novellk Chapter 602 - 599:
Chapter 602 - 599:
Chapter 602: Chapter 599: "Time will tell you, I love you.[Replica Activation · Day Six]
[Core Area · Constantine University · 10 a.m.]
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"City-State news, bringing you the latest updates."
"Today’s Danger Zone turbulence index, level 8. (287, 818) Coordinates have fallen into abnormal turbulence. Observers discovered five days ago, a robed individual with a blonde female bionic person was seen in the area, suspected to be part of the armed resistance forces, recommending scavengers and travelers to detour around the area ..."
"Yesterday at 23:29, an ancient relic was successfully excavated. Experts discovered a discarded small R03 model handgun. It is assumed that the relic dates back to the Dawn War several decades ago, yet the model of the handgun is contemporary. Experts suggest that this could be a modern replica of a historical handgun, barely legible on the handgun are the words [... if you can remember ... me], which experts speculate might be a memento from the residents of the Dawn War period ..."
Under the sun-drenched shade of a tree, a school-uniformed girl holding a tangerine soda gazed at the youths brimming with youthful vigor on the court. The pillar next to her broadcasted the news.
Her black hair cascaded down, her demeanor as resplendent as a blooming lily. The young students playing couldn’t help but steal glances at her face.
If the live stream’s chatroom were watching, they’d undoubtedly play a round of "Youth, cicada calls, summer days, tangerine soda."
The atmosphere here reminded one of a verdant era filled with sunshine and sweat. The coldness of the Mechanical City seemed erased here.
This is Constantine University in the Core Area, the top university in the City of Measurement where talents converge. It encompasses high-end fields such as mechanical engineering, biology, chemistry, applied physics, mathematics, artificial intelligence, and statistical science.
The students who came here were one in ten thousand. Only if the Dawn System adjudged their personality as noble, emotionally stable, and proactive, could they enter this university.
This lofty ivory tower has continuously fed elites into high-income regions for the past decade. Some students even received higher evaluations from the Dawn System and became re
"Why is it you?" Yamada Machiichi immediately recognized the girl who had been chased by the Mechanical Army in The Fringe.
She was Ann, Little Mei’s foster sister, with an unclear background—but clearly, she was a timid mute girl by day, only able to speak at night.
"I didn’t expect you, a poor man from The Fringe, to make it here." Dong An’an glanced at him, "Did you pull some strings? Use your greater beauty compared to girls? Ah, right, my ’pulling strings,’ isn’t meant in the conventional sense."
...What a sharp tongue.
Yamada Machiichi was so irritated he was itching to bite something. He wished this person would just stay mute.
Dong An’an turned and left.
She seemed to just come for a look.
At that moment, the music ended, and the extraordinarily charming teacher began talking about the history and methods of playing the piano, distributing music scores to the students.
Since the production methods were lost, it was impossible to have one piano per person, and the students attended this class more out of curiosity about the instrument.
...Of course, the teacher’s charm was inevitably a factor.
Word spread from one to ten, ten to a hundred, and almost all the girls came to see him, packing the auditorium like a can of sardines.
As Yamada Machiichi listened to Su Ming’an’s lecture, he suddenly felt a bit dizzy.
...So dizzy.
Why was his head so dizzy...
He dazedly absorbed the lecture coming from the stage, his thoughts growing increasingly numb...
He aimlessly memorized each word from the stage as if they were sacred sounds.
"The piano fingerings consist of..."
"The practice process..."
Two hours later, the class ended.
As the teacher smiled and waved at the students before turning to leave,
Yamada Machiichi and the rest of the students were still immersed in a mentally rigid state.
They sat blankly in their seats, as if they had lost their souls. It took a long time for them to return to normal.
"Damn, I was mesmerized. That teacher is amazing."
"Does he have a personal watch? He’s so young, yet plays instruments so well, I want to friend him..."
Most of them failed to notice anything amiss, only Yamada Machiichi sensed this soulless change.
Meanwhile, Su Ming’an, who had harvested a full 800 points of Emotional Value, had already turned and left.
In this large lecture hall with thousands of people, the Missionary Halo had an extremely frightening effect of contagion, causing people’s eyes to visibly glaze over, as if moving with his voice.
Easily, he harvested 800 points of Emotional Value.
Last night, after threatening the Dawn System, he didn’t know if he truly had the password, but Dawn yielded. So he began exploring the building and requested to be a university professor by day, testing the Missionary Halo.
The building was dusty and long abandoned, with many rooms collapsed and some spaces remodelled, but he felt the structure was eerily familiar.
—Like a "déjà vu".
It’s like the hippocampus effect. In the real environment, humans suddenly feel that they have "experienced a scene in some place" before, eliciting a "familiar" sensation.
Around the building, he found several torn banners, inscribed with words like, "Kill the Governor of Ta Wei—Yasa Acto," "Everyone wants him dead!"
Looking at the handwriting, these banners were quite old.
...And there was a bronze pocket watch buried in the ruins.
When he picked it up, he inexplicably received a system prompt.
[You have met the Key Figure · "Lv Shu"]
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[Obtained the First Dawn Code.]
[Syllable: "Mo Yi".]
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Although there was no one around, and Lv Shu was far in The Fringe roasting sweet potatoes, it still prompted that he had encountered Lv Shu.
He was confused to gain a Dawn Code without any effort.
The pocket watch was attached to a golden chain, the patterns worn and only a small line of engraving left.
[Time will tell you, don’t be afraid of the dark, I love you.]
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Staring at the pocket watch, he suddenly felt an intense sadness.
As if something extremely sad and irreparable had happened.
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[Countdown: 4 days 12 hours]