Chapter 1295
It was another night spent on a S. H. I. E. L. D. hospital bed. Xu Shangqi sank into a dream with fear and confusion. He originally thought that in today's dream, he would still dream of his distant hometown.
But in the hazy state, he heard someone calling his name.
"Xu Shangqi! Xu Shangqi! Come out quickly, Xu Shangqi, the school bus is leaving."
Although the other party was not using Chinese, or rather not any language in this world but something like a thought, Xu Shangqi was still awakened by the memory of catching the school bus in high school in his previous life.
He woke up with a "swish" and instinctively shouted, "Wait, don't leave yet, I'll grab a bun!"
But the next second, he paused in place, and the chaotic memories in his brain reminded him that he was no longer in the world he was in before.
Thinking of his mom, who got up an hour early every day to make breakfast so he could catch the school bus smoothly when he was in high school, Xu Shangqi felt an indescribable sadness again.
Even if it's across a city or a province, a traveler away from home will miss home, let alone across a world?
Even as a traveler, at least there is a day to go home on vacation and see relatives again. And Xu Shangqi knows clearly that even in novels, there are not many examples of transmigrators being able to return home.
If the Marvel universe has countless parallel universes, then other worlds must be the same. How can he find the one with his mom in the vast sea of worlds?
Just when Xu Shangqi became sadder the more he thought about it, he heard that calm and gentle girl calling his name again: "Xu Shangqi... Xu Shangqi! Where did this kid named Xu Shangqi go? Hey you, that crew member from the underworld, come over and see, did I read it wrong?"
Xu Shangqi heard that the voice seemed to come from behind him, so he instinctively turned around, wanting to see who was shouting there.
But as soon as he turned around, a huge shadow engulfed him. Xu Shangqi was so scared that he fell to the ground on his butt, looked up, and stared dumbfounded at the huge ramming angle that appeared above his head.
That was a ship that was unimaginably huge, and what was even more unimaginable was that a mother hippopotamus was standing on the bow looking at him.
Wait, a hippopotamus standing on two feet???
"So you're here." The hippopotamus goddess, standing on two feet and wearing various complicated ornaments on her neck and wrists, jumped down from the bow, pulled Xu Shangqi, who was paralyzed on the ground, up, and said, "What's wrong with you? Why didn't you answer when I called you? Do you know you almost missed the school bus?"
"School bus? What school bus?" Xu Shangqi was confused.
"Hey, Goddess, can you sail faster? I'm in a hurry to make up my homework!" A younger female voice came from the bow. Xu Shangqi looked up and saw green hair.
"Don't be anxious, little Lorna, you go to my office in the cabin, there is a desk there, you can do your homework there. It doesn't matter if you can't finish it, you can go and fight with your dad again to consolidate your learning content."
Lorna? Who is Lorna?
Xu Shangqi didn't react at all. He was not very sensitive to English names. Without a surname, this English name sounded like the name of a small animal that would appear in a children's picture book.
"Swish", another head poked out from the side of the ship and shouted to the bottom: "Please, Goddess, sail quickly, I can't beat Magneto!"
"Pietro, shut up! If you hadn't gotten the homework content wrong yesterday, would we have to make it up this morning?"
"I said I wouldn't write the essay questions, you insisted I had to, and you actually blamed me?!"
As soon as the name Pietro came out, Xu Shangqi reacted a little. He whispered: "Quicksilver, Polaris? Magneto?... Mutants, why would I dream of mutants?"
That's right, Xu Shangqi felt that he must be dreaming now. If he wasn't in a dream, how could there be such a hippopotamus with feet on the ground, looking at him with a loving face?
Xu Shangqi felt that his imagination was really good enough to see maternal brilliance on the face of a hippopotamus?
The hippopotamus goddess patted Xu Shangqi on the back and said, "Get on the ship quickly, child, otherwise we will really be late."
Xu Shangqi shrugged and simply followed behind the hippopotamus goddess. He thought, it's just a dream anyway, no matter how bizarre it is, there will always be a time to wake up.
Rather, the strangeness in the dream is a rare moment of relaxation. After all, you have to face the hell start when you wake up.
Xu Shangqi climbed onto the ship along the ladder, and then saw the Polaris siblings standing next to the rope ladder, looking at him from left to right.
"Hello." Xu Shangqi greeted.
Polaris and Pietro were stunned at the same time, looking at Xu Shangqi with eyes like looking at an alien. Polaris opened her mouth and said, "Do you know me?"
"Ah, I don't know, what's wrong?"
"No, nothing."
Polaris shook her head and looked at Pietro. Pietro tilted his head and shrugged. The two looked at Shangqi following the hippopotamus goddess away. Pietro lowered his voice and said, "I bet, after two classes, he will walk around you."
Polaris snorted coldly, strode toward the cabin, and said, "I guess, there must be only one desk in the office. If I finish my homework, I will complain to the teacher that you didn't do your homework!"
"Hey, how can you do this?... Don't grab the desk from me!"
Xu Shangqi followed the hippopotamus goddess all the way inside. He found that there were quite a lot of people on the ship, and several figures looked a bit familiar, seeming to be some superheroes not wearing uniforms, but because they were not wearing uniforms, Xu Shangqi couldn't recognize any of them.
They were all wearing typical British-style uniforms, which is to say the magic robes of the boarding school in "Harry Potter", but that was not actually the magic robe original to "Harry Potter". In reality, British boarding schools also dress like that.
Fortunately, they were not holding wands in their hands, Xu Shangqi thought, otherwise he would really have switched channels to "Harry Potter".
Xu Shangqi suspected that it might be because of the association with the small stick suspected to be a wand that he saw Natasha and the agents holding before, so he had such a dream, just like going to school by boat in the "Harry Potter" world. Although this ship was a bit bigger, the overall process was correct.
At this time, the hippopotamus goddess had already taken him to the bottom of the cabin, turned a corner, and then walked into a room.
Just walking into the room, Xu Shangqi was almost scared to sit on the ground, because behind the desk actually sat a figure suspected to be White Impermanence, with a long red tongue dragging on the ground.
"Ah!!!!"
Xu Shangqi let out a scream. You know, as a Chinese person, seeing this kind of thing in a dream is much scarier than any talking hippopotamus.
And what happened next made him even more unable to understand. The hippopotamus goddess walked up and shook hands with White Impermanence, and said, "Mr. Xie, this study tour exchange trip between the two major pantheons has ended successfully. Thank you for your hard work. After I send these little guys to school, I will send you back."
"You are too polite, ma'am." White Impermanence dragged his red tongue, which did not affect his speech at all: "The Egyptian pantheon and the Han Buddhism pantheon have equally long histories, and the underworld and the netherworld can be considered generations of friends. This exchange activity has benefited both of us... Oh, it seems you have new students, so I won't disturb you."
The hippopotamus goddess smiled and said, "Please."
Xu Shangqi was sure that he was dreaming.
He was pushed by the hippopotamus goddess to sit in the position behind the desk where White Impermanence originally sat, and began to fill out a pile of forms.
As he filled it out, Xu Shangqi felt something was wrong. Is this form a bit too real? Why are there physics questions here?
Xu Shangqi looked at the test questions at the back of the form, pointed to them, and asked the hippopotamus goddess, saying: "Are these questions I have to finish here?"
"Of course, this is to test which grade you should be assigned to."
"Alright, I understand all this, but what is this 'Overview of Magic Array Energy Flow Theory'?"
"That's to test magic theory. Do you know magic?"
Xu Shangqi opened his mouth. The hippopotamus goddess's tone was too taken for granted, making him feel that it would not be good to say he didn't know. But he was actually not used to lying, so he could only shake his head and say: "I don't know."
"Oh, it doesn't matter, just leave it blank, pick the questions you know to answer."
Xu Shangqi thought about it, this dream was already absurd to this point, so what does it matter to take an exam and answer questions in a dream?
So, he began to focus on answering the questions. The hippopotamus goddess was originally organizing the books on the shelf nearby, but looking at Xu Shangqi's young face, she couldn't help but ask: "How old are you this year? Are you still studying?"
"Theoretically, I am 22 this year, but I can't be sure." Xu Shangqi was referring to the age of this body. Judging from the body shape, Xu Shangqi felt that this body might be younger, perhaps just 20.
"Oh, then you just graduated from college, right? Which university did you attend? In which state?"
Xu Shangqi felt that he couldn't answer, but he thought about it, it was a dream anyway, and it didn't matter if he told the truth, so he said: "I attended university in China, Tongji University, have you heard of it?"
"I seem to have some impression, the girlfriend of one of my sons seems to have graduated from that university." The hippopotamus goddess nodded, and then said: "Your grades must be very good, right? I rarely see anyone who can answer so many questions during the entrance exam."
"It's okay, I guess." Xu Shangqi gave a very Chinese humble answer and said: "It's mainly because my GPA is kept quite well, about the top 5% of the grade."
"My God." The hippopotamus goddess let out an exclamation and said: "Then you are too excellent!"
Xu Shangqi showed an embarrassed smile and said: "Actually, it's mainly for postgraduate recommendation and scholarships."
"Then did you study for a master's degree at your original school?"
"I didn't study for a master's degree." Xu Shangqi shook his head and said: "Because I wanted to work earlier, I actually don't like studying very much."
"Stop talking nonsense, child." The hippopotamus goddess walked to the table with a cup of water, gently placed the cup on the table, and said: "You are a good student, Professor Charles will definitely like you very much."
Xu Shangqi felt that he seemed to have heard a familiar name, but he was not sure, and there were still many questions on the test paper that he hadn't finished, so he picked up the cup, took a sip of water, and began to bury his head in answering the questions.
I don't know when, the cut fruit was brought up, and Xu Shangqi was like returning to high school, looking at the questions while eating the fruit cut by his mom.
By the time he finished all the questions and came back to his senses, he turned to look at the hippopotamus goddess who was sitting beside him, supporting her head and dozing off.
Noticing his gaze, the hippopotamus goddess woke up. She let out a surprised cry when she saw the full test paper and touched Xu Shangqi's head.
This can be considered a beautiful dream, Xu Shangqi thought.
End of Chapter
