An Elementary School Student's Troubles (Part 1)

The reason why humans age is ultimately due to the characteristics of their genes.

During the continuous replication of cellular genes, information loss is inevitable. As more and more information is lost, the replicated cells and protein molecules begin to produce functional errors. When the errors exceed the upper limit of the repair capacity, the function of tissues and organs will naturally be affected, resulting in signs of aging.

Many malignant diseases are the result of accumulated errors in this replication process, where quantitative changes lead to qualitative changes.

After Alice was able to perceive and influence, to some extent, modify extrasensory information about various things through the "Super-Sensing Item System," she conducted a great deal of observation, summarization, and even small experiments to build a cognitive model of extrasensory information about various objects.

This cognitive model not only helps Alice and other members within the "Super-Sensing Item System" acquire information in the broad sense of object cognition and judgment, but also allows her to manipulate and influence at least cells, molecules, and even atoms to a certain extent at the microscopic level.

Especially after witnessing Mr. Liang. Xiang Kun Kunbangliang reconstruct his body using the "Little Radish Platform" three years ago, taking advantage of the opportunity of the "Ultimate Predator's " failed devouring, Alice gained a deeper understanding of the way organisms aggregate microscopic structures.

Only after Xiang Kun gained more power during the process of integrating the High-Dimensional Factor of the "Ultimate Predator" was Alice able to successfully complete the construction of her true body.

Having learned from this experience, Alice now has a way to deal with problems arising in various living organisms, whether they are diseases or injuries.

It's like someone who can make all the building materials themselves, from cement and nitpickers to bricks, paint, and tiles, and then build a house by themselves. Asking them to repair a house or diagnose its problems would be incredibly easy.

Not only humans, but all kinds of organisms, from bacteria, viruses, parasites, and insects to reptiles, mammals, and even plants, are in her database and are all targets she can influence.

Just like houses made of reinforced concrete, whether they are big, small, round, or square, Alice, as a super craftswoman, can repair and renovate them. She knows how they are built, what each function is for, how to modify them without damaging the load-bearing capacity, and how to modify them to maximize the optimization of space.

In fact, Alice can now influence and modify not only living things, but also objects such as stone, steel, and plastic, whether man-made or natural. Her extrasensory information is like the code of everything, presenting all secrets to her. As long as she can format the corresponding code according to her own system, she can make precise modifications and influences.

For someone like Alice, controlling the metabolic state of one or more individuals and managing the details of gene replication at the microscopic level would be naturally not difficult.

Just like countless workers constructing an incredibly complex building, it's inevitable that some won't strictly follow the blueprints and standards. Although the overall impact may not be significant, these small oversights can accumulate into irreparable problems, ultimately causing the building to collapse.

And now, the super supervisor Alice has appeared! She is omnipresent, she is all-knowing and all-powerful, she can whip every lazy worker, she can make all processes strictly follow the standards, she can create new workers, and she can precisely expand according to the needs of the building owner!

However, at present, her influence can only guarantee the physical condition of a few people who have established a link within the "Super-Sensing Item System", such as Xia Libing, Tang Baona, Yang the Third, Little Apple, Little Chubby Girl, as well as Egg Pie and Gold Glitter.

Because of the members within the system, she can guarantee "full-time monitoring" of the extrasensory information level. Without "full-time monitoring," if problems arise and then "modifications" are made, she cannot guarantee 100% that there will be no problems afterward. Although it is not impossible to continue "modifications" after encountering problems, it is ultimately not reliable enough. For Lao Xia, Nana, and Little Chubby Girl, 100% reliability is necessary.

Therefore, Alice can now guarantee the absolute health of Xia, Na, Guo, Niu, and San, ensuring that Lao Xia has no dark circles under his eyes and doesn't feel tired from staying up late, that Nana has smooth digestion, stable sleep, and even cures her nearsightedness and restores her vision, that Little Chubby Girl grows up healthily and doesn't get cavities even when eating sweets, that Yang the Third can eat junk food without getting pimples, that Little Apple can rebuild her vision and even build a more powerful visual system, and that Gold Glitter and Egg Pie can break through the lifespan limits of their species, maintain their health, and ensure that the micro-mutations under the influence of the "Super-Sensing Item System" do not go astray.

As for the people around them, such as the parents and relatives of Xiang Kun, Lao Xia, and Nana, and friends like Chang Bin, Zi Cheng, You Meng, and Liu Caifu, Alice can only conduct overall protective monitoring of their bodies. In other words, she will only try to intervene and influence them through "Super-Linked Object" when obvious health problems or specific symptoms appear.

Alice is still waiting, waiting for Xiang Kun "wake up" and for Xiang Kun to verify her abilities before authorizing her. That way, she can help Lao Xia, Nana, Little Apple, Little Chubby Girl, and Yang the Third with their body modifications!

At that time, they too will be like her, immortal and never die!

As long as the boss exists, and as long as the "Super-Sensing Item System" exists, they will exist forever, immortal and indestructible.

Although she hasn't achieved that yet, Alice has already boasted to Tang Baona quite a bit, patting her chest and making all sorts of promises. "Don't worry, Sister Nana! You'll never die! You'll never grow old!"

Having heard these words repeatedly, and experiencing the actual physical sensations that were different, Tang Baona gradually began to accept this "setup" of "I will never grow old or die."

When a person knows that she can live forever, knows that she has the strongest person in the world as her backer, knows that she has the ability to perceive the melody of all things and influence all things with the melody, knows that she can continue to develop various abilities, and is always in contact with all kinds of extraordinary information and "Mutated Creature", the questions she thinks about and the way she thinks are very different from before and the same as ordinary people.

Just like with matters of the heart, if she were still that ordinary urban white-collar worker, then as time goes by and she gets older, even if her parents don't urge her, she will definitely feel anxious, want to clarify her own feelings, and also want to know the exact thoughts of others—such as Xiang Kun's thoughts.

But now that she has discovered she has transcended the realm of ordinary humans and is already in the realm of the extraordinary, these questions have become less urgent and important.

Anyway, there's still a long time ahead. There's plenty of time and opportunity to consider these things slowly. Besides, Xiang Kun isn't here right now.

At this critical juncture concerning the future of all humanity, and with her in such a unique position, possessing so many special abilities and companions, perhaps she should first focus on those more "important" and "interesting" matters!

Anyway, she's definitely not running away, absolutely not!

The pencil brush moved swiftly across the exam paper, and one after another, beautiful characters in regular script emerged.

As the answers were written, the little girl's ponytail at the back of her head gradually disappeared, and the cat-shaped hair tie that held the ponytail also gradually disappeared.

Soon, the little girl finished filling out the entire exam paper. She put her pen, eraser, and other items into a pencil case with what looked like a golden eagle pattern on it, gently closed it, placed the pencil case against the edge of the table, aligned the top edge of her exam paper with the bottom edge of the pencil case, nodded in satisfaction, and flipped her right hand. A one-yuan Coin appeared out of nowhere on the back of her hand, and then she deftly flipped it with her fingers.

The little girl with her hair in a high ponytail didn't even bother to check her exam paper. It was a fifth-grade final exam, but it was no challenge for her. She was already capable of doing high school level exams and answering high school questions. She was confident she could get into the best high school in the city if she took the high school entrance exam now.

Unfortunately, the parents wouldn't allow it.

Otherwise, she would have been a junior high school student long ago.

Sigh...

"Ang... Ang... Ang..."

Someone behind her was tapping the girl's back with a pencil eraser, making strange, low noises.

The girl with the ponytail resisted the urge to roll her eyes. Behind her was Zhang Xiaoman, her best friend in the class. When they first met in third grade, Zhang Xiaoman cautiously called her "Sister Shiling, Sister Shiling." Later, after they got to know each other better, she called her "Little Bell," then "Bell," "Bell Duang," then "A-Dang," "Dang'er," and recently she simply simplified it to "Ang~"—with a nasal tone and a trill!

Hearing Zhang Xiaoman's continuous, donkey-like braying calls, it was clear that she couldn't answer and was asking to "peek".

Liu Shiling sighed, stopped flipping the Coin, and assumed a posture of resting her chin on her hand and looking down at the exam paper. She hunched her shoulders to reduce her body size, then pushed the exam paper to one side and tilted her body slightly to the other side so that Zhang Xiaoman behind her could see it.

Two seconds later, Zhang Xiaoman's hushed voice sounded from behind, "Ugh~ the other side... the other side..."

Helpless, Liu Shiling could only quietly flip the exam paper over.

However, Zhang Xiaoman hadn't even been copying for half a minute when the proctor's voice rang out. "Zhang Xiaoman! Did you twist your neck?"

Zhang Xiaoman, who was stretching her neck and enthusiastically copying the food, was startled and immediately pulled her neck back. Then she cried out in pain and touched her neck, "I twisted it now."

A burst of cheerful laughter filled the classroom. The teacher slapped the desk impatiently, signaling for quiet to continue the exam. Then, she stepped down from the podium, stood in front of Liu Shiling, glared at her, but said nothing. She then took another step and stood in front of Zhang Xiaoman, staring at her exam paper and frowning. "You can't even answer such simple questions? Were you even listening in class?"

"Teacher, I was listening carefully..." Zhang Xiaoman said softly.

"If you listened carefully, how could you not answer? Was my teaching too difficult, and you couldn't understand it?"

"The teacher is excellent, it's just that I'm too stupid. But don't worry, teacher, my mom has enrolled me in summer tutoring classes, I'm sure I'll get good grades next semester!" Zhang Xiaoman said confidently.

The teacher was both amused and exasperated. "When have you ever missed a summer vacation without attending tutoring classes? No matter what class you attend, you have to put your heart into it for it to be effective; otherwise, it's just a waste of your family's money. You spend all your time playing with Shiling, why don't you learn from her study methods and attitude?"

"Uh... Uh, Shiling is too smart! I can't learn it! But I will try my best, teacher!"

Faced with Zhang Xiaoman, who was as slippery as an eel, the teacher didn't know what to say, since the exam was still in progress, and could only shake his head and walk away.

Passing by Liu Shiling's desk again, I glanced at the test paper filled with neat answers and couldn't help but admire it in my heart. The handwriting was so beautiful; it was hard to imagine that it was written by an elementary school student—and it wasn't just that she was only writing like this now in fifth grade. When I took over this class in third grade, Liu Shiling's handwriting was already this neat and beautiful.

Not only does she have beautiful handwriting, but she also consistently ranks first in all subjects. She is also very good at drawing, singing, dancing, and even sports. She is a true all-rounder, excelling in all aspects of life.

As a mother herself, she genuinely envied Shiling's mother. How could she raise such a smart, adorable, studious, and patient daughter?

After the exam ended and the teacher collected the papers and left the classroom, Liu Shiling turned back helplessly, tugging at Zhang Xiaoman's desk and saying, "Hey, if you're going to peek, at least be discreet! Stretching your neck out like that, as if you're afraid no one will notice?"

Before, when Zhang Xiaoman called her "Little Bell," she called Zhang Xiaoman "Little Eel." However, at that time, Zhang Xiaoman wanted to apply for the nickname "Little Bun," but she refused—after all, there was already a "Little Bun" in the family.

Later, Zhang Xiaoman's calls became increasingly outrageous, from "ling duang" to "a dang" to "ang~". Liu Shiling retaliated in kind, changing from "little eel" to "little slow donkey" and then to "donkey~". In any case, her "ang~ang~ang~" calls sounded just like a donkey.

"I can't see clearly! I think I've become nearsighted. Sigh, I wonder if it's because I was playing games under the covers," Zhang Xiaoman said, rubbing her eyes.

Liu Shiling shook her head helplessly. "You should study hard. You can't always rely on peeking. It's all very simple knowledge."

"It's okay, anyway, there's no need to take the junior high exam, so I'm sure I'll be able to go to the same school as you, hehe." Zhang Xiaoman.

Liu Shiling knew she couldn't persuade her friend, so she shook her head and said, "Can you come out and play with me tomorrow since it's a holiday? Xiao Mei and Da Lu are coming over."

"Xiao Mei and Da Lu are coming?" Zhang Xiaoman asked excitedly, but then remembered something and said with a bitter face, "It probably won't work tomorrow. My dad is coming to pick me up tomorrow, and he can only come to see me once a month."

"That's alright, you play with your dad first. Anyway, during summer vacation, Da Lu and Xiao Mei will come over to play often, and we'll go to Chongyun Village together then," Liu Shiling said.

"Mmm-hmm." Zhang Xiaoman nodded vigorously.

The two packed their bags and walked out of the classroom. Many people greeted them, and a girl from the next class invited Liu Shiling to her birthday party, which she politely declined. A sixth-grade boy challenged her to a duel in an online game the next day, which she also refused.

Compared to her adorable and silly image at home, in the eyes of Lao Xia, Tang Baona, Yang Zhen'er, and Little Apple, Liu Shiling has maintained a cool and aloof demeanor at school since first grade—only revealing her silly side when she can't stand Zhang Xiaoman's annoyance.