I wonder how many will read this. It is but the words written by a madman lacking sleep. Written only in the middle of the night for extra crazy.

Will this book be read I know not. But I can assure you I am probably mad.


I also wonder how people find this. By accident? Definitely not on purpose. Do they read it and laugh, do they read and say this person is an idiot? I wonder.

Rhode walked to the center of the room and extended his right hand.
"…!"
Dazzling magical radiance flickered from the back of his hand like a soothing stream flowing from along his arm to the ground. A summoning ritual formed by three rings unfolded and the ten Soul Cores gradually hovered in midair as though guided by invisible strings. Rhode stood in the middle while lines of system prompt revealed before his eyes.
[Additional Phantom Guardian Unlocked. Please choose your target.]
Rhode lowered his head and a long list of names emerged before his eyes. He tapped on one of the names and in a dazzling flash, golden rays emanated from between his fingers as though running electric current.
[Target confirmed. To project into Soul Core?]
Yes.
Rhode gave a slight nod.
The spiritual radiance surrounding him abruptly transformed.
Columns of spotlessly white light from the summoning ritual rushed into the sky and enveloped the ten Soul Cores. A twinkling light beam connected them and they trembled like sandstones washed by a strong waterfall, allowing the spiritual radiance to infiltrate them from the inside out. Then, an explosion occurred.
Clink!
The ten Soul Cores surrounding Rhode cracked harmoniously in the crisp sound of rupture and transformed into ten cards that spun constantly on the spot. However, he didn't check their contents immediately. On the contrary, he shifted his gaze to the card hovering before him and a line of system prompt emerged.
[Detected the Core Card]
[Please appoint the card]
Without any hesitations, Rhode extended his finger and tapped lightly on the card with a black base and white edges.
[Core Card appointed—Joining the 10 Strongest Spirit Decks—Success]
Boom!
At the same time, a beam of pitch-black flames burst skyward from the ground. The cards hovering around him vanished to nowhere. The pitch-black flames slowly weakened, faded away, and was replaced with a slim figure.
It was a young lady who was about 20 years in age. She had fair, clear skin and dark, shoulder-length hair complemented her pretty facial features. The black-framed glasses gave her a knowledgeable boost in looks. She wore a black, thin skin tight top with a knee-length skirt, long socks, as well as a dark brown martens boots. Not only that, but she also had a black, red-lined fur shawl. Under the bright lights, strange magical patterns were seen flashing by.
The most eye-catching thing on her was the thick book with a gorgeously patterned hard-cover and stringed together by golden chains. She held it by her waist and she looked more like a scholar than a warrior in the battlefield.
Mini Bubble Gum's first reaction after seeing the young lady wasn't surprise, but utter disappointment instead.
"Ah… Really! Why aren't you naked!"
"Sigh…"
Even though Canary didn't speak, her exaggerated sigh had shown her thoughts.
So, after a long time, you two are only here for that?
Rhode rolled his eyes. It seemed that these two young ladies still remembered how they were fully naked when they first came to this world and now they were expecting the same sort of treatment to her? But it was a pity that she wasn't purely a Phantom Guardian. Instead, she was being appointed as a summoned spirit. This was why, even though her strength was forcefully brought down, the equipment on her wasn't stripped off. Gillian was also clothed when I first summoned her, isn't it? 
"Ahh… Rhode, Bubble, Canary, long time no see…"
The young lady stifled a yawn before greeting them in her semi-conscious state. Rhode and Canary nodded in response while Mini Bubble Gum let out a 'tch' and hid behind Canary. Then, she peered out and stuck her tongue out.
"Tch. Sister Heart didn't change one bit!"
"Ahh…"
The young lady didn't have any response to Mini Bubble Gum and she appeared as though she was about to fall asleep anytime after staying up for the whole night. However, the group was long used to this behavior from her. This young lady was one of the vice leaders of Starlight Guild—Orchid Heart.
Just like Canary and Mini Bubble Gum, Orchid Heart and Rhode knew each other in real life. She was Rhode's senior in university and they were also in the same activity club. However, he didn't get to meet her more than ten times throughout his life in university.
The reason was fairly simple. She lived life like a shut-in.
The first time Rhode met Orchid Heart was during the university freshmen party. Back then, this senior of his caused an uproar among the students as though she was a huge star. The freshmen felt ridiculous. Even though she looked decent with delicate and pretty facial features, she wasn't close to being the campus belle at all. Then, Rhode realized from the other seniors about the reasons behind the uproar.
In fact, Orchid Heart had also caused an uproar when she first entered this school. Back then, she entered the school with the best examination scores and was chosen to represent the freshmen in giving the opening speech. However, the school quickly learned about her odd side thereafter. Although she had been chosen to represent the freshmen, she didn't attend the freshmen ceremony at all. Ever since she entered her university dormitory, she never stepped out of her room to attend classes. Perhaps this wasn't too surprising if that was all. After all, many students let themselves go and pigged out after entering university and it was a common occurrence for them to skip classes. However, what astounded the students was that even though she basically didn't step out of the dormitory, the school had never given her any warnings or expelled her before. No one knew about the reason, but Rhode had once heard plenty of rumors. One of the rumors mentioned that she was a genius who came to this university to work on some research, which was why the school gave her the lenient treatment. Moreover, even though her sense of presence was frighteningly low, she always passed all her exams smooth and steadily. This was why she had become a legendary figure in the school.
Then, it was after Starlight Guild became formidable that she joined them. Rhode wasn't especially mindful about her, but he discovered that Orchid Heart was actually that legendary figure in his school after someone reminded him. Orchid Heart had also admitted her identity and that was when they started to know each other.
In the game, Orchid Heart advanced from the Scholar class to the special, hidden class of 'Spellcaster Scholar'. It was a support class within a support class, but unlike a Cleric like Mini Bubble Gum, the Scholar's expertise was in excavating remains, archeology, and analyzing the ancient text left behind in dungeons. It wasn't great in battles—in fact, Orchid Heart's attacking skills were rather average. In terms of battling technique, she was only above average at best among Rhode's subordinates and was totally incomparable to Mini Bubble Gum and Canary.
But on the contrary, she was a total genius in commanding armies and unearthing hidden messages. A Scholar should have been a support class, but everything changed after she excavated the advanced 'Spellcaster Scholar' class. Not only did her abilities as a Scholar improved drastically, but she could also cast some AOE support spells like the Mages and Clerics and possess high level attack techniques. What was the most insane was the unique technique of the 'Spellcaster Scholar'—[Eternal Bibliography]
Through this technique, the Spellcaster Scholar could analyze any techniques being cast before her and once the analysis succeeded, she could store the technique into the [Eternal Bibliography]. Then, she could use the technique for her attacks and defenses, but it would only be limited to one usage. With sufficient time, the Spellcaster Scholar could choose to not cast the technique and undergo deeper learning of it. As long as the learning worked, the Spellcaster Scholar could grasp the technique and use it as her own. No matter if it was the Mage's magic spell, Cleric's spiritual spell, or Swordsman's swordsmanship, the Spellcaster Scholar could imitate and discharge them perfectly and wouldn't be faced with any class limitations.
But this class wasn't all that godlike and the reason was simple. The stronger the technique was, the harder it would be for the Spellcaster Scholar to analyze and learn it. Even though, theoretically speaking, the Spellcaster Scholar could also analyze and learn a BOSS's technique, it would take a long time for her to accomplish it as often times would it require the BOSS to cast the technique a few times before she could fully analyze it, which made the learning part even more challenging. In the past, Orchid Heart had once succeeded in copying the Dark Dragon's technique, but she realized that one and a half years was needed to learn this technique. And it was one and a half years of time in real life.
In one and a half years, perhaps the Dark Dragon would've died eight to ten times already.
Due to this reason and in addition to her low level of mastery, her combat skill only hovered above average even with assistance from Rhode and the other top-rated players.
On the contrary, when one door closed, another door opened. Even though she was incompetent in many aspects on combat skills, she was a talented commander who was rare to come by. Everyone knew that commanding a guild battle in game was tough as players weren't soldiers who strictly abided by instructions. Moreover, chaos was bound to happen when there were that many players in large-scale battles. Therefore, even though the battle tactic appeared doable in large-scale battles, it would often erupt into utter chaos thereafter.
However, Orchid Heart was entirely the opposite. No matter if there were 50, 500, 5000, or even 50,000 players on the battlefield, she could command them perfectly with her exceptional decision-making and quick reactions. Normally, there would be some delays when commanders gave their orders during chaotic warfare, but Orchid Heart was so quick that she could give out accurate instructions even before the situation took a drastic turn. Apart from formidable players like Canary and Mini Bubble Gum who had assisted Rhode's Starlight in dominating the game and unleashing the best of their backstabbing, Orchid Heart's commanding skills had also contributed greatly in that aspect. If it wasn't for her capability in sorting everything out clearly and orderly in the battlefield, perhaps Rhode's tactics wouldn't have succeeded so easily. 
However, she was often mistaken for being a person who would be full of zeal whenever she indulged herself in the game. In fact, no matter if it was reality or game, she would always appear sleepy as though she could close her eyes and fall asleep anytime after pushing through several days and nights of gaming without a break. Those who weren't aware of this often advised her to take a break if she couldn't endure the fatigue, as health was the most important. Then, they realized that she looked sleepy no matter if she had just gotten up in the morning, eaten her lunch, or before she turned in for the night. Everyone was used to seeing her sleepy eyes that were without any traces of tension. Not only in group battles, but also when their group was wiped out by the BOSS, she would always seemed to be lacking energy and vigor as though she didn't have enough sleep.
"Senior Heart, I guess you're aware of our current situation, right?"
Orchid Heart looked with modestly downcast eyes and nodded slightly. She held the <<Eternal Bibliography>> in her right hand while her left hand scribbled across the page. She leaned on the wall and her neatly cut fringe swayed along her movements. After a few moments, Orchid Heart gave a firm nod. 
"… Yes, I got it, Rhode. Don't worry, I know what to do."
"Good to know."
Rhode heaved a sigh of relief.
"Alright then, Senior Heart, have a good rest while I get Canary to arrange a room for you. I will inform you of my upcoming plans later."
"Sure. I'll leave those kids to you then, Rhode."
Orchid Heart let out a tired yawn before gazing at the card in Rhode's hand. Then, she pushed up her black-framed glasses from her nose bridge. Rhode turned to Canary and Mini Bubble Gum.
"Find a room for Senior Heart. As for the others, I will introduce them to her afterward."
"Okay, Rhode, I'll go get prepared."
"Ah… How boring, but I do want to see their reactions when they meet Sister Heart. Hahaha, it's gonna be fun. Let's go, Sister Heart!"
Rhode shook his head with a bitter smile. He sat back to his table and scanned the ten cards before him. The ten cards had an above average level due to the top-rated Soul Cores used to summon them. Besides, some of them had even raised his spirits.
All the ten cards had black base and white edges and exposed some murderous aura within its solemnity. The ten cards were led by Orchid Heart as the Core Card and on her card showed the <<Eternal Bibliography>> with a black hard cover floating before her widely spread arms and behind her were several metallic pillars. 
[Received the Ultimate Army Deck 10/10]
[Orchid Heart. Summoner (Number 1 Position in the Ultimate Army Deck. Human) Offense 3 Defense 5. Rare Spellcaster Scholar. Unfuseable. Analyzes, copies, and learns techniques. Incantation. Techniques Possessed: <<Eternal Bibliography>> (Everything in the world has its own meaning. Follow the footsteps of knowledge and wander into the endless ocean.)
Reverse Time Flow (Time Attribute)
Core Card (Can summon all cards)
Range Reward (Extend effective range of techniques by 3 x 3)
Time Manipulation (Accelerate or delay the technique casting time. Duration increases along with levels)
All in one (No punishment for using techniques from other classes)
Proficiency (Increase the speed of growth for mastery levels by 50%. Increase strength of techniques with max mastery levels by one-tenth)
Rate of Growth: 0%]
Apart from the godlike support techniques, her offense and defense values were unremarkable. But Rhode was able to accept this fact as she was level 0, after all. Moreover, she was more like a General who commanded everyone from the back and didn't need to lead the charge, so it didn't matter even if she had low offensive values. She could respawn even if she died, anyway.
Even though Rhode was mentally prepared, he was stupefied when he glanced over the ten cards. He was confident that the strength of these ten cards would be sufficient to take on an entire legion!


Rhode is a legendary guild leader of the most influential guild in the VRMMO, Dragon Soul Continent. In order to cope with the death of his beloved sister, he dived into the game for seven long years. During this period, Rhode tries his best to alleviate his emotional pain through gaming, but alas, his life shatters once more when he heard his parents perish in a plane crash.

A month after the incident, he made a decision to quit the game and return to the real world. But just before that, as a final farewell, Rhode decides to fight the most powerful BOSS in the game with his guildmates. In the end, he defeats the BOSS at the expense of his avatar's life. Rhode smiles as his avatar dissipates in a beam of light. However, instead of respawning at the usual platform...

...

"W-wha...!"

Rhode shot up and stared at the unfamiliar ceiling.

And thus, a player who had been creating legends in the game for three eras disappeared just like that...

Reveal everything to Gu Nianzhi?! Gu Yanran was instantly blinded by rage. This was the sentence she refused the accept the most and also hated the most. All her dissatisfaction and anger over the years, as well as the unspeakable anxiety and fear that she felt after reuniting with Gu Nianzhi, finally compelled her to blurt out, "Go ahead and reveal it! You reveal everything about me, and I'll rip her mask off to show you who she really is! You think she's the one who chatted with you anonymously all those years ago?! Stop dreaming! She…!"
Ye Xuan was also incredibly enraged and frustrated, so he kicked one foot and slammed hard onto something. It suddenly made an earth-shattering noise, and this noise was like a powerful bomb going off right in Gu Yanran's ear. It quickly pulled her back from the very edge of reason. Gu Yanran muffled her mouth with her hand and looked out the window to see the bright blue sky that rivaled the blue hole in the Caribbean Sea. She seemed to suddenly recall something, and an extreme fear flashed in her graceful eyes for a moment. Her entire body was wracked with uncontrollable shudders, and even her teeth chattered loudly. The phone slid down from her hand to smash onto the ground.
Gu Yanran slumped on the couch and pressed her hands hard against her face. Desperate, she curled up on the couch. She needed to go back… She needed to go back.. She couldn't live here anymore… She couldn't go back to Barbados either, so when she requested a flight plan from the air traffic control agency, she had only used Barbados as a cover. As long as she could leave the Hua Xia Empire, where couldn't she go? Gu Yanran's heart continuously repeated the words, and she became even more determined. She needed to leave the Hua Xia Empire immediately and find a place to hide.
…
Gu Nianzhi battled it out in her dormitory for an entire morning. At noon, she finally finished writing the complaint. This was a complaint about a dispute over family assets, and the contested assets were not only in the Hua Xia Empire but could also be all over the world. This kind of case was even more controversial for a court to accept, so Gu Nianzhi spent a great deal of effort in order to be able to file the case and convince the Hua Xia Imperial Court to accept her complaint. As soon as she printed the complaint, she heard Huo Shaoheng's special ringtone on her phone. Gu Nianzhi answered the call. "Huo Shao, what is it?"
"Did you go file the case with the court yet?" Huo Shaoheng had just finished having lunch and went to the immigration agency to check that Gu Yanan's injunction hadn't been issued yet, so he knew Gu Nianzhi probably hadn't completed her part just yet.
Gu Nianzhi sighed. "I just finished writing the complaint, Boss. What are you in such a rush for?"
Huo Shaoheng replied, "It's already late." He glanced at his watch. "You keep working hard then." He ended the call and drove his car out.
Gu Nianzhi grumbled to herself and also ended the call. She began packing up things to take with her. At 1pm, Gu Nianzhi went to the Imperial Capital High People's Court herself to submit her own complaint.
"We have no precedence for accepting a case like this." The clerk in charge of reception in the High People's Court carefully examined Gu Nianzhi's complaint and was quite impressed with it. However, it was also true that they'd never accepted that type of case. "How about you file the case with the court in Barbados?"
Gu Nianzhi became anxious. If she gave up now and let Gu Yanran leave the Hua Xia Empire, then she was extremely certain that Gu Yanran would hide somewhere and make it extremely difficult to find her ever again. "Sir, can you please discuss this with the judge before making the decision?" Gu Nianzhi was even more anxious now. "I wrote it very clearly in there and included all applicable laws and precedents, as well as international guidelines for handling this type of case. I listed them all. Can't you reference them?"
The middle-aged man in his forties suddenly felt his face flush. He was feeling very uncomfortable about having a pubescent little girl question his level of professionalism. His expression also turned icy as he casually scribbled a few words on Gu Nianzhi's complaint with his pen. He used bureaucracy as a front. "Where are the precedents? Why haven't I seen them before? Where did you find all these things that you're talking about?"
"I listed the bibliography in the back. You can verify it." Gu Nianzhi quickly flipped to the very last page of the complaint. "You can see, it's right here."
"Never heard of them. I don't know if those can be considered references." The clerk was already annoyed and stabbed the pen hard on the desk. "Fine, fine, little girl. Stop causing trouble and wasting my time here. Are you an adult? Don't mess around. If you really want to file a complaint, a lawyer needs to be the one to bring you here!" As he spoke, he got ready to crumple Gu Nianzhi's complaint into a ball to throw out.
Gu Nianzhi never thought that dealing with the clerk in court would be even more difficult than arguing with those glib-tongued defendants and plaintiff's lawyers in court! Her anxiety was about to go through the roof, and tears were about to fall from her eyes. A sheet of fog seemed to veil her large eyes, like cold mist and moonlight cloaking water. She was so beautiful, it pained his heart.
The clerk also seemed to notice his own terrible attitude and said somewhat guiltily, "Don't cry. This is the regulation. We all need to work by the book, isn't that right? You have no charter to follow, so my hands are tied as well. Also, the monetary amount involved is so high, and you don't even have a lawyer representing you. How can I believe you? Are you an adult? Are you just messing with me? Is that right?"
Gu Nianzhi thought, "Why the hell would I want to mess with you!? Who has the spare time to be messing with you at a moment like this!? You think you're a monkey sent out to entertain people?!" Gu Nianzhi balled her hands into tight fists and pursed her lips. She tried hard to force the tears back into her eyes. Holding her head up high, she inhaled deeply to organize her thoughts and muster her courage. Just as she was about to continue convincing the clerk to file her complaint with the court, she heard the door to the small room open. Someone walked inside.
The annoyed clerk standing across from her suddenly plastered on a big smile and stood up from his seat. Quickly walking out from behind his desk, he lunged to the door and said with great respect, "President Zhan, why did you come? You can just call if you need something. Why come here yourself?"
Gu Nianzhi pouted with contempt when she heard the clerk act so completely respectful. Turning around, she wanted to see what kind of important figure could cause this clerk to grovel to this extent. She saw a tall, strapping man standing at the door. Although he was already aged with hair dusted white on the sides of his face, his gaze was exceptionally sharp. He nonchalantly nodded to the clerk, then said to Gu Nianzhi, "You're here to file a complaint?"
Gu Nianzhi was momentarily speechless. However, she still nodded. "Yes, I am. May I ask who you are?"
"Show me your complaint." The man reached his hand out to her, his broad palm splayed before her, and gave her an indescribable sense of conviction. This was a man someone could trust with just one glance. Gu Nianzhi immediately took the complaint and respectfully placed it in his hands.
The clerk was very uncomfortable, stammering, "Well, President Zhan, we have no precedence for a case like this, and according to the subject of those properties, they are not in out nation at all, so accordingly…"
"What do you mean, the subject of the properties is not in our nation?" Gu Nianzhi couldn't stand listening anymore and rudely interrupted the clerk. She said calmly, "The venue for cases of estate feuds is either in accordance with the plaintiff's nationality or in accordance with the defendant's nationality. I'm filing a lawsuit to reclaim my family assets, and as a clerk working for the Hua Xia Imperial High People's Court, how on earth can you spout such inadmissibility? Aren't you ashamed? Did you consult with your professional ethics? If they still exist, that is."
"You–!" The clerk was red-faced from being berated by her, especially with President Zhan present. However, he didn't dare trouble Gu Nianzhi again since his biggest boss was right in front of him. If he continued to make things difficult for Gu Nianzhi, then he would really be an idiot.
President Zhan still remained quiet on the sidelines as he read through Gu Nianzhi's complaint very quickly. He nodded. "You wrote this complaint yourself?"
Gu Nianzhi wasn't sure what to say. She squinted her sparkling eyes with suspicion. "Why do you ask that?"
"Because you didn't bring a lawyer. If this was written by a lawyer, then you wouldn't need to come here to file it yourself." President Zhan glanced at her and saw she was still appearing wary, so he began to chuckle. "Actually, it's very remarkable to have Lawyer Gu personally write her own complaint."
Gu Nianzhi stared tongue-tied at President Zhan. "You… You recognize me?!"
"Yeah, I viewed several cases you participated in, in military court and the German courts. Very fine, indeed. The youth are a force to be reckoned with." President Zhan seemed to have a very good impression of her and agreed quickly. "I will accept this complaint and immediately send someone to deliver the subpoena, then select a date for trials." Present Zhan was very busy and had been requested by someone to help. After he came over to help Gu Nianzhi file her case, he went back for a meeting.
Gu Nianzhi felt like it was all a dream and completed the remaining procedures with the clerk, who had instantly changed his attitude. She witnessed them send someone out to deliver the subpoena before leaving the High People's Court in a daze. Standing on the sidewalk, she turned around to look at the large national emblem hanging tall. A thought appeared in her mind, but she didn't dare confirm it.
Picking up her phone to unlock it, she wanted to call someone, but after hesitating, she put it back down. Walking a few steps, she looked down to unlock her phone and tap on the letter "A" for that person. She wanted to call that person and tried several times, but a thousand weights seemed to be on her finger, preventing her from pressing down. Fine. She sighed to herself and looked down at her phone. Just as she as she was about to put it back in her bag, it suddenly rang.
"Offerings, alter, bow and arrow of war, whose past did they belong to? I love the image of how you only belong to me amid the crowd…" It was Huo Shaheng's special ringtone. Gu Nianzhi's finger had just fumbled on contact "A" on her phone… What a coincidence. Just as she was about to call him, he had called her. Gu Nianzhi hesitated for a moment before unlocking it to answer quietly. A deep and attractive laughter resonated from the phone. Not only was it from the phone, but it seemed to be right by her ear, not too far away. Gu Nianzhi's heart trembled as she suddenly turned around to see Huo Shaoheng in uniform. With both hands in his trouser pockets, he casually stood next to the High People's Court. From her angle, the large national emblem seemed to shine brilliantly above his head. He stood under the majestic national emblem just like that, watching her with a small smile.


Gu Nianzhi had no idea how to get the aloof and handsome Major General to fall in love with her. 

His eyes were dark and serious. "...Seduce me. If you can do it, I’m yours." 

Gu Nianzhi: "!!!"

Disclaimer: The following stories contains sexual assault, rape, nonconsensual acts, mentally abusive relationships, and violence towards women. Readers are advised to proceed with caution.

Max who was with Liam catch up to him "Yo mate, Why did you want to talk to her anyway ? Got your eyes on a prey?" 
"no" he responded coldly " i don't, but i know you do. On Rose" 
Max gulp down really hard "that's not true!" he yelled. His other friend who was calm all along sneers. "What about you Gray" Max ask "Have you got anyone in thoughts already since we're talking about it."
Gray just shook his head as they all proceed to walk



Meanwhile, White was being slightly paranoid. "What if he comes and hurt me" she ask. "You did said he usual tell at people earlier"
"Don't worry White, he won't hurt you" her friend Say.
"Rose's right" Eve added.
White faintly smiled "let's go back to our dorm? i don't know the way back" she giggles


.....


Couple of days later, On a tuesday. Everything was doing alright until a group work was to happen and obviously Liam and White were together. Rose and Max and Eve with Gray"

White look at her friends as she mumbled to Herself "i ship. Gotta found a plan so they Can be together" she didn't realise but Liam was listening so he replied to her  "Totally agree with you, i Can help you" he offered, But White kindly rejected him. " i don't need a second cupid" she sigh deeply and he copied.

After lesson, Those two didn't even talk about the project. 

Rose: "sorry White, but i have to go. I won't be in the dorms till late tonight. I'll be revising with Max."

eve: "i'll be with Gray" she Say at her Turn.

White: "where are You all going to bé?"

Eve : "i was thinking i'll be in Gray's dorm"
Rose : "oh.. then.. White.. could you leave me the dorm for tonight for the studies?" 
White: "sure.. i Guess?" she replied, but didn't mind really.

This also happened with Liam. So in the end Liam and White were both kick out of their own dorm. White a little bored decide to go the library but gets Lost. 
Liam was also walking when he notices White. 
"Hello there White" Liam says with a grin
"oh.. hey" she replied looking away. She tried to remember where the library was.
"what are you searching for?" the male ask
"the library. I got kick out of my dorm by my Friend tonight" she sigh, explaining. "let me guess, this also happened to you?" She look at him with a 'i already Know' face. 
"yehh. You're right, I Can show you where the library is. I was going there anyway" He replied.


White was a little surprised, but nodded. Wans't Liam a little rude earlier? how Come he is nicer now? Well anyway, everyone has a kind side.


White smiled and followed Liam.
"So.. Nieve is your Surname, right?" he ask
"yes, and no he isn't my father." she replied 
"oh no, that wasn't what i was going to say. Its just Nieve means Snow in spanish. So it makes me think of Snow White" he explained 
"Oh.... i didn't Know that, Well thank you for telling me " she smiled brightly, Liam at that moment caught her smile and a discreet abd light pink appeared on his cheeks but, White, didn't see it. 

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They finally arrived at the library as they both sat on a table. "Thank you" White says before she walk to her side and Liam to his After nodding to her. 

White pick out a Book about the school, she wanted to know when and who and how it camed to life.

-- " London Prestigious School opened in September 2007, its a school for mix Girls and boys. London Prestigious School is a rich school, it is also possible for normal people to attend this school. The founder was named Frederick Nieve to his background, he has been married and had children, but they all died in a car accident......" and more and more information. 
"The white uniforms present peace as the gold present passion and wealth. This school showed a difference to other school as they all Wear black blazers and uniforms...." and loads more information. 

"What are you Reading?" he ask
"History of this school" White replied "He had a wife and children who all died.. that's sad..."
"Yeh, it is. " Liam replied.

White closed the book and put it back to place, she turned around but back away really quickly as Liam was slightly to close. She sigh and walk past him and search for other books. Liam on the other side, him, shrug it off and search for a Book to.

White tried to found a bibliography of the headmaster and once he found one, she start to read 

--- "Frederick Nieve had married a woman named Sarah Hanagaë, they had two children: A son and a daughter. But they had all died." The Book fell on the floor, Liam seemed to have Heard it so he camed. White quickly put it back to place and took another one. "Sorry, it slipped out of my hands" she smiled. He nodded and walk away.

White sigh relieved and then thought for awhile. Her mother was indeed called Sarah Hanagaë. 

"I'm leaving" she Say to Liam as she start to walk to the door. 
"oh okay? you know where to go?" he ask

White paused for awhile and stop in her track "no i don't... and i forgot i got kick out" She laugh.

A Man stood in front of a stone, with a White flower in his hand and tears in his eyes.

"I miss you, why'd you leave me?" he ask, muttering under his breath. He bend towards as he placed the white flower on the stone with words engraved. He wore a black suit, and his Brown hair was brush back with gel. He was alone. Well, everybody left, he just stayed there, remembering the happy Times with the person now sleeping under all this dirt and mud.

"taking down the forum is not our ultimate goal. We are going to rely on the identity of the forum administrator to take down this server. Do you have any ideas?" Cobra is very good at using questions to motivate people.
Many people do not even understand the previous demonstration, how can they put forward any suggestions now? if there is an invasion, we do not have to come here to listen to the lecture.
"the forum has a function, called upload, you can upload some pictures and other attachments to the forum, you must know this!"Cobra smiled. "that's what we're going to take advantage of!" Now let's take a look at the administrator's interface, have you found it? The administrator can set the type and size of the upload attachment. I have a backdoor program in hand and the format is EXE, so I will set the EXE file to be uploaded. "
Cobra set up successfully, hit the interface to develop new posts, and uploaded an EXE file to the forum, that is, he put a backdoor program on the hard drive of the website server.
"the backdoor program has been put on it, and now as long as we know the specific location of the backdoor program on the other side's server, we can use the permissions of the database or other means to run it!" Instead of explaining what it takes to confirm the exact location of the backdoor, Cobra runs it directly in its own way.
Hu Yifei's level is very limited, he did not understand this step, but Cobra can get another computer to run the specified program on his own computer, which in itself is very powerful.
Cobra opens the connection program at the back door, enters the IP address of the server, and quickly gets a black window with no image display, but you can enter a variety of commands. Cobra enters the simplest DOS command, which is used to display its own IP address.
The IP address shown is the same as that of the server, which proves that Cobra has entered the server and got a lot of permissions.
Cobra typed a few more commands to compare the results displayed with the situation on his own computer to confirm that it was from two different computers. Of course, Cobra also has a more direct way, he directly typed in the command, let the server directly restart, soon, the backdoor program lost the connection, and then enter the link just BBS, also indicated that the server cannot be found.
Although the people on the scene do not understand hackers, they also know that the Cobra intrusion is indeed a success.
"just because a small BUG, set up on the forum program on the server caused the whole server to be controlled, now let's go back and see how big a loophole it is!" Cobra smiled at the people at the meeting, picked up the cup and drank slowly for two minutes before Cobra put down the cup and said, "Let's see if the server restart is over!"
Hu Yifei suddenly realized that when he said that Cobra had been drinking water for so long, he was waiting for the server to restart. No wonder Hu Yifei thought there was something wrong with Cobra.
Cobra re-entered the web address of the forum, and this forum was shown again, and it seems that the server is working normally again. "the theme of our report meeting is network security, and the intrusion just now is just to tell you how important security is." How to make your computer absolutely safe? that's what I want to talk about.
Maybe many students at the scene will have some questions, saying that it doesn't seem too troublesome to look at your intrusion just now, so will it be very easy to prevent the invasion? "
Cobra smiled. "in fact, this idea is absolutely right. Security is much easier than intrusion. Security depends on the usual bit by bit, which can be done with habits. But intrusion requires extremely unusual inspiration and thousands of experiments, which not everyone can do."
As if afraid that people would not believe it, Cobra once again demonstrated the problems of 1: 1 and 1: 2, and the web page was displayed normally and prompted for an error, just like the previous display. "now, please take a look at how I fix this loophole!"
Cobra once again used the back door to connect to the server, found the forum program source code file, opened, but only modified a sentence, the people at the scene saw very clearly, he just added a few characters to it. But a miracle happened. after Cobra saved the forum code file, he reopened the forum, and this time, whether it was 1x1 or 1x2, the web page showed normal.
"all the pages show up normally. What other information can you get?" Cobra asked everyone with a smile.
Hu Yifei's chin fell off, no way, just a few characters, the loophole disappeared instantly, this intruder will be dumbfounded, not to mention admin, you are asking the administrator's account is "idiot", "retarded", "shit", the web page will also show normal.
"of course, I can modify it like this!" Cobra opens the source file again, deletes the characters you just added, goes down a few lines of code, and inserts a symbol there. This time is even more magical, wait for him to save, then go to SQL injection, whether it is 1: 1 or 1: 2, the web page all prompts an error, only enter the correct URL, do not add any extra words after the URL, the web page will display normally.
"as you can see, whether it is safe or not depends on whether you write more or less characters!" Cobra smiled. "that's why we often say that there is only one letter between security and insecurity!"
There was thunderous applause in the venue, and everyone was very impressed by Cobra's wonderful performance.
According to the original arrangement, Cobra would have to perform the prevention of overflow attacks, but as a result, the emotions of the people at the scene were mobilized, and a lot of questions were raised on this SQL injection alone.
The fat man sitting next to Cobra laughed so much that his mouth could not close his mouth. The effect of the scene was much better than expected. When he saw it, he stood up and interrupted the question at the scene. "because the time for the report meeting is limited, this question session is over. Next, let me introduce to you the current situation of the cyber security industry, as well as the prospect forecast!"
"first of all, I would like to introduce myself. I am the general manager of Huafeng Network Security Technology Co., Ltd. My name is Yan Feng!" The fat man smiled and bowed to the audience. "I'm kind of an industry insider, but I still feel a little nervous when I give you this report. Let's just take it as my superficial opinion and share it with you. If you have any different ideas, you can put forward them."
The fat man was very modest, but then he was really impolite. He blew the development prospect of network security into a flower, without exception, and it was the same set of "huge market demand, serious shortage of employees, forming a huge talent gap".
He also took out the data that did not know how to statistics, and fooled the students at the scene in a daze. Finally, the fat man also made an analogy, saying that being safe is like being a doctor, specializing in seeing and giving doctors to the Internet. From ancient times to the present, doctors have never been unemployed.
At present, the pressure of employment is so great, especially for computer students, it is really difficult to enter the kick industry after graduation. now there are so many people who want to be kicked that a recent graduate cannot rank at all. How to find a stable and reliable job is a top priority as soon as we enter the university, so Fatso's words moved many students at the meeting, and some people began to ask, "so if we want to get into this business, what do you need to learn?"
Fat man and so on is this sentence, can still pretend to be reserved coughing, just said: "at present, the market about the network security engineer certification, such as Cisco, such as CIW, NISC, CISSP, have our own certification, but also have foreign certification, training prices are not cheap, but the real professional training institutions are rare." Many training institutions recruit people under the guise, but the substitute teachers have never worked in the security industry at all.
How can this train qualified security engineers? therefore, we see a very strange phenomenon. On the one hand, training institutions train a large number of network security engineers, on the other hand, network security companies have to find talents on their own, and then adopt the old and new approach. Establish your own talent reserve system. "
"We Huafeng also had this kind of trouble. later, we simply conducted a training session for network security engineers ourselves, and the result was unexpectedly good. Apart from two students who stayed with us to work in Huafeng, the rest were hired empty.
There are professional network security companies, as well as securities, banking, and e-commerce enterprises. They also need a large number of network security professionals."
When the people below saw that the fat man could not get to the point for a long time, he became a little anxious and asked directly, "is there still any training in your company?"
"come on! Of course! Why don't you do it! " The fat man's tone is very firm. "now we have signed commissioned training agreements for security personnel with many domestic enterprises, so we Huafeng will continue to hold such training courses in the future." Maybe some students are about to ask, saying that the trainees trained by others do not recognize the company, so why do the trainees you train rush to get it? " The fat man pointed to his fat face, "of course there are reasons, but it's not because my Yan Feng's face is big."
The scene immediately laughed.
"Why are our own trainees popular? First, Huafeng itself is a network security company, so we know very well what skills our employees need to master; second, because the teachers we hire are unusual, let's think about it: can the apprentices taught by Cobra himself be the same as those so-called engineers who can buy certificates for just a few thousand yuan in the market? "
Cobra's wonderful performance just now has completely impressed the people at the scene, so as soon as these words came out, the students in the field immediately became excited, "is it true that your students are trained by Cobra himself?"
"exactly!" The fat man nodded deeply. "A famous teacher makes a great apprentice, and others rush to use our students. What they recognize is the gold signboard of Cobra. All our courses are taught by the teacher Cobra."
There was a lot of noise at the scene, and many people have begun to talk about whether to attend Huafeng's training course. It is not everyone's luck to be a disciple of Cobra.
Hu Yifei looked coldly at the court, thinking that the students were really simple, and it was so easy to be fooled by the fat man. Hu Yifei felt wrong again. He seemed to be a student. He was not fooled now, just because he had already been fooled.


Some students have lost their patience, and regardless of the end of the report, they rushed to the front to surround the fat man and asked if they could sign up now. They had to book a seat in the next training class, even the people from the computer association responsible for maintaining order. I was very interested.
Cobra sat beside him, drinking water calmly. Everyone was in awe of him, but no one went up to surround him.
Seeing that it was a good opportunity, Hu Yifei took a piece of paper out of his pocket and approached Cobra with an air of humility and education. "Mr. Cobra, I have some questions. I'd like to ask you for advice!"
Cobra was impressed by Hu Yifei, so he put down the water cup and said with a smile, "Please speak!"
Hu Yifei spread out the paper on the desktop, which was covered with professional terms he had extracted from his hard disk notes. "I want to learn these skills, but I don't know where to start. I hope Mr. Cobra can give me some advice."
Cobra took the paper, picked it up and looked at it with a look of surprise. He looked at Hu Yifei and said, "where did you hear about these things?"
"Wolf den stronghold!" Hu Yifei clenched his mouth. "some people up there say that these technologies are the most cutting-edge technologies. I want to learn them, but I've been inquiring about them for a long time at the wolf's nest stronghold, and no one can tell me where to start!"
"Oh, that's right." Cobra mused, folded the piece of paper and received it in his pocket. "there are six technologies you mentioned above. I don't know which one you want to study."
"six items?" Hu Yifei's eyeballs fell out. He searched the Internet for a long time before he determined that they were four items, but how did they become six? "then if I want to study them all, where do I need to start?"
Cobra laughed, looking at Hu Yifei's performance, he may not really know, "young man, studious is a good thing, but you must remember to eat more than to chew." To tell you the truth, I don't know any of the above. According to my own understanding, no one knows these technologies in China at present, and only three people have mastered the alternative technologies of three of the six technologies.
If you can figure out one of them, I think your annual salary is at least ten million yuan a year! " Cobra's smiling expression doesn't seem to be a lie.
Hu Yifei was very discouraged. After this, he could not find a sensible person in China. Although there were three people who could do it, it was still an alternative technology. Cobra said it was very attractive, with an annual salary of 10 million yuan, but he had to learn this technology first. Hu Yifei thought of the notes on the hard drive again, and he didn't know what the original owner of the hard drive did.
He was so strong that he was so sick that Cobra had a great technology in his mouth, and he was proficient in all of it. I just flipped through two of his notes. If I read more, I don't know what new technology will emerge.
"that's the way it is." Hu Yifei sighed, "then forget it. Don't bother Mr. Cobra!"
Cobra looked at Hu Yifei's frustrated look and said: "in the computer field, no matter what technology is, can not be separated from the basic knowledge structure, people who can develop these technologies, just have more creativity and inspiration than others." If you really like computers, you might as well lay the foundation first! "
"Thank you, Mr. Cobra, for your advice. Where should I start if I lay the foundation?" Hu Yifei also asked that Cobra's words still enlightened him a little bit. Just like the SQL injection just now, the difference between 1: 1 and 1: 2 shows that in the eyes of ordinary people, there seems to be no problem, and it is even impossible for anyone to try to add those characters after the URL, but in the eyes of hackers, it immediately becomes a sharp weapon of attack. What is bad is not the foundation, but the mode of thinking and inspiration.
"Let me give you a bibliography!" Cobra took out his pen and paper and wrote to Hu Yifei on the spot. He was still a little fond of Hu Yifei, not because this guy had heard of himself, but because others went to consult Yan Feng about the training course. Only Hu Yifei came to consult technical problems. Although this guy is a little too ambitious, he may not be able to learn safety technology if he can have a correct attitude.
Hu Yifei's idea is different again. He thinks that if he lays a good foundation and has those notes as a guide, he may really be able to study those technologies. With an annual salary of 10 million yuan, what a thick wad of money it has to be. He will no longer have to worry about his purse. When he gets rich, he will first pay back Duan Yu's money. This kid is nagging every day for fear that he will not pay back the money. When the time comes, he will add two zeros to him and smash this Grandet.
Cobra finished his bibliography and took out a business card from his pocket. "you can buy these books later and read them carefully. If you have any questions, you can ask me again!"
"Thank you, thank you!" Hu Yifei thanked Hu Yifei for putting his business card and bibliography in his pocket. Hu Yifei was very moved by the well-known hackers of the Cobra generation who were able to be so enthusiastic about themselves.
Hu Yifei asked for the signed book and network security tool set that Yan Feng promised to him just now, and sneaked out of the ladder classroom while the old pig was not paying attention.
The old pig has been thinking about having dinner with a beautiful woman. At the end of the report meeting, he stared at the door, looking for the figure of Hu Yifei. As a result, when the last person came out, he did not see a hair of Hu Yifei, and Hu Yifei's phone was turned off. Realizing that he had been fooled, the old pig stood there scolding his mother, "motherfucker Hu Yifei, you wait, I must grass you a hundred times!"

The rookie's ironic hacker road. 
Hu Yifei, who was originally a computer rookie, inadvertently found a second-hand hard disk, and has since embarked on the wretched road of hackers. 
If you want to see how Brother Hu is smart on the network, please click on this article and read it carefully. 
The funniest hacker novel, the cruelest hacker world.


Math had always been Zhang Zian's worst subject. He felt a bit lost as Meng Li's question came from nowhere. "What do you mean?" 
Meng Li looked at his watch, and said in a hurry, "If you want to look for a book about life, universe, and everything, maybe try to search in the reference book section. If that kind of book exists, it should be classified as a reference book. I need to go. See you soon!"　　
Before Zhang Zian could respond, Meng Li waved and hurried off with his books.　　
"Wait! Why reference books?"　　
By the time Zhang Zian finally processed the information, and hurried off to the second floor to ask for an explanation, Meng Li was already at the check-out counter, then disappeared in the blink of an eye, leaving Zhang Zian lost.　　
Meng Li spoke with a certainty. Although how life, the universe, and everything could be considered as a reference books, he didn't know, but he didn't have time for a random search. The reference section seemed to be his only option.　　
The books on the second and third floors were split into four categories: social science, science and technology, reference, and literature. If the search was narrowed down to reference books only, it would reduce search time by three-fourths.　　
After careful thinking, Zhang Zian realized something. Both the second and the third floor had reference sections. Should Zhang Zian search the second floor or the third? Or both? Meng Li left in such a hurry that Zhang Zian had no time to ask.　 
He stood on the stairs between the second and third floor. He stood in the way of the readers passing by.　　
Should he go to the second floor or the third?　　
He took out his phone and looked. The icon indicating the elfin's location on the map was already very faint. Judging from his search speed just now, he could only choose one of the two floors. 　 
He couldn't hesitate any longer. Zhang Zian decided to bet on the second floor, since it was the Chinese book area, and the search might go faster. Maybe he'd have enough time to search the third floor after he finished.　　
As he took his first step, he suddenly remembered the moment when the elfin first appeared. Galaxy blinked at him three times. He had no idea what it meant, and Galaxy didn't explain it.　 
Was that Galaxy's way of hinting to search the reference section on the third floor?　　
Maybe he interpreted it wrong, maybe Galaxy didn't mean anything.　　
Since he was clueless, he gambled that Galaxy had given him a clue. He stopped hesitating, returned to the third floor, and went straight to the reference section.　　
The search was narrowed down by half.　　
Reference books had a variety of sub-categories: dictionaries, encyclopedias, manuals, graphs, tables, maps, etc. Zhang Zian had never searched in the reference section on the third floor before, and sighed at the countless books.　　
He bet that Galaxy's blinks had special meaning. If so, what would be Galaxy's meaning of facing the wall afterwards?　　
Wait, which direction did the wall face on the outside? East or west?　
Coincidentally, the bookshelf in the reference section faced east and west Once Zhang Zian figured it out, he turned west and saw the east side of the shelf.　 
The search was narrowed down by another half.　　
He lifted his head to a similar angle as Galaxy, and raised his phone horizontally. He saw the fifth and sixth levels of the shelf.　　
The search was narrowed down by a third.　　
If he had correctly interpreted Meng Li's reminder and Galaxy's hints, the search was narrowed down to 1/48 of what it was in the beginning.　　
Zhang Zian lifted the phone over his head, and searched row by row.
One shelf, two shelves, three shelves.
Nothing, nothing, nothing!　　
The fewer shelves that were left, the more anxious he grew. Was his interpretation wrong?　　
Interactive Oxford Picture Dictionary. Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Collins English Dictionary. The New Oxford Illustrated English-Chinse Dictionary. Diccionario de la Real Academia Espanol. Macmillan English Dictionary. Thick dictionaries appeared in the screen, then disappeared.　　
Zhang Zian's arm grew sore. As he switched hands, he noticed a slight discrepancy between the phone screen and reality.
His heart was pounding. He quickly aimed the phone back where it was earlier, and saw a crimson book between Diccionario de la Real Academia Espanol and Macmillan English Dictionary through the game interface. The spine of the book was bare.　　
When he moved the phone, the crimson book disappeared. When he moved the phone back, the crimson book was there.　　
That's the book!　　
Zhang Zian tried to remain calm. He held his phone in one hand, while he raised his other hand towards it.　
When he hunted Fina, Old Time Tea, Richard and Famous, he never touched the elfins. After the capture, the elfins existed physically in reality, but during the hunt, they existed between the virtual and real world. He couldn't imagine how they'd feel if he touched them then.　 
Now, he was about to touch a book from the virtual world.　　
He pinched the spine, but didn't feel a temperature. Despite this fact, it felt like a regular book, with the same texture and thickness.　　
He took the book off the shelf.　　
Just as the elfin described, the book had no name. The cover had shiny metal lining on the edge, and was heavy. He couldn't tell whether the book was new or old, but the texture was pleasant.　　
If Zhang Zian was being himself, he would've read the book to find out if the book really talked about life, the universe, and everything. He also wanted to know why Meng Li was so certain that it was classified as a reference book. However, he had no time, so he grabbed the book and ran towards the fifth floor.　
Some readers pointed at the signs on the wall with a displeased look: "No shouting, running, spitting or littering." Zhang Zian ignored them.　　
He returned to his computer in one breath, and typed as fast as he could in the chatroom.　　
[The Hottie]: 3.1415926, I found your book. I'm standing here, with your book in my hand!
He pushed the keyboard away, lifted the Book of Elfin as high as an Olympic torch, and prayed that he still had time.　　



1. Download a suspicious game
2. Catch a few magical pets as partners
3. Go through interesting daily routines and lead the pet shop to a whole new level


"Yes I heard what you said, but why do I have to read this book it is so unfair, I have to work on the project and you will read your reference book; and about my papers I am very good at them I came within top15 for the scholarship." Jacob complained.
The book Sara gave him had around 1000-1500 pages and the font was also small. Then Sara kept three books in front of him which had the same number of pages, and two of them were for the project and the other one was the reference book. Jacob was pissed watching the books Sara showed.
"Okay then I'll give you one more book, fair enough right? Why should I read two books for the project and you one, right?" Sara said in a mocking tone.
"No. It's fine I'll read it and mark the important points." Jacob said before Sara could go and get another book.
Sara felt it was very cute, unknowingly she had a smile, watching her like this Jacob felt nice. The two were in the library for an hour after that went to their dormitory.
Sara really good, in the beginning she felt that it was quite awkward but then she felt comfortable around him.
Jacob was always felt comfortable around her. As they reached their dorm they both were talking freely to each other and had exchanged their numbers.
*In Jacob's Dorm*
Jacob was happy. 
He had a habit of writing a diary. 
'I am very happy today. Sara was walking right next to me, she was talking to me, and she gave me a book to read it a book we have to use for reference. She has two books with her, she says that by two days we will brief the important points, for me it is difficult to mark the important points from one book I wonder how she is going to do the same with two books plus she has to refer the reference book for her studies. She asked me to work hard on the project since she didn't know how I was at my papers, but seeing her worried about my marks I felt nice. That's it for today.'                                                                                           

Gu Ming wasn't' very accomplished, and he was also most certainly not any disciple of Professor Gu Ziling. But he did have some relation to Professor Gu Ziling of the Eastern Wei Academy; he was his nephew. He was relying on that connection to use Gu Ziling's name in organizing the class. Gu Ziling knew about what his nephew was doing, but it wasn't anything uncommon, and it had no effect on him to help give his nephew a leg up from time to time.
Gu Ming's didn't have any significant accomplishments, but he did know how to talk. He had a special knack for misleading people. Of course, it's not OK to recite back a book, though there was so much content to his bibliography that as long as he always added a little content it could be OK. He well understood what sort of goods the students attending this class were, and so he had quickly hit upon his strategy.
He lectured on the simple and the basic at great length – to a painstaking extreme – taking half the day lecturing on the most basic theory, and giving derivation after derivation. He covered those having a high degree of difficulty with a sentence.
It might seem to a layperson that the teacher's content was rather detailed and rich, while an expert would scoff upon hearing him, and find him to be a fool.
But Chen Mu listened with utter absorption. His fundamentals were so deficient that he would sometimes come across something he didn't understand, and he wouldn't even know which book to search in or where to go for the book. Suffering without a guide for those three years, Chen Mu's progress was extremely slow. In the eyes of a card master, those basics were a matter of course, and he would think that nobody needed such a detailed introduction. Gu Ming's exhaustive lecturing on the basic content was actually much to Chen Mu's liking, as many things that he had previously puzzled over without understanding them were finally becoming clear.
From then on, Chen Mu did not miss a single one of Gu Ming's classes. Theory and practice complement one another and must be advanced together. For three straight years, Chen Mu had been relying on his own blind carving and polishing to attempt to improve on the one-star power-card. But that had given him plenty of experience. Now with both sides complementing one another, he progressed more quickly.
Where there had been a few places where he felt foggy, his grasp of the architecture of the one-star power-card was becoming more clear day by day.
"OK, this session's classes with be complete after the next class. Oh, I have a piece of good news to tell everyone. Since this class is being jointly conducted with Eastern Wei Academy, we can participate in the annual Eastern Wei Academy advanced studies exam. After you leave, everyone make a card and bring it to me next time. If any among you is selected, there's a good possibility of being singled out to enter Eastern Wei Academy for advanced studies!"
Although there wasn't much substance in his belly, because he was a skilled talker, and had some charm and wit about him, his relations with the students were not at all bad.
The next day, everyone handed up the cards that they had made. What Chen Mu turned over was a one-star power-card.
Eastern Wei Academy's so-called advanced studies exam was specifically organized to target jointly conducted specialized training classes. Its purpose was to provide students who stood out from the crowd attending the training classes a chance to proceed to regular study. But, it had gradually become a mere formality those last few years, whether because of the way the classes were being conducted or because of the school. It was not working out at all. It was embarrassing that across thirty years of the advanced studies exam, only two students had ever been selected.
Gu Ming didn't take it seriously and was quite clear with himself about those students of his; there was likely not one among them who could make a complete card. And so, he didn't register the names on the cards, but directly took them cards and wrapped them up inside a paper bag. Oy, tough break, eh? Yeah, but he had to teach three classes! 
After finishing all his classes, Gu Ming ran over to his uncle's office in the Eastern Wei Academy and casually tossed the three paper bags on the desk, before going out to kick back and have a good time.
When Gu Ziling returned to his office to see these three paper bags, he couldn't help furrowing his brow. Gu Ziling was over a half-century old, and his chiseled face had already started to show quite a few wrinkles. Although he knew that it was all a matter for lip service, the formalities must still be gone through. But how would an august professor be left to do that sort of thing?
Gu Ziling pressed the activation button on his wrist apparatus. Compared to Chen Mu's, his device was much more refined and exquisite, only as big as the palm of his hand. It had lots of complex designs carved onto its simple silver background. The three bands were made from the naturally polished skin of the Hardy Domain's sawtooth alligator. There were four card slots on the apparatus. One could tell at a glance that it was worth a considerable amount. 
A translucent screen popped up in front of him activated by the communications card in his apparatus, on which appeared a long list of names. The communications card had been invented just thirty years before, but it was already widely used. There were different grades of communications cards, according to their range beyond line-of-sight. The highest-grade communications cards could accomplish communications across the entire Heavenly Federation without error, but for a price not affordable by ordinary people. For now, what the ordinary resident used was generally a one-star, covering their own city. Gu Ziling wanted a slightly higher grade three-star, to accomplish regional communication.
Gu Ziling lightly tapped one of the names on the screen with a finger wearing a sapphire ring.
After perhaps five seconds, the image of a handsome youth appeared on the screen. His somewhat delayed appearance showed a bit of impassivity, and his eyes were somewhat cool. 
"Are you looking for me for something, Professor?" Zuo Tingyi asked respectfully, though with an icy tone. 
Having known the student himself for a long time, Gu Ziling said, "Come to my office for a bit."
About ten minutes later, Zuo Tingyi arrived at the office. 
"Go through these things." Gu Ziling pointed at the three paper bags on the desk.
Zuo Tingyi grunted assent and began to sort the cards in the bags. It was evident that Zuo Tingyi didn't have the slightest bit of impatience, and Gu Ziling nodded his head in satisfaction. Zuo Tingyi was his favorite student. Not only was he talented and smart with excellent grades, but he was also respectful of his teacher, and did his work meticulously. Nearly all the instructors who had taught him were extremely fond of him, and he conducted himself quite well, sending significant gifts for every holiday. He was practically the perfect student in the eyes of all the teachers.
Zuo Tingyi arranged the cards one by one. These cards were mostly too awful to look at, with errors by the hundreds. Although there was no change in Zuo Tingyi's expression, internally he was rather grudging. For this kind of trifling matter to fall on his head could really put a fellow in a bad mood.
"Reject."
"Reject."
This card is really off the charts! Such a simple card, surprisingly having no fewer than fifteen errors.
Another reject!
Zuo Tingyi's forehead then wrinkled deeply.
He'd finally found a presentable card.
Zuo Tingyi let out a sigh of relief. In ordinary circumstances if a one-star power-card were to appear, he absolutely wouldn't have given it a glance from whatever he was focused on. But in this circumstance, the insignificant one-star power-card unexpectedly caught his attention. 
After he finished sorting through the three paper bags, there remained only one card in front of Zuo Tingyi. A one-star power-card.
Zuo Tingyi was just intending to report to Gu Ziling when he thought to take a little precaution to avoid looking like a fool. All those discarded cards gave the normally moderate Zuo Tingyi some lingering concern. Don't let some little mistake get by that he hadn't found on the card himself. That loss of face would be a big one.
He brought the barely rescued one-star power-card cautiously to his face at once.
Yi!
He uttered a light oath while his face subtly transformed.


This is both a work of science fiction and an exploration of the meaning of life, love, literature and art. Brainpower is no longer the main ingredient for being human in this far distant future world.  Spirituality, physical balance, and diligence all come together as integrity for Chen Mu, the Card Apprentice.  The cards which Chen Mu masters in his own scrappy way, distill all the powers of the cosmos –  human and nonhuman –  into something that is not a book, not technology, and neither art nor magic, but is these and more.  Learn about these strange cards, which can embody everything you might imagine for the future of technology, but also a future beyond technology which promotes the best, and sometimes the worst, from mankind’s past.

As I was standing there in the white plain room, holding to the pieces of steel plates in my hands, I was a bit dumbfounded at what to do next.

"Ceres, what do you suggest I do right now?" I asked and Ceres recommended me to make some furniture inside this white room that would serve as my main room whenever I start to enter this realm.

I soon began to visualise about how great it would be to have my own two-seater throne here with comfortable and thick cushions for me to sit on and relax.

I visualise the same old two-seater bamboo throne from the elevated platform of my domain and I could see its simple designs but of sturdy materials. 

After I had visualised the two-seater bamboo throne in my mind and twirling it around a few times to get the whine design in order, I heard Ceres calling me out to open up my eyes.

Lo and behold...! The two-seater bamboo throne was right there in front of my eyes and even though the design was a bit better than the one I had, I managed to conjure up such things easily...!

"Audemars, things that you are familiar with would be easier for you to visualise and conjure up in your mind."

"If you had not encountered any new things by touch or by sight, the visualisation would fail. Right now... How about you visualising a book stand with plenty of reference books like an encyclopedia of sorts?"

Ceres suggested me to reach out and visualise a set of encyclopedias that could only mean one thing... These reference books would be able to show me what is the future all about...!

"Alright, let me give it a try. Encyclopedia... Here I come...!" inclosed my eyes and visualise a book stand, much like the one I have in my study and as for the books, I visualise the word encyclopedia and each book had a reference from A to Z.

The encyclopedia sets that I visualise would tell me what lies in the present and the future and would have all sort of machines, transportation such as horseless carriages and those standalone distillers and the burners and greenish-blue canister beside it. 

I visualise the encyclopedia to be able to tell me with in-depth information and how to construct the pieces together. It took me quite a while to visualise how large and thick the encyclopedia as it would also cover the animal kingdom on land and at sea as well. 

Complete with engineering concepts, I also visualise the everyday things that I had seen before when I was shown the images of the first 3 people that I had transmigrated in. 

I didn't know how long I was visualising it since Ceres didn't give me an indication as I tried to think back of the image and all the things that I had seen to be explained inside the encyclopedia. 

After sometime later, Ceres sounded and instructed me to open up my eyes. The moment I opened up my eyes, I saw a floating bookcase next to my two-seater bamboo throne and Ceres informed me that I had forgotten to set it down to the ground. 

"Small matter, Audemars. What I need to do is to adjust the gravitational force of the bookcase and set it beside the sofa. That's what's its called in the modern times." with that the bookcase floated and settled itself beside the sofa and I went over to inspect the sofa and the set of encyclopedia. 

Each encyclopedia was referenced from A to Z just like the annals and journals that we used to have. The thick covers of the encyclopedia and the size itself was quite large and I removed the first encyclopedia marked as A and carried it over to my sofa. 

I settled down and was about to flip the encyclopedia when Ceres sounded again inside my mind. "The encyclopedia would only be useful if you had known about certain things."

"Like for example you had taken a taken a reference termed as A. Inside it you would not find something like aeronautics or aerospace but you would find some common knowledge on automobiles, the later ones you had driven before."

Those were what you refer them as horseless metal carriages."

What Ceres had said was true enough, most of the pages inside the encyclopedia reference A was almost empty and only contain certain information that I had associated with before. 

I flipped through armour and was surprised to see a lot of pictures and information dated from the Byzantine era right to modern wear. It seemed that I had once seen it being worn by an assailant that I had managed to impale him or her with a sharpened bamboo stake. 

Not only the encyclopedia has pictures and information on a certain set of armour but also in-depth knowledge on how it was done. Anything that was in the last had been shown as well as the furthest future. 

It seems that I would be spending a lot of time here in the realm and do a lot of reading. In that case, I would visualise a study desk that was being made by Frank way back before they were made of bamboo and reed and make something similar. 

I closed my eyes and visualised a study desk and a dining chair that I used to pull around to sit instead. After some time I opened up my eyes and I saw the exact study table and chair beside the sofa. 

I stood up and rearranged the study table and chair to the appropriate position so I would be able to sit back and read the book with better concentration. Next, I conjure up some paper and some quill and ink and it too appeared on the table. 

The purpose of having this paper and ink was to record down several important information from the encyclopedia and bring it back to the real world. "That's good, Audemars. You really learn fast and you knew what could be brought in and out from the realm to the real world." 

"One more thing I had to tell you is about the time consumption and duration here in the realm and the real world. One hour spent in the real world would equal to three hours here in the realm." 

"Which means you could spend more time here since the flown of time here is much slower than the real world...!" 

I was sweetly surprised to realise such existence since I only knew about the 1:1 ratio wherever one would be in the parts of the world. However here it's 1:3 and means I have more than enough time to hang around in the realm and be able to perform more things up to three times the normal rate back in the real world. 

"Ceres, do you have a timer or something that indicates how long I had been here in this realm? I would like to conjure up a mechanical clock but then the clock would need to be winded like the one in the domain and not from the future."

"There is, Audemars. The clock is ticking right at the left hand side of your information screen panel. It's the same timer that was used to record your achievements and this is counting backwards means its a countdown timer instead of behaving like a sports stopwatch."

A sports stopwatch? What in the world is that? I know what does a countdown mean and also it seems I do need to spend a lot of time in here as well. 

I looked at the countdown timer and saw that I had more than 2 hours left in this realm so I decided to do something more worthwhile regards it. 

I placed the encyclopedia back in the book stand and picked the 4 pieces of steel plates and stepped back as I pressed the directional button on the virtual information screen panel until I reached where the machines were.

During the period of 1337-1453, a terrible war broke in Medieval England and that period was called (Hundred Year's War) and a huge turmoil ensued between the England and France with the involvement of rebels as well as opportunists. 

Prince Audemars Macleod, a descendent of King Richard Macleod of Darlington had barely managed to escape with his life when the Manor he was living in was besieged by rebels in 1440, when he was just barely 18 years old.

Let us travel through time and relive the experiences of this young Prince as he was forced to 'banished' and survive with some followers they entrusted their lives with him.

Little did he realise that he was actually living in the past of his future and had no recollection of anything except when he was narrated by a Seer that had been inducted as a permanent resident of the town he founded later.

*This is a fictional world. Most plants, vegetables, fruits and certain animals didn't exist in England that time.

*Almost all novels start off with a system. This does not reveal any hint of a system until you get to almost halfway through the novel. 

* Mobsters are included in the later chapters of this novel too. 

*This is a slow grind so bear with it as the storyline develops. Thank you and happy reading...

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