After Ling Xiao's visit was over, Qianji personally sent them out of the gate.
"Remember what I said, never come here, the vast world outside is where you should be."
After saying goodbye to Qianji, Ling Xiao returned to the academy with the principal. Compared with the ubiquitous depression in the CDC, every student who came and went here seemed so energetic. Just looking at them seemed to feel hope. Ling Xiao Maybe some understand why the principal stayed at the school.
"You know why, knowing that going through a coming-of-age ceremony peacefully is a lie that will be exposed sooner or later, should we use such a lie to cover up peace?"
Ling Xiao shook his head.
"That's because before that, we tried various methods. Some people were voluntarily tied up during the coming-of-age ceremony, and they bit off their tongues when taking blood; , After waking up, his hormone secretion soared to an uncontrollable level, and no matter any physical, chemical, or biological means, he was defeated before the coming-of-age ceremony."
"There was even a year when we told the students all the malpractices before and after the coming-of-age ceremony. As a result, the classmates in that class collectively refused to hold the coming-of-age ceremony. Later, because of a person's hormone imbalance, it caused a disorder among the students. In a chain reaction, the young slaughtered each other, causing the biggest tragedy in hundreds of years. That day, the comet of Cinder Extinction happened to pass over the sky, so later generations called it the Cinder Extinction Incident."
Ling Xiao felt a sudden shock. The name of the Jhin Mie Incident had been written into the history books. On that day every year, the college would ring the bell in silence. The book only said that the incident was caused by an accident, and he heard about the real cause of the incident for the first time today.
"The coming-of-age ceremony is like a hurdle for Tiansu people. No matter what method we try or take any countermeasures, we can't let everyone pass it smoothly. There are always people who are eliminated at this level."
"Did Dr. Yao give you medicine?" The principal suddenly changed the subject.
Ling Xiao was stunned for a moment, "Yeah."
"When I first found out that the drug could relieve my pain, I took it almost every day, which led to severe dependence, and the doses of the drug increased until it could no longer meet my needs. When I quit, it was like Feeding back the mental stress that was escaping before is multiplied, and the burden that should be endured has not been reduced in the slightest, but has added a high amount of interest."
"Being a Qizi is just like a coming-of-age ceremony. You have to walk a certain distance with your own strength. You take shortcuts in the front and detours in the back. All the debts you think you have escaped are actually accumulating. But fortunately, these Over the years, I gradually learned to restrain myself, and the number of times I took medicine became less and less."
Ling Xiao seemed to see a little bit of hope, "Then how did the principal manage to fall asleep without medication?"
"I didn't," he said quietly, "just because I needed less and less sleep."
This kind of truth made Ling Xiao hit hard, thinking that being strong like a principal can overcome pain, but it took the other party a hundred years to learn how to coexist with pain.
"I know what you are thinking now. You think that living like this is better than dying, but I still insist, because I still delusionally want to meet the person who abandoned me."
Ling Xiao was surprised to know that the principal's deed owner was not dead. He thought that the principal's experience was similar to Lan Sheng's, but unexpectedly he was abandoned.
"For Tiansu people, there is nothing easier than death, but for some Tiansu people, the way to live is the hardest. Only by living can they have the chance to meet again."
"This is the reason why I have persisted until now. I believe Lan Sheng also has his reasons. Everything you want to give up is the dream of some people, and even some people will never be able to ask for it. We are still insisting, you Any reason to give up?"
"Since we haven't separated yet, don't be too anxious to let go. You can meet again after a long absence, not to mention getting along day and night."
Ling Xiao walked back to the dormitory with a lot of thought, the pace under his feet became faster and faster, and he ran slowly and faster. As soon as he got back to the dormitory, he went straight to the bed, picked up the medicine that Yaotai gave him by the bedside, stared at it for a long time, and finally threw the whole bottle into the trash can.
Ying Feng watched his actions the whole time, "Why throw it away?"
"I don't need it anymore," Ling Xiao looked down at the medicine bottle in the bucket, he not only threw away the medicine, but also some childishness that he insisted on but found unnecessary, "I won't commit suicide again, and I won't be with him. I will be my own enemy, I will live well and get the permission to study…”
He raised his head firmly, "Ying Feng, I won't hold you back, I promise you."
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When Ying Feng woke up the next day, he inexplicably found that there was another person in his arms. Ling Xiao buried his head in his chest and was sleeping soundly, but he couldn't remember when he hugged him, could it be after he fell asleep? unconscious behavior
Yesterday, he read a lot of knowledge about the relationship between the Qi master and Qi Zi, and also knew that Qi Zi's sleep disorder during the dangerous period was due to the lack of physical contact with the Qi Master. Those two parties who formed a contract because of their feelings are bound to hug each other and fall asleep like they are now, so those contracted children will not encounter problems like Ling Xiao at all.
However, the soothing effect of this kind of simple physical contact is far less than the length that can last after the intimate union yesterday. Ying Feng just got up, and Ling Xiao also woke up from the dream, with a sleepy look, it seems that he has not slept enough. .
But he quickly recovered himself, got up from the bed, sat down face-to-face with Ying Feng, and asked to "negotiate" with the other party.
"I have a suggestion."
Ying Feng listened quietly.
"We all know that the bond between you and me was an accident. You don't want this result, and I don't want it, but I think we should belong to a community of interests now. If my psychological rating can't be improved, neither of them can go to school. Since we can't To achieve the equality in love that Doctor Yao said, at least we can establish another sense of equality."
"continue."
"Each of us can put forward our own conditions, one side can put forward one and the other can put forward the other, and as long as both parties agree, the conditions will come into effect."
Ying Feng has no opinion, "You mention it first."
Ling Xiao thought for a while, "You can't order me in public, not even in private."
Ying Feng picked it up quickly, "You can't hook up with people in front of me, and you can't do it behind your back."
Ling Xiao weighed it and felt that he was taking advantage of this, but he couldn't understand Ying Feng's request, "Then can you tell me why?"
Ying Feng was expressionless, "Because I'm not feeling well."
This answer was beyond Ling Xiao's expectations. He thought that the other party would say "because I am your deed master" or "because you are my deed son" for such strong and illogical reasons.
"Agree," he affirmed the first point, and then raised the second point, "Don't use mental intrusion to find my location, I have my privacy."
"Don't come back late, special circumstances must be reported to me."
"Deal, don't use your ability to scare me, force me, and don't beat me."
"In order to ensure your normal mental development, I will exercise my rights as appropriate, and will take necessary measures when necessary. You cannot refuse."
Ling Xiao didn't know what the necessary means meant, but instinctively felt that it was not a good thing.
Hesitating again and again, the so-called "necessary means" is probably no worse than his abuse of power, and he still chooses to agree to the two expedients.
"This one is also passed. For the time being, I can think of these three points. What else do you want to add?"
"You can't wipe out the money on your card at the end of the month."
Ling Xiao's mouth twitched, and he said fiercely, "Okay, I haven't thought about what to exchange for now, I'll talk about it when I think about it," he turned on the network connection after speaking, "Now I'm going to visit the school, are you coming? ?"
The two landed in the area set up by the education department in Tianyuan.com. There are direct transmissions from different colleges and universities at the entrance. The schools are ranked by comprehensive evaluation. The first place is the Yutian Military Academy. Ling Xiao did not hesitate to It was chosen as the first stop of the visit.
When they stood in front of the majestic main entrance of Yutian Military Academy, a sense of solemnity and solemnity came to their faces, accompanied by the natural sense of mission of the Tiansu people. The nation who has lived on this land for generations, the first education they received after waking up was to be loyal to their motherland. Long before they learned how to love someone, they already learned to love this country.
It's hard to imagine that such a huge shock just came from the projection of a virtual mirror. If you can really stand in front of this school, or even walk in, it would be such a pride and honor.
Ling Xiao has been captured physically and mentally since the moment he stood in front of the school gate, he said to the man behind him in a voice that could not hide his excitement, "I have figured out my next exchange condition, I want to take the test..."
"Is it Yutian?" Ying Feng neatly helped him make up, "You can save this condition."
Ling Xiao turned around in surprise, "Why? You don't agree?"
"No," Ying Feng denied him, "because this is also the condition I want to make."
Ling Xiao forcibly suppressed the surging feeling in his chest and took his first step. It was the first step in the virtual network, and the first step in entering a new life in the spiritual world.
There are no real characters in the virtual campus. In order to give visitors a more intuitive impression, the school uses three-dimensional characters to simulate the images of teachers and students. All kinds of different training, never-before-seen fighting methods emerged one after another, only Ling Xiao was dazzled.
The staff in charge of the explanation at the recruitment and publicity office are real school staff rather than intelligent AI. As soon as they see Ling Xiao and Ying Feng, they politely say hello to them.
"Welcome to the Yutian campus website. The touch screen has the admission brochures and detailed introductions of all the majors of our school. Please browse freely. If you have any questions, I will be happy to answer you wholeheartedly."
Ling Xiao walked to the big screen, and dozens of colleges refined hundreds of departments, each with a sign behind it, some with a circle, some with a cross.
"What does the sign behind this mean?" he asked, pointing to it.
"Part of Yutian's majors used to not admit pawns, but over the years, we have opened up all majors for pawns and pawn owners to compete fairly. As long as you have enough strength, you can choose any major to study. You can see now. For the majors that are circled on the screen, as long as the deed master passes the entrance exam, the deed child can study without taking the exam, while the major with a cross needs to take the same examination as the deed master, and only after passing the exam can he study.”
Ling Xiao clicked on one of them at random, and a new window popped up immediately to explain the major systematically. In the introduction of the outstanding graduates that the department had cultivated, Ling Xiao keenly discovered a familiar figure.
"Ah, this is the one that day," said the short officer who escorted him from the medical station to the guard center, unexpectedly he was also a graduate of the Royal Sky Military Academy.
The receptionist was not surprised that he recognized Fu Yao, because Fu Yao was originally a well-known figure in Tiansu, "Major General Fu Yao and his Qizi are outstanding graduate representatives of the school's combat command department, and there are many people every year. Admiring his name to apply for the department. A few years ago, he accepted the appointment of our school as a visiting instructor in the Department of Joint Operations, so that some students could be fortunate to have his personal guidance, and now this is one of the most popular majors in our school.”
"Joint Combat Department..." Ling Xiao found it from a long list. The logo behind it was different. It was not a circle or a cross, but a cross was drawn in the circle.
"What does that mean?" he asked puzzled.
"Does it mean that the two of you take the test together?" Ying Feng, who had been watching without speaking, suddenly inserted his first sentence after coming here.
"That's right," the receptionist said with admiration to the students of this elementary academy when they knew about it, "this is the only major in this school that requires both the master and the master to apply for the exam at the same time. Anyone who does not pass the exam will not be able to enter. This major is studied, so it is the most difficult to apply for among all majors.”
Ling Xiao heard that the exam was difficult, but instead was inspired to fight. He clicked on the video introduction, and the pop-up window showed a video of Qi Zhu and Qi Zi fighting. After seeing their fighting style, Ling Xiao felt that he was now The level is like a child's play.
He brought himself and Ying Feng into the two people in the video. One day, will he and Ying Feng be like them, fighting hand in hand with each other in tacit understanding
Thinking of this, he suddenly shook his head vigorously, trying to get rid of unrealistic thoughts. He and Ying Feng are now only coming together because of common interests. In any case, it is impossible for them to be as close as other couples with deep feelings. The two of them, working together so seamlessly, are like an inseparable whole.
Ling Xiao downloaded several majors he was interested in from the database and introduced them to his personal terminal. Ying Feng paid attention to them. All of them were majors that required the Qizi exam. Several popular departments were included. There is no joint operations department.
After copying the information and expressing his thanks to the receptionist, Ling Xiao went down from the Internet and didn't even plan to read it at the school behind him. He studied the information until the lights were turned off and Ying Feng fell asleep. He deliberately delayed it for a long time.
After confirming that the person beside him was asleep, he put down the terminal, and with the lightest possible motion, little by little, he carefully rubbed it over, and like the night before, he secretly stuck to the person's back.
The ship returned to the port, the birds returned to their nests, and the moment they came into contact with each other, the feeling of insecurity in my heart disappeared, and a strong sense of tiredness struck.
Just when Ling Xiao closed his eyes and was about to fall asleep, the person he was attached to suddenly turned over, his arms naturally stretched over, and he wrapped him in his arms.
Ling Xiao's whole body froze, and his sleepiness just now escaped to the clouds. His petty actions were caught in less than a day, and his mind was exposed, which made him lose face.
Just when he was motionless and didn't know what to do, Ying Feng was indifferent and could not hear any emotional voice coming from above.
"Don't you want to improve your psychological rating and go to school together? Since the goals are the same, let's work together."