Graduation Season

"One more round, brothers."

"Come on, who's afraid of who!"

"Damn, you think Hu Hansan, who's been around the block for years, is afraid of you guys? Enough said! If you're friends, down it in one go!"

In room 609 of Building 12 at CHZU Academy, Li Zhou and his roommates were chugging beer and boasting.

Even Li Zhou, who normally never drank, made an exception today and got thoroughly drunk.

Although CHZU Academy was just a second-tier university located in a small, unranked city, it was built at the foot of a scenic mountain, boasting beautiful surroundings. The South and North campuses were situated to the south and north 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 unfolding in room 609 was almost identical in almost every dormitory room of graduating students across the entire school.

The usually strict dorm supervisors, who normally managed everything, didn't say a word that night.

The students, who affectionately called them "Mom" all the time, would be lying if they said they weren't sad to be leaving!

Li Zhou, dizzy from drinking too much, lay on his bed and couldn't help but sigh. Four years ago, he had been attracted by CHZU Academy's environment and, under the "persuasion" of senior Yang Ying, had come to CHZU Academy. He hadn't expected time to pass so quickly; graduation had arrived in the blink of an eye, and even the senior who had brought him to the school was already working.

Li Zhou and senior Yang Ying had known each other for a long time. They had attended the same high school, both in the county's No. 1 Middle School, and their hometowns were also in the same area.

When Li Zhou was filling out his college application after the Gaokao, it was senior Yang Ying who had "fooled" him into CHZU Academy.

However, thinking about what his senior had gone through over the years, Li Zhou couldn't help but chuckle.

His senior had been too pitiful these past few years. Not only had her two boyfriends during her four years of college ended in failure, but just a few days ago, when they were chatting, she had mentioned that she... she... she had broken up again!!!

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

The three of them, who were playing games on their chairs, instantly felt that the games in their hands were no longer appealing!

There was gossip!

Fatty and the other two stared intently at Li Zhou.

"Yo, Old Zhou, did you have a wet dream or something? You're smiling so creepily."

The one speaking was Fatty, whose 300-pound physique was the origin of his nickname. Li Zhou still vaguely remembered when this guy had acute appendicitis in the middle of the night during their sophomore year.

At that time, Fatty had only complained of severe stomach pain. At first, everyone just thought he had eaten something bad, who would have thought it was acute appendicitis?

It wasn't until past one in the morning that Li Zhou noticed Fatty's complexion was off, and Fatty was covered in sweat.

To get this 300-pound chunk of meat to the hospital that night, Li Zhou, Zhu Peng, and He Lin almost died.

Li Zhou didn't dare to say it was because of his senior, so he quickly changed the subject.

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

As expected, He Lin and Zhu Peng first took a deep, serious breath, then clutched their stomachs and burst into laughter.

While laughing, Zhu Peng even helped Fatty recall the good times of that day.

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

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

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

Thinking about the experience of that night, Li Zhou lost all his sleepiness. He even got up specifically to pat Fatty's arm, which was like a drainpipe, and said with a smile:

Fatty, you really gave that nurse a hard time last time. They drew blood for half an hour and still couldn't find a vein.

"Hahaha"

"Hahaha"

Instantly, the dormitory echoed with the laughter of the three.

Only Fatty looked resentfully at Li Zhou and the other two, who were clutching their stomachs and laughing until tears streamed down their faces.

As the saying goes, alcohol emboldens people.

Just as Li Zhou and his three companions were lamenting how quickly the four years had passed, melodious singing drifted from the girls' dormitory building opposite them.

"Will tomorrow remember the diary you wrote yesterday."

"Will tomorrow still remember the you who cried the most."

"..."

In the short time Li Zhou and his three companions were stunned, more people joined in the singing.

Li Zhou and Fatty walked onto the balcony, and sure enough, everyone had been drawn out by the sudden singing.

Slowly, everyone started singing along involuntarily, including Li Zhou and his three roommates.

"Will tomorrow remember the diary you wrote yesterday."

"Will tomorrow still remember the you who cried the most."

"La la la la la la..."

"La la la la la la..."

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

Everyone stood on the balcony and sang for a long, long time. Even after the song ended, some people still leaned against the balcony railing, lost in thought.

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

Li Zhou looked up. As expected, Fatty and the other two had already left.

Li Zhou sat on the bed, feeling a bit dejected, lost in thought.

This was already his 20th year since transmigrating.

That's right, Li Zhou was a transmigrator, and he transmigrated as a baby.

This planet, apart from being called Earth, was no different from the Earth he knew.

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

As long as he willed it, a progress bar would appear in his mind. This progress bar had appeared the moment he arrived in this world.

Twenty years had passed. After the progress bar got stuck at 99% five years ago, it hadn't moved at all for the past five years.

Five years! A full five years, and it hadn't budged an inch!

Other transmigrators were already dominating the world after twenty years, but he was still as mediocre and unremarkable as in his previous life.

In his previous life, he at least had a job after graduation. In this life, he couldn't even find a job.

"Sigh!"

In this life, he majored in software engineering. After four years of study, all he could do was develop bugs. He was quite proficient at outputting "Hello World!" in various programming languages.

With his development skills, unless he went for training, he couldn't even dream of finding a job in development.

Just as Li Zhou was wondering what to do, a crisp voice echoed in his mind.

Li Zhou shivered from the startlingly clear voice.

"Ding..."

"Civilization Navigation System installation successful..."

"System Newbie Gift Package is being distributed... Please lie down, host."

The next moment, Li Zhou's eyes widened, and he fainted.

Before he passed out, Li Zhou could vaguely hear the words "artificial intelligence."

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

Otherwise, Li Zhou feared he would be on the streets tonight.