I can copy tags infinitely.

There are actually experts here?

Li En never expected that he would encounter three talented individuals with labels in a single day.

However, the label on Estelle's head always gave Li En a somewhat unreal feeling.

Superhuman strength?

Such a petite little girl?

"Professor... Professor..." Estelle cried out in distress, the stack of books losing its balance, but she struggled desperately to keep herself upright. "I need help..."

Seeing that the book was about to fall, Li En quickly stepped forward and caught it from Estelle's arms.

All the books were piled on Li En's shoulders. There were so many books, and each one was very thick. The immense pressure made Li En unable to react for a moment. His hand suddenly felt heavy, and the books instantly crashed to the floor.

"So heavy!" Li En exclaimed inwardly.

Upon seeing this, Estelle's thin face immediately turned deathly pale. "No, I'm so sorry, Professor! I lost my balance!"

Professor Osborne didn't say anything, just said, "Pick up the book."

Estelle quickly squatted down, her ill-fitting school uniform dragging on the ground like a broom, sweeping away all the dust.

"Let me help you."

As Li En began copying the labels, he squatted down to help Estelle pick up her books.

[Copying has begun]

[Remaining Time: 03:59:59]

Please maintain a close and stable distance from your target.

It's going to take four hours?

Li En was somewhat surprised. He only needed two hours to copy Monroe Phoenix's label as a genius in occultism, and he only took thirty minutes to copy Rosalind's label as a natural investigator.

Why does it take four hours to replicate Estelle's label of innate superhuman strength?

Wait, Estelle Phoenix?

Could she be Monroe's sister?

After picking up all the books from the ground, Estelle quickly shrank into a corner.

goo goo-

As soon as she retreated to the back, a strange sound came from Estelle's petite body.

Professor Osborne asked, "Didn't you eat lunch?"

Estelle hesitated, then replied in a very soft voice, "I've eaten, but I'm not full..."

As her label suggests, Estelle is indeed born with superhuman strength, but at the cost of burning calories faster than her peers.

Even if she eats the same amount of lunch as her peers, she gets hungry much faster.

"Didn't I give you a meal allowance? Why aren't you full? I recruited you into the University of Michigan to see if you could do some manual labor. If you can't even do manual labor well, what use are you?"

Estelle hung her head, not daring to mention that she didn't have enough money.

Because of the persecution from the church, she and Monroe were already living a very difficult life. They kept their daily food intake to a minimum, and any extra food supplements had to be saved to meet their daily needs.

The school uniform she's wearing now is the same one Monroe used to wear. After Monroe dropped out of school, he gave her the clothes to wear.

"How about I treat you to something to eat?" Li En said, reaching into his crotch to feel around, but suddenly realized that he had given all the money he had on him to Monroe.

Although Li En can still live a comfortable life, it's not to the point where he can squander money recklessly. His allowance is limited, and he can't afford to spend a single penny today.

He felt around inside his clothes again and pulled out half a slightly hardened piece of white bread.

"Sorry, this is all we have. Do you want some?"

Estelle's eyes sparkled as she looked at Lyon in disbelief. "Can I really have it?"

"You eat it, I'm fine."

Estelle accepted the white bread from Li En with tears of gratitude. She hadn't eaten such soft white bread in a long time since her family fell on hard times.

Having experienced the life of the poor, she realized that people's lives could be lived to such extremes.

Every morning I can only drink a little thin oatmeal porridge, at noon I eat some boiled potatoes with salt, and at night I eat a piece of hardened dark bread.

Some people even regard such days as a blessing. Many unfortunate child laborers cannot afford diluted milk or cheap black tea and can only drink plain water to get by.

Being able to eat this soft white bread again made Estelle's vision blur, and she vaguely recalled the days before she was forced by the church.

Seeing this, even Professor Osborn was speechless. He took the brand-new deerstalker hat off the coat rack and put it on Estelle's head, covering her face with the brim.

"Let's go, we have new cargo to collect, those damn idiots at Scotland Yard..."

Taking small bites of the soft white bread, Estelle tried to catch up with Professor Osborn, but suddenly remembered something and turned to wave at Li En.

"Thank you, kind person, goodbye."

Li En was speechless.

Wait a minute, I need to copy a label, where are you going?

He couldn't chase after them, so he could only watch the countdown on the screen stop.

[Remaining Time: 03:56:37]

[Copying has been paused. You can resume copying once you get close to the target.]

It's alright, it's just paused.

Anyway, Li En will have to come to the lab again tomorrow, so we can just continue copying then.

"You can go home now," Professor Eli said to Li En. "In the meantime, focus on your studies and spend more time with Cole doing experiments. I'll recommend you for the Golden Dawn Open in a while, so you can prepare in advance."

"The Golden Dawn Open?" Li En heard an unfamiliar term. "What's that?"

Professor Eli replied, "It's just a occult competition held internally at the University of Michigan and funded by the church. Every year, a group of people are recommended to participate, and the winners receive a personal recommendation letter from the University of Michigan after graduation."

"Whether you go to work for the government or join the church, you will receive considerable preferential treatment. If you are truly talented, I will certainly help you get it."

Even joining a church offers preferential treatment?

The fact that the church could even drive a count to ruin and death shows how deep its influence is.

If Li En wants to survive in this world in the future, joining the church is naturally an excellent choice.

"I understand, thank you, mentor."

Li En bowed respectfully, displaying his noble demeanor.

Professor Eli simply shrugged. "As I said, as long as you have real talent, I'm only interested in geniuses. If you don't have talent, you can get out of my class."

"Also, keep the monkey paw Cole gave you safe. It's best to never let it appear in this world again."

After saying this, Professor Eli turned and left.

Li En's eyes flickered slightly as he watched Professor Eli's departing figure in the tree-lined corridor.

Did he know that the monkey paw was real?

The chimes of Big Ben once again pierced through the smog that blanketed London. Li En tucked the monkey's paw into his pocket and closed the laboratory door.

Let's go home first, and copy Estelle's label tomorrow.