Chapter 268: The Sealed School Gates
Li Wei paid the rent through the terminal, and after sitting in the driver’s seat, he also fell into confusion.
Although he had just told Kenny that he wanted to wander around other areas, this was just a vague idea, not specific to any particular spot.
“Where to go?”
Li Wei leaned back in the seat, looking up blankly at the bustling scenery around him.
Although the Third Fleet was an agriculturally developed fleet, humans’ long youth and middle age periods destined them to need some entertainment to relax, so the commercial district of the main ship was also lively, no less than that of other fleets.
The area for anti-gravity car rentals now had quite a few people coming and going. Luckily, anti-gravity cars didn’t have the kind of situation from the 21st Century where the car in front not moving would block all the cars behind; otherwise, with Li Wei’s behavior of renting a car and then blankly stopping in place, he would have long been cursed at by the cars behind, plus a full-service barrage of horns.
Although the car rental service wasn’t needed by most residents of the main ship, this was right when elementary schools and kindergartens were on break. Residents from escort ships had taken leave to come to the main ship to play and give their kids a good start to the holiday. This was the traffic peak hour that main ship residents of the Twelfth Fleet had to endure during summer and winter vacations.
Looking around now, surprisingly, Li Wei was the only single youth there, which also made him want to quickly find a place to wander and escape the curious gazes of the people around him.
At this moment, the conversation of the people waiting to get in their cars around him reached his ears.
“…Do you think Nongda Affiliated High School will come up with some new thing again in July?”
“Possible. Look, high schools have outdoor study during summer vacation, right? If A Bite of China Club wants to submit a research report that fits the club activity theme, they will definitely start from a new topic…”
“Not necessarily. What if they plan to tackle it from the direction of castrated pigs and new staple food like the Agriculture Bureau…”
“Our department hasn’t heard any similar rumors, so the possibility of this direction is slim…”
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Later, the conversation faded away along with the faint engine sound of the anti-gravity cars.
It seemed to be staff from a production escort ship out playing together, which didn’t surprise Li Wei.
Nongda Affiliated High School…
Li Wei recalled the quirky students from A Bite of China Club, swiped the car’s operation light screen with his fingers, and searched for the location of Nongda Affiliated High School.
How about… going to take a look?
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[Beep—Sorry, our school is not currently open for outside visits. If you are personnel related to school business cooperation, please show your certification pass. If you have any doubts, please contact…]
When Li Wei stood at the school gate of Nongda Affiliated High School and heard the somewhat cute defense AI robot issue this notice, he was momentarily stunned.
Normally, schools above high school level did not prohibit outside visitors from entering the campus for visits.
Since club education and traditional education became the teaching model for high school education, and defense machine AI performance gradually improved, high school campuses in various fleets had long been open to the public. Club education was an indispensable interest enlightenment for many university students and social individuals, and for various commercial groups and government departments, it was also a cradle of talent. Impatient personnel departments even scouted talents useful for their own professional departments starting from high school.
This was also an excellent promotion opportunity for high schools, effectively boosting their enrollment rates and serving as a chance for cooperation between schools, social groups, and government departments.
The sponsorship that Nongda Affiliated High School received for this year’s school anniversary also came from these outside cooperations.
“Can’t I just visit the club building and the sports field?”
Li Wei asked.
[Beep—Our school is not currently open for outside visits to any on-campus facilities. These two facilities are also on the prohibited visit list.]
The defense AI robot answered in a cute voice.
This is really…
Li Wei scratched his head before leaving the school gate.
At this moment, he saw a few people with kids walking over chatting and laughing, and when they reached the Nongda Affiliated High School gate, they were rejected by the defense AI robot for the same reason.
The parents were clearly a bit emotional, but the defense AI robot seemed accustomed to such scenes, and the group eventually left disappointed.
“Sigh… I wanted to go to the rumored A Bite of China Club to taste the latest ancient food.”
“Our director said that they stopped outside visits starting from March, but I didn’t expect it still not open even though summer vacation is almost here.”
“High schools and junior highs aren’t on break yet. Maybe we can get in in a few days.”
“By then the students will all be on break too. What would there be to see?”
……
The parents muttered as they walked toward the nearby parking lot. Listening to their conversation, a look of realization appeared on Li Wei’s face.
So it’s still because of A Bite of China Club.
Li Wei looked at the tightly closed school gate.
Indeed, A Bite of China Club’s club president held ancient technology that could cause a major earthquake in the agricultural structure of the Third Fleet or even the Twelfth Fleet. There were absolutely no shortage of people eyeing her. Not to mention the various commercial groups in the Third Fleet—probably all government departments were rubbing their hands waiting to snatch her.
If she weren’t the daughter of the Yue Xiang Group boss and the Director of Cultural Affairs Bureau, and her club members also had extraordinary backgrounds with their backing forces shielding them from these prying eyes, even with Noah the captain and this school’s leadership protecting her, Xiang Chuan would probably have been forced to skip grades and get a university diploma in the first month of school, then stuffed into some government department.
Li Wei had also glanced at Nongda Affiliated High School’s field training record images these past two days. Class Eight Grade One’s record image was still the hottest image project in the Education Bureau’s image archive records.
Xiang Chuan’s “Thirty-Six Stratagems” from the field training, along with various food processing technologies not yet developed in the modern era—even for an audience like Li Wei who had no interest in ancient literature records or agriculture majors—was captivating to watch, let alone the Third Fleet residents with their rich agricultural knowledge background.
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Li Wei regretfully glanced at the Nongda Affiliated High School gate, then prepared to step toward the parking lot.
Just then, several scattered groups of young people came bustling down from the other end of the road.
They wore various clothing, looking much like the young people seen in the commercial street. The only difference was that their collars or chests all had a badge affixed, with a pattern somewhat similar to the standard of Nongda Affiliated High School behind Li Wei.
So, the Agricultural University of the Third Fleet was nearby?
Li Wei looked in the direction from which the young people were coming.
Due to the nature of various majors at the Agricultural University, from around Nongda Affiliated High School onward it was all specialized dedicated areas, surrounded by protective fences, so the Agricultural University gate couldn’t be seen with the naked eye from here—especially since the Agricultural University had no buildings of astonishing height.
Since I’m already here, how about… going to take a look? Li Wei thought, then once again stepped toward the parking lot.
Just finished the company summer training not long ago, and in August it’ll be entering the corporate slave busy phase again. At least guarantee 3 updates per week… right? (Really want to blow up with this job)
