Entering Huadun

An educator? Zhou Yi's heart stirred.

He already had countless questions about the outside world. Now that a ready-made teacher had come knocking, there was no reason not to make use of him.

Sitting around for three hours would be a waste anyway. He might as well gather some useful information.

"Grandpa Zhuang, do you know much about Huadun? What's it like there?"

Zhou Yi immediately put on the obedient, earnest look of someone humbly seeking guidance.

Although his soul was not that of a teenage girl, that did not stop him from being sweet-tongued.

Perhaps because he had struggled to survive since childhood, Zhou Yi had developed quite a thick skin.

"Hmm... how should I put it..."

Seeing the little girl humbly ask him for advice, Zhuang Mu felt inclined to help the younger generation.

But as a professor at an S-Class Mech school, he naturally looked down on a mediocre school like Huadun, one that might not even fill its enrollment quota.

Seeing the expectant look in the little girl's eyes, Zhuang Mu still forced himself to say it.

"Among the nearby D-Class Mech schools, it's fairly decent."

Nearby D-Class Mech schools...

Zhou Yi nearly laughed out loud. The nearby D-Class Star Blocks were all desperately poor in resources, and there was only this one school.

Among the D-Class Star Blocks, the residents of D38 through D88 were mostly descendants of Huaxia Descendants. Huadun had originally been founded by Huaxia Descendants and primarily recruited Huaxia descendants from those fifty Star Blocks.

Generally speaking, lower-tier mech schools provided education for nearby Star Blocks. Only higher-tier mech schools attracted students from all kinds of Star Blocks across the galaxy.

"I heard mech schools give students mechs when they enroll. Is that true?"

This was what Zhou Yi cared about most.

"Yes." Zhuang Mu nodded.

Even the worst mech schools gave newly enrolled children mechs so they could use them for classes and training.

"A D-Class Mech school like Huadun issues D-Class Mechs. Students have to return them to the school when they leave."

"I see. Thank you, Grandpa Zhuang."

Zhou Yi nodded, reassured.

As long as he had a mech, that was enough. Its grade was not important to him right now.

After all, the lower the mech's grade, the easier it was to awaken Star Patterns. He truly could not handle a high-grade mech yet.

Zhou Yi turned his gaze back toward the darkness outside the Star Ship. He always felt that countless points of light lay hidden within that darkness. He could not see them clearly, but he could sense them.

The energy in his Chakra suddenly began circulating faster. Zhou Yi quickly closed his eyes and silently recited the Star Gathering Technique in his heart.

When someone entered a state of enlightenment or experienced a spiritual awakening, it became easier to absorb the energy outside.

Such moments were extremely rare, and Zhou Yi naturally could not let this one pass him by.

Zhuang Mu looked at the little girl beside him, who had suddenly closed her eyes to cultivate, and his gaze gained a hint of curiosity.

Just now, he seemed to have sensed a disturbance in the energy.

That could not possibly have been Star Force possessed by a little girl who had only just awakened and had not even enrolled yet.

Although Zhou Yi had closed his eyes, he could sense the person beside him watching him.

It did not matter. Unless he revealed them himself or they were detected by a machine, no one could see Star Patterns with the naked eye.

And so, Zhou Yi spent the entire several-hour journey cultivating.

Only when the trip was nearing its end did he slowly open his eyes and let out a breath.

Perhaps because it was his first time leaving a Star Block and seeing the other side of the universe, the layers upon layers of energy matter had brought him far too many surprises.

Feeling satisfied, Zhou Yi pulled out another Nutrient Solution from his bag and drank it. He checked the time on his Star Brain, packed up his backpack, and prepared to get off.

"Little girl, let's add each other's contact information. Meeting is fate. If you run into anything at school that you don't understand in the future, you can ask me."

Seeing Zhou Yi open his eyes, Zhuang Mu spoke with a smile.

"Sure."

Zhou Yi did not stand on ceremony. He raised his wrist and pressed it right up against Zhuang Mu's Star Brain.

The two Star Brains drew close and let out a beep. Their contact information was added.

Just then, the Star Ship's announcement finally sounded. They had arrived at D72 Star Block.

"I'm leaving, Grandpa Zhuang. Goodbye."

Zhou Yi stood and said farewell.

"See you next time."

Zhuang Mu waved goodbye.

D72 Star Block was not very large, and Walton Mech School, as D72 Star Block's most famous landmark, was not hard to find.

Following the address on his Star Brain, Zhou Yi quickly arrived in front of Huadun.

Looking at the buildings before him, which were completely different from the pictures in the admission brochure, Zhou Yi regretted for the first time that he might have chosen his school too hastily.

Looking at the endless field and building after building, Zhou Yi suspected that all the land on not-so-large D72 had been given over to Huadun.

Big was certainly good, but big and shabby was another matter entirely.

The gates and fences looked ancient and ready to collapse at any moment. The ground inside was no different from the ground outside the school gate, with no sign that it had ever been processed. There was no such thing as a sports field.

The stones used to build those structures were crumbling away. If the buildings had been any taller, they would have been nothing but dangerous structures.

Zhou Yi had seen pictures of Huadun in Tang Zhen's Star Brain photo album.

After all these years, he could see that the school had remained consistent. No, it had gotten even more run-down.

Just how poor was it?

Zhou Yi began worrying about what kind of D-Class Mech he would be assigned.

"Are you a new student? Hurry on in. You can stay in the dorms even if you report early!"

What Zhou Yi had not expected was that a school like this actually had a security guard.

What was he protecting? The pristine natural environment?

A middle-aged man in a security uniform warmly greeted Zhou Yi and ushered him into the school.

Zhou Yi followed the security guard into the school, crossed the huge field, and arrived in front of a building.

"This is the girls' dormitory. Don't let the poor conditions fool you—everyone gets their own room! Even B-Class schools don't offer treatment like ours!"

Right. There was no one here, so of course everyone could have their own room.

Naturally, Zhou Yi only said that silently to himself.

"The school doesn't have a cafeteria. If you're hungry, just order Nutrient Solution through your Star Brain, and it'll be delivered to your door."

The man carefully explained.

"There's no store either. Just buy whatever daily necessities you need through your Star Brain.

Huadun has a great atmosphere between teachers and students. Just treat this place like home!"

"Okay... Thank you, Uncle."

This new home was even more bare and empty than the old one.

Life was getting worse by the day.

"Oh, no need to thank me. I'm just afraid you'll leave! If a few more students leave from this year's batch, the school will shut down, and I'll lose my job. That won't do.

The school can't keep people, so all I can do is move them with sincere service."

The security guard chuckled foolishly.

He really was honest.

Zhou Yi sighed inwardly.

The dormitory building had three floors. The first and second floors were almost full with upperclassmen.

Zhou Yi went up to the third floor and casually picked a room near the stairs. Its number was 302.

He found a sheet of paper in his bag, wrote his name on it, and stuck it to the door. That made it his room.

The moment he pushed open the door, the smell of dust made Zhou Yi cough.

With this much dust, no one had lived here for at least half a year.

The space was not large. There was one room and one bathroom. The room had a bed, a desk, and a chair, with nothing else.

Covering his nose, Zhou Yi gave it a quick look, then silently backed out and opened his Star Brain.

Fine. He would buy some cleaning supplies and give the place a thorough cleaning first.

It was starting, it was starting—Zhou Zhou's school life was beginning!

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