Chapter 19: Did You Sleep Well?

"You're overthinking it, that's not the case at all, just a friend's younger sister."

"Hao Ge, a big shot appeared on EMP, holy crap, have you seen it? It was so satisfying, absolutely crushing those Mars dogs. Can you imagine? Using an Armor Tiger to hammer a Sky Wolf V6 until the guy was so beaten he went autistic. I heard Osi's Flame Wolf Team fired Stein, haha, the most satisfying thing of the year!" Zuo Xiaotang said excitedly, and used his Skynet to project an image—it was that pose of the Armor Tiger.

"Doesn't it have that 'peerless under heaven' dominance? So cool, like it fought its way out from a thousand armies and ten thousand horses."

Li Hao was caught between laughter and tears, "How much drama did you add to this? It was just a battle."

"Hao Ge, you're just jealous. This is the most satisfying victory lately, and it was against a heavyweight Mars Warrior. It's already fifth on the Skynet EMP trending list. I dare say, this pilot is a battle-hardened veteran; every gesture is full of contempt for the opponent. This feeling is just too good. I keep saying our Earth has hidden dragons and crouching tigers, hmph, we'll definitely fight back this year!" Ma Long could represent the views of quite a few people. Although they lost, could Earth's foundation be underestimated? A three-peat championship? Keep dreaming.

Wuzang was relatively calm, "Brothers, do you want to come to my place this weekend? My grandfather invited you."

"Sure, can I bring my girlfriend? I heard your Wu Family has the oldest residence in Tianjing, it'd be a good chance to broaden my horizons." Ma Long was still very interested.

"Sure."

Anyway, for Li Hao and Zuo Xiaotang, as long as there was food, it was fine.

"Ma Long, what is the core of the latter two points..." Zuo Xiaotang asked.

Ma Long was high, a child worth teaching indeed. In the dormitory, only Ma Long was left giving an endless stream of experience, from theory to case studies, pointing things out to the others... why did it always feel like showing off? Though, the other three were listening with great interest.

In this regard, Ma Long was also a big shot.

Early the next morning, many people didn't eat breakfast, just to avoid throwing up later—Space Biology.

Li Hao, Ma Long, and the others arrived early. Just as they were talking, Zhou Naiyi and Ye Tong also arrived. These two were the recent figures of the hour; the new team they formed was highly anticipated. Zhou Naiyi with her ponytail and Ye Tong with her dashing short hair immediately attracted everyone's attention. The two had been inseparable lately, clearly sharing common goals and topics.

Seeing Li Hao, Ye Tong's eyes lit up, and she pulled Zhou Naiyi straight over. Ma Long was sensible and immediately gave up a seat, kicking Zuo Xiaotang on the way.

"Second Brother, did you sleep well?" Ye Tong leaned in and said.

A faint, delicate fragrance reached Li Hao's nose, and he couldn't help but rub his nose. The people around cast sidelong glances.

What? Sleep? Sleep what?

"Don't cause trouble." Li Hao couldn't guess at all what this little chubby girl was thinking, or if she just liked teasing people.

Ye Tong and Zhou Naiyi smiled lightly and let him off. Such a beautiful sight still made the surrounding boys unable to stop staring. The overall male-to-female ratio at Tianjing Martial Arts was 6:4, with more boys. Excellent girls were in a state of being "besieged" from the moment they entered as freshmen. Even if those in the same year didn't catch on, weren't there still seniors?

During her entire freshman year, Zhou Naiyi received flowers almost every week. It took several months to end this situation and make the pursuers retreat in the face of difficulties. In Ma Long's words, most girls are afraid of being "pestered," but those with clear goals like Zhou Naiyi are the exception.

Now there was an extra Ye Tong, and Ye Tong's methods were much fiercer than Zhou Naiyi's. It wasn't that dating her was impossible, but winning against her was the first step. There were already over a dozen people lying in the infirmary because of this, and the pursuers finally calmed down a bit.

After all, God Tong—this combat power was no joke.

As Professor Nijins entered, the noisy classroom quieted down.

According to the "Butcher's" habits, this was a large lecture including freshmen, and nine times out of ten, there would be a dissection practice.

Nijins, a professor of Space Biology, was given the nickname "Butcher" by students because he liked to dissect various creatures in class.

The course mainly focused on the fusion of genetic technology and the human body, including natural selection and dominant characteristics on different planets in the Solar System. Now, of course, it included the silicon-based low-level Giant Insects of Kepler 22b. It could be said that this was the most popular research in all academies in the Solar System; it was alien life in the true sense, and the students' enthusiasm was very high.

Not only that, as a top-tier military academy on Earth, Tianjing Martial Arts had samples.

Looking at the lecture hall for three hundred people packed to the brim, Nijins was quite satisfied, and that iconic little mustache of his perked up immediately.

"Students, especially the freshmen, today I will open the door to a new world for you. There will be surprises."

Get ready. There was a burst of laughter from the audience. Of course, many were unconvinced. Why?

Those who could get into the military track of Tianjing Martial Arts had quite good psychological quality.

Nijins opened his Skynet and played precious data on Kepler 22b, "Isn't it beautiful? Kepler Planet is God's gift to humanity. A more beautiful natural environment than Earth, abundant water resources, mineral resources, incredibly habitable. The atmospheric structure is almost the same as primitive Earth, and the gravity is a little more than twice ours. The difficulty of transformation is extremely low, especially since it contains the important elements that currently restrict our Earth from advancing into the Galaxy."

Some data was not open to the public. The beautiful scenery, gorgeous colors, and magical flora and fauna all greatly touched everyone. The classroom boiled over. Developing Kepler, no matter in what capacity one entered, meant a bright future.

Nijins smiled, his little mustache twitching a few times, "Beautiful, right? Let's look at the other side."

Following that were pictures that were too horrible to look at. Bases cast from steel were easily torn apart, and a large number of Giant Insects swarmed in. The surface of the Giant Insects was like the beauty of Kepler, shimmering with silver light under the illumination of Kepler's "sun." That red was all human blood.

At the same time, he showed pictures of space, "This is the ground. There are those from the Starship Department here, right? Are you feeling lucky? Air Force has high benefits and low danger, right? Come, this is the situation of the fleet in space."

In the footage, blue light orbs passed through Kepler's thick atmosphere and shot into space. Once they entered a certain distance, the light orbs seemed to be attracted and rushed toward the warships, and the warships' energy shields could not provide enough protection. One warship after another turned into a sea of flames.

Small lifeboats were launched into the sky one after another, but most were buried in space before they could even enter the lifeboats.

Nijins observed the students' expressions and tapped the blackboard, "This is the real Kepler. It is not a vacation spot yet, so cheer up. Today we will talk about genes..."

It had to be said that the two completely opposite states made all the students calm down immediately and start listening to Nijins' lecture seriously. And genetics mainly involved the natural adjustment of Event Genes.

"The so-called Golden Gene is just a name. Being able to enter Tianjing Martial Arts, everyone has some in their bodies, so you don't need to be smug. In fact, the genetic field now believes that two perfect genes are about to appear, or have already appeared. The first is Perfect Adjustment, the second is Perfect Atavism. Who knows about them?"

Nijins looked at the person raising their hand, "Good, Ye Tong, you explain."

"Professor, the first is the combination of excellent genes and excellent genes, giving birth to offspring that perfectly inherit the advantages. When a certain limit is reached, Perfect Adjustment appears. The second is a wonderful phenomenon. The bodies of such people will reject adjusted genes. Since genes are a selection of survival of the fittest, they will develop even better natural genes to replace the adjusted ones, which is called atavism. And when this state reaches a certain peak, Perfect Atavism appears."

Ye Tong attracted everyone's attention. An excellent girl naturally received a lot of attention, and of course, she was already used to it.

"Very good. The two are not completely isolated; they have been alternating in the human body in a wonderful way. This is our human advantage, and also a gift from the universe..." Nijins signaled for Ye Tong to sit down.

Ye Tong leaned into Li Hao's ear, "Second Brother, Xilian is the first case. The Meraphis Family has always been committed to this. However, I think the latter is stronger. The former is chosen by man, the latter is chosen by God."

Li Hao's ear felt a bit itchy; this girl was blowing air into his ear...

"Class starts!"

A bunch of jealous eyes surrounded them. Damn it, these young people who were all high-spirited and howling, it was unbearable. Someone like Li Hao, by what right?

"I am starting," Ye Tong said with a mischievous provocation.

Li Hao always felt that Ye Tong was doing it on purpose, but he had no evidence.

Nijins continued to play the content on the Skynet, "First, let me introduce you to several types of Giant Insects. Some of you are very likely to face this situation in the future. To develop Kepler, we must first ensure safety. Long-term endurance of more than twice the gravity requires top-tier Mobile Suits and Starship teams, so most will be selected from the military and existing military academies. As a teacher, first of all, I hope you can survive, or rather, live a few more days."

"These are the five most common types: Razor Giant Insect, Corrosive Giant Insect, Lurker, Flame Bomb Giant Insect, and High-Energy Insect."

Razor Giant Insect, 5 to 20 tons, possesses sharp claws similar to a mantis, which can easily tear apart Mecha.

Corrosive Giant Insect, about 50 tons, can spray deadly corrosive acid, can dissolve metal, and possesses Mimicry ability.

Lurker, about 30 tons, possesses a pair of mandibles and six pairs of lower legs, excels at digging, its back has Mimicry ability, and it can simultaneously eject barbed claws to drag all prey underground.

Flame Bomb Giant Insect, over 200 tons, can spray high-energy flames, and its shell is also parasitized by bomb insects. Once an enemy approaches, they are ejected, and the explosive force is equivalent to 1 ton of TNT explosives.

High-Energy Insect, over 200 tons, looks like a giant worm, moves slowly, can form biological Nuclear Fission inside, has two radar-like tentacles on its head, and can spray high-energy projectiles from its mouth. When humans first arrived on Kepler, they encountered attacks from High-Energy Insects, and more than a dozen warships were destroyed.

"High-Energy Insects possess Starry Sky strike capabilities, meaning their high-energy projectiles can break through the atmosphere and directly strike space targets, and they have a certain ability to explore. As for how they locate targets, we currently do not know."

Next is an analysis of the Giant Insect tissue structure, and in the future, their attack methods will be further explained; in fact, at this point, even a fool can see that these Giant Insects only look primitive, and in some aspects, they are not inferior to Humans.

"You are quite lucky; a live one just arrived two days ago, and next, we will go to the laboratory for a tour."