Chapter Two: The Lowest Rating

Each floor recognized one team of five. Dynasty students had formed teams years ago. Class Zero could barely find four volunteers. Qi Jin cornered Lin in the cafeteria and offered a contract. “Be my power battery. Touch me once a month, and I'll keep you enrolled. Your mother gets silver care.” The contract granted the Qi family ownership of every ability record Lin acquired and the right to perform neural dissection. “If I refuse?” “People die in the tower.” Lin folded the contract and wedged it beneath the rocking table. “Now it's useful.” That night, the team consisted of Lin, Su Mi, paper-hardener Tao Xiaobei, and metal-listener Chen Mo. They still needed a fifth.