The atmosphere during this meal was quite harmonious. After all, Yu Ran had been playing the role of a simple guide who came to the capital planet for the first time, and Lu Zexuan had been testing him for a long time but couldn't find any loopholes.
The two of them had dinner in a friendly manner, and Lu Zexuan sent Yu Ran back to the Guide Academy.
The car soon arrived at the entrance of the Guidance College. Lu Zexuan looked at Yu Ran and whispered, "I'll go back first. School will start the day after tomorrow. If you need any help at school, you can always tell me."
Yu Ran nodded: "Okay, goodbye, General."
When he walked into the school, he happened to meet Dean Xie Shiyi coming out of the office building. Dean Xie still had a gentle look on his face. He looked at Yu Ran and asked, "Are you used to being alone in school these few days?"
Yu Ran: “Very good.”
Dean Xie glanced at the school gate thoughtfully: "Did you just... go out?"
Yu Ran did not hide it: "Yes, General Lu invited me to dinner."
Dean Xie chuckled: "Lu Zexuan came to see you? I heard that your guide element match with him is as high as 98%?"
Yu Ran blushed a little and scratched his head embarrassedly: "I didn't expect it to be like this. I'm still young and don't want to fall in love for the time being. Let's just get to know each other and talk about it after we graduate."
Dean Xie agreed, "Well, you can study in the sanctuary with peace of mind first. Tomorrow, the students will report in, and your roommates will also move in. If you encounter any difficulties in the future, you can go to your class teacher, or come to my office directly."
Yu Ran said gratefully: "Thank you for your concern."
Xie Shiyi turned and left, and the long-tailed tit on his shoulder flapped its wings twice at Yu Ran in a friendly manner.
It seems that compared to Lu Zexuan, the sharp and stubborn sentinel, Dean Xie's suspicion of him is not that deep.
Yu Ran turned around and left calmly, returning to the dormitory to sleep.
The next day, the new students came to the school one after another. Parents were not allowed to enter the campus, so the students dragged their suitcases to find the dormitory by themselves. Fortunately, the road signs were clear and the dormitory area was easy to find.
Except for Yu Ran, the other guides in this session are basically around 13 years old. Yu Ran's three roommates are also 13-year-old underage guides.
After the three boys arrived at the dormitory, they all looked at Yu Ran. The spirit body of this "older student" was a white fox with fluffy and beautiful fur, especially the big snow-white tail, which looked very nice to touch. However, they didn't know Yu Ran's background and were too embarrassed to talk to him.
Yu Ran took the initiative to extend his hand and say hello: "We will be roommates from now on. Let me introduce myself. My name is Yu Ran, and I am 18 years old."
The boy with short black hair stretched out his hand and shook his hand, grinning: "My name is Qin Tian, hehe, you are 5 years older than me, can I call you Brother Ran?" His spiritual body was a lively brown teddy dog, which kept circling around Yu Ran's fox, and seemed to want to play with the fox very much.
The fox looked at it for a moment, jumped off Yu Ran's shoulder, and took little Teddy for a walk in the house.
A blond-haired, blue-eyed boy immediately stretched out his hand: "Hello, my name is Kamiya." He was very cute, but he looked shy when he smiled and blushed easily. His spiritual form was a beautiful goldfish, swimming around beside his owner.
The last one is called Qi Xiaoluo, who seems a little introverted and his spirit form is a little white rabbit.
The spiritual bodies of healing guides are usually soft and cute. Yu Ran took the initiative to call them to the living room, opened the snack gift bag given to him by the Josephs, and said, "I have some snacks here. Come and have some first. Dinner will be served at 6 pm."
The three of them immediately followed Yu Ran and happily shared the snacks.
The 13-year-old roommate was easy to win over. After eating Yu Ran’s snacks, the relationship between them became much more familiar.
Yu Ran came to the school a few days in advance. He was very familiar with the guidance academy and took them around the campus to get acquainted with the route.
Before long, these three men had already regarded Yu Ran as their eldest brother, calling him "Brother Ran" in a very affectionate manner.
Yu Ran was wandering around the campus with his three little followers.
When they got near the isolation wall, Qin Tian looked up curiously and said, "This wall is so high. It's much higher than the walls in other places."
Yu Ran glanced at the nearby surveillance cameras and said, "This is the isolation wall. Next door is the Sentinel Academy. Since the young guides and sentinels are not good at controlling their abilities, it is easy to cause problems if they are mixed together for classes. Therefore, the isolation wall is built very high to prevent some naughty students from climbing over the wall to cause trouble."
Qin Tian suddenly realized: "Oh, so, the students of our Guide Academy can't go to the Sentinel Academy at all?"
Kamiya asked quietly, "You're not allowed to enter through the main gate?"
Yu Ran said, "The gate of the Guide Academy is on the east side, and the Sentinel Academy is on the west side. They are very far apart. Both academies have access control systems, and no one is allowed in without a student card." He turned around and looked at Kamiya, and asked, "Do you really want to go over there?"
Kamiya scratched his head and said, "I'm just curious. I heard that those sentinels are very strong and some can even fly."
Qin Tian said: "Those who can fly are S-class sentinels, who have evolved the spirit-sharing ability of birds. Ordinary sentinels are just a little stronger and run a little faster, right? I still think guides are better, being able to enter other people's spirit worlds, sounds really cool..."
Qi Xiaoluo asked softly, "What are your mental images? Mine is just a lawn, it's so small."
Qin Tian said: "Mine is not big either, it's just a yard."
Speaking of this topic, Kamiya immediately pulled a long face: "I heard that the spirit body is an S-level guide for fish, and the picture is an ocean. But I, I only have a fish tank."
Yu Ran: “…”
The C-level guides indeed have very limited mental power.
Yu Ran comforted him, "It's okay, don't be discouraged. There are very few S-level guides, and C-level guides also have their own uses."
Yu Ran happily toured the campus with his "little followers" and then went to a restaurant for dinner as a group.
Dean Xie saw this scene from a distance and sent a message to Joseph: "Don't worry, Yu Ran and his roommates are getting along well."
Joseph breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good. I was worried that he would be left alone after his parents both died, and would be ostracized by his roommates."
"No, the roommates assigned to him are all spiritual guides who are not aggressive at all." Dean Xie paused, "By the way, has the professor's schedule for tomorrow's opening ceremony been confirmed?"
Joseph: "Sure, I'll come with him then."
***
As a tradition, the sanctuary holds an opening ceremony every year, but the scale can be large or small.
In previous opening ceremonies, the deans and student representatives of the Guide Academy and Sentinel Academy would go on stage and give a speech and that would be it.
This year's opening ceremony was exceptionally grand. When the guest list was released on the official website, all the students were shocked.
The Sentinel Academy invited a heavyweight guest—a legendary figure among the Sentinels, an S-class Sentinel who graduated from the Sanctuary in 3 months, and the youngest general in the history of the Federation, Major General Lu Zexuan.
The Guide College also invited a heavyweight guest - Professor Mo Wei, the president of the Federal Central Academy of Sciences.
On one side was the youngest sentinel general in the military, and on the other side was the respected old president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. In this opening ceremony, the Guide Academy and the Sentinel Academy were tied.
On the evening of January 7, it snowed on the capital planet, which was the first snow since the beginning of the 500th year of the star calendar.
Heavy snow flakes fell from the sky, dyeing the whole world white. The snow on the road could easily cover the ankles.
The Wizard Academy building is a Gothic-style spire structure. Now that the roof is covered with snow, the whole school looks like a sacred magical castle.
The Sentinel Academy next door has an architectural style that is more like a steel and machinery city, and it looks spectacular even when covered in snow.
The young guides and sentinels got up early in the morning to prepare for the opening ceremony.
Sentinel Academy was filled with discussion.
"I heard General Lu is coming! He's my idol, can I ask for his autograph?"
"Don't even think about it. He will definitely be sitting in the guest seats and won't let any students get close to him."
"I heard that he graduated from the Sanctuary in just three months. That's incredible!"
"And he's very handsome. His spirit form is the king of the sky, a white falcon. I really want to meet him!"
Compared to Lu Zexuan's popularity among the Sentinels, most of the students at the Guide Academy have never heard of Professor Mo Wei.
My roommate Qin Tian asked curiously, "Brother Ran, what does Professor Mo Wei do?"
A complicated look flashed across Yu Ran's eyes as he explained, "He is the founder of the federal life science field and the scientist who developed the limb regeneration treatment chamber."
Kamiya asked curiously, "Regeneration of broken limbs... In other words, if my legs are broken, can they grow back if I lie in that treatment cabin?"
Yu Ran nodded: "Yes, and it's exactly the same as your original leg."
Qin Tian excitedly gave a thumbs up: "Amazing! So, Professor Mo Wei is a very famous guide scientist?"
Kamiya suddenly realized: "No wonder I haven't heard much about them. These scientists are so secretive."
Yu Ran didn't say anything more and went to the auditorium for the opening ceremony with his three little followers.
The auditorium of the Guide Academy is large enough to accommodate tens of thousands of people and has three floors: upper, middle and lower.
The students sat down according to their classes. Since Yu Ran was a C-level spiritualist, he was assigned to Class 107, in the back row of the third floor. After finding a seat with his roommate, Yu Ran said, "I want to go to the bathroom, do you want to go?"
The three immediately followed: "I'll go too, otherwise it won't be easy to move around when the ceremony starts."
Yu Ran went to the bathroom with the three of them.
When passing by the window, he glanced at the air-conditioning duct outside the window with his peripheral vision, then retracted his gaze calmly.
He had to find a suitable time to leave the auditorium with tens of thousands of people without being discovered by anyone. Then he had to sneak into the Sentinel Academy next door, avoid all surveillance and the sight of the sentinels, go to the top floor of the library, and take what he wanted...
This is almost an impossible task.
(End of this chapter)