A Teacher with Horns

June 16.

The first day of classes.

They attended a brief opening ceremony.

Xu Tui remembered one person: Wen Xinglun, the president of Huaxia Gene Evolution University.

The introduction said he was already eighty-two, a man of advanced years by any measure. In reality, though, he strode with a spring in his step and looked to be in his forties. He was still very young.

He brimmed with energy, and an indescribable aura seemed to radiate from him.

According to the university records, Wen Xinglun, president of Huaxia Gene Evolution University, had already been a powerful figure in the Gene Transformation Realm more than forty years ago.

"Students, every one of you is a prodigy for having made it into Huaxia Gene Evolution University. You're all capable of independent thought.

"So no matter how eloquently I speak here, it won't make much difference to you.

"I have just two words for you: watch this!"

Wen Xinglun pointed at the sky.

The seven or eight thousand freshmen followed his finger and looked up.

The sky was clear, with not a single cloud in sight. Apart from the morning sun, there was nothing at all!

"Keep your eyes open. Don't blink."

As he spoke, Wen Xinglun suddenly snapped his fingers.

The sharp snap rang across the entire assembly ground.

At that very instant, an indescribable terror surged in Xu Tui's heart!

Rumble!

Rumble—crackle!

Thousands upon thousands of bolts of lightning appeared in the sky all at once, weaving together into a dazzling web of electric light.

In an instant, countless blue sparks burst across the heavens!

A lightning strike!

A lightning strike in a clear sky!

Every freshman was stunned!

Some were so frightened they fell right out of their seats, panicking!

Students filming with their Personal Communication Devices froze in shock.

"Is that even human?"

The lightning lasted less than three seconds, then vanished.

Just as it had appeared out of nowhere, it disappeared without a trace.

There had been no warning.

But the rumbling still ringing in everyone's ears was undeniably real.

The sight left every student in shock.

Quite a few were so stunned that they drooled without even realizing it.

They stared fixedly at the clear sky where the lightning had appeared.

One by one, they wondered if there was something wrong with their eyes.

"That was the Mysterious System's doing. Well, the Limitless System's."

Wen Xinglun glanced toward the middle-aged man sitting beside him, whose suit looked ready to burst at the seams.

"Vice Principal Han, show the freshmen what you can do."

The vice principal surnamed Han stood with a chuckle. "The Limitless System doesn't do anything fancy. We just make superhumans!"

In the next instant, Vice Principal Han bent his knees slightly, then shot straight upward like a rocket.

He leaped dozens of meters into the air, twisted and rolled twice in midair, then landed like a soaring eagle atop a floating balloon tethered to a welcome banner.

Vice Principal Han stood on the balloon as if nailed to it. It swayed in the breeze, but he remained perfectly steady.

"Students, that little performance was just a basic trick, something suitable for a show. The Limitless System's abilities go far beyond what you can imagine."

As he spoke, Vice Principal Han leaped down from a height of more than thirty meters.

What was even more incredible was that he landed exactly where he had jumped from: in his seat on the platform.

He sat down with the momentum of his landing.

The platform didn't even tremble. Not even the water in the mineral-water bottle on the table rippled.

The freshmen below were still stunned.

But after witnessing the president's lightning, Vice Principal Han's flying leap didn't seem quite so shocking.

Of course, the eagerness in the eyes of the Limitless System students was impossible to hide.

"All right, you've seen that.

"I have just one thing to say to you.

"For New Gene Humans, anything is possible!"

The freshmen remained dumbstruck.

It wasn't until a teacher started clapping that thunderous applause finally erupted across the assembly ground.

"The freshman opening ceremony is now over."

"One more thing: students who recorded what just happened, please review Huaxia Gene Evolution University's rules and read the New Gene Humans' Code carefully. You may keep the videos to watch yourselves.

"But don't post them on public social media. That could cause problems, especially videos of the lightning strikes."

"This is a friendly reminder and a warning. If the Special Affairs Department contacts you, pay the fine or accept responsibility."

As the loudspeakers repeated the announcement, the freshmen dispersed. Quite a few kept glancing back at the sky, as if reliving the lightning strike they had just witnessed.

Some even wondered if it had been a high-tech light show.

Xu Tui had wondered the same thing, just a little.

A snap of the fingers, and lightning filled the sky. It was unbelievable.

But Vice Principal Han had sprung up to the balloon more than thirty meters overhead as lightly as a willow branch in the wind.

That couldn't have been a high-tech effect.

Actually, the lightning strike probably hadn't been an effect either.

If it had been, how could he explain An Xiaoxue flying through the air when the Earth Element Extraordinary User attacked them on the road a few days ago?

It was real!

Wen Xinglun's words rang in Xu Tui's mind.

For New Gene Humans, anything is possible!

The pace of study at Huaxia Gene Evolution University was incredibly demanding.

The classes had already been assigned.

Classes started in earnest as soon as the opening ceremony ended.

The Mysterious Academy itself had few students, and the Wisdom Heart System had even fewer.

In the end, only fifteen people sat in the Wisdom Heart System's first-year classroom.

There really were very few of them.

But all the students shared one trait: their eyes were exceptionally bright.

Xu Tui felt his were just as bright, even without looking.

He was so handsome!

His face had to be even brighter than his eyes!

"Hello, everyone. My surname is Bian, and my name is Bian Yuan. I'm the assistant homeroom teacher for your first year in the Wisdom Heart System. I'll be in charge of your studies and various affairs.

"If you have any questions, you can come to me."

Everyone knew Teacher Bian. He wore a pair of thick black-rimmed glasses, and they had seen him during their assessment a few days earlier.

"Teacher Bian, if you're the assistant homeroom teacher, who's our homeroom teacher?" a student asked.

Bian Yuan pushed up his glasses. "Your homeroom teacher's surname is An, and her name is An Xiaoxue. You'll meet her later.

"And it's not just your class. An Xiaoxue is the homeroom teacher for all four year groups in the Wisdom Heart System."

Xu Tui sat below, lost in thought.

An Xiaoxue probably wasn't just a homeroom teacher in name.

On the contrary, she must be important to have been made the homeroom teacher for all four year groups in the Wisdom Heart System.

"Students, there's something I should tell you in advance. Our class needs to choose a class monitor to guide and serve everyone.

"We'll do it voluntarily and fairly. Take the next couple of days to get to know each other, and then we'll set aside some time to choose a monitor." Bian Yuan pushed his thick black-rimmed glasses up his nose and spoke in a scholarly manner.

"All right, let's begin. Today's first class is also an introduction to the Wisdom Heart System." Bian Yuan quickly settled into his lecture.

"Do you know why we're called the Wisdom Heart System?

"Do you know where the Wisdom Heart System came from?

"Do you know what its future holds?"

"Today, I'll explain all of this.

"First, wisdom and intelligence have always been closely linked. The word 'wisdom' has been around for thousands of years, from ancient times to the present. People generally don't separate it into parts.

"But after the Gene Great Era began, Shang Long, the first head of the Wisdom Heart System, proposed the concept of the wisdom heart, separating 'wisdom' from the word 'intelligence.'

"Over time, the idea developed into what we now know as the Wisdom Heart System."

"First, let's clarify what we mean by intelligence and wisdom.

"In the Gene Great Era, the meanings of these two words have become clear.

"The Limitless System has a separate Intelligence Category.

"The Mysterious System has a separate Wisdom Heart Category.

"Intelligence, in its modern sense, is also a kind of power.

"The simplest example is memory.

"Never forgetting anything you've seen is an expression of intelligence.

"Ordinary calculation is another example. Mental arithmetic, for instance.

"So, what is wisdom?

"Wisdom is a supplement. It is richness. It is discovery. It is exploration.

"Take this for example: knowing that one plus one equals two—that's intelligence.

"But figuring out and understanding why one plus one equals three—that's wisdom.

"If you can prove that one plus one equals four, and discover something others haven't yet found, that's a wisdom heart!

"Here's another example. If you can memorize an ancient text after reading it once, that's intelligence.

"But if you understand it and explain your own interpretation, that's wisdom.

"If you have an interpretation of the same text that's unique, or one no one else has thought of—

"That's great wisdom.

"That's what we call a wisdom heart!"

Xu Tui listened thoughtfully from his seat.

So that was where the Wisdom Heart System came from?

The difference between intelligence and wisdom?

Bian Yuan looked rather dull behind his thick black-rimmed glasses, but his lectures were fascinating, explaining complex ideas in simple terms.

Many of the students were completely absorbed.

The first lecture soon came to an end.

The second lecture of the morning was in another location: the Mysterious Academy's Multi-Purpose Hall No. 1.

It was a lecture for all the first-year freshmen in the Mysterious Academy.

More than eight hundred freshmen gathered in one hall, chatting away. Students from the same system and class were especially busy exchanging contact information and getting to know each other.

What was the most valuable thing at Huaxia Gene Evolution University?

Connections were certainly one of the most valuable things!

So the students were busy talking and networking. The entire hall buzzed with noise.

It was so loud that nobody noticed when a teacher wearing a fisherman's hat slowly walked up to the podium.

The teacher didn't get angry.

Instead, he tapped the lectern lightly, then slowly took off his hat.

The moment he did, the noisy hall fell silent.

The teacher who had taken off his fisherman's hat had horns growing from his head!