matter the circumstances, passing the Trial was still his utmost priority. What made Ye Chong uncomfortable was that Mu Fei never seemed to leave him alone. No matter what he was doing, the man would observe with interest from the side, and that made Ye Chong grew suspicious of him.
Nonetheless, there was not much time left. Ye Chong was too busy to mind having Mu Fei around him. He began to work in earnest towards building a full skeleton mech engine. Ye Chong, careful as he was, had thought it through. Since Master Xiao had said that any engine model would do, Ye Chong chose the simplest mech engine he knew of - the Raven model engine, which was the engine for the eponymous mech that Ye Chong was very familiar with.
Even so, the work took a lot of effort from Ye Chong, since this was his first time building such a thing, and he had no experience to draw from. Fortunately, however, Ye Chong finally completed his work within the designated time frame, building the world’s first full skeleton mech engine!