Chapter 71 Night Swimming
Beep, it's 6:30 pm Shenghua time.
Chen Xiao'er walked out of the elevator and looked back at the cafeteria: the square corridor above was bustling with people, but Senior Sister Ling was not there.
It’s not even 7 o’clock yet, so the senior should still be busy at the Student Union.
If I go to the gym now, will it be too early... She took out her cell phone and turned on the screen. Ling didn't seem to be used to sending text messages. Her communication column was as clean as always.
Beep beep.
Senior?
Xiao'er's eyes lit up, and a campus notification popped up.
Dear classmate Chen Xiao'e, hello!
Thank you for your active participation in the military training and for bringing back a scoring item for the group. Your outstanding performance has been recorded and will be used to increase your final and regular score ratings.
[Please also check that 10,000 points of college contribution can be used for free spending on campus]
【I wish you a happy life and good fortune in martial arts. 】
Uh... Chen Xiao'er's brain froze for a few seconds.
So that script-killing game is so important?! It doesn't actually add x points, but rather directly increases your overall rating. If I understand correctly, this means that if your original rating was a B, it can be directly increased to B+ or even A?
No, it shouldn't be that exaggerated. It's just a slight increase in basic points - but that's also exaggerated!
Xiao Ai swiped the screen and noticed that there were 10,000 contribution points.
She had no idea at first, but when she thought about it carefully, she exclaimed in shock: even if you don't count those souvenirs that can only be purchased with contribution points, the purchasing power of the school's contribution points is also exaggerated!
If converted based on energy bars of the same gram weight, the purchasing power of contribution value and universal currency is approximately 1:8 to 1:10, which is equivalent to the school issuing nearly 100,000 shopping vouchers in one go.
Moreover, the purchasing power of Red Star's universal currency is slightly higher than that of Blue Star's yuan, especially in many roadside shops, which are willing to give you a whole piece of cake for one coin.
10,000 contribution points can cover all the living expenses for four years of college and still have some left over!
Chen Xiao'er hesitated for a while holding her phone, and then honestly sent a text message to her most familiar teacher.
Xiao Ai: Hello, Professor Mi Luo. The school just awarded me 10,000 Contribution Points for my performance during military training. Isn't that a bit exaggerated? QWQ Could you please check if there are any errors in the data? Thank you, Professor.
She waited there for a few minutes, and the professor responded.
Miroku: The data is correct, don't worry. This event is special, so the rewards are generous. The school has sufficient funding, so at least we won't let down outstanding students in terms of material conditions.
【Milo: Keep studying hard.】
Xiao Ai: Thank you, Professor! Sorry to bother you!
Huh~ Chen Xiao'er breathed a sigh of relief, at least there were no financial problems.
As for why they award 10,000 points, it's probably because the school is really rich. Military training only happens once a year, so maybe it's like a "Military Training Excellence Award," where the best student gets a scholarship that's enough to last four years?
The situation this year is special, as the earthquake caused the military training to end directly.
Because it lasted so short, the only one who could get the performance award was me, who happened to get the scoring item?
The logic barely made sense, so Chen Xiao'er stopped hesitating and directly opened the bank's transfer app.
There are many different banks in Red Star, including many private banks. Fortunately, financial institutions share data with each other, so whenever one goes bankrupt, another one will take over. As long as you store universal currency instead of specialized currencies, you won't lose much.
Chen Xiao'er seldom exchanged special currencies. She didn't care which bank took over. She simply entered 2,000 yuan in universal currency, selected Sister Lan's account and clicked transfer.
Although Sister Lan would not commit a crime, she could still do things like "taking out a 30-year loan and then insisting that she didn't have one and then eating instant noodles every day."
Let me transfer the remaining living expenses for this month to her first. I don’t need so much cash while staying at school anyway.
【Transfer failed】
?
Chen Xiao'er clicked on the transfer record and found an extra line of small text at the bottom: "The other party has activated the Refuse Payment function."
What kind of feature is this? Can I reject all transfers? Did Sister Lan anticipate that I would give her money and deliberately enable this useless feature?
[Xiao Ai: Are you there? I'm here to give you some living expenses!]
Xiao Ai: Ding ding ding, whose bank is closed?
If you don’t reply, it seems that you are busy or pretending to be dead.
Seriously, if you don’t reply tomorrow, I’ll go to your house to find you.
Chen Xiao'er turned off her cell phone and hurried to the gymnasium.
Tap, tap, tap.
The place marked by the senior student was a gymnasium located in the corner of Area A-2. The higher she went, the fewer classmates she could see around her.
The school's internal structure is very deep, so whether you are standing above or below, you can see the stairs in front, behind, left and right.
However, when she followed the sign to Area A, she found that there was no one there. She had to look down to see one or two people dressed as employees walking quickly past.
Taoli University has a strong study atmosphere, with students often jogging in the morning and evening. However, the gymnasium here is rarely used. Is it reserved for the student union?
She walked to a silver-blue frosted door and took out her ID card and swiped it.
Beep beep.
A blue-purple light screen swept across his forehead, and the door slowly opened like a curtain.
Chen Xiao'er took a step forward with her left leg, and suddenly a gentle breeze blew towards her. The wind had a slightly salty smell, reminiscent of a clear ocean current.
Wow, wow, wow...
Click, she squinted her eyes in the wind and stepped into the soft sea sand.
…
Beep beep.
Miroku was looking at the screen in the monitoring room, taking notes with a pen in his right hand.
Chen Xiao'er has entered the deep diving platform, the one that leads directly to the abyss.
Theoretically, all abyss wells can reach the bottom of the abyss, which is 5 floors down. However, on a shallow platform like this, even if you slip, you will only fall to the 2nd floor at most.
The mechanisms and rules below the third layer have become a safety net for humans in a sense.
The silver-blue door opened, revealing a special cabin inside the platform that was originally intended for deep diving.
Although diving to the third floor is considered deep diving, even the radiation from the second floor can cause harm to people with super powers, so the diving equipment is often designed to be bulky.
The laws of physics and chemistry in ancient times were relatively normal. Ancient humans would use lead to fight radiation. The higher the radiation, the thicker the lead layer, and they could even make polyhedrons that were repeatedly nested like coffins.
Modern rules have changed dramatically, but fortunately the practice of "using thicker materials to fight radiation" still works.
In order to explore and excavate deeper into the 3rd floor, the church expended significant resources in crafting a variety of infiltration chambers and armor. Those with esper powers above level 3 can remain safe for a limited time under the protection of the armor.
However, no one participating in the test today needs to dive into the cabin.
One of them is the holder of the [Reset to Zero] ability. Judging from the super power displayed by Chen Xiao'er, she should be able to enter and exit the 3rd floor freely, and she should be absolutely safe at least until her super power is exhausted.
The other is a living apostle.
The Soul Pool is nearby, and as long as the Apostles stay within the Soul Pool, they can almost ignore the Abyssal Radiation within the 5th floor. After all, the Apostle Plan was originally designed for... the 5th floor.
Zero also possesses the best functions among the apostles, and his depth is beyond doubt.
The girl on the screen crossed the high-risk warning line and walked straight into the high-risk area.
The radiation energy in the nearby abyss is high enough to manifest as tangible radiation winds.
This "wind" is enough to blow away the spirit and soul of an ordinary person, but at this moment it can only blow up the girl's hair, like a real breeze that will dissipate as soon as it touches it.
Chen Xiao'er stepped on the ocean current in the abyss, and bits of sand appeared under her feet.
Is that her concept of the abyss, like an ocean? Very beautiful.
Miroku quickly sketched the scene with a pen, and pointed out a shell under the girl's feet: the shell really existed, it was an unconscious abnormality passing by that was fixed by her superpower.
Okay, time to send Zero out—
Milo's pen paused on the paper, she looked at the screen and smiled slightly: Really, you have already set out.
Night time, 7 o'clock sharp.
…
jingle.
It was as if a non-existent bell was ringing in my ears.
Chen Xiao'er stepped on the warm sand and suddenly felt the urge to gaze up at the stars. What was I thinking? This is an indoor swimming pool...
She tilted her head back, her pupils shrinking slightly under the bright light.
No, it's not the light that's bright.
A well-proportioned figure, with the light behind it, leaped down like a silver swordfish in a sea waterfall.
Suddenly——
The long silver-white hair fluttered in the wind, and in contrast to the dancing hair was the body that was extremely still.
Zero was falling, and even while falling, her body, every muscle, and every component were functioning perfectly, full of mechanical rhythm.
Crash...
The smooth curves penetrate into the waves, stirring up a brilliant stream of light.
Ling shook her hair from the waves and swam quickly towards the "shore" like a mermaid. Almost in an instant, she swam to the edge of the swimming pool and placed one hand on the shore.
"Xiao'e, good evening."
She was still in the water when she spoke, and when she finished, she had stepped out of the water and even her second foot was on the beach.
Drops of water flowed down the senior sister's silver-white hair.
Ling was wearing a light silver slim-fitting robe. The surface of the robe seemed to have been waterproofed and was as smooth as fish skin. Water droplets that fell on it quickly rolled off and disappeared.
"Good evening……"
Chen Xiao'er stared at the water droplets on her clothes and swallowed quietly.
It's so beautiful. A pure, mathematical beauty that reminds me of geometric shapes.
"? Do you want to wear this dress?"
Ling tilted her head in confusion and took a step forward. Because she was half a head taller than Xiao'ai, a shadow was immediately cast on Xiao'ai's face.
"Ah... No, no! I didn't~"
Chen Xiao'er hurriedly took two steps back, her ankles sunk into the sand, and the sand tickled her fingers.
Her eyes darted to the sides as she muttered, "I was just thinking, Senior, normally you wear a swimsuit when you swim, but this time we're going diving... I forgot to bring my diving suit. Did you bring it, Senior?"
This is all nonsense, of course; diving suits and other equipment must be stored in the swimming pool.
Chen Xiao'er just wanted her senior to say "I'll go get the diving suit" so as to change the subject and not dwell on what she had just seen.
"No, our situation is quite special, and the diving depth is also very low, so this suit is actually unnecessary..."
Rustle, rustle.
The clear moonlight streamed down the ground, and the artwork favored by the Creator shone brightly under the light.
"......" Chen Xiao'er was stunned. She fell backwards with a click and fell into the quicksand.
"Hmm?" The senior turned around, her long legs exuding a jade-like smooth texture.
She squatted down easily and covered the girl's slightly trembling hand with her palm.
"Let's dive together, Xiao'ai."
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