Absolute Choice 1

by Pear Lands In The Autumn Spring

  The muscular man was stunned momentarily after hearing this. After pondering for a moment, his face turned distressed as he scratched his head, saying, "About that...Me have not heard before..."

  A body as strong as a beast contrasted greatly with the honest expression of distress, it highlighted the muscular man's silly temperament even more.

  Shi Xiaobai immediately gave a look of disappointment, as he shook his head and said with a sigh, "Steel Ox, you are still young after all, that is why you are ignorant and ill-informed."

  Due to his disappointment, what should have been the title, "Steel Wall Shaking Powerful Ox" was shortened by Shi Xiaobai to "Steel Ox".

  "Ah? Me name isn't Steel Ox. Me name is Ye Jiaquan!"

  Ye Jiaquan awkwardly waved his hand, then he lowered his head to say in an honest manner, "Me doesn't know anything. Lingcun always says Me is dumb."

  Upon saying the name "Lingcun", Ye Jiaquan's eyes seemed to flash with a beam of cordialness. It looked like that was a person he trusted greatly.

  Shi Xiaobai nodded and acknowledged Ye Jiaquan's dumbness. Recalling that he came here to ask for directions, he immediately decide to no longer continue explaining his identity. He changed topics and asked, "This King has something to ask you."

  This was the third time Shi Xiaobai said those words. Ye Jiaquan's expression turned extremely serious as he nodded, as he said seriously, "Please ask!"

  Shi Xiaobai said in all seriousness, "This King was struck by a ninja's Sharingan magic, and accidentally fell into a samsara maze. I have been unable to find my way out. Steel Ox, do you know how to get to the rookie training grounds?"

  Upon hearing this, Ye Jiaquan was stunned. He felt that the tiny youth in front of him spoke in an erudite and profound manner. From the beginning, he had failed to understand anything that he had said. However, he actually understood his final question. Furthermore, he happened to know the answer!

  Ye Jiaquan immediately said with excitement, "Me know! Me know! Actually, Me is one of the rookies of the current batch of [Annihilation] rookies, so Me know where the rookie training ground is!"

  Shi Xiaobai was slightly stunned hearing this. He sized up Ye Jiaquan's massive body and that "ferocious" but mature-looking face, and then thinking of that terrifying punch from before, he was unable to make the connection between this person and the word "rookie".

  Ye Jiaquan seemed to notice Shi Xiaobai's doubts, as he scratched his head with a smile and said, "Actually Me is 16 years old!"

  Shi Xiaobai was immediately dumbfounded, and was momentarily at a loss as to how to answer him.

  Ye Jiaquan clearly was used to others appearing shocked after knowing his age. He did not proceed to make any more explanations, but naturally changed the subject by saying, "Why do you want to go to the rookie training grounds?"

  Shi Xiaobai restored his calmness and thought through his words, before speaking solemnly, "This King was sealed by the Evil Gods of various worlds, causing This King’s strength to fall to the first level of the Psionic Mortal Realm. Now to remove the seal, This King is temporarily joining [Gaia]. Like you, This King is a rookie of the current batch of [Annihilation] rookies! However, as This King was busy administering his own world, that time could only be spared today, as such there were few days of accidentally playing truant."

  Ye Jiaquan was confused hearing this. He could not make any sense out of Shi Xiaobai's words, and after trying to understand Shi Xiaobai's words for some time, his eyes lit up. "So, you are actually an [Annihilation] rookie? And you are joining the training today?"

  Although he now knew that the youth in front of him was a rookie like him, Ye Jiaquan still spoke politely. In his understanding of the world, as long as it was someone intelligent, he was worthy of being respected. For example, a person like Chen Lingcun or a person like this youth in front of him that he could not even remember the name of. He couldn't understand most of the youth's words, clearly indicating how this youth's intelligence was far better than his.

  Shi Xiaobai did not pay attention to these details. He only calmly nodded his head.

  Seeing Shi Xiaobai nod his head, Ye Jiaquan's somewhat dazed eyes revealed an unconcealable look of anticipation. To prevent himself from losing decorum because of his excitement, he cramped up as he watched Shi Xiaobai's eyes and pleaded, "If that is the case, can Me..can Me request for you to join Team Red?"

  "Team Red?" Shi Xiaobai asked in wonder.

  Ye Jiaquan smacked himself in the forehead, as he suddenly recalled that the youth in front of him had just arrived today. He hurriedly used clumsy and ambiguous words to explain. "About that...The instructor split the rookies into two teams, Team Red and Team Blue. During every assessment, the two teams will take part in a competition. The failing team would have one person eliminated. Me is from Team Red, so Me hopes that you will join Team Red!"

  Shi Xiaobai was slightly surprised hearing this. He remembered Riko mentioning in her note that the instructor would frequently have assessments, and the person with the worst results would be eliminated every time. According to Ye Jiaquan's explanation, this batch's instructor had clearly changed the rules. And it seemed like the instructor felt that the importance of a team's strength took precedence over individual strength?

  "This King cannot be eliminated regardless of anything. It looks like This King has to seriously consider which team to choose."

  With this in mind, Shi Xiaobai said, "Which team is stronger?"

  There was no doubt about the answer if one asked a member of Team Red which team was stronger. However, Ye Jiaquan did not give the answer Shi Xiaobai expected. Instead he lowered his head and said with an indignant tone, "Team Blue..is stronger."

  Shi Xiaobai was slightly surprised, but he quickly understood that this monster-shaped honest youth with a simpleton heart did not know how to lie.

  "Honest Steel Ox, This King wasn't wrong about you!"

  Shi Xiaobai even felt touched as he already made up his mind. However, he carried on asking, "How many times have the two teams competed.? How many victories and defeats were there?"

  Ye Jiaquan maintained his lowered head as he clenched his fists somewhat tightly, whispering, "Twice. Team Blue won both times."

  Shi Xiaobai carried on asking. "This King heard that this batch has a rookie at the fourth level of the Psionic Mortal Realm. Which team is he in?"

  Ye Jiaquan lowered his head even more. "Team Blue..."

  Shi Xiaobai sighed. It seemed like the disparity in strength between Team Red and Team Blue was not trivial, however, this did not affect his decision.

  "This King hates how the strong bullies the weak, but likes beating the strong with the weak!"

  With this thought in mind, Shi Xiaobai was just about to tell Ye Jiaquan that he was willing to join Team Red.

  Suddenly, Ye Jiaquan lifted his lowered head suddenly.

  "Although Team Blue is temporarily stronger than Team Red, but Me believes that it is a matter of time before it will surpass Team Blue!"

  Ye Jiaquan raised his clenched fist to his chest as he lifted his head towards the distant sky. His voice exuded confidence. His confidence did not seem spurious, but came from a realistic source that he could rely on.

  What suddenly gave this honest youth such fiery hot confidence?

  Ye Jiaquan gently lowered his head and looked at Shi Xiaobai as he said loudly, "Please, you have to join Team Red! The captain of Me's Team Red is Shi Xiaobai!"

  Shi Xiaobai was surprised, thinking that he had misheard him.

  Ye Jiaquan's fiery voice sounded once again. "Captain Shi Xiaobai will definitely lead Team Red to defeat Team Blue. Me believes in him!"

  When Ye Jiaquan said the three words, "Shi Xiaobai", his eyes glowed with a look of adoration, as if he was talking about a great figure!

  Ye Jiaquan (叶家拳) translates to Ye Family Fist.

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  Chapter24
Shi Xiaobai is not the Hope of Team Red

  Having heard his name from Ye Jiaquan's mouth, and that he was the captain of Team Red, Shi Xiaobai was completely at a loss. He nearly asked, "When did This King become the captain of Team Red?", but he could tell the nearly pious veneration in Ye Jiaquan's eyes, which suddenly gave him a new idea.

  "He is This King's first believer in this world! No, This King has to test his loyalty!"

  With this thought in mind, Shi Xiaobai pretended to look puzzled and asked, "Who is Shi Xiaobai? Is he strong?"

  "You actually don't know Shi Xiaobai?" Ye Jiaquan immediately revealed a shocked expression, as if the fact that anyone that did not know of Shi Xiaobai was an incredulous matter.

  Moments later, Ye Jiaquan's honest expression turned serious as he said formally, "Captain Shi Xiaobai is destined to shock China, no, he is a super genius destined to shock the entire world!"

  Shi Xiaobai kept nodding his head in his heart, as he thought deep down that despite Steel Ox appearing dumb, he was actually pretty clever. The fact he knew that he, Shi Xiaobai would be destined to shock the entire world meant he had a better awareness than anyone else!

  Shi Xiaobai felt ease of mind, but that wasn't enough, hence, he thrust his head and asked, "Is he really that powerful?"

  "Yes!"

  Ye Jiaquan's face immediately looked anxious as he scratched his head. He began to excitedly count the edges the idol in his heart had. "Captain Shi Xiaobai not only has S Class Mind Expanse and Psy-genes, he even has the Perception of God! He is the highest rated rookie in this batch. During the ability test, Captain Shi Xiaobai even went easy! If Captain Shi Xiaobai had been slightly more serious, he would definitely be a S+ Class rookie! Captain Shi Xiaobai is a world-class genius!"

  Upon hearing this, Shi Xiaobai immediately felt that Ye Jiaquan was a rare promising person. He was a talent who knew how to speak the truth! Shi Xiaobai was very pleased in his heart, but he still asked with a straight face, "Is that all?"

  Seeing his idol not acknowledged by him, Ye Jiaquan immediately turned anxious. He scratched his head incessantly, puzzling over how he could convince the youth in front of him, or how to let the youth believe that "Captain Shi Xiaobai was an extraordinary genius". In a short while, Ye Jiaquan seemed to think of something. His face flushed suddenly as his limbs turned stiff, his motions looking restricted.

  "That...Me's Captain Shi Xiaobai is Senior Riko's man!"

  Ye Jiaquan said proudly, "Senior Riko is the daughter of the Minamiya family, the only student of His Excellency One-Pun, and this generation's Oceanic Pontus! As for Captain Shi Xiaobai, he has subdued Senior Riko!"

  Shi Xiaobai was stunned for a few seconds when this was said.

  "Violent Girl is indeed This King's person, so that probably counts as having subdued Violent Girl, right?"

  Shi Xiaobai had such thoughts, but somehow felt that Ye Jiaquan's explanation sounded weird, yet he couldn't tell what was odd about it. However, an inexplicable sense of pleasure seemed to fill his body, it made Shi Xiaobai so excited that he got goosebumps.

  "Not bad, not bad. This is a good devotee of This King. However, This King must dig deeper into his beliefs!"

  Shi Xiaobai made up his mind, and pretended to look impatient. "Is there anything else?"

  Ye Jiaquan immediately widened his eyes, and after a moment of silence, he took a deep breath and exclaimed, "Captain Shi Xiaobai once said that 'this world does not have any geniuses, only the strong!'. For a great genius to say such inspirational words, Me, Me is very moved! Me is not some genius. Me is very dumb. Me can only work hard, work harder and work even harder, so..Me really felt extremely, extremely moved!"

  Awkward but sincere words came out from the honest muscular man's mouth, as if he was proclaiming the adoration and admiration in his heart.

  "This King is really too excellent. Just a simple sentence is enough to affect numerous people!"

  Shi Xiaobai felt flattered, and he could almost no longer keep up his cold facial expression.

  The slow Ye Jiaquan did not notice the strange behavior of the youth, but after noticing that he was silent, he thought he was too dumb with words that he had failed to convince him. Ye Jiaquan truly believed the youth would join Team Red to become a teammate, and not a rival. However, he knew very well the disparity in strength between the two teams, hence he did not know how to convince the youth. He had to thicken his skin to mention his captain's name, Shi Xiaobai. However, he never expected that even Captain Shi Xiaobai was not enough.

  Ye Jiaquan immediately felt discouraged, but he still wanted to make one final effort. Hence, he said seriously, "It is a fact Team Red is weaker than Team Blue, but all of that is just temporary! That's because Captain Shi Xiaobai is like you. He has yet to participate in the rookie training as of today! Me believes that once Captain Shi Xiaobai comes, Team Red will definitely be able to defeat Team Blue! Me isn't good with words, but Me truly wishes that you can join Team Red!"

  "Captain Shi Xiaobai will definitely not let everyone in Team Red down! Me guarantees it!" Ye Jiaquan slapped his chest forcefully, issuing a resounding sound.

  Upon hearing these heartfelt words, Shi Xiaobai was very touched.

  "Hai, this is such a pious devotee. This King can no longer bear to test him further. It looks like it's time This King reveals his true identity!"

  Shi Xiaobai felt that the time was ripe, and was prepared to reveal his identity, telling Ye Jiaquan that he was Shi Xiaobai, that he would lead Team Red to beat Team Blue badly!

  "Actually, This King..."

  At this moment, a cold voice suddenly echoed, cutting off Shi Xiaobai's words!

  "It's useless even if Shi Xiaobai come. In my opinion, it's better if he doesn't come."

  The words Shi Xiaobai said midway were swallowed back when this voice echoed, not because of the biting meaning behind the words, but because the voice was too close by. Shi Xiaobai looked in the direction of the voice as his pupils constricted. He saw a silver-haired youth, about the same age as him, had suddenly appeared beside Ye Jiaquan's massive body.

  The silver-haired youth stood in the middle of the sunlight, and was equally thin like Shi Xiaobai. His skin was as white as snow, and he had very good looks. He was dressed in a gray t-shirt and blue shorts. His hands were in his pockets, while his body was leaning slightly backwards. On the corner of his mouth, there was a faint smile.

  Shi Xiaobai blinked his eyes, so as to confirming that his eyes had not deceived him. He was immediately alarmed because the sudden appearance of this youth was too sudden. The back of the steel building and the tall surrounding wall had a gap of ten meters, so for him to appear suddenly in such a wide corridor, the only way was to jump down from the surrounding walls or the steel building, if not, it was impossible for Shi Xiaobai to miss him. Yet, if he jumped down, it would definitely have caused some non-trivial commotion.

  However, this youth looked as if he had appeared out of thin air. He had not jumped down from the walls or building, nor did he walk from either ends of the corridor. It was like he had always been there, as if before he said those words, he was already standing beside Ye Jiaquan, right there in the sun!

  How did he suddenly appear? Could he teleport?

  "Shi Xiaobai cannot change the sure-lose situation of Team Red. No matter how gifted Shi Xiaobai is, he is after all still a weakling at this moment, a weak and powerless weakling."

  The silver-haired youth calmly said those words, without any emotion mixed in, as if he was merely stating an objective fact.

  "Shi Xiaobai, is not the hope of Team Red."

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  Chapter25 The Targeted Shi Xiaobai

  The sunlight scattered on the handsome youth's silver hair, causing a warm glow to reflect off him. It wasn't blinding to the eyes, but instead made one feel a sense of warmth. However, the silver-haired youth's words sounded extremely harsh to the ear
s, it even made Shi Xiaobai's heart turn cold.

  "Shi Xiaobai, is not the hope of Team Red."

  The silver-haired youth seemed to be merely stating an irrefutable fact. His eyes were calm, and his tone even calmer. However, this calmness seemed to be even more deadly than having any other emotion.

  Although Shi Xiaobai was shocked at how the silver-haired youth appeared out of thin air, he immediately felt that his dignity as King had been insulted after hearing those demeaning words. He could not stand for it.

  However, just as Shi Xiaobai was about to refute him, the silver-haired youth said another sentence that made Shi Xiaobai involuntarily close his mouth.

  "Shi Xiaobai, is the hope of all humanity!"

  The silver-haired remained calm saying those words, but the look in his eyes seemed to burn even hotter.

  Shi Xiaobai was momentarily dumbfounded. This was the first time he felt like his intellect was not sufficient to understand what had happened. The transition of this situation was too abrupt, wasn't it? Didn't he just label him as a "powerless" weakling? Why was he suddenly elevated to becoming the "hope of all humanity"?

  Then he heard Ye Jiaquan say in a muffled voice, "Me also believes Captain Shi Xiaobai is the hope of all humanity! However, Lingcun, Me thinks for the first time that what you said isn't right! Me believes Captain Shi Xiaobai can definitely save Team Red! Me believes in him!"

  The silver-haired youth that was addressed as "Lingcun" chuckled and said, "Silly Ye, I personally adore Shi Xiaobai, and firmly believe Shi Xiaobai will become the strongest S Class Hero in the future. In the future, he would wreak havoc in the Demon World, withstanding the invasion of aliens, and protect all of humanity. And for that unpredictable 'fourth apocalypse' that will eventually happen, I believe Shi Xiaobai will become the most dazzling sun!"

  Shi Xiaobai immediately felt his blood surge upon hearing this. He began fantasizing himself heroically saving the world, and being sung praises by every human in the world. The way he looked at the silver-haired youth immediately turned extremely gentle. For this silver-haired youth to be able to so accurately depict the future, could he be the legendary prophet?