Chapter 113

The not-so-spacious small living room was packed with five or six male insects. As soon as Lin arrived, he was pulled by the male insect who had been standing at the door to the only two empty seats.

This male insect, with his long brown hair tied into a ponytail and cascading over his shoulders, had a face comparable to Rin's. His features were more delicate, but he was half a head taller than Rin. He said with a smile after pushing Rin onto the stool.

"You are finally here. We have been waiting for you for a long time."

This is Jing, who has always had a good relationship with Lin.

Lin blinked his eyes. He was sure that he was not late at all. In fact, it was already much earlier than the agreed time.

"I didn't expect you guys to be so enthusiastic." He held the water cup that was stuffed into his hand, a playful smile on his lips, and said, "When I told you about it before, you all said you weren't interested. Now..."

The male insects who heard this only felt like they were being slapped in the face: ...

"You can't blame us for this. Who knew this would be true?" Jing said with a helpless smile.

The red-haired male insect Xia sighed and said, "We are not as brave as you, daring to disobey the order of the male father and run to sign up."

The orders of their father were an iron rule that could not be disobeyed for these immature male insects. Even the male insect cubs who were brought up in pampering would pay a "painful" price if they dared to challenge this.

Lin had told them this when she wanted to sign up, but after they went back to ask Xiong's father, they all got the reply "no". Only Lin was so stubborn that he dared to act first and ask for permission later.

"It turns out that my decision was right." Lin raised an eyebrow and said, "Registering now is much more difficult than before."

This is indeed true.

Thinking of the unprecedentedly long line at the registration point, Jingjing nodded, a little worried: "Rin, even though we listened to you and registered early, we may not be selected."

"There are many female insects ahead of us. Judging by the number of selected ones, it's a bit dangerous."

Lin smiled mysteriously and said, "Don't worry, there will be no problem."

"I heard from Mr. Lingyi that the admission numbers for male and female insects are calculated separately."

Zero One Teacher was the abbreviation given to Unicorn 1-01 by the first batch of graduates from Area 1. Regardless of the previous relationship between the Unicorns and the Zerg, they were taught by them, so calling them Teacher was their due.

"Will he favor us?" An, who was sitting on the side, holding his face and chewing fruit, his eyes lit up: "Should we be given priority?"

"Of course not." Lin twitched his lips. Facing An's question, he replied, "The number of choices will be increased, about 1:3. One male insect and three female insects..."

Most of the space in the teaching area used as classrooms is still empty. In order to maximize utilization, it is normal to increase the number of students admitted in the second batch.

The male insect cubs did not refute Rin's words. They knew that Rin had a good relationship with the two one-horned teachers in charge of admissions, so it was normal for her to know some inside information that they did not know.

"Also, this time the male insects will be recruited in the order of registration. Maybe you will have the opportunity to study in the same classroom with your male father." Lin threw out a sentence, and immediately scared the male insect cubs present so much that they were dumbfounded and didn't know what expression to make.

"Are you kidding? With Xiong's father?" Yu, who usually loves to play pranks and is most afraid of his Xiong's father, said restlessly.

"It's just a possibility, not a certainty. What are you afraid of?" Ming patted Yu's shoulder carelessly and said nonchalantly, "I'm looking forward to it. Do you think this is interesting?"

"Xiao Ning, are you right?"

When his name was called, Ning, the youngest male insect present, nodded expressionlessly: "It is indeed very interesting."

The male insects present all have the best relationship with Lin. Their ages are not much different from each other. The only one who is the youngest, Ning, is only half a year older than Lin, who is about to become an adult.

Jing's personality is much calmer than the other male insects. Therefore, even though Rin is the eldest, it is always Jing who takes on the role of parent when they are together.

"Rin, is there any other news?"

"Yes." Rin generously shared what he knew with them. Strictly speaking, these were all things he had discussed with Sano before, and he had indeed heard them from 'Teacher Zero One'.

As the only male insect among the first batch of graduates, this identity brings a lot of convenience to Lin.

"You should know that the first-year students will soon be transitioning from basic courses to elementary courses."

The male insects, led by Jing, nodded in unison.

Lin snapped his fingers and said, "They think this pace is not conducive to the teaching progress, so in the second phase of teaching, they will add a mechanism for skipping grades. As long as you can prove that you can learn on your own and keep up with the learning progress of the elementary class, you can directly transfer to the next class."

Ming said happily: "That's great! If I learn quickly, I can be your classmate."

"That sounds right." Xia pointed out the key point and said helplessly, "But, Ming, are you sure you can meet this requirement?"

"It should be possible, right? Don't we still have Rin? It will be no problem with Rin teaching us." Ming was not worried at all.

The basic education curriculum wasn't difficult. Two weeks wasn't necessary for Rin, nor for many intelligent Zerg. With the introduction of the skipping mechanism, the already short study time would likely be shortened even further.

If they hadn't considered that a small number of male insects might not be able to keep up, Lin and Sano originally wanted to directly shorten the study time, for example, to ten days or one week, so that they could complete the literacy task faster.

——To educate the Zerg in the entire gathering place, just imagine how huge the task is.

In order to cope with this task, Lin and Sano decided to take the offline diversion method.

That is, after a group of Zergs who have completed the primary courses graduate, the group with average grades will be selected to serve as teachers of basic education courses in each district, and more small-class teaching will be carried out to immerse all illiterate Zergs in the ocean of knowledge in the shortest time possible.

"So you have to study harder from now on, right?" Lin said meaningfully.

After demonstrating his astonishing learning speed over the past ten days, he had been given some free time to do things. During this free time, he did quite a bit, or rather, he caught up with his unlearned and idle friends to resist becoming illiterate.

But unfortunately, not every friend is as interested in learning as he is.

This doesn't mean that they don't study hard, but they just don't focus on their studies wholeheartedly.

...Instead of learning to read, Jing and the others also need to prepare for adulthood in the near future, so they focus more on learning some special techniques such as how to make female insects conceive eggs quickly.

In response to this, Lin, who only loves learning, wants to stick books on their faces so that they can know the joy of learning instead of flipping through colored picture books over and over again.

"You're right." Ning thought for a moment, confirmed his idea, and said, "I will urge Ming."

Ming puffed up his cheeks, let out a long "What the hell?", turned his head and leaned on Yu's shoulder, muttering, "I'm studying very seriously, okay?"

Yu pushed his open-minded head and said mercilessly: "Come on, you are the least serious one."

Lin Xiao watched them playing and laughing, and in his mind he was already thinking about how to pass on everything he had learned to them.

He knew clearly that his power was limited. If he wanted to change the current situation of the Zerg, he needed more help.

And help is right at hand.

**

In the home of the one-horned man Galen.

Sano's face was displayed on the projected screen. 1-01 and 1-05 were writing furiously, while Garen was in charge of nodding and writing down what Sano said.

"Class divisions...education of the young Zerg of Tianjia...winter support..." Sano picked out the more important contents and talked about them again so that Garen and the others would not take it lightly.

After a long while, Sano finally finished explaining everything he needed to say, and he ended the call without stopping.

Garen breathed a sigh of relief and said to 01 and 05, "Do you understand? Next, do as Lord Sano says."

"For this mission, the two of you have second only to me in terms of authority to mobilize resources within the gathering place."

01 and 05 were delighted. With this statement, their status was higher than that of other unicorns. Even the unicorns in charge of the other 48 districts had to listen to them.

"We might not have enough manpower," 01 said. "We don't have many, and even if we redeploy personnel from other positions, it won't be enough."

"Since we are short on manpower, can we select Zerg from the first batch of graduates to help us reduce the burden?"

01's proposal fell into Garen's ears, making him hesitate for a while and not make a decision immediately.

After a long while, Galen said, "You can let them help, but there must be a limit. Don't let them touch things they shouldn't touch."

As the Tianjia Zerg's understanding of this world becomes more and more complete, they will sooner or later discover that there is something wrong with "their world", and those "things" that they should not discover will one day be known by them.

Of course, 01 also understood Garen's thoughts, which was to keep it secret as long as possible.

There is no other good solution right now. I just hope the base can come up with a solution, otherwise... a rebellion and riot is inevitable.

Having experienced this, they know this very well.

"We'll be careful." 01 didn't refute the unrealistic words of Garen.

What he cared more about was that with Garen's words, there would be no problem using the Tianjia Zerg in the future. At least he would not be labeled as self-willed by other unicorns.

After 01 and 05 left, Garen sat on the sofa, his frown showing no sign of relaxing.

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In the wilderness.

The approaching harsh winter forced the Zerg, who had been hunting in the wasteland, to stop their actions.

They are not the only ones who have to survive the winter, and in order to survive the winter, the animals are far more ferocious and difficult to deal with than usual.

But they are afraid, but the original Zerg are not.

After no longer having to hide from the Tianjia Zerg, the original Zerg became more reckless in hunting mutant beasts.

Those mutant beasts that originally posed a huge threat to the Tianjia Zerg fell one after another under the sharp blades and encirclement of the Swift Blade Bugs, and their corpses were cut up and transported... They would be skinned and fur stripped, and the remaining flesh and blood mixed with bones would be put into the large funnel of the canning machine and crushed, and finally turned into meat paste and fell into cans on the conveyor belt.

All of this is known only to the dead mutant beasts, apart from the original Zerg who diligently carry out the Overlord's orders.

On the other side, in the wilderness even further away from the wasteland.

This is the southeast of the wasteland. The primitive Zerg are working here, and their enthusiasm is no less than that of the group in the wasteland.

I saw that there were several strange earthen kilns on the land that should have been empty with only some old buildings and withered plants left.

Along with it is a large amount of mined yellow mud, which was mined on site not far away and then transported here by a team of insects.

Not far from the earthen kiln is Lei.

He was holding a blueprint in his hand and directing the armored insects and clay molds beside him. A furnace in front had already been lit. At this moment, a special team of insects climbed onto the proposed stone brick platform and was responsible for pouring ore into the iron furnace in a round-the-clock manner.

...The molten iron flows out from another port of the furnace and falls into the mold that has been prepared long ago. After cooling and solidifying, it becomes pieces of fine steel ingots.

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