He took a look.
Most of the missed calls were from Hu Lemei, a few were from Li Yi, and there were also a few unknown numbers and spam calls.
Hu Qi thought for a moment, then called back.
As expected, it was about the incident at Hanlin Garden Community.
The incident had too great an impact to be concealed.
However, the matter of the Black Blood Species needed to be kept secret within the Xi Ya Federation, so the official report stated that it was caused by a natural gas leak.
The site was also sealed off, prohibiting anyone from entering, to prevent secondary leaks from causing harm.
This left his aunt's family, who wanted to understand the situation, helpless.
Hu Qi's reason was that he had many orders last night and was out delivering food, so he wasn't home and was fine.
Looking at Hu Lemei, whose eyes were red in the video, Hu Qi joked.
"It's nothing, don't you see I'm perfectly fine? I'm as strong as an ox, no need to worry."
As he spoke, Hu Qi even made a bicep curl gesture with his left hand.
"Alright, you take good care of yourself."
Hu Lemei was amused by Hu Qi's gesture.
"Mm, don't worry. Oh, right, in a couple of days, I might be going to Anshan City..."
Hu Qi then briefly explained his plan to go to the Red Scale Fighting Club's Core Class for further study.
Hu Lemei wasn't too surprised; Li Yi had told her about it when he came home previously.
She only reminded Hu Qi to be careful when he was alone outside and to contact her, his aunt, if anything happened, and other caring words.
— — — —
In the early morning, beside the park's pebble path, an occasional elderly person exercising or a jogger would pass by.
These people couldn't help but cast curious and strange glances towards a certain spot.
It was a tall, handsome young man, holding a pet on a leash.
Well, the pet was not a cat or a dog, but a bizarre-looking, entirely purple duck.
A rope was tied to one of the duck's legs, the other end held in the young man's hand.
At this moment, the duck was waddling forward, its webbed feet flat on the ground, its body swaying from side to side.
With each step, its round bottom wiggled, making it look quite comical.
However, the duck looked listless, its eyes almost closed.
Feeling Hu Qi tugging the rope, it occasionally let out low quacks, as if expressing its dissatisfaction.
"Zhangcha, every day you're either sleeping or eating. How long have we walked for you to be tired already? Look at all the fat on you. You're making this very difficult for me!"
Hu Qi shook the rope in his hand, his expression a bit displeased.
Ever since that day, this Zhangcha Duck had been sleeping whenever it had time these past few days, not moving at all.
Because of this, Hu Qi even took it to a pet hospital for a full check-up and only relaxed after confirming it was fine.
"Come on, walk properly. Don't drag your feet on the ground."
Under Hu Qi's glare, the Zhangcha Duck wisely shut its quacking mouth and obediently followed behind Hu Qi.
Being able to spare time from his busy schedule to take his only "employee" for a walk was enough to prove Hu Qi's care for it.
Of course, it was definitely not to increase the production of duck eggs.
...
In the following days, Hu Qi ate and slept at the hotel whenever he was tired.
In the morning, he would take the Zhangcha Duck for a walk, and when the sun came out, he would head to the Red Scale Ultimate Fighting Club.
Then he would spend the entire day there, constantly practicing Fighting Technique and Body Refining.
This three-point-line lifestyle was extremely regular.
Although there wasn't much fun, Hu Qi enjoyed it.
He watched his strength gradually improve every day.
With no troubles to disturb him, Hu Qi was very satisfied with such a life.
Besides that, these past few days had been relatively calm.
The only news was that he seemed to have heard someone say two days ago that a villa community in the North City exploded.
Three or four-story villas were reduced to ruins, but fortunately, there were no casualties in this accident.
After seeing the photos in the news.
He found that the fractured surfaces of some of the collapsed areas were incredibly smooth.
This made Hu Qi think of that blonde, red-eyed Second Senior Sister.
He always felt that this matter should be related to her.
Of course, this was just his guess.
Whether it was true or not, he did not know.
...
Inside the strength testing room.
Looking at the 509kg displayed on the screen, Hu Qi showed a hint of satisfaction.
In the past few days, he had Cultivated several Fighting Techniques.
— — — — — —
Eagle Claw Hand (Perfection) Trait: Grip
Iron Body Art (Perfection) Trait: Resistance
One-Inch Punch (Perfection) Trait: Burst
Krav Maga (Perfection) Trait: Endurance
...
Modification Value: 1 (59%)
Of these four Fighting Techniques, the first three's types are obvious from their names.
The last one, Krav Maga, is a military Fighting Technique originating from a small country.
This Fighting Technique, once used, means either death or serious injury.
The reason for this is not that the Fighting Technique itself is immensely powerful.
Rather, it uses the most efficient and brutal methods to subdue an enemy.
This includes, but is not limited to, striking the groin, poking eyes, and stabbing throats.
Once an attack is launched, there is no defense, only offense.
Therefore, this Fighting Technique requires extremely high endurance, which also leads many people to look down on it and disdain to Cultivate it.
However, this didn't matter to Hu Qi.
To him, as long as it could increase his chances of winning, the means, whether despicable or not, were irrelevant.
"Have I almost reached my limit?"
Hu Qi murmured to himself.
At this moment, his punching power had already surpassed the so-called human limit.
Achieving this step was inseparable from the various traits stacked on him.
In addition, as his own strength and physique continuously increased, the Modification Value required to improve Fighting Techniques decreased significantly.
From the original three or four points to now two or even one point, he could modify a Fighting Technique to Perfection.
At the same time, the amplifying effect of Fighting Techniques on himself also became increasingly smaller.
After elevating the last Fighting Technique, Krav Maga, to Perfection, the feeling of reinforcement was almost negligible.
Hu Qi understood that this was reaching his own limit.
To continue improving, relying solely on these ordinary Fighting Techniques was simply impossible.
"What exactly is the Breaking Limit Method?"
He hadn't seen Lin Tong or the Second Senior Sister these past few days.
Hu Qi had tried to ask Lin Tong indirectly on his phone.
But the other party simply didn't want to reveal anything, only saying that he would know once he joined the Core Class.
This feeling was like a cat scratching his heart, yet he was helpless.
Fortunately, tomorrow was the day to report to the Core Class.
Thinking of this, Hu Qi glanced at the darkening sky outside the window and walked out the door.
"Qi Ge, finished training?!"
"Qi Ge, take care!"
"Qi Ge, let's have a meal together sometime. My treat."
...
Along the way, whether it was students or coaches, everyone who saw Hu Qi greeted him with extreme enthusiasm.
After all, everyone had witnessed Hu Qi's assessment performance before.
As for the value of the Core Class, anyone who had stayed at the Red Scale Club for a while had some understanding of it.
And some coaches and senior students were even clearer about what it represented, so they naturally wanted to curry favor.
Later, they heard that even Simms had been defeated by him, which brought everyone's awe of Hu Qi to its Peak.
Hu Qi showed no pretense about this, always smiling and nodding in response.
During this period, he didn't see Li Yi. Counting the days, it was almost time for school to start, so he should have reported to the university early by now.
Hu Qi had heard of that university; it was a local university in Qirong City, not far from his home, so he wouldn't have much time to practice here for now.
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