Shen Qinghan's Secret

After the lunch break, Lin Zichen headed into his afternoon practical classes.

The first was the Wilderness Survival Course.

The instructor, Cheng Bei, didn't bother with concepts or theories; he jumped straight into hands-on practice, asking if anyone knew how to make fire by friction.

As he spoke, he tossed a few pieces of dry wood onto the ground to see if anyone possessed the skill.

However, he figured it was a safe bet that no one would.

It was a skill rarely needed in daily life, so who would waste their time learning it?

To his surprise, however, Lu Gang and Wang Shujie, the two top students from Nanguan City, both knew how to make fire by friction.

The moment he dropped the wood, the two of them walked over and began drilling with practiced ease.

Before long, they had produced a flame and successfully started a fire.

"What's going on? How are you two so impressive that you even know how to make fire by friction?" Cheng Bei asked, looking completely incredulous.

Lu Gang laughed, "Teacher, I attended a wilderness summer camp during the summer of eighth grade and learned it there."

Wang Shujie said coolly, "I taught myself online when I was in elementary school."

Hearing Wang Shujie's words, many students in the class gaped in astonishment.

Were all the top students from Nanguan City this formidable?

They were teaching themselves how to make fire by friction online back in elementary school?

That was truly heaven-defying!

Lin Zichen also looked at Wang Shujie, surprised to find someone like himself who enjoyed searching for videos to teach himself various skills as a child.

It seemed that top students shared certain commonalities.

In the time that followed.

Aside from those two show-offs from Nanguan City, everyone else in the class was learning how to make fire by friction under Cheng Bei's guidance.

"Xiao Chen, this is so hard. My hands are almost blistering, and I can't even drill a hole. Just how fast do you have to drill to get a fire going?"

Looking at her palms, which were slightly red and stinging from time to time, Shen Qinghan looked utterly defeated.

Li Chuxin and He Yu, who were nearby, were in the same boat; they couldn't even make a dent in the wood on the ground.

Seeing this, Lin Zichen said to the three of them, "Come over here, I'll teach you."

He Yu asked in confusion, "You know how to make fire by friction?"

Lin Zichen explained, "I taught myself how to do it online in the past."

Li Chuxin said with an expression of admiration, "Zichen, you're amazing!"

Lin Zichen just smiled and quickly passed on his little tricks for friction fire-starting, while correcting their improper drilling techniques.

Of the three, Shen Qinghan was relatively clumsy, and her drilling motion remained incorrect.

Lin Zichen had no choice but to walk over, squat beside her, and teach her hand-over-hand how to drill.

With Lin Zichen holding her hands so intimately in front of so many people, Shen Qinghan's entire face turned red, the flush spreading all the way to her earlobes, looking as if it were about to drip water.

After the Wilderness Survival Course ended.

The students of Class 1 Grade 1 finally welcomed their homeroom teacher, Han Yuanfeng, for the Martial Arts Training class.

This was the most important course in high school, bar none.

The main content of the course involved understanding the human body, physical conditioning, and learning various martial arts techniques.

Han Yuanfeng started by teaching everyone a special breathing technique.

Once mastered, this breathing technique could regulate one's internal energy and enhance the effects of physical training.

However, the boost wasn't significant—it was only slightly better than doing eye exercises.

Lin Zichen listened to Han Yuanfeng's explanation while watching his demonstration, and he learned it instantly.

It wasn't difficult; one only needed to grasp the rhythm of the breathing to master it.

However, that was only true for him.

Apart from him, not a single student in the class could master it; everyone was complaining about how hard it was, nearly running out of breath several times during practice.

One girl even practiced until she was oxygen-deprived, leaning against a tree and dry-heaving.

"Everyone, don't be anxious. This breathing technique is quite difficult. For instance, the students in the Elite Class of previous years took an average of three days to learn it."

Seeing the frustration on everyone's faces, Han Yuanfeng offered some timely comfort.

But no sooner had he finished speaking than Wang Shujie walked over and said, "Teacher, I've learned it."

Han Yuanfeng was shocked. This was only the first lesson, and he had already learned it?

Before he could recover from his shock, Lu Gang raised his hand high and said, "Teacher, I've learned it too. Look, is it like this?"

After speaking, Lu Gang began to circulate his breathing technique with some unfamiliarity, constantly adjusting his breath.

Seeing this, Wang Shujie followed suit and began circulating his own breathing technique as well.

Seeing that both of them had truly grasped the breathing technique, Han Yuanfeng became visibly excited.

He looked at Lu Gang and Wang Shujie, and without holding back, he praised them loudly in front of everyone: "Impressive, truly impressive! No wonder you were able to achieve such excellent results in Nanguan City, where experts are as common as clouds; your learning ability is simply outstanding!"

The surrounding students saw this, and every one of their faces was filled with envy.

At the same time, a sense of frustration welled up in their hearts.

Everyone who managed to get into the Martial Arts Elite Class at Shanhai High School had been the pride of their respective middle schools, the top students in everyone's eyes.

However, at this moment, in front of Lu Gang and Wang Shujie, they felt like fireflies trying to compete with the brilliance of the moon, instantly becoming dim and eclipsed, which was quite a blow to their confidence.

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, several days had passed.

Over these past few days, the school's curriculum remained basically the same every day.

From Monday to Thursday, the mornings were spent on Mechanical Modification Course and Gene Fusion Course, while the afternoons were dedicated to Wilderness Survival Course and Martial Arts Training Course.

When Friday arrived, the entire day was spent on Elective Course.

During this period, Lu Gang and Wang Shujie were always actively showcasing themselves, earning the deep appreciation of every teacher.

Lin Zichen, on the other hand, remained low-key, silently training his body every day.

Occasionally, he would organize the four members of his group to erase the blackboard, take out the trash, and water the flowers in the classroom, silently completing these trivial tasks to increase the progress bar for the Gregarious Animal achievement.

After a few days, he had increased the progress quite a bit.

[Achievement: Accumulate 1,000 completed tasks under the premise of multi-person cooperation]

[reward: Obtain Biological Attribute--Gregarious Animal]

[Accumulated task completion count: 56/1000]

This day was Saturday morning.

Lin Zichen got up early and went to stand in front of Shen Qinghan's house, waiting for her to come out.

Last night, he and Shen Qinghan had agreed to go to the beach to hang out today.

Just the two of them, without their parents.

Shanhai City was a coastal city, surrounded by the sea on all sides.

The nearest beach was less than thirty kilometers away.

There was no problem at all with the two of them going out together.

They could leave in the morning and be back by night, and both sets of parents were very at ease.

Of course, they were mainly at ease with Lin Zichen.

"Xiao Chen, let's go."

A sweet voice rang out, and Shen Qinghan walked out of the house carrying a backpack full of things, looking at Lin Zichen with a smile on her face.

Soon, the two of them took a car to the nearest beach to hang out.

While they called it hanging out, in reality, they wanted to train each other's swimming skills and study Shen Qinghan's body.

Lin Zichen had always wanted to unravel the secrets behind Shen Qinghan: why did she suffer from urinary incontinence, and why was her swimming ability naturally so good?

Furthermore, what was the sound that Shen Qinghan had heard under the sea last time?

Was it an auditory hallucination or something else?

Could it be related to the physical abnormalities Shen Qinghan had experienced for years?

These doubts had been lingering in his heart, and he wanted to solve them every single day.

PS: Setting out my bowl, begging for monthly tickets and recommendation tickets!