The man in uniform left.
The door to dorm room 615 closed.
But the vibe inside the dorm was so quiet, it felt a little eerie.
Old Cui, Brother Gang, and Yu Fei stared at the three helmets neatly arranged on Yu Jin's desk, their expressions were simply priceless.
Well, well, well!
So it really has nothing to do with Senior Yin Yao, huh!
Helmets worth hundreds of thousands, and pretty much impossible to buy anywhere. Giving one was already wild, but now they just hit us with the triple combo!
The value of just these four helmets combined easily tops a million!
Especially—
The words the man in uniform said before leaving were still ringing in Old Cui and the others' ears:
"Miss instructed that the three helmets are up to Yu Jin to arrange as he sees fit."
"Whether he lends them to his dorm mates, other friends, or even sells them for cash, she won't interfere!"
You hear that? You hear that?!
Meanwhile, on the other side—
Yu Jin was pretty surprised by this triple helmet drop too.
"Is Senior Yin Yao worried I'd lend my helmet to my dorm mates and end up with no way to play, so she just sent over three more, making one for each of the four of us?"
Yu Jin vaguely guessed Yin Yao's reasoning.
But at the same time—
He was also realizing for the first time that Yin Yao's attitude toward him seemed a bit excessively close, or even 'trying too hard'.
"Does she know I'm 'Superman'?"
Yu Jin had this thought, but quickly shut it down.
When Yin Yao joined the Environmental Protection Club, he'd only just activated his system, hadn't turned into 'Nanny Superhero', let alone become a 'Tier Three Evolver'.
"Doesn't make sense."
Yu Jin shook his head.
If he couldn't figure it out, he'd just stop thinking about it.
Yu Jin has never been the type to get caught up in endless overthinking.
But…
While Yu Jin easily let it go, Old Cui and the other two just couldn't.
"Old Yu!"
Brother Gang let out a loud 'thud', straight up kneeled in front of Yu Jin, doing the whole 'recognizing father' ceremony.
"?"
Yu Jin was dumbfounded.
Brother Gang usually loves gold more than his bros, but would he really go this far for a helmet?
"I, Chen Gang, have never asked you for anything my whole life, Old Yu!"
"But this time, I'm begging!"
"Teach me, how do I get a rich lady like Senior Yin Yao to sponsor me!"
"I don't want to keep hustling, I want to skip thirty years of struggle too!"
Yu Jin: "..."
On the other side—
Yu Fei wasn't as dramatic as Brother Gang, but the look he gave Yu Jin was full of thirst for 'knowledge'!
Living off a girlfriend, especially when you do it hardcore like Yu Jin, is a science way more advanced than grad school!
If it's a science, then you gotta learn, gotta learn!
"..."
Yu Jin knew, after this triple helmet move, he'd never be able to explain away the whole thing with Yin Yao.
Sigh—
He took a deep breath and simply stopped explaining.
"Four helmets, one each."
"And don't ask me about Yin Yao after this, ok or not?"
Dorm 615 fell into a brief silence.
Five seconds later.
"OK!"
...
...
Yu Jin left the dorm with two hotdogs.
Originally, he wanted to ask Old Cui how last night's 'Wasteland' game went, but seeing Old Cui busy showing Brother Gang and Yu Fei how to use the helmets and log in, he decided not to bother.
"I'll ask later."
"I keep thinking this 'Wasteland' game has some connection with my bugged system."
Yu Jin muttered as he walked out of the dorm building.
He strolled along the tree-lined avenue for a bit.
Soon enough.
He spotted those glowing green eyes in the night.
"Zwo zwo!"
Yu Jin called out.
Over there—
A Little Black Dog wagged its tail and trotted over quickly.
After a moment—
Once the two hotdogs were gone, Yu Jin stood up and looked around.
Same as last night.
Even though it was already pretty late, there were still a couple of student couples hanging out in the dark.
"Wait, what?"
"There's a trio? Playing that wild?"
Yu Jin stared at the bench not far away, at one girl and two guys, brain frozen for a moment.
After his moment of shock, Yu Jin focused back on his real mission tonight.
"Testing Tier Three Evolver abilities, and opening up Points Mall shopping."
No doubt, you need a safe spot for both of these.
"Hotel?"
Yu Jin thought for a sec and still shook his head.
Hotel rooms are way too small, no room to flex the 'Superman' moves.
After thinking a bit.
Yu Jin made a decision.
"Jiangcheng University has a back mountain, which connects to a forest."
"Just gotta head deep into the forest, it's secluded enough, no one will bother me, and zero security cams!"
...
...
Langlang Mountain.
That's the name of Jiangcheng University's back mountain. Nobody knows who named it or what it's supposed to mean, but it rolls off the tongue pretty well.
Three kilometers—Yu Jin jogged the whole way and didn't even feel tired.
This made him even more curious about his own 'Tier Three Evolution' ability.
He'd checked his personal info panel when munching on rice earlier.
[Name: Yu Jin]
[Tier: Three]
[Attribute: Light (to be activated)]
[Identity: Dawn City Lord]
[Items: None]
[Ability: Purifying Light]
...
[Points: 110200]
[Evaluation: You're still just an ant right now, unable to survive in the danger-packed Wasteland World. Give it your all to become stronger!]
The tier had gone from 'Unawakened' to 'Tier Three'.
And there was now a new 'Light' attribute.
Apart from that, nothing else introduced.
Clearly.
To unlock more 'Superman Abilities', he had to activate this so-called 'Light Attribute' first.
That's why Yu Jin needed to find a place that's secluded and empty for all this.
"Almost there."
Yu Jin turned on his phone flashlight and kept climbing up the slope.
After a bit.
The surroundings became an abandoned, barren deep-mountain forest vibe.
"This spot'll do."
Yu Jin sat on a broken tree stump, looking around.
Other than the summer-night cicadas chirping and the breeze rustling leaves, there's nothing else—no human signs.
"Safe!"
Yu Jin relaxed, focused his mind, and pulled up his personal panel.
[Activate 'Light Attribute'?]
A line of phantom text appeared.
"Activate!"
Yu Jin focused his mind.
And then {Awesome!} flashed in front of his eyes!
Then—
"Why is it daytime?"
Yu Jin's eyes went wide.
"Wait, no."
"Looks like I'm the one glowing..."
In the moment he activated 'Light Attribute'—
Yu Jin started floating uncontrollably, about half a meter off the ground.
His limbs and bones were all washed out by an intense light, losing their color!
From a distance—
He looked like he'd turned into the sun!
At the same time—
Yu Jin felt an indescribable joy, like bathing in a special energy, every cell in his body getting cleansed…
While his body was getting purified, lines of special info flooded into Yu Jin's mind.
This info wasn't from the system, but from the 'Light' itself.
[You've mastered Tier One Light Attribute Ability: Level 1 Laser]
[Passive Effect: Body can absorb sunlight or artificial light and convert it to energy]
[Active Effect: You can unleash high-energy beams]
[You've mastered Tier Two Light Attribute Ability: Shield of Light Lv1]
[Active Effect: Generate a 1-meter radius semitransparent light shield, able to block physical/energy attacks below your tier]
[You've mastered Tier Three Light Attribute Ability: Light Touch Lv1]
[Active Effect: Greatly boosts perception, lets you use light sources to view a certain area (the larger the area, the fuzzier the vision)]
[Current max range: 4 kilometers]
[You've mastered Tier Three Light Attribute Ability: Light Wings Lv1]
[Active Effect: Form illusory wings of light, float off the ground, and use energy to fly short distances]