Chapter 117 "It means, I miss you so much~"
Pei Hening nodded: "The puppet teacher compiled it, and Xixia proofread it."
002: "Master, player [Malice] has sent you a message."
Upon hearing this, Pei Hening turned on the light screen.
[She has committed many evil deeds] I will not contact her unless it is urgent.
Not to mention contacting her after six o'clock.
[Malice]: Master, I have received news that someone wants to challenge you, Princess Ningning, and God's faithful follower, three high-powered players from the original 99-999 division, to a boxing match.
[DibiDibi]: What exactly is the situation?
[Malice]: Players on the power rankings of sections 89-669, I want to use you three to establish my authority.
[DibiDibi]: How did you know?
[Malice]: Cough, I just had a friendly chat with a player from section 89-669 and accidentally got this information out of him.
[Having committed many evil deeds]: Master, you must be careful.
[Dibi Dibi]: Okay, I understand.
Pei Hening looked up at Chu Xuange sitting next to her.
Noticing her gaze, he leaned down and kissed her, his voice low and husky: "Are you captivated by my good looks?"
Pei Hening: "Stop fooling around, I have something serious to tell you."
Chu Xuange turned his head to look at her, his eyes smiling: "I'm listening, go ahead and say it."
"Players in the 89-669 division rankings have plans to challenge us and Zhong Zhengyi."
Chu Xuange raised his hand and brushed the strands of hair stuck to her cheek behind her ear, his tone light and casual: "That's quite interesting, trying to establish your authority by stepping on the three of us?"
Pei Hening asked, "What do you think?"
Chu Xuange laughed and said, "Baby, do you believe that it's not just the players on the power rankings in sections 89-669 who are eyeing us?"
Pei Hening frowned, thought for a moment, and then gave an answer: "Yes, they are eager to establish themselves in Division 999 and need to build up their authority."
"The three of us have been on the server-wide leaderboard, so we're well-known enough to be perfect stepping stones. If we win, it proves their strength; if we lose, it's not shameful."
Chu Xuange nodded: "We'll deal with whatever comes our way, they're nothing to be afraid of."
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Thirty-seven days of survival on the highway.
Pei Hening triggered her passive talent early in the morning and obtained the E-grade item [Bee Jar].
[Honeypot] (e): Place the item near flowering vegetation for a chance to harvest honey.
She casually placed the small jar prop on the bedside table.
She changed into a white and gold magic robe, with a dark brown belt inlaid with magic gems around her waist.
This was bought at Nuoya's clothing store; she rarely wore it before.
The clothes she took off after showering yesterday had already been washed by Chu Xuange and were now hanging to dry in the clothesline.
She went out but didn't see Chu Xuange. Breakfast was ready, though: soy milk and steamed buns.
After breakfast, I happened to see him climb down from the roof of the car.
What are you doing?
Chu Xuange pointed to the roof of the car: "Let's air out the blankets; we'll need them tomorrow."
Pei Hening looked up and saw five thick quilts drying on the roof of the car.
"Where did you get this blanket?"
She noticed that besides the Sweet Dreams quilt, there were four other quilts she had never seen before.
Chu Xuange: "I got them on the black market. I even got two sets."
Pei Hening recalled Officer Xiao She's words: "Snow chains? Did we not prepare snow chains for our car?"
Chu Xuange nodded: "We can't get it right now, we can only get it from the chests in the new map."
Pei Hening went to water the seeds planted in the "[Please Don't Die!]" pod.
She then noticed that people were constantly tagging her in the chat channel.
[Illegal possession of cats is strictly prohibited]: @滴比滴比 @宁宁小公主 @上帝忠信信 I have long admired your names. How about we have a friendly spar at the boxing gym today?
[In good spirits]: Why didn't you invite me?
[...]: Because you didn't make the server-wide rankings.
[Feeling helpless like a dog]: What about me? Why weren't I invited? (Sad face emoji)
[Hemu is beautiful]: Sister Gou'er is on the list, but...
[Poor Relative from the City]: Sister Gou'er, you're already infamous.
[Clumsy Chicken Fun]: Sister Gou'er probably doesn't know what happened last night, right?
[The young master smiled again]: What is it?
[Fairy Descending to Earth]: Ears
[Sleepwalking]: Ears
[Continued cooling down]: Well, it's hard to say, but just know that Sister Gou'er is not someone to mess with.
[As helpless as a dog]: Slander!
"Gogo, did you see the message in the chat channel?"
Chu Xuange was taking down the curtains at the moment. He needed to wash all the things that needed washing, as there was absolutely no way to dry clothes in the snowy map.
Hearing this, he turned his head to look at him, his tone gentle: "No, what's wrong?"
Pei Hening: "There was a player named'Strictly Prohibit Illegal Possession of Cats' who invited the three of us to a boxing gym for a sparring match."
Chu Xuange put on the new curtains and held the old ones he had taken off, saying, "You want to go? But I have a lot to do today."
Pei Hening went over to help: "Let's see how Zhong Zhengyi responds."
002 was watching the chat channel for her, while 001 was driving.
11 o'clock.
They have completed the target mileage and the occupational restriction of 100 kilometers.
Chu Xuange took down the quilt that had been aired out, and then settled the land that Pei Hening had given him, planting some bok choy and radishes.
Pei Hening simply cooked two bowls of noodles.
"Gogo, time to eat."
002 hadn't reminded Zhong Zhengyi to reply to those people's messages. She opened the screen and was about to check the chat channel when she found the school channel was very lively.
[Frank]: I have to retake the exam, sigh.
[Fire the Boss]: Titien's plan? Finally, someone can handle you.
[Princess Doris]: @Frank, are you not going to make a fool of yourself in the assessment area again?
[Frank]: I know you don't believe me, but Titien really did praise my talent.
[Susan]: I'm a little nervous about my assessment today.
[Find me just to learn English]: It's okay, don't put too much pressure on yourself. There were a lot of students taking the exam today, so we opened several exam venues and there weren't that many spectators.
[HXWHKL]: Are there many people being assessed today?
[Hanada Chiko]: There are many. My junior from another race is also taking the exam today.
[In good spirits]: Isn't it good to have more people? I'm also being assessed today.
[Barbara]: You guys too?
[Barbara]: @Falcon When can I transfer regions?
[Falcon]: New map, all arranged for tomorrow.
[Falcon]: @Dog-like-helpless, please DM me.
[Helpless like a dog]: Confused.jpg
After planting the vegetables, Chu Xuange picked a small basket of vegetables and put them in the refrigerator. He then washed his hands and came over to eat noodles.
"Delicious! Baby's cooking is so good!"
He offered, "Let's have lamb hot pot tonight, I'll cook!"
Chu Xuange, remembering there was still a piece of fresh mutton in the refrigerator, took the initiative to speak.
Pei Hening had no objection to his suggestion.
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School.
As Pei Hening walked toward the teaching building, she saw Titien.
She led Frank and a creature dressed in a pink magic robe, with a hood that completely covered its face except for a section of long orange hair, and walked in the opposite direction of the assessment area.
Good day, Teacher Titien.
Upon seeing her, Titien nodded slightly and said, "Good day."
Frank kept his head down, looking dejected; he must have been scolded.
As Pei Hening brushed past them, she caught a whiff of a familiar therapeutic spray.
She then remembered that she had seen the creature in the pink magic robe on the library terrace.
The treatment spray she was using at the time smelled just like that.
She was actually a student of Titián.
Floating island.
A bald little doll is holding a paintbrush and painting on a large canvas—it's a picture of a doll gathering.
Pei Hening immediately spotted 823786, who was wearing a white rabbit costume, and 822222, who was wearing a purple fox costume.
Xixia added some color to them, making them very eye-catching.
The bald little doll looked up and said, "They're here."
Good day, teacher.
Scia pointed to 823786 and 822222 in the painting: "Take a look, does it look like them?"
Pei Hening sincerely praised, "It looks very similar. Teacher, your drawing skills are excellent."
The bald, miniature idol seemed to have thought of something, and asked, "You like it?"
Pei Hening asked, puzzled but clearly pleased, "Can this really be taught?"
Sicily put down her paintbrush, her tone unusually serious: "Okay, if you can learn it."
Does that mean this is more difficult than other courses?
Pei Hening looked at the doll in the painting and said, "Teacher, I would love to learn from you, but I haven't signed up for a painting class."
Sicily nodded: "I know, your current permissions are insufficient."
She didn't continue the topic, quickly assigned Pei Hening a class assignment, and then went back to drawing.
Pei Hening didn't have time to think about Xixia's intentions. She had already been thrown onto the arena, and she quickly switched to battle mode.
——
On an extremely luxurious magical flying boat.
Xia Zhi placed a magic wand carved with a clematis pattern into her suitcase.
"Xia Zhi, are you crazy or am I crazy? Is school a place you can go?"
"That's a place where lunatics gather, are you out of your mind?"
"I do not agree to you going to teach at the school!"
Xia Zhi's light blue eyes calmly looked at the video call, her tone completely unwavering: "Bai Li, when did it become your business to meddle in my affairs?"
The anxious voice on the other end of the phone paused, then said, "I thought we were good friends."
Xia Zhi's light blue eyes were filled with confusion. She was extremely puzzled: "Did I say we were friends?"
Bai Li opened her mouth, but ultimately remained silent. Xia Zhi had never admitted to being her friend.
Xia Zhi frowned and emphasized again, "I saved you only so that you could record a legendary album for me."
"I think you'd be better off spending your time recording the album I need instead of talking to me about this."
Bai Li: "I understand."
"Okay, contact me when you're done recording."
Xia Zhi took the dusty employment letter from the top of the cabinet, cleaned off the dust, and stuffed it into her suitcase.
Every year, the highway school sends her an offer letter, inviting her to teach there.
She had no interest in teaching students and had even offended one of the school's top ten most powerful staff members, so she naturally ignored the offer letter.
This time, she had a compelling reason to go.
——
When Pei Hening finished today's lesson objectives, Xixia was no longer on the floating island.
Instead, there was an extra person, 823786, wearing a pink long-sleeved shirt and jeans.
She raised an eyebrow and smiled, "Teacher 823786, long time no see!"
823786: "Only one day later."
Pei Hening cast a healing spell, stepped off the stage, and shook her head at it: "In my hometown, they say a day apart feels like three autumns."
After analyzing 823786, I still don't understand: "What does it mean?"
She blinked, her expression innocent and harmless, and said, "It means, I miss you a lot."
823786's little eyes lit up: "Can I record this? Say it again!"
Pei Hening repeated it again.
823786 then forwarded the video to 822222.
823786: "It means ~ I miss you~"
822222: "Did you bribe her?"
823786: "You don't understand."
Pei Hening asked, "Where did the teacher go?"
"I went to the monthly meeting. I heard that a new batch of teachers are coming, and they might start recruiting students earlier."
It's different now; it's different from Chu Xuange's experience in the previous round.
Seeing that it was busy sending messages, Pei Hening asked, "A lot of teachers came? Isn't enrollment only once every three months?"
823786: "The school initially planned to recruit students every three months, but this time there are quite a few new teachers and teachers who were on vacation returning to school, so it is possible that the recruitment will be on a small scale. On average, the number of places for the human race will not exceed ten."
It added, "Specific details will be announced later."
When Pei Hening came out of the lounge, she saw Chu Xuange leaning against the wall, waiting for her to finish class.
Chu Xuange stepped forward and took her hand: "Let's go, let's go back."
On the RV.
Pei Hening repeated 823786's analysis: "Do you think small-scale enrollment is more likely?"
"Great, there was no case of early admissions in the last round."
In the previous timeline, Chu Xuange discovered the school very early on and even met some students. He found that their strength was much greater than that of ordinary players, which gave him the idea of studying at the school with Pei Hening.
For the first two years of his life on the highway, he consciously paid attention to news from schools but never heard of any early admissions.
Pei Hening frowned and added, "This early recruitment might just bring in [get rich, get rich, get rich]."
Chu Xuange lowered his eyes, concealing the malice surging within them. This scoundrel really needed to be watched: "Then let's prevent him from registering."
He added, "Falcon is definitely interested in this news as well."
Officials need to improve their capabilities, and schools are a good platform for this.
If [Falcon] had known this news in advance, he would have done everything in his power to secure those spots for the authorities.
He and [Falcon] will keep an eye on things, making sure [Get Rich, Get Rich, Get Rich] doesn't get a spot.
[Get rich, get rich, get rich] He's hard to kill; Chu Xuange wouldn't touch him unless he was absolutely certain of success.
However, it is still possible to restrict the other party's development by taking some minor actions.
Pei Hening grabbed an orange, leaned back in her chair, and turned to look at him: "So, what are you going to do with it?"
Chu Xuange tapped on the light screen and smiled, "Yeah."
Seeing that he was busy, Pei Hening ignored him, picked up the book on magical principles that was on the cabinet and continued to read and take notes.