"Whew, Whew......"

The boy trotted with a little rapid breathing, and the fallen leaves on the road made a crisp sound under his feet, and there was a special sense of rhythm when he listened carefully; The bright sunlight shone on the boy's plaid shirt through the slightly sparse branches, and the breeze blew, and the light kept flickering, full of youthful atmosphere.

"Ha, ha......"

An orange-yellow maple leaf detached from the branch, swirling and falling from the sky; The boy ran with airflow, leading the maple leaf through a graceful arc in the air, passing by him.

The picture is so beautiful, if it weren't for the time period.

"Oops, noos, noos, noos, on the first day of the last semester, I overslept!" The young man whispered in small pieces, with a wry smile on the corner of his mouth.

The United Nations Institute of Science and Technology, a top university established by the United Human Union Government in the Nine Galaxy, focuses on cutting-edge science and high technology, and is located in Yangxing, which is famous for its strong faculty, abundant research funds and high scholarships. Only fifteen-year-old graduates of standard education are eligible to apply for the examination, but the admission rate is pitifully low, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as one out of 10,000.

What struck newcomers the most was its lavish living conditions and the campus environment, where students had their own personal apartments, labs, and one-man travel facilities. The apartment area is separate from the teaching area, and between the two is a beautiful maple forest, connected by a kilometer-long maple lane; This maple leaf trail has been used as a background for artistic creation many times, which makes the students who yearn for the college sigh in their hearts: "If he (she) can accompany me through the fallen leaves on this painting, then I am willing to devote my heart to accompany me." ”

The boy walked out of the maple leaf path, entered the teaching area, and came outside the lecture hall, but did not step directly into it. He carefully wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead and took low-frequency, deep breaths to adjust the rhythm of his heartbeat.

The artificial canopy, the boy looked up at the sky, the ancient but still pinnacle of science and technology, created a 3,000-meter-high atmosphere solidified and pressurized, changing the climate temperature with the seasonal cycle, providing all the environmental conditions needed for the survival of animals and plants, and at the same time adjusting the surface gravity according to the characteristics of the planet; After that cataclysm, help humanity carve out territory and gain a foothold in this new solar-like galaxy.

"Usually I just habitually look down at books, walk with my head down, and study with my head down, but when was the last time I looked up at the sky without any scruples?" The young man tilted his head, his eyes were slightly trance-like, "Three-thousand-meter-high canopy?" Even though I was standing on the ground and out of reach, I still felt very depressed. ”

Since coming to Yangxing, the boy has never left. For him, this planet is not at all like a living home, but like a factory, where everyone's actions and thoughts are invisibly constrained, and they spend each day in a muddled manner according to the established rules and order, until they are considered qualified, and then they "freely" choose to go to other planets, and live a life that I don't know if they have entered another factory.

What is even more ridiculous is that humans have glorified this assembly-line processing method as a model of elite education, and touted it.

Human beings always use the purest appearance to cover the dirtiest reality, and the most magnificent desire to cover the most cowardly heart, thinking of this, the young man gritted his teeth, but after a moment he relaxed, laughing at himself: "I am the same, I always want to get rid of the shackles of the system, but I have always lacked the courage and courage to act. ”

There was no time to think about these things, so the young man shook his head, put these nonsense thoughts behind him, and then straightened his clothes in the mirror at the door of the lecture hall, and walked quickly to the back door.

The back door of the lecture hall was gently pushed open, and the boy crept into the middle of the last row.

"Hey, why is the head of the department in class? Isn't the course of economic applications of biology always taught by Tutor Xiang? Seeing the middle-aged man standing on the podium, the young man couldn't help muttering, and then broke out in a slight cold sweat, it couldn't be that he went to the wrong classroom, he turned his gaze to the students in the lecture hall, although he didn't communicate much with the students of the same grade, but he could barely recognize it.

After seeing a few familiar backs, the young man breathed a sigh of relief, maybe it was the head of the department who was substitute teaching, and then he no longer worried about it; He opened the teaching tablet he carried with him and entered the note-taking mode to listen carefully.

After a few minutes, the young man sighed, although the head of the department has a deep knowledge on the basis of biology, it seems to be overstretched when combined with economics; He exited note-taking mode, clicked on the teaching book and began to study on his own, but he didn't put his heart on it.

"Isn't Tutor Xiang here? I remember that since last semester, he has been working on their dissertations with students who have chosen group projects, and it has been half a year, and they should have finished it during the holidays. He remembered the big event that was about graduation.

In the final year of the United Nations Institute of Science and Technology, students must complete a scientific research paper to prove their growth in the top universities of mankind in the past five years, as well as their own level and value. In dissertation mode, you can choose to participate in a group project led by a supervisor, or you can choose to study alone, but students who choose to study alone will not receive any help from their supervisors. Of course, 99% of the students choose to participate in group projects, and only a very small number of people who are very confident in their level of knowledge, or who are from well-to-do families who can help, choose the solo model.

"It's not easy to write a solo essay, but if it weren't for the discovery of that, I would probably have chosen a group project." The teenager's fingers rubbed unconsciously on the teaching tablet, and his eyes drifted out of the window, "My paper has been completed and checked for plagiarism, and this weekend is the red line given by the school, it's time to upload it." ”

"Save ...... Save ......"

"When I get back to the lab tonight, let's do a final check-up, and there shouldn't be any oversight."

"Help Me ......"

"Huh?" The young man's eyes lit up when he felt the strangeness.

"Please, save me......"

Who seems to be talking? The teenager held his breath as he tried to find the source of the sound.

"Please, save me......"

The sound came from inside the brain, and the teenager smiled helplessly, has the lack of sleep affected it to this extent? He has been haunted by the same dream for half a year while he is working on his thesis, in which the emaciated man faces the boy with his back to the bright light, as if he is telling something, but he can't hear the sound at all, and he can't see the other person's face clearly. Thanks to this inexplicable dream, he was late for class today, and I don't know what kind of impact it will have on the comprehensive assessment.

A very faint floral fragrance came, and the young man who noticed the fragrance came back to his senses. It can't be a hallucination this time, the owner of the flower fragrance is nearby.

The boy turned his head to look to his side, and gasped sharply, he remembered very well that he had come to the last row to sit alone, and that his ears had not yet been turned to the side, and no one would notice it.

Some of the broken black ribbons were tied with strands of sideburns, and the ribbons were tattooed with a bright red flower; The long black hair that falls like a waterfall is draped over the emaciated shoulders, and the hair is so soft that you can clearly see the curve of the shoulders and back; His eyes were half covered by his forehead hair, his slender eyelashes fluttered slightly, and he looked at the podium with a flat gaze; The morning sun shines through the windowsill on the hairy face, which is slightly pale, but accentuates the perfect line of the eyebrows and the bridge of the nose; The pink lips are slightly pressed together, crystal clear, and people can't help but think about it.

The strange girl sat on the seat to the right of the boy in a white dress, like a lonely dandelion, which could be blown away by a light breeze, and the thought of holding her in her arms came spontaneously.

No, no, this crazy idea is terrible! The boy forcibly twisted his head right, and due to the excessive force, the bones in his neck made a crisp sound, which could be clearly heard within a meter.

"It must be considered a pervert!" The boy thought with a sad face, "This is really rude. ”

The young man's name is Yan Qingcheng, in the eyes of outsiders, he is withdrawn and taciturn, and good deeds evaluate him as a handsome face; At the same time, because of this somewhat unpleasant reputation, he has no experience of interacting with the opposite sex.

However, his personality is related to his origin. Yan Qingcheng is an orphan with little impression of his loved ones, and he has lived in a government-established welfare institution since he can remember; Thanks to the standard education program, he was able to attend school until the age of fifteen, and was later admitted to the United Nations Institute of Science and Technology for his diligence and talent. Since he was a child, he was ostracized by his peers because of his status as an orphan and excellent grades, and it was not until he entered the National Academy of Sciences that his situation improved slightly. This directly led to a flaw in his personality: he did not like to communicate with people. He locks his heart in a hard shell, easily withholding his true feelings, and tries to slowly erase the scar with a superficial taciturn and lightness.

Yan Qingcheng glanced to the right with his peripheral vision, and the stunning girl didn't say anything, still looking at the podium.

Maybe it's because of his cultivation, Yan Qingcheng thought to himself, he had never seen such an excellent girl in this college, and she was so unreal.

His eyes were a little weak, and after thinking for a long time, he picked out the only flaw, but it was quite far-fetched.

The boy and the girl sat side by side at the back of the lecture hall, keeping a secret silence. Time passed bit by bit, as if you could feel the figures and voices of people gradually disappearing, and the world around them gradually faded away; I don't know how long it took, it seemed to be in a dream, an ethereal vision came, in the fairyland of the independence of the world, the boy guarded the fragile girl, let the years go forward until the end of time.

"Alas......" A weak sigh dissipated in the air, without causing any waves.

Do you want to talk to her, Yan Qingcheng was infinitely entangled in her heart, she didn't bring the teaching panel, it didn't seem that she came to listen to the class. But wouldn't this be too abrupt, after all, it's the first time we're meeting, and a perfect girl like this must be bored with the person you're talking to. But if you miss this opportunity, will you be able to meet her next time?

Emotions that had never appeared before churned in Yan Qingcheng's mind, and this emotion made his heart beat faster, and the roots of his ears were dyed with a strange crimson.

Yan Qingcheng was so disturbed by unfamiliar emotions that he finally made the decision to talk.

"Are you new to this academy, I don't seem to have seen you before." He said in an unsteady voice, smiling as much as he could.

The smile froze, and there was no one around him.

Hell yes! Yan Qingcheng's heartbeat rate broke 100 in an instant, and the strange emotions in his mind were swept away. He put his hands on the table with his fingers interlocked, and bit the tip of his tongue with his tiger teeth to force himself to calm down.

The girl just now could never be a hallucination, he could feel that she really existed!

Maybe he was too focused on thinking and ignoring his surroundings, Yan Qingcheng comforted himself so much. He was able to concentrate completely to ensure the accuracy of his actions and judgments, at the cost of blocking out his perception of all irrelevant things, but he had lost his mind just now.

"Whew, what a pity," he said, visibly frustrated, with a long sigh, "even if it's just a simple hello." ”

The bell rang for the end of class, and the students in the lecture hall began to stir restlessly.

The head of the department on the podium slapped the table heavily and said to the audience in a very serious voice: "Listen, there is a very important matter to inform you of the last. Students must pay attention to travel safety, the instructor who originally took this class had a problem with the flight vehicle yesterday, half of the energy system lost control, fell directly from the air of ten meters, and is still soaking in the medical tank. I know that most of you don't have any courses and your graduation thesis is almost completed, so you often go out together, but you all pay attention to safety and don't make trouble for me at this last moment. With that, the head of the department left the lecture hall with the teaching panel.

"So that's why I'm not flying in the academy today, and I've run so long." Yan Qingcheng was a little speechless, but he was very worried about Mentor Xiang. Instructor Xiang has taught Yan Qingcheng many courses, he is a respectable instructor, Yan Qingcheng can hardly believe that Instructor Xiang is so strict that it is almost intimidating that someone can have such an accident, and the technology of the ground flying vehicle has become perfect, and he has hardly heard of a situation of loss of control during operation.

The sound of students leaving their seats sounded, and not many people seemed to be worried about the accident of the school instructor, and still laughed in groups. Half of the students left the lecture hall through the back door, but none tried to say hello to Yan Qingcheng, who had been separated for a holiday.

Yan Qingcheng stood up silently, also ignoring the other students. He has become accustomed to being alone, and he has been like this since he was a child, and the crowd will always consciously or unconsciously exclude those who seem to be more special than them, and this model of education has been exerted to the extreme. It's just that when he was young, he would feel scared and uneasy, but now he can turn a blind eye.

Growing from weakness to strength is it an improvement in the state of mind, or is it numbness to pain? Yan Qingcheng chuckled and strode out.