I don't want to come up with a funny book title anymore.

"Because I was hungry," Xie Fengnan said matter-of-factly.

"Don't you know there's a canteen?" Xu Dingguo was almost laughing in exasperation. Everyone knows that you need to eat because you're hungry.

If Xie Fengnan heard this, he would definitely retort: ​​It's also because of cravings.

"I know, but the food in the cafeteria is terrible," Xie Fengnan said innocently.

"So you won't eat it because it doesn't taste good?" Xu Dingguo's lips twitched.

The three nodded in unison.

Xu Dingguo sighed inwardly, wondering if he had just brought in a bunch of young masters.

"Your tasks will be very heavy starting tomorrow, and you won't have time to cook," Xu Dingguo hinted, suggesting they receive nutritional supplements.

“This won’t do, Dean. We can skip training, but we can’t skip showing off the delicious food!” Xie Fengnan was the first to object.

If anyone else had said that to Xu Dingguo, he would have slapped them so hard they'd been sent flying to Java.

But when Xie Fengnan said this, Xu Dingguo could only try to persuade him with earnest words: "How can something as time-consuming as cooking be compared to training?"

Which interstellar person doesn't yearn to become stronger? Many ordinary people would give anything for it, let alone spend their time on indulging in gluttony.

Although interstellar humans do live much longer than ancient Earthlings, their lifespans are ultimately finite.

But Xie Fengnan refused to give up. "Dean, I suddenly have an idea. Can I switch to the Plant Science Department now?"

Plant cultivation classes should be easy to slack off on, and it's reasonable to eat something while farming.

Xu Dingguo was speechless: "...Are you threatening me, kid?"

"How could that be?" Xie Fengnan blinked innocently.

“Even if you go to the plant science department, the school will still have a full schedule for you.” Xu Dingguo wasn’t someone you could easily control.

The arrangements made for Xie Fengnan now have little to do with which department he goes to.

If he's happy, why not let him go to the plant science department?

Seeing that Xu Dingguo was unmoved, Xie Fengnan pulled out his trump card: "But if I can't even eat a proper meal at school, I might do something irrational, like transferring to another school... or dropping out and going home to sponge off my parents?"

Xu Dingguo: ...

Oh no, this kid has caught us red-handed.

If Xie Fengnan really wants to leave, they really can't stop him.

After all, they were just military academies, not actual military units or legions.

If he really wanted to transfer schools or drop out, given the Xie family's status, they couldn't prevent him from leaving.

If Xie Fengnan joined the army and continued to say such willful things, Xu Dingguo would definitely ignore him.

Imperial law forbids desertion.

But if Xu Dingguo said this in the military academy, he would have to coax Xie Fengnan.

Who understands? The Empire's premier military academy has been so prestigious for so many years.

A place that countless talented young people would do anything to get into.

As a result, after Xie Fengnan was admitted through a special admission process that was even more difficult than the college entrance examination, he actually said that he wanted to drop out of school and live off his parents.

Xu Dingguo also wanted to say firmly, "Go away, our school has many talented people, we don't need you."

But thinking about the outcome of the previous meeting, I still sighed.

There's no way around it; geniuses like this, who can only be described as monstrous, have special privileges.

"You won. I can arrange a small kitchen for you, but you also have to cooperate with our arrangements."

"Besides this, you probably don't have any other particular hobbies, right?"

To prevent Xie Fengnan from doing the same thing again, Xu Dingguo planned to block this path for him once and for all.

"I can't say for sure, people's preferences always change, right?" Xie Fengnan hesitated, still wanting to keep this option open.

Xu Dingguo gritted his teeth: "...Fine." He'd see if he didn't torment this little brat to death.

"Thank you, Dean. You are very understanding!" Xie Fengnan smiled and gave him a kind look.

"The Dean is a great man! May he live forever!" Chu Jiaoyang said, echoing Xie Fengnan's praise after he had settled the matter of the rice.

Ye Jingtang was speechless as she watched Xie Fengnan seemingly having the dean completely under his thumb.

Who exactly is this guy? No wonder he dared to act recklessly right there in the dorm.

Because of his own experiences, Ye Jingtang doesn't like to have too much contact with people, and naturally he doesn't like to join in the fun.

He doesn't have many relatives or friends, so he doesn't know the Three Musketeers' record yet.

Seeing their expressions, Xu Dingguo waved his hand helplessly, "You're all so glib. Let's leave it at that. I have something else to tell you."

"You should have noticed that your admission notices didn't specify your department, right?"

"This has indeed been discovered, so what arrangements did the school make?"

"Originally, we wanted Xie Fengnan to enroll as the executor of the Quantum Individual Soldier Project."

Upon hearing this, Ye Jingtang raised her hand to interrupt, "How can I listen to this?"

Xu Dingguo smiled at him, "Of course, you can listen to me finish."

"The notice was supposed to be sent to you a long time ago, but what you went through recently made us restart the meeting."

Xie Fengnan remembered the nightmare of the big-headed doll.

"To be honest, the fact that you were able to escape unscathed from Jian Xiaoxiao really shocked us."

"Even though she is only at the seventh level, her abilities can easily kill someone without anyone noticing."

“I’m still very curious about how you all survived. As far as I know, the Xie family didn’t provide you with any help.”

This is also why Xu Dingguo is so tolerant of Xie Fengnan; his future is limitless.

"Her illusions don't work on me, and she's no match for me in close combat," Xie Fengnan shrugged, offering this answer.

Xu Dingguo thought to himself, "Good heavens, Jian Xiaoxiao's illusion technique has reached the level of spiritual perception and dream."

This level of illusion can construct a relatively complete scene, allowing the target to be completely immersed in it, making them believe that everything they see and feel is real.

Next comes the Boundless Illusionary Realm, which is said to be able to directly break through the real world.

Throughout the history of the empire, only a handful of people have reached this level, and they were all among the most brilliant figures of their time.

Whether there will be new levels to come is unknown.

"You mean you're completely immune to her illusions?" Xu Dingguo asked again to confirm this.

"Hmm," Xie Fengnan replied casually.

As a creator god in a sense, Zhulong once possessed an entire world.

He has seen all that is real and knows what reality should look like.

Therefore, His eyes can see through falsehood, and nothing with form can hide from His sight.

"You're not even as good as me in close combat?" Xu Dingguo's expression became even stranger.

Although Jian Xiaoxiao mainly cultivates mental power, her physical body will also be strengthened if she can advance to the seventh level.

Let alone fifth-tier strength, even sixth-tier wouldn't be enough, unless her seventh-tier strength is really weak and was artificially boosted by countless resources.

But Jian Xiaoxiao clearly didn't come from that background, otherwise she wouldn't have been able to reach the realm of spiritual perception and dreamlike experience.

Xie Fengnan stopped saying "hmm". Is Xu Dingguo just rehashing old news?