The Era of Gods - Chapter 97

Chapter 97: Chapter 97 Riding My Beloved Scooter

Translator: 549690339

“`

Although high school is just the most basic level, far less powerful than the colleges established by the various Divine Systems, it is the foundation of civilization. Even the mightiest of deities, and even the legendary great divine power, had to start by enrolling in high school, first opening the Divine Realm, before gradually growing to their peak.

This is also why the descendants of the True Gods, no matter how powerful, must go to school. Otherwise, wouldn’t it be nice to have their divine parents personally oversee their growth?

Having received reliable information from his teacher, Lin Xiao let out a sigh of relief and was finally in the mood to appreciate the beautiful scenery below.

The flying vehicle passed over a mountain range completely covered in green, expansive with lush primeval forests brimming with vitality.

Although the era of super fantasy and super science fiction has arrived, with legendary cosmic spaceships becoming a reality tens of thousands of years ago, and the main world’s population counting in the trillions, the main world is vast.

At the beginning of tens of thousands of years ago, the Earth was indeed a planet, but with the appearance of the Divine Realm, human civilization began to rise, especially as continuous resources and the essence of the world were plundered from the void of the Outland to fill the main world, causing the world to undergo earth-shaking changes.

The initial change was that Earth, with continuous filling of the world’s essence, grew larger and larger. Later, with the birth of the first great divine power among humans, this power shattered the Earth, and with supreme creative skill, remolded the world, transforming it from a spherical planet to a flat, square-shaped one common in Alien Worlds.

Since then, as the essence of the world continued to be plundered and filled the main world, the entire main world expanded outwards. Today’s main world has become so vast that it is unimaginable.

Anyway, Lin Xiao had no idea how large the main world now was, probably not even his father or grandfather knew; after all, the world’s edge grows day by day, getting larger every day, making it impossible to quantify.

In such an immense world, a population of trillions of civilized beings still seemed sparse scattered throughout the vast land.

Traveling from Lin Family Fortress to the provincial capital took more than a hundred thousand kilometers, but it only took him three days to see a huge vortex floating in the sky at the end of the horizons.

That was a gigantic oval portal standing erect between heaven and earth; its diameter alone was probably several kilometers, with edges composed of continually rotating and contracting chaos energy. From time to time, thick blood-red lightning burst at the edge of the vortex, emitting waves of invisible twisting energy.

This was the Interdimensional Portal, beneath which was a large base and distribution center. Almost every moment, spheres of light flew out of the vortex, with as many returning to it each second.

There were no guards visible around the Interdimensional Portal, but if one thought it was undefended, they would be very much mistaken. Out of sight, there were at least one Medium Divine Power and no less than ten True Gods hidden, not to mention more True Gods stationed within the war fortress on the other side of the portal.

The passenger flying vehicle stopped beneath the immense Interdimensional Portal, and Lin Xiao stepped out, standing alone beside the road and looking up to the Vault of Heaven.

The Interdimensional Portal was the size of a city. Its massive shadow loomed oppressively as if to squash the base beneath, but one could only realize it was actually hundreds of meters above the ground upon standing underneath.

Lin Xiao dialed a number following the instructions on the invitation card and sent his coordinates to the other party. In less than ten minutes, a pink streamlined flying vehicle silently arrived beside him and stopped, its door lifting open as a tall girl in a blue school uniform from an unknown school stepped out.

With a light tap of her finger on the pink bracelet on her snowy wrist, a hologram popped up. After briefly comparing and closing the hologram, she smiled at Lin Xiao and said,

“Are you Lin Xiao? I’m Cui Qingqing from the provincial capital’s First Middle School, and I will take you there.”

“I’m Lin Xiao. May I see your student ID?”

“Of course.”

The girl smoothly took out a card and handed it over to him. He glanced at it and nodded,

“Let’s go.”

Indeed, it was from the First Middle School of the provincial capital.

According to the invitation letter, all invitees from Yunmengxing Province will gather at the First Middle School of the provincial capital. When the time comes, they will pass through the exclusive passage and enter the Interdimensional Portal to go to the war fortress. An individual cannot pass through the portal on their own.

This means that the First Middle School of the provincial capital is the co-organizer of this year’s Super Newcomer Summer Camp for Yunmengxing Province. Historically, 90% of the time it is co-organized by the First Middle School, which naturally is also the best high school in Yunmengxing Province.

This school brings together the most elite students in Yunmengxing Province. Outstanding students like Yan Renjie and Wan Ying from East Ning City’s Fifth Middle School who rank among the top in their school can’t even make it into the top hundred in the First Middle School and are just ordinary students there, akin to the ones who rank lower and get eliminated in class three.

Sitting in Cui Qingqing’s flying vehicle, the car quietly lifted off and flew towards the other side. Along the way, she set it to auto-pilot and, resting her chin in her hands, stared at Lin Xiao with candid curiosity.

Lin Xiao subconsciously looked down at himself and spread his hands in confusion,

“Is there something on me?”

She shook her head with a giggling smile,

“No, I was just curious to see what a student with a Super Newcomer Summer Camp invitation from outside the provincial capital looks like.”

“And did you come to any conclusions?”

“I did. You look a bit cute.”

Lin Xiao blinked and quietly turned his head away.

This damned charm of mine, he couldn’t respond to that comment.

“By the way, are you familiar with Wu Zhonglin from Dongning City?”

“Wu Zhonglin? I’ve heard the name but haven’t met him, what about him?”

That name sounded familiar, coming from East Ning City First Middle School, known as the city’s foremost talent, on par with Lin Xu in innate divinity. It wasn’t clear how much stronger he became over the year, but it was certain that he was very strong, and even now Lin Xiao might still be slightly behind him.

Cui Qingqing said,

“Nothing, don’t mind if you haven’t heard.”

“Right, how did you manage to get an invitation slot? As far as I know, this year East Ning City had only one slot, and it was in Wu Zhonglin’s hands. What sort of connection allowed you to get an invitation?”

“I’m from East Ning City’s Fifth Middle School. Our principal gave me one of the slots.”

“`

“Oh….”

“So, do you have a girlfriend? With your merits, you must be quite popular with girls, right?”

“I had one.”

“And she is…”

“She’s dead!”

“Ah! I sorry.”

“It’s fine, I’m just not in a good mood and want some peace.”

“Then… Okay.”

The quiet settled as Lin Xiao reclined and fell silent, watching through the window without another word.

As she watched his delicate profile quietly gazing out the window, she felt an inexplicable attraction to him, unable to help but steal glances.

Before long, the flying vehicle had left the area of the cross-domain gate and began to slow down as it approached a colossal construction nestled in the mountains some hundreds of kilometers away. Through the window, he saw a square paved with stone slabs that spanned four to five kilometers. In the center stood an enormous and ancient stone gate adorned with carvings of exotic beasts, flanked by two towering warrior statues hundreds of meters high, standing guard like sentinels at the gateway.

The square was utterly deserted except for a few solitary figures wandering across it—the school was nearly empty during the holidays.

The flying car didn’t go through the gate but landed at the foot of it:

“We’ve arrived.”

“We’re here, huh.”

He grabbed his bag, opened the door, and behind him, Cui Qingqing softly exclaimed. Turning back, he saw her blush before she asked:

“Can I add your contact information?”

Lin Xiao was silent for three seconds, then nodded:

“Okay.”

After exchanging contact information and waving goodbye, he looked at the name in his contact list and sighed to the sky.

“What a farce. Do I really have the talent to be a kept man?”

After a while, he suddenly heard an irritated voice at his ear:

“Buddy, you either come register and report, or go find that girl. There’s still time, you can come report tomorrow if you like.”

He abruptly turned around to see a man dressed in something resembling a security uniform, hands on hips, standing beside a… yes, a completely ordinary security booth, just one made entirely out of marble. Right now, the burly guard leaned against the door, watching him with a mix of envy and resignation.

He quickly shook his head and replied:

“I’m good, I’ll register now.”

After recording his name and basic information, he scanned his invitation to confirm his identity. That was the critical part. The guard then handed him an exquisite silver metal card and said:

“This is a temporary school card for East Ning City First Middle School, unique to the participants of the Super Newcomer Summer Camp. It’s valid for ten days. During this period, you’ll have the same privileges as regular students, including the use of any school facility, like the library, public Divine Realm Login Cabins, and so on.”

“Oh, and there’s one million federation credits included for your expenses over the next ten days. Anything above that, you pay for yourself.”

As he spoke, the guard stepped around to the other side of the booth and pulled up a single-person flying vehicle similar to an electric motorcycle, placing it in front of him:

“This is a transportation gadget for campus use, two credits an hour.”

And then…

A tall boy straddled a tiny red scooter, riding slowly into the sprawling campus under the watchful, amused gaze of the security guard.

“This is too simple, not at all what I expected.”

Glancing back at the now distant security booth, Lin Xiao stopped the seemingly too-small scooter, touched his wrist, and a light screen popped up. He virtually tapped it, downloading the map of the school to check his destination.

After all, it’s the Super Newcomer Summer Camp—we’re talking about the highest caliber event for first-year high school students in the HuaXia District. And yet, a simple check-in with the guard was enough? Lin Xiao couldn’t shake the feeling it was child’s play.

But that’s how it was, as simple as that.

Shaking his head, he lowered his gaze to inspect the newly downloaded virtual map. After a few taps to close the screen, he restarted the slow-moving scooter adorned with a pink pig sticker and a cute charm that he couldn’t tell who had placed there.

Could this be some female student’s personal seat?

Riding the pink scooter at a snail’s pace, he made several circles around the large, complex, and quiet campus before reaching a valley between two mountains. According to the virtual map, passing through the valley to the complex of buildings on the other side would lead to the temporary gathering place of the Summer Camp.

One had to hand it to East Ning City First Middle School; their campus was indeed massive, complete with mountains, valleys, rivers, and lakes—a far cry from the size of his own Dongning Fifth Middle School.

Tweaking the handle of the little pink scooter, he prepared to take off, when suddenly a whooshing sound from behind followed by a dark shadow swept over his head. Looking up, he saw an ornate magic carpet whiz past him. After a surprised exclamation, the magic carpet came to a halt, made a wide turn, and descended slowly above him, revealing a familiar breathtaking face and bright, starry eyes.