Chapter 580
Lu Li sat on the rooftop of the building, looking down at the bustling street below.
Twelve years have passed since the disaster, and the world now has a total of seven major settlements. In these seven settlements, science and technology are far more advanced than in the past peaceful times, and reconstruction work has gradually come to a standstill.
What is now limiting human development is no longer technology, but population. After all, the human growth cycle is somewhat slow. People born after disasters are only twelve years old now, and the number of children who survived disasters is exceptionally small.
Therefore, the world's development can only wait for this new generation to grow up, and education has become the top priority of the world. Of the ten major districts in this Central Settlement, three are college districts.
It was school time, and because of the astonishingly high male-to-female ratio back then, Lu Li looked down and saw mostly twelve or thirteen-year-old girls, wearing school uniforms of various sizes, happily riding their bicycles to school.
It's not that there are no boys, it's just that in this world, because of its messed-up attributes, the quality of lolis is many times that of shota, so boys mixed in with these lolis become unremarkable and basically have nothing special about them.
Upon closer inspection, Lu Li discovered that, based on the division of mental strength, the girls' average mental strength far exceeded that of the boys. Sensing the crowd below, Lu Li finally found his target: the only relatively eye-catching boy in the crowd.
This striking quality isn't about physical appearance, but rather about the overall feel and style. It's like in a painting, people can easily distinguish the main character from the background characters because the main character's style is more refined than the others.
The boy was the same; he looked to be thirteen or fourteen years old, with dead fish eyes and a gray-white spiky hairstyle. Even wearing the same school uniform, he exuded a different kind of decadent vibe. He carried a backpack, ate some bread, and walked dejectedly towards school in flip-flops.
"A mutated version of the world, detached from the world's attributes, a protagonist who is not recognized by the world?" Lu Li thought to himself, looking down. Generally speaking, in a world with loli attributes, the protagonist is usually a loli. After Lu Li completed the Magic Web System, the protagonist of the world was already confirmed to be a magical girl. However, the choice of the protagonist was somewhat unexpected by Lu Li. It turned out to be this dead-fish-eyed boy named Jiang You.
Staring at his dark circles, Jiang You raised his dead fish eyes and looked at the top of the building. Just now, he seemed to feel someone observing him there, but he squinted and there was nothing there.
"Hey! What are you looking at?" A fair hand waved in front of Jiang You, and a girl with pink pigtails asked curiously. With her delicate features and graceful figure, she would definitely be a shoo-in for the school beauty pageant.
"It's nothing, good morning, Yu Xiang-kun." Jiang You looked at the girl, lowered his head again, and walked forward. The Sun Flag Country was resource-poor. After the disaster, due to the lack of trade support, they could only migrate to the Central Settlement. Yu Xiang moved next door to him at that time.
Hanajima Yuka —her name sounds like a woman's, her appearance is that of a woman, her voice is that of a woman, and her actions are definitely those of a woman.
In this world, many people are born with daughters, but some are not. The Hanajima family is one such example. After Hanajima Yuka was born, her father lost his fertility due to an accident. However, they desperately wanted a daughter, so Hanajima Yuka was raised as a daughter from a young age.
Because of Hanajima Yuka, the school's toilets, which were originally divided into male and female sections, became three sections: male, female, and Yuuka. Thinking of the vows he made when he was a child to marry her when he grew up, Jiang You shuddered.
"What a misfortune! Couldn't I just have a normal childhood sweetheart?" Jiang You thought about his tragic experience and couldn't help but cry inside. He probably wasn't consulted with the almanac when he was born; he had never had any good luck.
For example, at the Zhongde Academy where he studied, there was a popular game called "Just Passing By," which is none other than Jiang You.
Of course, if he asked Lu Li, he would know the answer. As a protagonist who is not recognized by the world, his own destiny is incompatible with this world. Therefore, under normal circumstances, this protagonist is a useless protagonist.
Because of this situation, Jiang You, the protagonist, really became an unlucky passerby, just like a minor character. However, his protagonist aura also evolved into various abilities under this special treatment.
As the school bell rang, Jiang You sat in his seat and sighed, "Another peaceful but unhappy day!"
As soon as Jiang You finished speaking, screams erupted, mixed with the roars of some unknown creatures. The school's loudspeaker immediately broadcast. "A mutated creature has appeared on campus. All students, please take cover in your classrooms, close all doors and windows, do not wander around, and await rescue. To reiterate, a mutated creature has appeared on campus..."
"... It really has nothing to do with me!" Jiang You looked up and saw that most of the people in the classroom were looking at him with strange expressions. If it weren't for the bad timing, another little game of just passing by would probably have started.
Because his luck is out of step with the world, he needs to release this accumulated luck every now and then. The specific manifestation of this release is to realize Jiang You's words. However, because he is out of step with the world, this realization often goes in the opposite direction.
This is how Jiang You earned the nickname "poisonous jinx," and it seems he just made a fatal mistake today.
Seeing that the others had looked away, Jiang You breathed a sigh of relief. How could he be the one to predict the future? It was just a coincidence. Just like he said earlier, it was a peaceful but unfortunate day, and it was just not peaceful now. He was still just as unfortunate.
"Look over there!" a classmate shouted. Jiang You quickly looked out the window and saw a strange, grayish-white creature rushing straight towards them on the playground.
The monster had a bull-horned, horse-like face, a body like a feline, a tail like a rabbit's, and bony claws on its feet. When it ran, it left deep scratches on the rubber track.
"Why is that monster charging this way? The other classrooms are clearly closer to it!"
"I remember someone saying it wasn't his business, but then again..."
All eyes were once again fixed on Jiang You. Fortunately, at this moment, class monitor Yang Xia stood up. Her small frame of thirteen years old was already quite impressive. She pushed up her old-fashioned glasses and said, "Now is not the time to talk about these things. The iron bars on the window may not be able to stop that mutated creature. Let's leave the classroom and run upstairs!"