Translator: Atlas Studios
Editor: Atlas Studios
Lin Yun came to the gate of Clearwater College as the sun just rose.
A pretty young girl in black stood at the gate to the College. She had short hair and big eyes, just like a doll inside a shop window.
“Student, may I ask how to get to the special class?” Lin Yun noticed the golden admission notice in the girl’s hand and approached her to ask for directions.
“I don’t know either. Are you also a special class student?” The girl smiled, revealing two adorable canine teeth.
“Yes, my name is Lin Yun. Shu Lin1, Bai Yun2.”
“My name is Feng Ke, you can call me Xiao Ke.” The girl seemed to be the jovial sort. When she smiled, her eyes narrowed into crescent moons.
Lin Yun’s mood lifted when he saw the girl’s smile. He and Feng Ke chatted while looking for the classroom. It turned out that Feng Ke was not local, but lived with her aunt in Clearwater City.
Finally, with the help of a security guard, the two of them came to the classroom of the special class.
Lin Yun had just put his left foot in when he heard a mocking voice from the classroom.
“Useless Lin, you’re at the wrong place! This is the special class, it’s not for trash like you.”
Lin Yun looked towards the voice and saw a fat, freckled man who was over two meters tall. He wore green-patterned sportswear and a skull-shaped earring in his right earlobe. The man looked at Lin Yun with a sneer.
“Li Tian! Don’t create trouble, I don’t want to beat you up today.” Lin Yun looked at the fat man without flinching. This fat man, Li Tian, used to bully Lin Yun, using him as a “human sandbag”. Lin Yun gave him a fierce beating after his Physical Strength reached Level 3. Since then, Lin Yun had not met him.
“Fight? Who’s afraid of who? Today, I will let you understand what a special student is!” Li Tian wagged his head as he shouted loudly.
“Well said, Brother Tian!”
“Brother Tian, whack him!”
Lin Yun saw Dongfang Ruoxue’s sneer in the commotion. He immediately understood that Dongfang Ruoxue was probably the one who instigated Li Tian to behave this way.
You want to set me up against my classmates? Dongfang Ruoxue, you underestimate me.
After five difficult years, Lin Yun’s mind was far more mature than that of his peers. He glanced at Dongfang Ruoxue, then silently sat down in an empty seat.
Feng Ke blinked her big beautiful eyes and sat down next to Lin Yun.
Seeing that he had not managed to provoke Lin Yun, Li Tian was speechless. He froze for a moment and turned his head to look at Dongfang Ruoxue. Dongfang Ruoxue immediately turned her head away and grunted, appearing dissatisfied.
Li Tian was furious. He walked swiftly to Lin Yun and hit his table. “Useless Lin, if you dare not fight, you’ll have to acknowledge me as the boss from now on.”
Lin Yun looked at him laughingly and smiled. “Yes, I will call you Toady Boss in the future.” The green pattern on Li Tian’s sportswear, plus the way his cheeks bulged when he was angry, as well as his protruding eyes, made him look very much like a frog.
“Hahahaha!”
Immediately, the class broke into laughter.
“You, you, you! You’re done for!” Annoyed, Li Tian stretched his right hand out to grab Lin Yun’s collar.
Lin Yun quickly moved back to a distance of three meters away from Li Tian. He looked at Li Tian calmly and said lightly, “Don’t be used by others and get beaten up for nothing.”
“Beaten up?” Li Tian raised his tightly clenched right fist while stomping his right foot down hard.
“Boom!” There was a loud noise. At the same time, the desks and chairs in the classroom shook slightly.
Li Tian shouted proudly, “My Physical Strength reached Level 4 a few days ago. I will let everyone see who is the one to get beaten up!” With that, he rushed towards Lin Yun like a raging bull.
Lin Yun evaded to the right while he stuck his left foot out. Unable to stop, Li Tian tripped and flew forward like an arrow shot from a bow.
“Kwang!”
Falling on the trash can in the corner of the classroom, the rubbish inside ended up everywhere with numerous pieces of paper scraps on his face.
“Hahahaha!”
Li Tian’s embarrassment caused a burst of laughter in the classroom.
“Useless Lin, you’re done for. You’ve angered me!” Li Tian struggled to stand up. Then, he grabbed a wooden table next to him with one hand and threw it at Lin Yun.
Lin Yun’s body tensed and he got ready to dodge. However, he sensed Feng Ke behind him. So, he reached out to catch the table and put it down instead. He did not notice the imperceptible curve in the corner of Feng Ke’s mouth or the glimmer of light that flashed in her eyes.
Li Tian stared angrily at Lin Yun, his face flushed and gasping. Yelling loudly, he once again charged at Lin Yun.
Lin Yun did not dodge as Feng Ke was behind him. He crossed his arms in front of his chest and prepared to meet Li Tian’s charge head-on.
“Bam!”
Accompanied by the exclamations of surprise from the students in the classroom, Li Tian’s body collided with Lin Yun. To everyone’s surprise, Li Tian was knocked to the ground instead. His then head connected intimately with the floor, making a loud noise.
Li Tian was stunned by the impact. His expression was dull and his face was doubtful. He did not understand why he had been knocked back by Lin Yun despite having just attained Level 4 Physical Strength.
“God, Li Tian’s Physical Strength is already Level 4, but he still got knocked down by Lin Yun. Does this mean that Lin Yun’s Physical Strength is at least Level 4?”
“I said as much. How can a student who can enter the special class be ordinary? Lin Yun must have been very tolerant in the past.”
“He was able to endure it for five years. It must have been terrible.”
A sudden outburst of discussion could be heard in the classroom. Lin Yun clearly felt that the way the students around him looked at him had changed.
He sat down again and Feng Ke asked softly, “Lin Yun, why did they call you useless?”
Lin Yun looked at Feng Ke’s beautiful eyes and said with a bitter smile, “It’s because my Spiritual Strength was never able to reach Level 1.”
Feng Ke’s expression was surprised. She wondered aloud. “How can that happen? It’s said that only humans before the Great Breakdown could not reach Spiritual Strength Level 1. If your Spiritual Strength is not even Level 1, you can’t pass the Skynet One-Star Qualification Assessment. Does that mean you have never been on Skynet?”
Lin Yun nodded helplessly with a sigh.
Coming to a sudden realization, Feng Ke smiled and said, “No wonder your Physical Strength is so high. Those who cannot get into Skynet can only train their physical body all day.”
Lin Yun chuckled. The two chatted happily and Lin Yun gradually felt a tinge of sweetness grow in him. He felt his heart beating faster. The only things he could see were Feng Ke’s beautiful big eyes and cheeky canine teeth. At this time, Lin Yun’s hand accidentally touched Feng Ke’s and he saw a slight blush appear on her face.
A thought grew in Lin Yun’s mind. He hoped that he could continue conversing with Feng Ke forever. However, an abrupt voice interrupted him.
“Lin Yun, get out here!”
Lin Yun looked towards the door and saw a blue-eyed long-haired teenager at the door. Behind the teenager was Li Tian. With a furious face, he pointed at Lin Yun and shouted, “Yes, you. Hurry up!”
Lin Yun quickly stood up and looked at the two of them. He understood that this young man must be here to help Li Tian.
“Your name is Lin Yun?” The blue-eyed long-haired boy looked at Lin Yun, his expression unwavering.
Under the watchful eye of this teenager, Lin Yun felt himself being scanned by something unknown. He could sense that this young man’s Spiritual Strength was very strong.
“Since you won’t come out, I will go in.”
With those emotionless words, as the long-haired teenager slowly walked into the classroom, a strange aura emanated from him.
As the long-haired teenager entered, discussions filled the classroom.
“Isn’t he Senior Song Junming from Year Three? Why did Li Tian ask him to come?”
“I heard that Senior Song’s Spiritual Strength is about to break through to Level 5. Lin Yun is in trouble this time.”
Ignoring the voices around him, Lin Yun looked at the teenager fearlessly. He could feel pricks in his eyes like they were being pierced by needles.
“Someone has entrusted me to help. I’m sorry. But I will only make one move and it won’t be fatal,” the long-haired teenager said slowly, as if confident that he would win.
Lin Yun positioned his arms in front of him in a defensive posture. At the same time, he stared intently at the teenager’s blue eyes.
Suddenly, the long-haired boy’s blue eyes flashed.
Spiritual Shock! This long-haired teenager had actually mastered Spiritual Shock!
Lin Yun only felt a pain in his head before everything turned dark and he lost consciousness.
Feng Ke quickly caught Lin Yun’s falling body and looked at the long-haired teenager.
“Lin Yun, I’m sorry,” the long-haired teenager said before turning to leave. Just then, he noticed the flash of red in Feng Ke’s eyes.
His expression suddenly changed drastically and his body trembled. It was as if he had seen something terrifying. In a flash, he grabbed Li Tian, who had no idea what happened, and fled.