Offside game

While the Lechang-Free Man Cup CS tournament was attracting countless eyes, Su Yi himself came to the former Warehouse No. 2 area, where demolition was already underway.

At this time, Su Yi's second game, "Mechanical Civilization," was completed. His latest task for Han Xue, the public relations manager of Lechang Network, was to register a company called Dream Game. In the future, this game company, together with Lechang Network, would become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dream International Group.

This former Warehouse No. 2 area has now been renamed Dream Technology Park, and the engineering company has begun planning the entire technology park based on the blueprints.

Su Yi's purpose in coming here this time is to begin the evolution of the mother nest.

The evolution of the mother nest from a plant-like state to a root-like state will begin tonight. Su Yi took out the Kosei from his bag. If others saw it, they would probably just think it was a pineapple, because the Kosei now looked exactly like a pineapple. Connecting with the Kosei through his consciousness, Su Yi knew that the evolution could now begin.

In an inconspicuous place, Su Yi began to dig a shallow pit. Meanwhile, the Mother Nest had already scanned the underground structure of the entire technology park. After evolution, the root system of the Mother Nest would be located in the bottom layer tens of meters below, so there was no need to worry about it being discovered.

After completing the scan, the Mother Nest had found the most suitable location for deployment. Then, Su Yi placed the Kosei into the pit, and saw the lower end of the Kosei gradually transform into a drill-like shape, then begin to drill silently downwards, quickly disappearing from sight. Su Yi continued to fill the pit with soil; in his mind, he could already sense the general location and route the Mother Nest had taken.

Within minutes, the mother nest had reached its designated location and began its evolution into a root-like state. At this point, Su Yi could have left, but his heart was heavy with concern. Although he knew his stay wouldn't be of any use, he remained to wait. Of course, he also knew this evolutionary process wouldn't be completed in just an hour or two. After a while, seeing that it was getting late, he finally returned to his apartment.

As the mother nest evolves, it continuously secretes a sticky substance on its surface. This substance decomposes the soil, and as the surrounding soil decomposes, the mother nest itself expands. It stops expanding when its main body reaches approximately 10 square meters in size. At this point, the decomposed soil forms a very hard, mesh-like protective wall on the surface of the mother nest. This expansion process is the first step in the mother nest's evolution into a root-like system. Then, countless roots sprout from the mother nest, extending outwards through the gaps in the mesh-like protective wall, stretching throughout the entire area of ​​the science park—hence the name "root-like system."

At this point, the evolution of the Mother Nest into a root-like state was complete. The underground Mother Nest would now control the entire surface of the science park area. When Su Yi suddenly received this information, he immediately realized that the Mother Nest had finished evolving. Because his apartment was quite a distance from the science park, only after the Mother Nest evolved into a root-like state could its sensing range expand to a radius of 100 kilometers. Combined with the tenfold increase in sensing area provided by the DNA collector in Su Yi's possession, it could now be said that Su Yi could connect with the Mother Nest anytime, anywhere in the entire Yanjing area.

Unfortunately, the landscaping project can only begin after the warehouse area is completely demolished, which will take at least ten days. Therefore, during this time, the mother nest will be almost unable to absorb energy. It will need to wait until the landscaping project begins, assimilating the surface vegetation to absorb energy. Naturally, the energy absorption efficiency will be far greater than in the plant stage.

Su Yi started thinking about learning to drive. Lechang Networks had already purchased two vehicles in the company's name: a Cherokee minivan and an Audi A6 sedan. Su Yi enrolled in a driving school, and when he had free time, he also had Wu Guoqiang teach him to drive in the company's A6. As a former member of the Republic's top special forces, driving was a piece of cake for Wu Guoqiang.

Su Yi had also watched a few of Ji Feng's team's matches, and during those matches, he met Ji Feng's cousin, Ji Rong. To his surprise, this girl with many supporters was someone Su Yi had seen before. She was the girl in the cheongsam he had met in the elevator of the Mengyuan Apartment building that day.

It must be said that she was an exceptionally beautiful girl. Even in the most ordinary jeans and t-shirt at the market, her radiance was undeniable. Ji Rong was the kind of woman born with star quality. The most dazzling example of this type of woman is Brigitte Lin. Even Maggie Cheung, currently considered the epitome of feminine elegance, was criticized by Yi Shu when she first debuted as "beautiful, but soulless." Looking at Ji Rong, you feel a captivating charm in every gesture. Seeing the man who had once given her a hard time in Counter-Strike, so young, even seemingly younger than herself, Ji Rong was quite surprised. With a dejected expression, she said she was deeply hurt and insisted that Su Yi treat her to dinner to soothe her wounded heart.

"Hey, cousin, don't get smitten just because my master is a little more handsome than me," Ji Feng blurted out, only to get a kick in the butt from Ji Rong. At that moment, Su Yi seemed to see a resemblance to Ji Yanran in her; they really were family…

The other members of the team, after learning that Su Yi was Ji Feng's master and that he had once made Ji Rong, the team's second-best player, experience the helplessness of being defeated upon meeting him, greatly admired him and all wanted to witness Su Yi's strength firsthand.

Thus, a 1 vs 5 match began. It was clear that the Dragon and Beauty team members had worked hard on their teamwork, mastering various tactics, but against the freakish Su Yi, they were destined for frustration. Their invincible teamwork against other teams suddenly failed them. Because they had to defend two minefields, Su Yi consistently found openings and repeatedly broke through their defenses. In one round, four of them faced Su Yi, only to have three of them instantly headshot before being finished off by the last remaining player, leaving them feeling no sense of accomplishment even in victory.

In the end, the five could only vent their grief and anger on the table full of food, devouring Su Yi's meal to regain some psychological balance. From then on, Ji Rong and the others referred to Su Yi as a pervert.

Su Yi's current wealth is not enough to deter them from indulging in a feast; seeing their gloomy expressions is quite amusing.

After that, Su Yi went to visit An Jing. He met An Jing's friends, who were quite critical of Su Yi for not visiting her often. They claimed that plenty of boys at school were eyeing the beautiful An Jing, and if Su Yi didn't pay attention, someone else might snatch her away. This made An Jing blush shyly.

On the way to eat outside Anjing's school with her, Su Yi noticed some unfriendly stares from the boys. If looks could kill… that would be a lie. So Su Yi ignored them completely. Let others envy him while he's with his beautiful girlfriend. Su Yi whispered this in Anjing's ear, earning a playful slap from her small hand—a slap barely louder than a mosquito bite.

During dinner, Anjing suddenly asked, "Yi, are you free tomorrow night?"

Su Yi thought for a moment and said, "It should be fine. Why? Is something wrong?"

"I joined a club at school, and there's a dance to welcome the new members tomorrow night. Can you come with me?" Anjing said shyly, "According to the rules, we can bring one male partner."

"Of course," Su Yi laughed. "Even if you hadn't said anything, I would have volunteered to be your protector. Otherwise, I really wouldn't allow my Xiao Jing to be snatched away." After he finished speaking, he enjoyed the eye roll that An Meimei had specially made for him. Su Yi asked curiously, "But what club do you join? It's not your Mountain Eagle Club, is it?"

"Of course not. Although I admire those people, I wouldn't dare to climb that high myself. I'm in the Finance Club, which is a club focused on business management and finance. Many of the senior students have practical experience in these areas, and some have even founded their own companies. They share their management and finance experiences with everyone during club activities and also organize some practical events."

"That's quite in line with your major."

"Yes, I've heard that this club is full of hidden talents, and many of the senior members are very capable."

"Xiaojing, do you also have the idea of ​​starting your own business?" Su Yi asked, looking at An Jing.

“Yes, I also hope that what I’ve learned will be useful, and that I can try starting my own business. But it shouldn’t be now, since there’s still a lot to learn and I don’t have much experience yet. However, if a suitable opportunity arises, I will give it a try.” Anjing smiled and said, “I also want to be a strong woman. Yi, you wouldn’t like that, would you?”

"Of course not, Xiaojing, I will always support you. People say that behind every successful woman, there is a man silently supporting her, and that's me, hehe. But you must tell me when you want to start your own business." Su Yi believed that when Anjing wanted to do something, he could at least help her financially, and he didn't want his girlfriend to worry about these things later.