Evolving infinitely from ground zero

As for the two male students, although they were average in looks, one had scales covering both hands and the other had a pair of horns of some unknown creature growing on his head—clearly, they were the esteemed Genetic Integrators.

At that moment, both male students were hugging the girls closely, their hands restlessly wandering over their shapely bodies, presenting a scene that was somewhat indecent.

Lin Zichen only glanced at this spectacle before he quickly looked away.

In contrast, the two male students sitting at the next table started to viciously criticize the scene unfolding outside.

“That Huang Jiaxin, acting like a high-and-mighty goddess every day in the art college, claiming to be annoyed by the sight of men, but look at her now, throwing herself at guys from Evolution College and letting them grope her left and right, such a hypocrite.”

“Can’t blame her; after all, those from Evolution College have a promising future. If you were a girl, you’d probably throw yourself at them for the attention too.”

“True, if I were a student from the inner campus at Evolution College, I’d also come out here to the outer district to pick up chicks every day. Just a little wave of my finger and a bunch of so-called goddesses would flock to me.”

“A poor man’s goddess, a superior man’s lackey.”

While listening to their banter, the first thing Lin Zichen captured was the words “inner campus.”

Shanhai University has an inner and an outer campus.

The outer campus is where the liberal arts and art students study.

The inner campus is for students studying evolution, mechanical engineering, and martial arts.

The outer campus is open to the public, and having been there countless times since childhood, Lin Zichen was very familiar with it.

However, the inner campus, because it involves Genetic Fusion and mechanical modification, is only accessible to students from there and is not open to the public.

The restriction on entry was so severe that even students from the outer campus of the same university could not enter.

It gave off the vibe of a slum next to a wealthy district.

Because of this, Lin Zichen had always been curious about the environment within the inner campus and wanted to see it for himself.

“You two, now that you’re at university and have some freedom, you cannot indulge yourself like those people drinking outside. You have to continue to study hard, do you understand?”

Zhang Wanxin earnestly reminded both of them.

She looked at the group across the street, yelling and rolling dice while drinking, feeling disgusted from the bottom of her heart; she did not want her son and future daughter-in-law to end up like them.

Lin Yansheng laughed, “You’re worrying too much. Xiao Chen and Han Han have always been sensible and good kids since they were little; they won’t turn out like that.”

After finishing their ice cream and seeing that it was time,

soon, the four of them got up, left the ice cream shop, and headed to the inner campus to register.

Since the inner campus was off-limits to outsiders, Lin Yansheng and Zhang Wanxin escorted the two kids to the entrance, dropped off their luggage, gave a few reminders, and then left.

“I can fit all my luggage in one backpack and one suitcase, how come you need one backpack and three suitcases?”

Seeing that Shen Qinghan had way too much luggage to carry, Lin Zichen couldn’t help but tease her, then volunteered to help her with one of the cases.

“It’s different for girls versus boys; we need to bring more things. It’s perfectly normal,” Shen Qinghan said, feeling a bit wronged.

“I’m not saying it’s not normal, I’m just teasing you a bit. Alright, let’s hurry in and register.”

“Oh!”

Shen Qinghan acknowledged with a sound and obediently followed Lin Zichen, dragging two suitcases behind her.

At the checkpoint for entering the inner campus, a guard called out:

“Hey, you two, please show your acceptance letters!”

Both Lin Zichen and Shen Qinghan were lugging luggage, making it obvious they were freshmen. The old man needed to confirm which college’s freshmen they were.

After all, there had been many students in previous years with no sense of direction, who, despite being liberal arts or arts students, accidentally (or perhaps on purpose) ended up in the inner campus.

Lin Zichen and Shen Qinghan found it inconvenient to set down their bags to take out their acceptance letters, so they helped each other by unzipping their backpacks to get the letters out.

Lin Zichen first helped Shen Qinghan remove her acceptance letter from her backpack and showed it to the guard.

Then, it was Shen Qinghan’s turn to help him fetch his acceptance letter to show to the old man.

However, as soon as she began unzipping the backpack, the guard said, “Alright, no need to show it, I recognize you as the runner-up in the provincial college entrance exam who joined Tianren Pavilion. Go on in.”

Hearing this, Lin Zichen was a little surprised; he hadn’t expected that the news which leaked his private information, even after such a long time, would cause people to still recognize him.

It seemed that the news had a much more significant impact than he had ever imagined.

If even a gatekeeper remembered him, then it was likely that teachers and students inside would remember too.

He was becoming famous right from the start of the school year.

From now on, peace and quiet would probably be hard to come by, as walking anywhere would involve being pointed at and talked about, facing gossip and commentary.

A bit overwhelming…

Shaking his head, Lin Zichen didn’t dwell on it any longer and walked into the inner campus with Shen Qinghan, dragging their luggage.

After a few minutes spent passing through a tunnel-like passage, they finally arrived at the mysterious inner campus.

As soon as they entered, they were deeply shocked by the scene before them.

The high rises were still those high rises, the greenery was still that greenery.

The only difference was that the inner campus was filled with Genetic Integrators and Mechanically Modified Humans everywhere.

There were Genetic Integrators with tails, with horns on their heads, with wings.

Mechanically Modified Humans had alloy legs, alloy arms, alloy eyes.

At a glance, very few appeared to be ordinary humans.