Stray Chapter 8: Interlude before departure
Time soon came to the second day.
Everything last night was really like a ridiculous dream, but it was undeniable that it had a huge psychological impact on Xia Ran, shaking his worldview violently, so that he spent a whole morning to digest...
Or, accept this non-illusory surreal?
When he came back to his senses, it was time for recess, and his mind was still a little confused, and he couldn't even remember when he came to the school and sat down in the classroom.
Only after he came back to his senses, he realized that he didn't know anything. He was lying on the table, weak, and squinted in a daze all morning.
But if you can't remember it, you can't remember it. At this time, it's not the important thing.
Xia Ran, like the other students around, got up from her seat and walked out staggeringly, planning to spend the afternoon in the club activity room of the special building.
For example, taking a nap or something, just to replenish his energy, he can't hold it anymore. Because his mental state was not very good, he always avoided staying up late, but last night he inevitably embarked on the road of immortal cultivation.
Still entangled in the information obtained last night, Xia Ran walked out of the classroom unsteadily.
At this moment, someone suddenly stopped him from behind——
"That...Xia Ran, please wait!"
"Huh?" Xia Ran turned around and saw a male classmate standing behind him, scratching the back of his head as if embarrassed.
The appearance is a high school boy who can be seen everywhere, with short hair and a pair of big round glasses...
He blinked his eyes, quickly restraining his thoughts, while searching for the name of this classmate in his mind, and then the light on his glasses flashed slightly: "It's Sakamoto-san! Is there something wrong?"
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"...That, Xia Ranjun, my name is An Yilun." A big drop of cold sweat appeared on the boy's forehead, and he said so in disbelief.
—Huh?
Not Sakamoto-san? Is your memory wrong? Xia Ran's expression suddenly froze for a moment, obviously he was full of confidence just now that he quickly recognized the identity of the other party...
As a result, the atmosphere became very awkward for a while. Even the classmates who were subconsciously paying attention to the place all around showed a look of astonishment and strangeness, and whispers began to sound.
It is foreseeable that there will be more rumors about Xia Ran's strange classmate after today, and it is estimated that it will not be good.
Xia Ran exhaled softly, looked at the bento box in the boy's hand opposite, and looked at the slightly awkward expression of the other side.
This boy should have something to discuss with him, but he has not made up his mind. It wasn't until he saw that he was about to leave the classroom that he stopped himself in a panic, which was probably the case.
This Sakamoto...Anyi-san should be asking himself for something from a personal point of view, and what he wants to do may be more troublesome, and he belongs to the type that is not easy to make requests to strangers .
It's very simple, if it's not his own troubles, but to help the teacher or others pass the news, then he shouldn't be so hesitant, hesitant, hesitant, and hesitant to make up his mind.
After all, if it's just to help with a sentence, then it certainly doesn't take too much time for psychological construction.
Although Xia Ran's own set of characters is neither close to the people nor friendly, it does not mean that his classmates will not dare to approach him at all. He is still confident in this regard.
Those thoughts were quickly revolving in my mind, Xia Ran coughed, and then decisively prepared to activate the a.t. force field again to keep people from thousands of miles away:
"Okay, An Yi, what's the matter? I'm going to solve the lunch problem now, and I'll go to the club's activity room later... If there's no problem, I'll leave first. already?"
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"Eh? No, I... I'm... Okay, sorry for disturbing you." The boy opposite was stunned for a moment, subconsciously wanting to say something, but then he reacted again, looking down in frustration. said.
"Well, then... see you later."
Xia Ran was completely calm on the surface, just nodded lightly, then turned and walked outside the classroom.
As he expected, the other party is obviously not cheeky.
When walking out of the classroom door, Xia Ran subconsciously glanced behind him slightly, and found that the boy sighed and returned to his seat and sat down, as if he was worried about something, his frustration was evident .
He secretly said sorry, then left the corridor without looking back.
In normal times, Xia Ran wouldn't mind to see if the other party had any problems, and if he could help, but now...he really doesn't feel that way, and his own problems haven't been solved yet. Straighten it out.
But speaking of which, the boy was actually sitting not far from him, only two seats away, but he didn't remember the other person's name at all.
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Special Building, the activity room of the Ministry of Service.
Although it is a warehouse-like activity room, with tables and chairs randomly stacked in one corner, it looks empty and quiet, but the environment is not bad.
The hygiene is also well cleaned. There is no dust or **** on the ground, and the air is not dull. After Xia Ran arrived and opened the window for ventilation, it was even more so... The curtains were swayed by the wind, and the air began to circulate.
He moved a set of tables and chairs and sat down. Then, in twos and threes, he removed the bread in his hand and kneaded the bag into a ball.
Then, just like yesterday, he took a book he put in the activity room and opened it, and it started... It looked like this on the bright side, but his eyes looked a little strange.
In fact, Xia Ran is not reading a book, but an interface that others can't see. It is some kind of data terminal implanted in the depths of his soul in the white space, which can also be said to be a "system".
As if to refute all his reasons and smash his three views, no matter what reason he wants to use to deny that absurd state of affairs, it will be reversed by the system interface that can be summoned at any time negative.
After all, in theory, the real world should only be a cruel dimension, and it is impossible for normal people to do the operations of "pressing the e key to enter the eagle-eye state" and "pressing the tab key to open the menu bar".
It can be directly projected on his retina, or it can appear through an open book or the display page of a mobile phone. Since the former will affect the field of vision, Xia Ran now chooses the latter method.
He is carefully browsing his personal information and checking the attribute display about himself——
"Strength: 4"
"Agility: 4"
"Constitution: 4"
"Intelligence: 7"
"Spirit: 3"
"Perception: 7"
Ignoring the insignificant parameters such as age, height, weight, blood type, etc., Xia Ran is directly watching his most basic character attributes.
Although there are other columns such as blood race, enhanced exchange, and skill specialties, but if not empty. It seems to belong to the default factory settings, for example, the display of blood race is "human" for granted.
——Anyway, for now, these basic attributes are the most meaningful for him.
After the data was extracted by the system and displayed quantitatively, his physical ability value, as well as the ability value at the intellectual and spiritual levels were all displayed in the most intuitive numerical form... However, it seems that it is not very impressive as expected.
Because it is said that the standard value is 5 points, every attribute is like this, and under the judgment of this standard, his physical ability is almost completely unqualified.
For example, the attribute of physical fitness is a combination of attributes such as physical endurance, cell activity, anti-strike ability, immunity strength, etc. Maybe on the surface it is only 1 point less than the standard line, but in fact it is It was reduced by 20%.
It should be easy to understand if you compare it with the concept of percentage. A 4-point physique that is 20% weaker is a weak otaku. If a 3-point physique is 40% weaker, it is probably only A pregnant woman who just gave birth.
Although the guide also said, this is a very normal phenomenon. Before awakening, every lost person has been weak for a long time, so weak that he is almost on the verge of death on the soul level... So the foundation is really insufficient. Very normal.
And it's actually very quick to make up. As long as it's not unfortunate enough to die, there's no time to grow. After all, it is not easy to add points to become a superman, but it is not difficult to add points to become a normal person.
It's just that Xia Ran is completely clueless at the moment.
Yawning, he closes the book.
There are still many things that I don't understand, but his preparation time is not enough. According to the guide, he will probably usher in the first mission arranged by White Space tonight...
It is said that from now on, he won't have to worry about nightmares, because it will become very regular, fixed into a ten-day cycle.
But if he fails, he may pay a very heavy price, especially in his current situation, he can never face the dream world with the attitude of beating Soul Douluo with 30 lives before.
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Afternoon, three thirty-five.
Yukinoshita Yukino opened the door of the activity room on time as yesterday, and walked in on her own. She looked around and found that the activity room was no different from usual.
Although there is one more person, it is only one more person. The other party was sitting quietly on the chair in the middle of the activity room, just like yesterday. In the silence, only the sound of turning pages sounded from time to time.
The person seemed to sense her arrival, so he raised his head and said softly, "Good afternoon, Yukishita-san..."
His eyes became a little strange, looking a little troubled, and his expression became weak for some reason, completely different from yesterday...
The girl originally thought that this person was just pretending, like yesterday's clumsy trick and pretending not to know her, but now it seems that is not the case.
It's a very strange feeling. Of course, this made her even more unhappy, and it also made her feel a little relaxed, no longer entangled in the place where she had been alone all the time, and suddenly there was a stranger's Things...
"Good afternoon."
The girl nodded indifferently, and then came to the chair by the window to have a look. She remembered that when she went back yesterday, she had put the table and chair back in place, so the current chair is...
She didn't sit down like this, but looked at Xia Ran next to her, and then moved out another chair very calmly.