Chapter 43: New Student Registration
Semir Academy was located on Red Star, a planet named for its orange-red outer surface.
Red Star had a rich topography, with a usable area of 80%, making it a veritable major planet.
Jiang Ning packed her luggage, bid farewell to Auntie Li’s family, and went to the interstellar airline station to buy a ticket to Red Star.
The starship from their Planet M412 to Red Star would take eight hours.
This time, Jiang Ning booked a first-class ticket.
After all, she was a rich person now~
Jiang Ning enjoyed the special treatment of the flight crew throughout the journey and was even reminded when it was time for departure.
After boarding the spacecraft, she went to her seat and sat down.
The first-class seats were much better than the ordinary class. Not to mention anything else, just the view alone was worth the money.
The starship departed from their Planet M412, passed through two other numbered planets along the way, and finally arrived at its destination, Red Star.
By the time Jiang Ning walked out of the Red Star airline station, it was already 5 in the afternoon.
The environment on Red Star looked no different from their Planet M412. Desert areas were the main part, but there were many more tall buildings in the city, looking like a city of technology built in the desert.
Before she had taken two steps, a succession of flying vehicles flew over her head from high in the sky behind her.
Jiang Ning looked at the direction on the map. Those flying vehicles were all heading towards Semir Academy.
Jiang Ning looked up for a while. She had originally planned to buy a flying vehicle, but driving a flying vehicle required a driver’s license, which she didn’t have.
So she planned to get a flying driver’s license here on Red Star before buying one.
“Hello.”
While Jiang Ning was lost in thought, a girl walked over. She looked quiet and gentle, and she spoke very softly.
“I noticed you at the M412 star station. Are you also here to study at Semir Academy?”
Seeing that Jiang Ning’s age was similar to hers, and it was now the school season, she guessed that she was also going to Semir Academy, so she mustered up the courage to take the initiative to say hello.
“You are?” Jiang Ning turned to look at her.
“My name is Simon. I’m also a new student at Semir Academy this year,” she said, briefly introducing herself.
“Jiang Ning, from Planet M412,” Jiang Ning said, politely extending her hand, not denying her identity as a new student.
Simon was very excited to meet someone from her hometown. She held Jiang Ning’s hand with both hands. “We’re both from Planet M412. We can take care of each other in the future.”
People from numbered planets always cherished each other when they were away from home.
“My ability is psychic-type, and I was assigned to the psychic department. What about you?” Simon asked.
Jiang Ning replied, “I’m in the plant department.”
“Plant department?” Simon was stunned for a moment. She recalled in her mind and said, “Does our school have a plant department?”
“It’s newly opened this year.”
See, their plant department was just that unpopular.
“Newly established ability departments often have few people and less pressure, which is also good,” Simon said, lowering her head and shrugging her shoulders. “Unlike our department, where there are too many outstanding people. I’m afraid I’ll still be the worst even if I work hard.”
She had a somewhat inferior personality.
Simon felt a weight on her shoulder. She looked up and met Jiang Ning’s dark eyes.
Jiang Ning said, “Being able to come to Semir Academy to study means your rank is at least A-rank. You have already surpassed most of the ability users in the interstellar space. Besides, there are always people better than you. Don’t compare. Talented people will not be buried anywhere.”
Simon stared at Jiang Ning in a daze. From a backlit angle, her face seemed to be glowing.
She didn’t know if it was Jiang Ning’s confidence that had infected her or something else, but Simon nodded heavily, a smile appearing on her face.
“Alright, the shuttle bus to Semir Academy is the last one for today. If we don’t get on, we’ll have to walk to school,” Jiang Ning said, pointing to the maglev bus that was about to depart.
The last shuttle bus was at 5:30 in the afternoon, and it was already 5:20.
Not all students had flying vehicles. A large proportion of the students admitted to Semir Academy were from numbered planets, so most of them still chose to take the school’s shuttle bus.
When the two of them got on the bus, this maglev bus was basically full. Only the middle seat in the last row was still empty.
Jiang Ning and Simon placed their luggage on the special luggage rack and went to the back row to sit down.
“Fasten your seat belts and sit tight!” As soon as they sat down, the driver reminded them, “We’re setting off!”
The driver stepped on the accelerator to the end. The speed was extremely fast, and the maglev bus was driven at the speed of a flying vehicle.
Jiang Ning only felt her chrysanthemum tighten. She held onto the seat belt tightly to prevent herself from being thrown off.
It took less than half an hour for the bus to get from the airline station to the entrance of Semir Academy.
After the driver opened the door, all the new students who came out were walking with unsteady steps, feeling a bit light-headed.
‘Retch—’
Simon squatted by the roadside, clutching her chest and retching several times.
Jiang Ning patted her back and took out a bottle of water from her luggage and handed it to her.
“Thank you,” Simon took the water and took a sip.
New student registration was divided by department. The two of them belonged to different departments.
Jiang Ning waited for Simon to calm down a bit before bidding her farewell.
Before leaving, the two added each other as Star Brain friends for future contact.
Jiang Ning walked towards the square.
No matter which school it was, the most popular major was undoubtedly the elemental power department. At a glance, their registration point was the most conspicuous, and there were also the most people.
Jiang Ning searched the square for a while but couldn’t find where their plant department’s registration point was.
Just as she was about to ask someone for directions, a person suddenly popped up from behind her.
“Classmate, are you looking for the plant department?”
Jiang Ning looked him up and down. He had dark skin, a sleeveless shirt and long pants. His temperament was that of someone in agriculture. She immediately nodded, “Yes, do you know where the registration point for the plant department is?”
“I know. Come with me.”
He signaled for Jiang Ning to follow him.
“Our plant department’s location is a bit hidden, and there aren’t many new students this year, so it’s not set up in the square.”
However, what Jiang Ning didn’t know was that what he meant by ‘not many’ actually meant that Semir’s plant department only had the two of them as the sole seedlings.
The two of them walked further and further into a remote area, gradually moving away from the central teaching area of Semir Academy. The weeds in front of them were more than a person tall. There was an artificial lake around, and on the other side of the lake was an old building covered with vines. The only way to get there was a small path in the weeds that had just been trodden not long ago.
“…”
This didn’t look like a place for teaching at all.
“You, are you a senior from our plant department?” Jiang Ning’s steps hesitated. She looked at her surroundings warily and asked tentatively.
“Senior?”
The boy paused and turned his head. “I’m not a senior. I’m also a new student in the plant department this year. My name is Xia Shi.”
Seeing that Jiang Ning’s gaze was constantly sizing up the surrounding environment, he seemed to have found an outlet and poured out all the grievances he had suffered these past two days like a string of beans. “What you’re seeing now is the result of my hard work. You don’t know, there wasn’t even a road here before I came. I almost wanted to drop out.”
Anyone who saw this teaching environment would have their vision go black.
“This isn’t coming to school. This is coming to survive in the wild,” Xia Shi said with a bitter face.
Xia Shi had arrived a few days earlier than Jiang Ning. He had finally found the location of the plant department through the help of the school’s seniors. When he arrived, he directly doubted his life and didn’t go in.
It wasn’t until the teacher inside saw him wandering around for a long time through the surveillance camera that he took the initiative to come out and ‘friendly’ invite him in.
When Xia Shi saw that there were only two people on the admission list for the plant department, his eyes closed, and he slapped his forehead heavily.
Out of camaraderie for his future classmate, Xia Shi was afraid that the other new student wouldn’t be able to find this place, so he had been waiting at the new student registration square these past two days.
“Why did you want to apply to this school?” Jiang Ning was a little curious.
She had no choice; only Semir Academy would take her. What about this classmate, Xia Shi?
“I heard that this is the first time Semir Academy has reopened the plant department after many years. Of course, I wanted to see the strength of an old and famous school. I didn’t expect it to be so miserable,” Xia Shi said with a bitter smile.
After many years?
Jiang Ning caught the key point in his words. She asked, “Did Semir Academy have a plant department before?”
“Yes.”
“Later, it seems to have been sealed for some reason. I’m not sure about the specific reason,” Xia Shi said. “Look, this is the original site of the plant department.”
Jiang Ning tilted her head and re-examined the surrounding environment.
It was backed by a mountain and faced a body of water. There was also a large open space in the front. The area of the department was definitely not inferior to other departments.
The location was a good one, but it would take some time to redevelop.
Thinking of this, Jiang Ning felt that this place was not bad.
Seeing that it was getting dark, the two of them quickly prepared to go to the main teaching building area to register first.
The weeds covered a full kilometer, and the two of them walked for more than ten minutes.
Their bodies were itchy and they were sweating a lot.
Jiang Ning frowned. “Is there no other way in?”
“No, I’ve looked all around,” Xia Shi shrugged.
“How did those teachers get in?” Jiang Ning asked.
Xia Shi had said that he had cut this path, but before him, there had already been a teacher waiting inside.
“The teachers can all fly. They just ‘swoosh’ and fly over,” Xia Shi said with envy.
Jiang Ning was also envious. “How nice!”
She had decided. She must learn how to fly!
The flying method was not limited to any ability. As long as one had psychic energy, one could learn it.
“We’re here.”
The two of them finally walked out of the weeds.
The gate of the teaching building was simple and solemn. The words ‘Plant Department Academy’ were written on the gate and the side pillars.
Jiang Ning pushed open the gate and walked in.
The familiar decoration inside the teaching building made her stunned for a moment. It was almost exactly like the furnishings in her world.
“Classmate?”
The teacher at the desk called her several times before she reacted.
“Register here and get your dormitory key,” the teacher said.
Jiang Ning took out the admission notice that Semir Academy had mailed to her. After the teacher stamped it, he gave her a pile of materials.
After filling out the materials, the teacher handed her a thumb-sized card.
“The plant department has its own dormitory. The row of houses on the mountain opposite the exit is where you live. Your dormitory is building 【A-02】. You just need to insert the card into your Star Brain, and you can use your Star Brain to automatically open the door in the future,” the teacher said.
Jiang Ning didn’t notice the abnormality in the teacher’s words. She nodded to show that she understood, then followed Xia Shi out the door.
As soon as she came out, she saw the row of single-family villas on the mountain opposite.
“??”
“You said that’s our dormitory?” she looked at Xia Shi next to her.
Xia Shi nodded. “Yes.”
Jiang Ning: “…”
It was getting more and more abstract.
The teaching building was so shabby, but the dormitory was a villa.