"What are you looking at?" she asked curiously.
Jing Jiu noticed that her voice was clean and clear.
This kind of cleanness was not the result of training; it was the original naivety.
If the stupid side of naivety was removed, the remaining side would be curiosity.
This meant that her curiosity was genuine.
As such, he had a rare desire to answer the question.
Yet, he had no way to answer the question.
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There were other things in the blue sky besides the clouds whose edges were scorched by the radiance of the stars.
For instance, a few battleships were hidden behind the clouds.
He had been basking in the sun on the lawn for a few days while looking at those battleships.
By tampering with the "wild rabbit", he had accessed the military network and found the battleship unit stationed on the Stargate Base. It took him half a day to write some programs and input them into the central computer.
All he had to do now was wait.
If the ascendant intended to warn him or kill him directly … why don't you use the battleships to bombard me?
Come on then.
Looking at those battleships with narrowed eyes, Jing Jiu thought that he would attack them and find them as soon as they started the program, regardless of whether they used the superpowered weapons of the fairy energy or the laser guns.
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Could he tell this to this girl with black hair, Jiang Yuxia?
Of course not.
As such, he ignored her.
Jiang Yuxia was still not angry, though she felt a bit frustrated. She fanned her face with her small hand out of boredom, as if she felt a bit hot.
The season when the gingko trees turned into yellow flames couldn't be too hot, not to mention that the surface of this planet had always been a bit cold.
A faint and fresh energy spread out along with the breeze from her palm and landed on the grass and leaves, condensing into tiny water beads.
This was probably the secret life magic of the Institute of Divinity or the priest clan.
If it were a regular person, they would feel refreshed and comfortable when they sensed such a refreshing energy; but in Jing Jiu's eyes, it was merely the elementary energy of the water system, and he didn't like it very much because of the Immortal Bai.
"You sit further away from me," he said.
Jiang Yuxia had never encountered such a situation. She blushed and felt extremely embarrassed. She got up helplessly and sat under a gingko tree in the back.
A gentle breeze blew past, and a few golden leaves fell on her shoulders. They looked like the most intricately designed and beautiful golden ornaments.
Jing Jiu saw the scene with his spiritual awareness, thinking of the begonia tree in the Jing House in Zhaoge City and Bai Zao.
He made a decision without hesitation. No matter how much he disliked the water element aura, he would never speak to that black-haired girl again.
Sitting under the ginkgo tree, Jiang Yuxia tilted her head and looked at him while hugging her knees. The more she thought about it, the more curious she felt.
Who was this youth in blue sportswear? Was he her boyfriend?
Li Zi came from the underworld and had only been here for a few days. With her cold temperament, how could she have gotten to know a boyfriend so quickly? Could it be that they knew each other before? Or could it be that this young man escaped from below, so he didn't go anywhere else and only dared to bask in the sun on this unscanned lawn?
The game in this world was only responsible for the structure of the world, and many small plots had to be set up by the players themselves. This kind of culture brought about a far-reaching change.
It was because the girls like Zong Lizi and Jiang Yuxia liked to make up stories, and they were often immersed in the stories they had made up.
As the breeze blew gently, another golden leaf fell down. This time it landed in her hand.
She pinched the stem of the leaf with her fingers and looked at the leaf that looked like a small fan, lost in thought.
The leaves of the ginkgo tree were indeed beautiful, but the eyes of that youth were even more beautiful.
She saw a pair of eyes when they were talking to each other. They were very close, so she could see them clearly.
The pair of eyes were as beautiful as crystals … no, as gems … no, as colored glaze … none of them were right.
His eyes were brighter than the stars and clearer than the lake water.
Jiang Yuxia suddenly came back to her senses and shook her head imperceptibly, wondering what she was thinking about when she was the one who would become a female priest.
Jing Jiu was aware that the black-haired girl had been staring at him, but he didn't pay much attention to it.
There was a similar story about "being killed while watching" in both Chaotian and in the ancient books of this world.
Jing Jiu didn't quite understand it, but he attributed it to the fact that those young masters were too weak.
If he felt uncomfortable being stared at, how had he survived all these years?
The others on the lawn couldn't see his face, except that he covered his head and face as much as possible, looking like a pervert. It was inevitable that they would cast him peculiar glances.
Yet, many beings didn't care about him at all, like those children and dogs who were playing and laughing happily.
The Human Federation of the Milky Way was a new flower growing out of the ashes of the distant ancient civilization. It was in the period of its adolescence. The colonized planets provided it with endless resources, and the threat of the Sea of Dark Matter was temporarily locked by the star chain. Coupled with the welfare policy of the Federation, the populace was more than willing to have children. The number of children he had seen in Shou 'er City was more than what he had seen in the past one thousand years. In comparison to Chaotian, the populace in this world lived a much richer and happier life. Even the dark and gloomy streets in the underground were many times better than the slums in Shangzhou City. Thinking of this, Jing Jiu made a small adjustment in his evaluation of the two civilizations.
The twilight grew darker, and the distant permanent star was about to set below the mountains on the other side of the Great Rift Valley. The school would be over soon.
The dim light emitted by the ring led his awareness to the interplanetary network. He passed by countless false digital markers, passed through a dozen information skipping bridges, and sank into the deepest part of the ocean of the network, arriving in that room.
The snowflakes were drifting slowly in the room. Though there was no information about the assassin in overalls, there were a few messages left by the "wild rabbit".
The female maintenance officer of the computer on the battleship accused Jing Jiu angrily of breaking his promise and being shameless, saying that he didn't deserve to be a Cloud Ghost.
Jing Jiu had learned that the other party's name was Ran Handong, a girl; but he didn't know why she scolded him for being shameless and saying that he didn't keep his promise.
Guessing the thoughts and emotions of others was more difficult than cultivating the Inherited Heaven Sword style and the theory of numbers. Jing Jiu didn't think about it and left the room.
The refreshing electronic music rang out on the campus, sounding like hundreds of streams of water of different sizes flowing on the ice cubes of different thickness; it was quite pleasant to hear.
It didn't take long before Zong Lizi came to the edge of the lawn. Seeing Jiang Yuxia sitting under the ginkgo tree, she couldn't help but feel startled.
Jiang Yuxia waved her hand at her and raised the paper book in her hand, indicating that she would sit there for a while longer.
The self-illumination of the buildings on the campus was quite advanced, but it was still a bit dark under the ginkgo tree. How could she read the words clearly?
Zong Lizi didn't have time to think about it, because Jing Jiu had walked to the edge of the lawn.
The two of them walked toward the outside of the campus like they had done a few days ago.
Jiang Yuxia put away the book in her hand and looked at the young man and woman in the shadow of the ginkgo tree. Nobody could see the loneliness and yearning in the deep end of her eyes.
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After walking out of the forest of ginkgo trees, the lights were even brighter. The glows of the floating skateboards could be seen in the sky now and then, reminding Jing Jiu of the sword lights in Chaotian.
Zong Lizi suddenly sighed.
Jing Jiu was aware that she was ready to talk to him. He uttered "hmm" through his nose as a prelude to the conversation.
"I feel a great deal of pressure right now."
"Hmm?"
"I'm not talking about the gaming company … They don't bother me much these days anyway … I'm talking about the studies."
Zong Lizi held the folder containing the computer even tighter as she continued, "The students grew up on the upper levels. They had undergone the gene modification when they were young, and the knowledge input when they were in the middle school …"
The knowledge input was the act of instilling some basic knowledge into the deep consciousness of humans through the interactive system of the human brain, and then awakening them through the targeted teaching in the future. The basic knowledge that was instilled into the consciousness by force was mostly memorizable knowledge, which had nothing to do with other abilities, such as logic, calculation and analysis.
Jing Jiu was indeed startled when he learned of this method. As he was about to increase his evaluation of this civilization, he found that this method was problematic.
There were many papers in the Science Academy stating that the knowledge input could affect the students' learning abilities in other aspects.
The human brain couldn't withstand too much information input in a short time.
Not everybody could store a large amount of data in their consciousness like Jing Jiu could.
The reason the brains of the students who had received the knowledge input didn't explode was that they had to undergo the most rigorous evaluation in terms of the capacity of the brain, the number of cells in the gray matter cortex, and the extent of the development of the brain.
They couldn't choose a subject for the knowledge input until they had passed the evaluation. The number of subjects was strictly limited.
By now, the success rate of the knowledge input was very high, and there was basically no risk involved.
No matter what, the students who were qualified for the knowledge input must have a good foundation and were the elites trained by the Federation, like these proud students at the University of Stargate.
The New Era Institute where Zong Lizi had studied was quite ordinary. She hadn't received the knowledge input, so it was hard for her to catch up with these students in terms of their studies.
Jing Jiu didn't care about this matter, saying, "Change the subject."
Zong Lizi was well aware of Jing Jiu's temperament. She was quite happy that he had uttered "hmm" twice and asked to change the subject. "I've received seven love letters!" she said cheerfully.
When she said this, her expression was very natural, and she smiled very happily, like a girl sharing an interesting story with her best friend. In fact, she had been watching Jing Jiu from the corner of her eyes.
Jing Jiu was even less concerned about this matter and said, "Change."
Zong Lizi pouted and said, "I know Jiang Yuxia isn't reading a book; she's going to see you."
Jing Jiu didn't deny it because it was the truth. He said, "Stay away from her, just like that …"
He had forgotten the name of the girl at the New Era Institute.
Zong Lizi found that she had forgotten about it.
(Of course I remember that girl. Her name is Lu Shuiqian! Don't laugh at my memory every time …)
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"Jiang Yuxia is different from her."
Zong Lizi said softly, "I stayed in the hotel, but she, a favored girl, stayed in the dormitory. She didn't try to dissuade me even though she knew about it."
If it were the girl with the surname Lu at the New Era Institute, she would probably try to persuade her, "You should live in the dormitory with the others because of this reason," or something like that.
These words might be sensible, and they might even sound kind, but they were superfluous in the end; they had other purposes.
"Don't worry about me. I can tell who is a good guy and who is a bad guy. I've lived alone since I was very young and grew up in that neighborhood. My ability to judge people is better than you think." She arched her eyebrows while looking at Jing Jiu, saying in a cheeky manner, "I agreed to share the room with you that night because I know you are a good guy."
Jing Jiu reached out his finger and flicked a golden gingko leaf in front of him, saying, "You're an idiot."
Nobody was born to be a good guy or a bad guy.
A good guy could do bad things, and a bad guy could do good things.
It was foolish to judge what the other party would do in the future based on what they had done at the time.
"You can say whatever you want. I think everybody will encounter difficulties at some point. We should help them if we can."
After a moment of silence, Zong Lizi continued, "The reason I'm willing to be friends with Lu Shuiqian is because I don't have many friends. I don't care if I pretend to be friends with her."
The two of them came to the edge of the swimming pool under the hotel. The shadow of the big tree fell on the surface of the water, swaying gently.
The shadow of the tree and the surface of the water seemed to be together, but in fact, they would never be together.
It was such a lonely feeling.
Zong Lizi suddenly halted her steps and said to Jing Jiu, "In fact, I'm really sick."
"I really have the medicine," said Jing Jiu.
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In the dead of night, the clouds and smoke were all gone, and the figures of the battleships could be seen more clearly.
Lying on the chair on the deck, Jing Jiu was looking at the stars instead of the battleships.
All of a sudden, he reached out his hand and grabbed at the night sky, as if he intended to grab the starlight in his hand.
He was not absorbing the fairy energy to cultivate, nor was he thinking of the Round Turtle and Ada. He didn't even know why he had done such an inexplicable and unnecessary action.
He didn't understand why he had done such an inexplicable and unnecessary action either.
The particles, the strong force, the slowing down of the speed of light, the change of the rules … the same words came to his mind again.
Was it because his physical strength had weakened after he came to this world that his heart had become soft-hearted?
Thinking of all this, Jing Jiu got up and came to the room, bringing in a gust of gentle wind, making Zong Lizi fall into a deep sleep.
He sat on the edge of the bed, and moved his palm slowly half a foot above her body.
A faint and extremely sharp sword essence shot out from his palm and swept across the young girl's body from head to toe.
In addition to its formidable power, the sword will was exceedingly cold, similar to the Thousand-Mile Ice Formation in the Sword Jail.
The sword will was shapeless and immaterial, but it seemed to be able to twist the space, preventing the starlight coming in through the window from refracting it. The room grew a bit brighter.
Crack!!! The water in the cup by the bedside table was frozen into ice cubes in an instant, and then the cup broke apart.
After a long while, Jing Jiu left the bedroom and returned to the chair on the deck. He closed his eyes and fell asleep.
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