Chapter 45 Wallbreaker_1

Immortality is an issue that must be addressed.

As Qin Ming pondered, he walked into the teachers' office on the third floor of the teaching building.

There weren't many people in the office at noon. Upon entering, he only saw Teacher Li, the homeroom teacher, and another female teacher.

His homeroom teacher was a middle-aged man wearing glasses named Li Yongqiang, who usually carried an imposing presence in front of the students but had a different attitude towards Qin Ming.

At the moment, he was working on some paperwork but looked up with a kindly smile when he saw Qin Ming, "Xiao Ming, where have you been these last few days?"

Before Qin Ming could reply, the Chinese teacher across the office teased him in a gossipy tone,

"I heard from Teacher Li that you've been off dating?"

Upon hearing this, Qin Ming turned his head and gave Teacher Li an inquiring look.

"I didn't, I didn't say that, don't spout nonsense," Li Yongqiang quickly shook his head, indicating he never said such a thing.

After saying that, he picked up his teacup and sipped his tea with a calm demeanor. Seeing that Qin Ming remained silent, he chuckled, "What, planning on taking a few more days off?"

"I don't want to take days off; I want to participate in this year's college entrance exam."

Li Yongqiang instantly spat out a mouthful of tea, and fortunately, Qin Ming dodged in time, avoiding the spray but the female teacher across the table wasn't so lucky.

"Li, what are you doing???" The female teacher, seeing the papers she was grading get wet, became instantly frantic.

Qin Ming smiled and said, "Teacher, surely that reaction is a bit much, isn't it?"

"Teacher Luo, I'm so sorry," Li Yongqiang apologized to the Chinese teacher first, then turned towards Qin Ming, the freshman, with disbelief on his face,

"You're saying you want to take part in this year's college entrance exam?"

"Taking part in next year's exam would also be fine," Qin Ming revealed his real intention. It was too late to attend this year's exam as today just happened to be the first day of the 2007 college entrance examination. The previous statement was just to prepare the homeroom teacher mentally.

Li Yongqiang took a moment to recover before saying, "I know you have good grades, but you are only in your first year of high school!" raising his voice a few decibels towards the end.

"I know, I'm well aware," Qin Ming replied.

Seeing that his own words were ineffective, he tried to persuade with heartfelt concern, "Qin Ming, if you overreach, you might strain yourself."

Overreaching can indeed cause a strain, but Qin Ming's steps were very modest. Not to mention going to college, even pursuing a master's or doctoral degree was merely a thought away for him. If he wanted, becoming a young academician wouldn't be a problem either.

Be it NZT Divine Medicine, neural connection bionic body technology or nanobots, any single one of these technologies would be a trans-era black technology of the modern world, securing all scientific awards upon publication. Harvard Cambridge would have to ask him to serve as a professor.

Unfortunately, Qin Ming wasn't interested in the scholar-elite track; he only wanted to climb the technology tree in Worlds of All Heavens and possess the power to change the fate of mankind.

"I'm confident," Qin Ming stated once more.

Though he spoke calmly, Li Yongqiang could hear the determination and decisiveness, leaving him no choice but to sigh, "Ah, that's just the way you are. Once you're set on something, not even ten oxen could pull you back."

"Which university do you want to apply to?"

"Wudaokou Vocational and Technical College."

???

"You want to attend a junior college?" Li Yongqiang was full of question marks.

Facing his puzzled homeroom teacher, Qin Ming simply smiled without a word.

Wudaokou Vocational and Technical College, Wudaokou...

Li Yongqiang was first baffled but then it dawned on him; there was only one college there, Tsinghua University!

Realizing this, he was even more bewildered. As a teacher at Peking University High School, the student with the best performance in his class didn't want to attend Peking University but Tsinghua!

We've got a traitor from Peking University High School!

Thinking of this, his expression turned peculiar as he looked at Qin Ming, "What's wrong with Peking University? Why do you want to go to Tsinghua?"

The reason Qin Ming wanted to apply to Tsinghua was simple, because Tsinghua produced prodigies.

Leaving aside Ye Wenjie and her daughter Yang Dong, both Tsinghua graduates, let's talk about the renowned Saint Cheng Xin. Cheng Xin was only 21 years old and should be in her second year at Tsinghua. Wallfacer Logic was now 28 and a professor of both astronomy and sociology at Tsinghua University.

Although when compared to Ding Yi and Yang Dong, Logic was indeed nothing more than a mix of ambition and corruption, suspected of embezzling research funds. But in the eyes of most ordinary people, he was a bona fide intellectual and a high-level talent in society.

Ye Wenjie, Logic, Cheng Xin, these three individuals pivotal to the Three-Body World and determining the fate of Earth, all hailed from Tsinghua.

Calculating by time, Qin Ming, if admitted to Tsinghua next year, would be a freshman with Cheng Xin as his senior and Logic as his teacher.

Of course, that's assuming he gets in, but for Qin Ming, that wasn't difficult; just a matter of having the hands to do it.

Thinking of Cheng Xin, Qin Ming suddenly recalled a sentence he had seen in his past life:

"Hello Wallfacer, I am your Wallbreaker."

However, he had no interest in becoming a Wallbreaker, especially regarding Cheng Xin. If he really became a Wallbreaker, given her character, she might even pity Qin Ming's dead little tadpoles.

These were things he couldn't possibly explain to others at the moment, so Qin Ming gave no explanation but spoke in riddles:

"Teacher Li, I can only say that those who understand will naturally understand."

Upon hearing this, Li Yongqiang's brain went into overdrive as he started to speculate:

This kid wants to take the college entrance exam next year and insists on Tsinghua University.

Must be... attending tutoring, Liu Yueyue, that girl will also be taking the college entrance exam next year; her parents are both Tsinghua graduates, so she will aim for Tsinghua as well.

So Qin Ming wants to go to Tsinghua with Liu Yueyue!

Damn, this kid is really in love!!!

The middle-aged teacher had an epiphany, believing he had uncovered the real reason.

He looked at Qin Ming again, his gaze filled with meaningful depth, but he didn't expose the theory then and there, instead saying:

"There's a mock exam before the end of the sophomore year tomorrow, try it. If you can score seven hundred, I will go and apply to the school leaders on your behalf."

"If you don't make it, stay put and study in school; don't think about those pipe dreams, especially the pretty classmates!"

"How about it, have you thought it through?"

Last year, Tsinghua's admission cutoff score for the sciences in Beijing was 652. Seven hundred is a full fifty points higher, a score that allows one to choose any major.

Li Yongqiang clearly meant to be difficult, hoping Qin Ming would give up knowing the challenge.

Yet Qin Ming, after hearing this, casually nodded his head: "Fine, I have no objections."

This left him momentarily at a loss for words.

"Goodbye, Teacher Li."

Having achieved his goal, Qin Ming turned and prepared to leave. He took a few steps but stopped at the door.

"Time is long, life is short."

"Teacher Li, I don't want to waste my life on meaningless things."

After uttering these words, without looking back at his teacher's reaction, Qin Ming walked straight out of the office, without any hesitation.