Chapter 35: Chapter 35 Losers
Moreover, Zhao Ning had always thought that the school was the hardest hit area, but it was not. The Lower City District was the real disaster zone, with casualties estimated to be even more severe there.
From the news that could be made public, Su Ming could sense just how dire the situation was in the old Federation.
"Anyway, don't think too much about it."
Su Ming shook his head and clicked the login button, which prompted a black notification box to appear.
Su Ming entered his account and password and was immediately greeted with a successful login message, welcoming the anonymous user to the Star Cluster Forum.
Then Su Ming entered the room number and instantly found himself in a deserted room.
He waited quietly, and when the clock hit eight o'clock, Jiang Yu jumped into the room.
At this moment, another notification box popped up.
"The room owner invites you to a one-to-one video communication, do you accept?"
"Yes!"
Su Ming clicked to accept the invitation.
Soon, a video frame popped up, and the image of Jiang Yu appeared before Su Ming.
"Teacher, hello!"
Su Ming greeted him respectfully.
"Master Su, before we start the review, I need to tell you something. There has been a result regarding the insults you received."
Jiang Yu spoke to Su Ming with a calm expression. He had returned to Starlight City and quickly cracked the copied data after analyzing it.
"Please tell me!"
Su Ming responded with a slight movement in his eyes.
"Through a series of analyses and decryption, I can basically confirm that the one who insulted you is from your school's Mechanical 1st Class, Li Fubai."
Jiang Yu told Su Ming.
"Thank you, Teacher."
Su Ming was unsurprised by the outcome.
However, he currently had neither the time nor the opportunity to deal with the matter. After all, there's an old saying that goes, "When striking a snake, aim for its seven inches. You only get one chance, so you must not startle the snake."
Seeing Su Ming's silence, Jiang Yu then comforted him.
"You don't have to worry. The old master will seek justice for you. It's just that he has been very busy lately, so it might take some time."
"Okay."
Su Ming looked up at Jiang Yu with an indifferent expression and replied.
"Now let's begin the review for the city exam. Have you taken any major tests recently?"
Jiang Yu asked Su Ming with utmost rigor.
"Yesterday, I completed last year's city exam papers. I'll send them over for you to take a look."
Su Ming efficiently uploaded the papers to Jiang Yu.
Jiang Yu quickly glanced over the paper and smiled at Su Ming.
"Not bad, your foundation is much better than I expected. But you don't have much time left, and it will be a stretch to improve your scores significantly. Conventional methods definitely won't work."
"Teacher, do you have any methods?"
Su Ming looked at Jiang Yu, full of hope.
"Although the city exam questions vary each year, there are still patterns to follow. I've analyzed all the question types from past city exams and plan to give you targeted knowledge supplementation in these areas. I will also choose some obscure and never-tested knowledge to assist your learning to cover for any surprises. However..."
Jiang Yu hesitated at the end of his statement.
"However, what?"
Su Ming promptly pressed for an answer.
"However, this will be extremely intense and very tough. Can you handle it?"
Jiang Yu asked with some concern.
"No problem, Teacher. Please go ahead with the tutoring."
Su Ming confidently replied.
"Good, let's get started then. I'll send you the first part of the materials."
Seeing Su Ming's confidence, Jiang Yu promptly sent the first part of the review materials to him.
Su Ming accepted the materials and opened them; the densely packed text appeared, something that would likely make an ordinary person dizzy before they even started learning.
"The first part; we will begin by reviewing mechanical science..."
"Okay!"
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Time swiftly passed...
At one in the morning, after Jiang Yu explained the last key point of knowledge, he then spoke to Su Ming.
"That's it for today, Master Su. You should rest early. Although time is pressing, don't be too anxious."
"Thank you for your hard work, teacher. You should rest early too."
Su Ming respectfully expressed his gratitude before cutting off the communication.
The tutoring session tonight was extremely beneficial to him. If Teacher Tang Yan's tutoring was about filling the gaps in his foundational knowledge, then Teacher Jiang Yu's tutoring was like a rapid ascent.
Su Ming happily turned off his computer and headed to the bathroom.
Splish, splash~
A moment later, after a quick wash, Su Ming lay in bed looking at the dark ceiling and gradually drifted into sleep.
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In the pitch-black Abyss World, a voice as faint as it was real arose.
"Do you really not remember?"
"You don't remember anything?"
"Or is it that you don't want to remember?"
...
In the center of the pitch-black world.
Suddenly, a throne appeared and an indistinct figure sat on it, his features unclear.
Ambiguous shadows appeared from nowhere around the figure on the throne, continually emitting a cacophony of sounds.
The figure on the throne responded angrily.
"What wrong have I done? I am absolutely fair and just; everything I do is optimal, it is I who leads everything to the pinnacle of the world."
"You're not wrong, it's us who are wrong!"
"Yes, you are absolutely fair and just, but also cold and heartless. Your so-called optimal is suffocating and tiring us. We are not emotionless machines."
"You'll never understand, everyone will leave you. You will fail, you are destined to be a failure!"
"That's right, a failure!"
"A failure until death!"
...
Shadow after shadow angrily accused.
"I am not a failure!"
Su Ming suddenly sat up, roaring in immense anger.
Thump, thump~
A rush of footsteps sounded, followed by the door bursting open, and Aunt Chen ran in. She immediately turned on the main light in the room and then looked towards Su Ming.
Su Ming sat on the bed, his eyes bloodshot, his forehead covered in cold sweat, gasping for air.
Chen Hui asked with concern.
"Young master, what's wrong?"
Su Ming slowly raised his head to look at Aunt Chen, his turbulent emotions gradually calmed, and his voice was somewhat hoarse as he replied.
"It's nothing."
At that moment, Zhao Ning and Su Yuan also rushed over anxiously, they quickly approached Su Ming's bedside and asked with great unease.
"Son, are you alright?"
"It's nothing, just a nightmare."
Su Ming shook his head, replying wearily.
Su Yuan and Zhao Ning exchanged worried looks. They instinctively thought Su Ming had dreamt about the Chilami invasion of the school.
"Son, you sleep peacefully, your father and I will stay with you."
Zhao Ning said with compassion.
"No need, I'm fine now. You both should go back to rest."
Su Ming shook his head wearily in reply.
"Are you really okay?"
"It's really nothing."
"Well, son, just call us if you need anything."
Zhao Ning instructed with some reluctance to leave.
"Mhm."
To reassure his parents, Su Ming forced a slight smile.
Seeing that Su Ming was fine, Su Yuan and Zhao Ning finally turned and left.
Soon, Su Ming was left alone in the room. He slowly lay back down, staring at the main light overhead, falling into silence.
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Gifts
-- Gift
received Weekly Power Status
-- Power
Ranking 
-- Power
stone