"Are you here?"
"Don't be nervous, you have such good grades, you will definitely be able to pass it."
"Don't worry about the surgery fee, Mom has found a new part-time job, she will definitely help you get it together, you can participate in the interview steadily."
Looking at the message from his mother on the screen, Zhang Yu silently put away his phone, took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and waited quietly.
After a long time, there was a shout in front of him.
"Candidate No. 989, Zhang Yu."
Zhang Yu stood up and walked into the interview classroom.
He looked at the three interviewers and showed a polite smile that he had practiced for a long time: "Hello three, I am Zhang Yu from Dongyang Junior High School."
The interviewer in the middle looked at him and said lightly: "Why do you want to apply for our school?"
Zhang Yu: "Your school's long history, profound heritage, and rich teaching resources have cultivated many outstanding talents for the society......"
The interviewer frowned and interrupted: "Don't talk about these scenes."
Zhang Yu said honestly: "I want to be admitted to a prestigious university, Songyang High School is the one with the highest university acceptance rate among the schools I can apply for."
The interviewer smiled slightly, looked at the information in his hand and said, "Well, perfect score in all subjects, first in the school? No wonder he was recommended."
"There is no problem with your grades, but if you want to enter Songyang High School, it is not enough to rely on the school exam scores."
He thought for a while and asked casually: "How long do you sleep every day now?"
Zhang Yu: "Five hours."
The interviewer said unexpectedly: "Five hours?"
"Students in our school have an average of no more than two hours of sleep a day since elementary school. And like the outstanding graduates of previous generations, they basically don't sleep."
"You actually have to sleep five hours a day, that is, you have to study three hours less than others every day, and nine years is nearly 10,000 hours short......"
Zhang Yu was slightly stunned, he didn't expect that he had worked very hard, but there was such a big gap between him and others in terms of hard work.
Zhang Yu quickly said: "I will try to catch up with them."
The interviewer on the left asked: "How much did you study in high school?"
Zhang Yu calmed down a little and said: "I have finished my first year of high school courses."
The other party frowned slightly: "Only a freshman in high school? Don't you know that we assume that students have already completed high school courses in class?"
Zhang Yu was stunned when he heard this, this was another piece of information he didn't know, and what he thought was an advantage became a disadvantage in the blink of an eye.
Just when he was at a loss, the interviewer in the middle asked the next question.
"In order to improve learning efficiency and prevent puppy love, our school requires all students to complete sterilization surgery to remove relevant organs before entering school, and then concentrate on their practice."
"Do you know this?"
Finally heard something he knew, he quickly replied: "My family is already preparing, and I will definitely complete the sterilization operation before school starts to keep the hormone level at the most suitable level for school."
The interviewer nodded noncommittally: "Okay, today's interview is over, you can go out first."
Zhang Yu walked out of the classroom uneasily, feeling that his interview time seemed to be shorter than that of other students.
After he left, the interviewer in the middle shook his head: "He hasn't been sterilized since junior high school, and his heart for the Tao is not firm enough."
The female interviewer on the side smiled: "I see that he came without knowing anything, and he didn't have any test reports and extracurricular test results.
The interviewer in the middle nodded: "Alas, I thought the poor would work harder, maybe I expected too much from them."
"This is a temporary alternative."
After that, he threw Zhang Yu's resume into the paper basket on the side, and crowded it together with hundreds of other alternative resumes.
Although Zhang Yu felt that his interview did not seem to be successful, he didn't have extra time to think about it, he had already begun to prepare for interviews one after another, and came to different high schools.
"Zhang Yu, we understand that your family situation may not be enough to afford the tuition here. However, we provide preferential loan services for poor students, as long as you are willing to mortgage some unimportant organs......"
"Don't worry, you are not in the wrong place, we know you are a man, and although our school is a girls' school, we have never discriminated against men, as long as you have completed gender change surgery, you will not only be able to enroll, but you will also be considered a seed student with a strong Taoist heart, and you will have the opportunity to enter the key class to learn the art of Yuan Yin Qi refining......"
"It's a pity that you are still a little short of our admission standards. However, this year, in order to take care of poor students, we have launched a special student policy. If you are willing to give up your physical body, you can rely on your identity as a soul cultivator to learn in the principal's Ten Thousand Soul Banner......"
"Classmate, you are in the right place, we are the most suitable high school for a civilian genius like you.
Let me introduce you to the benefits here, we have added nootropics to the drinking water to ensure that students are always in a state of concentration at level 5.
Every day, the head teacher will give you more than 900 grams of bull demon special supplements to ensure that your cultivation effect is more than ten times that of the original.
Even the air circulation system is filled with neurostimulant fillers that will make you sleep again, all for free.
Of course, to withstand these Functional Enhancement Supplements, you must complete the modification at our designated hospital.
Don't worry, as long as you implant some small magic tools to improve your metabolic ability, this is the specific price list......"
Interviews again and again, questions after questions.
or it is unattainable, leaving him completely blind to the threshold of hope.
or there are many traps that make him feel like he will be swallowed in one bite.
All this made Zhang Yu feel overwhelmed.
At this moment, he suddenly realized that he had the first grade in the school in the suburban ordinary junior high school, and compared with those students in the city center, he was already very different.
Even until this moment, how big was the specific gap between the two sides...... I only know the tip of the iceberg.
The hard work of studying over the past years seems to have become a joke.
In the end, he was no different from those uneducated classmates, and he couldn't go to high school either.
Back home, Zhang Yu sat silently like a stone statue.
The phone on the table vibrated again and again.
Mother: How was this interview?
Mother: I have to work overtime today, remember to eat the food in the refrigerator when it is hot.
After a while, the phone vibrated again.
Mother: Son, don't worry, whether you choose sterilization or gender reassignment, your mother will definitely help you pay for the surgery.
But Zhang Yu didn't look at the vibrating phone, he just stared blankly at the ceiling, wanting to think about the future, but he felt like his head was empty and he couldn't squeeze anything out.
At this moment, the phone vibrated violently again.
Zhang Yu originally didn't want to pay attention, but after the phone vibrated for more than a minute, he finally couldn't help but pick it up, only to find that the other party had hung up the phone.
Then he received a message from the other party: Your 5,000 reserve fund is ready and will arrive in just ten seconds......
"Is it a small loan advertisement?"
"Hmph."
Zhang Yu thought to himself that his interview materials might have been sold by some school.
But after putting down the phone for a while, he picked it up again and clicked on the message again.
……
That night, after my mother came back from overtime, she found that Zhang Yu, who had been ashen, seemed to have recovered and was sitting at the table reading.
"Mom, don't worry, I won't be defeated so easily."
"If it doesn't work this year, I will take the exam again next year, and I will definitely cultivate immortality."
"I'll go to cram school tomorrow, and I'll make up for what I'm missing one by one."
Early the next morning, Zhang Yu rushed out, and when he came back that night, he was already happy.
"Mom, I found a Xiandao cram school, where the teachers are all invited from key high schools, and if you study with them, you will definitely be admitted to high school."
"You don't have to worry about tuition, people think that my grades have been good since I was a child, and they know that my family is not rich, so they temporarily waived my tuition, as long as I can enter Songyang High School next year, I don't have to pay back the tuition, just think of it as advertising for them."
"Don't worry, they are a big company and will not lie."
My mother watched Zhang Yu go out to cram school before dawn every day, and she had to study until two or three o'clock when she got home late at night.
Looking at the Chinese, mathematics, physics and other textbooks he kept bringing back, and seeing that he planned to complete all the general education courses in high school except for Xiandao in one year, she was relieved by her son's progress.
But when she saw the boxes of medicines she brought back, a trace of doubt still welled up in her heart.
Zhang Yu explained with a smile: "Mom, since I was a child, I have studied 10,000 hours less than those top students, and if I don't work hard, I will only be thrown further and further away by them."
"These neurostimulant fillers allow me to sleep only half an hour a day, improve my learning efficiency, at least not be distant from those students in the city."
"Don't worry, these drugs don't cost money."
"The principal of our cram school is very optimistic about me, and he gave me all these medicines."
Hearing that it was given by the principal, the mother was even more happy that her son was appreciated.
Soon Zhang Yu came back with more things.
In addition to various high school textbooks and neurostimulant fillers, there are also capsules to regulate hormone levels, special supplements for monsters, and bottles of unpackaged powders.
Zhang Yu also explained a lot, sometimes saying that it was a bargain bought by a part-time job, sometimes saying it was given by classmates, and sometimes saying that it was a cram school reward......
The mother was happy for her son's diligence, and even more happy for his good popularity and excellent performance in the cram school.
She transferred 1,000 yuan to Zhang Yu, so that Zhang Yu remembered to thank her classmates and teachers.
But gradually, she found that Zhang Yu's mood began to become wrong, sometimes she was happy before going out in the morning, and when she came back in the evening, she went to bed without saying a word.
Sometimes I was still eating happily just now, and after answering the phone, my brows furrowed and I couldn't eat a bite.
She knew that the pressure of cultivating immortals must be too great, which made Zhang Yu nervous.
She could only buy more of his favorite food and save more tuition for him, hoping to help him relieve some of the pressure.
Gradually, she found that Zhang Yu cared about his mobile phone very much, not only did he almost never leave his mobile phone, but he also did not allow anyone to touch his mobile phone casually.
Once she saw that her phone was out of battery and took it to charge, she was angrily told by Zhang Yu.
Understanding that the other party was under great pressure, she never dared to touch Zhang Yu's mobile phone again, for fear of affecting her son's cultivation.
Suddenly one day, Zhang Yu asked her for tuition fees, saying that the cram school invited seniors who had been admitted to top universities to come and give them lectures, which was to give money to their seniors. Then there is the referral fee for high school admissions teachers.
Spiritual root testing fee for the hospital.
There is also a need to buy civilian-grade children's flying swords with cram school students.
From two or three thousand to seven or eight thousand...... The last time she was asked to pay 20,000 yuan directly, Zhang Yu said that it was the cost of renting the Heavenly Spirit Root.
But the good news finally came, Zhang Yu was successfully admitted to Songyang High School.
The mother was extremely happy, she was proud of her son's hard work and talent, and agreed to the tuition fees, tuition and fees, pharmacy fees, etc. that Zhang Yu said next.
But after the start of school, Zhang Yu asked for more and more money, and his family gradually couldn't make ends meet.
Finally one afternoon, listening to the voice on the other end of the phone, my mother's heart trembled.
"Hello? Is it Zhang Yu's mother?"
"Do you know that your son's loan has been overdue for 30 days......"
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That night, Zhang Yu confessed everything to his mother.
In the past year or so, the expenses in the learning process have not been as free, appreciated, and gifted as he said...... The money all comes from his loans from major platforms.
"Mom, I'm sorry."
"But I really want to cultivate immortality."
"Even if I can't pay off my debts for the rest of my life, I still want to cultivate immortality......"
After hearing all this, the mother silently sold all the valuable things in the family, and then borrowed part of the money to pay off Zhang Yu's debts.
I thought that my son would be able to cultivate immortality with peace of mind next.
But she soon discovered that her son's new loan was overdue.
Loan repayment ...... Loan ...... Loan repayment ...... Loan ......
The mother finally couldn't help but persuade Zhang Yu to spend less money.
"Mom, this medicine can't be stopped, after the medicine is stopped, the Taoist heart will regress, and I will give up all my previous efforts......"
"The Heavenly Spirit Root must be rented, without the Heavenly Spirit Root, I can't keep up with the ......."
"This cram school VIP card needs to be recharged, otherwise I won't understand the exercises taught by the school teacher in class......"
The developed immortal path technology allows mortals without spiritual roots to embark on the immortal path, but at the cost of regular learning and maintenance to continue walking.
In the blink of an eye, three months have passed since the start of school, and I see that I am in more and more debts, and now I can no longer afford the rent, water and electricity at home...... All of this seemed like a never-ending nightmare, and my mother finally couldn't bear it anymore.
So when he came home from school another day, Zhang Yu never saw his mother again.
He sat for a long time after reading his mother's message, and finally walked to the rooftop silently.
……
On the rooftop of the rental house.
A sharp pain came from the man's mind, gradually awakening his chaotic consciousness from the darkness.
He opened his eyes and looked forward, and saw the street not far ahead with people coming and going, with sewage flowing over.
On both sides of the street, various advertising signs flashed with neon light, and further up, black buildings were huddled together, as if to obscure the entire sky.
The building at his feet was a dilapidated apartment, and the mottled red brick wall was still projecting a video of a financial advertisement, in which a flying immortal was recommending a 30-day interest-free immortal loan to new users.
"Aren't I playing black?"
"Where is this?"
Just as he was thinking about what was going on, he turned his head and found that the rooftop was full of candles.
Rows of candles flickering with scarlet fire were surrounding him and a worn-out doll.
It was a rag doll with yellowed and faded fabric and crooked stitching, as if it could crack at any time.
The eerie scene seemed to stimulate his brain, causing broken memories to keep rolling back and forth in his mind.
"This is not China...... me to another world?"
He had a hard time accepting the matter of time travel.
But the real memories of the immortal path technique in his head kept hitting his consciousness, causing him to gradually merge with his original body, and at the same time, he was constantly reminded that there was another world in front of him.
This is the Kun Ruins, a super building that stands on the ground in a pyramid-like shape, with a total of thirty-six floors above ground and eighteen floors underground.
Starting from the first layer, which was the largest and resembled a continent, each layer was a new world.
As for what the world outside Kunxu looks like, Zhang Yu has no answer in his head.
He only knew that inside the Kun Ruins, it was a world where the major sects of the Immortal Dao were respected.
The big sect is high, and it almost monopolizes food, energy, transportation, education, scientific research, medical care, finance, the Internet and all walks of life.
But ordinary people are not blessed to enjoy most of the benefits brought by immortal path technology, but are busy making a living every day.
And he is a high school student named Zhang Yu who was admitted to Songyang High School and has recently been addicted to some kind of strange ritual......
"Now I have become Zhang Yu from another world."
At this moment, a tingling came from the palm of his hand, waking up Zhang Yu, who was immersed in the impact of memory.
He looked down and saw a transparent symbol appear in his palm, gradually turning black at an extremely slow rate.
"What is this?"
As the night wind blew, the scarlet candlelight around them swayed for a while.
And the dilapidated doll on the ground stared at him with a pair of empty eyes made of black buttons, looking straight at him.
He wanted to recall what was going on, but the more he thought about it, the more his head hurt and became dizzy.
The atmosphere in the air became more and more eerie, Zhang Yu covered his still dizzy head, only to feel that the world was spinning around.
When he came back to his senses, he found that he had left the rooftop in a daze and returned to his house step by step.
glanced at the rent payment list, stepped into the door, and saw only a bed and a table in Zhang Yu's eyes.
"Is this my home?"
Feeling his sticky skin soaked in sweat and the extremely hot environment around him, Zhang Yu wanted to find an air conditioner remote control, but remembered that there was no air conditioning in this house at all.
He wanted to flush again, but found that the water had stopped.
Zhang Yu sat down on the bed helplessly.
"What a broken place."
"What if there are really immortals? This life is not as good as a world without immortals."
Zhang Yu scanned the wall and found that the wall behind the table was covered with certificates from childhood to adulthood.
1st, 2nd, 3rd grade...... Until the third year of junior high school, the original Zhang Yu was the first in the grade almost every year.
Looking at these awards, various memories of receiving awards also welled up from Zhang Yu's mind: "The original Zhang Yu was a diligent student who studied hard and had excellent grades since he was a child."
"The Songyang High School I am studying now is also a key high school in the city."
"I'm a top student."
Recalling the knowledge in his mind, Zhang Yu's eyes gradually lit up: "You can build a foundation by being admitted to a prestigious university, you can form pills by joining a major sect, and you can also climb up in Kunxu, leave this slum, and enjoy more benefits of immortal technology.
Thinking of this, Zhang Yu suddenly felt that coming to this world seemed to be a good thing.
Just as he was thinking this, his phone rang suddenly.
"Hello?"
"Hello Mr. Zhang Yu, your loan on our platform has been overdue for 3 days......"
After hanging up the phone, Zhang Yu flipped through the text message box on his mobile phone and found dense reminder text messages, all of which were originally reminded after the loan was overdue on major platforms.
At the same time, relevant memories also poured out in his mind.
"This guy started borrowing money to make up for classes before entering high school, and after entering Songyang High School, in order to keep up with everyone's grades, he had an idea and began to borrow money to take medicine and make up lessons in order to improve his grades.
"This is a genius who relies on platform loans to disguise himself."
"Even the fucking king couldn't stand him, and he finally left."
After calculating the total overdue loans, Zhang Yu immediately broke out in cold sweat on his forehead.
Just because he found that the profit was profitable, Zhang Yu had already owed a total of more than 700,000 yuan to major platforms.
And when he looked at his account again, there were only more than fifty yuan left in total.
"I actually owe 700,000 yuan...... Damn!"
Zhang Yu punched the bed and said angrily: "In this world...... Even for the proud son of heaven who graduated from high school, this is a huge debt."
"No wonder this guy is indulging in some messy rituals...... This is a borrowing dog with no hope in life."
"He's had enough, now I'm here to pay him off the debt?"
At the same time, the lights in the room suddenly went out.
After pressing the switch several times and observing the situation of other neighbors, Zhang Yu determined one thing...... He was de-energized.
"This is a broken place......"
"If I wake up early tomorrow morning and go back, that would be fine......"
With all kinds of messy thoughts surging in his mind, Zhang Yu finally fell asleep groggily on the bed.
And on his palm, the originally transparent symbol has been filled with one-tenth of black.
(End of this chapter)