Birds, Why Do They Fly? (5k)

"Huh??"

Kevin instantly lost his composure.

MEI, who was still sitting in her seat, was also no longer calm.

In fact, MEI had been unsettled since Mobius spoke her first sentence.

After all, in her understanding, the Doctor, who was at the forefront of biology today, should have been residing in the M Continent, the world's technological frontier. It made no sense for her to come to a small city like Changkong City.

This was why, when she had allowed Kevin to go out and meet the two stunning beauties, one blonde and one green-haired, MEI had actually harbored a desire to see if the lady with the green hair was who she suspected.

And now... her appearance, her hair color... and the dismissive tone when she spoke, it was practically an open declaration that she was Mobius, the one who could single-handedly conquer world biology in this era!

Thinking this, MEI quickly stood up from her seat, hurried over to the top professor she had only ever seen in the news, patted Kevin on the shoulder, and said:

"Kevin, apologize to the teacher quickly!"

"Huh?"

Hearing MEI's words, Kevin became even more bewildered. He opened his mouth wide, pointed incredulously at Mobius beside him, then pointed to himself, and suggested, "MEI... you... you mean... she she she... she's the old biology professor who's going to lecture at our school? No... look at her, does she look 'old' at all? Huh??"

"There's no time now, I'll explain this to you later..."

Sensing Mobius's gaze shift from Kevin to herself, MEI felt immense pressure. She patted Kevin again and urged, "In short, Kevin, apologize to the teacher now!"

"Uh, this... okay... fine..."

Kevin, completely subdued by his teacher, wilted upon hearing MEI say Mobius was their teacher. He dejectedly faced Mobius and said, "Um... sorry, Teacher. I didn't know you were the teacher just now. I thought... sigh, I'm not good with words, and I easily anger teachers when I talk too much... In short, what I did today was indeed wrong. I apologize, Teacher, please don't take it to heart."

"Apologize? I don't need your apology, hehe..."

Mobius glanced at MEI, then turned her gaze back to Kevin, who was bowing and scraping before her, and said dismissively, "Getting angry at you would only waste my precious time. I don't want to get entangled with you any further in this matter; you're not worthy. I just need you to go and apologize to my Little Mouse right now, and then, as I said, get out of my classroom. If you can understand human language, hurry up and do as I say. I can't be bothered to waste more words on you."

"This..."

Kevin's expression froze. Apologizing to one person was one thing, but now he had to apologize to a second person, and both were girls he had previously considered "targets"! When had he, the great Prince of Chiyu Academy, ever suffered such humiliation?

Fearing Kevin might act impulsively, MEI quickly patted his shoulder and said, "Don't be rash, Kevin. Do as the teacher says."

Fine.

It seemed the great Prince of Chiyu Academy had no choice but to endure this humiliation today.

"I'm sorry!!"

Kevin abruptly bowed towards Xu Ziling behind Mobius, then sheepishly left the classroom.

The fight between Xu Ziling and Kevin earlier had actually caused quite a stir in the environmental classroom. Now, seeing Kevin, the great Prince of Chiyu Academy, bow in apology and flee, someone named Su Da Xian let out a helpless sigh. The other students, like vegetables splashed with hot oil, instantly erupted.

"Whoa! What's the deal with that green-haired lady and the blonde miss? Even Kevin got taken down!"

"I don't know... but gotta say, those two ladies are truly like National Goddesses, incredibly beautiful! Damn, after class, I'm planning to ask for their WeChat. Anyone going with me?"

"Me, me, me! I'll go!"

"...Handsome."

Listening to the commotion in the classroom, Mobius frowned slightly. She then looked at the nervously trembling MEI beside her and casually said:

"Hey, since you recognized my identity without revealing it, it means you're at least smarter than the others here. You should have some influence among your classmates, right? Now, I'll give you ten seconds. Find a way to quiet your classmates down."

"Okay."

MEI nodded. As the perennial top student of Chiyu Academy, she did have influence among her classmates. Hearing Mobius's words, she quickly turned around and looked at the students in the circular classroom, saying, "Everyone! Please be quiet for a moment! This is the professor who will be lecturing us. Show some academic decorum, everyone, be quiet!"

In front of these high school students from Chiyu Academy, MEI's words were indeed much more effective than Mobius'... Of course, it was partly because they all knew MEI's father owned a listed company worth billions, but mainly, most of them didn't know Mobius's true identity.

As expected, after MEI called out loudly a few times, the lecture hall quickly quieted down. MEI coughed a couple more times, cleared her throat, and added:

"Classmates! This is the professor invited to our school today to give a lecture to the graduating seniors... uh..."

MEI paused here. She wasn't sure if revealing Mobius's identity directly at this moment would be good or bad, so she looked to Mobius for help.

"Professor Serpent."

Before Mobius could speak, Xu Ziling interjected. He then smiled and pointed to himself, saying, "As for me, I am Professor Serpent's assistant. You can call me Mr. Xu."

"Tsk."

Mobius clicked her tongue and casually looked at MEI, saying, "Listen to him."

Mr. Xu?

Hearing Xu Ziling's self-introduction, Mei looked at Xu Ziling, whose appearance was comparable to, or even surpassed, her own status as the "Lightning Queen" at Chiyu Academy. She was surprised that this "National Goddess" referred to herself as "Mister." A question mark, large enough to hold ten stones, popped up above Mei's head.

However, questions aside, she couldn't neglect her duties. Seeing that Mobius had also agreed with Xu Ziling's statement, Mei braced herself and addressed the students in the lecture hall:

"This is Professor Serpent and her assistant, Mr. Xu, who are here tonight to give a biology lecture at our school. Everyone! I know you might be surprised by their age, but that's how human science works. Often, the results you find hardest to accept are the correct ones.

Now, Professor Serpent and her assistant Mr. Xu have arrived. Students, please show the spirit of Chiyu scholars and don't disrespect Professor Serpent, okay?"

To ensure everyone in the lecture hall could understand, Mei's voice was loud. Coupled with her usual lack of physical training, she was already a bit breathless after speaking for a few sentences.

"Click."

"Huh?"

Vaguely, Mei thought she saw a camera in a corner of the classroom, seemingly taking a picture of her, breathless and tired. But when she focused her attention on it, the camera seemed to disappear.

Was it an illusion?

Mei didn't dwell on it. After the students in the classroom quieted down at the behest of their "top student," she turned to Mobius and said, "Mobi... uh, Professor Serpent, you can begin your lecture."

Hearing this, Mobius didn't rush. She stared at Mei for a moment, then clicked her tongue and said, "Tsk, what a shame..."

"?"

Mei became even more confused and looked at Mobius questioningly, asking, "Professor, why did you say 'what a shame'?"

"A shame about you?"

Mobius casually waved her hand and said, "It's a shame that although you, little girl, are intelligent, you and I are destined not to get along... Alright, go back to your seat, little girl. As you said, I'm about to start my lecture, and this is my stage."

"This... alright."

"Okay."

After Mei returned to her seat, Mobius picked up the oak ruler on the lectern and tapped the table, saying, "The necessary introductions were just made by that young lady. Now, I will begin my lecture... There's no microphone, so my voice will be as it is. Those willing to listen, please come to the front seats. Those who don't want to listen, feel free to leave my class. I won't stop you."

As Mobius finished speaking, many students in the lecture hall exchanged glances before voluntarily taking their notebooks and moving to seats closer to the front. Klein, who had been sitting alone in a corner of the classroom, also picked up her notebook and study books after a moment of thought and moved to a seat closer to the front.

"Very good."

Mobius nodded with satisfaction as she looked at Klein, who always sat alone and never had a deskmate. She then casually tossed a USB drive to Xu Ziling and said, "Little Mouse, plug in the USB drive. We'll begin the lecture now."

Xu Ziling inserted the USB drive as instructed. On the large SEWO whiteboard in the lecture hall, a PPT presentation immediately appeared, with several large characters at the top:

[Modern Biology: Evolution and Human Ethics]

Following this, Mobius took out a pair of round-framed glasses from her pocket and put them on. She then began to speak like a university professor, eloquently discussing her understanding and achievements in biology...

However, it seemed to be beyond the scope of the curriculum. Mobius wasn't teaching high school or university biology, but rather her own understanding and insights as a world-leading biologist at the forefront of the field. She wasn't lecturing on knowledge called "biology," but on knowledge called "Mobius."

Under Mobius's completely off-the-curriculum teaching style, the students who had initially been full of enthusiasm in the lecture hall became like wilted cucumbers, lowering their heads in shame. They realized that they understood every word Mobius said, but when put together, it completely baffled them.

But it was okay. Mobius hadn't expected most people in the class to understand what she was saying from the beginning, and she didn't care. As long as the "Klein" recommended by Blanca could understand, that was enough. After all, in a sense, her lecture was prepared for Klein alone; everyone else was just incidental.

According to Blanca... Klein's future academic major was biology. If she was as outstanding as Blanca claimed, then she should be able to understand her lecture.

As expected, as the lecture progressed, Klein, sitting alone in a corner seat, her eyes, which were the same azure rainbow color as Mobius's, gradually began to show a faint glimmer. Her pen continuously recorded Mobius's lecture in her notebook, her expression shifting from initial confusion to enlightenment, and then slowly evolving into understanding and agreement.

Seeing this, Mobius knew that the purpose of her visit had been achieved. Based on the experience she learned from a certain "Pink Demon," as long as Klein, a relatively weaker girl, developed a sense of recognition and belonging towards her ideas, then after the lecture, Mobius only needed to approach her, offer some guidance on a few questions, slightly lower her stance, and then "accidentally" mention that she was currently short of an assistant. Finally, at the opportune moment, she would reveal her true identity as Mobius, whose presence could shake the entire world of biology with a mere stomp. A weaker girl like Klein, unless she was completely foolish, would surely follow her.

However, there was still one minor issue with this girl named Klein. Mobius had been staring at her for quite some time, yet Klein showed no reaction. Her counter-surveillance awareness was too poor. Previously, when Mobius had to attend shareholder banquets due to lack of funding and got drunk several times, Blanca had safely rescued her. If it were Klein, who was completely unguarded against others' gazes, it wouldn't just be a matter of whether Mobius could be rescued, but whether she herself would fall into trouble.

But this problem could be resolved with time. Once Klein followed her, she could have Little Mouse, who specialized in physical fitness, train Klein's counter-surveillance awareness.

With this thought, Mobius slowly shifted her gaze away from Klein and quickly scanned the others in the lecture hall. She found that most of the students had slumped onto their desks, drowsy. Only Klein, Mei, and Su remained sitting upright.

Su's expression was somewhat troubled. Compared to Klein, who specialized in her field, and Mei, a well-rounded student, Su clearly belonged to the awkward category of having intelligence, but not much of it.

Noticing this, Mobius waved her hand and said, "Alright, that's all I have to say for now. There are still... hmm, thirty minutes until your evening self-study ends. Little Mouse, you continue the lecture. I need to go out for a while to prepare some things."

"Huh? I'll continue lecturing?"

Xu Ziling, who was also feeling drowsy, pointed at himself with a look of surprise upon hearing Mobius's instruction and said, "Doctor, the gap between you and me... isn't it more than just a little bit?"

"Just read along with the PPT. I'm not asking you to actually lecture."

Mobius waved her hand and walked towards the front door of the classroom, saying, "Come find me after class. I need to prepare something..."

Prepare what?

Of course, it was something that would allow Mobius to be "noticed" by Klein after class and then "lure her away" smoothly.

Realizing this, Xu Ziling's mouth twitched.

But... I'm supposed to teach?

Xu Ziling looked at the empty podium and the gazes MEI and Klein cast his way after Mobius had left. After a moment of thought, he walked to the lectern, picked up an eraser, and tapped it. The sound wasn't very loud, but it was just enough to jolt awake everyone in the classroom who was dozing off.

"Wake up. How can you sleep at your age? Get up and go back to sleep!"

Xu Ziling crossed his arms. Before he'd started working at that dog company in his past life, he'd been one of countless students. He knew exactly what tone to use to properly wake up students who were slacking off during class.

Upon hearing Xu Ziling's "Get up and go back to sleep," the students' expressions immediately became a bit awkward. One by one, they started to chuckle, completely changing the previously lifeless classroom atmosphere.

"As you can see, the Doctor had to leave for an emergency. There are thirty minutes left until the end of class, and I'll be taking over."

Seeing that all the students in the classroom had been roused from their drowsiness by his voice, Xu Ziling nodded with satisfaction. He then turned off the PPT on the multimedia display, unplugged the USB drive, closed the sliding blackboard, and turned to face the students below. He said, "My teaching style and the Doctor's are a bit different... I don't like just reading off a PPT by myself. I prefer a more interactive class. From now on, I'll be asking questions to teach you what a 'living being' truly is."

Xu Ziling's slip of the tongue successfully captured the attention of every student in the classroom. This interesting and bold teaching method was something most of them had never encountered before. They all perked up, ready to see what this "teaching assistant" had in store for them.

Xu Ziling was unfazed. After all, his former boss, that dog of a man who was bound to be strung up eventually, had used similar tactics to deal with his honest employees, calling it "mobilizing employee enthusiasm." Now, Xu Ziling had learned his lesson and was applying it to these students at Chiyu Academy, who hadn't yet been beaten down by society.

"Alright, the whole class is in position. Listen to the first question!"

Seeing that he had successfully stirred up the enthusiasm of the entire class, Xu Ziling picked up the chalk from the lectern, turned around, and quickly wrote a few large characters on the blackboard. He then announced loudly, "Class! 'Please,' 'listen to me'— Why do birds fly?"