Chapter 108: Hostility
As a bell rang, Zhou Nan and Tao Chengzhi came to the outermost square of the academy, where the opening ceremony would be held. The galaxy in the sky is just like what he saw in Tao Chengzhi's room, Tao Chengzhi used a special talisman to predict the changes of the stars every night and displayed it in the room in advance.
When I came to the square, the seats had already been set up, and although it was already eight o'clock in the evening, the dean was just a simple gesture, and the whole square was as bright as day, and there was no light source at all.
At the front was a slightly higher platform, on which sat a row of very old teachers, the dean sat in the middle, and the other people Zhou Nan did not know, and Mr. Qiu was not among them.
Further down are their seats, with the first two rows of the college seating, and the back of which are the students seated by class or major.
Zhou Nan didn't know where he should be sitting, logically speaking, he should be sitting in the same phalanx as Ning Bai, but among the more than 3,000 people, it was difficult for him to find that inconspicuous figure.
Except for Ning Bai, he didn't know any students majoring in mechanical manufacturing, Tao Chengzhi hurriedly pulled him to find a corner to sit down, the two of them came too late, most of them had already sat down, and now they could only find a place to sit down.
"It's okay, no one will notice. The dean was talking above, and the two of them were also discussing in a whisper below, "I didn't expect you to be so interested in combining talismans, otherwise you can consider changing to my major, you go and discuss with the dean, and the dean will definitely agree." ”
"It's better to wait for me to understand first, and if the mechanism manufacturing is really not interesting, I will consider changing my major. "That being said, Zhou Nan didn't have any ideas, so he went to study talismans.
In the afternoon, Tao Chengzhi showed him his dormitory, and the galaxy constructed by dozens of talismans made him involuntarily think of the magic array that had been arranged, which were also set up in advance, showing a different picture.
The two have similarities in some ways, and when he was fighting the landlord competition, he also used the magic array to make gorgeous light and shadow effects. Realizing this, he suddenly found that there is basically no difference between the talisman and the magic array, both of which are like programming, and by setting up the talisman or magic array, it is like code.
A talisman is equivalent to a single magic array, and Tao Chengzhi's graduation project is only equivalent to a combined magic array. The difference is only in the different carriers, the essence and source of power of the magic array is a special "ink", as long as the pattern of the magic array is correct, then even if the ink is poured into it, it can still have an effect.
In the process of drawing the talisman, it is really necessary to mobilize the magic power, and the talisman written with magic mixed with ink has an effect, and the yellow rune paper is not only left with ink, but also the magic that exists together with the ink.
If you look at the difficulty alone, the magic array is undoubtedly better, but those special inks are often corrosive and require special materials to be able to bear, and the power of the magic array comes from ink, which also leads to its extremely high cost, and the cost of ink and carrier is not too low. Although the ink of the talisman is also special, the price is also close to the people, and the yellow rune paper is even cheaper than a large handful of silver tickets.
The power of the talisman comes from your own magic, and the ink is just to allow you to see your handwriting, and the ink can be mixed more easily. If you're confident in your manipulation of your magic, you can even draw a talisman out of thin air.
However, even a master like Mr. Qiu can draw a talisman in the air without relying on yellow rune paper, and must use ink or something else, such as water or a burning knife.
Both have their own advantages and disadvantages, the magic array is easier to mass-produce, except for those that need to be adjusted separately, other magic arrays can be mass-produced with the help of external forces, if the cost is not considered, the talisman is more simple and simple, but it cannot be made in batches.
The two of them have been chatting below, and for Tao Chengzhi, it is obviously more important for someone to speak than to listen to the dean's chatter, until Zhou Nan heard his name from the dean's mouth, and he suddenly realized.
"We have a new classmate at the beginning of this school, he is Seamus Finigan from the United Kingdom, of course, you can also call him Zhou Nan, this is his Chinese name. The dean said the news calmly on the stage.
The buzz that had always existed in the audience suddenly became louder, although there were people like them who didn't listen at all, but there were obviously not a few people who were willing to listen to the dean, the gentlemen in the first two rows were quite quiet, but the students in the back had already all started talking.
"Foreign devils. ”
"I don't know what it looks like?"
"If you are not of my race, your heart will be different, so be careful of what damage he does. ”
At least half of the people in the academy were from the Muggle world, and it was still 1992, and many things could not be helped, so it passed so easily, and the vast majority of students from the Muggle world were hostile to him.
The native Fang Shi has no prejudice, most of them are just talking about what kind of person he is, and most of the girls' attention is only on his appearance.
When the discussion gradually stopped, the dean said another news, hearing this news, Zhou Nan knew that his life was not easy, "In order to let Zhou Nan learn more things, we decided to let him enter the organ manufacturing major after discussion, so that he can learn more knowledge." ”
This time, the discussion in the audience was not as loud as it had just been, and there was no restraint at all, and the students who were completely from the Fang Shi world also began to shout loudly.
"Why can I choose a major directly?"
"Are exchange students really superior?"
"I said a long time ago that this person didn't have any good intentions, and as soon as he entered the academy, he began to engage in special treatment. ”
The academy is actually more like a comprehensive school, according to the division of his previous life, it should be from primary school, middle school to university in this college. Seventy percent of them are not eligible to choose a major because they cannot pass the second stage of the examination.
This time, he was able to choose a major directly, and those who had no hope of passing the assessment would naturally be jealous.
After the noise in the audience subsided a little, the dean said loudly, "Quiet." ”
The noise in the audience instantly subsided, as if nothing had happened just now, only the air still echoed with the noise just now. Although Zhou Nan has not seen the dean's life introduction anywhere, from the perspective of being a headmaster, Zhang Muzhi has undoubtedly done a better job than Dumbledore.
"This is the result of our discussions, and we don't need you to point fingers. The dean didn't scream, but the spell sent his voice through the square.
Next, I began to talk about some precautions for the start of school, including the professional evaluation after four months, the transfer of Mr. and so on.
The discussion about him had just passed, but he knew that these things would never pass so easily, and more than half of the students who had just glanced at him and clearly expressed hostility, and even quite a few gentlemen were dissatisfied with it, simply because he was an Englishman.
Finally, when the hour hand was about to point to ten, the dean announced that the opening ceremony had ended, "Now all the students will return to the dormitory in turn, and the mechanical engineering major will go first." ”
Not far from him, about twenty or thirty people stood up at the same time and walked out of the square in a scattered manner.
No matter what the Dean and Mr. Qiu have done these days, their actions now are undoubtedly putting him on the cusp, whether it is not stopping the noise in time just now, or letting them be the first to come out so that all the students can know him.
Regardless of what the dean was thinking, tonight's opening ceremony put him and most of the students on opposite sides, he just wanted to spend the year in peace and explore the fascinating world of magic.
But no one can do everything well, he stood up and kept up with the crowd of agency manufacturing professionals, and stood up from a group of people who were sitting, so that he attracted countless eyes, even if he walked in the middle of the crowd, he could feel countless eyes watching him.
"This is the man, the last one to stand up. ”
"I'm still sitting in the position of other majors, don't I look down on this major? ”
The sound of discussion began to sound again, and it intensified, Zhou Nan glanced back at the high platform at the front, and the dean just looked at him, without any intention of stopping the discussion.
It seems that the dean really has this meaning, and wants most of the students to reject him, but he didn't expect that when he arrived in Huaxia, which is thousands of miles away, he still can't do what he wants to do so easily, so don't blame me for stirring up the wind and rain.
Back in the dormitory, Zhou Nan lay quietly on the bed, thinking about the situation at today's opening ceremony, no matter what the dean was thinking, these are no longer important, the important thing is that at least half of the students now have a bad impression before they met him, and even everyone already knows what he looks like.
At that time, it was not dark in the square, although it was already late at night, but the dean was just a simple gesture, and the whole square became as bright as day, he stood up from Tao Chengzhi, as long as it was not a problem with his eyesight, everyone knew him.
I'll officially go to school tomorrow, let's see the situation first, if it's true that most people are hostile to him, then it's really a Harry Potter feeling.
It is very difficult to reverse a person's first impression, you have to do far better than others in order to be able to change others' impression of you, not to mention whether he can be so good, Zhou Nan is not willing to be the kind of person who is wronged and welcomed, if he is really hostile to everyone, and he has to be wronged, wouldn't it be a loss of face to be thrown to his grandmother's house.