Space Odyssey from Abandoned Mining Space Station

At the same time as Chen Ming and Cheng Xinghai left the school.

In a corner of the school, inside a building labeled ”Machine Room Building.”

Cheng Xinghe had just climbed out of the school’s equipped simulation device subsystem.

He pushed open the door of the small room housing the simulation equipment, looking a bit displeased.

Coincidentally, someone on the opposite side also pushed the door open and stepped out.

It was someone about the same age as Cheng Xinghe.

He said to Cheng Xinghe, ”Six to five now, let’s do it again next time.”

Although Cheng Xinghe’s face didn’t look good, he still forced a smile, nodded politely, and then turned to leave.

It was close to noon local time, and he needed to rest.

However, just as he turned his head, a tall figure appeared in front of him.

He was blocked.

”Don’t be in such a rush to leave, Cheng Xinghe. Got time for another match?”

Cheng Xinghe frowned, slightly raised his head to look at the big guy, who was nearly two meters tall.

This guy was named Liao Hongsheng, and Cheng Xinghe had a very deep impression of him.

Because during their freshman year, he and Liao Hongsheng participated in a competition together.

The final match was between the two of them, and Cheng Xinghe won.

Since then, Liao Hongsheng had been at odds with him, often seeking him out for simulated battles.

Although Liao Hongsheng did have some skills, Cheng Xinghe could manage a winning rate of about sixty-forty against him, and playing matches with someone like him was indeed beneficial for self-improvement. Moreover, Cheng Xinghe didn’t mind playing simulated battles with others,

like the guy who had just left, he also proactively sought him out for simulated battles.

But when it came to Liao Hongsheng, Cheng Xinghe didn’t want to play with him.

His situation was different from others.

Because his trash talk was truly excessive and he particularly liked to taunt.

Every time they met, Cheng Xinghe would hear a bunch of utterly unpleasant words, and the attitude was extremely hostile.

Initially, Cheng Xinghe thought Liao Hongsheng was just upset about losing the competition and wanted to regain some ground.

So he agreed to Liao Hongsheng’s invitations several times consecutively, thinking it was just normal play, and he was bound to lose sometimes.

The fact was indeed like this.

Cheng Xinghe certainly made mistakes and lost a few times to Liao Hongsheng’s team captain.

At that time, Cheng Xinghe thought Liao Hongsheng’s attitude might improve a bit.

But it didn’t; Liao Hongsheng’s attitude even became increasingly aggressive, and he began using Cheng Xinghe’s defeats to claim that Cheng Xinghe’s victory in the previous competition was sheer luck, in front of others.

When this news reached Cheng Xinghe’s ears, he investigated the situation.

Then Cheng Xinghe was laughed at by Cheng Xinghai, who already knew that Liao Hongsheng had conflicts with some factions opposed to Bai Quan’s faction, for a long time.

Since then, Cheng Xinghe became indifferent to Liao Hongsheng.

He didn’t want to interact with him, but trouble would still come knocking.

So Cheng Xinghe’s choice at this moment.

Was to take out a pair of headphones from his pocket and put them in his ears.

He turned up the music playing on his terminal to the maximum volume, loud enough for Liao Hongsheng, who was several meters away, to hear, and sidestepped directly around him.

But Liao Hongsheng completely ignored this, and as Cheng Xinghe walked past him, he shouted loudly, ”I heard you went to the Edge Star Realm recently and got captured?”

”?”

Although Cheng Xinghe had music playing in his headphones, he wasn’t completely blocking out all other sounds, and of course, he could hear Liao Hongsheng’s taunting words.

But his first reaction wasn’t anger; it was questioning how Liao Hongsheng knew about this? And why he chose this moment to bring it up publicly?

Cheng Xinghe wasn’t stupid.

Even though he had been foolish before, leading to his capture by Chen Ming.

But logically speaking, this news shouldn’t have been known by other students.

After all, his capture involved other Star Realms and involved Dusk and Chen Ming, so it wouldn’t be possible for ordinary students to know and spread such things freely.

Admittedly, Liao Hongsheng knowing about it was barely understandable, since he had targeted Cheng Xinghe for a long time, and learning some of his dark history from elders was normal.

But for Liao Hongsheng to bring it up at this moment, the situation felt off.

The floor he was on was specifically for housing simulation device subsystems.

And most people generally wouldn’t frequently go into deep consciousness immersion when using simulation devices.

In other words, people in the surrounding rooms engaged in ordinary simulations could hear what was happening outside.

So, although the hallway beside him was only occupied by the person who had just sparred with Cheng Xinghe and stopped to watch the drama, quite a few people must already be paying attention here.

What was Liao Hongsheng planning?

Cheng Xinghe wasn’t sure, but having been influenced by Bai Quan over time, he knew how to handle this.

Cheng Xinghe appeared as if he had been hit at a sore spot, took off his headphones, and cursed softly at Liao Hongsheng, ”What the hell do you mean?”

”Nothing, just think you’re falling behind, losing the guts to come for another round with me.”

Cheng Xinghe snorted with laughter, ”Then I’d suggest you find someone else for a match before coming to me, opportunistic coward.”

”Don’t say that. I actually just had a match with someone, and now you can’t even dare to come?”

”Let’s go.”

Without further ado, Cheng Xinghe turned and walked back to the room, starting up the simulation equipment.

However, over an hour later, Cheng Xinghe crawled out of the simulation equipment, face as dark as could be, and opened the door.