December 11, 2116, No. 52 Middle School in Sunset City.

No. 52 Middle School is barely average in the city, but it is the best school in the minds of its students, because it has always believed in the "people-oriented" teaching policy, never puts pressure on students because of the pursuit of grades, insists on adopting a personality development, moral education-based education program, and even has no uniform requirements for school uniforms. The greatest requirement for students here is not to abandon their love at any time.

On the exterior wall of the school building, there are several lines of bold large letters, which are specially written in the school motto in the most popular languages of the last century, Chinese and English, that is, a famous quote by Martin Luther King:

Darknesscannotdriveoutdarkness; onlylightcandothat. Hatecannotdriveouthate; onlylovecandothat.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can; Hatred cannot drive out hatred, only love can.

At this time, in a spacious and bright classroom in the teaching building of No. 52 Middle School, teacher Xu Zhengguo was leading the students of the sixth class of high school to review the modern history of the earth.

"More than 100 years ago, due to the continuous development of industrial science and technology, human beings continued to plunder natural resources and destroy the ecology, and the earth became unrecognizable. Blue skies, bright sunshine, clear waters, turquoise grasslands, all these good things are gradually disappearing, leaving only turbid air, destroyed ozone layer, polluted seawater, melting icebergs at the poles due to the greenhouse effect, rising sea levels continuing to erode land, over-cutting trees causing desertification, and cities full of domestic waste...... The space that human beings can live on is shrinking, and the living environment is getting worse and worse. Although human technology has made great progress, it is unable to conjure land out of thin air, and it is unable to provide a clean and tidy space for all human beings to live comfortably. ”

"In order to solve the growing problem of survival, the extremely divided regimes on the planet have finally completely merged over the long years to form a unique governing body, the United Capital of the Earth, and the separation of countries has ceased to exist, which may be the only benefit that environmental degradation has brought to us mankind. However, the unified regime did not immediately solve the problem of human existence, and the situation continued to deteriorate until the 'fateful day' came. ”

"In 2076, 40 years ago, a mysterious spacecraft fell from outer space to Earth, and since then the curtain has been on human ******."

"As soon as the United Capital of Earth acquired the wreckage of this spaceship, it classified everything related to it as top secret, so we have no way of knowing the exact contents. But a year later, the United Capital suddenly announced that they had built the first spaceship with interstellar voyage capabilities, and began to form an interstellar expeditionary force, thus announcing that mankind had officially entered the interstellar age. ”

"Two years after Fate's Day, the first interstellar expeditionary force returned with a large number of alien animals, plants, and precious minerals."

"Five years later, with the continuous improvement of interstellar voyage capabilities, the number of alien creatures and resources brought back to Earth by the expeditionary force has surged, and some of these materials have begun to enter commercial circulation channels."

"In the tenth year since the Fateful Day, the United Capital of Earth announced to the people of the world that in addition to extraterrestrial plants and minerals, alien creatures, including some intelligent life, will also be officially allowed to circulate commercially, and from this day on, the law will allow earthlings to keep extraterrestrial pets, but they must be strictly regulated from the United Capital of Earth. Within three weeks of the release of this explosive news, a series of laws and regulations such as the Temporary Administration of Interstellar Commodities, the Guidelines for Alien Pet Breeding, and the Measures for the Guidance of Extraterrestrial Biological Business Activities were promulgated one after another. Since then, the earth has begun a boom in the breeding of extraterrestrial life. ”

"When alien creatures first entered the life of earthlings, due to the scarcity of numbers, these magical pets became the hottest commodity on earth, and they were speculated on the market to sky-high prices, and they were in a state of price for a long time. Later, more and more extraterrestrial life was transported to Earth with interstellar flights, and this phenomenon slowly improved, and one earthling after another had the extraterrestrial pet of their dreams. According to incomplete statistics from the media, up to now, more than 50 million extraterrestrial life on Earth has become pets raised by humans. ”

"Extraterrestrial life with different abilities has gradually entered the life of earthlings through different ways. Alien chefs, alien housekeepers, alien athletes, alien teachers, and even alien policemen, the emergence of these alien beings has affected every aspect of human life. Of course, all this is within the controllable range, because extraterrestrial life does not legally have the same rights and interests as earthlings, and in the final analysis, they are just pets kept by earthlings......"

Speaking of this, Teacher Xu closed the textbook in his hand, looked at the eager eyes of the students under the podium, and sighed secretly in his heart: "It's still too expensive." "Although there are more than 50 million extraterrestrial pets on Earth, it is still less than one percent compared to the huge population of the Earth, and this is only an average number. In fact, members of wealthy families may each own an alien pet, while poor families may not have one. So these tens of millions of numbers are almost completely averaged out by millions of wealthy families.

Even if a special lecturer like himself already belongs to the high-income class of the people, he still can't afford to pay the high cost of buying an alien pet, let alone the children he teaches. No. 52 Middle School is not a school for the children of the aristocracy, and most of the children studying here come from commoner families, and when the children of wealthy families proudly show off their alien pets on the street, these students of their own can only stand far away, casting a mixture of envy and jealousy.

"Shen Meng," after a slight mutter, Xu Zhengguo called a girl's name, "Can you please demonstrate the basic control of alien pets for the students?" ”

"Okay, Mr. Xu." With a respectful reply, a beautiful girl with short ear-length hair and a beautiful and heroic spirit stood up from her seat.

This girl named Shen Meng is the only one in the sixth class of the third year of high school who has an alien pet, and the only one who was born in a family under the four major consortia of the United Capital, but is studying in a civilian school. Many people felt strange that she came here to study, and speculated about the reason behind it, but Shen Meng always treated it indifferently and never gave any explanation. Occasionally, when someone asked in person, she just smiled and replied, "I like it here."

Although Shen Meng is proud, she does not have the slightest arrogance, coupled with her beautiful appearance and hearty personality that does not lose to men, she is deeply loved by teachers and classmates.

At this time, hearing the teacher's request, she immediately stood up. Gently pulling up the cuffs of her left arm, Shen Meng revealed her white wrist like a jade lotus—wearing a silver alloy bracelet on her wrist.

This is the high-tech product used to store alien pets: the subspace bracelet.

On today's earth, communication devices such as mobile phones a hundred years ago have long been antique, and the most popular communication device is a metal ring worn on the wrist, which is a portable information terminal that every citizen on the earth can have for free.

Of course, there are a variety of higher-end similar products on the market, but that would require people to pay for them separately. And one of the most high-end products is this subspace bracelet.

The subspace bracelet can not only realize common functions such as communication, timing, positioning, and Internet access, but also has two very powerful special functions, one of which is that the bracelet can be connected to an independent subspace, and the bracelet owner can store various items in this completely private space, including alien pets. Of course, the subspace is also limited to alien creatures, and humans cannot survive there, because the subspace of the bracelet is in a vacuum. At present, the vast majority of known alien creatures on the earth, except for some very special existences, belong to silicon-based life, they do not need oxygen, are not afraid of vacuum, and their adaptability to the cosmic environment is far greater than that of life on earth. All living beings on Earth, including humans, are carbon-based life, and because they are highly dependent on oxygen, they will suffocate once they enter the subspace.

The second important function of the subspace bracelet is that the owner can control the pet's brain activity by combining his own brain waves with the signals emitted by the bracelet, so that these alien creatures are completely at their disposal. To put it bluntly, the subspace bracelet is a portable brainwave control device specifically for extraterrestrial creatures.

Of course, the price of such a powerful product is naturally not low, and the students know very well that if it weren't for the fact that they happened to be in the same class as Shen Meng, they might never have the opportunity to watch the subspace bracelet at such a close distance in their lives - even those stores that sell subspace bracelets are not something they can enter casually.

At this moment, Shen Meng's wrist flicked slightly, and an eagle-shaped creature with a wingspan of about one meter and a whole body like a crystal appeared in front of everyone. Although it was not the first time that many of the students had seen Shen Meng summoning pets, they were still deeply attracted by the beautiful body that sparkled and luxurious.

The Eagle Beast, a beautiful creature from the Pole Star, has a similar appearance to the Earth Eagle, but its body is completely made of a special kind of crystal, and its beautiful body can attract almost everyone who sees it, especially its beautiful eyes like amethysts, which shimmer with dreamlike brilliance, and people can't help but be fascinated by it when they look at it.

Shen Meng let the crystal eagle beast hover in the middle of the classroom for almost five minutes, until Xu Zhengguo nodded slightly to her, then put the pet into the subspace bracelet, and then sat back in his seat under the reluctant eyes of his classmates.

During the whole process, she did not show any special control skills, and she knew that the teacher's intention was not here. As for the envious gaze of his classmates, Shen Meng had long been accustomed to it. In fact, the level of the crystal eagle beast was only three stars, and in her heart, she didn't think that the three-star crystal eagle beast was such a rare alien creature. With her family strength, she could have kept a five-star alien pet, but she didn't do that. As for the reason......

Shen Meng involuntarily looked back at the back row, and in the corner at the back of the classroom, a plainly dressed boy was dozing off on the desk. Shen Meng's performance just now, he didn't look up from beginning to end.

His name is Luo Fan, and he is an inconspicuous boy in the class. Many times, teachers and classmates will even ignore him as a person, consciously or unconsciously, because he usually has little presence in the class.

Glancing at Luo Fan, Shen Meng turned his head without saying anything, but there was a smile on the corner of his mouth. Seeing Luo Fan's appearance, others might think that he was pretending to be high and pretending not to be interested in the Crystal Eagle Beast. Shen Meng didn't think so, she knew better than anyone that Luo Fan really didn't want to see it, because this crystal eagle beast was sold to her by Luo Fan.

However, this villain, he pretends to be so good at school!

Shen Meng secretly slandered himself.