With the meticulous preparation of the training camp’s chef, the Spirit Food released layers of progressive flavors, encompassing the vast depth of mountains, rivers, lakes, and seas, as well as the fresh elegance of flowers, grasses, fruits, and trees. This indulgence intoxicated Li Zheng and the others, and the bruises on their bodies visibly healed at a speed visible to the naked eye due to the washing of Spiritual Energy, sweeping away their fatigue.
While Li Zheng and his company were thoroughly enjoying their meal, the live broadcast channel was being flooded with barrage comments.
The spectators, who had initially been watching for fun, were shocked to find Li Zheng and others starting to enjoy gourmet food and instantly expressed their inability to accept it, criticizing their indulgent behavior.
Li Zheng paid no attention to this, continuing to feast to his heart’s content.
At that moment, the commotion coming from nearby caught the attention of Li Zheng and the others, prompting them all to look over.
They saw ten students of the Four Eyes Clan brutally beating up another student. Various kinds of food were scattered all over the ground, and the student being attacked, with red hair, crouched on the ground covering his head, allowing the Four Eyes Clan students to bully him.
"These bastards are bullying the newcomer again."
"Don’t worry about it, keep eating, eat quickly. I suspect they’ll come to beat us up soon," Li Zheng said as he stuffed Spirit Food into his mouth, his eyes fixed on the figures of the Four Eyes Clan, afraid of not eating enough.
"That’s right, eat quickly, let’s level up our Body Refining Level first."
After a brief exchange, Li Zheng and his peers continued their voracious eating.
But just as they had anticipated, it wasn’t long before the ten freshmen of the Four Eyes Clan approached their dining table.
"Have you guys eaten your fill?" The leader of the Ghost Pupil asked with a sinister smile.
Realizing they were about to be beaten again, Li Zheng and the others had a quick exchange in the voice channel and took the initiative to attack, picking up their meal plates and throwing them at the people from the Ghost Pupil Clan.
Compared to the weaker red-haired Alien Race Warrior who tolerated the bullying, Li Zheng and his peers chose to confront them head-on.
However, their resistance seemed very feeble, and they were quickly overwhelmed and pinned to the ground under the barrage of punches, with the leading Ghost Pupil stepping hard on Li Zheng’s head:
"Do you really think you have the ability to be in this training camp? The weak don’t belong here."
Despite being thoroughly subdued and unable to move, Li Zheng and his peers were relentless in their verbal retorts, using elegant language to express their discontent, which only provoked more ferocious beating from the people of the Four Eyes Clan.
The mealtime ended at that point, and a figure emerged from the cafeteria. With a wave of his hand, all the Spirit Food within the cafeteria was stored into Space Items:
"Get out, all of you!"
Although the students of the Four Eyes Clan were arrogant, they did not dare to mess with the cafeteria manager and immediately dragged the incapacitated Li Zheng and others out of the cafeteria, dumping them on the roadside before heading towards the training field.
Li Zheng and his comrades lay on the ground, expressions of despair on their faces.
Just then, a feeble voice came through:
"Li... Brother Li, how come I can’t see anything?"
Everyone turned towards the speaker, the Family Shared Godfather, and couldn’t help but snicker at his appearance:
"Both of your eyes are swollen shut; of course, you can’t see."
"Ha ha ha, you’re really in a sorry state, how could you get beaten up so badly."
"They grabbed me, several of them, and kept punching me in the face, I... wanted to... but I just couldn’t," the Family Shared Godfather explained incoherently with a bruised nose and his eyes swollen to slits."
"We must take revenge!"
"Yes, we must take revenge, but let me lie down a bit longer before that, I’m so tired."
"Me too, I didn’t get enough to eat, I’m really hungry."
Night training time, Li Zheng and his companions arrived at the training field, dragging their weary bodies.
The brightly lit training field was already starting up a new round of training, with a Combat Instructor releasing abilities to test the new students’ evasion skills, while the chief instructor Kuang Sha watched with cold indifference.
Noticing the arrival of Li Zheng and his group, Kuang Sha didn’t even glance at them, coldly instructing:
"You guys are up for the next round of evasion training."
Knowing Kuang Sha’s temper, Li Zheng and his peers did not speak up, obediently standing to the side and waiting, though their voice channel was filled with endless cursing.
When the clock struck 10 p.m.,
The exhausted Li Zheng and his group were taken by Kuang Sha to the repair room.
There, they underwent bodily treatment and immediately felt their weariness and injuries healed, bringing the day’s devilish training to an end.
Back in their room, Li Zheng and his companions started to ponder how to counter the bullying.
Through the day’s training, they realized that not only the Four Eyes Clan but also members of other Alien Races were bullying other students.
As Duan Xing had said, the weak here would suffer from bullying.
During their conversation, they also browsed through comments in the live broadcast room, looking for a strategy to turn the tables.
Most of the advice from the crowd was not helpful. As an experienced player, Li Zheng knew all too well how unreliable these forum players could be.
The previous victim had already become a meme widely shared and mocked by the forum players.
Yet, it was from a barrage comment in the live broadcast that Li Zheng found inspiration.
"If you can’t beat them, fight to the death is not a bad idea, but your ferocity is no threat to the Four Eyes Clan. If you want to fight, hit them where it hurts, find a point they can’t tolerate and strike it hard, instilling fear in them. That’s the key to overcoming bullying."
This comment made Li Zheng begin to ponder a question: what critical weakness did the Four Eyes Clan have?
But the answer to that question was not easily found.
Just then, a casual remark from Chi Tu gave Li Zheng an idea.
"Hey, we wasted so much Spirit Food and didn’t get full. Let’s buy some canned food to fill our bellies."
It was this line that suddenly reminded Li Zheng of a rule in the training camp.
The cafeteria provided two meals each day, one at 8 a.m. and the other at 6 p.m., with each mealtime lasting only 15 minutes. Miss it, and you won’t be allowed to eat.
If they struck during this time, they could embarrass the Four Eyes Clan by disrupting their ability to eat.