Ye Mu sat on his bed, his gaze falling on the statistics on his terminal. After he stopped frequenting the gymnasium a few days prior, Mo Jue seemed to have become a regular there.
All existing conditions pointed to this conclusion: Mo Jue was intentionally avoiding Ye Mu, even being cautious about the rankings, which they had no real intersection with.
But thinking further, why was Mo Jue doing this?
Ye Mu couldn't quite figure it out. If he didn't want Ye Mu and Luo Qi to notice him, he shouldn't have been on any rankings at all.
However, this didn't seem like Mo Jue's personality. If he had the ability, he would only flaunt it for the whole world to know.
Luo Qi squeezed his fingers, knowing a little more than Ye Mu.
To be on the rankings without conflict with Ye Mu was likely the system's command.
Mo Jue also needed to improve himself in the shortest possible time, but it probably hadn't figured out its next move yet.
Luo Qi pinched his brow, a headache forming.
111 was perched on Luo Qi's lap, its cat head held high with pride, its voice laced with mockery, "It's no use even if it hides, I've already found its whereabouts."
Luo Qi exclaimed, rubbing the cat's head, "So quickly? What did you find? Did you see its本体 in this world, or did Mo Jue reveal any flaws?"
If he could know Mo Jue and the system's next move in advance, he could inform Ye Mu to prepare.
111 coughed lightly, "Not yet, but I already know it's been hiding in Mo Jue's consciousness space. I can feel its energy fluctuations."
Luo Qi's mouth twitched, "You still need to investigate that? Anyone could figure that out with a little thought, right?"
111's cat face, covered in fur, turned a little red.
"I've already told you, it's a rebellious, defective system. It has all the functions strictly forbidden by the main system, and all the permissions we don't have. I can feel even a little of its energy fluctuation, which is already quite good. If I hadn't hidden quickly, it would have caught me."
Luo Qi: "So, in the end, your functions are still inferior to it, aren't they?" ╮(╯▽╰)╭
111: "...This is called emergency evasion by a weaker system against a rebellious system under special circumstances."
Luo Qi: "Speak human."
111: "...I can't beat it right now."
Luo Qi: "..."
He sighed. Arguing with 111 for so long had only taken a few seconds in reality. Fortunately, Ye Mu was also lost in thought and didn't notice him.
Luo Qi patted Ye Mu's shoulder, "As the saying goes, remain unchanged to deal with all changes. As long as we are careful, nothing will happen."
Ye Mu clasped Luo Qi's hand and rubbed it, nodding, "So, did you finish the homework I left you last night?"
Luo Qi: "Uh..." Are you a devil!
Ye Mu's smile was kind and friendly, but Luo Qi's back inexplicably broke out in a cold sweat, "We agreed, if you don't finish today's homework, your small cake will be confiscated tonight."
Luo Qi: "!!!"
Luo Qi threw the cat aside, "I'll go write it now."
Ye Mu hummed twice and stood up, looking through the parts Luo Qi had already finished.
111 flipped in mid-air and landed on the ground, proudly licking the fur on its paws, then secretly slipped out to "gather intelligence" again.
For a long time afterward, Mo Jue indeed made no significant moves.
But as time passed, Ye Mu and Luo Qi still heard some news about Mo Jue.
His reputation among the first-year freshmen was growing louder and louder. Unlike Ye Mu, who participated casually for testing purposes, Mo Jue had put in effort into challenging the rankings. Apart from the lists Ye Mu participated in, Mo Jue's name could be found on almost all other rankings. What was even more surprising was that no matter what the ranking was, Mo Jue's position was always very high.
Generally, among the students of the primary school each year, the best ranking for a first-year freshman was within the top forty percent, meaning before fortieth place. This was because, both psychologically and physiologically, newly enrolled freshmen still had a significant gap compared to students in higher grades.
But under these circumstances, Mo Jue could actually rank around twentieth place on every list, already making him a standout among the first-year freshmen.
Luo Qi didn't pay much attention or have time to focus on these rankings, but Ye Mu had been taking time to analyze them. He had always known that He Ning and He Yuan were very good, but they could only rank between thirtieth and fortieth place now, and Mo Jue could even firmly suppress them. Most importantly, the lists Ye Mu played were randomly selected, and the remaining ones naturally focused on different aspects. This indicated that even on lists that focused on flexibility and those that focused on strength, which were almost opposite, Mo Jue could still rank in roughly the same position.
Ye Mu opened the campus forum page. The hot posts of the past few days were about someone analyzing how many more surprises this dark horse who had suddenly appeared in the first year had. His gaze was cold and stern; even seeing some posts that had hyped Mo Jue to the heavens didn't elicit much of a reaction.
A person's energy and talent are limited. Even if one excels in certain areas, they cannot be proficient in completely opposite aspects. There was a problem here; Ye Mu reached this conclusion almost instantly. But obviously, besides Ye Mu, no one else on the forum thought this way.
In a school where strength reigns supreme and the strong are respected, apart from people like Luo Qi who inexplicably became popular through their looks (?), the easier way to gain fame was to prove oneself to be strong enough. Mo Jue was clearly working hard towards this, and it was already showing results.
Even in class, Ye Mu and Luo Qi could always hear people quietly discussing Mo Jue. Or sometimes, a teacher in a certain subject would mention him in class, speaking with evident admiration.
Luo Qi and Ye Mu didn't feel any jealousy or envy. It was just that for some reason, whenever people praised Mo Jue, they would secretly glance at him, as if trying to discern his reaction. Some people always liked to belittle others when admiring the strong.
Mo Jue's background had long been thoroughly investigated, and the grievances between the Mo clan and the Insect Race were already flying all over the forum. For an heir who was famous for his strength at the top of the rankings, and another heir who was nowhere to be found on the rankings but famous for his looks, there were always people watching for a spectacle. The Insect Race had suppressed everyone for too long, and perhaps an heir who seemed to have no future could provide some dark psychological comfort to certain people. Moreover, the other protagonist of the story was also a "celebrity" on the forum, so there were even more people watching the show.
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