This one sentence made Xu Qingran and Shen Tingyu silent at the same time.
Shen Tingyu was quite surprised.
When he looked at Xu Qingran again, his expression was full of shock, even greater than his own reaction when he was injured.
Xu Qingran lowered his eyelids slightly as if he was thinking, and said nothing.
The main reason was that he thought that this would take some time before it happened.
The system said: "A normal person's soul and spirit will be finalized at the age of 18 at the latest. Your body is almost 20 years old, which is already too late."
Xu Qingran asked: "Is Soul Formation also a reward for progress in the strategy?"
"It's okay for your soul to be formed, after all, it is a necessary process. But when your soul is formed, if your level is also increased, it will be a sign of progress in the strategy!"
Xu Qingran was not very happy.
He felt that Shen Tingyu was a very strange person. He always gave feedback at strange times and he had no idea what he liked.
Seeing Xu Qingran's serious expression, the military doctor thought he was worried and anxious, so he comforted him: "Don't be nervous, this is a process that every healthy soul must go through."
"And after the formation is finalized, there is a certain probability that the spirit pool will rise to a higher level. If you work hard, you may be able to reach S level!" The military doctor smiled and nodded as he spoke. "If you reach S level, as long as you master the basic skills well enough, you can at least become an elite in the military."
"I've looked at your soul fluctuation data. It's still in the early stages. The results will be available in about 1-2 months. During this period, you must go to the medical clinic for checkups every week. Try to stay physically and mentally happy and don't lose your temper too much."
"If you get angry too often during your soul fluctuation period, it may lead to trauma."
The military doctor said, and then flipped through the calendar: "Oh, you will have a holiday at the end of next month."
"If it hasn't taken shape by then, you have to be careful when you go out. The days before and after the shaping is more torturous than upgrading your spirit pool. The rarer the shape, the more uncomfortable it is. If you feel uncomfortable by then, remember to go to the hospital immediately."
Xu Qingran felt that the military doctor's instructions sounded especially like instructions to a pregnant woman.
The enthusiastic military doctor spoke for more than ten minutes until he was called away. At this time, Shen Tingyu's arm injury was also treated. They received the medicine, thanked the medical staff, and then went back to the villa together.
It was afternoon, the students were busy taking the assessment, and there were not many people around the base.
Shen Tingyu's hand was injured and he was unable to wear it properly, so he just put his coat on loosely.
"The finalization period should not exceed three months at the latest." He suddenly said.
"After the spirit pool is upgraded to a higher level, the shortest interval for the next upgrade is also three months."
Xu Qingran beside him did not respond.
After a few seconds, he continued, "The first and necessary condition for becoming an E-type is that the spirit pool must reach at least level 3S before finalization."
Xu Qingran had a dull expression.
He had heard about this matter when Feng Wei was preparing to finalize his work.
Type E originally belonged to a small number of top talents beyond level 3S, and the unfathomable spiritual pool was the condition for being defined as this type. So the current situation was very simple. In everyone's eyes, his soul spirit was theoretically impossible to be typed into E.
It doesn’t matter whether it is E or not, Xu Qingran is concerned about another point.
"System, after the soul is finalized, can the level of the spirit pool be further improved?" he asked in his heart.
"After the soul is finalized, the level of the spirit pool will not change in most cases." The system replied, "But the host's situation is different. As long as you complete the task, the level can still be upgraded to 3S."
"If the original body had not been damaged, it would have been able to reach this level at best."
It is a task reward within reasonable planning.
After listening to this, Xu Qingran felt relieved.
Immediately, he asked Shen Tingyu: "Does it matter?"
"General Shen, you are looking down on me."
Shen Tingyu raised his eyebrows.
But Xu Qingran slightly raised his head and looked at the irregular clouds in the sky, with a faint smile on his lips with a little contempt: "Soul, spirit, and other such ethereal things, how can they be the shackles that define me?"
Since traveling through time, he has never cared about his future shape.
When the system and others were explaining science, he listened and understood but did not have any expectations, because he was always determined about what path he wanted to take and what kind of person he wanted to become in the future.
He will not choose to compromise just because he has become an ordinary N type, nor will he go around killing innocent people like Minghai just because he has become an E type, and he will not tolerate everything and repay evil with kindness and become a kind saint just because he has become a D type.
He is just himself.
Thinking about it, Xu Qingran said again: "I will not become a slave to nature."
If nature wants to trap him, he will tame it and let it know who is the real ruler.
When Xu Qingran said these words, a faint glow flashed in his eyes. His two peach blossom eyes were slightly curved, and there was a sense of pride and confidence in his eyes that could grasp the laws of the world. Such a glow seemed unable to be wiped out by any darkness.
For a second, Shen Tingyu seemed to hear his own heartbeat.
He thought back to himself many years ago.
At that time, he was still imprisoned in an evil tower without seeing the sun, enduring the trial he set for himself.
The young man who tortured him looked down on him, as if he were an ant: "Did you see the news today?"
"He stabbed an innocent passerby 43 times, and when he was arrested and questioned, he didn't even show any remorse. He said he just didn't like the doll hanging on the person's backpack, so he did it."
"You crazy E-types are disgusting."
As the man spoke, he pressed the button of the electric chair with an evil smile and continued to torture him.
I had no idea how similar my current appearance was to the type of person he described.
There was a flash of hatred in his eyes, and he was angry and laughing, with a cold and arrogant tone: "Shen Tingyu, did you see that? That kind of social scum will be what you will become in the future!"
"So I have to teach you a lesson now, so you can experience what it will be like to become garbage!"
After a round of punishment, the handsome man with black hair and blue eyes on the chair was already soaked in sweat, and his lips were pale and cracked.
But he was still so calm and composed.
He lazily lifted his eyelids and laughed softly, "Nature, why do you enslave me?"
“What kind of person I want to be is up to me.”
Shen Tingyu came back to his senses.
Xu Qingran had already withdrawn his gaze, frowned and said, "Besides, is it good to be an E-type?"
Shen Tingyu can still vividly remember the torture he had endured in the past.
He thought about the present and the pain that would accompany him for the rest of his life, and replied with a sigh and a smile: "Not good."
Everyone admires the strong, so it is natural that they envy the powerful E-type.
But they will never understand what it feels like to constantly fight against nature.
I can't understand the reason behind suppressing my nature, and the price I pay is that I need to endure the backlash of the excessive spirit that cannot be vented, and the feeling of being out of control that wants to destroy everything. And it's like I'm a weak emotion that is excluded from the world, unable to empathize with most lives.
His happiness, sadness and peace are all learned.
Learn how to pretend that he also has such emotions.
Cold, lonely and gloomy.
This is the world they see.
"Then I should be even happier." Xu Qingran suddenly said, "Don't want bad things."
Shen Tingyu smiled: "You are right."
He was actually happy for Xu Qingran, at least he didn't have to go through such pain.
Shen Tingyu's hand was injured and it was not convenient for him to cook. Xu Qingran did not intend to continue to abuse him. The two of them filled their stomachs together in the cafeteria. When they returned to the villa, Xu Qingran sat on the sofa to rest, and the busy General Shen began to communicate continuously.
It seems that the dog man will be gone in two or three days.
Xu Qingran thought to himself.
But after all the trouble he has put himself in, will it be convenient for him to do things when he returns
Just as he finished his thought, there was a crash of something falling to the ground in the kitchen.
The room was heated, and Shen Tingyu was only wearing his dark-colored undershirt. From behind, he looked like a sturdy figure. But at this moment, the man was pressing the communicator on his ear with one hand, and the other hand, which was beautifully bandaged, was hesitating whether to pick up the cup on the ground.
There was another cup of water on the kitchen counter, as if it was also prepared for him.
Xu Qingran was speechless.
Finally, I took the initiative to walk over and help him pick up the dropped cup, thinking that it was fortunately not made of glass or ceramic.
Seeing this, Shen Tingyu smiled and said, "Thank you."
A mature-sounding male voice came from the communicator: "What?"
"Nothing, Lieutenant General Su, please continue."
When Shen Tingyu finished his call and came out of the kitchen, there was no one in the living room.
Two water cups sat quietly on the coffee table.
One glass is still full, the other is empty.
He glanced at the closed door and grabbed the cup with his good hand.
After a few sips, he heard some noises coming from the stairs, and then saw Xu Qingran, who was covered in water, coming down from the stairs. He was wearing an old cotton-padded jacket that he had just grabbed from his closet, and his face didn't look very good.
"The water heater is broken." Xu Qingran said unhappily, "It's winter, don't take a shower tonight."
"Okay." Shen Tingyu responded.
For a long while, the person standing on the stairs did not move.
Xu Qingran folded his arms and leaned against the wall. He looked at him for a few seconds and asked calmly, "You are like a disabled person now. If no one is watching you, you may have to call someone to collect your body tomorrow. I think you need a caregiver."
"So, do I get a chance to sleep in your bed?"
Although Xu Qingran was the one who made the request, his tone was confident.
Shen Tingyu chuckled: "Okay, I'll let the robot clean the guest room first."
Only then did Xu Qingran nodded with satisfaction.
I thought to myself: I made a deal. The big villa has high-end Simmons beds, so I will definitely sleep comfortably tonight.
Shen Tingyu put down the empty cup of water and suddenly laughed again.
The E-type is disgusting.
He thought.
Just like him, he cannot perceive other people's emotions, but likes to use these things to achieve his goals.
Shen Tingyu believed that Xu Qingran had ruled out the possibility of being stereotyped as E, so naturally he no longer rejected contact with him, and secretly wanted to try to treat him as a friend like Xie Nanjun and others.
As for the D type, which he disliked the most, he felt more at ease with Xu Qingran.
After all, it seemed that Xu Qingran was destined to have no fate with D.
The night passed peacefully.
The day after the test was a rest day, so they both slept late and recovered enough energy before going out to the cafeteria for lunch. As soon as they opened the door, they saw Lu Cheng hesitating outside.
When Lu Cheng saw that the two of them looked like they were living together, he was shocked again.
Shen Tingyu managed to save Xu Qingran yesterday. After he went back, he kept feeling guilty for his initial bad attitude. After thinking about it for a whole night, he finally decided to come and apologize.
After all, he is not the unreasonable person, and Xu Qingran is his childhood friend.
But now, he wished he had a thicker skin and didn't come.
Xu Qingran also asked him: "Major General Lu? Ah, I seemed to see you scolding Shen Tingyu yesterday. Are you here to apologize?"
After saying that, he stepped aside and said, "Then you go ahead and talk first. We are in a hurry to eat."
Lu Cheng: “…”
After apologizing to Shen Tingyu, his entire face turned red as if he was almost cooked. The person he apologized to smiled and said it was okay, which hurt his eyes even more.
I thought that sooner or later I would let Xu Qingran see the true face of this hypocrite.
Xu Qingran asked again: "Has Major General Lu eaten yet?"
Lu Cheng actually came here after eating, but he still denied it: "I didn't eat."
"Oh." After asking, Xu Qingran left with Shen Tingyu.
There was absolutely no intention of inviting him to join us.
Lu Cheng was furious, but he finally followed them to the cafeteria, ordered another meal, and sat next to Xu Qingran. In order to show their deep friendship, he added more dishes to him.
"You like sweet and sour pork."
"I remember you loved eating radishes."
"You don't like the spicy taste of this stir-fried pork, so I'll pick it out for you."
Xu Qingran did not stop him from delivering the food, but the look in his eyes when he took the slices of meat from his plate was full of hidden murderous intent.
Shen Tingyu suddenly laughed out loud.
Two pairs of eyes looked at him.
"He doesn't like vegetables very much. He prefers meat. He especially likes spicy and salty food."
Xu Qingran nodded and commented: "Not bad, the admiral's observation skills are indeed subtle."
After only a few months of eating at his house, I already knew his preferences.
Although his facial expression was still cold, he felt a sense of pleasure in his heart as if he had been successfully appeased by someone.
Anyway, after this meal, the only one who was hurt was Lu Cheng.
He was fed up with not understanding Xu Qingran now, and even more fed up with the tacit understanding that he and Shen Tingyu had developed without knowing when. They didn't communicate much at the dinner table, and it could even be seen that there was actually no friction or sticky emotions beyond friendship between them.
But with just a glance and a gesture, they can understand what the other person wants to express.
Lu Cheng has many such harmonious scenes in his memory.
They were all memories he created with the soft, cute and smiling Xu Qingran of the past.
·
The new course project officially begins.
Shen Tingyu left Linglong City three days later.
As a person with a high-level spirit pool, the skin wounds on his body recovered quickly. On the day of departure, the blood scabs on the wounds were almost gone, leaving only light scars.
Xu Qingran suddenly felt that he was worrying for no reason.
I even thought that if he had such a physique, he might be even crazier than Shen Tingyu.
"After this project is over, you should have a holiday." Shen Tingyu said leisurely, "If you need to pick me up, remember to send a message to Xiao Zhang in advance."
After giving the instructions, Shen Tingyu left.
However, he entered his information on the door lock of the villa and generously stated that he could borrow it at any time when he was not there.
Xu Qingran accepted the offer without hesitation.
The assessment of the mental power gun is over.
The new course is the teaching of melee psychic weapons. Xu Qingran has learned a little about this in the Evil Tower Arena, so it is relatively easy to get started.
Feng Wei's reaction to his training gun being damaged was even more intense than his: "Although the academy's guns are suitable for beginners, they should be of good quality. They are checked one by one before the class starts. How could it be that it was fine one day and broke the next?"
"I suspect someone is jealous of your performance and wants to frame you!"
"If Admiral Shen hadn't noticed it, your hand would have been broken!"
"How abominable! The same thing happened to you last time with that obstacle course. Do excellent people have to be envied?!"
Feng Wei talked a lot again.
Xu Qingran remained silent as usual until Feng Wei started a new topic: "By the way, young master, I heard that your soul spirit is about to take shape?!"
Xu Qingran raised his eyebrows: "How do you know?"
Feng Wei winked at him and said, "Alas, the academy is such a closed place, there are only so many people here. Young Master, you are still our big shot now. If there is any disturbance, it will spread throughout the school very quickly."
Then he excitedly said, "Young Master, you have already been typed. According to the date, you will definitely not become type E, right?"
"That's great. Since neither of us is a special type, there's no conflict in being friends!"
Xu Qingran shook his shoulders and said noncommittally: "Who knows."
The academy gave the result of his gun case two days after Shen Tingyu left. The one who tampered with his weapon this time was a double S-level student in the same class. Xu Qingran was not very familiar with him and had only greeted him a few times, and it was always the other party who took the initiative.
The reason why he had a slight impression of him was because he remembered that the other party usually worked very hard and was one of the last people to leave the training ground.
The instructor also lamented: "I was also surprised when he came to me crying and admitted his mistake."
"Alas, what a pity! He is such a motivated student with good aptitude, why does he have to use such a small trick to ruin his future?"
Students who commit crimes will be forced to drop out of school without exception, and may even be banned from joining the military forever.
There was a special phone number in the villa that could be used to contact Shen Tingyu, and Xu Qingran told him about this that night.
After listening to him, the person on the phone just asked him: "What do you think of the handling results?"
Xu Qingran did not answer his question, but only asked: "Will you come back to the college base?"
Shen Tingyu paused and replied, "In the second half of the year, that should be when you learn the mecha course."
This time he only had to complete the tasks assigned by the Golden Wing Battalion. He had postponed the class that was originally scheduled for top students, so he had to come back again.
Xu Qingran thought about it after listening.
Mecha, if I remember correctly, should be the second to last learning project in his class group.
"Okay." He replied, "The time is good. I should have determined some results by then, so I can have you play with me."
Shen Tingyu was silent for a few seconds, then asked, "Will this trick of yours cost me my official position?"
Xu Qingran smiled: "It's hard to say?"
The person on the other side also chuckled: "Then I have to think about it first. You'd better think about how to convince me."
·
The learning of the new project is progressing smoothly.
It just took a long time, nearly two months.
Mainly like the spirit gun, some actual combat learning is required in the later stage. This time, in order to cooperate with outdoor survival and action, the alien creature site generated by the system will be in the wild area.
At the same time, the news that Xu Qingran was about to be finalized spread throughout the college. The school's senior officials also became more and more strict in observing Xu Qingran, which was completely different from the atmosphere he had faced in the previous few months.
Unable to become an E-type, he would not be attractive enough for them.
Xu Qingran was not in a good mood today, so he rarely stayed at the training ground until dark. He planned to go to the toilet to wash his face and hands before going to the cafeteria, but when he got to the door, he heard a few people talking about him behind his back.
"Since it is confirmed that Xu Qingran will not become an E-type, then why can he, an A-level ordinary person, become a specially invited student?"
The people who complained were the trainees from the rear-end team who were undergoing project training simultaneously with the front-end team.
They used to be Xu Qingran's classmates.
A small number of people were jealous and disgusted by his grand entrance, but they didn't mind when he was still assigned to the same class group and could bring common honor to everyone. But now that he has been promoted to the top class, both male and female classmates are discussing him, and they feel a little unbalanced.
"There has never been a shift change in the past. I heard that this new rule was made just for this young master."
"I really don't know what his status is. Even the royal relatives and nobles don't get the same treatment as him."
The man who came out of the cubicle with his pants lifted up laughed rudely: "Maybe he's selling his ass?"
"A Major General Lu from the Silver Dragon Battalion and a General Shen from the Golden Wing Battalion, what a great authority they have."
"Ha, maybe even the two at the top... Hey, I don't know what it feels like—"
As the topic of their conversation became more and more outrageous, the door of the toilet was suddenly kicked open. Then the person they were discussing walked in with a blank expression.
Obviously, he heard what they said.
They felt guilty and scared at first, but then they remembered that this was a military academy with strict rules and prohibitions on fighting, so they straightened their chests and said, "Are we wrong? You are now, at best, an ordinary S—Hmm!"
The leader was kicked away before he could finish his words.
It's the kind of force that comes with a mental impact.
Xu Qingran habitually locked the door before doing anything, and stared coldly at those people in front of him who usually left when the training was over, would never practice more if they could be lazy, and now liked to gather together to talk about others behind their backs.
Even the empire's top military academy is bound to have a small number of low-quality trash.
Xu Qingran thought to himself.
The others were frightened by his aggressive aura. Knowing that they were no match for him in terms of strength, they encouraged each other and threatened: "Xu Qingran, I'm warning you, if you cause trouble in the academy you will be expelled, so don't mess around!"
Xu Qingran sneered: "I don't want to cause trouble."
"I just saw that you are curious about the feeling of selling buttocks. Although I have never tried it, I am happy to help you get the answer."
In the toilet near a training ground in the underground base of Linglong City, the sound of ghosts crying and howling was soon heard.
·
"… Xu, aside from the previous reminder that you need to keep a calm mind, I also hope that you can understand that fighting in school is against the rules."
In a clinic room of the medical clinic, a military doctor was earnestly admonishing Xu Qingran who had just finished a fight.
Rather than fighting, it would be more accurate to say that he was venting his anger by unilaterally bullying the weak.
Xu Qingran said calmly: "I didn't fight, I was just helping them solve their doubts."
When this was mentioned, the military doctor's expression became complicated again. He hesitated for a long time before saying, "You, this... no matter what, you can't unplug the faucet pipe in the toilet cubicle and poke... poke your classmate's butt!"
Xu Qingran laughed sarcastically: "You heard it too, they were the ones who were curious first."
"I am just following the school motto to help my classmates and support their dreams. Is that wrong?"
The military doctor was speechless.
God knows how explosive the scene was when those students were carried to the medical center with metal tubes stuck in their anuses.
Anyway, all the medical staff in the clinic were shocked.
They had never seen such a horrifying scene since they were born!
Those people wanted to complain about Xu Qingran in a daze, but they didn't know where he got the audio, and he released the disgusting words in which they talked about others behind their backs and humiliated high-ranking officials and the royal family.
The rules of fighting were still within the academy, but humiliating high-ranking officials and royal family members was a serious crime, and in serious cases, the offender could be thrown directly into the evil tower and slapped to death. So if the school wanted to punish Xu Qingran, it would mean that they would also have to deal with the crimes of those people. If they didn't want their future to be ruined, they had to choose to settle the misunderstanding privately.
Therefore, even though the people who were beaten by Xu Qingran were ashamed and angry, they could only swallow the grievance with tears.
A system that hides its merits and fame: hehe.
After this incident, Xu Qingran became famous in the academy again.
Now, even if someone was dissatisfied with him or wanted to trip him up secretly, the idea was gone. No one even dared to talk about his decision anymore.
Because Xu Qingran got angry, his soul fluctuated beyond the safe data. He could only stay in the medical clinic and be treated with special instruments until his soul returned to a stable state. He was then allowed to leave.
Next, the training days went normally and smoothly.
Ni Xiaoyuan also heard about the toilet incident and complained to him during the break: "There are people like that, who are unwilling to work hard but still envy others."
"Aren't you in the same class as them now? Why don't you reflect on why you got promoted while they can only stay in the lower class?"
Xu Qingran curled the corner of his mouth slightly, not caring much.
Their current practice venue has been moved to an open-air wild area.
The wild area is also divided into several large areas according to the east, south, west and north, and their main activity area is the east. The creatures in the east are isolated by well-developed protective walls and fences, and the identity card of the supervisor here is required to enter and exit.
There are paths between each isolated area for people and vehicles to walk. The alien creatures in the East District are not completely closed and isolated, and are mainly provided for visits and teaching.
No one knew where Feng Wei had gone to hang out again.
When Xu Qingran and Ni Xiaoyuan were resting near the entrance of the wild area, they suddenly saw several sergeants leading a few outsiders whose style was out of place in the military academy. They were wearing down-to-earth cotton trousers, cotton jackets or down jackets, and they were accompanied by a few mechanical flying balls that looked a bit like those used in photography.
The soldiers led them without looking away, toward the walking path for visitors.
When Xu Qingran was passing by a group of people, he saw the work tags around their necks, which seemed to say something like 'Kaian Biological Research Team'.
Seeing that Ni Xiaoyuan looked normal, he asked in confusion, "I remember that the base of the military academy is not open to outsiders, right?"
Ni Xiaoyuan explained: "The main academy and other important military defense bases in the continent are forbidden to be open to the outside world, but the Linglong City base can be opened to the outside world."
"This was originally a place where the academy and the Imperial Biological Research Group cooperated. The people we just met should all be staff members of the team's official propaganda channel. In order to provide biological education and popularization to the people of the empire, they plan a program every year that lasts for half a month to a month."
"The program is in the form of live broadcast, and we will invite some guests from outside to cooperate to increase traffic and visibility."
"They should be here to scout the place today."
Ni Xiaoyuan didn't seem very interested in these things. She hissed and complained slightly: "It seems that this year's live broadcast will coincide with our class group training. I hope it won't disturb and disrupt our practice."
Xu Qingran deeply agreed.
In a blink of an eye, the training time came to the end of the month.
Xu Qingran's close combat was much more powerful than his long-range mental force gun, and he acted like a professional who had been trained in various extreme situations since childhood. Every move, counterattack, and response made the corresponding instructor burst into tears and said frankly that he was a talent!
So in this project, except for his mental strength, which was not as good as that of the students in the same class, he could not make any mistakes in other aspects. Even proud 3S students like Ni Xiaoyuan could not help but be conquered by his perfect skills and put aside their pride to ask him for advice.
At the same time, during the nearly half year that Xu Qingran had been in the military academy, such a post accidentally appeared on Xingya.
[Title: I lost contact with Mr. Xu for half a year. There is no related news to eat. I miss him. ]
The main building can be described in two simple words: As the title suggests.
Unexpectedly, there were quite a lot of people who replied and agreed with the post, causing this post to be pushed back to the front page from time to time.
Until this day, the post was pushed up crazily again.
[19667L: Stop missing it! Go check out the next post!]
[19668L: Keyword-specially invited student!]
[19996L: Woc, is the OP a summoner? The young master has been silent for half a year and there is no news at all. The OP has only posted for a few days and the melon is here! ]
On the forum homepage, a hot new post quickly became popular.
[Title: A specially invited student who was admitted to the school with great fanfare at the beginning of the school year may be expelled from the school soon! ]
(End of this chapter)