Meteor Fall Master in the 'Starry Abyss'

"Hmm... This thing is really hard to understand. It's clearly written in English, but there are so many made-up words. It seems that this author named Shakespeare must be more than a third-rate writer, at least a second-rate one."

Xia Yubing held the ancient book, comparing it with the information on the computer screen, and touched her chin:

"But it's really strange. This language called 'English' is recorded in the university's database, yet there's not a single mention of it when I look through academic journals."

She hefted the book in her hand, muttering:

"Could it be that in this world, I'm the only one studying English?"

Since Jiaozi brought that ancient book, Xia Yubing, who majored in linguistics, had been entirely focused on learning and researching 'English'.

If Jiaozi is someone who isn't good at socializing, then Xia Yubing is more of a fringe person in society.

She was never popular. The major she chose, linguistics, had long been replaced by machines.

Most of her time was spent on reading and studying.

As a fellow university student, someone like Jiaozi who enjoys life and plays heartily is considered normal.

Seemingly socially anxious, Jiaozi can still manage to attract a lot of people.

However, Xia Yubing didn't care about this at all.

The charm of linguistics is beyond what other majors can imagine!

She even stopped playing games, focusing entirely on studying English.

Frankly, the language was unexpectedly simple.

It has only 26 letters, a very clear subject-verb-object structure, and the grammar is pretty fixed with few changes.

The difficulty of learning English is low, the logic is easy to understand, it should be the simplest language in the world.

The flaw is also obvious. Once written, this alphabetic language requires a lot of space.

"English must be a language that's been used, refined, and expanded for a long time. From this 'Shakespeare Anthology' to 'The Biography of Gaia Covert', many new words have appeared—though fortunately, the overall structure and grammar haven't changed."

Xia Yubing twirled an electronic pen, murmuring:

"This biography is evidently the work of a leader from an alien civilization—it records in detail the life of Gaia Covert, as an administrator of the Ether Civilization."

She lay on the bed and started reading the book again:

"Gaia Covert, born into an ordinary farmer family of the Ether Civilization, grew up on a farm until junior high. As the eldest daughter, she had the responsibility of taking care of her 13 younger siblings. This might have had an important influence on her later 'maternal' state governance philosophy."

"Gaia possesses a kind of emotion towards 'people' that goes beyond the ordinary. She shows no interest in romance, marriage, or sex, possibly displaying signs of asexuality. However, after multiple interviews, Gaia clearly stated: my love is for humanity."

"To be precise, Gaia loves an abstract concept of people—like the Blacksmith, Astrologer, Bishop, Tailor, Farmer, Gourmet, Hairdresser, Doctor, Writer, Player, Engineer, Soldier, Teacher, and so on."

"At 14, by chance, the young Gaia got involved in a military action. She exhibited incredible calmness, composure, and shrewdness, successfully leading a dozen wounded soldiers to escape enemy blockade and even annihilated the enemy, capturing a large number of spoils. Ultimately, she returned home and to her post successfully. It was because of this that the upper echelons of the Ether Civilization soon noticed Gaia's distinctiveness and began to pay attention to her existence early on."

"No one would deny: Gaia is a person of exceptional talent."

Reading up to this point, Xia Yubing was already immersed in the text, as if she transformed into a village girl with silver hair, wearing a simple floral skirt.

Gaia Covert

Contrary to the grand name 'Mother Earth', Gaia's real image is just a very ordinary countryside girl, slightly above average looks, with a touch of earthiness. She has calluses on her hands and likes to wear plain floral skirts, very popular in rural areas.

Her parents are Calenon Covert and Besaisna Covert, both very ordinary citizens of the Ether Civilization, with the blood of Earth's children flowing in them, ethnically tending towards Mediterranean-Arab mixed race.

Gaia's family education was very ordinary, just a normal household, with no major disasters or grand fortunes.

However, when journalists interviewed Gaia's grandfather, he exhibited an indescribable resolute belief:

"My granddaughter is destined to shine brilliantly!"

Later, Gaia attended a top-tier institution of the civilization, but in her early years, she was a typical student with subject biases, often scoring only D (fail) in numerical subjects.

Gaia was obsessed with humanities and social sciences, disinterested in numbers. For subjects she didn't like, Gaia would submit blank papers.

She loved socializing. Everyone who encountered Gaia might not necessarily like her, but without exception, they all acknowledged 'Gaia is the kindest person.'

In the definition of the Ether Civilization, Gaia is an 'Empath.'

She possesses an unparalleled powerful empathetic ability, able to perceive the sorrow and pain of others across star systems, almost like a quantum effect. Her perception is so strong that she can even sense past history and future trajectories.