High School Student with Immortal Race System

Late at night. Jianghuai City.

This was Yanhua’s largest, most prosperous, and most affluent city, earning it the nickname "the city that never sleeps."

Roaring sports cars, friends drinking in twos and threes, beautiful women lining up for clubs, designated drivers lying in wait... together, they wove the fabric of the city’s other side.

"I love Jianghuai!!"

"Jianghuai! I have to stay here!"

A beautiful young woman sat in a convertible, arms spread wide as she cheered at the top of her lungs.

The man in the driver’s seat just smiled, saying nothing, his mind only on the quality of his prey for the night.

With a roar of the engine, the girl stumbled, and the pop-top can of alcohol in her hand fell out of the car.

Carried by the wind, it tumbled off the bridge, landing in a rarely visited patch of shadow.

In the wasteland beneath the overpass, seven or eight figures huddled together were startled. They all turned to look, but seeing it was only a can, they turned back and resumed their conspiracy to overthrow Cyan Blue.

"I heard our Jianghuai Sub-temple lost an important treasure. The higher-ups are furious..."

"I haven’t heard about any major incidents recently. If it was such an important treasure, how could it be lost so easily?"

"Our mysterious Jianghuai Altar Master loves to ’break the whole into parts’ and ’hide instead of guard’... The more important something is, the more casually he treats it... That’s always been his style."

Among these people were ordinary office workers, some who looked like schoolteachers, and even two slender women.

Here in the city’s shadows, they acted without restraint.

A woman whose face was obscured said faintly, "Why did you call us here today?"

One of them said, "The wounds have confirmed it was the work of a ’Tattooed Guest.’ They left some kind of mark, which is how they were identified so easily. To get the treasure back, we need to find that ’Tattooed Guest.’"

"...But all living Tattooed Guests are in the hands of the Yanhua Official."

One person said in shock, "Break someone out of the Yanhua Official’s custody? Are you guys insane?"

They had the guts for a bit of plotting and scheming. ’But you can’t be asking us to storm an execution ground, can you?’

The one who had spoken before seemed to know more of the inside story. He smiled. "We’re not breaking anyone out. We’re just trying to make contact. Even just ten minutes alone with them in a hospital room could yield some information. This is something that requires all of our collective effort..."

"Dr. Wu, we might need you to make some inquiries within the hospital system..."

The man called Dr. Wu said in a low voice, "A hospital? Have you ever considered they might not be in a hospital at all, but have been taken to some laboratory instead?"

That person replied, "Where there’s a will, there’s a way. It’s just a simple inquiry."

"Rest assured, the organization won’t forget you. We’ve finished investigating the evidence of your wife’s infidelity. A full fourteen people. It took quite a bit of effort on our part. If you succeed this time, you’ll also be rewarded with a ’Heart-Drilling Gu’..."

"With it, you can finally break free from your failed marriage and start a new life..."

Dr. Wu took a deep breath. "I’ll see what I can do..."

The few people around him looked on with a hint of mockery.

Anyone willing to join the "Rebel Species" had their own scars, more or less.

But that didn’t stop them from laughing at the next person whose scars were picked open.

’Cheating with fourteen people isn’t just cheating, that’s running a market stall!’

The speaker nodded in satisfaction. "Lord Long Jiu has also been tracking that Tattooed Guest, but they received intense stealth training before coming to Cyan Blue. They’re slippery. That’s why we need to pool our efforts. Each of you will have your own tasks..."

He assigned some tasks, mostly covert actions like scouting, observing, and making contact.

"Then we’ll end here for today. For the Reshaping."

"For the Reshaping..."

"For the Reshaping..."

Just then, a crisp snapping sound came from behind them.

The group assumed it was just another inconsiderate person littering, but a look around revealed no source.

Until Dr. Wu lifted his head in terror.

A filthy figure in a hoodie was hanging upside down from the bottom of the overpass, silent and still.

Countless black substances formed tendrils at its feet, sticking to the reinforced concrete. Its throat, abdomen, and eye sockets each bore a horrific wound, but no flesh and blood were visible, only a filling of the same black substance.

More shadow than they were, more darkness than they were.

A hoarse voice spoke in an unfamiliar language:

[Those who play with bugs... all deserve to die...]

Black Rope grinned, revealing a set of yellow teeth.

The next moment, a black rain, dense as steel nails, pierced through countless bodies. Screams echoed across the wasteland beneath the bridge.

Its might and power were far greater than before... as fast as bullets!

....

A major case had occurred in Jianghuai City last night.

There were as many as seven dead, including one Innate Martial Artist.

However, unless an incident occurred in full public view, the police’s standard procedure was to suppress the news first and investigate slowly.

This was especially true for a case involving a certain special organization, as well as the even more important "guests from the Exotic Realm."

None of this had reached Yang Shen’s ears for the time being. He just felt that the "Black Engraving" ability granted by the Jade was growing stronger every day.

At first, he thought he was just getting more proficient with it. But after the quantitative change led to a qualitative one, he finally confirmed that it had indeed grown much stronger.

’This Jade’s "Twin Recording Ability" is actually dynamic?’

’Huh... wait a minute.’

’If my power is progressing this quickly, doesn’t that mean I’ve also given that Exotic Strange Guest a power-up?’

’That guy isn’t going to cause some huge incident, is he? But I haven’t heard about any major crimes recently.’

’Where is he venting all that energy?’

Not that he was too worried. When they were both blank slates, he had been able to kill the other guy in an instant.

Now that they had each received the other’s BUFF, he should still be the stronger one.

Yang Shen was just waiting for a system prompt that the other was getting closer, then he would go find him and collect both pieces of the "Jade."

He’d send him to be reincarnated in the Exotic Realm with a single elbow strike.

When the Rising Sun had fully ascended, casting its brilliant morning rays, Yang Shen stopped his practice of the Rising Sun Fist Intent and headed to school as usual.

Early in the morning, students of Nanliang High School walked onto campus in twos and threes, laughing and playing around.

Third-years might be drowning in misery, but that didn’t mean the first and second-years couldn’t have fun.

Summer vacation wasn’t far off for them, was it?

A few underclassmen were joking around, discussing which of the two supplements, "Elite No. 1" and "Starfire 999," had a smoother feel from the syringe.

Seeing a line of people standing at the school gate from a distance, they looked over curiously.

Although they couldn’t recognize everyone, figures like "Senior Brother Yuan Rui," "Senior Sister Fugui, Cao Wei," and "Nanliang’s Number One Muscle Bro, Tian Zihan" were quite distinctive.

"Whoa, are those the top ten in the grade? The legendary Top Student Study Group?"

"Considering the second-years can’t possibly beat the third-years, you could say they’re the top ten in the whole school. The big shots at the very top."

"That presence..."

Some of the younger girls were also whispering among themselves.

"And Senior Sister Cao... she’s so cool!"

"Senior Brother Tian is so imposing! With that body, his future girlfriend is going to be laughing all the way to the bank!"

"I can’t imagine how happy his girlfriend will be. He’s so buff, imagine being picked up by him..."

"He could probably do ten front raises in a second!"

The quieter the voices, the wilder the talk.

Several of the grade’s top ten stood like reefs in a sea of people, unmoving and expressionless, projecting the aura of those at the top of the school’s food chain.

While resting with his eyes closed, Yuan Rui suddenly opened them and saw a figure hesitantly walking toward the school gate.

He immediately said, "Three, two, one."

The eight of them: "Good morning, Master!!"

The entire line of students bowed a perfect ninety degrees at the side of the path as Yang Shen approached.

Yang Shen: ...

The chattering underclassmen seemed to have had their mute buttons pressed, standing frozen in place...

==Portal==

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