When Qin Zhen appeared, Jiang Yan was almost certain of the System's purpose. The task of sacrificing herself for Qin Zhen was nothing more than wanting her to accept the fate of a villainous supporting character.
Jiang Yan fiddled with her fingers, thinking about how the System was a heartless machine, a cold-blooded rule maintaining the world's operation. But did the world really need its maintenance?
After so many role-playing tasks, none had actually achieved the ending it wanted...
Jiang Yan was still lost in thought when Lu Ningning suddenly tapped her: "The Alpha Combat Class is here to select people! Let's go take a look."
"Let's go," Jiang Yan said.
Outside the classroom was a dazzling day, like a magic mirror that could reveal the true form of everything.
Jiang Yan laughed inwardly, musing to herself, I can do what the task requires, but guess what? Will the world really develop as you hope?
...
The Alpha Combat Class was a special class set up by the academy, directly related to the upper military. They selected the most outstanding alpha students in the academy and put them through various training, cultivating talents for the military in advance.
Therefore, entering the Alpha Combat Class was a great honor.
Alphas who wanted to join were practically bursting with enthusiasm, with long lines of applicants stretching beyond the playground.
Lin Zhi was the specially assigned instructor and the main person in charge of this selection.
His colleagues were methodically registering the applicants, while still finding time to tease him: "Brother Lin, looking for your wife again?"
Lin Zhi perfunctorily replied with an "Mm," continuing to scan the faces around him, trying to find a familiar shadow. Every time the result was disappointment, but he still kept searching in the crowd.
Another colleague stole a moment to gossip: "When did our Brother Lin get a partner? How come I didn't know about this?"
The previous colleague laughed meaningfully, as if there was some story behind it. Only after the other's urging did he begin to unveil the mystery: "You must be new here. This is a hilarious joke that almost everyone who came earlier in our team knows about."
"Brother Lin used to be a wooden man with eyes only for training, not a bit of romance in sight. Then suddenly one day, he said he had a wife."
"We were all shocked, but when we asked about it, he said he saw her in a dream, but she hadn't appeared yet."
"Since then, he's been talking about his wife all the time, looking everywhere for her. Every time he goes on a mission, he first looks at faces to see if it's his wife. He's even filled a whole room with flowers, muttering to himself. It's been killing us with laughter."
By the time the story was finished, the student who had just registered was still listening intently.
The colleague said, "Next, next. Move along after you've registered."
Before leaving, the student tried to discuss further: "Is it possible that his wife turned into a flower?"
The colleague impatiently waved his hand, "Go, go, go. You're getting too carried away with the story!"
Jiang Yan came over, actually wanting to see Lin Zhi from the task. The young master of the Lin family, an instructor of the Alpha Combat Class. It was because of him that the original owner had insisted on joining the Alpha Combat Class task.
Jiang Yan also wanted to see if she could use him somehow.
However, there were too many people on the playground. Even when Jiang Yan walked to the front where people were registering, she still hadn't seen anyone with a badge labeled "Lin Zhi".
The day was also too hot, and the students registering were bustling about. Jiang Yan simply gave up and decided to return with Lu Ningning.
However, as she turned to leave, she suddenly bumped into Qin Zhen.
Qin Zhen was a few people away from them, wearing a blue armband, seemingly still on duty. To greet her, she called out Jiang Yan's name loudly, causing the surrounding students to look over.
Under the clear sky, in the crowded throng of people, there was a man in combat uniform bewilderedly searching, who suddenly froze.
Jiang Yan, pulling Lu Ningning along to finish greeting Qin Zhen, was about to leave when a slender man appeared in her line of sight. He was wearing a low-purity tight-fitting combat suit, holding a standard-issue weapon, walking towards her step by step.
Though he had the coveted status of a Combat Class instructor among these students, there was an inexplicable dusty feeling about him, as if he had been forgotten in the world for a long time, covered in dust.
Jiang Yan almost froze on the spot, her surprise making her unconsciously overlook his aura.
How did another one come?!
Lu Yang was him, Jiang Youbai was also him, and now another one...
Fortunately, this wasn't the first time such a thing had happened, so Jiang Yan was able to calm down more quickly and react.
Beside her, Lu Ningning read out the name on his badge: "Lin... Zhi."
While Jiang Yan was thinking about how to build a relationship with him, Lin Zhi, who had walked over, made a very unusual move—he hugged her tightly.
Jiang Yan was stunned, but Lin Zhi held her like a long-lost treasure, his voice almost tearful as he spoke: "I've finally found you. I've been looking for you for so long. Why didn't you come to find me..."
Jiang Yan asked in disbelief: "You remember? You have memories from before?"
"I remember, I remember every one of them. I'm sorry I didn't know before..." Lin Zhi was apologizing for forgetting Jiang Yan so many times.
But this was the System's role-playing world, and Lin Zhi being able to remember was the anomaly.
Jiang Yan had no time to say anything, because Lin Zhi's identity here was too conspicuous and had already attracted many people's attention.
Jiang Yan closed Lu Ningning's shocked jaw and told her to go back first, then led Lin Zhi to an empty classroom.
