Parallel World,
Daxia,
South China Military Academy, beside the bulletin board, many students had gathered to watch.
Simply because,
The bulletin board announced the final assessment project for this academic year.
[The counter-terrorism situation is severe. For the sake of safety, design a defensive weapon!]
"Design a defensive weapon? Isn't that a contradiction? This is truly baffling!"
"Just these few words without any specific requirements; the scope is way too broad, isn't it?"
"To be honest, the moment I saw those words, my mind went blank. I couldn't even process what it was supposed to mean."
"..."
This group of senior student Soldiers about to graduate were full of complaints.
Each one looked miserable, scratching their heads, not knowing what on earth they should design.
In the crowd,
One person stood a head taller. His height of 1.9 meters made him extremely conspicuous among the group of 1.8-meter students.
Combined with his sharp jawline and high bridge of his nose, he was highly recognizable.
His name was Su Chen.
An unlucky fellow who had awakened a system four years ago, yet it had never officially activated.
But that didn't matter; Su Chen believed his best trait was his steady mindset.
Back then,
Even under strong opposition from his father, Su Weiyi, he was still able to get into the Military Academy unaffected, which was the best proof.
External things never affected him.
In other words, he was as steady as a rock!
[Ding!]
A mechanical-sounding voice echoed in Su Chen's mind.
[Current requirement task detected. Load?]
Su Chen was stunned for a moment.
He gave a bitter smile in his heart.
"Well then!"
"After four years, it's finally starting?"
He moved his gaze to the bulletin board.
"Could it be..."
"Because of this?"
Since it had come, there was no reason to refuse.
"Load."
Su Chen gave a response with a thought.
[Ding!]
[Host's consent obtained, task loading.]
[Task Name: Design a defensive weapon!]
[Task Requirements: Due to the severe counter-terrorism situation in recent years, to effectively ensure the safety of Soldiers, design a defensive weapon!]
[Automatically matching compatible weaponry: Bio-Pulse Shock Rifle]
[Bio-Pulse Shock Rifle: Can emit Bio-Pulse Waves invisible to the naked eye, causing all living beings within range to lose consciousness completely. Of course, if the target is to be killed, simply increase the power. An essential tool for killing and looting!]
[Task Reward: Open the mall, unlock more technology; obtain one thousand military merit points!]
[Accept?]
Looking at the subtitles appearing before his eyes one by one, Su Chen nodded.
"Seems pretty good..."
"At least there's no harm."
"I accept!"
[Ding!]
[Task accepted!]
[The system has provided relevant technical knowledge and theory. Please study hard and master this technology soon!]
At this time,
His roommate Zhang Kun's voice sounded in his ear, "Brother Chen, how is it?"
"Any ideas?"
Zhang Kun was a native Northerner, 1.8 meters tall, with a body full of muscles. He looked fierce to everyone, but after being thoroughly defeated by Su Chen in a friendly wrestling match, he changed his temperament and became much more restrained, though he could never stop calling him "Brother Chen."
"Hmm..."
"I have a general direction for now."
Su Chen replied.
"Awesome!" Zhang Kun immediately said, "Brother Chen, you're the one I admire most. Not only are you strong, but you also have the best brain among the four of us in the dorm."
"While everyone else is lost, you already have a direction!"
"As expected of a top student!"
Su Chen: "..."
Although he had been praised like this for three years, he still couldn't get used to it.
But you can't hit a smiling face, and he really didn't have a good way to deal with Zhang Kun.
"I'm going back to the dorm."
"I need to think carefully about how to design it exactly."
It was both an excuse and his true thought.
The Bio-Pulse Shock Rifle had piqued his curiosity.
He wanted to see the principles behind these bio-pulses.
"Yeah, true, you should study it well."
"It's almost noon, what are you eating, Brother Chen?"
"I'll bring it for you."
"Fried rice is fine."
At the same time,
On the other side,
In the school leadership's office,
"What's going on?"
"What's going on?"
"The offensive weapon design we agreed on beforehand, why was it suddenly changed to a defensive weapon design?"
"Why do we always make students design defensive things?"
"Are our students destined to be worse than others?"
"Can't they design offensive weapons?"
Sitting on the sofa, Vice Principal Zhou Zhengrenhad a loud voice, and his saliva was flying everywhere.
But,
Even so, it couldn't hide the frustration in his heart.
There might not be much difference between offense and defense, but the underlying implication of being treated differently was what truly made Zhou Zhengren angry.
Opposite him, sitting behind the desk, the white-haired Old Principal Bai Jianjun, wearing glasses, was writing something. Hearing this, he remained very calm.
"Orders from the higher-ups."
"Central and North, the two top-tier military academies, design offensive weapons."
"West and us, the perennial third and fourth-place military academies, design defensive weapons."
"If you're so capable, go complain to the higher-ups."
Hearing this, Zhou Zhengren held it in for a long time but still couldn't help complaining.
"Frustrating!"
"It's really frustrating!"
"We've been in this fourth place for eight or ten years, right?"
"We can't be treated differently forever, can we?"
"When resources are allocated, we always get what others picked over!"
"Even the talent is chosen by them first!"
"How can we ever have a day to turn things around?"
Bai Jianjun smiled, "Don't say that. Three years ago, didn't a young man with such high scores take the initiative to come to our school?"
It was better not to mention this; mentioning it made Zhou Zhengren jump even more.
"You don't know that kid's name yet, do you?"
"I remember it clearly. When I asked him why he came to our school, guess what he said?"
"Oh?" Bai Jianjun's interest was piqued. "What did he say?"
Zhou Zhengren said, "Su Chen!"
"That rascal, he said it's close to home!"