"Come on, everyone line up and smile."
"Alright, stop crying. You'll still have chances to see each other in the future. Maybe you'll even be classmates again in elementary school."
"Parents, come over and take a group photo too!"
At Rainbow Kindergarten, a group of teachers busily organized the graduating senior class children for commemorative photos.
Three long years of kindergarten passed in the blink of an eye.
Lin Zichen and Shen Qinghan, the childhood sweethearts, both successfully graduated from Rainbow Kindergarten.
They had grown from four-year-old children when they first arrived into seven-year-old big kids.
It left a deep mark on their lives.
"Hanhan, come over to Aunt Xin. Take a picture with Chenchen."
"I'm coming."
Shen Qinghan ran toward Zhang Wanxin with a bright smile, taking a photo with Lin Zichen, whom she liked most.
Lin Zichen looked at Shen Qinghan beside him and realized that his childhood sweetheart had somehow grown so pretty that it was almost ridiculous.
She was an exceptionally dazzling presence throughout Rainbow Kindergarten and the secret crush of most boys.
Fortunately, his looks were no worse. He was just as dazzling.
Moreover, over the past three years, he had swept every award at Rainbow Kindergarten, making him even more charming than Shen Qinghan.
Over those three years, he had received gifts from many girls in kindergarten.
Every so often, he would find snacks slipped into his drawer by a girl who secretly liked him.
After the photo session ended.
Xu Meng found Zhang Wanxin and asked:
"Wanxin, which elementary school are you planning to send Chenchen to?"
"The elementary schools nearby all seem about the same. We're planning to enroll him at Sunshine Elementary School, the closest one to home."
"Sunshine Elementary School is pretty good. Then I'll have our Hanhan go with him too."
Xu Meng said with a smile.
The moment Shen Qinghan heard that, her face lit up. She looked at Lin Zichen with delight and said:
"Chenchen, we can keep being classmates when we get to elementary school."
"Mm, we'll keep being classmates."
"Then when we get to middle school, high school, and college, can we keep being classmates too?"
"Sure," Lin Zichen said with a smile.
He had already grown used to having Shen Qinghan around. He enjoyed the feeling of childhood sweethearts accompanying each other as they grew up, and he hoped it could continue forever.
Summer vacation passed quickly.
In the blink of an eye, September arrived, along with the start of the school year.
For Lin Zichen, elementary school life was not much different from kindergarten.
He still read his own books during class, deepening his understanding of this world's background.
Then, during breaks, he would casually find an empty corner and secretly train his body at high intensity, walking ever farther down the path of evolution.
The only difference was that Lin Zichen no longer needed his parents to pick him up from school.
He chose to walk to and from school himself, giving himself more freedom while making things easier for his parents.
Lin Yansheng and Zhang Wanxin were both very reassured about not needing to pick him up.
After all, the school was nearby, only a ten-minute walk away.
Of course, what truly reassured the couple was that Lin Zichen had been exceptionally outstanding since childhood. He excelled in both academics and martial arts and could protect himself well without making his parents worry.
When Shen Qinghan saw Lin Zichen walking to and from school, she insisted on going with him.
Shen Jianye and Xu Meng initially refused, but seeing how persistent she was, they eventually agreed.
They figured that with Lin Zichen around, their silly daughter should be well protected.
That morning.
After finishing breakfast, Lin Zichen waited outside his home for Shen Qinghan to finish eating so they could go to school together.
With nothing to do while waiting, he opened his Character Panel with a thought and checked the information displayed on it.
[Name: Lin Zichen] [Age: 7] [Biological Rank: Ordinary (Tier 2)] [Biological Attributes: Use-Disuse Evolution, Heavenly Human Wisdom Root]
His Biological Rank was still Ordinary Tier 2.
However, compared with two and a half years ago, when he had still been in kindergarten's junior class, Lin Zichen's strength had increased tremendously.
He could lift a 200-kilogram barbell with one hand.
He could jump two meters high from a standing position.
He could sprint one hundred meters in under eight seconds...
Every one of those figures had shattered the world records from his previous life.
If this had been his previous life, he would have been a superhuman existence.
But on this Mutated Earth, where extraordinary powers existed, he was still far from deserving the title of superhuman.
Over the past two and a half years, Lin Zichen had searched online for many videos involving Gene Fusionists, Mechanical Cyborgs, and Exotic Beasts.
The three kinds of beings in those videos could fly through the sky and burrow through the earth, move mountains and fill seas, and seemed capable of anything. They were comparable to Land Immortals.
Every time he watched, he felt deeply shaken and filled with awe.
There are too many beings in this world who are so powerful that they're beyond comprehension. I need to evolve diligently and strive to one day reach a realm comparable to immortals and gods...
Lin Zichen thought silently.
Just then, Shen Qinghan came out after finishing breakfast.
Wearing a light blue summer school uniform, she hopped energetically over to Lin Zichen. Her watery eyes curved into a smile as she said:
"Xiao Chen, sorry to keep you waiting."
Ever since Lin Zichen graduated from kindergarten, Lin Yansheng and Zhang Wanxin had stopped calling him Chenchen and switched to Xiao Chen, making it sound less childish.
After hearing it often enough, Shen Qinghan also changed the way she addressed him and began calling him Xiao Chen.
As for Shen Qinghan, Lin Zichen still called her Hanhan.
After all, girls were different from boys.
A girl's nickname with repeated syllables only sounded cute, not childish.
When they arrived at Sunshine Elementary School.
Lin Zichen and Shen Qinghan were still desk mates.
However, they never talked during class and quietly did their own things.
Lin Zichen read extracurricular books that he had brought from home.
Shen Qinghan listened attentively to the teacher's lessons.
Back in kindergarten, Shen Qinghan had seemed rather dim-witted, like she was not especially smart.
When learning English, she had pronounced "grandmother" as "gun ni ma de."
Yet after entering elementary school, she became extraordinarily clever, consistently placing second in class on every exam.
There were two reasons for this drastic change. First, her teacher parents had taught her well at home. Second, Lin Zichen tutored her at school.
"Zichen, have you already finished that copy of Biological Structure you were reading yesterday?"
During class, the math teacher passed by Lin Zichen. Seeing that the book he was reading now differed from yesterday's, he could not help asking with a smile.
Lin Zichen turned to the next page without even looking up. "Mm, I finished it."
He scored full marks on every math exam, earning the right to read extracurricular books during math class without worrying that the math teacher would object.
The math teacher could not help sighing. "Zichen, you really are amazing. At next week's National Elementary School Mathematics Competition, the teacher will be counting on you."
Lin Zichen replied calmly, "Don't worry, Teacher. I'll take first place."
The other students in the class watched this scene with envy written all over their faces.
Feeling her classmates' gazes, Shen Qinghan straightened up a little. She was proud of her childhood sweetheart's excellence and took great pride in it.
Lin Zichen, however, felt no ripple in his heart. He merely continued reading quietly, absorbing all sorts of knowledge.
In the days that followed.
Lin Zichen took first place in the entire school on every exam and broke school records at every sports meet.
Whether they were good students or bad students, everyone felt awe when facing him.
Just when he thought he would spend all six years of elementary school peacefully, then smoothly unlock [Elementary School Boss].
One day, the class suddenly welcomed a very special transfer student.
It was during the first semester of second grade.
Lin Zichen was in the classroom attending math class.
Halfway through the lesson, the homeroom teacher suddenly led a white-haired girl into the classroom and told everyone that she was a transfer student who would be attending class with them from that day onward.
The instant he saw the white-haired girl.
Lin Zichen sensed a trace of an aura from her that did not belong to humans.
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