In mid-July, the academy had transford from quiet and deserted to bustling and lively.
A new cohort of students had arrived from all over the world, all hoping to significantly improve their overall strength through a year of advanced study.
Of course, the fact that academy students could enjoy comprehensive protection provided by the Beixing governnt within the rules was also extrely attractive to the students.
In the previous year, many students had relied on the official assistance provided at the first mont to pass the rules.
For example, when the Blood Plague Virus raged during the sixth rule, the authorities had imdiately provided academy students with the highest safety-rated protective gear, ensuring the vast majority of students were not infected.
In contrast, those living in gathering points outside the academy did not receive this treatnt. Many people didn't even receive the official protective gear until the middle phase of the rule, and even then, it was the lower-protection-grade kind.
This had sparked nurous controversies and online argunts, with many people outside the academy protesting, saying it was unfair.
But in the end, it all fizzled out. Since the authorities were cultivating academy students as the nation's future and the backbone of society, it was natural to prioritize giving them the best protection.
This also led to an exceptionally high number of applicants this year.
Even though this year's admission requirents had skyrocketed, increasing from an 80-point Upper Limit in the first year to 140 points, there were still many people who t the criteria.
Moreover, unlike the first cohort of students who were almost all from Beixing, foreigners probably accounted for ten to twenty percent of this year's freshn. This ant one or two out of every ten students were foreigners, which was already quite staggering.
So when these freshn wearing translation earpieces arrived, the senior students responsible for reception and guidance had a major headache.
Most of the first cohort had been assigned to work in various governnt departnts, but so outstanding ones had stayed at the academy as freshn helpers or counselors.
Fang Qian and her good friend Qin Qing were two of those who had stayed.
Since this morning, the two of them had been continuously receiving freshn arriving at the academy, explaining the enrollnt process and what needed to be done.
The work wasn't difficult, but the volu was huge. After a whole morning, both of them were almost exhausted.
Finally, during the lunch break, they got a chance to rest and sat together eating canned food while complaining.
"Xiao Qing, how many freshn did you receive today?" Fang Qian asked.
"I lost count. Feels like it must have been a few hundred. I'm almost dizzy."
"Sa here. And many foreign freshn don't speak the language and didn't bring translators, making communication difficult."
"Yeah. Who knew there would be so many foreign students this year... Has our academy's reputation grown that much?"
"Who knows."
As academy students, although they had enjoyed high security guarantees over the past year, their daily lives weren't much different from those living in shelters.
Even though the academy was larger, since they couldn't leave campus casually, it was essentially just a large-scale shelter.
Living in a closed environnt all the ti, they could only learn about changes in the outside world through the internet, which sotis indeed created blind spots.
"Hey, is that another freshman coming?" Qin Qing saw soone entering through the school gate.
Fang Qian looked up and imdiately froze.
The person entering the school gate was none other than Guan Tong.
"Xiao Qing, it's... you go receive him!"
After saying this, Fang Qian got up and hid behind the welco sign for new students. Qin Qing was initially puzzled, but upon taking a closer look at the person, she suddenly rembered. This person seed to be that high school classmate of Fang Qian's they had encountered on the street before.
Qin Qing didn't know what had happened between her friend and this person, only that it couldn't have been anything good. Otherwise, Fang Qian wouldn't need to hide from him.
Looking at Guan Tong's rather cold expression, her first impression was that this person seed aloof, giving off a vibe of being difficult to get along with... Could he have hurt her friend?
Thinking this, Qin Qing saw Guan Tong heading towards the faculty building and quickly jogged over to intercept him, saying, "Hello, classmate. Are you a freshman this year? Do you need any help?"
"...?"
Guan Tong looked at her with confusion and said, "Thank you, no need."
After speaking, he continued walking. Unexpectedly, Qin Qing stopped him again, saying, "Classmate, you've got it wrong. That's not the freshman dormitory building; that's the faculty building. The freshman dormitory is in the other direction!"
Guan Tong was a bit speechless and said to her, "I'm not a freshman."
Because of her friend's reaction, Qin Qing had so preconceived notions about Guan Tong. Hearing him say this, she couldn't help but remark, "Not a freshman? Don't tell
you're a teacher then."
It was just a casual quip, but to her surprise, Guan Tong nodded slightly. "I am indeed a teacher."
"...Huh?"
Guan Tong didn't say more, bypassing Qin Qing and walking towards the faculty building.
Qin Qing stood stunned for several seconds, looking suspiciously at Guan Tong's retreating back, then muttered as she returned to the freshman reception area.
By now, Fang Qian, who had been hiding, had also co out. She had also seen Guan Tong heading towards the faculty building and said to Qin Qing, "Xiao Qing, why didn't you tell him the freshman dorm isn't that way?"
"I did. But he said... he said he's not a freshman, he's a teacher."
"A teacher?" Fang Qian was taken aback.
"You don't believe it either, right? Qianqian, this classmate of yours, what exactly..."
"No." Fang Qian interrupted Qin Qing before she could finish, shaking her head. "If he says he's a teacher, then he probably really is. He's not the type to lie."
"Huh? Really?"
"Really... Oh right, Xiao Qing, have you seen this year's list of academy Lecturers?"
Qin Qing shook her head. "No. I figured since the academy has only been established for a year, the Lecturers probably wouldn't change much."
"Let
check; the official website has the list!"
Fang Qian quickly took out her phone and opened the Mind Power Developnt Academy's official website.
She clicked on the "Faculty" section and scrolled down. When they saw one particular Lecturer, both she and Qin Qing couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.
"It really is him!"
The Lecturer in the list was none other than Guan Tong.
Below his expressionless, straight-on photo was a brief introduction.
"Let
see, let
see!" Qin Qing took Fang Qian's phone and carefully read the introduction. "Guan Tong, substitute Lecturer, exceptional ability, responsible for the course 'Mind Power Flow.' Oh my god, Qianqian, your high school classmate is actually substituting for Teacher Jingyi's class!!"
The course "Mind Power Flow" was the most popular main course at the academy, and the previous Lecturer, Shi Jingyi, was also the most popular Lecturer at the academy. Yet this year, this course had changed instructors, and the replacent was Guan Tong. What on earth was going on?
Fang Qian was also completely bewildered by the situation. She had previously thought that soone like Guan Tong probably wouldn't die early in the rules, but she never imagined that in just over a year, he could co to the academy as a Lecturer. What had happened in between...
"So he really is a teacher. Oh no, oh no..." Qin Qing's face was full of embarrassnt. "I just stopped him and told him to go to the student dormitory. This is so awkward!"
"..."
"Qianqian, I didn't ask before, but now you really have to tell
about this high school classmate of yours! To beco a substitute Lecturer for a main academy course at such a young age is just too amazing, right? What exactly happened between you two? You keep avoiding him. Could it be he hurt you?"
Fang Qian said with a bitter tone, "If we're talking about who hurt whom, I was the perpetrator."
Upon hearing this, Qin Qing was utterly confused. "You dumped him?"
"...It's not that kind of thing."
"Then what kind?"
Fang Qian took a deep breath. "It's a shaful mistake I made... These past few days have been very busy, and my mind is a ss. I'll tell you later."
"Alright then. But... Qianqian, you can't just keep hiding like this, right?" Qin Qing said. "He's a substitute Lecturer now, and we're both freshman counselors. We're bound to run into him in the future. When that happens, you won't be able to avoid him even if you want to."
Fang Qian nodded. "I know. This isn't sothing that can be solved by running away. I'll adjust as soon as possible, and next ti we et, I'll have a proper talk with him."
...
During the new student enrollnt period, Lecturers for various subjects also had a lot of preparations to do.
Although the academy was vastly different from traditional universities, with no designs for failing courses or credits, as Lecturers, they still needed to prepare their lessons.
Especially with the experience from the past year, many Lecturers had accumulated insights and developed new understandings of their courses, requiring them to organize their thoughts well to deliver better teaching.
As for Guan Tong, he wasn't particularly fond of talking and had no experience being a teacher. Regarding lesson preparation, he discussed it with Shi Jingyi, who was currently recuperating. She sent him so of the teaching materials she had previously used.
During this period, Guan Tong also discussed his "Body Mind Power Channel" theory with her. Shi Jingyi calmly stated that she had discovered this theory long ago, but it wasn't universally applicable.
Because there were very few students in the world who, like Guan Tong, had the opportunity and conditions to input and output massive amounts of Mind Power. So her thod was still more suitable for the general public.
Guan Tong thought it over carefully and realized she was right. He had thought too simply before. Not everyone had a [Wordless Book] or his unique conditions and advantages. Simply extrapolating his situation to others was completely unworkable.
So he ultimately decided to teach according to Shi Jingyi's old thod. Fortunately, he had mastered the old thod thoroughly enough that teaching students wouldn't be a problem.
During this ti, he also exchanged ideas with the other academy Lecturers a few tis. Although he was young, after several exchanges, the Lecturers from various subjects were astonished to discover—Guan Tong had so understanding of their respective fields, and so of his insights were extrely incisive, offering them great gains upon hearing them.
This, along with their surprise, made them dare not look down on Guan Tong in the slightest, thinking he was likely a versatile all-rounder.
But in reality, Guan Tong simply had sufficient understanding of all aspects of Mind Power because he had experienced so much.
In contrast, many of these Lecturers had beco teachers at the academy not long after the Doomsday Rules descended. Many of them had never even fought with others, lacking any practical combat experience.
For example, there was a course called "Ascendant Fighting Skills." After chatting with the Lecturer responsible for that course, Guan Tong learned that the latter had never engaged in a life-or-death struggle with another Ascendant; they had only sparred many tis.
This left him quite speechless. Sparring and life-or-death battles were completely different. Students taught based solely on sparring experience would likely have questionable practical combat abilities.
If they really wanted students to have a certain level of combat capability, the Lecturer for this course might as well find an Ascendant rcenary who had been operating in the wilds all along; the effect might even be better.
Of course, he wouldn't comnt on the quality of others' courses. As long as he taught the "Mind Power Flow" course he was substituting for conscientiously and responsibly, it would be worthy of Shi Jingyi's trust.
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