Chapter 3 The World of Sadness (Thanks to the leader of Determined Lettuce)
Walking out of the giant dome hall of enrollment, the sky outside was gloomy, and sparse raindrops kept falling from the dark clouds, hitting the black square and splashing water.
Huh -
the cold wind blew, and a few raindrops fell on Heshia, and the cold feeling came from her skin.
"Such weather..."
Heshia looked at the rainy world outside and stood with many students who had just come out.
If it was ordinary rain, with the current technology and tools, there is no need to be afraid, but the rain on the planet Emerald Skirt is not, especially the 26 districts in the north, which will be more or less affected by this corrosive rain.
The reason why the enrollment hall uses an angular crystal dome is to resist this corrosive rain. If it is metal or common concrete, it will probably be dilapidated in a few years, and then the safety will be at risk.
During the rainy season from April to May, the rain on the planet is very toxic. However, from June to August, the toxicity is gradually diluted and the corrosiveness is greatly reduced. At that time, you can walk directly in the rain without rainproof equipment.
What should I do? Should I rent a car? It feels so expensive, but there seems to be no other choice, Heshia thought to herself.
Although her living expenses are not much, she basically has no income, so she has to save money on everything. Fortunately, she has graduated from junior high school and entered high school, so she can do some simple work to make money.
After hesitating for a while, Heshia, like other students, used her personal terminal to book a floating taxi and waited patiently.
The gray rain curtain fell on the world in front of her, falling on the ground, the dome, and the steel structure, hitting different water splashes, mixed with water vapor and coldness, and constantly blowing with the wind. Although she knew that the rain was a little toxic, the quietness in the hustle and bustle still made Heshia feel a little happy.
She is about to become an adult, and she can do a lot of things in the future.
"Hey~ Heshia~"
Just as the gray-haired girl was standing in front of the rain and waiting, a familiar voice came from behind.
Who is this?
Heshia turned around and saw three girls walking towards her. They were wearing the same school uniform as the girl and were also her junior high school classmates.
"Are you here alone, Heshia?" One of the outgoing short-haired girls came over and patted Heshia on the shoulder.
"Uh, yes." Heshia's expression was like a bird, a little timid and nervous.
Timid, introverted, and socially anxious, these are probably the labels that she left the deepest impression on others.
"Ahaha, you are quite brave,"
the girl smiled, and then the four of them stood together and talked about the situation of taking the test today.
"Clara, Millie, how did you do on the test?" The short-haired girl asked the other two classmates.
"I think I can do it. I danced a dance at that time, and the teacher was stunned." A girl wearing an avant-garde belly-exposing outfit gestured.
"Are you planning to debut as an idol in the future?"
"Of course, being an idol can make a lot of money, and there are countless men who give me gold coins. This kind of life is free and easy. I don't want to do that kind of rigid job."
"Hey, that's great. When Clara becomes a big star in the future, don't forget us. We will go to you then."
"What about Millie?"
"I took the assessment of Sleb Academy. I should be able to pass it." Sleb Academy is a school specializing in medical-related professions. The school is mainly based on the tidal sequence.
"Millie is modest again. Many of your elders are in pharmaceutical companies. The road ahead is paved."
"There." Although she didn't admit it, the smile and pride on the girl's face could not be hidden.
The short-haired girl smiled and talked to the two classmates. This skillful speech and social skills made the gray-haired girl next to her envious.
"Then, what about Lina?"
Finally, the gray-haired girl next to her couldn't help but whisper. She had been a deskmate with Lina for a period of time before, so she was familiar with her and was not as scared as other classmates.
"As for me - I'll talk about you later. Let's talk about you first, Heshia." Lina deliberately kept it a secret.
"I... I applied for Irene Academy. I've been preparing for a long time. Maybe I can pass this time." The girl hesitated for a while, but still didn't say that she applied for Edes Academy. After all, it seemed too presumptuous.
"Irene Academy is not bad. I remember that you were reading medical materials in the second year of junior high school. You started preparing at that time. You are a good student, Heshia."
Irene Academy is a medium-ranked college in the North Seventh District. It mainly trains doctors and nurses. However, if you really want to become a doctor, you must go to college. If you only graduate from high school, you can only become a nurse.
"Irene Academy, it's okay." Millie muttered in a low voice, seeming a little disdainful and a little jealous.
The Arpeggio City where the four people are located is not a big city, and the teaching quality of the junior high school is also very poor. Even if the best student in the class can enter a medium-ranked high school in the North Seventh District, it is also an enviable thing.
"By the way, have you heard about Tiffin?" Clara suddenly asked.
"I don't know, what happened to her?"
"She found a boyfriend." Clara said in an exaggerated tone.
"This, it doesn't seem so strange." Lina used her hand to support the hair beside her ear.
In today's era, the information network is well developed, and people generally mature early. Even if they fall in love in junior high school, it is not surprising.
"The problem is that the boyfriend she found has elf blood. He is so handsome~ I'm so envious."
"Elf blood, this is indeed a bit rare. Most of the elves on the planet have migrated away."
In fact, at the beginning, this planet was developed by the elf consortium in the Federation, so the name is also very elf-featured, 'Emerald Skirt', but with the subsequent industrial development and environmental deterioration, many elves slowly left the planet and went to other star regions in the Federation.
"Yes, yes, that's why I'm so envious. Her boyfriend also bought her the latest personal terminal of 'Moyun Workshop'. I saw the price online is at least 30,000 Federation coins."
"Wow, so rich." The other people exclaimed.
The income of each star field in the Federation varies greatly, and the median income in the 'Four Leaf Crystal' star field is 32,400 Federation coins/year, which is equivalent to the annual salary of an ordinary person.
"This Tiffin is really good. She knew how to deliberately wear a skirt to seduce boys at the Winter Festival party before. It's a good thing that she can bear it in such cold weather. Now I don't know what tricks she has used, tut tut."
"Why don't you learn it, Millie." Lina said teasingly, as if she was used to this kind of thing.
"Me? I guess I have to wait until the second year of high school. If my grades are still good, I can ask my aunt for some money to have plastic surgery. I know this very well. After all, many people in my family are in related industries."
"Millie, you are such a wimp. Just go for it. Those guys are easy to fool. You haven't found a boyfriend yet, have you? It's not easy to find a rich, handsome and single guy."
Clara laughed at her companion without restraint, not caring about offending others with her words.
"You." Millie wanted to refute and ridicule, but when she saw Clara's pretty figure and skin, she suddenly felt inferior and her voice became smaller.
However, she turned her head and saw the gray-haired girl standing in the corner, and her mood suddenly improved.
"Heshia, you are so beautiful, you should have several boyfriends, why don't they buy you something?"
"I, I have never been in love."
The girl answered a little scared, she didn't know why she was suddenly angry.
"Oh, it's fake, I don't believe it, who doesn't want to find a man to spend money on themselves now? I think you look pretty. If you are not stupid from studying, how can you not get any?" Millie said this while making a teasing face.
"Hahaha." The other two people beside her also laughed, which made the gray-haired girl feel ashamed and uneasy. She didn't know how to respond or refute.
In their class, most of the popular ones are those who can sing and speak, or like sports and fighting. Students like the gray-haired girl, who study silently and rarely interact with others, are often marginal figures and little transparent.
"Who do you think you are? You still expect to get ahead by studying, you fool! Hahaha!" Someone in the class once laughed at those introverted classmates, causing countless people to laugh.
Although studying is indeed not omnipotent, and Heshiya knows this in her heart, she is still very sad to be said like this, and feels that standing there is a torture.
Fortunately, Lina finally made peace.
"Okay, okay, stop laughing, Heshiya is going to be admitted to Irene Academy. If she becomes a doctor in the future, you will have to go to her." This stopped the two from laughing.
"Where were we just talking? Oh, it's my turn now." Lina loosened her short hair by her ear, revealing a large, round golden earring with a ruby inlaid in it.
"I am participating in the enrollment review of Turbidimeter High School. You may not have heard of it because it is a school in the South Third District." In the Emerald Skirt Planet, the environment in the southern hemisphere is much better than that in the northern hemisphere, and it is also a more affluent place.
"It is a subsidiary school of the 'Black Snail Group'. After graduation, it will be convenient for you to work in the company."
"Black Snail Group? Is it the company that makes waterproof materials?"
"Yes, that's the one. The benefits are pretty good." Although Lina pretended not to care, the people around her knew that this was a very enviable large company.
For a while, the topic focused on Lina again, and the gray-haired girl next to her became a state of no one paying attention to her, but she didn't need others to care about her. On the contrary, this state of no one paying attention to her made her relax.
Time passed slowly, and the car that Heshia called came.
"Hey, did you call a car yourself? I should have asked you to carpool with us earlier, so we could save a lot of money." Lina was slightly surprised.
"Ah, this." Heshia didn't know how to answer, so she could only nod, then walked into the car quickly, and then gradually closed the door.
After sitting in the gray floating car, the sound of rain and noise outside suddenly quieted down, and only the slight dripping sound inside the car could be heard.
The automatic driving AI began to remind, and then the words appeared on the screen in front of the car.
[Welcome to take this car for a trip, your destination is: North District 7, Arpeggio City, No. 653 Xuanshi Street, Patio]
[Please confirm: Yes/No]
"Confirm."
[Received, the vehicle begins to plan the route, please wait]
[Planning completed, start driving...]
The mechanical sound of the automatic AI is steady and quiet, which slowly calmed the girl's originally messy mood.
Electronic AI is really good, at least they don't say things that make people uncomfortable.
In the car, the girl leaned against the window holding the information bag, looking at the gray world outside.
The rain was still falling, and the water drops slid across the car window and then rolled down in a line. Heshia unconsciously drew patterns on the car window with her fingers, and it took a while for her to wake up.
She was not a celebrity in the class. Although her theoretical grades were good, apart from the teacher, not many people paid attention to this. It was like in a very bad school, everyone talked about who was the best at playing, and no one admired those with good grades.
This was not a strange thing. The economy in the Four-Leaf Crystal Star Region was sluggish, and many companies began to reduce their staff. Even if you had good academic performance, it was difficult to get a decent job.
It didn't matter who did it. After all, technology had developed to a bottleneck stage, and the lives of federal residents today had not changed significantly compared to 1,000 years ago.
Without a new track, there would be no new vitality. Many jobs were standardized and fool-proof. In other words, they did not require particularly capable people to do them. Instead, relationships and channels became important.
This allowed wealth to gather in the upper class, while the lower class was also addicted to various entertainments and comparisons, worshipping luxury, consumption, etc. After all, facing this cruel reality that could not be changed was painful.
This is an era of highly developed science and technology and civilization. It is also an era when any beautiful fantasy falls to the ground. Humans use knowledge and experience to transcend the shackles of nature, but knowledge and experience also become new chains of interests.
"So, this is a sad world."
Heshia felt very sad about the ridicule of her classmates, but she also knew that this was not just a problem for a few classmates. Many people were looking for the answer to where the way out was.
Of course, there is also a more obvious way out, which is to practice the extraordinary sequence.
The extraordinary sequence, from 1 to 9, each time the structure of the extraordinary core is increased by one layer, it will be promoted once, and different structures and veins will also bring various incredible abilities, which are amazing. This is also a rare way for people to transcend their own class.
The more powerful and special the ability, the more complex the structure required. Although they belong to the same sequence level, the strength of two people may be very different. This is the reason.
The reason why Edes Academy is so desirable is that it has 5 ways to advance to the perfect Transcendental Sequence 5, which allows those who practice to have a more solid and perfect foundation, so that they can go further in the future.
If you advance with a crude and simple structure, I am afraid that Sequence 2 will be the end of many people's lives. After all, the foundation is too fragile, and a slightly taller building will cause collapse and collapse. The core of a high-sequence Transcendental is no less than a ignited nuclear fusion reactor, and the power it generates is also more special. It is extremely difficult to restrain this power and keep your mind from being polluted. This is why there are not many high-sequence Transcendental people in the entire star sea.
Thinking about various things in her mind, the gray-haired girl slowly fell asleep in the car holding the information until an hour later, the mechanically synthesized prompt sounded.
[The vehicle has arrived at the destination]
Have you arrived? The gray-haired girl rubbed her eyes and sat up. She was much more energetic now.
She opened the car door and walked out, and a huge square patio appeared in front of her.
The red steel has sharp edges and corners, protecting and separating the central patio. Looking down from it, in the huge patio, spaceships and hovercrafts are constantly entering and exiting, and around the four walls of the patio are long ladder-shaped stairs, where lights flicker and pedestrians shuttle. Countless shops and houses are hidden in this underground steel jungle, and wisps of white mist are also discharged from this abyss-like patio and rise up.
This is where Heshia lives, Arpeggio City, an industrial city located underground.
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