Chapter 38: Statue

Lin Han had a dream.

In the dream, he was still in the white car, he was alone, Su Fu was not around.

There was no one in the other vehicles, and no one on the road. The entire college was empty.

Only him.

The car took Lin Han from the school gate to the dormitory at an extremely slow speed, much slower than he remembered.

At this time, Lin Han was not nervous because there was no one around, nor was he impatient because of the slow pace. In his dream, he was sitting on the same white stool, with a cup of black tea in front of him that was slightly steaming from beginning to end. He took a sip from time to time, his eyes lingering on the backward scene.

It was a place so clean that there was hardly any dust to be seen. Even the hard-to-clean gaps between the tables and stools were spotless, as if someone had wiped them carefully with a handkerchief before he sat down.

Or perhaps it could be said that every speck of dust floating in the air is blown away by the wind to where it should go, without being contaminated by even a tiny bit of the environment here.

The same goes for the flower beds, the soil is soil, the bricks are bricks, and the boundaries are clear.

His eyes were like magnifying glasses, able to see everything he wanted to see. Those buildings were different from the vague ones in his memory. Even the patterns on the columns were clearly visible. He was clearly in the carriage of a tram, but Lin Han felt as if he was underneath it. He looked up and felt a little insignificant.

In his dream, he walked the same path he had come from. Su Fu's soft voice accompanied him, telling him where those places were.

Teaching building, library, training ground...dormitory.

When almost reaching the dormitory building, Lin Han caught a glimpse of other buildings in the distance, casting a large shadow in the photo, but it was too far away. Lin Han squinted his eyes, and the magnifying glass didn't work well, so he couldn't see clearly at all and had to give up.

He got out of the car only after it stopped, and then woke up from his dream.

Lin Han took two more steps and found it difficult to lift her feet. She looked down and saw that the corner of the quilt was sticking up high and then slowly put down again.

He slept well.

It was clear that he had not wasted any time in the dream, as he had used it all to recognize the road and the place. However, he was full of energy, and the moment he realized that he was awake, he opened his eyes completely, without any desire to turn over and go back to sleep.

But he still wanted to lie down for a while longer because the bed and quilt were really comfortable.

He slept more comfortably than at home.

He wasn't exaggerating. If he worked during the day and took a nap in the game after get off work at night... Lin Han couldn't imagine how good his work condition would be the next day.

Lin Han, who is already unemployed and at home, inevitably falls into the old habits of a working person and is even thinking about how to exploit himself.

Lin Han: “…”

No, forget about that and just enjoy the game.

Lin Han got up and washed his face before beginning to look around his dormitory.

There is one bedroom, one living room, one kitchen, one bathroom, and a large empty room. Judging from the arrangement of the cabinets and tables inside, although it is empty, it is probably a study. The total area is about 90 square meters. The decoration style is clean and gentle, and it looks very comfortable.

Lin Han had been to a colleague’s rented house before. It was not even half the size of this one. Once people moved in and took their belongings, it was full. He commented that it was “uninhabitable.”

There were no entertainment equipment in the house, only some necessary daily necessities. There was a white round alarm clock on the living room table, and the hands were ticking towards 7:20.

Lin Han slept long enough that he woke up until the next morning.

He opened the curtains and looked out. The dense green leaves of the trees were close together. The early morning sunlight fell on the tender green leaves, reflecting shimmering fish-scale patterns, making it almost impossible for him to open his eyes.

The wind is blowing and the leaves are rustling.

A leaf was blown by the wind and floated in front of Lin Han, landing on the windowsill. The raised tip of the leaf swayed twice, and then spun and fell onto the lawn downstairs.

As a college dormitory, the environment is extremely good.

At first, before entering the "new world", Lin Han wanted to be an ordinary person in it and experience life again. Now everything can almost be said to completely satisfy Lin Han's wishes. It's a pity that everything is based on the premise of "fantasy mode".

Lin Han sighed, leaned back on the sofa, and checked his messages again.

【Player Information】

Name: Lin Han

Race: Human

Role: An ordinary student who just received an admission letter

Rarity: Hidden-Hidden

Plane: Academy

This information is exactly the same as when Lin Han first saw it, without any changes.

He completed the report before the required time. Although he did not pass the entrance examination, he was still the same as before, with only an admission letter and no real college student status. However, he could continue playing the game and maintain his hidden character identity.

Lin Han thought so until he saw the updated review below.

Evaluation: Relax, failure is not terrible, because you still have a second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth... chance!

Lin Han: “…”

If he understood correctly, this meant that no matter how many times he failed, he could continue his entrance examination until he passed.

What to do if you don’t have enough strength? Just rely on frequency.

Now, Lin Han seems to have become a complete relative.

He can't be that useless, right?

Lin Han reflected.

But he was silent for a while as he still had no strong means of self-protection. He still faced the reality - if he was sent back to the "factory" copy again, he might not be able to do better than before. He couldn't even guarantee that he would be able to successfully break free from the iron ring like the first time without Yin Yue's help.

People change.

At this moment, Lin Han knew that even if he failed, he would have to try again. Knowing how badly his hand would be injured if he did that, he subconsciously feared this future and could not bear to do it at the critical moment.

The Lin Han who had a small outburst of emotion at that time due to the thought of "not wanting to die" was the Lin Han of that time. The Lin Han now has turned back into the ordinary person he was at the beginning.

He would most likely choose to call for help, and then Yin Yue would come to save him. The development of the situation would be completely different from the first time, and in that case, when he faced Yin Yue, his complete savior, he would completely lose the reason to be afraid, but he was scared to death of Yin Yue.

I can't even pretend.

Lin Han will die faster than last time.

Lin Han fell on the sofa, ending his meaningless imagination.

He would never enter the "Factory" copy again, and he would never encounter Silver Moon again. This imagination was of no use except making him more nervous.

Lin Han continued to look down, and the status bar did not change. The BUFF that Su Fu gave him was still there.

In addition, he also saw the experience column. He had not noticed it before, but now the "Factory" copy was prominently displayed in it, but its name was gray. Lin Han tried to open it but to no avail, which probably represented his failure.

There is also an option to leave the game.

He stared for a long time and silently closed the information interface, not wanting to look like a waste.

Fortunately, Lin Han’s private time was not long, and Su Fu arrived soon.

He asked about whether Lin Han had had a good rest last night. After Lin Han awkwardly made some polite remarks, he took Lin Han to familiarize himself with the academy again as Jiang Xuchen requested.

After a few words, Lin Han was immersed in it and completely forgot that he was playing a role in the game and communicating with people, and gradually it became natural.

As a prospective freshman, everyone was incredibly kind to Lin Han, including, but not limited to, the young chef in the cafeteria, who scooped him a generous spoonful of meat with a steady hand. When they passed the dessert area, a black man in a white chef's hat chased him for a free sample, offering him a cup of yogurt, and Su Fu as well. At the training ground, where he had first met Su Fu, all the students training there slowed down their movements, perhaps out of fear that he wouldn't be able to see clearly. Of course, Lin Han still couldn't see what he shouldn't be able to see clearly...

There are many mixed elements in the training ground, including magic, spells, and methods that seem like immortal spells. Lin Han is really interested in them.

Like every Blue Star person, he has a natural desire and curiosity about these things.

"Will I learn these after I enter school?" Lin Han asked while standing outside the glass wall.

He stared intently inside, and seeing the people inside flying over a large distance with just a light tap of their feet, he couldn't help but get involved.

Su Fu chuckled: "Yes, you will have a lot to learn by then, this is just part of it."

Lin Han was really tempted, and secretly swore in his heart that he would work harder in the next copy, become a member of the academy as soon as possible, and take the classes he should take.

Lin Han also went to the library.

In the circular white building, you can hardly see the top floor when you look up. Starting from the first floor, there are neatly arranged books in all directions. A dazzling crystal chandelier hangs in the center, and a sparkling teardrop-shaped pendant falls above the central pool. Everything is illuminated brightly.

The spiral staircases are only on the first to third floors, and to go up further you have to rely on the teleportation arrays on both sides.

Su Fu took Lin Han to experience it once. There was nothing special about it. There was no sense of weightlessness or dizziness. Lin Han didn't even feel the change in altitude. He could tell the difference by the different crystal chandeliers he saw when he looked outside.

Everything is a very novel feeling, if Lin Han could understand the text of the books in the library.

Lin Han picked up a book at random and lowered his head. The contents of the pages seemed to be filled with mosaics, and he couldn't make out any of the content.

Lin Han didn’t think this was a mistake on the part of “New World”, probably because he hadn’t really become a student of the academy yet.

Now he is not only a useless little loser, but also an "illiterate".

There was another place where Su Fu chose to take Lin Han there last.

Prayer Hall.

It is called a prayer hall, but it is not actually an enclosed place, but a square, because it cannot be enclosed at all.

Like the entrance to the academy, there are many waterways here. Fiery red hair flashed in the clear water. It was the mermaid named Kaka that Lin Han had seen before. She stopped and looked at Lin Han twice. Perhaps she recognized him. The fins beside her ears twitched, then she turned around and swam into the water without splashing a single splash.

The waterway formed a circle in front, and inside was a green area with a huge statue of a goddess standing in the center.

Lin Han saw it before he got close. It was a goddess with her head slightly lowered, her right hand clenched in front of her chest and her left hand covering it, as if praying.

She was taller than many of the previous buildings. The shadow that Lin Han glimpsed from afar in his dream was her, but the closer he got, the less clear her full appearance became. In the end, Lin Han could only see the hem of her skirt.

It seemed as if the sun was always hanging above her head, without any shadow cast. Lin Han looked up, and the sunlight was so bright that she couldn't open her eyes.

I don’t know how such a statue was carved. Perhaps you can only have the chance to see it in the game world.

Lin Han stared blankly for a while before looking away, tears actually streaming down her face.

Many people in the square were standing near or far away, with their heads bowed and praying in the same posture. Lin Han turned around and saw Su Fu beside him, also in the prayer posture.

He lowered his head, and the white satin ribbon was slightly loose, swaying gently in the breeze. Lin Han could see his white eyelashes trembling slightly, as if covered with a layer of light, so white that it was almost transparent.

Lin Han was stunned again. After coming to his senses, he turned around and tried to strike the same posture so as not to appear weird among the crowd.

"This is the statue of Miss Ling, the principal of the academy." Su Fu suddenly spoke from the side, his voice as ethereal as a distant narration.

"You can pray to her and everything will get better."

Lin Han wondered if the statue would respond to students who hadn't yet enrolled. He silently prayed, "Principal, please allow me to pass the entrance exam."

He lowered his head and closed his eyes. The sunlight here did not feel hot at all when it fell on his hair, but only slightly warm. He didn't know if it was a psychological effect, but he was just standing there, but it felt like something was gently caressing the top of his head.

Lin Han opened his eyes, and there was nothing in front of him.