The Virtual Universe

Parallel Universes.

Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one

"..."

"That's all for today's class!"

As the hour, minute, and second hands of the clock hanging on the wall all pointed to the Arabic numeral 10, the advanced mathematics teacher at the podium instantly tossed down the chalk in his hand, picked up two textbooks, and hurried out of the classroom.

The teacher's sudden departure had no effect on the advanced mathematics class, which was supposed to end anyway. The abandoned students seemed accustomed to it. Those who should pack up and leave did so, while those who should continue studying remained sprawled over their desks, staring intently at their not-so-thick advanced mathematics textbooks.

"Old Zhao must be working on something major lately. He's always rushing around!"

In the last row of the classroom, a bowl-cut young man said this to Su Li with absolute certainty.

"Mm, probably. Class ends when it's supposed to. Nothing unusual!"

After giving a perfunctory reply, Su Li quickly packed up his things and stood, preparing to leave.

"Hey, buddy, don't tell me you're going back to sleep again?" The bowl-cut young man asked in surprise when he saw Su Li's hurried movements.

"Yeah, I'm going back to rest for a while!" Su Li nodded without hesitation.

"..."

Su Li's words plunged the bowl-cut young man into a brief silence. After a moment, he said, "I don't know if you've noticed, but you've been sleeping quite a lot lately!"

"I'm just a little tired!"

Waving his hand, Su Li walked toward the exit and asked, "Are you going back?"

"No. I'm going to attend a general-education class with Yaoyao next period!"

As the bowl-cut young man said this, the corners of his mouth lifted into a barely perceptible arc. After all, Su Li was just a single dog, and he always felt a subtle sense of superiority when saying things like this to him!

"Alright, then. I'm leaving first."

Seeing the bowl-cut young man refuse, Su Li waved his hand, then walked out through the back door without looking back. As for the superiority the bowl-cut young man supposedly felt, he did not notice it at all.

A moment later, the bowl-cut young man watched Su Li's departing figure, the corners of his mouth twitching involuntarily. After all, he was only going back to sleep. Was there really any need to hurry so much?

Su Li did not care what the bowl-cut young man thought. He had something more important to do.

After leaving the classroom, Su Li headed straight for the dormitory. Twenty minutes later, he climbed into bed fully clothed and prepared to sleep.

Ahem, actually, he was not sleeping. Su Li was concentrating, preparing to enter a strange place.

After a moment, Su Li felt his vision blur. When he came to again, he had already appeared in a dim starry sky.

This starry sky contained countless stars, but aside from the two nearest to Su Li, all the others were dim and lifeless, silent as though they had lost their vitality.

This starry sky was Su Li's secret—or more precisely, a secret he had discovered three days ago.

Three days ago, Su Li suddenly discovered that whenever he concentrated, his consciousness would come to this starry sky.

At first, Su Li thought he was dreaming. But when a pale-blue light screen containing his personal information appeared before him, he instantly understood that this thing was definitely not a dream!

Name: Su Li

Location: Virtual Universe

Rank: None

Talent: None

Shop: Not Unlocked

Resource Points: 1

PS: Population, land, wealth—everything you possess can be converted into Resource Points.

This was the information on the Blue Screen that had appeared three days ago. Although the contents were not complicated, Su Li knew that human dreams could not possibly create something so orderly and governed by rules.

After realizing that this was his opportunity, Su Li first felt secretly delighted, then excited, and even frightened for a while. Only afterward did he begin studying this starry sky known as the "Virtual Universe."

This starry sky was merely a void. There was nothing in it!

The key was the two stars that still possessed light. After investigating them for several days, Su Li learned that one was called Primal Star, while the other was Gorol Star.

Su Li did not know what was happening on Primal Star. Although he had first entered Primal Star three days ago, before he could see the situation clearly, he had been carried away by a small snake radiating dazzling yellow light from head to tail. Fortunately, after dying on Primal Star, Su Li had not actually died. He had merely been unable to enter Primal Star again for a period of time.

According to Su Li, that snake had to be an extremely venomous serpent. Otherwise, how could a fully grown man like him have been so easily killed by a little snake?

The appearance of that poisonous snake also indirectly proved how dangerous Primal Star was.

Compared with Primal Star, Gorol Star was much better. That was because an extremely advanced civilization existed on Gorol Star, and that civilization did not reject him.

During these three days, Su Li had spent most of his time on Gorol Star.

Although he was an unregistered resident there, aside from being unable to enjoy certain social benefits, he would not suffer any harm. At the very least, no inexplicable poisonous snake would suddenly spring out and kill him.

"Enter!"

Staring at Gorol Star, Su Li silently uttered the word. A moment later, his figure disappeared from the starry sky.

Gorol Star, Ninth Main City, Senke District.

Su Li's figure suddenly appeared beneath a floating building.

Whoosh!

The instant Su Li appeared, five or six metal spheres, each about the size of a human head and flying through the air, rapidly converged on him from all directions.

Looking at the spheres, Su Li stood calmly in place without moving.

When Su Li had first appeared here, he would have panicked for a while. But now, after muddling through here for several days, he at least knew about the most common patrol robots on Gorol Star.

Moreover, these robots were not very intelligent. They were not interested in his sudden appearance. As long as they confirmed that he was harmless, everything would be fine!

"Beep. Unknown identity. Species confirmed. Preliminary assessment: newly arrived immigrant. Alert canceled!" Sure enough, after circling Su Li a few times, the robots quickly dispersed.

Of course, Su Li did not understand a single word the robots said. Three days was far from enough time for him to master a completely unfamiliar language.

"There's still one specialized class this afternoon. That means I have about four hours this time. I'll spend an hour walking around, then continue going to the library to study the writing and language here." After setting his schedule, Su Li turned and left.

In Su Li's eyes, the Gorol Civilization was an enormous treasure trove. As long as he could obtain even a little benefit from it, that would be enough for him to make a name for himself on Earth!

And to dig into this treasure trove, the first thing he had to do was learn the writing here. Otherwise, everything would be empty talk!

Su Li agreed with one point: the more advanced a civilization was, the more miserable its illiterates became. He did not want to be illiterate. At the very least, he had to recognize the writing here, right?

Actually, at first, Su Li had planned to stay here around the clock to study. But his instinct for keeping a low profile told him that it would be better to behave normally.

Otherwise, for a student at a top university to suddenly abandon his studies would look abnormal no matter how one viewed it!

The secret of this Virtual Universe was not likely to be discovered easily, but dealing with various other matters would be troublesome. So Su Li simply maintained his original rhythm of life. As long as he slept a little more, no one would pay attention, right?

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