Chapter 2: The Death of God

Qingcheng Affiliated High School.

The full name is Qingcheng University Affiliated High School.

As an affiliated High school of the top university in the outer ring, Qingcheng Affiliated High School is also a key high school that ranks among the top in the outer ring. Students who can come here to study are basically worthy of being called excellent.

"...After that, the administrative districts of our Zhuxia were replanned..." The geography teacher on the podium said while writing on the teaching board.

Unlike Xue Jing's previous life, this planet is called Earth Star, although the national powers can be roughly found to correspond with Earth, many things were still very different.

The biggest difference is that at the end of the 19th century, an event that affected the world and is now called the "Death of God" occurred.

It was also because of that event that the AD calendar which signified the birth of Jesus as the first year officially ended, and the "New Era" with the year after the death of 'God' as the first year was used as the new calendar. The history before the death of God is called the "Old Era" or the "Old Times."

Today, it is the 267th year of the New Era.

Xue Jing twirled the pen in his hand flexibly, seemingly looking at the podium intently, but in fact, his mind was empty and he was basically not listening to the teacher.

He opened the skill panel, but there was no skill related to reading on it.

As a student in the elite class of a key high school, his grades were quite excellent. Judging from the activation conditions of other skills, it was impossible for him to fail to meet the most basic Lv1 activation conditions in terms of academics.

But on the panel, Chinese, mathematics, English, physics, politics, history... none of them were listed.

'Maybe... these courses themselves can only be regarded as "knowledge" and cannot be called "skills"?'

Xue Jing guessed.

The skills recognized by the skill panel should refer to the ability to have specific behaviors and subjects such as Chinese and mathematics can only be regarded as knowledge stored in the brain, not skills.

'If this is the case, attending class is a bit of a waste of time...'

Xue Jing's ballpoint pen was spinning rapidly in his hand. He was considering whether to pretend to be sick and skip class to go home to grind skills when suddenly he saw that the "Charm" on the panel was gaining experience again.

[Someone has developed a crush on you, Charm experience +1]

[Someone has developed a crush on you, Charm experience +1]

He remained calm and suddenly turned his head to look around. His eyes met with a female classmate wearing glasses who was secretly looking at him. The other party was embarrassed and quickly looked away. She reached out to push her glasses as if to cover up her actions while her cheeks flushed red.

Xue Jing was a little helpless.

He had only activated the skill "Charm" in the past two days.

As the name suggests, it is a skill to improve one's own charm and attract others.

The effect is that his behavior will be more charming, his expression management ability will be better, and when the level is increased, his body will change, his figure will be more symmetrical and beautiful, and his appearance will be slightly adjusted.

However, this skill... he does not need it.

In this life, he can only be described in five words.

Innate soft rice holy body.

There is no need for such things as charm. He is already like a human aphrodisiac even when he just stands there.

However, the skill that he least needs is the skill that is easiest for him to improve.

Because one of the conditions for gaining experience is that someone has emotions such as "like" or "love" for him. The stronger the emotion, the more experience he gains.

In addition, if he takes the initiative to do something that makes people feel good, the experience will increase even more. For example, when he accepted the towel from the junior school girl during the physical test at noon, he directly increased his experience by 45 points.

This is also the reason why he did not deliberately work on "Charm", but it still reached Lv2 in two days.

Just by strolling around the street, he can gain a lot of experience, so it was natural to level up quickly.

"If only other skills were so simple..." Xue Jing twirled the pen and thought boredly.

...

At five o'clock in the afternoon, the bell rang.

Xue Jing packed up his things and was about to call Li Ge to go home together, but he saw a middle-aged man with a slightly taller figure than his own sporting a high hairline standing at the door of his classroom waving at him.

This was their Chinese language and homeroom teacher, Du Shiwei.

Seeing this, Xue Jing made a gesture, signaling Li Ge to go first, then he put his schoolbag on one shoulder, walked to Du Shiwei, and asked in confusion "Teacher Du, are you looking for me?"

"Yeah." Du Shiwei nodded, looking at Xue Jing, a hint of satisfaction appeared in his eyes.

This student, not to mention his excellent grades, there is no poor student in the elite class, but what made him stand out mainly was his good appearance.

Occasionally, when there are activities that need a few students to fill them, it is very convenient to pull him over.

I didn't expect that he was also so good at sports.

"Xue Jing, it's like this, I heard from Teacher Chen that your long-distance running results in this physical test are quite good. There is a school sports meeting next month? Are you interested in participating and winning the honor for our elite class?"

Du Shiwei patted Xue Jing on the shoulder and smiled.

Xue Jing subconsciously wanted to refuse. He had no intention of participating in the competition, but suddenly, he seemed to think of something. After thinking for a while, he nodded

"Since the teacher said so, I will participate."

Du Shiwei smiled "Okay, okay, then I will sign you up. Do you want to run the 800-meter event or the 1,500-meter event?"

Xue Jing asked: "Teacher, how many events are there in running?" 

"For pure running, there are 50-meter run, 100-meter run... 400-meter run, 800-meter run, 1,500-meter run... and a relay race." Du Shiwei counted them one by one on his fingers.

Xue Jing thought for a while and said, "Can I participate in all the events?"

Du Shiwei was stunned, "You want to dominate all the events, you are quite ambitious."

"Well... it's possible, but several of these events are on the same day. Can you hold on physically?" Du Shiwei looked worried.

Xue Jing nodded: "Teacher, don't worry, I probably can."

Even if I can't do it now... I will definitely be able to do it next month.

Xue Jing glanced at the two skills "Running" and "Fitness" on the panel.

"Okay, then the teacher believes in you." Du Shiwei patted his shoulder again.

"Then let's do this for now. I'll go and sign you up. If you really get first place in all the events, the teacher will also be proud of you."

After saying that, Du Shiwei turned around and left with brisk steps.

After he left, Li Ge, who had been standing not far away, came over and asked, "What did Lao Du want to talk to you about?" (Lao means Old)

Xue Jing picked up his schoolbag and walked out of the teaching building with Li Ge, replying "He wants me to participate in the long-distance running event at the school sports meet next month."

"Did you agree?" Li Ge asked.

Xue Jing nodded.

"Something is wrong." Li Ge fell into deep thought.

He and Xue Jing have been classmates and close friends for many years, and he knows Xue Jing very well.

Because he is a person who easily attracts attention and has no shortage of attention, he basically has no interest in such things that expose him. This has been the case for the past three years that they have been in high school, he has not participated in any activities that can be avoided.

This time he actually volunteered to participate in the school sports meet. Li Ge seems to have already seen the hearts in the eyes of the school girls when Xue Jing crossed the finish line and won first place.

He did not doubt whether Xue Jing could get first place. The reason being, Xue Jing ran at noon today, and no one in the school could compete with him.

"Not only long-distance running, I will also participate in all running-related events." Xue Jing added.

Li Ge paused "How dare you! Old thief Xue, do you really want to dominate the hearts of all the junior girls?!"

Xue Jing patted his head and laughed "Don't worry about the distribution of the junior girls, don't you already have a girlfriend?"

"That can't be said. I am also the former president of the student union. I should always consider the overall situation of my classmates..."

The two walked towards the school gate, chatting and laughing along the way.

"Aren't you planning to take the entrance exam for Xingda? How are your preparations going?" Xue Jing asked while walking.

Li Ge shook his head and sighed "Hope is slim. It is ridiculously difficult for people from the outer ring to enter the inner ring universities. I tried the past papers from the previous years and my results were a long way from the admission line. Do these inner ring universities really plan to recruit students from the outer ring? It feels like they're hanging carrots in front of a donkey, which can only be seen but not eaten."

Xingda, the full name of which is Xingcheng University, is a municipal higher education institution in Xingcheng.

There are nine "urban circles" in Zhuxia, and the cities in the urban circles are divided into "inner ring," "outer ring," and "edge."

Xingcheng and Qingcheng are both cities in the "fifth urban circle," but Qingcheng belongs to the outer ring city, while Xingcheng is an inner ring city.

The inner ring cities are extremely developed. Even Qingcheng, a city with good development in the outer ring, can only be regarded as a "countryside place" compared with the inner ring cities.

If you can be admitted to Xingcheng University as an outer ring person, it is literally like taking a leap over the dragon gate.

Xue Jing patted Li Ge on the shoulder "Come on, cheer up."

"What about you, what are your plans?" Li Ge asked back. "There is still one semester before graduation. Do you want to go directly to Qing University? Or try your best like me."

Xue Jing shook his head "I haven't thought about it yet."

His overall score is a little worse than Li Ge's. And even Li Ge has no hope of being admitted to an inner ring university, let alone him.

Even if you pass the exam, as an outer ring person, you still need to pay a high tuition fee to enter the school. This tuition fee is very exaggerated. It is called a tuition fee, but in fact, it is more like the "household registration fee" and for outer ring people to become inner ring people, can often times make a small wealthy family go bankrupt.

Of course, even so, there are still countless people flocking to it because it means a real leap in their social class.

"Maybe... I will go practice martial arts."

Li Ge frowned and disagreed "Practice martial arts? You want to be a martial artist? This road is not easy to walk, the competition is too fierce, and it is very dangerous. You don't even have a basic foundation"

"Not necessarily."

"Maybe I am a rare genius."

Xue Jing stared at the skill panel and said softly.

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