"Hey! Cut it out! Who are you calling a foreign national?"
"Hurry up and let me in."
Shut out at the gate, Xiao Hongchen began to lose his cool and slapped the Electronic Screen.
But the very next second—
The Electronic Screen flashed a red warning.
"Alert! An unidentified individual has been detected attempting to force entry into the Academy and attacking the access control system. Defense systems activating automatically."
As the announcement ended—
The ground suddenly began to tremble slightly.
The Invincible Shield activated first.
Then dozens of Level 8 Fixed-Installation Soul Cannons and three Level 9 Charged Soul Tools swung their barrels into alignment.
They locked onto Xiao Hongchen and began gathering energy.
"Target locked!"
The sight frightened Xiao Hongchen so badly that he dared not move a muscle.
A question inevitably rose in his mind.
What on earth had happened back home while I was studying abroad?
Had they decided to throw all restraint to the winds?
Level 8 Soul Tools just to guard the gate?! And three Level 9 Charged Soul Tools to boot.
The security guard noticed the commotion.
He put down his insulated mug and came over to see what was happening.
"Boy, what school are you from? Don't you know this is the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy? Shoo, shoo. Get out of here."
Faced with the guard trying to chase him away—
Xiao Hongchen hurriedly explained, "No, sir, I'm a student here."
"I don't believe you."
"If you're a student at the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy, why have I never seen you before?"
"And if you really study here, why isn't your name in the access records?"
The guard looked thoroughly suspicious.
Helpless, Xiao Hongchen could only explain, "I was sent to Shrek Academy a year ago for a