Chapter 28: Learning Everywhere You Go
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Sitting in the classroom with everyone, the students were once again preparing for battle.
I secretly glanced at Senior Jiang Yan, who was sitting next to Qing Ming. He had resumed his usual 45-degree star-gazing posture. In the past, he seemed so frail, but now, he had become the “oxygen boy” on the front page of Xianyu Academy’s campus network. His refreshing aura had made him the oxygen that all the girls needed.
In this world that values appearance, just being good-looking gets you completely different treatment.
“Is everyone ready?!” Hei An Yang coldly shouted.
“Ready!” Everyone immediately grabbed their weapons.
Hei An Yang squinted disdainfully at everyone. “Then, begin!” As he raised his hand, beams of light quickly rose from beneath the seats, enveloping every new student. I held onto my gun tightly, knowing that the battle was about to begin again.
Whoosh! Everyone was teleported, but I… remained sitting there, dumbfounded. Oh, and there was my guardian, Mo Ming. He, too, looked a bit confused.
“Huh?” I looked around, and the entire classroom was suddenly empty. In this huge classroom, only Mo Ming and I were left, sitting there foolishly. What was going on?
“Student Xia Xiaolan.” Hei An Yang floated above me, and I hurriedly stood up, having to crane my neck to look at him like a deity. His black sleeve lightly brushed past me, and immediately, five thick books appeared before me. “I have prepared a special curriculum for you. During this time, you must finish reading these books.”
“Finish reading them?! How is that even possible?!” Each book was as thick as three bricks! Teacher, are you sure these are for reading and not for building walls?
“Impossible or not, you must finish. I will be testing you.”
Thud, thud, thud, thud, thud. The five books stacked up in front of me, and they were already as tall as I was.
“What are you still doing here?” Hei An Yang looked at Mo Ming with disdain. “Don’t stay here and distract your master from studying.”
Mo Ming glanced at the books, his emerald eyes flashing. Clearly, he was hesitating! This guy definitely didn’t like reading either. He stood up. “It’s just reading, right?” he asked seriously.
Hei An Yang’s face showed a hint of anger. “If you want to stay, fine. But you will have to read all of these books as well—”
Whoosh! A silver-gray figure flashed by, and before Hei An Yang could finish his sentence, Mo Ming had already disappeared. I covered my face. It seems textbooks are indeed most people’s nemesis.
Mo Ming must have been tormented by them in the past too. Textbooks really are a dark history that no one wants to recall.
Hei An Yang squinted at me, looking down. “Finish reading.” After saying that, he disappeared. I stared blankly at the wall of books in front of me. I picked up the one on top—oh my god! I couldn’t even lift it. Is this a book or a brick?!
Thud! After finally moving the five books and arranging them on the desk in front of me, I read the titles: History of the Six Realms, Evolution of the Races in the Six Realms, War History of the Six Realms, History of the Divine Race, and History of Humanity.
Great, all history…
I’m terrible at history…
I hadn’t even started reading, and my head was already throbbing out of habit. I rubbed my forehead and looked at the last book, History of Humanity. I know human history the best, so what’s the point of reading it?
I opened it casually and saw this written: “Humans were originally created to help the Divine Race manage the world…”
Huh? This is different from the human history I learned.
I immediately leaned over the book and started reading seriously. The book said that the Divine Race, due to a lack of manpower, created humans. So, we humans were created as laborers for the Divine Race?!
We helped them manage the mortal realm, but later, humans realized that they were being enslaved and developed a spirit of resistance, which led to the first war between the Divine Race and humans, as recorded in the History of the Divine Race.
I quickly flipped through the History of the Divine Race. It stated that this war made the Divine Race realize the uncontrollable nature of humanity, so they left the mortal realm. The text made it sound like they were quite aggrieved, with a tone of “Everything I did was for your own good, but you betrayed me.” The descriptions were filled with sorrow, as if they couldn’t understand why humans resisted. It even warned future generations of the Divine Race: Do not collaborate with humans lightly!
I was completely confused and frustrated. How could this be? I wanted to curse. Who wrote this book? Come out and face me! I promise I won’t beat you to death!
I never expected the Divine Race to be so fragile. People often say, “If the heavens have feelings, they too will grow old.” But it turns out the heavens have feelings and get hurt easily, so they chose to let go to avoid further pain.
So, it’s all humanity’s fault, huh?
But from the perspective of the Divine Race, humans really aren’t always trustworthy. First of all, they lack integrity!
Especially now, humans don’t even spare their own descendants. For the sake of money, they put anything into food products, regardless of whether it might lead to infertility, leukemia, big heads, or early puberty. As long as it’s not their own children, they don’t care.
Why doesn’t the Divine Race use lightning to strike down these scumbags? If they struck them down, the world would be purified, and only good people would be left.
I don’t understand the ways of the Divine Race.
Frustrated, I continued flipping through the History of the Divine Race. I went from sitting upright, to resting my chin on one hand, to eventually lying down. Then, I did what every underachiever does: I fell asleep…
Yes, I fell asleep.
I hadn’t slept well last night, and now they were making me read history books! Isn’t this just a recipe for sleep? I can’t waste my precious time on studying.
“The first generation of deities were known as the Creator Gods…”
Huh? Who’s whispering in my ear, disturbing my sleep?
I opened my eyes, then froze.
I was sitting in a world made entirely of book pages!
Everywhere I looked, there were book pages! Above, around, beneath my feet, and even the desk in front of me—all were covered in book pages filled with words!
“To help you sleep while also studying, we’ve activated the Dream Mode,” a small, thin voice said. I stood up in shock, looking around. This was truly making me study even in my dreams!
Xianyu Academy is unbelievably harsh! How can anyone survive here? With this kind of teaching system, how could there possibly be any underachievers? Everyone here must be a genius!
“Please sit down. I will continue explaining the History of the Divine Race to you.” The voice continued. I looked around in confusion, but saw no one.
“Ahem, Student Xia Xiaolan, I’m on the desk.”
I looked down and—pfft! There was a tiny worm wearing a suit, black-rimmed glasses, and holding a thin toothpick like a pointer.
“Hello, I’m a bookworm.” He introduced himself. I slowly sat back down. Surprisingly, I wasn’t even shocked. After all, I had seen everything in Xianyu. What’s so strange about a bookworm?
But this bookworm was so cute! He even dressed like a human. Interesting. I reached out to poke him, and he immediately covered his head. “Student Xia Xiaolan, please pay attention to the lesson!”
“Hehe, how fun, how fun.” I continued poking him, and he suddenly raised his toothpick and stabbed my finger.
“Ouch!” I quickly pulled back my hand. That actually hurt a bit.
He put down the toothpick and pointed at the desk. “The Creator Gods you humans are familiar with include Nuwa, Pangu, Fuxi, and other great deities. However, after completing creation, they left this world.”
“I know, I know.” I raised my hand. “I’ve read ancient myths. It’s said that after the great war among the gods, they became disheartened and left this world.”
The bookworm nodded. “Yes, that’s what the legends say. But in fact, they left this world to their descendants, allowing them to grow with it, to learn how to manage it, and to eventually become new Creator Gods. Once they’ve gained enough ability, they will leave this world to create new worlds.”
“Wait, wait…” I squinted. “Are you saying… our Earth is like a giant internship program? Specifically designed to train gods and demons?!”
He waved the toothpick. “You could understand it that way. Currently, the third generation of deities is being trained, preparing to take over Earth once the previous generation leaves.”
“Wow! So you guys really treat Earth as an endless internship! This never ends, does it?”
“Not just your Earth—countless worlds.” He waved the toothpick, and the book pages around me dissolved, revealing a vast universe filled with one, then another, Earth-like world!
“When one old world is destroyed, a new one is born…” The bookworm floated amidst these worlds, pointing at them with his toothpick. Some were still in a primitive state, developing. Others had entered prosperous ancient times, while some were modern societies like mine. And others… were in the midst of destruction…
I walked, shocked, toward a world engulfed in war. Flames exploded across the planet’s surface, turning patch after patch of land into scorched earth. The bookworm waved his toothpick, and in an instant, I was transported into that world, surrounded by the ashes of war, falling from the gray sky like in the Demon Realm.
Far more advanced flying machines than in my world flew over my head. Beam after beam of blue light rained down, hitting the buildings around me, instantly turning them to ashes. People hiding in the buildings ran out, their faces filled with nothing but terror and fear.
The entire world froze before my eyes. I shed tears of sorrow. “In the end… we humans are always the ones who destroy our own worlds…”
“Yes, it’s always humans who destroy their own worlds.” The bookworm floated in front of me. “These are other worlds, but even in your world, multiple civilizations have already risen and fallen.”
I wiped my tears and looked at him in shock. “What did you say?”
The bookworm swung his toothpick. “Before your current civilization, there were others. But they were all destroyed. The cities on the Moon are the best evidence.”
My jaw dropped in disbelief. “There were cities on the Moon? Was Chang’e really there?!”
The bookworm shook his toothpick. “It seems you really are an ignorant, average girl. That’s normal. Most girls only care about dieting and celebrities.”
I glared at him indignantly. “Who said that? I only care about food and what I’m going to eat next.”
The bookworm was stunned, blinking his tiny eyes. He waved his toothpick, making the war-torn world disappear, and presented several photos of the Moon in front of me. There really was a city-like ruin there! And pyramids!
“These are photos taken by the Americans and Russians during their lunar missions. At the time, they agreed to keep it a secret. But under pressure from some organizations in recent years, these photos were released. You can find them on your human Baidu. Since you’re a human, you should pay more attention to technological news that concerns you!”
I felt deeply ashamed, having been lectured by a worm. I really can’t just focus on food anymore! It turns out you have to study hard and learn science everywhere you go.
