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Prologue 001- Wu Zewen

End of August was the time when schools all over the country started their classes again. Because He Xuyang had been cut off from the internet during vacation, after school started, he immediately logged into the academic administration system to check the results of last semester’s final exams. Once again, he barely passed his major courses with a score of 61 points. He Xuyang touched his nose and turned around to ask with a smile, “How did you guys do? At least I don’t have to retake the exam with 61 points.”

The buddy on the next bed said, “I got 62, one point higher than you.”

As grades were being discussed in the dormitory room, there was a male student wearing glasses by the side who remained silent.

He Xuyang couldn’t help but ask, “Zewen, how much did you score?”

Seeing no response, He Xuyang walked over to him, gently patted his shoulder and said, “It’s okay, it’s alright if you don’t do well occasionally. How much did you score? Did you pass?”

Wu Zewen turned around, “What did you say?”

— It turned out that this guy had been completely absorbed in reading a book with his head lowered, completely unaware of his roommates’ discussion.

He Xuyang, feeling helpless, said, “I asked you, how much did you score in the exams? Did you pass?”

Wu Zewen adjusted his glasses and earnestly said, “I passed, 100 points.”

“…”

“…”

The other two people exchanged a glance and cursed inwardly at the same time: Damn!

61 points, 62 points, compared to 100 points, this was too heartbreaking.

He Xuyang suddenly felt like an idiot.

Who was Wu Zewen? He actually asked if he had passed? He should have asked if he had gotten 100.

This guy was a well-known academic tyrant in the Physics Department, a science genius. Apparently, when in high school, he often scored full marks in science subjects but frequently failed in arts subjects. He had severe myopia, and his bias towards subjects was equally severe. He was usually quiet and spoke only when spoken to, just like a spinning top, spinning one round when poked once. But when encountering numerical formulas, his brain worked faster than the CPU of a high-end computer.

This person’s mental arithmetic skills were terrifying. Whenever he went to the supermarket to buy something, regardless of the amount he bought, the price would always be a perfect whole number, 100, 50, 20, the kind where no change was needed…

Wearing a pair of black-rimmed glasses, Wu Zewen had fair skin, a very delicate appearance, and a tall, thin figure. Dressed in a white shirt and jeans, looked clean and tidy. His personality was quiet and gentle, completely the epitome of a model student in the eyes of teachers.

This kind of high IQ genius was naturally enviable.

He Xuyang couldn’t help but think: This guy only knows how to bury himself in books in the library all day, should I try to drag him into playing online games?

Thinking of this, he leaned over to Wu Zewen’s ear and said with a smile, “Zewen, since school hasn’t started yet anyway, and these past few days have been boring, how about I teach you to play a game? Wulin¹, have you heard of it?”

Wu Zewen turned his head around, “Wulin? Is it an online game? I heard Li Xiang mention it.”

Li Xiang was the class monitor of Class 1 of the Physics Department and also a gaming enthusiast. He happened to be playing Wulin recently.

Qu Heyang said, “Yes, Li Xiang and his dorm mates have all been playing this game. This game is very popular, it’s a Chinese-style game, beautifully made with realistic graphics, excellent scenery, and the combat system inside is also very refreshing!”

As He Xuyang spoke, he pulled Wu Zewen to sit down by the table and double-clicked on the game client.

A picturesque scene, reminiscent of ancient times, slowly unfolded before the eyes like a scroll. On the top were a row of ink-colored buttons for official announcements, forums, databases, recharge options, and professional leagues. On the bottom right corner was a circular login button emitting a soft glow, and when hovered over it, the mouse would transform into a charming brush shape.

He Xuyang clicked on the shining “login” button with the mouse.

Ten seconds later, a full-screen picture opened up in front of them. In the lush bamboo forest, there was an open space, and in the center of the open space, a person was standing. The name above his head was “Excellent Excellent²”.

A Shaolin monk with an upright and serious face, wearing a red robe and holding a string of Buddhist beads, was striking the “Amitabha” pose — every time He Xuyang saw his own character, he wanted to cry because of his own handsomeness.

He Xuyang entered the game and was directly transported into the arena area of the Martial Arts Conference. He explained to Wu Zewen, “This arena area is specifically used for people to set up arenas for martial arts competitions. There are many arena listings in the arena area. You can apply to join another person’s arena, or you can set up your own arena and wait for others to challenge you. You can also set points as a wager, and can increase your points if you win.”

Wu Zewen expressed his understanding, nodding.

Next, He Xuyang spent three minutes explaining to Wu Zewen how to PK with others and how to use Shaolin skills. Then, he applied to join an arena named “Tang Sect Handsome Guy Seeking Abuse³”.

The application was approved. Upon entering, he saw a person from the Tang Sect standing in the arena with the ID “Tang Sect Handsome Guy Seeking Abuse”, wearing a deep blue sect uniform and holding a shining bow and arrow in his hand.

He Xuyang pointed at that Tang Sect person and said, “Zewen, go up and kill him using the method I just told you.”

“Okay.” Wu Zewen nodded, took a few steps forward, and pressed the ready button.

A countdown of 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 appeared on the screen, and following the appearance of the word “start”, the Tang Sect person suddenly jumped behind Wu Zewen. Before Wu Zewen could turn around, a large patch of green light flew from behind —

Heart-piercing Arrow, Life-taking Arrow, Heart-piercing Arrow, Life-taking Arrow!

Sorry, you have been seriously injured!

Wu Zewen looked at the master lying on the ground and asked with some confusion, “He’s dead just like this?”

“Yeah.” Directly witnessing his academic tyrant roommate being killed, dazed and confused, was really a soothing thing! Suppressing the urge to laugh, He Xuyang said seriously, “It’s okay, try again. Get up and get rid of him.”

Then, Wu Zewen got up, and after that, he fell down again.

Heart-piercing Arrow, Life-taking Arrow, Heart-piercing Arrow, Life-taking Arrow.

… Sorry, you have been seriously injured!

His fingers couldn’t react in time, and was killed directly by the opponent again.

Wu Zewen was very puzzled, “I haven’t even moved and he’s dead…”

He Xuyang’s stomach was about to cramp from laughing, feeling a sense of achievement watching his academic tyrant roommate earnestly ask what was going on. What was going on? Of course, it was because you were too inexperienced, being killed before you could even react. The gap in level was too large!

“Come, watch me.”

He Xuyang sat back triumphantly on the chair and manipulated his own master to challenge the Tang Sect person again. The situation was  reversed 180 degrees and in less than ten seconds, He Xuyang killed the Tang Sect person.

“See, just fight him like this, you can kill him very quickly.” He Xuyang said with a look of pride on his face.

“Oh.” Wu Zewen stood by the side, watching attentively. After a while, he said, “Let me try again.”

He Xuyang immediately gave up his seat to him.

Wu Zewan was knocked down five times in a row, but wasn’t discouraged. After dying, he got up and continued to fight. After dying again, he got up again…

After being knocked down forty times in a row, He Xuyang finally realized that he seemed to have… gone too far?

Wu Zewen looked very quiet and gentle, but he had a deep-seated sense of unwillingness to accept defeat. He took everything he did very seriously, and the result of taking everything seriously meant… dying forty times in a row, a full forty times!

Seeing him die again and again, and getting up again and again to continue dying…

He Xuyang finally reminded with a trembling voice, “Uh, Zewen, you’ve played forty rounds already…”

Wu Zewen held the mouse, his black shining eyes staring closely at the computer screen, and said seriously, “I’ll play a few more times.”

… Sorry, you have been seriously injured.

… Sorry, you have been seriously injured.

… Sorry, you have been…

He Xuyang was already speechless.

After dying ten more times, the Tang Sect person on the other side became a little impatient and said bluntly, “Hey, newbie, do you really know how to play? Why not accept me as you master, and I’ll teach you properly?”

Wu Zewen said, “No need, I’m going to eat first.”

The Tang Sect person, “…”

He Xuyang, “…”

Wu Zewen calmly got up, picked up his meal card, and went downstairs to eat.

He left behind his stunned roommates, tears streaming down their faces.

My points… a whole week’s worth of points was lost just like that…

He Xuyang sent a message to the Tang Sect person in the game, “Li Xiang, you idiot! Who told me that using provocative methods to lure Wu Zewen into playing games would definitely work? The provocative method didn’t work at all! He already went downstairs to eat!”

Tang Sect Handsome Guy, “…”

He Xuyang was nearly angered to death, “I lost all my points accompanying you to act out this play. Quickly lie down and let me abuse you for a few games to get my points back.”

Li Xiang immediately sent a waving goodbye emoji, “I’m going to eat too, goodbye.”

And then he quickly went offline.

He Xuyang, “…”

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In the cafeteria, Li Xiang spotted Wu Zewen lining up for food at a glance.

Amidst the noisy queue, as he stood there, though there was no expression on his face, his fair skin, gentle appearance, and calm demeanor made him quite conspicuous in the crowd…

Wu Zewen, the Physics Department’s academic tyrant who received scholarships every year, actually didn’t have many friends in his class. Apart from the few roommates he usually spent time with, Li Xiang was his only friend.

This was partly due to his reticent personality. Some people thought that he was aloof because of his excellent grades, but in reality, only those who knew him well understood… he suffered from prosopagnosia and often couldn’t recognize people he had met the day before.

During his sophomore year, a girl from the neighboring class had a crush on Wu Zewen and got introduced to him through Li Xiang. When they first met, the girl blushed and didn’t know what to say. Wu Zewen patiently waited for a while, then looked at his watch and said, “I’m going to the library, are you coming?”

The girl’s heart raced! It was said that the romance between academic tyrants often started with studying together. Was Wu Zewen asking her to study together? Did this mean she had a chance? Excitedly, the girl followed the academic tyrant for self-study.

But as it turned out…

She had thought too much.

Wu Zewen went to the library to read, and from beginning to end, kept taking notes intently, not glancing at her even once. He had said he was going to the library to read, simply because he went to the library to study every day. It was his routine, and had nothing to do with anyone else…

The girl packed up her shattered feelings and returned to the dormitory.

The next day, the girl saw Wu Zewen on campus. Blushing and with a pounding heart, she walked up to him and greeted, “Hi! Zewen, are you going to class?”

Wu Zewen looked at her confusedly, “Do we know each other?”

The girl, “…”

In college, the only girl who wanted to pursue Wu Zewen was scared away by the face-blind academic tyrant.

Note:

Martial arts world or community.

An exclamation that is often used to express admiration, praise, or approval. It can be roughly translated as “excellent”, “bravo”, or “well done” in English.

Táng mén Shuàigē qiú nüè

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