Weird Academy, Word Spirit Controller

The contents of these letters were all very similar, nothing more than the same old clichés.

"Dear Applicant: Thank you for your interest in our college, but unfortunately..."

High school students who don't have outstanding grades but whose families have some spare money often choose this path: applying to study abroad.

Lu Mingfei didn't really care about this matter to begin with. Rather than becoming a returned overseas student, he preferred to drift through life at a second- or third-tier university, find a beautiful woman, and have a memorable romance.

The reason I mailed out the university application was simply to act as a stepping stone and a daredevil for my cousin Lu Mingze, as arranged by my aunt.

Lu Mingfei opened letter after letter, and was surprised to find two letters with different contents.

One of the replies he received read this...

"Dear Mr. Lu Mingfei: Thank you for your interest in the University of Chicago, but unfortunately you did not meet the University of Chicago requirements."

If we only go this far, it's exactly the same as the rest of the content.

However, things can take unexpected turns.

"However, we often say that there is always another option."

"First, let me introduce myself. Cassell College is a private university located in the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois, and it is an affiliated school of the University of Chicago..."

Blah blah blah.

Lu Mingfei skipped over the long string of self-praising content without expression and went straight to the end.

"We believe you meet the admission requirements of Cassell College and are extending an invitation to you."

"Your outstanding biology grades have attracted the attention of Professor Guderian of our college. He would like to allocate US Dollar 36,000 per year from his research fund to you as a scholarship for your admission to our university. This scholarship is sufficient to cover your full tuition and living expenses for four years of university. — Sincerely, Norma."

If it were the old Lu Mingfei, upon seeing the contents of this letter, he would probably subconsciously start calculating how many World of Warcraft game cards or how many pirated PS2 discs those US Dollars could buy in RMB.

Now, all he wants to do is sneer.

"Fraud!"

In Lu Mingfei's view, the other party was clearly a clumsy and extremely stupid swindler.

It's the kind of deception that fools and ignorant young people get tricked into going abroad, where their internal organs are removed and they're given to the rich as organ donors.

Was his biology grade really that good?

What a joke!

Doesn't he have any idea what his academic performance is like?

Lu Mingfei threw the reply from "Cassell College" into the trash.

When he's short of money, he can easily generate millions or tens of millions of RMB using the console, without needing any sponsorship from others.

Even if what the other party said is true, he doesn't plan to go!

Thinking this, Lu Mingfei opened the last letter on the table with a strange expression.

The content is simple and clear—he was admitted to a private college called "Panda University"!

"Esports Department... does such a department really exist?"

Lu Mingfei felt his mouth was a little dry.

Computer games are his only special skill.

In any case, knowing that one's value and talents have a place to be displayed still gives one a secretly satisfying feeling.

The letter also included a text record of Lu Mingfei's full-fledged gameplay in StarCraft, and warned him, "Please stop using the red dot controls on your IBM laptop to play games. Once bad habits are formed, they are hard to break and will seriously affect your skill development."

The other party investigated him!

Lu Mingfei looked around, almost suspecting that someone had installed a camera in his bedroom.

He searched the entire bedroom, but apart from the laptop webcam that he had taped to himself, there was no other recording device.

Bite!

A metal object fell out of the envelope.

Lu Mingfei picked up the little thing.

It is approximately 3 centimeters long, 1.8 centimeters wide, and about 1 centimeter thick, with a bright, fiery red color throughout.

It's just an ordinary metal badge, but it's been made to look like something that's unaffordable.

Stroking the badge, Lu Mingfei felt a sense of preciousness.

He turned the badge over and looked at the front...

A plump, black and white panda, so fat it's panting, is depicted with remarkable lifelike detail.

"It feels just like that Cassell College..."

Lu Mingfei chewed on the name "Panda University," his eyes twitching slightly.

No matter how you look at it, it doesn't seem like a proper university.

However, looking at the red- Monokuma badge in his hand, Lu Mingfei felt that it was no exaggeration to call it a work of art, and it would be no problem to sell it for a thousand or so yuan.

Who would waste such resources on him just as a prank?

For Lu Mingfei, the future would probably involve going to an obscure university, having a relationship there, finding a job and renting an apartment after graduation, and maybe his parents would occasionally urge him to get married when they thought of him. Then he would get married, have a child, and go to work Tenten.

Even with the special abilities of having a built-in console and cheat codes, he couldn't think of any other ambitions besides becoming the world's richest man.

Now, the admission letter from Panda University Lu Mingfei feel as if a mysterious door is opening to him.

He peeled off the tape on the laptop's webcam, took a picture of the panda badge, and posted it in the class group chat.

"I received an acceptance letter. Has anyone heard of Panda University? (Photo 1. jpg)"

Lu Mingfei had prepared himself to be ridiculed, but his classmates' reactions were completely different from what he had expected.

"Holy crap! Panda University?!"

"Are you kidding me? Lu Mingfei, you think you can take me on?"

"Is this badge real? It looks exactly like the one shown on the Panda University homepage..."

"Holy crap! I just checked the badge's code on the official website, and it really does say Lu Mingfei in the 'Unenrolled Freshman' section!"

"In the past ten years, only two people from our school have been admitted to this school..."

"Wait a minute... the Gaokao entrance exam hasn't even started yet, so they were admitted through special admissions?"

"It's said that this academy has been passed down for two thousand years, and every student who enters Panda University, even those who drop out or fail to graduate, becomes a Devil Fruit user..."

"If I become rich and powerful, let us not forget each other!"

"The last person to say that was killed by Chen Sheng."

What the heck?

Lu Mingfei was completely bewildered and began to suspect that everything he had experienced was a prank played by his classmates.

However, the subsequent remarks of the two people made him reject this idea.

Su Xiaoqiang: "Lu Mingfei, are you free today? We've been classmates for three years, and we haven't had dinner together yet. How about 8 pm tonight, under the blue sky and sea?"

Another girl with the ID "Chen Wenwen" sent a voice message.

"Mingfei already made plans with me today, right?"

Honestly, if the other party hadn't used voice messages, Lu Mingfei would have suspected that Chen Wenwen had been hacked.

That quiet, artistic girl, my dream lover, actually took the initiative like this?

Lu Mingfei's mind was a complete mess.

After thinking for a while, he realized that Panda University might not be a prank.

Would beauties of Chen Wenwen's caliber, the school beauty, and Su Xiaoqiang, the "Little Fairy," waste their time on me just to play such a boring and ambiguous joke?

"Am I really so ignorant?"

Lu Mingfei a daze, ignoring Zhao Menghua who was jealous and making sarcastic remarks because of Xiaotiannv Su Xiaoqiang, and stiffly searched for "Panda University".

Looking at the millions of related results and detailed discussions, Lu Mingfei pinched his thigh.

It hurts!

I'm not dreaming.

So...

"Have I been transported to a parallel world?"

That doesn't make sense either...

Everything around him was exactly the same as before. His aunt was still sharp-tongued and mean, and his cousin Lu Mingze was still the same chubby guy who was 1.6 meters tall and weighed 160 pounds.

To ensure he reached the correct conclusion, Lu Mingfei even logged into his alternate account, "The Mark of Sunset," and chatted flirtatiously with Lu Mingze for a while.

Suddenly, a string of text bubbles appeared in Lu Mingfei's field of vision. "You did not time travel; the world's settings have been modified."

It turns out that it was the chibi version of Firehair.

Upon seeing these words, Lu Mingfei suddenly thought of a serious question.

The principal of the Panda University also seems to be named Wang Yan?

This kind of cringeworthy name isn't something a normal parent would choose; he simply doesn't believe such a coincidence exists in the world!

"You're the president of Panda University?"

Lu Mingfei silently complained in his heart, not expecting the other party to answer.

Unexpectedly, the chibi version of Wang Yan suddenly spoke up and responded to the question.

In the upper left corner of my field of vision, a series of text bubbles reappeared, the childish handwriting seemingly trembling. "I am me, he is him! We are different!"

It feels a bit like a child throwing a tantrum...

The thought had just crossed Lu Mingfei's mind when the 3D figure that had been quietly sitting in the upper left corner of his field of vision suddenly jumped to the center of his field of vision, startling Lu Mingfei so much that he almost fell off his chair.

"Both he and I are projections of the original body, each reflecting a portion of the original body's properties."

"If we arrange them in the order of the projections, that guy reflects the 'mischievousness' of the original body, and he is also the first projection. You can call him [Wang Yan Projection One], or you can call him Wang Yi."

"I am the fifth projection to be mapped out; you can call me Wang Wu."

It took Lu Mingfei a long string of bubble text.

Aside from himself, the memories of all humanity have been altered by that [Wang Yan Projection One]!

The being capable of arbitrarily altering Earth's settings and story backgrounds, and editing human memories, is actually just a shadow?

Lu Mingfei was wondering if the great god residing in his mind had inherited Wang Yan's "childish" nature.

The words were on the tip of his tongue, but he dared not ask.

He thought for a moment, his voice trembling slightly. "Your other brothers are all on Earth?"

A text bubble appeared. "As far as I know, there were 30 projections in the first batch, which were transmitted to different planes. On this planet under your feet, there is only me and Wang Yi."

The text disappeared quickly, and Wang Yan Projection Five stopped answering Lu Mingfei's questions.

Lu Mingfei tried a few more times, but found that the other party was like a cat that had eaten too much, not moving at all. Bored, he could only start browsing the web.

Based on feedback from many forums, Lu Mingfei has discovered some new intelligence.

According to some paranormal enthusiasts, those with special abilities should be called "Word Spirit Controllers ".

The abilities of the four elements: Wind, Fire, Earth, Water; mental control; and even the manipulation of space and time...

These Word Spirit Controller can all do it.

Lu Mingfei was taken aback.

After regaining his composure, he immediately typed three lines of code into the console...

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