Chapter 1294
After answering the entrance exam questions, the dream had not ended. Xu Shangqi felt a bit surprised. He rarely had such a long and coherent dream. However, since he hadn't been woken up, it meant it wasn't daytime yet, so it was interesting to continue following the dream process.
Soon, Xu Shangqi felt the big ship stop. The hippopotamus goddess took out a school uniform and handed it to him. After putting it on, Xu Shangqi realized that this was not actually the kind of magic robe in "Harry Potter". It was not that complicated, especially the design of the cuffs, which was much simpler and more convenient for exercise.
He walked out from under the cabin and found that this dream was indeed a product of association with "Harry Potter". Otherwise, why would the castle in front of him look so much like Hogwarts?
But while walking out, he thought that perhaps his memory of the details of the "Harry Potter" movie was not firm enough, and his brain could not completely restore the scene of Hogwarts. So although this castle also looked like a Gothic spire castle, its structure was different from Hogwarts, and it seemed to be much larger than Hogwarts.
The students were all walking in skillfully. Xu Shangqi mixed into the crowd. Just as he was staring at the gate of the castle's outer wall slowly lowering, he suddenly felt his shoulder being patted.
"Are you a freshman too? What's your name?"
Xu Shangqi turned his head and saw a face wearing black-rimmed glasses. He blinked and said, "My name is Xu Shangqi, what about you?"
"Ah, you can call me Peter Parker." The boy pushed his glasses and said, "But actually, my real name is Ben Reilly. It's just that I want to share an account with Peter Parker, so I changed it to Peter's name now."
"Peter Parker??!
" Xu Shangqi exclaimed.
Reilly waved his hand and said, "Don't make a fuss. That genius researcher is not me. I'm just... alright, just understand me as an imitator. Those inventions weren't made by me. Don't use this to praise me, I'm really fed up."
"Are you Spider-Man?!" Xu Shangqi said very pleasantly, "My God! I actually saw a living Spider-Man? I've liked you since I was a kid!
"
"Ah?? Oh... no, how do you know Peter Parker is Spider-Man?" Reilly asked instinctively, but then he thought about it and said, "However, it seems normal for someone who can come to Dream School to know this."
"Quick! Tell me again, how were you bitten by a spider and then became a superhero?!" Xu Shangqi said excitedly.
"That... I've never been bitten by a spider, I'm afraid you can't ask me about this." Reilly shook his head, looking at the light gradually extinguishing in Xu Shangqi's eyes, he couldn't bear it and said, "Alright, alright, I'm a clone. I can't tell you Peter Parker's life story, you have to find the real Peter Parker."
Xu Shangqi didn't quite understand what he meant, but Reilly grabbed his arm and pointed to the castle in front and said, "Are you here for school for the first time too? What classes did you sign up for?"
Xu Shangqi was stunned and said, "What classes? Are classes chosen by yourself? No one told me?"
"There are more than 200 classes here. We can only pick three to four classes that are most helpful to us to study, otherwise how could you finish so many classes in one night?"
After saying this, Reilly grabbed Xu Shangqi's arm directly, took the stack of papers he was holding from his hand, and said, "Look, isn't your course schedule here? Let me see what classes you signed up for, maybe we can even take classes together."
"My God!" Reilly let out an exclamation. He put down the document, widened his eyes, looked at Xu Shangqi, and said, "You signed up for 12 classes, how could you finish them?!"
Xu Shangqi looked down at the document in his hand. Actually, he was a bit impatient to look at these dense English words, but when he concentrated, these words suddenly turned into Chinese. He thought about it, it was a dream anyway, and the language he was most familiar with was Chinese.
Xu Shangqi just glanced at his course schedule, pursed his lips, and said, "This isn't much, isn't this arranged just right? No conflict."
Reilly widened his eyes, looked at Xu Shangqi, and said, "Are you sure? But you have to take classes 6 and a half days a week, and it's all full, and you have to do homework!"
Xu Shangqi looked at the course schedule carefully again and said, "That's right, there are only 6 and a half days of classes, Sunday afternoon can be used to do homework."
Reilly slowly moved his body away, swallowed his saliva, and said, "I heard people say before that Asians have 48 hours a day. I didn't believe it, but now I believe it... Good luck."
"Hey, are you guys freshmen too?" A somewhat slender female voice came from behind the two. Reilly and Xu Shangqi turned their heads at the same time and saw a girl with a big squirrel tail.
She had red hair, a face full of freckles, and two big front teeth that looked a bit like a rodent. She looked lively and cute. The important thing was the big fluffy tail behind her, which looked really too comfortable.
"Hello, Miss, who are you?"
"Oh, you can just call me Squirrel Girl, or you can call me Green. I am a member of the New Warriors team and also the first student of this team." Squirrel Girl put her hands on her hips and walked bouncing around.
"Those boys would rather stay in the base and play games than come to school, so I have to come first to explore the wind. By the way, you should be Spider-Man, what's your number?"
"Peter Parker 7083 says hello to you." Reilly answered with a smile, then lowered his voice and said, "Alright, I'm a clone, it's just that I share an account with Peter. Don't tell anyone."
"Too cool!" Squirrel Girl let out an exclamation and said, "Then don't you have twice the points of other Spider-Men? Really good, if only I had a clone."
"This is a dream, this is a dream..." Xu Shangqi whispered. He used this sentence to explain all unreasonable behaviors.
"Oh, the gate is open, let's go in first." Squirrel Girl pointed to the slowly lowering drawbridge.
The difference between this castle and Hogwarts is that there is no lake, and there is no need to walk up the stairs. The gate and the drawbridge are integrated. When the drawbridge is lowered, the city gate naturally opens.
The students filed in, but against the backdrop of the huge city wall, they were just like a small group of swimming fish. After entering the castle, Xu Shangqi realized that this place was indeed quite different from Hogwarts.
The interior decoration style of Hogwarts was mainly European castle style, more inclined to Gothic style. But as soon as he entered this castle, Xu Shangqi saw some familiar decorative patterns. Aren't these dragon patterns and auspicious cloud patterns? Could it be that his memory influenced the dream?
But how to explain the Sphinx placed in the center of the hall?
This is a bizarre and strange space where various cultural products in human civilization history can be found here. Although it is slightly complicated and messy, it is also full of aesthetic feeling.
Soon, another young man appeared in the center of the hall. He introduced himself: "Hello, I am Iceman Bobby, your senior. Now, all freshmen, come out, follow me, I will take you to be sorted."
Xu Shangqi was full of question marks. He really learned a lot of knowledge, how can the dream still switch channels?
But unexpectedly, at this time, the green-haired Polaris came out and said: "Bobby, you always take this group of freshmen every time. You must think it's troublesome, right? It's okay, you can go and rest for a while today, I'll take them in."
"Lorna, did you not do your homework again?" Bobby asked helplessly: "You just want to go in and find Professor Charles, because you know your dad won't roar at you in front of the professor... Can't you do your homework well for one day?"
Lorna brushed her hair impatiently and said: "You are not happy that I work for you? Come on, everyone follow me, I will take you to be sorted."
Clearly, Bobby had a good temper and couldn't beat Lorna, so he could only take two steps back and wave to other students who were not freshmen: "Alright, let's go from the side door."
Xu Shangqi, Reilly, and Squirrel Girl all followed behind Lorna, passed through the reception hall where the Sphinx was located, and continued to walk inside. It was a large auditorium. There was a bit of the style of a European castle auditorium here, gorgeously decorated and brightly lit. However, the seats were modern university tiered seats.
There were only a dozen freshmen in total. After other students took their seats, Xu Shangqi found that there were quite a lot of people here, and he just saw that the senior who walked past him, how did he look exactly like Reilly?
Forget it, this is a dream, no need to delve into details, Xu Shangqi thought.
The freshmen walked all the way down the aisle in the middle of the tiered classroom until they reached the middle of the auditorium. Sure enough, Xu Shangqi found a hat there—the famous Sorting Hat in "Harry Potter".
He looked up again and saw several people sitting at the very front of the auditorium. Unfortunately, there was no white-bearded old man that Xu Shangqi was thinking about.
Sitting in the very center was an old man with a bald head, wearing a dark blue suit. On his left was a long-faced mage wearing a magic robe with white sideburns, on his right was a middle-aged man wearing an iron suit, further to the right was an old man wearing a helmet and dressed in black, and further to the right was a familiar figure wearing a white coat, and some people Xu Shangqi felt familiar with but couldn't name.
Isn't this Professor X, the Sorcerer Supreme, Iron Man, Magneto, and Shiler?
Wait, is there a strange thing mixed in here?
Xu Shangqi sighed in his heart. His knowledge was really mixed up, even the channel switching was so creative.
After a while, Professor X cleared his throat. Lorna walked to the table at the front, picked up a list, and said: "Those whose names I call, come over, sit on the chair, and put on the hat. Don't ask so much, listen and do it!"
Professor X shook his head helplessly. The terrorist style of this father and daughter could not be changed.
Holding the mentality of watching the fun in a dream, Xu Shangqi saw one freshman after another walk up.
That hat was placed on their heads, but what was shouted out was not the names of the four colleges of Hogwarts, but Xavier College, Kamar-Taj College, Arkham College, and Stark College, which made Xu Shangqi almost spray a mouthful of water...
Not long after, it was Xu Shangqi's turn. He walked up leisurely, not nervous at all. When that hat was placed on his head, the exaggerated Sorting Hat voice he heard in the movie didn't sound. What sounded was the voice of a gentle old man.
"Your name is Xu Shangqi?"
"Yes... wait, why do you sound like Professor X?!"
"I am honored that you know me." The old man's voice sounded exceptionally gentle, but Xu Shangqi became confused. He opened his mouth and then said: "Wait a minute, Professor, isn't your ability mind reading? Then what is this hat for?"
"Useless."
"Ah???"
"It's just to commemorate the inspiration source of this college. The hat is useless, I am the one who sorts."
Charles explained very patiently. He sighed lightly and said in a playful tone: "I also have quite a few criticisms about playing the hat, but they passed it unanimously, so I can only do it."
"Then, then alright, so, which college do I go to?"
"I will conduct a very restrained mind reading on you that does not involve any privacy and is within the controllable range to see which college style you are suitable for. Which college do you prefer yourself?"
Xu Shangqi smacked his lips. He really wanted to say that these colleges were outrageous enough.
But soon, he found the odd one out among the four colleges, just like looking for differences in logic questions.
"Wait, Professor, I can understand other colleges, what is going on with this Arkham? Shouldn't Arkham be..."
"Oh, child, I have already read your brain waves. I think you are very suitable for a college. You must go there!"
"No, wait a minute, don't..."
"This intelligent gentleman has sensitive thoughts that ordinary people don't have and the ability to perceive other people's emotions. I think..."
"Wait, I am not..."
"He belongs to—Arkham College!"
"Oh! Shit! Why don't you just have Batman?!"
Stark on the seat slowly narrowed his eyes.
End of Chapter
