Lantern Sister is still very capable.

Chapter 219 Upward

Pei Hanxing's unusual condition was not kept secret from his superiors; he was currently at an official medical research base.

However, ever since he came here to recuperate, he has been in low spirits. The higher-ups have fully demonstrated their humanitarian spirit and are waiting for Pei Hanxing to recover slowly.

With Chu Deng's arrival, Pei Hanxing's recovery progressed faster. He proactively offered to cooperate with the examination, moving the researcher in charge of tracking his mutation to tears.

"I'll wait for you outside."

Pei Hanxing released Chu Deng's hand, nodded silently, and stepped into the examination room.

Pei Hanxing lay on the cold equipment waiting to be scanned, while Chu Deng processed some information outside.

He Feiquan informed her that there would be an online PK at 9 pm the day after tomorrow, where she would fight against Panda and Zero Degree respectively. However, she needed to take some time in advance to go to the offline base for testing so that she could upload her physical data.

Chu Deng glanced at the offline location and realized it was the place where she was having her meeting. After finalizing the schedule, Chu Deng discovered an interesting piece of news.

[Butterfly Orchid: I've directly redeemed the level 4 fire-type crystal core and placed it in your storage location. You can retrieve it at any ability user base using the redemption code. Please remember to accept it.]

Below this message is an image containing three redemption codes.

Three level-four fire-element crystal cores, a grand gesture.

[Lighthouse: Why? One should not accept undeserved rewards.]

It's really just a scam; it's impossible for them not to take it, so they'll just take it because it's free.

[Butterfly Orchid: Putting aside the fact that you came from the Sea City Base, your fire element alone makes you worth my investment. Moreover, as far as I know, there's more to this Level 4 competition than meets the eye. Getting a pass will bring free benefits, and achieving a ranking will grant additional rewards. Your advancement will only benefit me in the future.]

Hu Lan didn't go into details, but simply laid out the interests and information openly, creating an impression of mutual benefit.

Actually, she wanted more than just that.

Despite her apparent high regard for the two captains of Team One and Team Two at the Haishi base, she secretly subsidized Hua Zhongli the most, who lacked ambition and was only focused on putting out fires.

Why?

Among all Level 5 ability users globally, there is only one female ability user from Gaul, while in China, both Level 5 users are male, and there are very few female ability users at Level 4.

Regardless of whether Hua Zhongli has ambitions or not, as long as she is promoted to level four, she will be qualified to participate in level four meetings, and women will have more say.

Back then, Hu Lan secretly helped Tong Yusheng suppress He Feiquan, hoping that China would produce a level 5 female superhuman, but unfortunately Tong Yusheng was one step short.

Hu Lan outwardly claimed to be protecting herself, but secretly worried that Tong Yusheng would lose his fighting spirit. Fortunately, Tong Yusheng was not the kind of person who would fall to the bottom and be unable to get back up after being hit once. He specially applied to go to Antarctica, away from the internal strife in China, and only wanted to improve his strength.

In the Shanghai City Superpower Base, Hu Lan stared at her personal computer, quietly waiting for Chu Deng's message.

Looking at the message from Hu Lan, Chu Deng recalled the private conversation Hu Lan had with him in Haishi.

"...We must climb higher and higher...Only in this way can we exist and make them hear our voices."

Hu Lan's words carried a certain power, and the ambition in her eyes was not hidden from her.

But compared to those power holders who were blinded by greed, Hu Lan's ambition is not unlikeable.

Some people abandon their principles for money and power, while others step into the limelight just to be heard.

Chu Deng exhaled and couldn't help but curl the corners of her lips into a smile.

This is really... I have no choice but to accept it.