The next day.
The morning sun shone on Nanro College, a school with thousands of years of history. The atmosphere of an all-nighter still lingered around the college.
Since dawn, many graduates had left the school one after another. With hope for the future, they headed to various training camps in the Sea-Ao Empire for trials.
In a corner of the college, at the Nanro College Maintenance Club.
Hayashi River sat in front of the workbench, wearing goggles and sensor gloves. His hands left afterimages as he disassembled two virtual sensor helmets to inspect the damaged parts and repair them. Sparks flashed from time to time.
Usually, there were not many people in the maintenance club in the morning. Occasionally, someone would come to repair the equipment, but it would be after noon.
However, today was a little unusual. There were people coming to the maintenance club one after another. Pairs of eyes seemed to be intentionally or unintentionally looking over, as if they were all admiring the maintenance skills of the maintenance club's number one expert cum president, Hayashi River.
In fact, everyone present knew that Hayashi River was known as the "Shadowless Robot" in Nanro College. If they wanted to see his maintenance process clearly, they would need to use a holographic image and slow it down by ten times. Only then would they be able to see it clearly.
Of course, these students came here early not for Lu Xiong, who was next to the workbench. Usually, people would take a detour when they saw this big guy with the blood of a bear.
The purpose of these people coming here was for the two astonishingly beautiful women next to the workbench.
One of the women was wearing a silver-white school uniform. Her features were picturesque, and her figure was plump. She was talking to Lu Xiong in a low voice.
The other woman was leaning against the workbench. Her green uniform accentuated her curvaceous figure. She had a beautiful face, and there was a hint of heroic spirit in her eyebrows. She was breathtakingly beautiful.
The woman who was talking to Lu Xiong was the fourth-year Ai Yun. She was ranked third among this year's graduates from Nanro College.
As for the woman in the green uniform, she was ranked second among this year's graduates from Sea-Ao Empire, Bai Qingwei.
Ever since Bai Qingwei and Ai Yun entered Nanro College four years ago, suitors had circled the entire college more than ten times.
Today was the day the two genius campus belles left the school. Students from all years rushed over, wanting to catch a glimpse of them.
"Lu Xiong, you have no idea how terrible the expressions of the genius students from the other countries were when Ling broke through the ninth difficulty level of Seth Canyon in the Virtual Battlefield 52 …"
Ai Yun laughed softly. Her eyes sparkled, and her hot body trembled slightly as she recounted the legendary event of last night.
Lu Xiong pursed his lips and said, "Ai Yun, although Ling is strong, his achievements in the virtual platform over the past four years can still be surpassed in the future. Don't forget, in the higher education world of the mainland, there's still the Ninety-Nine Layers Origin Code Lock. I'm afraid Ling won't be able to crack it … "
Hearing that, not only Ai Yun, but Bai Qingwei also laughed. The virtual platform's [Ninety-Nine Yuan Code] hadn't been cracked for 300 years, and it was indeed much more difficult than Seth Canyon's level 9.
Moreover, even three hundred years ago, the cracking of the Ninety-Nine Layers Yuan Generation Code was not done by one person, but by dozens of genius students.
"Student Bai, Student Ai, it's fixed. You can return it to the academy now."
Hayashi River raised his head. On the workbench, the two virtual sensor helmets had already been assembled. He took a look at the time. From dismantling, checking, repairing, and reassembling, it had taken less than 15 minutes.
"Hayashi River, are you done with the repairs already? Aren't you being too careless? Do you want to inspect it again? "
Lu Xiong leaned to the side and gave his good friend a meaningful look. Why did you do it so quickly? Can't you see that I'm working hard for my future happiness?
"Repairing two virtual sensor helmets in less than 15 minutes … I'm afraid this is another record for our academy's maintenance department. You're really something. Hayashi River, you've improved again. "
Ai Yun picked up the sensor helmet and exclaimed, "With your repair skills, after you pass the training camp, whether it's the Army, the Garrison Department, or the Imperial Knights, they'll all fight to have you …"
"Ai Yun …" Bai Qingwei glared at her friend.
"I'm sorry!" Ai Yun covered her red lips and apologized.
Hayashi River's slender eyes narrowed, and he smiled amiably as usual. He handed over the two virtual sensor helmets and said, "I also want to join the maintenance department of the three major departments. I hope that day will come …"
Taking the helmet, Bai Qingwei smiled and said, "Then, goodbye, Hayashi River."
"Goodbye, Classmate Bai." Bai, "Lin Chuan replied with a smile.
Bai Qingwei looked at Lin Chuan. Four years ago, when she first met Lin Chuan in the maintenance club, he was just a fourteen-year-old boy. There was a bashful look on his delicate face, and his smiling eyes seemed to be hiding a secret that no one knew about. Now that they were about to graduate and part ways, it seemed like this man had even more secrets in his eyes.
Her lips moved slightly, but Bai Qingwei didn't say anything in the end. She said goodbye to Hayashi River and Lu Xiong, and left with Ai Yun.
"Ai Yun, have a safe trip!"
Lu Xiong waved until the two girls disappeared from his sight, and the people in the maintenance department left one after another. He put down his hand and sighed dejectedly, "If I didn't have bear blood in my ancestors, perhaps Ai Yun would have accepted me."
Hayashi River tidied up his workbench, raised his head and glanced at him, saying, "Old Xiong, wake up. Ai Yun is a woman you'll never be able to have in your entire life …"
"Lin Chuan, you … I treated you as a good brother, but you stabbed your brother in the heart!?" Lu Xiong screamed and clutched his chest, looking like he was about to die from heartbreak.
"I'm just stating a fact. Ai Yun's family is a great aristocrat in South Rudra Province, and you're a mixed-blood beast. Although it's been more than a dozen generations, it's still a fact that you're a mixed-blood beast. Do you think that the legendary love between a princess and a beastman would really happen in reality just because the empire promulgated the equality law for mixed-blood beastmen a hundred years ago? "
Hayashi River said with a smile, but he kept rubbing salt into his best friend's wound.
"I …"
Lu Xiong was at a loss for words, but he retorted, "Didn't you always say that people need to have dreams? I need to find a motivation to work hard in the future."
"That's not a dream. That's just a daydream. Compared to this kind of male fantasy, why don't you plan for it? You should work hard for the next ten years and buy a big house in Nanluo City. That's more realistic."
After tidying up his things, Hayashi River saw that his good friend was still sad. He got up, patted Lu Xiong's shoulder, and comforted him, "Don't be so sentimental here. Look at me, I'm obviously good at machinery repair, and I can enter the maintenance department of the three major departments easily. But because of this illness, I can only go to those repair shops and work as a mechanic. The best case scenario is that I'll be able to open my own repair shop in ten years. "
Hearing this, Lu Xiong's expression turned serious, and he quickly said, "Hayashi River, don't be discouraged. It's already been more than three thousand years since the Alliance's history. Sooner or later, this illness of yours will be cured. I heard that in the Western Continent's Holy Federation Kingdom, there's a Heart Priestess who's researching a new medicine. Maybe it'll succeed in a few years. When that time comes, you'll feel great! You'll be able to enter the Alliance Heart Battle Network, and with your repair skills, you'll be able to soar! "
"Alright. I've had this illness for so many years, I don't care about it anymore. Go back and tidy up. In the afternoon, we'll have a gathering with a few roommates and have a good drink or two. Tonight, we'll go our separate ways. "Hayashi River waved his hand and said with a smile.
Hearing about drinking, Lu Xiong's eyes lit up. All his worries were thrown to the back of his mind, and he called out to his friends before returning to the dormitory.
"If this fellow knows that I'm 'Ling', I wonder how he'll react."
Looking at his good friend's back view as he left, Hayashi River sighed in his heart. "I'm really pitiful as a transmigrator. Other transmigrators are doing well, but I'm suffering from this world's incurable illness. Tomorrow, I'll become another social animal of the Sea-Ao Empire …"
Thinking back to six years ago, when he transmigrated into this 12-year-old body, Hayashi River was initially filled with novelty and excitement. He thought that as a transmigrator, coming to a continent filled with all kinds of magical races, he would have a legendary life.
However, what happened next made Hayashi River extremely upset. During a physical examination at the age of 12, he was found to be suffering from a terrifying illness in this world — Heart System Compatibility Disorder.
The living beings in this world started to cultivate the Psychic Force from a young age, and from there, they would be able to wield great power.
The Heart System was the fundamental core of this world.
Whether it was daily tools, the Heart System Car, or even the Heart System Equipment, all of them were operated by injecting the Psychic Force into the Heart System.
When a person's compatibility with the Heart System was below 10%, this illness was called [Heart System Compatibility Disorder].
During the physical examination at the age of 12, Hayashi River's other aspects were normal, but his compatibility with the Heart System was only 8%.
This meant that he would not be able to equip himself with the Heart System Equipment in the future. After graduating from the advanced college, he would not be able to log into the Alliance Heart System Battle Network.
For the living beings in this world, this illness was no different from a terminal illness. It was a disease that would cause people's faces to turn pale at the mere mention of it.
Having this illness meant that once war broke out, one would not be able to form a fighting force, and would be considered a weakling.
In this world, although the weak were protected, they were regarded as second-class disabled. They could receive the Empire's disability allowance, but it was difficult for them to gain the respect of others.
Of course, Hayashi River was very angry and very sullen. However, time was a good medicine. Two years after he transmigrated to this world, the 14-year-old Hayashi River had already accepted this fact when he came to Nan Luo Advanced College to study.
However, when he logged into the Alliance College's virtual platform, Hayashi River shockingly discovered that he was different from the other students.
In the virtual platform, after putting on the Heart System Protective Armor and equipping the Heart System Equipment, he moved unhindered through the battlefields like a shooting star, rapidly surpassing the geniuses of his year, and setting new records one after another.
For the first three years in the college, he used the identity of "Ling" to compete with various geniuses on the virtual platform, defeating and surpassing them one by one.
In reality, he joined the Nan Luo Maintenance Club and became the club president in his third year.
This kind of life was like a beautiful dream that made Hayashi River unable to extricate himself.
It wasn't until a year ago that Hayashi River suddenly realized that this was, after all, a dream. No matter how brilliant he was on the Alliance College's virtual platform, once he graduated, he would become an ordinary person.
This was because to log into the Alliance College's virtual platform, the requirement for Heart System compatibility was only 5%.
However, in order to log into the most important Alliance College's Heart System Battle Net, one needed to have a compatibility of more than 10%.
On the Alliance College's virtual platform, no matter how dazzling one's score was, if one couldn't enter the Alliance College's Heart System Battle Net, it would be useless.
This kind of situation was similar to when Hayashi River was on Earth. No matter how amazing he was on the battle platform, if he couldn't enter the professional league, everything would be useless.
In his third year, he knew that he couldn't continue to indulge in it. Once he graduated, the Alliance College's virtual platform would be closed to him, and he couldn't log into the Alliance College's Heart System Battle Net either. Everything was ultimately just a dream.
Therefore, "Ling" went silent at that time and rarely appeared on the virtual platform.
The only thing that could be taken away from his four years of glory on the virtual platform was his graduation resume rating + 1.
As his thoughts fluctuated, Hayashi River stared blankly for a while. Then he stood up, cleaned up the maintenance club, checked it twice, closed the door, and left.
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