lost narrative poem

Chapter 9 The Interlude Before Departure

The time soon came to the second day.

Everything that happened last night was really like a ridiculous dream, but it is undeniable that it had a huge psychological impact on Xia Ran and shook his world view violently, so much so that he spent the whole morning digesting and sorting out ...

Or, to accept this non-illusioned surreal?

When he came back to his senses, it was already the break time, his mind was still a little confused, and he couldn't even remember when he came to the school and sat down in the classroom.

It was only after he came to his senses that he realized that he didn't know anything, lying on the table weakly, and squinting in a daze for the whole morning.

But if you can't remember it, you can't remember it. At this time, the important thing is not this matter.

Like the other students around her, Xia Ran got up from her seat and staggered out, planning to spend the afternoon in the club activity room of the special building.

For example, take a nap or something to replenish your energy, he can't hold it anymore.Because his mental state is not very good, he always avoids staying up late, but last night he inevitably embarked on the road of cultivating immortals.

Still struggling with the information he got last night, Xia Ran wobbled towards the outside of the classroom.

At this moment, someone suddenly stopped him from behind——

"That...Xia Ran, please wait a moment!"

"Huh?" Xia Ran turned around and saw a male classmate standing behind her, scratching the back of his head in embarrassment.

The appearance is that of a high school boy who can be seen everywhere, with short hair and a pair of big round glasses...

He blinked, and quickly converged his divergent thoughts. At the same time, he searched for the classmate's name in his mind, and then the light on his glasses flickered slightly: "It's Sakamoto! What's the matter?"

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"..."

"...Well, Xia Ranjun, my name is An Yilun." A big drop of cold sweat appeared on the boy's forehead, and he said this in disbelief.

--what?

Not Sakamoto-san?Is my memory wrong?Xia Ran's expression froze for a moment, obviously he was full of confidence just now and felt that he quickly recognized the other party's identity...

As a result, the atmosphere became very awkward for a while.Even the students around who were subconsciously paying attention to this place showed consternation and strange expressions, and whispers began to sound.

It is foreseeable that there will probably be a lot more rumors about Xia Ran, a strange classmate, after today, and it is estimated that none of them will be good.

Xia Ran exhaled softly, shifted her eyes to the bento box in the hands of the opposite boy, and looked at the slightly embarrassed expression of the opposite boy.

This boy probably wanted to discuss something with him, but he didn't make up his mind.It wasn't until he saw that he was about to leave the classroom that he stopped himself out of desperation, which was probably the case.

This Sakamoto... Ai-san probably wants to ask him for something from a personal point of view, and what he wants to do may be troublesome, and he belongs to the type that is not easy to make requests to strangers.

The reason is very simple, if it is not his own troubles, but to help the teacher or others to pass on the news, then he should not be so hesitant, hesitant, hesitant, and hesitant to make up his mind.

After all, if it's just to help with a sentence, then it certainly doesn't need to spend too much time on psychological construction.

Although the persona established by Xia Ran is neither close to the people nor friendly, it is not enough to make his classmates afraid to approach him completely, and he is still confident in this aspect.

With these thoughts spinning rapidly in her mind, Xia Ran coughed, and then resolutely prepared to turn on the AT force field again, keeping people away thousands of miles away:

"Okay, student An Yi, what's the matter? I'm going to solve the problem of lunch now, and I have to go to the activity room of the club later... If there is no problem, I will leave first?"

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"Eh? No, I...I'm...well, I'm sorry to bother you." The boy on the opposite side was stunned for a moment, subconsciously wanting to say something, but then he reacted and said in a dejected manner.

"Well, then...see you later."

Xia Ran remained completely calm on the surface, just nodded slightly, then turned around and walked out of the classroom.

As he expected, the other party was obviously not thick-skinned.

When walking out of the classroom door, Xia Ran subconsciously glanced sideways, and found that the boy sighed and returned to his seat and sat down, as if he was worried about something, and his frustration was palpable.

He secretly said sorry, and then left the corridor without looking back.

If it was normal, Xia Ran wouldn't mind seeing if the other party had any problems and whether he could help, but now...he really isn't in the mood, and his problems haven't been sorted out yet. .

But speaking of it, the boy was actually sitting not far from him, only two seats away, yet he didn't remember the other person's name at all.

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Special Building, Activity Room of the Ministry of Service.

Although it was an activity room like a warehouse, with tables and chairs stacked randomly in one corner, it looked empty and quiet, but the environment was not bad.

The sanitation was also well cleaned, there was no dust or rubbish on the floor, and the air was not dull, especially after Xia Ran arrived and opened the windows for ventilation... The curtains were swayed by the wind, and the air began to circulate.

He moved a set of tables and chairs and sat down, then settled the bread in his hand in twos and twos, and crumpled the packaging bag into a ball.

Then, just like yesterday, he took a book he had placed in the activity room and opened it, and began to read... It looked like this on the surface, but his eyes looked a little strange.

In fact, Xia Ran is not reading a book, but looking at an interface invisible to others. It is some kind of data terminal implanted deep in his soul in white space, or it can be called a "system".

As if to specifically refute all his reasons and smash his three views, no matter what reason he wants to use to deny that absurd state of affairs, he will be denied by the system interface that can be summoned at any time.

After all, in theory, the real world should be just a cruel dimension, and it is impossible for normal people to do operations such as "press the E key to enter the eagle eye state" or "press the TAB key to open the menu bar".

It can be projected directly on his retina, or it can appear through an open book or the display page of the mobile phone. Since the former will affect the vision, Xia Ran has chosen the latter method now.

He was seriously browsing his personal information, looking at the display of his attributes——

"Strength: 4"

"Agility: 4"

"Physique: 4"

"Intelligence: 7"

"Spirit: 3"

"Perception: 7"

Leaving out those insignificant parameters such as age, height, weight, and blood type, Xia Ran is looking directly at his most basic character attributes.

Although in addition to this, there are columns such as bloodline race, enhancement exchange, skill expertise, etc., but if it is not empty.It seems to belong to the default factory settings, for example, the display of blood race is a matter of course "human".

——Anyway, for now, these basic attributes are the most meaningful for him.

After the system extracted the data and quantified it, his physical ability value, as well as his intellectual and spiritual ability values, were all displayed in the most intuitive numerical form... However, it seems that it is not very impressive as expected.

Because it is said that the standard value is 5 points, which is the case for every attribute, and under the judgment of this standard, his physical ability is almost completely unqualified.

For example, the attribute of physique is a combination of physical endurance, cell activity, anti-strike ability, immunity strength, etc. It may appear that it is only 1 point less than the standard line, but in fact it is weakened. 20.00% range.

If you use the concept of percentage to make an analogy, it should be easy to understand. A 20.00-point constitution that is 4% weaker is a weak otaku. If a constitution is 40.00 points weaker by 3%, it is probably only a pregnant woman who has just given birth.

Although the guide also said that this is a very normal phenomenon, every lost person has experienced a long period of weakness before awakening, so weak that he is almost on the verge of death at the soul level...so it is really normal to have a lack of foundation.

And it's actually very quick to make up for, as long as it's not so unlucky that it dies directly, there is no time to grow at all.After all, it is definitely not easy to add points to become a superman, but it is not difficult to add points to become a normal person.

It's just that Xia Ran's heart is completely uncertain at the moment. After all, no matter how nice the words are, it's better to try it by herself.

Yawning, he closed the book.

There are still many things that he doesn't understand, but he doesn't have enough preparation time. According to the guide, tonight he will probably usher in the first mission session arranged by White Space...

It is said that from now on, he will not have to worry about the problem of nightmares, because it will become very regular, and it will become a ten-day cycle.

But if he fails, he may pay a heavy price, especially in his current situation, he absolutely cannot face the dream world with the attitude of fighting Contra with thirty lives before.

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Afternoon, 35:[-].

Yukinoshita Yukino opened the door of the activity room punctually just like yesterday, and walked in on her own. She looked around and found that the activity room was no different from usual.

Although there is one more person, it is only one more person.The other party was sitting quietly on the chair in the middle of the activity room as it was yesterday. In the silence, only the sound of pages turning could be heard from time to time.

That person seemed to have noticed her coming, so he raised his head and said softly: "Good afternoon, Yukinoshita-san..."

His eyes became a little strange, he looked a little troubled, his expression became weak for some reason, it was completely different from yesterday...

The girl originally thought that this person was just pretending, just like yesterday's clumsy little trick, pretending not to know her, but now it seems that this is not the case.

It was a very strange feeling, which of course made her even more unhappy, but at the same time, it also made her feel slightly relaxed, no longer entangled in the place where she was alone all the time, and suddenly there was a stranger...

"good afternoon."

The girl nodded indifferently, and then she came to the chair by the window and looked at it. She remembered that when she went back yesterday, she put all the tables and chairs back in place, so the current chair is...

She didn't just sit down like this, but looked at Xia Ran beside her, and then moved out another chair very calmly.

(End of this chapter)