[BL] Back to the Peak

Ch4: Tank Wash

Chapter 4 - Tank wash

Shi Qingyang's mood was complicated after seeing Cheng Ran again.

Cheng Ran was his classmate from Spark Academy in his past life, and he was also the person he despised the most at the time.

Four-fifths of the population has rad-power. Despite the fact that there are very few highly skilled individuals in a third-tier city like Spark City, the Spark Academy only recruited students with Rad-tolerance and Rad-control at least C grade.

Both of his grades were C-, and he met Spark Academy's minimum entry requirements. But despite his efforts, he was always neglected by his teachers and peers, while Chang Ran an ordinary person with no rad-power to speak off, stood out.

Although there was no lack of students who came to Spark Academy after investing a lot of money, there was only one so shameless as Cheng Ran.

Shi Qingyang was ostracized at the time due his financial problems, while Cheng Ran was criticized because he shouldn’t be attending this school. They were incompatible with each other. Shi Qingyang despised Cheng Ran despite the fact that they both were outcasts. How can a young man who can't even fill his stomach like a young master who eats off silver plates?

Shi Qingyang couldn't help but feel dazed as he remembered what happened when he was sixteen. In truth, Cheng Ran was friendly to him on many occasions at the time. He was the only one who realized he wasn’t eating lunch and decided to share his meal with him.

However, both of his parents died at the same time, bringing a major difference in his life. He wanted to get ahead and become a successful rad-warrior of his own, but he also didn't want to be pitied by others...

Cheng Ran offered him half of his lunch, explaining "I don't like to eat meat."

The boy's generosity hurt his pride, therefore he unwilling to accept it. Faced with Cheng Ran's anticipation, he walked away without looking back. Cheng Run stopped attempting to be friendly to him after that.

He ran into Cheng Ran again at Grandpa Cheng Ran's funeral. He also learned at the time that Cheng Ran's grandfather actually turned out to be one of the strongest masters in Yangtze City's a first-tier city, as well as an eighth-level Rad-warrior.

Soon after his death, Chang clan fell.

Shi Qingyang didn't hear from Cheng Ran for a long time after that. Several years later, when he was already an eight-level Rad-Warrior and had even defeated Shang Yuhang, who once was known as the strongest person under the ninth level, he learned of Cheng Ran’s death from a former classmate who came to curry favor with him.

Cheng Ran died on the outskirts of the city.  The official cause of death was a fight with a mutant beast, but he was a human without rad-power and he couldn't even leave the city without special permission. If he came into contact with the radiation-filled environment outside the city, he would become ill or even die.. Wasn’t this a joke? Cheng Ran's death was obviously suspicious.

He disliked Cheng Ran when he was younger, but since he had already attained recognition, his inferiority complex and excessive self-esteem had faded. Naturally, he no longer held ill feeling towards Cheng Ran. He intended to investigate circumstances surrounding his death, It’s a shame that he was secretly betrayed before he could do anything. 

They were bleak and depressing memories.

Shi Qingyang was quite indifferent to what was going on behind the doors while he was at Spark Academy. The majority of his peers also kept their mouths shot to him. Cheng Ran was the one he disliked the most at that time and yet he was also the one who most impressed him.