Graduation Season

"Another round, brothers."

"Come on, come on! Who's afraid of who?"

"Damn, you think Hu Hansan, after roaming the world for all these years, would be afraid of you guys? Enough talk! If the friendship runs deep, drain it in one gulp!"

In Room 609 of Building 12 at CHZU Academy, Li Zhou and his dorm brothers were guzzling beer and shooting the breeze.

Even Li Zhou, who never drank under normal circumstances, made an exception today and got completely wasted.

Although CHZU Academy was merely a second-tier college located in some unknown small city, it had been built at the foot of a mountain in a scenic area, with beautiful surroundings. The South and North Campuses happened to sit on the southern and northern sides of the scenic area respectively.

It was precisely because of CHZU Academy's beautiful environment that many students chose to study there, and Li Zhou was no exception.

The scene that had just played out in Dorm 609 was happening in nearly every graduating dorm across the entire school.

The dorm aunties, who usually policed every little thing, did not say much that night either.

The students called them "Mom" this and "Mom" that every day. Now that all these children were about to leave, it would have been a lie to say they were not sad.

Drunk out of his mind, Li Zhou lay dizzily on his bed and could not help sighing with emotion. Four years ago, he had been drawn in by CHZU Academy's surroundings and, under senior Yang Ying's "persuasion," had come to CHZU Academy. He had never expected four years to pass so quickly. In the blink of an eye, he had graduated, and even the senior who had brought him into the school had already been working for a year.

Li Zhou had known senior Yang Ying for a long time. They had attended the same high school, the county's No. 1 High School, and their hometowns were close to each other as well.

Back when they were filling out college applications after the college entrance exams, Li Zhou had been talked into applying to CHZU Academy by senior Yang Ying.

But when he thought about what she had gone through these past few years, Li Zhou could not help laughing out loud.

His senior had simply been too miserable these past few years. Not only had both boyfriends she dated during her four years in college ended in failure, but when they chatted a few days ago, she had mentioned that she had, once again, been dumped!!!

Li Zhou's sudden laughter immediately caught the attention of his three roommates.

The three of them, who had been gaming together in their chairs, instantly lost interest in the game in their hands!

There was gossip!

Fatty and the other two stared straight at Li Zhou.

"Hey, Old Zhou, did you have a wet dream or something? Why are you grinning so sleazily?"

The one speaking was Fatty. His three-hundred-pound frame was the source of his nickname. Li Zhou could still vaguely remember that, during their sophomore year, this guy had come down with acute appendicitis in the middle of the night.

At the time, Fatty had only said his stomach hurt badly. At first, everyone thought he had eaten something bad. Who could have guessed it was acute appendicitis?

It was not until after one in the morning that Li Zhou noticed something was wrong with Fatty's complexion. Fatty himself was drenched in sweat.

To get three hundred pounds of flesh to the hospital, Li Zhou, Zhu Peng, and He Lin had nearly died that very night.

He Lin and Zhu Peng both nodded in agreement with Fatty's opinion.

How could Li Zhou dare say it was because of his senior? He hurriedly changed the subject.

"Haha, I was just thinking about the time we took Fatty to the hospital during sophomore year."

Sure enough, He Lin and Zhu Peng first took deep, solemn breaths, then clutched their stomachs and burst into wild laughter.

Zhu Peng laughed wildly while helping Fatty recall the wonderful times from that day.

Zhu Peng patted Fatty on the shoulder and said, "Brother Fatty, do you remember that night? Huh?"

"I won't even talk about the process of getting you to the hospital. You should have some idea in your heart."

"But after all our calculations, we never expected the thing that would stump us to be your blood test!"

Thinking of that night, Li Zhou lost all sleepiness as well. He even climbed up and patted Fatty's arm, which was as thick as a drainpipe, then said with a laugh:

"Fatty, you really gave that nurse a hard time that time. She searched for half an hour and still could not find a vein."

"Hahaha!"

"Hahaha!"

At once, the dorm echoed with the wild laughter of the three of them.

Only Fatty looked resentfully at Li Zhou and the others as they clutched their stomachs, laughed, and cried.

As the saying went, alcohol gave people courage.

Just as Li Zhou and the other three were sighing over how quickly four years had passed, a lingering song drifted over from the girls' dormitory building across from them.

"Will you remember tomorrow the diary you wrote yesterday?"

"Will you still think of tomorrow the girl who used to cry the most?"

"..."

During the brief moment Li Zhou and the others stood there in a daze, more and more people quickly joined in singing.

Li Zhou, Fatty, and the other two walked onto the balcony. Sure enough, everyone had been drawn out by the suddenly rising song.

Gradually, everyone began singing along unconsciously, including Li Zhou and the other three.

"Will you remember tomorrow the diary you wrote yesterday?"

"Will you still think of tomorrow the girl who used to cry the most?"

"La la la la la la..."

"La la la la la la..."

"La la la la la la la la..."

And so, everyone stood on their balconies and sang for a very, very long time. Even after the song ended, some still leaned quietly against the balcony railings, staring blankly into space.

Time always slipped away quietly. When Li Zhou woke up, opened his eyes groggily, and checked his phone, he discovered it was already two in the afternoon.

Li Zhou looked up and, sure enough, Fatty and the other two had already left ahead of him.

Li Zhou sat on the bed in a daze, feeling somewhat lost.

This was already the twentieth year since he had transmigrated here.

That was right. Li Zhou was a transmigrator, the kind who had transmigrated into a baby.

Other than being called Blue Star, this planet was no different from Earth.

As a transmigrator, having a cheat was standard equipment, and Li Zhou was no exception.

Whenever he wanted, a progress bar would appear in his mind. That progress bar had appeared from the moment he arrived in this world.

Twenty years had passed. Ever since the progress bar got stuck at 99% five years ago, it had not moved at all.

Five years! A whole five years, and it had not budged even a little!

Other transmigrators could already crush heaven and earth after twenty years, but he was still as mediocre and unremarkable as he had been in his previous life.

In his previous life, at least he had found a job after graduation. In this life, he had not even found work.

"Alas!"

In this life, he had studied software engineering. After four years, all he had learned was how to develop bugs, though he had become quite skilled at outputting "Hello word!" in all kinds of programming languages.

With his level of development skills, unless he went for training, he could forget about finding any development-related job.

Just as Li Zhou had no idea where to go from here, a crisp sound rang through his mind.

The crisp sound startled Li Zhou so badly that he shuddered.

"Ding..."

"Civilization Navigation System installation successful..."

"New user gift package is being issued... Please lie down, host."

...

The next moment, Li Zhou's eyes bulged, and he passed out cold.

Before losing consciousness, Li Zhou could vaguely make out the words Artificial Intelligence.

When Li Zhou woke up, he rubbed his aching forehead and looked up, only to discover it was already dark outside the dormitory. Fortunately, the school's notice said students had three days to leave.

Otherwise, Li Zhou would probably have ended up sleeping on the streets that night.