143: Chapter 143 The Moment of Roommate Li Jinhao's Collapse

The next day.

Shen Xingchen stepped onto the battle airship returning to Shangjing University.

Jiang Qingyao waved at Shen Xingchen from afar, acting just like a little fangirl, appearing extremely adorable.

This filled Liu Yuming and the others by Shen Xingchen's side with envy.

At the same time.

On another battle airship, the people from Xinghai Martial Arts glared at Shen Xingchen with malice in their eyes.

On this trip for the College Student Exchange Tournament, they had lost the academy's most outstanding prodigy.

The teacher from Xinghai Martial Arts said, "Shen Xingchen, our academy will never let you off. Just wait for the detention order from the Law Enforcement Bureau!"

Shen Xingchen couldn't be bothered to care and continued looking at the girl in the distance.

She came to see him off today, seeming exceptionally exquisitely dressed, wearing a long beige trench coat paired with a deep blue inner layer and ice-plum-colored lipstick on her lips.

If someone said she was going to shoot a fashion magazine cover later, no one would doubt it.

The teacher from Xinghai Martial Arts spoke again, "No matter what kind of talent you have, your future life can only be spent in the confinement of the Law Enforcement Bureau."

How many top-tier martial artists had their Xinghai Martial Arts University cultivated for Huaxia? The connections they had accumulated were terrifyingly vast; couldn't they take down a Tier-4 martial artist?

Having talent meant nothing if you didn't even have the chance to grow!

Shen Xingchen smiled indifferently and said, "As you wish."

This time, he was a dark horse of the College Student Exchange Tournament without much detailed information out there. Besides, the teacher from Xinghai Martial Arts was busy dealing with Yeqiao's death and probably hadn't had time to investigate him yet.

Of course, the possibility that the other party knew his full identity yet still stubbornly refused to give up couldn't be ruled out.

The battle airship slowly rose into the air, announcing the complete conclusion of this College Student Exchange Tournament.

...

Along the way, there were no unexpected troubles.

By dusk, the battle airship landed at the mountaintop dock of Shangjing University.

Shen Xingchen bade farewell to everyone and hurried back to his villa.

This trip to Shanghai Shenwu involved making an appearance in Jiang Qingyao's live broadcast room and hugging her publicly.

Li Jinhao was present in every live broadcast, so he must have seen it.

Presumably, his heart must have been shattered into pieces.

Shen Xingchen didn't even know how to comfort the other party.

He opened the door.

Li Jinhao was sitting at the dining table eating dinner. Noticing the movement at the door, he turned his head to look.

Their eyes met.

The atmosphere suddenly grew awkward.

Shen Xingchen felt it was a bit melodramatic; they were clearly good roommates with a harmonious relationship, yet such a situation had actually arisen.

Had he known earlier, he wouldn't have kept it from him.

Shen Xingchen sighed deeply, just about to speak.

"Have you eaten?" Li Jinhao seemed to have returned to normal, acting as if nothing was wrong as he asked very naturally.

Shen Xingchen breathed a sigh of relief. It was good that nothing was wrong, so he replied, "I ate on the battle airship."

"Mhm."

Li Jinhao didn't continue speaking and quietly ate his beef noodles.

No matter how much he tried to cover it up, Shen Xingchen still noticed his abnormality.

Who eats flat noodles without chili... especially since he was from Sichuan Province.

It was like a child being severely scolded by his mother; eating only plain rice without any side dishes became his final bit of stubbornness.

In the end, Shen Xingchen couldn't bear it anymore: "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have lied to you."

This sentence became the final straw that broke the camel's back.

Li Jinhao swallowed the noodles in his mouth and choked out, "Wuwu—wuwu—"

Sometimes, when the emotion of sadness had already reached its peak, all that was missing from a final breakdown and sobbing was a single fuse.

With just a slight touch, he couldn't hold it together anymore.

Shen Xingchen took out a basketball from his gilded bracelet.

On the surface of the ball were two elegant little characters: Xingyao.

There had simply been too many things these past few days—from the Authority of Destiny to possession. It was only when they parted ways last night that he remembered to get an autograph for Li Jinhao.

He poked Li Jinhao's shoulder with his finger: "Here, the autograph you asked me to get for you. I certainly didn't break my promise."

"Wuwu—wuwu—"

Li Jinhao cried even louder.

Shen Xingchen shrugged helplessly; he truly had no other tricks left.

A full half-hour later.

Li Jinhao finally regained his composure.

Shen Xingchen considerately handed over a cup of water: "Crying for too long causes dehydration. Replenish some."

He felt he was truly so considerate.

Li Jinhao wiped away his tears and said, "I know. You and Goddess Xingyao have been together since before enrollment. You didn't tell me because you were afraid I'd feel a sense of disparity, but I just couldn't control myself."

Shen Xingchen sat up straight, listening attentively.

Li Jinhao continued, "I saw the video of you winning the championship at the College Student Exchange Tournament. You are truly outstanding. No matter how envious I am, I still have to say, 'You are worthy of Goddess Xingyao'."

Shen Xingchen nodded like a chick pecking at rice.

Li Jinhao took the autographed basketball: "You are both great people. I bless you, truly!"

Finished speaking, he took out an ice-blue spirit herb from his spatial ring: "This is the deep emerald dark blue flower I promised to give you. I haven't broken my promise either."

Shen Xingchen looked at the deep emerald dark blue flower on the dining table and praised inwardly: Brother Hao is truly a great person!

He touched his chin and said, "Sometimes fate plays a huge part. If you had met your Goddess Xingyao before I did..."

"Then she would have liked me first?" Li Jinhao's eyes lit up.

Shen Xingchen paused slightly, then said, "You would find out that even without me, she wouldn't have liked you either."

He still decided to expose the brutal truth directly.

With this, the awkward atmosphere inside the villa instantly vanished into thin air.

Li Jinhao jumped up: "Screw you, I'm genuinely pissed off!!"

Shen Xingchen changed the subject and said, "There are actually many pretty girls in the world. Don't always keep your eyes on my girlfriend."

"Like that beautiful senior sister of yours?" Li Jinhao asked with a crafty squint.

When he saw Shen Xingchen's beautiful senior sister that day, he thought she was an absolute goddess and instantly placed her on par with Goddess Xingyao.

Shen Xingchen rolled his eyes at him: "Go screw yourself!"

Li Jinhao smacked his lips.

The two of them finally cast off their restraint.

Shen Xingchen thought for a moment and asked, "Do you have a way to get some nanobots?"

Shen Xingchen still cared deeply about the idea of extracting the Valkyrie's consciousness to achieve an alternative resurrection.

"Very simple. How many do you want?" Li Jinhao was very calm.

"Uh, about the volume of a human person."

"How many did you say!?" Li Jinhao's gold-rimmed glasses fell right off.

The size of a nanobot was between 1 and 100 nanometers, and 1 meter equaled 10 to the 9th power nanometers!

Moreover, manufacturing a nanobot required optical cutting, which was the so-called photolithography machine, and the production cost was outrageously expensive.

You said you wanted to stack them into a humanoid shape?

Seeing Li Jinhao's expression, Shen Xingchen felt slightly disappointed.

Li Jinhao spoke again, "I can understand the idea you mentioned, but the current primary uses of nanobots are in medicine for clearing blood clots, targeted tumor removal, bone repair, and so on. They would never use such a huge quantity of nanobots."

Shen Xingchen finally asked, "Can't it be done?"

"Others have no way, but I can, though it will be a bit smaller than you imagine." Li Jinhao said.

"！！！" Shen Xingchen was shocked.

In fact, he knew the difficulty of this matter right from the start.

Estimating with his rough mathematical knowledge, he would need at least 10 to the 20th power nanobots—it was truly a fantasy.

Yet Li Jinhao could actually do it!!

He seized the opportunity and asked, "Brother Hao, what do you want? I'll try my best to help you make it happen!"

Li Jinhao pondered for a moment: "I want to know Goddess Xingyao's real name."

Before Shen Xingchen could speak, he added, "Don't get me wrong. I've watched her live stream for so long and know what kind of devoted person she is. I just want to know the real name of the girl I admire, nothing more."