Ma Chu finally chose magic linguistics.
The reason why he chose this subject as the research direction for the next three years of his life was not because he loved it very much, but because Ma Qiu had seriously thought about one thing, and that was... what advantages did he have.
As a person who just meets the requirements for admission to Atlanta School, he is actually quite poor, so the question before him is what he can do, not what he wants to do.
He had heard that entering Atlanta School did not mean he would be safe. Atlanta School implements a strict-in, strict-out policy. Because it has just been established not long ago, the "strict-in" policy may still be a little watery, but the "strict-out" policy is really implemented.
Therefore, if you perform too poorly in Atlanta School, you will most likely be expelled directly.
Machu definitely didn't want to be one of them.
In this way, because of his own language ability, taking magical linguistics as a research direction may be the best choice.
In this way, Machu submitted his application and began his college life.
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At the beginning of his college life, Machu’s biggest feeling was that the whole of Atlanta was studying space.
Yes, it's too empty.
The area of the university is extremely vast. There are seven or eight stone residential buildings alone. Each building is carefully designed and can accommodate thousands of people.
However, it was not until one month after the school started that only a small part of these stone buildings were occupied.
Normally during the day, there is no problem, and the campus is quite popular. But at night, the campus becomes ghostly. Walking down the path to the university, the wind blows like a cemetery.
This is because there are too few people in the university, and the university is too big. It's like a few beans scattered in the pot. No matter how you look at it, you feel a little lonely.
But this situation did not last long. In Ma Qiu's memory, it should have been two months before things began to gradually change.
As the weather gets warmer, winter leaves, and spring arrives, groups of new students with unfamiliar faces suddenly appear from every corner of Atlanta School like mushrooms after rain.
From the other party's conversation, Ma Qiu vaguely understood that these were people who had passed the university's new qualification examination. The new qualification examination is more difficult, but more people take part, so the number of new students is not less than before.
In this way, the university has finally become somewhat normal, at least people will not be afraid to hang out outside the dormitory at night.
And this is just the beginning.
A few months later, more new students with unfamiliar faces arrived, like a heavy rain in summer, and they continued to squeeze into the somewhat crowded dormitory, making the dormitory visibly overcrowded.
In fact, not only the dormitories, but also the library, canteen, classrooms, everywhere are crowded with people.
On a hot morning, Ma Qiu glanced at the hopelessly long queue in the cafeteria and realized with some hindsight that the good old days when there were few people were probably gone forever. .
As time passed, reality proved Machu's idea again and again.
This is not the first time that the number of people has skyrocketed in summer, nor will it be the last time. After the surge in the number of people in the summer, this phenomenon repeats itself almost every month. Even in autumn, when the temperature continues to drop, the situation has not "improved".
Gradually, Ma Qiu's concept changed from "Why are there no people" at the beginning to "Why are there people everywhere", and his whole person was full of resentment.
In fact, it was not only Machuta who was full of resentment, but also almost all Atlanta students.
After all, they come here to learn advanced knowledge, not to play the "crowd-in" game every day.
The university authorities obviously understood this situation, and several new stone buildings were built in a very short time, alleviating the nearly exploding population pressure.
However, the construction speed of the school's stone buildings could not keep up with the increase in students. When all the "unplanned land" in the university was used, the entire Atlanta School was on the verge of being overcrowded.
Just when Ma Chu couldn't help but wonder if he would be crowded to death the next time he went to the cafeteria to eat, the first branch of Atlanta School was established in the new area of Atlanta without any warning.
The subsequent development, in Ma Chu's view, is like a word that students of "magical biology" like to show off - contagion. Not long after the first branch of Atlanta School was established, the second branch of Atlanta School and the third branch of Atlanta School were closely followed. Then came the fourth campus of Atlanta University, the fifth campus of Atlanta University...
By the end, Machu was no longer sure how many branches the Atlanta School had established.
Speaking of which, not all of these branch campuses are as big as the main campus in Atlanta. Some of them are just two small stone buildings standing in a relatively large courtyard. These branch schools do not copy all the majors of the main school and then recruit students again. Instead, they directly separate a certain subject or a few subjects and go out independently.
Therefore, each branch has its own exclusive name. For example, the first branch of Atlanta School is also called Atlanta School of Magical Chemistry, and the second branch of Atlanta School is called Atlanta School of Magical Physics.
In such a series of rapid changes that were almost impossible to react to, Macu spent his first year in college.
During this year, he heard that a lot of things happened in the outside world.
For example, someone wanted to destroy the construction of Atlanta City, but was directly smashed into ashes by several wizards in the city who jointly released spells and dropped flaming meteorites.
For example, a group of thieves joined forces and plundered caravans in Sarin. As a result, a black-armored cavalry captain from Sarin, led by his ghostly black-armored cavalry men, killed them to pieces.
Another example is that for unknown reasons, one day many residents of Salin who were loyal to the Sika Kingdom rioted together, causing great losses. However, the riot disappeared within a few days as the mysterious Deputy Lord of Salin, the Jasmine Wizard, came forward.
For example, due to an unknown conflict, the lords of several territories near Sarin suddenly led soldiers and wizards together to approach Sarin. In the end, the military god guarding the Reef Castle, General Sauron, was alerted and led his guards to rush to the scene in an attempt to prevent the worst case scenario from happening.
And how was this matter resolved
It is said that the extremely powerful wizard Richard, the real lord of Salin who rarely appears, has made a rare appearance.
The wizard Richard didn't do anything special after he showed up. He just went to the border, held up an energy ball, and had a few simple conversations with a few lords. During the conversation, the energy ball expanded crazily, and by the end of the conversation, it was already as big as a small mountain. Several lords took a look, took their men, and left decisively. Since then, Sarin has never been harassed or threatened by the lords of surrounding territories, at least, not on the surface.
These are relatively legendary things that will inevitably be distorted in the process of dissemination, because Ma Chu has not seen them with his own eyes and does not feel that they are completely true.
In addition to these, other things are more real and down-to-earth.
For example, I don’t know what happened. Sarin, which was originally short of food, suddenly experienced a sharp increase in food production and a plummeting price. It not only met its own consumption needs, but also sold large quantities outside of Sarin in exchange for other resources. Therefore, the price of bread in Atlanta has dropped by 30% in just a few days, and meat and fish have also dropped a lot.
In contrast, due to the large influx of foreign merchants, the prices of some strange and bizarre creations have been continuously increased in the Atlanta market. The price of a fireball that can spark fire and light at any time has tripled. The price of a magical box that can emit music when wound has tripled. The price of a chronograph pocket watch that can sound at the set time has tripled. No market.
Only Madame Gianna on Seventh Street has the same prices as ever. With only one silver coin, you can have a sumptuous dinner with the other person, and you can also do some healthy exercises after the meal - Machu doesn't know why he knows this.
But no matter what, this year passed in such a hurry.