MTLNOVEL Chapter 182: Simulation: Jurassic Park
Remember history, never forget the original aspiration.
These eight characters, though simple, are deeply moving.
Nowadays, for most people, what matters more is personal enmity, not national hatred, because they haven't truly experienced it, thus the feeling fades away.
As for the keyboard warriors on the internet, if war truly broke out, Su Jie had reason to doubt that they would be the fastest to kneel.
The superior man hears the way, diligently practices it.
If we liken "the way" to history and dreams, those with aspirations have no time to post opinions online, to clash with others or to show off their superiority, but instead are constantly striving and learning.
Modern times are not like that historical period; international integration is the trend, so one should face history head-on, strive for it, and leap towards progress.
Zhao Xinglong clapped three times and said, "Indeed, history should be remembered, and our original aspirations not forgotten, but the original aspiration of our Huaxia culture is not that kind of naive hatred, but to strengthen ourselves, develop ourselves."
The crowd reflected thoughtfully.
A history lesson brought about a slight change in everyone's thoughts.
Zhao Xinglong had the crowd share their feelings with each other, to let their impressions settle in the exchange and to prevent them from becoming frogs at the bottom of a well, trapped in their own small worlds.
After the lesson, Zhao Xinglong said, "Alright, the history class is over. You all can discuss it yourselves in the future. After all, the most important thing for you is to be self-aware."
"Next, please follow the class schedule provided by the Minglun mark and attend your other classes."
"Now, class is dismissed!"
As soon as his words ended, Zhao Xinglong's figure disappeared, obviously, besides history, he had other classes to teach.
"The next class is biology, taught by someone named Li Liang, who is also at the Stable Realm of spiritual cultivation," Zhang Manman projected the class schedule from her wrist.
Afterward, she also projected a virtual screen to search for Li Liang.
In the inner courtyard of Minglun Martial School, it was possible to connect to the campus network, or to say, here the internet was free (or perhaps included in the tuition fees).
[Li Liang, from Jiangnan, once from an ordinary family, was unruly, bullied the weak, feared the strong, and made a living by collecting protection fees, one of the leaders of a local youth gang. Later he was subdued by Minglun Martial School's Principal Sun and Vice Principal Wang, turning over a new leaf and becoming security personnel of Minglun Martial Arts...
Now, has a life force of 10, spiritual cultivation at the Stable Realm.]
"A gangster?" Zhang Manman was surprised, "I didn't expect our next biology teacher used to be a delinquent."
"That's in the past."
Su Jie was indifferent to this.
He had never met Li Liang, but according to the description, he seemed to be a classic example of a prodigal son returning to the right path.
Zhang Manman put away the virtual screen and turned off the Minglun mark, saying, "So it seems, Minglun doesn't hide the history of its teachers, which can be seen as a way of facing history head-on."
"That's why Minglun has been able to grow to this extent, so much so that some people even call Jiangnan City 'Minglun City'," Su Jie sighed, "It's not flattery, but a recognition that Minglun truly deserves this status."
As the two talked, they walked out of the classroom with the other students, running toward the next biology class.
And why run?
Because the inner courtyard of Minglun is so large that the next biology classroom is two kilometers away from the history classroom, and the break between classes is only five minutes.
Not running would mean being late.
"This must also be one of Minglun's ways to train students," said Zhang Manman, sharing what she knew, "As far as I know, in Taixu Illusory Realm, there is a pseudo-Spiritual Energy, and although it is not as good as true spiritual breath and cannot be actively absorbed, living and exercising in such an environment passively nourishes our bodies."
"Indeed."
Su Jie, unlike Zhang Manman, could faintly sense that some kind of energy was entering his body, nourishing his flesh even more directly than eating would.
Three minutes passed.
Su Jie and Zhang Manman arrived first, reaching the location of the biology class.
Before them was a series of white walls stretching for thousands, even tens of thousands, of miles, with a spacious road leading through a city gate about a hundred meters tall into the interior.
"Is this where we have our class?" Looking through the wide-open gates, Zhang Manman could see the landscape inside with all kinds of trees, shrubs, and weeds, and she could faintly hear the roars of animals.
It was a completely primitive forest, and not just a simulated realm, but a real one!
"Let's go up."
"Okay."
The two walked into the city tower, ascended the stairs next to it, and reached the hundred-meter-high top level. Looking out, they could see the walls resembling the Great Wall, a pathway for people to walk on.
Above the wall, many students stood in designated areas, waiting for the teaching teachers.
Clearly, they were students who had come here for the biology class, but were unrecognized by Su Jie as they were from older cohorts.
Following the instructions on the class schedule, Su Jie and Zhang Manman arrived at the area marked number 12 on the ground, as other classmates also arrived in time for the class to begin.
As the time for class to start ticked to the final second, Li Liang's figure walked out leisurely from the tower's entrance, and with him were several other teachers with life forces around 10, likely those teaching other classes.
"My name is Li Liang, and I am the biology teacher for you new students. Introduce yourselves, so I can get to know you," Li Liang said as he approached Su Jie and the others with a roll call list, slowly beginning to speak.
A buzz cut, garbed in a white lab coat, and with a square jawed face.
That was Su Jie's first impression; he saw no hint of a worldly youth but rather a man full of righteousness.
"My name is Su Jie. I am the class president."
"Zhang Manman, the vice class president."
"Chen Tian Yuzi."
"Wang Guodong."
"Li Ziming."
"..."
Listening to the students' names, Li Liang nodded slightly and marked "√" on the roll call list, although he was somewhat taken aback by the name "Su Jie" -- after all, which parents would name their child "Jie"?
However, he didn't pay it much mind.
Nowadays, there are even people named "Supreme."
If one didn't look at the writing, the name "Su Jie" sounded fine enough and wouldn't be misunderstood.
After finishing the roll call, Li Liang put away the list and said, "Good, everyone is present, and no one is late. Let's go down then and start a real biology class."
Leading a large group of students, Li Liang took very slow steps, but each step covered seven to eight meters, seemingly shrinking the earth to an inch. Su Jie and the others had to rush to keep up.
When they reached the base of the city wall, Li Liang kept walking, now with ten-meter strides. Su Jie and Zhang Manman managed it quite easily, but the rest were starting to pant.
Nevertheless, Li Liang controlled his speed well, not too fast, ensuring everyone could keep up.
After walking nearly a kilometer, Li Liang stopped and turned into a small trail, with Su Jie and the others hurrying to follow.
In the jungle, lush and verdant with birds singing and insects chirping, even the sound of their footsteps on the damp, decaying leaves emphasized the tranquility of the place.
Su Jie's senses were extremely sharp; he could even feel insects moving within the dead leaves and twigs beneath his feet.
The air carried a faint scent of decay, but perhaps due to being in the jungle, it felt fresh, infused with a complex array of odors.
This place had a very high oxygen content!
Luckily, their life force levels were all over 1, otherwise, they might have suffered from oxygen intoxication.
Following Li Liang through the jungle, the group came to a relatively open cliffside.
Below was a boundless plain!
The grass rustled with the wind, seemingly over a meter tall, like a vast sea of green. Beholding it, everyone felt their fatigue dissipate, and their spirits refreshed.
"Wait! Those are dinosaurs!" Chen Tian Yuzi exclaimed, pointing toward the plain where a herd of giant dinosaurs with long necks and large bodies were moving slowly, as if migrating.
"Those are Brachiosauruses!"
A student interested in dinosaurs identified the name of the herd.
Suddenly, the Brachiosauruses became agitated and started to stampede.
It turned out that behind the herd, two Tyrannosaurus rexes were sprinting swiftly, setting their sights on a lagging youngster from their kind.
One T. rex pounced forward and clamped its jaws tightly around the Brachiosaurus's neck. In its panic, the giant creature lost its balance. Despite its massive size, it was dragged several dozen meters forward by the T. rex before the second one latched onto its hind legs, finally bringing it down.
"Roar!"
Though both T. rexes were injured—the one that bit the Brachiosaurus's neck had hurt its right leg—they nonetheless raised their heads and roared triumphantly, venting their excitement.
Su Jie and the others watched this hunt from atop the cliff, all deeply shaken.
With life forces of just over 1, even though they were transcendent, they were significantly inferior to dinosaurs.
Whether it was the enormous Brachiosauruses or the Tyrannosaurus rexes, these creatures were unbeatable by them. If one were to rate their life forces, these beings that lacked spiritual cultivation and true wisdom still had a life force of at least 7.
"T. rex appeared in the Cretaceous, and Brachiosaurus in the Jurassic; they could never have met!" a student cried out in astonishment. "Could this be a real version of Jurassic Park?"
"Exactly," Li Liang confirmed the student's guess. "With Minglun's technology, reviving dinosaurs is merely a trivial task."
"Does that mean we could keep dinosaurs as pets in the future?" Chen Tian Yuzi asked, dumbfounded.
Li Liang smiled confidently: "To Minglun, we already keep dinosaurs as pets, and we can even eat dinosaur meat."
At the mention of "eating," many students suddenly felt hungry.
In Huaxia, there has long been a saying: Food is paramount to the people.
And it goes: Dragon meat in the sky, donkey meat on the ground.
Donkey meat—the students present weren't short of money, and except for Su Jie, virtually all of them had tried it, but dragon meat was unheard of.
Even if it was only dinosaur meat...