The Only Gene Fusionist Among the Freshmen

Lin Zichen stayed at the research institute for a long time, not leaving until 10 p. m.

When I got back to the dorm, Shen Qinghan was tinkering in the kitchen.

They weren't cooking; they were just arranging seasonings.

Seeing Lin Zichen outside the kitchen door, Shen Qinghan looked at him and said, "Xiao Chen, you've been at the Heavenly Human Pavilion for quite a while. I was planning to cook with you tonight."

"It's okay, if we can't have dinner, we can make a midnight snack."

"No way, eating late-night snacks will make me fat."

"With such a high level of exercise, you won't gain weight."

"That seems true." Shen Qinghan said with a smile, then asked, "What do you want for a late-night snack? I'll make it for you now."

After thinking for a moment, Lin Zichen said, "Then let's make noodles. It seems like it's been a long time since I've had your noodles. I'd like to try them."

"Okay, then I'll cook you some noodles."

As she spoke, Shen Qinghan took two pieces of flatbread and started cooking noodles for Lin Zichen.

It took about ten minutes.

The noodles are cooked.

It was very simple; I just fried an egg, added a few pieces of meat and some greens.

After finishing the noodles.

I washed the dishes.

Shen Qinghan linked arms with Lin Zichen and said in a slightly coquettish voice, "Xiao Chen, do you want to take a bath together later?"

Lin Zichen: "Okay, I'll scrub your back."

Shen Qinghan pursed her cherry lips, a slight blush rising to her cheeks, and said in a soft voice, "Just rubbing my back is too greasy, how about... we rub other places too?"

Lin Zichen: "You tell me where to rub, then I'll rub there."

Shen Qinghan smiled happily and said, "Then as a reward, I'll rub whichever part you ask me to rub."

The next day, at 5:30 a. m.

Lin Zichen was used to waking up early, and he opened his eyes and woke up before it was fully light.

In contrast, Shen Qinghan was still fast asleep in bed.

Lin Zichen wiped her drool, tiptoed out of the room, and went to the Training Room for his morning exercise.

It was almost 7:15 a. m.

Shen Qinghan finally woke up and walked out of the room with a lazy expression.

She never wears makeup and doesn't need to get up early to do her makeup and dress up like other girls.

Classes start at 8 a. m., so I can easily sleep in bed until 7:15 a. m.

After a quick wash...

Shen Qinghan carried the small crossbody bag that Lin Zichen had made for her and went out with Lin Zichen.

After getting off the elevator, the two parted ways and walked in opposite directions.

Shen Qinghan held an umbrella and a small fan in her hand, blowing it on her face as she walked slowly towards the Teaching Building of the Evolution Academy. She was going to attend the orientation meeting and get to know her new classmates at university.

Lin Zichen then headed towards the Pure Human Research Institute, located in a secluded corner, to get to know the other members of the Heavenly Human Pavilion, namely the three senior Martial Arts Student who had made it onto the student Peak Ranking.

Five minutes later.

Lin Zichen arrived at the Pure Human Research Institute.

This speed is even faster than when Song Yuyan took him there on her motorcycle yesterday.

Upon entering the research institute, I found it very quiet, with no lights on.

Lin Zichen used [Danger Perception] to sense the biological pressure in the research institute and found that Song Yuyan was the only one in the entire institute, in the Leisure Area.

He withdrew his senses and walked towards the Leisure Area ahead.

Upon entering, I saw Song Yuyan doing yoga on a mat while wearing pajamas, showcasing her curvaceous figure to the fullest.

"You're here so early?"

When Song Yuyan saw Lin Zichen, she smiled and said to him while performing a difficult yoga pose.

Lin Zichen smiled in response, "Sister Yan, you arrived even earlier than me."

"Don't get me wrong, I didn't arrive earlier than you, I just started living at the research institute."

Why live in the research institute?

Lin Zichen was puzzled. This research institute looked like a storage room. Living here was nowhere near as comfortable as living at home.

Song Yuyan explained, "It saves money. Living in the research institute means the university covers all the water and electricity bills. In the summer, when we need air conditioning, we can save several hundred yuan a month."

Just to save a few hundred dollars?

Lin Zichen found it somewhat unbelievable.

After all, for someone of Song Yuyan's status, saying she earns a million-dollar annual salary is not an exaggeration at all.

However, they even try to save a few hundred yuan on water and electricity bills.

That's far too frugal.

Thinking about it, Lin Zichen asked, "Sister Yan, when do the Dean and those three senior students usually come to the research institute?"

"Those three usually arrive at the research institute around 10 a. m., but the Dean's schedule is less fixed, since he often has to go out to see his old flames."

"Those ones?"

Lin Zichen felt he had heard something incredible and asked curiously, "How many old flames does the Dean have?"

"That's too many. I know of more than ten."

"The Dean is really amazing!"

Lin Zichen said with admiration.

Song Yuyan smiled bitterly, "There's nothing I can do. The funding from the school is too little, not enough to support the research institute's daily needs. The Dean has no choice but to resort to using his charm to attract investment."

Hearing her say that, Lin Zichen instantly felt that Liu Chuanwu's image had become much more impressive.

Ten minutes later.

After finishing her yoga session, Song Yuyan led Lin Zichen into her private Research Lab.

She walked to a cabinet, took out a large stack of documents, and handed them to Lin Zichen, saying, "These are the research results and research directions of the Heavenly Human Pavilion over the years. Take a look at them when you have time to get a basic understanding of their contents."

Lin Zichen took the documents; they were about the thickness of a dictionary.

"There's a lot of material. Just skim through it to familiarize yourself with it; don't take it too seriously, or you might not finish reading it by the end of the semester."

After saying this, Song Yuyan walked to her seat and began her research for the day.

It is the study of written language.

This study examines the content of the Blood Tempering Technique: Opening Aperture Chapter.

Lin Zichen, standing a few meters away, glanced at the stack of photocopies of the original Blood Tempering Technique in front of Song Yuyan. He saw that they were covered in strange and unusual characters, not modern language, and he couldn't understand them at all.

Since I couldn't understand it, I stopped looking at it and quickly found a seat to sit down and browse the research materials in my hands.

Read it at a speed of ten lines at a glance.

By 10:30 AM, I had already read almost a third of it.

I learned that the Heavenly Human Pavilion's research mainly focuses on the essence of the physical body and the role of qi and blood in the physical body.

"That's strange, it's already 10:30, why haven't those three guys arrived at the research institute yet?"

Song Yuyan put down the photocopy in her hand and murmured something in confusion.

Normally, the three senior Martial Arts Student from the Heavenly Human Pavilion would arrive at the research institute at 10 a. m. sharp to participate in the research.

It's been half an hour past the allotted time, and we haven't seen a single person yet.

Worried that something had happened to the three of them, Song Yuyan immediately took out her phone to ask about the situation on WeChat.

As soon as she opened WeChat, she saw that one of the three had sent her a message half an hour earlier.

It was said that the three of them had left the Heavenly Human Pavilion and would no longer come to the research institute.

Song Yuyan was stunned and asked the person for the reason.

At first, the man refused to say anything, but Song Yuyan kept pressing him, and he finally confessed that the Dean of the Evolution Academy had given the three of them an irresistible benefit, allowing them to join the Evolution Academy.

Song Yuyan frowned, but didn't say anything to the three of them.

After all, they've known each other for several years and have a pretty good relationship.

All I can say is that everyone has their own aspirations, so let's wish them well.

After ending her chat with that person, Song Yuyan looked at Lin Zichen and said to him, "Zichen, those three senior students in the institute told me on WeChat that they've withdrawn from the Heavenly Human Pavilion and won't be coming anymore."

"All three of them were lured away by the Dean of the Evolution Academy with high-welfare benefits. I guess it's retaliation for our Dean poaching you from the Evolution Academy."

"From now on, it will just be you, me, and the Dean in the research institute."

After saying that, Song Yuyan added, "But it doesn't matter. Those three aren't top-tier in talent, so they won't be of much help to the research on Pure-Blood Human Path. In fact, without them, we two have more resources."

"Really."

Lin Zichen nodded, his heart unmoved.

He knew that Song Yuyan said this because she was afraid that if he saw the others running away, he would also have the idea of running away.

Thinking about it, he asked with some confusion, "Those three people persisted in the Pure-Blood Human Path until their senior year. Logically speaking, their beliefs should be very firm. How could they still be poached?"

Song Yuyan smiled bitterly, "As long as you offer enough, there's no one you can't poach. Pure-Blood Human Faction like me, with unwavering beliefs, are always in the minority."

"Otherwise, there wouldn't be so few people in the research institute."

"Furthermore, those three had already begun to waver in their beliefs."

"After all, they're all seniors, but the Pure-Blood Human Path. They don't have time to wait any longer." Song Yuyan said with a self-deprecating laugh, "If they wait any longer, they'll end up like me, just another ordinary person."

The two chatted like that for a while.

Seeing that it was almost 11 o'clock, Lin Zichen said he needed to go back to the dormitory to cook, and he had to go to the living area to buy groceries.

Before leaving, he asked Song Yuyan if she had any copies of the Blood Tempering Technique, or materials on the language used in the technique.

Song Yuyan said she had it and quickly found it for him.

He took the copy of the Blood Tempering Technique and related language learning materials, along with research findings and directions on Pure-Blood Human, and quickly left the research institute.

Then, I went straight to the living area, bought meat and vegetables for two people, and went back to the dormitory to start cooking.

Shen Qinghan returned around noon.

The two ate together in the living room.

"Xiao Chen, you've clearly only cooked a few meals, yet your cooking skills are just as good as mine. Your all-around talent is simply outrageous!"

As Shen Qinghan tasted the food Lin Zichen had prepared, her face was filled with envy.

Lin Zichen took a sip of soup and smiled, "I also envy your mysterious superpower, which allows the compatibility of Gene Fusion to reach as high as 21%. This data is probably unprecedented and will never be repeated."

"How could that be?" Shen Qinghan shook her head in disagreement. "The world is so big, there are bound to be heavens beyond heavens and people beyond people."

Lin Zichen nodded and said, "That's true."

After discussing that, the two shifted their conversation to Shen Qinghan's classmates.

Shen Qinghan's class is the Talent Class.

The students in the class were mostly top scorers, runners-up, Third Place Scholar from various regions, making their average skill level incredibly high.

After graduation, these people will surely become pillars of human society and are invaluable interpersonal resources for Shen Qinghan in university.

"By the way, Xiao Chen, I saw a Gene Fusionist in class today."

"She's a girl, very pretty, with a pair of fluffy animal ears on her head; she gets a lot of attention."

"I heard she's the daughter of the Dean of the Evolution Academy. She studied in Capital City and only returned to Shanhai City after the college entrance exam to undergo Gene Fusion surgery. She successfully completed her first Gene Fusion and is now the only Gene Fusionist among all the freshmen."

Shen Qinghan spoke slowly and deliberately while eating her dessert fruit.

Lin Zichen: "That's really impressive."

"They are impressive, but they can't compare to you."

As she spoke, Shen Qinghan picked up a grape and fed it to Lin Zichen, continuing, "Not only can she not compare to you, but no one in the entire Talent Class can compare to you."

"They would never guess that the school's most brilliant genius isn't in the Talent Class, but in the Heavenly Human Pavilion."

"When we finally face off, all those geniuses in the class will be so crushed by you they'll question their very existence."

As she said this, Shen Qinghan unconsciously puffed out her chest, her pretty face full of pride.

This is a habit she's developed over the years; whenever Lin Zichen stands out, she, as his childhood sweetheart, feels proud.

Lin Zichen ate the grape she offered him, smiled, and said, "Your Gene Fusion compatibility is as high as 21%, and you also have mysterious superpowers. Do you think it's possible that you're actually the most powerful genius?"

"Impossible, you're definitely better than me."

How can you be so sure?

"It's just my intuition; I just felt you were the best."

Shen Qinghan had complete confidence in Lin Zichen and said with certainty.

It wasn't entirely intuition; the main reason was that Lin Zichen had always acted too extraordinaryly since childhood, leaving an indelible and invincible image in her mind.

"Here, have another grape."

Shen Qinghan picked up a plump little grape and affectionately offered it to Lin Zichen's lips.

Lin Zichen opened his mouth and ate it, silently enjoying the sweet and sour taste of the grape juice bursting on his taste buds.

Shen Qinghan rested her chin on her hand, her eyes filled with tenderness, and asked with a sweet smile, "Are the grapes I bought delicious?"

"It's delicious."

"So, which do you think tastes better, the grapes you ate while taking a bath last night or the ones you ate in the bathroom?"

"They're all delicious."

"That's too perfunctory, just pick one!"

"The grapes from last night were still the best."

"If it's delicious, eat more!"

Shen Qinghan slightly curved her peach blossom eyes, revealing a slightly wicked yet sweet smile on her pretty face.

Lin Zichen was speechless, inwardly complaining that Shen Jianye and Xu Meng had given her the wrong name back then; they should have changed the middle character "Qing" to "Wu".

1:30 PM.

Lin Zichen and Shen Qinghan, who were taking a nap in their room after lunch, were woken up on time by a cell phone alarm.

The two got up, dressed, put on their shoes, went to the bathroom to use the toilet and wash their faces, and quickly went downstairs to the school gymnasium.

At 2 PM, the students on the Inner Campus will be holding a freshman assembly in the gymnasium, and both of you, as freshmen, have to attend.

Take the elevator downstairs.

Lin Zichen and Shen Qinghan boarded a school bus that traveled back and forth on the school road and arrived at the gymnasium in less than 10 minutes.

When the two went inside, the room was already full of new students.

The seats for new students are divided into three areas.

The Evolution Academy, which is most valued by the school, was placed in the very center facing the stage.

The Mechanical Academy and the Martial Arts Academy were located on either side of the Evolution Academy.

Lin Zichen didn't have a class, so he followed Shen Qinghan to sit with her in her Talent Class.

In order not to disturb the other students in the class, the two of them consciously moved their chairs and quietly went to sit at the back.

After all, Lin Zichen is an outsider, and it's not appropriate for him to sit in someone else's class; some people might have objections to this.

After the two sat down at the back, many students in the Talent Class turned their attention to Lin Zichen.

Almost everyone in the Talent Class knew that he was the Top Scholar of College Entrance Exam in Nanjiang Province.

After all, the news of him joining Heavenly Human Pavilion during the summer vacation was so popular that it became known throughout the country.

However, she only glanced at him curiously for a moment before quickly looking away, not paying much attention.

It's just that a second-place scholar in the imperial examinations had a change of heart and joined the Heavenly Human Pavilion; it has little to do with me, so why should I care?

Rather than wondering why Lin Zichen joined the Heavenly Human Pavilion, the students in the Talent Class were more concerned about the relationship between Lin Zichen and Shen Qinghan.

The boys in the class, in particular, were all very concerned about this.

Shen Qinghan is so beautiful that almost every guy her age is interested in her and wants to know if she's single.

"Hey, Lin Zichen, do you remember me?"

A boy with dyed blond hair pulled up a chair and sat down next to Lin Zichen.

Lin Zichen said calmly, "I remember."

He had a deep impression of the blond-haired boy; he was a strange chatterbox he met yesterday afternoon downstairs at Shen Qinghan's dormitory. He talked a lot.

What's your relationship with those two?

The blond-haired boy looked at Lin Zichen and Shen Qinghan and asked them curiously.

Lin Zichen replied casually, "My childhood sweetheart, whom I grew up with."

After saying that, he added, "To be more precise, she's my childhood sweetheart, and we're already engaged. We'll get married right after graduation."

Shen Qinghan is so beautiful, she'll definitely have many suitors in the future.

Lin Zichen felt it was necessary to make his relationship with Shen Qinghan public. This would reduce both of Shen Qinghan suitors, saving them both trouble.

Having too many suitors can affect daily life to some extent.

Seeing that Lin Zichen took the initiative to make their relationship public, Shen Qinghan blushed slightly and took his arm, confirming her relationship with Lin Zichen to her classmates.

Upon learning that Shen Qinghan was already taken, all the boys in the Talent Class looked disappointed.

Many of them intended to pursue Shen Qinghan, but before they could take any action, the late emperor passed away before his great undertaking was even halfway complete.

"Oh, so you're already taken. I was thinking of introducing you to my cousin."

The blond-haired boy shook his head and explained, "My cousin used to be Pure-Blood Human Path. She really agrees with the ideals of the Pure-Blood Human Path. During the summer vacation, she saw your news and your photo online and said she wanted to get to know you. Oh well, what a pity."

Lin Zichen laughed. "So you're making this up out of nothing, huh?"

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