Chapter 70 Public Courses
The short vacation flew by, and Chu Yan returned to City A, officially beginning his university life. The paleontology course might seem dull and difficult to others, filled with awkward terms and ancient landscapes that required immense imagination to reconstruct, but Chu Yan found it absorbing and engaging.
As he himself has said, he holds a profound interest in the planet's long and magnificent past. On the scale of billions of years, the rise and fall of individual lives and even civilizations are but fleeting ripples, yet those lives that once existed have left behind unique traces in the form of fossils. Understanding these silent stones, deciphering the codes of life within them, and tracing back that magnificent evolutionary history is a deeply fascinating pursuit for him.
If you're so interested in the history of life's evolution, you could request a dedicated observation mission from the main system. That perspective would be much more intuitive than just gnawing on a piece of stone here. The system expressed some difficulty understanding this primitive method of exploration.
Chu Yan's fingertips traced over a picture of a trilobite fossil on the page, and he chuckled inwardly: "Before joining the Mission Bureau, I almost chose this major on my college entrance exam." He paused, a hint of nostalgia in his voice: "After joining the Mission Bureau, everything I learned was geared towards missions: survival, combat, camouflage, strategizing. The missions we took on were dangerous and life-threatening, so paleontology knowledge wouldn't be necessary. Now that I have a rare, vacation-like mission world, I think it's fulfilling my college dream."
The system was silent for a moment, seemingly digesting this information, before curiously asking, "So, after this mission is over and you return, will you accept the observation mission?"
Chu Yan paused for a moment, barely perceptible, as he turned the page. "...No." His response was quick and blunt, as if he didn't want to dwell on the topic. Past dreams were, after all, past. He had long since grown accustomed to a more dangerous lifestyle.
In addition to professional courses, the first semester of university also includes various public compulsory courses. On the day the course selection system was opened, Chu Yan was busy coordinating with Chu Yu on the first project node after the relocation of Cloud Intelligent Control, so he handed over the course selection task entirely to the system.
Then, the system suffered a career setback.
[Host, this course selection system of yours is some kind of ancient relic. The code is as bloated as a swamp, loading is incredibly slow, and alarms go off as soon as the data stream even slightly penetrates it. I dare not push it in! I'm afraid to squeeze it too hard and collapse it completely!] The system screamed in Chu Yan's mind, the electronic sound full of the meaning of breaking defenses.
So, under the system's timid and cautious operation, Chu Yan was "lucky" enough to draw a series of public courses that were known for being "difficult to get" and "weird".
For example, now, physical education class on Thursday afternoon.
Chu Yan stood in a corner of the playground, looking at the teacher in front of him who was wearing training clothes and slowly starting to move, and a group of classmates around him who were also moving stiffly, and fell into a brief silence.
He chose Tai Chi as his physical education class.
[Hahahaha, get ready, wild horses part their manes, white cranes spread their wings. Host, your movements are spot on, that's it.]) The system laughed so hard in his mind that the data bars trembled, while diligently activating the screen recording function, recording from all angles this rare moment of Chu Yan attempting to achieve harmony with the yin and yang of heaven and earth.
Chu Yan: “…”
He truly knew nothing about Tai Chi. He was only accustomed to the fastest and most effective killing techniques. This kind of martial arts, which emphasized the use of softness to overcome hardness and the ability to follow the body with the mind, had almost no place in his combat system. At this moment, he could only imitate his teacher's slow movements.
The teacher demonstrated a few times before letting everyone practice freely. Chu Yan walked to the side and just as he was getting back into the starting position, he heard a voice beside him that sounded a little surprised and uncertain: "Eh? Are you a student at University A too?"
Chu Yan turned around and saw a fresh-looking boy looking at him. He looked familiar. He quickly searched his memory.
"Lu Chen?" Chu Yan tried to call out the name.
"Yeah, it's me!" Lu Chen's eyes lit up instantly when he saw that he still remembered him, and he looked very excited. "I forgot to ask for your name and contact information last time in S City. What a coincidence! I didn't expect you to be a student at A University too!"
"Yeah, what a coincidence." Chu Yan smiled and responded politely, "My name is Chu Yan, and I major in paleontology."
"My name is Lu Chen, and I'm a junior majoring in Economics and Management." The smile on Lu Chen's face widened, and he seemed to want to say something.
At this moment, another deep and familiar voice came from not far away, calling out clearly:
Chu Yan glanced sideways. He saw Chu Yu had appeared at the edge of the playground. His suit looked out of place in the casual sports environment. He was accompanied by several middle-aged men, also in formal attire. They looked like school leaders or department heads.
Chu Yan smiled apologetically at Lu Chen and said, "Sorry, my brother is looking for me, so I'll go over first."
After saying that, he walked towards Chu Yu's group, leaving Lu Chen standing there in a daze, looking at the group of people who were obviously very imposing.
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