Forbidden Zone of the Human Race

Chapter 249: Calm Down, Calm Down

While the couple lovingly gazed at each other, Fatty Wang rushed in like a whirlwind. He didn’t react when he saw his parents like that, but rushed forward and fished out a piece of paper from his breast pocket while panting, “Dad, what the hell, take a look at this!”

“Language! What’ve I always taught you? We must remain calm no matter what! Calm and steady! Or how will you take over the Wang family in the future? How will you protect your mother and I? You aren’t a child anymore, so don’t be so skittish! You need to learn from that classmate of yours! Just take a look at—”

“Wait, wait. Dad, look at this first!”

“Hey, did you just ignore my advice? Calm down! You have to approach everything with a steady heart!” Wang Youjia exasperatedly lamented.

Fatty Wang was confused by his father’s sudden lecture, but he couldn’t hold it any longer when he saw the code on the paper. He understood that his father was right—they must always be calm to make the right decisions.

But what happened had already happened; there was no decision to make.

However, his father was still the head of the house, after all. Fatty Wang was still wary of his father, so he respectfully brought the paper to him and stood before him. “I’m sorry, I was impatient. But take a look at this.”

“Mm!” Father Wang nodded and breezily took the piece of paper. He took a look and frowned, then fished out his glasses from a drawer in his desk. He checked the paper again and wistfully said, “Son, how do I put this…. We must be honest—”

Before he finished, Fatty Wang blurted, “Dad, it’s real! I swear on my word, a year’s worth of allowance, and my games!”

“Huh? Games?” Wang Youjia’s knees grew weak.

“My games! If I’m lying, I’ll delete all my games and focus on my studies and cultivation!” Fatty Wang swore.

“Oh… is that so? But where did you get this?” Wang Youjia’s eyes slightly sank, a bit disappointed, but this was enough to prove that Wang Zhe was telling the truth.

“It’s a long story.…”

His mother, who was next to them, curiously asked, “What’s that?”

“Nothing much, the kid brought back some random thing. I’ll go check if it’s real, then we’ll talk.” Wang Youjia stood up, took the keys, and left the house.

“Dad, where are you going?”

“What else? I’m going to expose your nasty prank. Just you wait, your grades are going to improve after this!”

“I’m losing a lot with this deal, aren’t I? How’ll you reward me if I’m telling the truth?”

“If it’s true… I’m still your father, you’ll have to listen to me.”

The fat boy was speechless.

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Wang Youjia drove, as steady and stable as his personality and figure, with his eyes straight ahead. His son, who was sitting next to him, was slightly nervous, occasionally giving him reminders.

“Dad! Watch the road!”

“Oh, I saw that. I was just about to step on the brakes.”

“Dad, you’ve taken a wrong turn! This isn’t the way to the Central Tower!”

“I know that, I just want to buy something from that supermarket.”

“Dad!”

“What?!”

“It’s green!”

“Oh! Really? I didn’t notice.”

Fatty Wang found his father’s behavior peculiar. He had never seen him like this. Was he worried that his son had fallen for some scam? Sigh. Although it was good to have a father like this, in urgent moments when he was telling the truth, his father seemed to be focused on the wrong things.

After a long time, they finally arrived at the Central Tower. Twenty minutes later, under the admiring (or reverent) gazes of the crowd, Wang Youjia waltzed out of the Central Tower. It was all caused by the eye-catching document in his hand.

His face almost split in half from the grin he wore.

In the parking lot, Wang Youjia turned to his son. “What’s the matter with you? Get in! We’re going home! We’ll get your mom to cook an eighteen-course feast. It’s a good day today!”

Wang Zhe hesitated, wondering if his father was in the right state to drive. What if he sped too fast from excitement? Nothing was worth getting in an accident for. But he thought about it and realized his father would be driving home with or without him. No, he must get in! At least he would be there to remind his father.

“Slow down, slow down! Dad, you’re over the speed limit!”

“Dad, I think you should be looking at the road, not at the agreement.”

“Oh my god, Dad, I don’t have a license but I know how to drive. For the sake of our safety, let me drive?”

The journey home was a knife’s-edge dance with death.

When they arrived home, Mother Wang walked out of the kitchen and saw the two men shaking with excitement. “Where’d you two go? Didn’t you tell me there was some good news? Did you two get on a rollercoaster ride? I made a lot of good food today!”

“Hehe… mom, the ride I was on was far scarier than a rollercoaster.”

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On the other side, Xiang Ning was called to meet Dong Qianyi the moment he arrived home. He would be lying if he said he felt nothing when he stepped aboard the Chaos. He yearned to see the day it rose to the sky. Seeing how its facilities were growing more complete every time he entered, he believed that day would come soon!

Within the research facility, he saw many familiar faces and a few new ones. Xiang Ning was clad in white robes and black-framed glasses. It was a uniform that had been given by Wang Jiayan, who said it would be better for the other researchers’ mental health. Xiang Ning was just too young, and the rest of the researchers had struggled for many years only for him to beat them. The pair of glasses made him look a little older, at least.

They seemed to be in a discussion but when someone spotted Xiang Ning out of the corner of their eye, they perked up. “Xiang Ning, you’re back! Come, the new guy’s getting arrogant. You show them how great we are!”

When he approached, the group realized Xiang Ning had grown tanned and many frowned. “Sigh, Xiang Ning, I’ve always said that researchers should stay in the lab. Why’d you have to go to the battlefield? What if something happened to you? That’d be a great loss for the world!”

Although it was a dramatic statement, based on his contribution to the dimensional ring project, it wasn’t far from the truth.

That said, Xiang Ning didn’t think so. Although he had the Comprehension skill, he didn’t want to suffer again. He didn’t think he was very capable, he just coincidentally possessed the technology to make dimensional rings. Without it, even if he used the Comprehension skill to read through all the books on dimensional technology, he still would have needed several years of research.