Chapter 124 Ignorance is Bliss "Keys. Keys are all distributed by the academy. The review committee is only qualified to take over and distribute them to students who have passed the natural theory exam after it is over." Listening to Fu Hang's answer, Li Wei frowned slightly and then asked. “Where are the keys made?” "I do not know." “Has there ever been a shortage of keys?” “Never.” "After reporting the number of keys you need, how long will it take for those keys to be handed over to you?" "Sometimes it takes one day, but sometimes it takes only one day. If you file in the morning, it will be delivered at noon." "It seems that the academy has stored a lot of keys."
His sentence was not a question, so Fu Hang did not give a corresponding answer. Levi stared at the old man with a blank look in his eyes, thinking that after gaining mind control, he could actually change his fighting style a little. So he placed the brass pocket watch in front of Fu Hang's eyes again. The hands on the watch moved, and even his voice followed a certain rhythm. "Let's agree on a code word, Fu Hang. As long as I say, 'Teacher Fu, I bought a watch last year,' you will tell me everything you know and obey me. When I say 'old glass,' you will return to normal." "And when you wake up later, you will forget that you found this pocket watch in the college library. You only had an ordinary pocket watch before, but you lost it recently. The injuries on your body were an accident during the experiment. You tried to improve your control over the human brain, but temporarily lost control of your own body, which caused you to get hurt." "You have lost interest in me, but always remember that before the college issues new keys, you must call me to your office and tell me the news." "Okay, old glass, the nightmare ends here, and it's time for you to wake up." When Levi's voice fell, and 5 seconds after he put away the brass pocket watch, Fu Hang's empty gray eyes gradually began to regain their previous expression. He was stunned for a moment, then seemed to react and stood up with a gloomy face. "There's nothing for you to do here. Go back and tell your students that I'm sick today, so the biology class this afternoon is cancelled!" "Teacher Fu, I bought a watch last year." Li Wei said that he made a secret signal and conducted a test. After hearing Li Wei's words, Fu Hang's pupils lost focus again in an instant, becoming exactly the same empty and lifeless as before. Levi was quite satisfied with the effect. He waved his hand behind his back as he turned around and prepared to leave the office. "Then I'm leaving, old glass." Three or four seconds later, when Li Wei had walked out of the office, Fu Hang came back to his senses. He touched the wound on his forehead with a grimace in pain. "Damn it, I embarrassed myself in front of a special student this time! Next time, I can't try to use myself randomly. It's better to call for a consumable than to use myself. It's just that my watch is lost. I'm really not used to it. I have to find time to buy a new one." After controlling Fu Hang, Li Wei wanted to use him as a breakthrough to track down the location where the keys were stored in the academy. On Zhu Long's side, he has also identified several candidates who meet Levi's requirements. Two days after Li Wei left Fu Hang's office, he went to an ordinary restaurant located in the south area of the college. Because of its cheap prices, average environment, and low-end ingredients, most of the people who came to eat here were special admissions students.
"Brother Long said, you want to get to know us?" Sitting opposite Levi were a man and a woman, both of whom looked a little reserved and were dressed simply. As soon as the girl sat down, she took the initiative to wipe the greasy table with a handkerchief, and then poured hot water for Levi and the two of them. The boy who asked this question was Jiang Qi. He was a special student majoring in geography and his grades were always the best among his classmates. The girl's name is Hong Lili, she majored in biology and her grades were always among the best. Zhu Long didn't come, his identity was too sensitive, he had just been released from the confinement management department not long ago, many people were watching him, if he organized a party of more than three people, the discipline committee would probably come and take them all away. But obviously, although he has become notorious among regular students and some special recruits, students of the same grade who have had contact with him before still have special faith in him. Just like the two people in front of him, they still called him "Brother Long", but Levi always felt that this sounded more like a name for a gangster boss, which was inexplicably inconsistent with Zhu Long's taciturn face. "I get along pretty well with Zhu Long, and I learned from him about some things that happened in the academy before. I heard that you were also planning to attend the gathering, but you missed it because you were called by the teacher to assist in some experiments?" They chose a remote corner, which was surrounded by some messy debris and could barely be considered a single room. There were a lot of people in the restaurant at this time of year, and there were all kinds of noisy noises outside, so Levi was not worried that their conversation would be heard by anyone. After hearing what Levi said, the boy named Jiang Qi raised his head and looked at Levi with eyes that made people feel numb and depressed. "You are Long Ge's friend. I can trust Long Ge, so I can trust you. But you are a new student in the academy, so there are some things you don't understand yet. If I were given another chance to choose, I would rather not help the teacher with any experiments, and I would go to that rally and be expelled and sold together with those people. Even if I die, it would be a worthy death." Levi looked at him, then turned to look at Hong Lili, who was standing silently beside him and dressed like a country girl. "Why? Aren't you the last hope for the continuation of your family's bloodline? If you die like this, what will happen to your family's previous efforts?" Levi had actually guessed some things, but he still asked this question. Jiang Qi just said calmly. "There are many regular students in the college who have excellent grades but average family backgrounds. There are also many who are willing to curry favor with the teachers and want to gain some conveniences in the college. Why do you think the teachers don't go to these people to assist in the experiments, but instead go to us?" Li Wei did not answer this question. Jiang Qi just silently grabbed one of Hong Lili's arms and rolled up the sleeve of that arm in front of him. And on his skinny arms, which were tanned from years of hard work as a child, there were densely packed, chilling needle holes! "We came to the college with the hopes of our whole family. When we first saw this city, we thought it was different from other places. They have culture and knowledge, so maybe they won't treat us as human beings anymore." Jiang Qi's voice is very similar to Zhu Long's, or it could be said that the voices of most of the special recruits in this academy who have already faced the reality are like this, a voice that is numb, calm, and like dead water without any fluctuations. “It might be a better thing if you never come to the academy and learn these things in your life.” Hong Lili struggled to break free from Jiang Qi's hands and took her arms back. She silently put her sleeves back and spoke in a low voice. "At that time, I was ignorant and my family had no food to eat. My parents said it was because we didn't work hard enough. In the future, as long as I work hard enough in college, can persevere and endure all the hardships, my life will get better and better." "But after coming here, the more we learn and the more we see, the more pain we suffer. Suffering never comes from lack of effort, and the amount of suffering now will never determine how much reward we will reap in the future." "This is how the world is. After a person is born, whether he will suffer or be happy in this life is already determined. Our parents don't have that kind of knowledge, they only work hard. They don't think that their lives are like this because of the world's fault. They only think that it is their own problem. They can't eat enough because they don't work hard enough in the fields. They can't make money because they don't work hard enough. So they sent us to college, hoping that everything can change." "But after we arrived at the academy, we found that we couldn't change anything. It would be better for us to rebel like those 37 people, be found out by the academy, and then be expelled and resold." "Then someone will know about our death. We have resisted." The dinner table returned to silence. Levi held the cup of hot water which went from warm to cold, and he never interrupted her story. He originally asked Zhu Long to help him find some suitable candidates, and he didn't have any complicated thoughts.
He simply wanted to use the Fire Transmission to upgrade, but Levi always felt a little unhappy if those special recruits who were given the key and gained the ability to control the rules chose to go to other cities and become new local tyrants and oppressors after having such ability. Therefore, he asked Zhu Long to help with the screening, so that at least a few with decent character could be found. As his level increased, he felt that the keys were worth giving. But after meeting Hong Lili and Jiang Qi, he finally understood how painful life was for some of the special recruits in this academy who had seen enough, acquired knowledge, broadened their horizons, and understood the world. Many times, ignorance is bliss. During this period of silence, the dishes ordered by Li Wei were all served. He took out his chopsticks and handed them to Hong Lili and Jiang Qi. "Let's eat something first. Besides wanting to get to know you, I also heard that your hometowns used to be in Taiyang and Zhulan respectively. Have you heard about what's happening in those two cities now? Do you have any opinions?" (End of this chapter)