Qin Siyang had to admit, playing on his phone before sleeping was not a very good habit.
Because after putting his phone down, it still took him a long time to fall asleep. [T/N: That's factually corrcet.]
But playing on his phone before sleeping made him very happy.
He slept only a little, almost until the moment when the air defense glass imitated the sun rising.
On the air defense glass of Zone 7, there were lights hung to simulate sunrise and sunset.
Even though Blue Star had fallen into eternal night, in these developed zones with small sequence numbers, people still lived with clear distinctions between day and night.
After waking up, Qin Siyang lay in bed bored, looking at the soft light on the air defense glass and muttered, "Countless lightbulbs. How much electricity do they use in one day? Isn't electricity supposed to be scarce in the safe zone after the apocalypse?"
Then he shook his head.
He knew too little about the apocalypse and the safe zone; it was better not to waste time guessing.
"Get up, go wander."
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After washing up and eating breakfast, he walked around the South Glory campus.
In the end he still chose to go back to his room and lie down.
Zhao Longfei had taken Hu Chan to United Government Academy to settle the on-site arrangements.
Wen Shu went with Gu Yunxuan to United Government Academy to look over the campus.
He originally wanted to wander around the Miracle Building, but saw that Li Tianming, Zhang Kuang, and the others were busy doing research.
They had just arrived in South Glory, had no students and no assistants under them, and since it was still vacation time, the official staff assigned by South Glory University would only arrive after school started.
Although some students admired them and came to recommend themselves, hoping to join their labs and study with them, these professors were all busy researching, and the confidential and ordinary projects weren't clearly separated yet, so other than Qin Siyang, they didn't dare let anyone enter the Miracle Building for fear of leaking advanced technology.
Li Tianming and the other professors handled everything themselves, not even having time to eat or drink in the lab, let alone entertain Qin Siyang the idle wanderer.
It wasn't that Qin Siyang had nothing to do.
Zhao Sifang and Gu Yunpeng wanted to discuss details about the crystal coin issuance plan with him, and the three of them talked in the guesthouse's tenth-floor reception hall.
But the content Zhao Sifang and Gu Yunpeng discussed was all stuff Qin Siyang didn't care about or understand, so he simply found an excuse to leave and went back to his room to lie down.
Lying in bed, Qin Siyang let go of all tension and enjoyed the soft comfort.
Because he knew this was probably the last peaceful day for a while.
So he pulled the blanket over himself and went back to sleep again.
Eat then sleep, sleep then eat.
After several naps, it was a new day again.
It was the day he was supposed to fight Rong Xin in the battle arena.
After eating fully, before going out with Rong Xin to the arena, Qin Siyang glanced at the Blue Star calendar.
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[Blue Star Era Year 2010, June 23]
[Western calendar, Wednesday, International Olympic Day.]
[Lunar calendar, Gengyin Year, Fifth Month, Twelfth Day, suitable for logging, avoid burials.]
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"Olympic Day? Perfect for getting on the arena and exercising a bit!"
"Suitable for logging, meaning it's good for chopping down this tall post named Rong Xin?"
"Avoid burials, so I shouldn't kill him."
Qin Siyang nodded, feeling his interpretation was spot on.
"Let's go."
He and Rong Xin had agreed to meet at noon at the battle arena. Qin Siyang arrived twenty minutes early.
The entire outside of the arena was packed with people.
He didn't plan to go straight into the crowd to meet Rong Xin.
Instead, he scanned the crowd, and his eyes landed on two students on the edge.
The two had plain looks, slightly sneaky figures, their eyes drifting away from the crowd. Standing in a corner, they almost had the word "lackey" written on their faces.
Perfect for gathering information.
Qin Siyang walked over and asked casually, "A lot of classmates came today."
The two didn't feel anything strange about his sudden greeting.
Although Zhao Longfei said South Glory University was basically society, school and society were still very different in the end.
On campus, students naturally carried a sense of friendliness and belonging, so chatting briefly with strangers wasn't strange. So the two answered naturally.
"Yeah, since this is Qin Siyang's first showdown in South Glory, everyone's pretty interested."
Qin Siyang nodded.
As expected, although everyone had heard his name, very few actually knew what he looked like.
Which made sense. Everyone had their own lives, and few cared about someone unrelated, let alone memorized his appearance.
The only ones who'd investigate a stranger so thoroughly were fanatics like Gu Yunxuan.
Qin Siyang continued, "But isn't it vacation? A couple days ago the school was empty, and now it's packed?"
"Well, everyone heard that Qin Siyang would fight Rong Xin here, so nearby students all rushed back. We two just came back from hunting gods outside the safe zone. We were drinking and partying at a bar near the exit when we saw posts on the school forum and hurried back."
Qin Siyang looked at their slightly tired faces and somewhat messy clothes, nodded, "Everyone really is paying attention to Qin Siyang."
"Of course. His special admission contract was so outrageous it shocked people. If he doesn't have three heads and six arms, he can't hold it up."
"Why? I heard Principal Zhao gave him the special admission mostly because of his Vine Core, Crimson Crystal, and his connection with Professor Li Tianming's team. Why do South Glory students seem hostile to him?"
After asking, both of them looked at Qin Siyang in surprise.
"Classmate, how can you ask something like that?"
"What? Did I say something wrong?"
One after another, they answered, "We're students, why bother about the leadership's decisions? Since Qin Siyang received a better special admission deal than everyone else, he must show strength stronger than everyone else. What's wrong with that?"
"Right. There's no point caring why Zhao Longfei signed it. Zhao Longfei won't get involved in student matters anyway. In South Glory, the strong are king. Not like East Glory, West Glory, or Central Glory where they play with pointless nonsense."
Qin Siyang seemed thoughtful and asked, "Then say Qin Siyang beats Rong Xin. Will people still be hostile to him?"
"In my opinion, it depends."
"Depends?"
One of them blew at the bangs covering half his face, "Yeah. Students who can't beat Rong Xin will quiet down. If someone is weaker but keeps jumping around, other students who don't like it will teach them a lesson."
"Students who can beat Rong Xin might still kick up a fuss. But Rong Xin is at least top fifty in sophomore year. Challenging a freshman who hasn't even enrolled yet is shameless enough already. Students stronger than him still have some pride; they likely won't start anything with a newbie."
"Oh," Qin Siyang nodded, "then what about third and fourth years? Will senior students come challenge Qin Siyang?"
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