Signing In for the Fire Dragon King Mecha, but No Copying Homework for Wang Dong

Early the next morning.

Lin Fan woke and turned to look at Wang Dong. She was still asleep, hugging her quilt and snoring away.

He glanced at the alarm clock on the desk. There was still half an hour before class.

He lowered his head and sighed inwardly. There's still plenty of time. I'll see what the sign-in system has first.

The things he had received from signing in over the past few days had been flowers or dolls—all useless junk.

He hoped for something that would help him grow stronger. As long as it wasn't instant noodles or sausages, he would be happy.

Lin Fan was thoroughly sick of them. He had signed in enough times to nearly fill a box with instant noodles and another with sausages.

All he wanted was something useful to his strength, or at least something helpful. He wasn't asking for a grand prize.

Lin Fan said quietly:

"System, I want to sign in."

[Ding-dong! System sign-in in progress!]

[Random reward draw in progress. Ding-dong! Congratulations, host, you've hit the jackpot! Sign-in reward: Fire Dragon King Mecha! Also included: a Spatial Ring for storage.]

[Fire Dragon King Mecha manual: This Mecha can be freely controlled. Friendly reminder: Obtain five Mecha to combine them into the Demon Tyrant King Mecha.]

[Due to the Fire Dragon King Mecha's enormous size, the system has placed it in the Spatial Ring.]

[When the Spatial Ring is issued, it will play a brief projection of its contents, which will then disappear automatically. The host may use it to view what is inside.]

[Warning: One person cannot control two Fruit Treasure Mecha, and the Spatial Ring cannot hold living things!]

As the system finished its announcement, a Spatial Ring appeared above Lin Fan's hand and dropped squarely into his palm.

"It's actually the Fire Dragon King Mecha! Holy shit! I signed in and got Dongfang Bubai's Fire Dragon King Mecha! This is great! And it even comes with a Spatial Ring!"

Delighted, Lin Fan sprang up from the bed. He picked up the finger-sized Spatial Ring and found that it fit perfectly. Slipping it onto his finger, he muttered:

Wang Dong woke at the noise and pulled back her quilt. Raising her head slightly, she looked toward Lin Fan's bed and saw how ecstatic he was.

She wondered why Lin Fan was so happy first thing in the morning. Had he stayed awake because he had leveled up?

"Lin Fan, what's gotten into you? Why are you standing there so excited this early?"

Wang Dong looked at Lin Fan and asked flatly, sounding half asleep:

"It's nothing, nothing! I just remembered something that made me happy."

Startled, Lin Fan turned to Wang Dong and answered with a laugh:

He had almost forgotten Wang Dong was there.

"Oh. I thought you'd leveled up!"

Wang Dong paused, then lay back down and closed her eyes. A hint of resentment entered her voice as she said:

"Getting so happy out of nowhere this early in the morning... I'm going back to sleep. You have fun."

Lin Fan gave a dry laugh and said:

"No, nothing like that. We have class soon. Are you going to keep sleeping, Wang Dong? You'll be late."

Wang Dong kept her eyes closed as she replied:

"I've got you, haven't I, Lin Fan? Wake me in a bit."

Besides, it wouldn't matter much even if she was late. Teacher Mu Jin didn't punish students harshly like that old hag Zhou Yi.

"All right..."

Lin Fan sounded rather helpless:

Wang Dong really had gotten lazy.

"Mm..."

Wang Dong rolled over and replied:

Seeing that Wang Dong had gone back to sleep, Lin Fan turned his attention to the Spatial Ring again.

Suddenly, a projection shot out of the ring and began showing what was stored inside.

Lin Fan was a little surprised. It really was just as the system had said—a projection had appeared.

He could clearly see that it showed the inside of the Spatial Ring.

The Fire Dragon King Mecha stood within it, but what caught his attention was the size of the space. The ring could hold an entire classroom.

Lin Fan was overjoyed, both with the space and with the Fire Dragon King Mecha.

Now that he had the Fire Dragon King, he still needed three other third-generation Mecha.

They were the Sea Shark King, the Demon Motion King, and the Golden Dart King.

Once he gathered those three Mecha, he could combine them into the Demon Tyrant King.

Time flew by. Soon it was time for class, with only a few minutes left before they would be late.

Only then did Lin Fan remember to wake Wang Dong so they could head to class together.

Wang Dong still had to wash up. After she dawdled for a while and finally hurried through it, the two of them dashed off to class.

By the time they reached the classroom corridor, the bell had already rung.

They were the only two students not yet there. Since the back door was closed,

they had to enter through the front, where Teacher Mu Jin happened to be waiting for them.

Both were startled. They hadn't expected Teacher Mu Jin to arrive so early.

Standing in the doorway, they called out:

"Reporting in."

Mu Jin frowned at them for a moment, then gave a slight nod toward their seats and said:

"You're quite late today. As homework, write out everything covered in today's lesson once. I'll be checking it. Go sit down."

"Ah! All right."

Wang Dong and Lin Fan exchanged dismayed looks, nodded, and returned to their seats.

With that, everyone in the class was present.

At the lectern, Mu Jin looked over the students. Once he confirmed they were all there, he began the day's lesson.

The students below listened attentively, including Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Xiao Xiao.

Only Wang Dong and Lin Fan, newly returned to their seats, kept brooding over their tardiness.

"It's all your fault, Lin Fan."

Wang Dong shot Lin Fan a sidelong glance and complained:

"If you hadn't waited so long to wake me, Teacher Mu Jin wouldn't have made us copy out the lesson."

Lin Fan laughed as he retorted:

"How is that my fault? You're the one who asked me to wake you, aren't you?"

Wang Dong slumped onto her desk, crestfallen. Pouting, she protested:

"You... You still didn't have to wait that long! Now we have to copy all this out. What a pain..."

Lin Fan propped his chin on one hand, glanced at Wang Dong, and said with a helpless sigh:

"Can't be helped. We'll just have to write out today's lesson. I'll wake you earlier next time."

Wang Dong parted her lips and replied:

"Mm..."

The two took out pens and paper, then began listening and writing down what was taught.

Writing out the lesson was easy enough for Lin Fan. Having grown up in a family of pharmacists, he had a strong memory; memorizing several books on medicinal herbs was a piece of cake.

Wang Dong had a much harder time. Trying to write while listening only frustrated her, and the longer she listened, the sleepier she became.

After dozens of minutes, she had written only a few words. Her brows drew together, and she looked miserable.

Wang Dong turned to Lin Fan and was stunned to find he had already written over a hundred words. Panic rose in her chest, and she opened her mouth nervously.