Chapter 1: Seed Of Civilization
Nanke University, boys’ 301 dormitory.
“Damn, Fan Ren! Oh no, Brother Fan, come quickly to the rescue!”
“Bro, carry me, if I lose one more game, I’ll drop rank.”
“Busy!”
“Xu Min is really damnable, pulling this right before graduation, look at the blow to Second Brother…”
A familiar name entered his ears. The boy called Fan Ren, whose hands had been rapidly tapping the keyboard, couldn’t help but pause slightly.
“It has nothing to do with her. We broke up peacefully. Don’t morally kidnap.”
He shook his head, his tone calm, showing no great sadness.
Beside him, a burly boy glared at the roommate who had just mentioned Xu Min and said, “Don’t bring up what shouldn’t be mentioned? Go play your game.”
Fan Ren saw the atmosphere was a bit off, so he took his hands off the keyboard, pinched his forehead, showing a trace of fatigue.
“I’m really fine, no need to make a fuss. I’m rushing to finish this up here; the client needs it tomorrow.”
He pointed at the screen of his second-hand computer. Fan Ren looked at his roommates in front of him and couldn’t help but feel a thousand emotions.
He was an orphan, supported by the local welfare society to study, and had always had no friends.
It was only after getting into university with excellent grades that he befriended these very close brothers around him.
The burly one was the president who was obsessed with fitness all year round, the eldest among them, named Li Jian.
The chubby one with a face full of indignation, feeling unfair for him, was Liu Jun, ranked Third Brother.
The one who had been wailing about dropping rank at the beginning was Lin Chang, the youngest in the dormitory ranking.
Over the four years, although Fan Ren was ranked Second Brother, his orphan identity made him the ‘support’ object of the others in the dormitory; instead, he received the most care.
Except in games where they would yell Brother Fan, in other situations they basically called him ‘Second Brother’.
The kind of resistance that was ineffective.
The Xu Min they mentioned was Fan Ren’s girlfriend whom he had just broken up with a few days ago.
The two met in their freshman year. With Fan Ren’s conditions, he originally had neither the ability nor the mind to date.
After all, he was carrying a university loan. Although he had some living allowances, all aspects of life required money, so he had no spare cash to date.
But because Fan Ren’s grades were always at the top of the school, he never missed scholarships, so his life wasn’t too bad.
It was precisely because of these few advantages he showed among the students that starting from sophomore year, Xu Min began frequently contacting Fan Ren, and before long, they got together.
Thinking about these past few years, being with her, they had only held hands, and even the first kiss was still there.
But he had spent quite a bit of money.
Fortunately, it was only money from part-time jobs that he spent on her; he had saved the scholarship money without touching it.
Otherwise, it would really have been a loss of both person and money.
The reason for their breakup was also very simple.
As graduation approached, Xu Min finally ‘woke up’. Fan Ren had no family support, so once he entered society, he would basically have to start completely from zero.
House, car, and such— who knew when she could use them.
A woman’s youth is precious—these theories, instilled by her besties and others, ultimately led her to choose a peaceful breakup.
Actually, Fan Ren wasn’t too regretful. Coming alone into this world, Xu Min was the first woman to proactively accompany him to eat.
Although most of the time Fan Ren paid, for an orphan, this unprecedented companionship was especially cherished.
He truly understood Xu Min’s choice, which was why he told his brothers ‘don’t morally kidnap’.
He had endured hard days since childhood and knew how hard life could be.
There was really no need to drag the girl into suffering with him.
Having a period of beautiful memories was good enough; he asked for nothing more.
“Big idiot, I’ll go book a restaurant. Tonight, brothers will have an early farewell drink.”
Liu Jun looked at Fan Ren who was dazed again, cursed lowly, and angrily left the dormitory door.
“Third Brother, wait for me, I’ll go too! I’m your exclusive driver!”
Lin Chang chased after upon hearing this.
Yes, although they were university students, Liu Jun as a rich second generation had his own car since freshman enrollment.
Even more so recently, as graduation neared, his family changed it to a coupe worth over a million.
Fan Ren came back to his senses, smiled and shook his head, saying to Li Jian beside him, “Boss, are you planning to go back home?”
Li Jian, who had developed a body full of muscles from year-round fitness, nodded upon hearing this, but thinking of the atmosphere in his hometown Chuancheng in recent years, he couldn’t help but shake his head and grit his teeth: “Go back my ass, too scary, we’ll talk later. Hurry and finish this, don’t be a buzzkill at night. I’ll go find those two.”
Fan Ren didn’t understand, and he had no curiosity. His gaze returned to the display screen, and he plunged back into busyness.
The dormitory suddenly only had the sound of rapidly tapping keyboard.
Fan Ren’s major was Mechanical Automation, but knowing the importance of knowledge, he self-studied many engineering courses.
What he was doing now was a mechanical parts design drawing.
These years, if not for online part-time jobs helping people with various graduation designs and scattered gigs in other areas, he couldn’t have afforded the expenses of being with Xu Min.
Time slowly passed. As the design drawing was completed, Fan Ren was about to stretch when he heard a crisp and pleasant voice, freezing him in his chair.
‘Basic information analysis complete. Seed of Civilization beginning to load into host’s brain.’
As the voice fell, Fan Ren suddenly felt a vast amount of information crazily surging into his brain.
He considered his intelligence not low, but the massive information appearing in his mind at this moment was completely beyond his ability to analyze and discern.
He didn’t know how much time passed before that information finally disappeared deep in his mind. Before Fan Ren could recover, he heard that pleasant voice resounding in his brain again.
‘Loading complete!’
Name: Fan Ren
Gender: Male
Age: 24 years old
Seed unlock current progress as follows
Basic Science: Level 1 (100/1000)
Electronics: Level 1 (100/1000)
Mechanics: Level 1 (100/1000)
Materials Science: Level 1 (100/1000)
Space Science: Level 1 (5/1000)
Related condition technologies have been unlocked, please check yourself.
Fan Ren was completely bewildered.
On that digital light panel in his mind, a long list had now appeared.
His eyes widened round, his gaze falling on the first five words.
Anti-gravity Technology: Utilizes the counterforce produced by gravity fields, generally used in civilization’s early home planet era. Unlock condition: All categories reach Level 2.
Fan Ren sobered for an instant. He saw that his so-called categories were all just starting at Level 1, seemingly still far off.
But immediately his attention focused on those two lit options.
High-voltage Wireless Charging Technology (Unlocked)
Graphene Chip Technology (Unlocked)
Seems like…
Seems pretty awesome too?
Fan Ren shivered. What was he doing? What happened?
He tried to open his eyes; the scene before him was that old and worn second-hand computer.
Yes, he was still in the dormitory.
Closing his eyes, consciousness returning to his body, he subconsciously recalled the previous scene, and the ‘Seed of Civilization’ panel with those four big opening words appeared again.
Fan Ren opened his eyes and looked at his hands.
‘Hiss~ It hurts!’
Looking at the back of his hand pinched purple by himself, his brain suddenly felt a wave of dizziness.
The situation seemed a bit serious.
After a long while, Fan Ren returned to the consciousness space again, focusing his attention on the ‘High-voltage Wireless Charging Technology (Unlocked)’ entry.
‘Begin receiving’
‘Receiving complete’
Fan Ren couldn’t help but slap himself.
‘Pa’
“This seems pretty badass!”
The full set of High-voltage Wireless Charging Technology information had already been transmitted to his mind just now, as if it had always been part of his memory.
He returned to the consciousness space again and received the ‘Graphene Chip’ technology in the same way.
Fan Ren wasn’t having a stroke, but at this moment, drool still involuntarily flowed from the corner of his mouth.
What the fuck about seven nanometers, five nanometers.
All trash!
New book various begs
Every collection and recommendation will bring me huge motivation.
Thank you all bosses for your support.
