Volume 1 The Caged Bird Chapter 1 Beyond the World (1) The Outside World
The territory calendar is 825 years.
Early one morning...
Warm sunlight shines through the fence-like walls of the world, and huge bands of light are neatly spread on the ground!
As usual, Xia Ming always sat listlessly on the bed and stared out the window for a long time until the war horses of the investigation team passed by the road in front of the stone building. His gaze followed the man on horseback, slowly disappearing in the direction of the end of the world wall.
World walls, why does the world have walls? The world in the dictionary is not explained as a collection of all things, including what humans perceive, and all sets that humans do not perceive. Shouldn't the world be endless?
Xia Ming suddenly felt cold, jumped on the quilt in a hurry, and pulled out a thick, crumpled paper with yellowed pages from the quilt.
Some books about the world outside the world, which should not be here, appeared in his hands. He sneakily slipped under the bed and locked it into a sturdy, sturdy, supposedly reliable wooden box. No one should be allowed to discover this book, especially their own mother.
"Hey!"
Someone outside the window suddenly deliberately shouted, "Our Xia University Principal (1), which college have you been admitted to......
"Doolittle, you're enough!" Zhang Monkey kicked on the perpetrator's fat buttocks and scolded: "Where Brother Ming is examined, it's your business!"
Duterley jumped up in rage, his round ass bouncing up and down with him. The stone alleys are not very wide, and Dutley only needs to make the alleys narrower with each stop. He pointed at the thin boy angrily and said, "Okay, you little monkey, you dare to kick me!"
"What's wrong with kicking you!" Zhang Monkey did not show weakness, not afraid of the black shadow that pressed over, and suddenly, the two scuffled together.
Zhang Monkey pinched the other party's neck, "If you fart in front of Brother Ming's house again, I will tear your body of lard!
Xia Ming frowned helplessly, knowing that Zhang Monkey was kind, but he was noisy in front of his house, afraid that he would attract the neighbors!
"Mom, it's not early, I'm leaving!
Xia Ming didn't dare to pass through the door, picked up a backpack full of materials and a wooden box that had been prepared, and jumped out of the window.
"Monkey, go!"
Xia Ming grabbed Zhang Monkey's collar and dragged it towards the place where the people flowed.
"Zhang Xiaohou, you wait for me, I will definitely take revenge for this revenge!"
Duterrie blushed and panted as he looked at the two who had disappeared, he couldn't catch up no matter what, so he could only say some cruel words to vent his evil anger.
Today is the day when the new students of the territory begin to report every year, and it is also unified, whether it is at the township level, the town level, or the hospital level (2), it is all on this day. There were also people running on the road, but many people whispered after seeing Xia Ming and the two.
After crossing an alley and shaking off the crowd, Xia Ming let go of Zhang Monkey's collar.
"Brother Ming, which college have you been admitted to?" As soon as he got out of his hand, Zhang Monkey couldn't wait to ask.
"Brother Ming, where did you go during the summer vacation, why didn't you come out?"
Xia Ming didn't answer him, and walked forward with his head down!
"Brother Ming, with your grades, you should be admitted to Tai Academy!" Zhang Monkey continued to ask, but he also looked a little worried.
Xia Ming stepped on the mud marks falling from the iron hooves on the bluestone slab, and imagined that the survey soldiers and horses were whistling under the hundred-meter-high giant tree, and the wind was still galloping in his ears, he couldn't help but be a little excited and fascinated!
Jingle bells... Pleasant brass bells rang in the quiet streets, and a luxurious carriage slowly approached from a distance.
On the gray sunshade, the big black and ugly crow of the Kegru family inevitably swayed, walking arrogantly like a human. The silver-haired handlebar style saw him, and deliberately let out a long and weird whistle sound, and his eyes were full of laughter!
"What's wrong, Uncle Slen?"
A young man in a black brocade shirt poked his head out of the car, his voice worried. Looking in the direction of the coachman, I happened to see Xia Ming and Zhang Monkey standing on the side of the road looking up at them. He smiled sarcastically, intentionally or unintentionally, lifting the curtain wider to show off the contents of the car.
In the sunshade, there were no glittering jewels, nor yellow gold and silver ornaments. Some are just plain layouts, and a girl's side face. There is no need for any embellishment, because any gold and silver jewelry will become dull in front of the maiden.
Zhang Monkey looked angry, he rolled up his sleeves, and the bones of his stiff and thin fists turned white. Xia Ming grabbed him in time and shook his head slightly at him.
"Brother Ming..."Zhang Monkey was stunned, and then slowly calmed down his anger.
Looking at the girl's clear side face, although Xia Ming didn't show anything, there was still some loss in his heart.
"It's President Xia! What a coincidence, I heard that you were admitted to the Military Academy. We're on our way to Tai Academy, so we might as well let Uncle Silen give you a ride!"
"Military Academy!" Zhang Monkey cried out in surprise.
"Monkey!"
Xia Ming slapped Zhang Monkey's shoulder violently and pinched him hard, making him grin and breathe in pain!
When she heard President Xia, the girl's face changed significantly, but she never turned her head to look at him, the head of the university in Snow Stone Mountain was no longer the head of the university.
"Thank you, no need!" Xia Ming smiled and waved goodbye to them.
"Uninteresting boy, the young master appreciates you, don't be a character yourself. The carriage passed slowly in front of them, the coachman waving his braids, and the brass bells ringing.
Xia Ming watched them leave with an expressionless face. Cheater?" he sighed helplessly.
After a decadent two-month-long summer vacation, he finally succumbed to the consciousness of fate!
"Brother Ming, you won't really be admitted to the Military Academy, will you?" asked Zhang Monkey excitedly.
Xia Ming just nodded, there was no surprise, he had already made a decision a long time ago, but ......
"Great!" Zhang Monkey jumped up excitedly, and when Xia Ming was guessing why he was so excited, Zhang Monkey said: "Military Academy! I am also a Military Academy! I was also admitted to the Military Academy!"
He showed Xia Ming his admission letter, excited like a child showing his proud GPA in front of his parents. In fact, even if he didn't show it, Xia Ming knew where he would go, because there was only one military academy in the whole territory!
"How did you get admitted to the Military Academy? With your GPA, it is possible to be admitted to a prefecture-level academy, or even a heaven-level (3) academy!" Xia Ming suddenly asked suspiciously.
"Brother Ming, I will get where you get in!" Zhang Monkey said with a smile, quite proud of the grade points that can only be obtained in this kind of mess. "Besides, I'm stupid, and you don't know, without Brother Ming's help, it's hard to say whether I can finish the course or not!"
"By the way, Brother Ming, how could you be admitted to the Military Academy? You should be admitted to the Tai Academy! I heard that after the Tai Academy distributed the admission book, other colleges didn't dare to rob him, how did you have the admission letter of the Military Academy?" Zhang Monkey looked more puzzled than him.
Xia Ming pointed to his backpack, "That's all there is to it." ”
"It must have been done by that little cub in Kegru, yes, it must be, the invigilator of the town exam was arranged by their family!" Zhang Monkey said, the expression on his face became more and more uncontrollable!
"But that kid must not know that you originally wanted to go to the military academy! That kid must be so angry that he vomits blood when he finds out!" he grinned as his eyes rolled quickly. "But then again, why do you want to be admitted to the military academy? The military academy doesn't even have a rank, and you have to suffer in vain! Brother Ming, I really suspect that your head has been caught by the door before!"
"Your head was just caught by the door!" Xia Ming slapped him on the head.
"Although the military academy doesn't even have a name, it's not something that can be entered casually!"
He stopped, looking up at the sky in the distance, his gaze was not firm but full of yearning, "Also, I want to see the outside world!"
"The outside world?" Zhang Monkey suddenly stopped, bowing his head in thought. "What else is out there?" he had never thought about the outside world, his mind had been filled with devils, warriors and gods since he was a child, and he had been erased by monsters and hunters when he was studying, but his mind had been blanked by the stable life he had been living in.
"Who knows?" said Xia Ming lazily and continued to walk forward. "You'll find out until you've been there!"
"But......" Zhang Monkey hesitated a little, and then smiled, "But what's the good thing?"
He chased after him.
The air valve made a loud pressure relief sound, and a steam locomotive painted black slowly drove into the platform, and it was not difficult to see from its sturdy shell that this was the exclusive train of the Military Academy.
Not every academy has a special means of transportation, the road to Tai Academy is a waterway, the huge building ship is a mobile fortress, not only fast but also comfortable, can take it few children of poor families, most of them are famous nobles!
The young man in black, the young master of the Kegru family, Lin Lan Kegru bumped into him very unkindly, and whispered in Xia Ming's ear: "Don't be complacent! Believe me, you will get retribution soon." My college president!"
Lin Lan patted him on the shoulder and left surrounded by everyone!
Xia Ming just looked at the woman's back, the thin figure became weaker and more helpless.
"Brother Ming, Brother Ming!"
Zhang Monkey stretched out his paw and shook it in front of Xia Ming, finally pulling his god back.
A middle-aged officer with big eyes in a dark green military uniform walked over, very dissatisfied with Xia Ming and Zhang Monkey who were blocking the way, and shouted in a rough voice: "No, get away, don't stand in the way of our little cub here!"
"Uncle, you dissipate your anger! We are from a military academy! Look, this is our certificate!" Zhang Monkey shrugged his shoulders, and only promised.
At first glance, this familiar voice! Xia Ming thought that the teaching director had appeared, and he was also frightened. Looking at the officer's rough appearance, it was like a tiger and wolf roaring in front of him, and he even forgot how to go.
"Don't get out of here, how many more people are in your way!"
The officer threw the certificate in their faces, spitting saliva so much that they ran away in fright.
"It's not as good as a year!" the officer shook his head and sighed in a low voice. If you throw this kind of person out of the wall, you will definitely not live for half a day, and what is even more hateful is that the habit of these two people grinding will not only harm themselves, but may also affect others. He thought so, silently wrote down the appearance of the two, and when the time came, he must give these two boys a hard time.
Sitting in the dark and crowded carriage, everyone had the same thought at the same time: Is it really not supposed to come? Xia Ming and Zhang Monkey were pushing in the crowd in embarrassment, and just saw an empty carriage pavilion, boom, it was full of people!
"Why are there so many people?" Xia Ming couldn't help but mutter.
"Do you think everyone is a college president like you?" Zhang Monkey grinned, "If we don't enter the military academy, we people won't even be able to go to the school, so we really won't have any interest at all!"
"I've heard that the mortality rate of freshmen in the military academy is the highest among all the academies! Compared to death, what's the big deal about not having a good point!" said a blonde girl with a ponytail in a high voice, the faint freckles on both sides of her face were just symmetrical, and her pouting and haughty expression was a little cute.
"What are you talking about!" Zhang Monkey was very dissatisfied with her attitude and retorted.
"I said two gentlemen, you are in my way!"
Without waiting for Zhang Monkey to get out of the way, Goldilocks pushed him away first. Zhang Monkey didn't stand firmly, and he almost fell.
"You're so rude......" He was furious, but the door slammed shut, and he snapped his words.
Through the translucent viewing window, you can see that there is only the blonde girl inside, and her suitcase stacked high next to her. She suddenly stood up again, opened the door, and said to the two of them, "It's just me, you can come in and sit!"
"What, what?" Zhang Monkey stammered, his face flushed, and he was a little overwhelmed.
Xia Ming opened the door wider, picked up the wooden box and walked in, and Zhang Monkey behind hurriedly followed, but it looked wilted like a dried cabbage!
The train started slowly, and a whining whistle tore through the clouds. Xia Ming's body suddenly stiffened, and in the crowded crowd, a thin figure silently watched the train leave, it was her mother, she was actually still not at ease......
Concentrate:
(1) University president: ranked according to the overall grade point, the best one is the college president;
(2) Township, township, and college levels: primary schools, middle schools, and universities.
(3) Prefecture-level and heaven-level: There are four levels of heaven, earth, and the underworld, and there is no grade in the military academy.