Chapter 7 Chapter 7 Let this silent world be in uproar because of her...
She turned her head and looked at Lin. The young man's expression was a little dull, and it was hard to tell how happy he was.
The red light of the flight camera flashed, and new instructions were received. It beeped again: "Mr. Lin, please follow me."
"It seems I have to say goodbye to you for a while." Annie spoke first. She put her finger to her lower lip, turned her head, and looked at his face. "Teacher, please don't tell anyone about me."
Lin stood up without looking at her: "It's you who should not suddenly get excited here."
Ani laughed out loud with joy. She had never appreciated the words that came out of Lin's mouth so much. As their relationship deteriorated, his politeness and respect gradually disappeared.
She pointed to the StarNet watch and said, "I'm leaving now. Remember to report your movements to me—"
The one who answered her was the ruthless figure of the blue-haired mermaid.
The flying camera broke away from the orderly patrol team and led Lin into the campus and into the huge office building that towered into the sky.
Lin stepped into an office on the top floor. The originally dark room became brightly lit the moment he stepped in.
The communication image suspended in the air lit up. The extremely concentrated light carried a strong sense of oppression, and a familiar figure appeared on it.
This was more like an interrogation than a communication.
"I thought you had failed so badly that you would never come back." The middle-aged merman's voice became deeper. "Do you know how long your family has been looking for you? You are the heir, you should be tougher, better, and stronger than others. If you died in an accident of this magnitude, I really don't know how to face the league media. You don't have any ability as an heir, you can't even protect yourself, so your brother..."
After listening to the first half of the scolding, Lin patiently stroked the wrinkles on his clothes with his fingers. Another kind of nausea came up, until the other party mentioned "brother", and his eyelids jumped suddenly: "Don't mention him, okay?"
His eyebrows were a little pale, and the harsh and distant expression on his face was particularly eye-catching. Lin said, "I was originally just a nominal heir, a shield and a whetstone. You don't have to care about me in a vague way. I know that you have someone else as your ideal child. I am not brave or strong. I cannot participate in hunting for you to gain benefits, and I cannot realize the Blue Dragon Family's wish to roam the starry sea... You just need to continue to regard me as a disgrace."
On the floating screen, the sound of a fist hitting the table was heard. The water in the glass shook violently.
"Is this how you talk to your elders? You've always been so cowardly. When you encounter something, you just want to escape and don't want to change, no matter what it is."
The other party looked quite elegant and cultured, but was easily angered by his own blood relative: "Is it not in your nature to plunder and fight? Why can't you learn to rob, to compete for favor, and to fight? Lin, why on earth did I give birth to a child like you who can't fight back?!"
The flickering light and shadow on the screen fell between his eyebrows. Lin raised his hand to press his painful temple and said with his head down: "Yes, what is the reason for this? Your love for me is sometimes there and sometimes not, but your hatred for me is endless. I often can't figure out the reason. Is it because I am a child who does not meet your expectations?"
"..." The middle-aged merman was silent for a few seconds, then said, "Go home immediately and quit your position at Hailan University. I will make new arrangements..."
"No."
The atmosphere was extremely tense. His father stared at him coldly, treating his words as an ultimatum: "If I don't see you in three hours, I will stop all your current sources of funding and high-level permissions. Don't even think about relying on any family power. This boring job you insist on will only bring you endless pain."
The screen in front of him went dark, and his father, the head of the family who was busy with many things, didn't have time to talk to him for too long.
Lin stared at the suddenly dim room for a while. He came to his senses and walked out the door. Then he turned on the ordinary StarNet watch on his wrist and logged into his account.
He just checked the historical messages with the principal, and a pink avatar suddenly popped up and sent a voice message.
The voice automatically changed to the mermaid language: "Teacher..."
Lin: “…”
"What are you doing? Are you complaining to your family? I saw a very handsome mermaid on the side of the road..."
Lin: “…………”
"I've paid the tuition, but I've spent all the money you gave me. Accommodation is so expensive - so expensive! Can I use the teacher's room? No? If not, then I can only..."
"Don't ask yourself any questions," he replied. "Be content."
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Ani got the password to Lin's room.
She changed into the uniform of Shanghai Blue University. Ani grew up in a garbage pit and was only familiar with the life of the lower class. This was the first time she wore such soft and expensive fabrics and received a top-notch higher education on Planet Aquamarine.
She is quite hardworking.
The F series includes most of the human race. After entering the new environment, these former top students were crushed to death by the racial talents of the merpeople. Subjects like "starship driving", "close combat", "mecha repair and disassembly"... The requirements of these subjects are outrageously high, while the group of pampered aristocratic young masters had been exposed to relevant knowledge early on and had opened up a gap of more than ten years in advance.
The huge gap and discrimination have made many people give up on themselves and want to quit.
In this decadent atmosphere of the F department, only Annie is particularly serious. After more than a month of classes, she hasn't made any new friends and is completely immersed in human knowledge.
Like a freak who doesn't need social interaction.
"Tsk, that's her, did you see her?" Such low voices often echoed behind Annie, "She's so pitiful, talent is something that can't be caught up with by hard work, and she foolishly thinks that she's not diligent enough..."
"She was admitted from the third district."
"The third district? That place?!" The newcomer was shocked.
"Yeah, I guess he still thinks he's a genius..."
"My mom also told me to work hard to become a space warrior and be selected by the school to fight in the stars. From this perspective, there is no hope at all. Those mermaids are just perverts."
"Tsk... A noble race that does not intermarry. Aren't they afraid that intermarriage with humans will dilute their bloodline and that they will be swallowed up by the vast human race and annihilated? They are so proud that their eyes are raised to the sky."
"Keep your voice down. I heard that the teacher for this class will be changed. He might be a very serious one..."
Before he finished speaking, a row of cameras flew in and patrolled the classroom in order. While checking the personnel, a reminder sounded: "This ancient history class is about to begin. Please keep quiet."
The sound ended, and a dark blue shadow walked in precisely on time. The classroom became very quiet, and everyone's eyes were focused on his face - this was an adult male mermaid, with a signature milky white exoskeleton extending over his earlobes like a cluster of snow-colored corals. Tiny silver scales appeared at the corners of his eyes, his eyes were azure blue, and his hair was waist-length.
There was total silence.
This is obviously a mermaid of very noble bloodline. However, this is the last-place F department, and he should have been teaching those noble sons instead of standing here.
Ani finally looked up from her notes. She looked at Lin in front of her. Her light pink eyes lit up. She smiled and mouthed to him, "...Teacher?"
It's just a lip shape.
Lin, however, was quite annoyed by receiving this uncomfortable name. He put on projection glasses to facilitate teaching, and subconsciously touched behind his ear the moment he raised his hand.
Annoying guy.
The person who listened most attentively to this obscure and lengthy ancient history class was this annoying guy. After the study room closes every day, this scary and annoying monster still has to live in the same room with him.
Staying up all night became the norm for her, and the huge amount of knowledge made it impossible for Ani to be distracted. She has been scavenging in the garbage dump for many years and is very familiar with the abandoned mechanical wreckage. She often reads a book while assembling mechanical parts with her hands.
The cheapest assembly parts were purchased, but the difficulty was increased.
Her hands are extremely flexible, beyond human capabilities. With just a dazzling shake, the metal fragments turned into a small part of a sophisticated machine. At the same time, her eyes were on the content of another subject.
Multitasking? Lin, who was watching from the sidelines, once again confirmed the fact that she was an excellent student.
His sight flashed, and he suddenly found a tentacle extending from Annie's side. The soft pink tentacle wrapped around an electronic pen and wrote quickly on the screen.
Lin almost spit out the water he had just swallowed.
The second tentacle slowly moved up from below, holding "Starship Pilot" and reading it carefully.
The third tentacle had already logged into the StarNet account nearby and started a virtual Star Wars simulation course.
Article 4...
How could she learn more than a dozen subjects at the same time? !
Do these tentacles each have a brain? !
Lin tapped his forehead, hypnotizing himself to forget the scene in front of him, turned his head and went back to the water to sleep. Just as he took a step, a small creature that had been dormant for a long time wrapped around his ankle. He froze and lowered his head, facing a soft, pink, wet, tender tentacle. It clearly had no eyes, but he still felt that Annie was looking at him.
"Teacher." Annie's voice sounded from behind, "Can you give me extra lessons? History belongs to the cultural category, which accounts for a full ten points. However, some documents are written entirely in the mermaid language, and many words cannot be found. The knowledge blockade of the Aquamarine Planet is so serious."
She clasped her hands together and prayed earnestly, "Please, please."
"Can I refuse?"
Ani raised the corners of her lips, opened her eyes and looked at his back, smiling briskly: "No -"
In the first month, the first joint exam was completed and the results were posted on the huge floating screen in the teaching building.
Name: Ani - Student ID XXX51
Rank: 7654
Score: Culture 65, Skills 77, Fighting 50, Physical Fitness 64
Rating: D
The words "F Department students" were hung brightly in red letters on it, squeezed among a group of mermaids with mediocre grades. Ani didn't look up when she passed by. She only heard someone around her say, "She really tried hard to come up with something new," and "What's the use? Only the top ten can participate in the assessment of the Star Sea Warriors. She is just the first among us..."
Ani walked over without stopping.
In the second month, the ranking was updated with the new test results and broadcast on the building.
Name: Ani - Student ID XXX51
Rank: 2533
Score: Culture 77, Skills 80, Fighting 69, Physical Fitness 75
Rating: C
"Isn't she a little too perverted?" "I heard that group of arrogant mermaids have noticed her and seem very angry." "Have you heard about her scandal with that teacher..."
Ani opened the classroom door.
All the sounds suddenly disappeared in front of me. Countless eyes moved as she approached. This white-haired girl with a genetic defect doesn't look very strong, but her achievements in "fighting" and "physical fitness" are intimidating.
Ani sat in the classroom. The space around her immediately became empty, as if no one dared to get involved with her.
The girl just yawned at her all-night study.
Third month.
Name: Ani - Student ID XXX51
Rank: 598
Score: Culture 89, Skills 88, Fighting 73, Physical Fitness 81
Rating: B
That glaring red entered the first page.
On the day when the rankings were updated, Ani received unprecedented "welcome". Countless young mermaids questioned her fighting ability. The inbox of her StarNet account was filled with doubts and insults, as well as various challenges.
Childish, so childish.
In an alleyway where there were no flying cameras patrolling, Annie stepped on the young mermaid's face, pressing down on his head with the sole of her shoe, while neatly deleting the contents of her inbox.
The mermaid who took the initiative to attack her and wanted to "teach her a lesson" couldn't even get up. The talent that he was so proud of was crushed to pieces at this moment, and blood splattered on the ground. Annie's feet rolled over the mermaid's beautiful face and answered the call from Lin.
"dinner……"
"Let's have octopus for dinner!" said Ani.
"...cannibalism."
"I'm not the same kind as them." Annie kicked the mermaid senior who was completely exhausted and collapsed on the ground, and stepped over. "Teacher, have you run out of money recently? Why do you start cooking for yourself?"
"Shut up and mind your own business."
The fourth month, the fifth month...
Every time the ranking is updated, that bright red name makes people's eyelids jump. After the final exam for freshmen half a year after admission, some people have already been waiting in front of the screen to observe the transcript that is updated in real time. That's not a simple ranking of grades.
That was still the candidate pool for the Star Sea Warriors, the future contestants of the Killing Hunting Grounds. As long as you can stand out in the hunting grounds, you can get everything that ordinary people dream of - money, power, strength. Even the most arrogant noble mermaids will be impressed by such a powerful mate.
Ani is so dazzling.
A girl from the third district with unstable genes was able to defeat so many powerful mermaids in the fighting exam without any chance of recovery.
"What a scary girl." Inside the principal's office, several people who were obviously not school teachers were sitting idly. Some of them were wearing tight combat uniforms, and some were wearing expensive and exquisite dresses, but the same thing was that they all exuded a unique aura.
"There really is a pearl hidden in the sea." A woman in human form said, "I thought that when the cosmic humans left Planet Aquamarine many years ago, they had taken away all the seeds with potential. I didn't expect that it could take root in such an environment."
"Don't be so confident." The merman's tone was always sharp. If it weren't for the identity of this woman, he seemed very reluctant to sit with her. "Even if she is really a genius, she was selected by the Ocean Blue University and is a warrior under the Blue Dragon."
"That's hard to say. She's a human..."
The ranking on the screen flashed.
The room suddenly became overly quiet, and everyone's eyes were focused on catching that short name and evaluating this rare genius.
Name: Ani - Student ID XXX51
Rank: 9
Score: Culture 96, Skills 99, Fighting 94, Physical Fitness 97
Rating: S
The bright red words representing "F Department students" were given a layer of S-level gold border. She appeared here silently and shockingly.
Let this silent world be in an uproar for her.
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