This is a world for scholars.
The people take pride in reading, understanding the truths of the world through it, nurturing vigor and spirit.
People respect scholars, worship the Great Scholars with high intelligence, and the powerful literati and poets can control the heavens and earth, exhale to kill, and fly with swords.
In various places, those who become strong through reading are referred to as Mages, witches, cultivators, and Confucian Scholars.
But that was five thousand years ago; now they are all uniformly called: Telekinesis Masters.
Drizzle enshrouded the view.
Rehe Thirteen High School.
Tap tap tap!
The rubber track was pattered on by the sulfuric yellow rainwater giving off a sulfur smell.
The beautiful homeroom teacher of Class Three, Grade Three, Si Anhe, was leading the morning exercise:
"Start the morning run now, an eight hundred meters long run in the rain, if you can't hold on, then use an umbrella..."
In the rain curtain, the teacher's voice was full of potency, resounding clearly,
"Children born in the slums must learn to struggle in acid rain, exactly because I succeeded, that's why I tear your umbrellas!"
"The same old saying, being born in Rehe City is our luck, the hormonal waste gas exhausted into the atmosphere from Rehe Heavy Industry stimulates our bodies! It will enhance our mental development, promote the growth of our Telekinesis abilities."
"This is something poor students in other places pray for but can't get!"
"Others have to mail-order our city's rainwater to bathe, and you can just drench yourself in it! Don't be unappreciative of your fortune by ignoring your fortune amidst radiation!"
"Being able to get into our Rehe Thirteen High School, you all are the best among the best, do not disappoint the city's expectations of you!"
...
The vibrant beautiful teacher is leading a group of students jogging.
We sing of youth and passion in the rain!
We enjoy the free radiation benefits brought by this city!
We inhale fiercely amid the heavy metal acid rain storm!
Among the crowd, Liu Jun was running with some difficulty, rainwater seeped into his eyes, making his vision very blurry.
"Are we really talents of this city? Sure we're not merely absorbing radiation?"
Suffering.
This school life is too painful!
How did I, Liu Jun, traverse into such a world?
Fellow classmates on the side appeared very precocious due to the hormonal rain.
Some, just seventeen or eighteen years old, already sported white hair, temples greying, some even achieved a balding crown.
It's said that seventy years ago, the populace initially also protested and resisted the emissions from this city.
But later, a clever scientist proposed the concept of dual industry, and Rehe Heavy Industry began its second venture in biopharmaceuticals.
The medicinal residues from producing telekinesis power-enhancement potions were mixed into the heavy metal exhaust and released into the air, letting countless poor students who couldn't afford the medicine see hope.
Heavy industrial gas?
Harmful to health!
Heavy industrial gas mixed with medicinal residue waste?
Promotes wellness!
Rehe Heavy Industry, once criticized for polluting rivers, was that same year elected as the top in the annual ten most conscientious entrepreneurs, and philanthropist of the year.
Many years later today, Rehe Heavy Industry ranks among the world's top ten super corporations.
As the birthplace of this great company, Rehe naturally transformed into a frontline legendary city, attracting numerous impoverished children to study here, inhaling free industrial waste gas, perfectly realizing a win-win for both entrepreneurs and the populace.
Liu Jun grew more and more disheartened as he thought.
Over the years, he had long been driven so harshly by the brutal life that he could no longer even scream!
Just when Liu Jun's legs were weakening, preparing to give in, at the tail end of the morning run queue came the sound of someone falling down,
"Teacher, Xu Changsheng has fallen."
"Passed out."
"Alas, quickly send to the school infirmary."
"Heard he was rejected from the school beauty's engagement."
"Really?"
"Just a brain-dead anyway."
...
Liu Jun immediately stopped his pace, raised his hand high, and shouted, "Teacher, I'll take Xu Changsheng to the infirmary."
Si Anhe nodded, "Go ahead."
Zou Anmeng and Li Feng also raised their hands beside him, "Teacher, I'll help support him too."
Liu Jun and the two carried Xu Changsheng to the school infirmary, none of the three had the energy to talk, all lay on the chairs, panting like wet stray dogs.
"Oh, this world."
After quite a while, Liu Jun exhaled.
Li Feng glanced at Xu Changsheng on the sickbed, full of pity, "This guy is overly corroded by the acid rain, if he can't break through the third stage, he might only live to his thirties."
As soon as these words fell, the nearby Zou Anmeng also fell silent.
Aren't they the same?
The high schools in Rehe City, using potential-overdrafting frantic training, have cultivation speeds comparable to wealthy scholars in major cities.
But the lifespan is only in the thirties.
Not wanting to die is simple, having money to do cloning surgery to replace with a new healthy body is all it takes.
But without breaking through the third stage, where do you get millions to undergo body-replacement regeneration surgery?
Yet the high schools here are still overflowing.
In this world, Telekinesis Masters are divided into four realms: Wind, Rain, Thunder, Lightning.
The existence of the third stage Thunder Realm is very ferocious, even in big cities, a Telekinesis Master in their thirties in the Thunder Realm is a top-notch genius.
In this city, the degree of competition among students far surpasses the frenzied level of affluent students from other cities.
——They are literally wagering their lives to attend school!
After more than ten minutes,
Xu Changsheng also regained consciousness, groggy, with muddled awareness.
Liu Jun dared not delay, and along with Li Feng and Zou Anmeng, supported this invalid to take a hot shower before the morning reading session.
Returning to the classroom, classmates of Class Three, Grade Three had already washed up cleanly at the bathhouse, gathered in small groups around desks, chatting.
With the college entrance exams approaching, what they discussed was nothing more than the scores on the just distributed exams.
Soon, Xu Changsheng was targeted again.
"Xu Changsheng, even your rote memorization scores in Biology are so bad, is there something wrong with your brain?"
"Exactly, exactly, this time the teacher already outlined the scope, equivalent to an open-book test, you only had to memorize 37,210,000 words of questions, which is really simple, is your brain broken."
A few students gathered around a boy sitting at the back near the window, clamoring.
Xu Changsheng clenched his fists, his face subtly contorted, staying silent.
Liu Jun sat quietly in the back row, spectating, but dared not speak up.
Miserable, miserable, miserable, luckily I don't have a school beauty fiancée, or it might be me getting bullied.
"Look, Xu Changsheng is angry, he's angry."
"He's already lost his micro-expression management ability, he's probably part of the native intellectually deficient group, don't believe me, just look."
Seizing the opportunity, a boy snatched Xu Changsheng's phone and held it high, showing it off to the other students in the class.
Sure enough, there was a text message on it.
[Rehe Smart Loan Reminder: Dear Xu Changsheng, as of March 16, 7791, your PC198 model Saint brain rental period has expired. To avoid affecting your life, please renew in a timely manner.]
[You have now fallen into the native intellectually deficient group, level four (mild), with slight intellectual disability and accompanied by mania, affecting your daily life and work studies.]
[Due to the lack of an auxiliary Intelligent Brain, your current brain capacity is only one percent of a normal person's, and your brain cannot effectively compute addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division within billions.]
"It's actually true!"
"He stopped the loan, now he's brainless! No wonder his memory has worsened!"
"I guess his brain stall loan is overdue."
The mocking voices in the classroom pierced into Xu Changsheng's heart like sharp spikes.
Liu Jun silently watched this mad world without a word.
In this scholarly world, a brain is very important.
Brain stall loan, full name: Saint Brain Leasing Apportionment Debt Loan, is the best choice for the poor.
People in this world generally have three brains: left brain, right brain, and Intelligent Brain.
Many poor people share the debt to rent one Intelligent Brain, taking turns working, going to work, or going to school, which is often the first choice for poor families.
This world severely despises low-intelligence groups.
In this era, without an Intelligent Brain, it's like being intellectually disabled, unable to even attend school or work daily.
So this world has formed an unquestionable truth:
——The poor generally have a brain stall.
In this age, a good brain will bankrupt three generations.
A brain passed through three loans, one bag after another, still owing after decades.
Many middle-class families in this city are seemingly glamorous on the surface, but secretly, each one has been relying on a brain stall for a long time.
The uproar in the classroom grew louder.
"I won't play with idiots."
"Idiocy really affects life."
"Going out without a brain, what kind of study is that?"
"Left brain, right brain, Intelligent Brain, missing one brain means you're brain-dead, right?"
Bang!
"Is it funny?"
With a serious face, Study Committee Member Li Chengshan stood up, slamming the table, "What brain-dead, what brain stall? Watch your language!"
The surrounding noise fell silent instantly.
The Study Committee Member is not only the smartest person in the class but also the best at studying.
His Intelligent Brain was a limited edition autumn collection bought from Rehe Heavy Industry's luxury counter.
The price is three times higher than others because the high intelligence offers an extremely fast telekinesis cultivation speed, making him a top scholar on the intelligence discrimination chain.
The Study Committee Member spoke fairly, saying:
"Is it funny? What right do you have to mock him! He's clearly working hard! I see a melancholic ape sitting in the classroom yearning for knowledge."
"In him, I see a spirit of unyielding perseverance!"
"But! Xu Changsheng, humans won't be in the same class as monkeys, you need to be prepared to be kicked out of the top class."
Xu Changsheng blushed.
The boy's red warmth surpassed any explanation.
"He's angry again, he's angry again, I heard people with one less brain in the native intellectually deficient group all have this kind of aggression."
"He's going to hit us, he's going to hit people, go find the teacher quickly."
"I beg of you, please bring a brain to school ASAP, you're already indistinguishable from wild animals, who knows when you might go wild, it's not safe for the girls!"
"Have you watched too many movies? Do you actually believe the plot where a guy who forgets to bring his Intelligent Brain becomes a beast and goes after beauties? It's all fake!"
...
At this moment, the lower boy Xu Changsheng was experiencing harsh intellectual discrimination.
At the classroom door, Si Anhe, dressed in black formal wear, silently peeked a head through the back door window of the classroom.
Ding——
The teacher's gaze.
The noisy students suddenly fell silent.
Homeroom teacher Si Anhe was once a legendary academic achiever from this school, now she's also the dream partner of many students in the school.
In this scholarly world, people are not shallow.
Appearance doesn't matter, height doesn't matter, personality doesn't matter, and they don't care about money, mostly focusing on intellect.
They value a person's inner qualities.
For example, the high-IQ scholar Li Chengshan, who has many girls admiring him as well.
Si Anhe sighed, "Xu Changsheng, come to the office for a moment."
"Yes."
Xu Changsheng lowered his head and silently walked out through the back door of the classroom.
"Hmph, I bet lower boy Xu Changsheng made the biology teacher angry again," a girl student nearby hummed.
Li Chengshan shook his head and redirected everyone's attention, "Forget it, let's not talk about him, let me blow a brain for you all."
"Huh?"
Facing everyone's confusion, Li Chengshan smiled slightly and said:
"My Intelligent Brain [Random Swap] is about to expire, it's a good chance to blow a brain, fry a machine, light some fireworks, and run a century super-computation problem, then switch to a new one."
"Really?"
"So awesome!"
"Tsk tsk, some people can't even afford a brain, while the big shot chooses to blow his brain!"
Liu Jun also quietly joined in, not for any other reason, just to watch the big shot perform.
Watching someone blow their brain can be quite interesting.
"Boom!"
At this time, Li Chengshan's Intelligent Brain crackled and flashed with fire, and then a burning smell wafted over, followed by a slight wave of telekinesis energy coursing through the entire classroom, nourishing the students' nerves.
Clap clap clap.
Everyone applauded.
And Liu Jun, too, as the gentle telekinesis energy spread, saw a line of text appear in his brain.
[Welcome to Fungus Planet]
[Life is but a soup of 70% water fungi cells, your task is to bring plague, disease, and despair to the filthy world, fighting against humanity.]
Liu Jun's pupils shrank.
Is this the idle placement game I played before crossing over?
Did the Study Committee Member blow a hack for me?
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