Chapter 275: Could Silver Horn Really Be a Genius? (Combined)

Students, the foundation of dark-attribute extraordinary theory is more abstract and harder to get into compared to the extraordinary theories of other attributes.

As the class bell rang, a middle-aged man standing at the podium spoke fluently.

"Darkness, in our common understanding, is the night after the sun sets, the gloom in one's heart, or the shadows seen everywhere in life, but its essence actually…"

Qin Chuan sat in his seat, listening to the middle-aged man's lecture, his expression gradually becoming serious.

The extraordinary theory course of the twelve attributes had been taught in the last two months of their high school, but with only two months of time, what could be taught was merely superficial.

With only this superficial knowledge, based on what they learned in high school, there is still a distinction in how much is involved.

For example, having studied more electromagnetism in high school, the content of the lightning-attribute lectures is richer and takes more class time; since high school barely covered aerodynamics, the wind-attribute lectures are minimal, taking only one or two days of class time.

Therefore, compared to water and ice attributes, Qin Chuan's understanding of the dark attribute is the least.

He could not optimize or adjust the dark attribute's skills and abilities; in the past he could only directly use Silver Horn's power to fight.

The dark attribute, likewise an attribute barely touched upon in high school, has a certain relation to antimatter but is not entirely antimatter; moreover, some aspects cannot be explained by known scientific theories and can only be understood abstractly for now.

Not to mention high school, this already exceeds the learning scope of ordinary college students.

A few minutes later, Qin Chuan suffered defeat and realized that many others were just as confused as he was.

A light tap of a pen cap came from his elbow; Qin Chuan turned his head and looked at the girl beside him.

"I'll explain it to you after class~" Lin Yue lowered her voice, then looked solemnly at the podium; this was a class that even she had to focus and listen attentively to.

"Okay." Qin Chuan smiled and nodded.

After they became acquainted, their time together was not limited to class hours; naturally, there was no need for Lin Yue to occasionally slip him a note as before to help her study.

After class, letting Teacher Xiao Lin hold an extra tutoring session—wouldn't that be wonderful?

After another few minutes, Qin Chuan felt he could no longer understand what the teacher on the podium was saying; he simply gave up, rested his head on one hand, turned his head to look at Lin Yue beside him, his eyes showing undisguised warmth.

Lin Yue obviously felt Qin Chuan's gaze, gave him an annoyed glance, then turned her head to continue listening attentively; however, the corner of her mouth clearly curled up a bit.

"Don't keep staring at me!"

The girl's voice, tinged with a hint of coquettishness, sounded low; Zheng Xiaoyu behind them, who happened to hear it, quickly showed an expression of being overfed, and Qin Chuan laughed as he withdrew his gaze.

When he again glanced at the textbook casually flipped open on the desk before him, a sudden thread of thought transmitted in his mind made his expression slightly tighten.

"It's time to turn the page."

That was a thought transmitted by Silver Horn.

Qin Chuan instinctively turned to the next page, then glanced at the teacher on the podium.

Although he couldn't understand what the other was saying, at least he knew which page the teacher was on.

Silver Horn was correct; the teacher indeed had reached the next page.

So… from the start of class until now, Silver Horn has been listening?!

"Do you understand it?" Qin Chuan's heart beat a little faster, and he couldn't help inquiring via thought.

"I can understand it all!"

Silver Horn replied, his voice even carrying a sense of being entirely natural.

Qin Chuan rubbed his brow.

He had previously said Silver Horn had been smart since childhood; that was just casual talk.

Could it really be a genius?!

Oh no!

If this family produces another top student, the other members will look foolish! —

"You say Silver Horn might have understood it?!"

During the break, Lin Yue blinked, her expression surprised.

Upon receiving Qin Chuan's affirmative answer, Lin Yue immediately showed an interested expression.

She pondered for a moment, her eyes lit up, "I have a hypothesis."

"This might be related to where the teacher begins lecturing."

"How so?" Qin Chuan became curious.

"The dark attribute mainly consists of knowledge never encountered before." Lin Yue spoke softly, "So when the teacher lectures, he starts from zero, making it more suitable for spirit beasts with no prior foundation."

"When explaining some common attributes, the teacher more or less skips over some basic knowledge, but those are exactly what spirit beasts lack."

"I see." Qin Chuan's expression shifted, "I recall the wind attribute also seemed to be taught from zero; does that mean Xiao Qing too…"

"Individual factors are certainly important as well." Lin Yue smiled, pursing her lips and spreading her hands, "Xiao Qing also doesn't understand."

In an instant, Xiao Qing's hesitant thought echoed in her mind—things like "these chaotic symbols are too hard to understand" and "can't even count them"—making Lin Yue's smile deepen a bit.

Qin Chuan suddenly realized.

So, Silver Horn is indeed a genius.

In the previous half-lesson, it didn't raise any doubts at all, only occasionally reminding Qin Chuan to turn the page.

"Hiss."

Lin Yue quickly wrote a dark-attribute problem on scratch paper and handed it to Qin Chuan, "Let Silver Horn try?"

As soon as Qin Chuan finished reading the problem, Silver Horn's thought sounded in his mind.

He wrote the answer according to that thought; Lin Yue, leaning in to look, instantly smiled, "It really understood, huh!"

"Looks like I can slack off?"

Qin Chuan felt delighted and successfully drew a look of disdain from the girl beside him.

"Alright, but water and ice attributes still need proper study." Lin Yue paused, "By the way, there's also the combat attribute."

"The combat attribute…" Qin Chuan rubbed his chin.

This attribute sounds more oriented toward actual combat, but it likewise has corresponding theoretical knowledge.

The combat attribute takes the body as its essence; structural biology is the foundation.

"Looks like we need to quickly get Xiao Hei's favorability to 100%." Qin Chuan's expression turned serious, "Xiao Hei, this kid, I've watched him grow up since I was little; he's been smart since he was young."

Lin Yue was momentarily at a loss for words.

The bell for the second half of class rang on time; she lightly pinched Qin Chuan's arm, then immediately focused her attention back on the teacher's lecture.

One class period flew by; when the second half of class ended, Lin Yue briefly tidied her notes, then looked toward the back row where Zheng Xiao Yu was, "Xiao Yu, let's first go back to the dorm to drop off our things."

"All right!" Zheng Xiao Yu's eyes lit up; thinking that after forming a team to clear an S-rank dungeon, he could obtain more Dream World resources, getting ever closer to the Hall of Fame level, he felt a surge of excitement.

What light bulb? No such thing!

"I'll also go back to the dorm to drop off my things." Qin Chuan smiled, "How about I wait for you downstairs at your dorm later?"

From the classroom to the male dormitory, then to the female dormitory, they happen to be in a straight line.

"All right." Lin Yue smiled.

The three chatted and laughed as they followed the other students out of the classroom after class; outside, the students waiting for the next class filed in.

However, one female student did not enter the classroom but instead stood before Qin Chuan and the two others.

"Qin Chuan, can we talk?"

Lin Yue looked curiously at Qin Chuan, while Zheng Xiao Yu beside her quickly struck a pose of eating melon.

Qin Chuan glanced at the girl before him, thought for a moment, and then recalled.

"I remember… your name is Yu Xiao Xiao, right?"

In the first class of the semester, the Supernatural Combat Department tested supernatural aptitude; although Qin Chuan, who arrived last, didn't see the other students' test results, after the test his three roommates vividly told him about some outstanding classmates.

Yu Xiao Xiao from the neighboring Class 4 was one of them.

Because the two classes were adjacent, Qin Chuan, upon turning his head at the time, naturally saw her and thus had some impression.

"A classmate from the neighboring class." Qin Chuan explained to Lin Yue, then turned to her, "There are too many people here; if you have something to say, let's go to the neighboring classroom."

The neighboring classroom was empty.

"Okay." Yu Xiao Xiao readily agreed.

After the four walked together to the neighboring classroom, Yu Xiao Xiao's expression showed a hint of nervousness and anticipation, "I want to ask, my game talent is the red talent Chaos; can I join the Luo Yue Guild?"

So she wanted to join a guild?

Qin Chuan realized.

I never expected that the recruitment message I posted yesterday in the cross-server channel would actually affect reality.

But… Chaos?

Qin Chuan glanced at Yu Xiao Xiao with some surprise.

This talent, in some aspects, is quite similar to the gold talent Insight.

Not the specific effect, but its extremely strong uncertainty.

The first effect of the Chaos talent is to temporarily raise the contract spirit beast's base stats by 10%–40%, lasting 5 minutes with a 10‑minute cooldown.

Compared to a standard enhancement talent, this talent's enhancement ratio fluctuates greatly.

But this is still not the most special effect of the Chaos skill.

More special is its second talent effect.

It clears all buffs and debuffs on targets within a 100‑meter radius, except for the gold talent effect, then randomly redistributes those effects to targets within the radius, lasting 10 minutes, usable once per Dream World day.

In extreme cases, it can transfer all debuffs onto enemy targets and all buffs onto allied targets, or vice versa…

It can be said to be god‑like or ghost‑like in the blink of an eye.

Thinking this through, Qin Chuan smiled, "You've come to the wrong person."

"Hello~" Lin Yue said, smiling as she stepped forward, "I'm in charge of recruiting for the Luo Yue Guild."

"Huh?" Yu Xiao Xiao immediately showed an embarrassed expression, "I thought…"

"It's fine." Lin Yue slightly shook her head, lightly laughing, "Which district are you in?"

"I'm currently in District 4845." Yu Xiao Xiao hurriedly replied.

"That's not too far." Lin Yue smiled, "Just come for the interview."

"Do we still need an interview…" Yu Xiao Xiao felt a bit regretful; she had thought that knowing Qin Chuan in real life would let her skip this step.

But soon, Yu Xiao Xiao's expression became determined, "I'll come as quickly as possible!"

Seeing the Luo Yue Guild's recruitment message yesterday, she was super excited!

"Then I won't disturb you guys, bye!" Yu Xiao Xiao waved at the three, then turned and left.

Watching Yu Xiao Xiao's retreating back, Qin Chuan showed a thoughtful expression.

"What are you thinking about?" Lin Yue tugged at Qin Chuan's hand, unable to resist teasing him, "They've all left!"

"I wasn't looking at Yu Xiao Xiao…" Qin Chuan was about to explain, but seeing the teasing look in Lin Yue's eyes, he realized she hadn't misunderstood, and couldn't help but squeeze her hand back, "I'm just thinking that I seem to have forgotten something earlier."

Perhaps he subconsciously separated the Dream World from the real world, and he almost forgot that the guild can recruit members not limited to players who show up for face‑to‑face trials in the Dream World.

"People we have a good relationship with in real life can also be pulled into the guild."

As he said that, a figure suddenly appeared in his mind.

"I have a high‑school classmate I'm very close with."

"Perfect." Lin Yue said with a light laugh, "I have a senior schoolmate I'm very close with."

The two exchanged a smile, and because they were very familiar with each other's past, they instantly knew who the other was referring to.

Qin Chuan took out his phone and skillfully found that number.

His three university roommates, he hasn't considered them yet, since they've only known each other for a few days and their relationship isn't deep enough to bypass the vow‑making step; of course, if they come for an interview and pass, Qin Chuan would be happy to see that.

The call connected, and the other end was very quiet.

Qin Chuan smiled.

"Will you come or not, Luo Yue?"

——

Magic City, Magic City Jiaotong University.

Xiao Pang sat in the dormitory, listening to the familiar voice on the other end of the phone, dazed.

Clearly, only a few days had passed since he reported to university without contact, yet he felt as if a long time had passed.

When did this feeling start?

Probably it was when Luo's combat video was released and his identity exposed.

The person who sat beside him for three years of high school was the world's strongest.

This sudden change left Xiao Pang unable to adapt, filled only with confusion.

He should have been the first to call and inquire about the situation after learning Qin Chuan's identity, yet there was no movement for a long time.

Because he didn't know he had called, what should he say?

No matter what he said, he would feel ashamed of clinging to distant relatives.

"What's up? Not convenient to talk?" Qin Chuan's voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Nothing..." Xiao Pang felt his throat a bit dry, half-joking, "I just have a purple talent; I can't meet the threshold of Luoyue Guild, right? People would say I'm relying on connections."

"Luoyue Guild isn't just you with a purple talent; it's no big deal." Qin Chuan's voice from the other end carried a smile, "I remember you're still in District 2820, right?"

"If you have a guild, quit it quickly; if you don't have one, don't join yet."

A soft female voice came from the other end of the phone; Xiao Pang didn't catch it clearly, but the amusement in Qin Chuan's voice grew stronger, "Oh? District 2932? That's conveniently on the way."

"Alright, I'll pick you up in two days." Qin Chuan smiled, "Just wait honestly; later I'll take you flying."

Hearing the familiar tone in his ear, Xiao Pang suddenly felt his throat less dry, and even his tense heart gradually relaxed.

Turns out, only he felt awkward.

Xiao Pang suddenly laughed.

"Brother, take me flying!"

The phone hung up quickly, and Xiao Pang's roommates all looked over.

They seemed to have heard a very important word just now.

"Luoyue Guild?" One of the roommates couldn't help but suck in a breath of cold air, looking at Xiao Pang, "Li Xian, who is this brother of yours? Could it be..."

"That's right!" Xiao Pang straightened his chest, his expression turning solemn, "I originally wanted to get along with you as an ordinary person, but it seems impossible!"

"Luo is my brother! I'm laying my cards on the table!"

"Damn!!!" "Damn!!!" "Damn!!!"

Under the envious, jealous, hateful gazes of his three roommates, Xiao Pang suddenly remembered something, took out his phone, found a number he had added to his contacts at graduation but never called, and dialed it without hesitation.

When the call connected on the other end, Xiao Pang gave a smug grin.

"I heard you're close with Luo; can you introduce me?"

"Get lost!!!"

(End of chapter)