After Ye Mu had attended classes peacefully for a few days, the forum discussions about Ye Mu "attending class while sick and forcing himself to do problems" also disappeared.
It was even "inadvertently" seen by some that the wounds on Ye Mu's back had only left shallow pink marks, indicating that he had been injured, but certainly not to the point of being on the verge of death.
The students who were spectating on the forum dispersed.
Things became quiet for a while. Contrary to Ye Mu's expectations, Mo Jue made no new moves for many days. Not only did he not come to trouble Luo Qi and Ye Mu, but he rarely left the dormitory except for classes.
Ye Mu didn't know what was going on, but Luo Qi knew it clearly.
The sudden appearance of a system was not easy for a child of only eight or nine years old, even if that child was already a young master of a race at such a tender age.
But the system that had gone out of control must have had a way to make Mo Jue believe it, just like the "accident" a few days ago.
Now, Mo Jue must have believed the system's words and was secretly building relationships or plotting his next move.
In a short period, Mo Jue should not easily provoke them to avoid exposing the system that had suddenly appeared on him.
Ye Mu didn't think about what he couldn't understand. Besides facing Luo Qi every day, he didn't have any special expressions on his face, but he silently increased his daily training.
Luo Qi secretly marveled at how Ye Mu had so much energy.
No matter what Luo Qi didn't know, he seemed to get answers from Ye Mu. Ye Mu had already started self-studying things that hadn't been taught in class.
Luo Qi was no longer slacking off. He didn't know when changes might occur, so he had to strive to have the ability to protect himself in the shortest possible time.
This atmosphere was rare in the first-year dormitory for freshmen, but He Ning and He Yuan seemed to adapt faster than Luo Qi. For a while, the entire dormitory was filled with an atmosphere of "study until you die or die trying."
111 was very satisfied with this atmosphere. When it had nothing to do, it would leisurely patrol the dormitory with cat-like steps.
Luo Qi reached out, scooped up 111, and rubbed it vigorously, turning a page of the book spread open on the table.
This book was about combat strategy, and its content was about major battles throughout interstellar history. It was one of the few courses that Luo Qi found interesting.
However, even interesting books could cause eye strain if read for too long. Luo Qi closed his eyes to relieve the soreness and complained to 111 in his heart:
"You have no idea how many words are in that book! How difficult it is to memorize them! Why don't you have a function to instantly turn your host into a top student?"
111 placed its two paws on Luo Qi's hand and poked its cat head to look at the book on Luo Qi's table.
Then it awkwardly discovered that the supreme, intelligent, and resourceful system... also couldn't understand it.
It meowed awkwardly: "As the ancient saying goes, when heaven is about to bestow a great responsibility upon a person, it must first try their resolve, toil their muscles and bones, starve their body, and impoverish their person.
You have to first look at the book with a mournful face, exhausted, as if your body has been hollowed out, to achieve ultimate success."
Luo Qi twitched the corner of his mouth. At this moment, 111 seemed like an artificial retard:
"Your translation of that sentence is also incorrect."
111: "...That's not important. What's important is that it's time for the organization to test you, so you must work very hard."
Luo Qi sighed, feeling dizzy looking at the stack of books on the table.
The primary schools on Earth now were very different from the schools Luo Qi had attended before.
For example, in primary schools, written exams were not heavily emphasized. There were many content that could be used for assessment, most of which required the mobilization of the whole body, including combat and physical fitness, and even mecha piloting and weapon usage.
But it didn't mean that learning was unnecessary. Except for truly talented people like Ye Qi, who could have terrible cultural scores but be proficient in mechas, the rest of the students still had to attend classes diligently.
Coincidentally, Luo Qi was not a talented player.
The knowledge from these books was integrated into the assessments, so Luo Qi had to learn it with a grimace.
As the new semester unfolded and students who couldn't adapt to life here withdrew, the characteristic of the primary school—the rankings—officially began.
In addition to the "Courage Ranking," which was playfully held to eliminate some students shortly after enrollment, many other rankings were subsequently released.
Including the simplest and most straightforward "Combat Ranking," all other rankings were content that might be assessed during the final exams.
These rankings not only helped students pass the final exams more smoothly but also maximized their potential.
However, these rankings had nothing to do with Luo Qi at the moment.
The interstellar world was full of hidden dragons and crouching tigers, with countless known and unknown races, and prodigies cultivated with great care were as numerous as cattle hair. In front of these big shots, Luo Qi chose to lie flat.
His reason was well-founded: "I must remain low-key before Mo Jue appears."
111 couldn't be bothered with him. The fact that Mo Jue and that defective system had not appeared made 111 very concerned.
It had no time to constantly "urge" Luo Qi to memorize books properly. When it had time, it would sneak out of the dormitory to gather information.
Luo Qi, who was dizzy from memorizing books in his dormitory and classroom routine, didn't know that photos of his ugly cat were flying all over the campus forum.
111, a system that had been a system for hundreds of years, suddenly became a cat. And it always went out to do important business, completely neglecting its messy fur and peculiar color scheme.
The most crucial thing was that this cat had no self-awareness of its ugliness and kept walking towards crowded places.
Luo Qi had no time to pay attention to this cat that was attracting attention everywhere, because Ye Mu had recently started challenging the rankings.
In Luo Qi's mind, Ye Mu was not the type to be so ostentatious. Ye Mu didn't explain anything, but silently challenged people on the rankings.
He didn't challenge those at the top. The rankings he challenged were relatively low.
Most of them were in the bottom 20%, which were hard to notice at first glance, and only those who carefully examined the rankings could spot them.
Luo Qi curiously asked Ye Mu why he was doing this, as his strength was enough to be higher.
Ye Mu still didn't explain. He picked half of all the ranking lists, challenged those with similar rankings, and then stopped.
A few days later, Ye Mu finally spoke to Luo Qi:
"For all the rankings I didn't challenge, Mo Jue has initiated challenges, and his positions are very high."
Luo Qi's pupils contracted, and he seemed to understand something.
"Mo Jue is doing it deliberately. He is intentionally avoiding us."