Chapter 027 Against the Heavens

The 30-meter-high climbing wall is only the limit of the climbing area, not for free climbing.

Chen Xiao'er looked up and finally understood why the indoor venue had such a large space: the gymnasium must be on top of the module because the ceiling is completely hollow, similar to the design of a bird's nest.

The edge of the dome is made of polygonal transparent bricks that are joined together to form an arched bulge. It seems that it can be closed when necessary to prevent rainwater from seeping in.

The attraction of the giant climbing wall is unremarkable. As soon as you enter the venue, your ears are filled with the sound of splashing water.

The vast swimming pool stretched almost to the edge; from the main entrance, only a small section of the water surface could be seen. While the freshmen still stood on the shore like ducklings, the veterans had already donned their diving suits and dove into the water with a splash.

The pool water is clear and transparent, and it glows a clear light blue under the sunlight and light.

However, the pool's bottom was so deep that it was completely invisible from the edge. Looking down, the water was thick and blurry, and even the diver's silhouette was lost in the darkness.

Diving and rock climbing alone require an extremely large space, but a gymnasium is a gymnasium and naturally it must have other sports functions as well.

There are circular running tracks, football, basketball and volleyball courts, and you can also see golf holes on the hillsides and flat land, but no one is playing golf at the moment.

Ding ding ding ding——

"Run!"

As soon as the starting gun sounded, the seniors took off running, raising a cloud of dust on the track.

Then they ran directly into different areas. Some of them crossed the railings, some went rock climbing, and some for some reason took a piece of bread from the corner and stuffed it into their mouths, eating while running and no one cared.

Yo hu——

As Chen Xiao'er watched in shock, the young man wearing a hang glider jumped down from the platform.

He and his classmate who was doing pole vaulting formed an X shape in the air, and both fell into the red circle in the sand pit and grass.

All the sports students in the school are here.

In fact, this is not a physical education class, but some kind of prank variety show, or is it a warning from the seniors to the freshmen?

Looking at the five-meter-high parallel bars, Chen Xiao'er's legs went weak and she quietly took two steps back.

"Lin Lang, are we in the wrong place?"

"You've come to the right place."

Chen Xiao'e looked at her companion seriously and asked word by word, "Are you sure we have physical education here? Are you sure physical education is a required course at Taoli University?"

Lin Lang nodded seriously. "Yes, it's a required course. Failures in other subjects can be discussed, but passing physical education is required to graduate. You can't change it."

Chen Xiao'er covered her face and felt a little dizzy. It might be because she got up too early in the morning and started to hear auditory hallucinations.

Haha, hahaha, don’t worry too much, don’t be too scared, the difficulty level after formal classes will definitely be different from the difficulty level shown by enthusiasts.

Since it is a compulsory course, most people will definitely be able to pass it with hard work!

In order to protect her fragile little heart, Xiao'er did not ask Lin Lang, who was good at sports, this time. Instead, she took out her mobile phone and logged into the campus network and began to check the entries about compulsory and elective courses.

Physical education is really compulsory.

At Taoli University, the physical education class is called Comprehensive Physical Education - Comprehensive Physical Fitness, which includes 36 sports that are so numerous that it makes you dizzy.

The good news is that you don't have to choose all of them. The bad news is that in addition to meeting the physical fitness test requirements, every student must be proficient in at least one [Basic Physical Education], and must also pass diving, running, rope climbing, and long jump.

Basic physical education includes:

Ancient martial arts (roughly divided into eight schools), modern fighting (including simple weapons), shooting (including bows and guns), horseback riding (including horseback combat)

Special driving (trucks are not included, at least speedboats and helicopters are required, and corresponding vehicle repairs must be learned)

Remote control of flying equipment (additional use of hang gliders and slings, optional required mechanical training)

Chen Xiao'er looked at her phone left and right, but she couldn't figure out what the basis of these sports that were a mixture of classical and modern was - why would I go to university after I finish learning, wouldn't it be better to go straight into a repair shop?

If she hadn't been reluctant to part with her Taoli University diploma, she would have been considering buying a ticket home.

I want to be a person who is useful to the society, but learning these things in college can directly determine my life path and completely solve the employment problem!

“Proficiency in physical education is about how proficient…”

Chen Xiao'e put away her phone and slowly made her way to the shooting range. Compared to special driving, shooting required the least skill and was also safer. She only had to worry about friendly fire and not getting killed.

She is still very confident in her classmates' shooting skills.

Lin Lang glanced at the target and made a biu~ gesture. "I'm proficient in ancient martial arts, but if you're asking about shooting...shooting a moving target a hundred meters away, hitting nine out of ten is pretty good."

Her tone was quite relaxed, as if to emphasize, "It's just a matter of hitting the target. The number of rings doesn't matter. It's super easy~"

Chen Xiao'er stopped. "Can you do this?"

Lin Lang scratched his head. "It was OK when I was 12, and it should be OK now. I need more practice."

Chen Xiao'e fell into deep thought. How was she going to tell her friends that she wanted to choose a sport she could pass while lying down? If that didn't work, kneeling or crawling would also work.

"Newcomer? Hello~ Newcomer~"

They stood there for a long time. The teacher only paid attention to the seniors and did not call the newcomers to assemble. Instead, several seniors came over to the two of them.

A black-haired senior student wearing a half-eyepatch stood in front of them, looking at Chen Xiao'er with interest. She pounded her left palm with her right hand and said, "Are you Chen Xiao'er? The one who's so powerful in the cafeteria! Wow, this class of newcomers is really brave."

The corners of Chen Xiao'er's mouth twitched a little: Senior sister, the one who is "showing great power" is not me.

"You're too kind. I just happened to be passing by. Now that I think about it, I'm pretty scared."

Fortunately, this senior student seemed quite generous and didn't seem to be sarcastic.

In front of everyone, she took out her cell phone and swiped the screen to a picture, which showed Chen Xiao'er standing among her classmates to prevent a dispute.

"Look, look, this is called fear?"

The senior pointed at her expressionless face in the picture, shook her phone, and put it away. Then, with a look of careful scrutiny, she asked shyly, "Are you interested in sharing a dorm with me? We get along pretty well."

"Are you interested in joining my combat team? Your superpowers are quite suitable."

Chen Xiao'er looked embarrassed: "I'm sorry, senior sister..."

"Oh~it's okay! My name is Wang Zhen, you can just call me Sister Wang from now on." The black-haired senior student waved her hand readily and pulled out the others to introduce them.

"We're both from the class of 2016, and we're actually graduating soon. If it weren't for physical education, we wouldn't have met. By the way, what sports are you proficient in?"

Senior sister, you really bring up things that are not related to the topic.

Chen Xiao'er lowered her head in sorrow and rubbed against Lin Lang's side. "I only learned running and ordinary driving in high school. I don't know anything else..."

"What?! Where did you learn that before?!"

Not only Wang Zhen, but other seniors and even a passing student exclaimed in amazement.

Xiao'er felt like a thorn in her back, like a child who grew up alone in a poor environment, and suddenly found herself out of tune with her classmates when she went to college.

Fortunately, Wang Zhen is such a nice person. She quickly waved her hand and changed the subject: "It's okay, you can learn the same thing later. Shooting and driving are both very practical. By the way..."

There happened to be a diving pool right next to them, so Wang Zhen walked over to the pool and warmly called her over. "Diving is great! With your talent, learning this is no joke. Come on, give it a try today."

"Great! Your superpower is perfect for this. You can dive deep without getting contaminated, right? Come on, give it a try."

Chen Xiao'er walked to the edge of the pool and looked down. The water was very clean and calm.

Diving? It seems quite suitable.

While it's not a basic physical education subject, it's still a required skill. Rather than looking like a dead fish during the actual class, it's better to practice before school starts.

Thinking of this, she shyly agreed: "Okay, please teach me~"

Wang Zhen promised confidently, "That's right. Come, let me teach you some preparatory moves."

Xiao'ai followed her senior student through the warm-up exercises, went to the locker room to change into a diving suit, and then put on the helmet and the diving bag on her back in front of everyone.

Wang Zhen enthusiastically helped her connect the tube. The moment the tube was opened, it seemed that some liquid flowed into her nasal cavity.

Chen Xiao'er sniffed and found that it was not water, but moist bubbles.

She had never dived before and didn't know what it felt like to breathe oxygen, so she didn't pay much attention to it.

Xiao'ai walked to the edge of the pool and carefully put one foot in.

She thought of diving slowly and just making two shallow dives. However, the moment her toes touched the water, a warm feeling suddenly enveloped her entire body.

So soft...

Xiao'ai opened her arms and sank into the "water body" as if hugging it.

She seemed to be able to feel some particles leaping happily in her mind, resonating harmoniously with the cells in her body.

Is this diving?

Chen Xiao'er "opened her eyes", and the vision behind the lenses was crystal clear, emitting a soft glow.

There are fish at the bottom of the pool, as well as large and small aquatic creatures, and pink-blue, pink-green, and bright-red jellyfish.

At the bottom of the lightless pool, life is all the light.

It’s really - so beautiful.

…

"Xiao'e, Xiao'e?! Chen Xiao'e——" Lin Lang lay on the tiles and roared loudly, occasionally reaching out to touch the water.

Hiss...it's too corrosive!

"You can't get down there without protective gear." Wang Zhen calmly put his hands in his pockets and soothed him, "It's okay. Although there was a problem, with her superpowers, the air down there should be almost as good as air~"

"How can you be sure she's okay?" Lin Lang slammed the floor angrily.

Who just said, "With your superpowers, you can definitely dive deep!"? Xiao'er's superpowers actually rendered her diving gear useless!

"I can confirm this." The boy behind Wang Zhen pushed up his glasses. "Her vital signs are very stable, close to deep sleep."

"…So what do we do now?"

Wang Zhen patted Lin Lang's shoulder and motioned her to look to the side: "It's okay. Look, the person who is not afraid of the influence of the abyss is here."

To be precise, it is not a person, but an apostle.

The students stopped what they were doing and looked towards the hollow dome.

A pure white figure descended from the sky, slowly falling into the pool shrouded in gray fog, and opened its embrace to the abyss.

…

So comfortable.

So warm, so warm all around...and so soft.

"Xiao Ai."

Chen Xiao'er fluttered her eyelashes, unwilling to open them. Strange jellyfish were flying around her, and in the distance, pink whales were soaring.

"Student Chen Xiao'e."

The calling voice has a special texture. It is very moist, but it has an illusion of being inorganic and lifeless, reminiscent of a puppet holding a glass bead in its mouth.

Zila, zila—one by one, the glass beads rolled into the grid, completely disrupting the coordinated pathways. The mysterious sense of connection around my body disappeared.

"You're awake."

The voice suddenly became clear, and with it came a flood of emotion, like a long-dried land suddenly gushing with crystal water.

Chen Xiao'er opened her eyes and rubbed her head in a daze.

It's so soft... even softer than water—

“Wow!!!”

She screamed like a groundhog and rolled over on the ground.

In the end, he was caught by the senior student and pushed back onto his knees, with his little head just resting on a soft surface.

"Don't move, are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere?"

A gentleness shone in Rei-san's icy blue eyes. Even from such a close distance, the pores on her delicate cheeks were invisible; she was mesmerized by the clearness of her irises.

Xiao'er's face became redder and hotter.

She puffed out her cheeks and shouted excitedly, "0...0, Senior Zero, I feel comfortable everywhere!"

"That's good."

Zero smiled.

Unlike most people's smiles, her smile is shallow and gradual, like a goddess walking down from a scroll.

It’s truly blooming.

…

Crash, crash.

It was late at night. Chen Xiao'er opened the bathroom door and got into her sleeping bag with a pensive expression.

A lot happened in gym class today, so—

Did Senior Zero give me artificial respiration?

Who should I ask about artificial respiration in a natural way? Lin Lang? Sister Wang? Or… No, no, no, forget it! Don't overthink it!

Xiao'er buried her head in the pillow, despising herself for being obsessed with looks.

Don’t be so self-indulgent!

That extremely, extremely beautiful senior student only jumped in to save someone because someone was drowning, and that person just happened to be me.

She touched her lips and warned her heart:

No artificial respiration! No artificial respiration, everything is normal~ Besides, does it matter whether there is artificial respiration or not?

Very important.

unimportant!

Chen Xiao'er knocked her head hard and ordered herself to go to bed quickly.

Sleep, sleep immediately, sleep now!

She slowly closed her eyes, letting her soul sink into the sweet...

Beep beep.

The phone rang, and I looked at it again.

【Zero application to add...】

Confirm, confirm, confirm! Xiao Ai pressed the confirmation button so hard that her phone almost started smoking.

【Address book friends have been added】

Yay!

Xiao'er quickly sent a cute emoticon.

【Xiao Ai: (Bunny holding flowers)】

[Xiao Ai: Hello, Senior~]

After a few seconds

【Zero: Hello.】

That's great, that's great~ Senior sister must have something important to tell me~

Her smirking face was reflected on the screen.

One minute, two minutes... 10 minutes passed and there was no new reply.

Could it be that the senior sister really just added it casually?

Xiao'er's mood gradually turned cold, but she didn't want to go to bed directly, so she simply clicked on other friends to chat with them first.

[Xiao Ai: Sister Lan, are you asleep?]

【Lan: Asleep.】

【Xiao Ai: Good night.】

[Xiao Ai: Xiao Nuan, it’s so late, remember to go to bed early.]

【Xiao Nuan: Ok, good night. 】

【Xiao Ai: Good night.】

Lin Lang had already fallen asleep, and his high school classmates were still on summer vacation.

Who else is in the address book?

She noticed a note. [Greasy Rich Second Generation (owing food)]

Oh, yes. I still owe this friend a meal.

One should never default on debts. With the mentality that it is better to pay it back early than late, and the sooner you pay, the sooner you will be blocked, Xiao'er took the initiative to send a text message.

[Xiao Ai: I still owe you a meal. When and where should we eat?]

…

Purple energy rolled in the abyss, swallowing up large mountain ranges and melting the abyss gold inside.

Do you dare to struggle and want to pay off your debts? Absolutely not.

Humans seem to like following [rules] very much, and coincidentally, I like them too.

So I will declare war.

Be thankful, foolish and lowly prey.

…

【Xinaya: I want to eat you.】

“…”

Chen Xiao'er's silence was deafening.

Modify the remarks.

[The greasy shrimp head of the rich second generation (blacklisted after eating)]

confirm.

Sleep! She rolled up her sleeping bag and closed her eyes indignantly.