Dragon City was always prepared for war, so the students' winter and summer vacations were very short. Even if they managed to catch a rare breather after their national college examination, it would only last for around a month.
During that month, Meng Chao was incredibly busy.
First, he had to attend interviews from various media outlets and receive commendations from the school and education department. He had to attend some social events, so he got to know everyone.
Then, he went to the hornet hive-style 3D graveyard buried deep underground to pay his respects to Principal Sun and offer a virtual bouquet of flowers to the heroic citizen's electronic tombstone.
His cooperation with Luo Hai, Ning Shewo, and Yan Organization was progressing pretty smoothly. The amount of profit he could get was secondary. The key was that through them, he could enter a higher social circle, which was very beneficial for his next step.
Most importantly, he had to seize every second he had and train madly.
With Ning Shewo's recommendation, Meng Chao joined Thunderbolt's summer training camp to practice harvesting and hunting skills.
The art of hunting was not limited to just martial arts. It also included identifying monsters' habits and presences, setting up all sorts of traps, identifying etherealized plants, all sorts of survival skills in the wild, and working together with superhuman squads and the military.
Astronomy and geography covered everything, and the content was even richer than an encyclopedia.
Meng Chao was like a sponge that had been exposed to the sun. He learned eagerly.
He used his contribution points to stimulate his brain, so his brain cells were much more active than a normal person's, and his learning efficiency was much higher.
He also had the rich fighting experience from his previous life, which helped him fuse theory with practice.
After defeating more than ten elites from the youth training camp and the reserve members of Thunderbolt, Meng Chao stood out.
After he worked with Ning Shewo to carry out a few high-difficulty harvests, all the higher-ups in Thunderbolt learned of his existence.
Hence, before he even entered university, Thunderbolt brought out a huge contract in hopes of signing him as soon as possible.
Even if he could not go on missions while he was in university, he could get a portion of cultivation resources every month as his training fees. Once he graduated, he would become an official member of Thunderbolt.
Thunderbolt was a major fighting squad with more than one hundred million RMB in assets, so their conditions were very good.
But Meng Chao did not want to be bound by any force of power, so he tactfully rejected the contract.
Of course, as long as he was free, he would not reject working together with Thunderbolt for a single mission.
During the day, he trained hard. At night, he turned into a keyboard warrior and went to the life science forum in the deep web to discuss the question of whether branch meridians could be used for fighting.
During the month, Meng Chao focused on reading all the articles Blade Dancer Gu Jianbo and the others had published regarding the cultivation of branch meridians.
Then, based on the general idea of the Ultimate Style, he came up with a brand new deduction.
Through Ning Shewo, he obtained a large amount of monster mutation and evolution data.
When he added this data into the deduction process, he came to the conclusion that as the monster's body structure continued evolving and mutating, the importance of chain attacks would increase, and the flaws of killing moves would become more fatal. Fighting styles would definitely change.
The Overkill Style was like the sun at noon, so there were naturally countless people who refused to accept it and started a war of words with him online.
Meng Chao's hands turned into gray fog, and sparks flew as he typed on the keyboard. He argued with the scholars and chatted cheerfully with them.
When it came to the battle of martial dao ideals, it was very difficult to convince others with empty words.
Meng Chao only hoped that Gu Jianbo could see these arguments and give him some inspiration.
At the very least, when he went to Agricultural University's martial arts course to look for Gu Jianbo, he could show his sincerity by bringing out the invitation cards. He would not be doing it on a whim, but because he truly wanted to become the creator of the Ultimate Style — the eldest disciple.
Just like that, half a month quickly passed.
On the day Meng Chao received the acceptance letter from the university, he received another piece of good news.
Due to Meng Chao's outstanding contributions, their family points were enough to get a public renting house with a better location and a bigger one.
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"This is the legendary housing suitable for geniuses. Swan Garden! It's really grand!"
On a bright morning, Meng Chao brought his family to look at the new house.
Bai Jiacao held Big Tooth, the biochemical pet Granny Wang had given to her.
The girl and the dog were very excited. They looked around carefully and occasionally gasped in amazement.
Meng Yishan and Bai Suxin's faces shone with happiness.
The houses in Swan Garden were less than ten years old, and the environment was much better than in Blessed Heavenly Garden.
At the very least, when they sucked in a deep breath, there was no smell of barbecue that they could not get rid of.
Besides, the houses were all three-bedroom apartments that were more than ninety square meters.
Based on Meng Yishan's achievements in killing monsters over the years and the achievements he had from the Bloody Moon Slaughterer mission, the Meng family could get a large apartment that was worth one hundred and five square meters. His family could have their own independent rooms.
"What do you think?"
Meng Chao puffed out his chest and said to his mother and sister, "If you're satisfied with it, Dad and I will go to the housing management office in the afternoon to do the procedures and move our house from Blessed Heavenly Garden to Swan Garden."
Meng Yishan and Bai Suxin looked at each other, then at their daughter at the same time. "Young Cao, do you like it here?"
"I do. The environment here is good, the house is big, and the windows are bright and clean. Who wouldn't like it?"
Bai Jiacao held Big Tooth and staggered about the small garden. She ran until her forehead was covered in fine sweat.
She closed her eyes and sucked in a deep breath of the fragrant air. Two dimples appeared on her face when she smiled.
"Then, it's decided?" Meng Chao asked.
"Yeah …" Bai Jiacao suddenly had a conflicted look in her eyes.
"What's wrong?" Meng Chao keenly noticed his sister's hesitation.
"I like it, but if I had moved here two months ago, I would have definitely packed up without another word. I'd be so happy to live in such a good house!"
Bai Jiacao's smile faded away. She crouched down and stroked Big Tooth's fur. "But I miss Granny Wang," she said softly.
Meng Chao's heart tensed up. "You're still blaming yourself? I told you, Granny Wang's sacrifice has nothing to do with you! "
"I'm not blaming myself. I just think that Granny Wang fought with so many people in the neighborhood and sacrificed so much to protect Blessed Heavenly Garden. But now, we're moving away and no longer fighting with the people in the neighborhood. It's a little like we're deserters!"
The girl looked up, and a stubborn light shone in her eyes. "I don't want to be a deserter."
"That's …"
Meng Chao could not help but laugh. "If we move to Swan Garden, won't we still be able to fight monsters?"
"That's not it, Big Brother. Think about it."
Bai Jiacao counted with her fingers and analyzed the situation for her family seriously. "Swan Garden is a house suitable for talented people. Even if the residents here aren't war heroes, they're still talented in various fields. Besides, I've seen it just now. The high-voltage electric towers and automatic machine guns here are better than those in our residential area. Their defenses are definitely very strong.
"There's no need to talk about Dragon City No.1. Heaven Realm superhumans like Soul Breaking Saber Luo Wu live there. Which monster would dare to crawl out of Dragon City No.1's door? They would have long since peed their pants in fear. There's no way they would dare to go in and bare their fangs.
"But Blessed Heavenly Garden is the only place where normal citizens live. Our defense system has not been maintained for years. Didn't we nearly get destroyed by monsters last time?
"The Survival Committee does have a policy. As long as you contribute to the war, you can get a house with better conditions. There are also plenty of people who can get into university and get rich. They buy commercial houses with a better environment and are safer. But I'm thinking, as time goes by, the only people left in Blessed Heavenly Garden will be the old, the weak, and the disabled.
"Big Brother, you said a few days ago that there will be more monsters in the future, and their attacks will become more frequent. Blessed Heavenly Garden will only have the old, the weak, and the disabled left.
"Of course I'm happy that I was able to move to such a good area like Swan Garden, but I'm sitting in a big living room with clean windows and a comfortable breath of high-quality spirit energy, and there are plenty of my classmates and their parents who are still fighting against monsters in Blessed Heavenly Garden. When I think about this, I feel conflicted."
Meng Chao and his parents looked at each other at a loss.
He did not expect that his heartless little sister would say something like this.
"I'm sorry."
Bai Jiacao's face turned red. "Am I being too willful? Big Brother went through a lot of trouble to build a big house for us, but I ruined everyone's spirits."
"No, I'm not risking my life for this," Meng Chao said sincerely.
"Sis, you've grown a lot over this period of time. I agree with your point of view. Dad, Mom, what do you think?"
"Of course we'll listen to you. As long as our children are happy, there's no way we won't be happy," Meng Chao said sincerely.
"Besides, I've been living in Blessed Heavenly Garden for many years, and I'm already familiar with the mahjong partners. I really can't bear to move out all of a sudden. By the way, the plump auntie and the others asked me to go practice martial arts in the square once my legs are healed!"
"Dad, what about you?"
"I'm fine with anything. As long as our family is happy, we can live anywhere!"
Meng Yishan grinned. "In any case, you've already received the acceptance letter from Agricultural University. Even Thunderbolt wants to sign a contract with you. In the future, you'll have plenty of chances to live in better and bigger commercial housing. Why should you care about a small house for talented people?"
"Makes sense."
Meng Chao clenched his fists, and his eyes sparkled. "Either we don't move, or we do it in one go. Once Dragon City wins the Monster War beautifully, we'll move to Dragon City No.1. As for now, we'll listen to Sis and stay in Blessed Heavenly Garden. We'll fight together with our neighbors!"
"That's right. Blessed Heavenly Garden is our home. I'll take over Granny Wang's mission and smash all the heads of the dogs who dare to extend their hands here!" Bai Jiacao swung her fists.
Big Teeth whimpered.
"Hey, I'm not talking about you. Alright, cat head. Smash their cat heads, okay? You're a big dog, so why are you so fragile?" The girl quickly hugged her biochemical beast.
The matter of moving houses was solved in an unexpected way.
On the second day after the Meng family decided to stay in Blessed Heavenly Garden, Granny Wang's granddaughter came to bid farewell to them.
Since Granny Wang joined the Eternal Journey, she received special treatment. She could move to a public renting house that was closer to her school and had better conditions.
Just like that, the house next to the Meng family became empty.
A thought appeared in Meng Chao's head. He went online to look up the policy and found that citizens who were eighteen years old like him could live on their own. Of course, they also had the right to apply for independent public renting houses from the housing management department.
There was a shortage of housing in Dragon City, so those who applied for public renting houses had to queue up.
Whether they had served in the military, whether they had been injured, whether they had contributed to the war, whether they were married, how many children they had, how high their cultivation realm was, how many monsters they had killed, and other things were all converted into points. Those with the highest points would get priority.
Meng Chao might be single, but he had contributed quite a lot this time. He also gave up on the big house in Swan Garden. Based on his own will and the public process, he applied for Granny Wang's public renting house.
That way, they could expand their living space and everyone could have their own privacy. They also did not need to leave their familiar environment and neighborhood. Next time, when monsters appeared, everyone could fight together, and it was a happy ending.
Once they were done moving houses, they set off a few firecrackers in a lively manner. Then, it was time for the freshmen to report to the university.
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