Bai Luan had just used the Anywhere Door to return to his Little Black Room and hadn't even finished packing much when he received a message on his phone.
Heimerdinger requests to add you as a friend.
Bai Luan glanced at the note.
I am the Chancellor of First University of Truth.
The avatar was a kind, white-haired old man.
First University of Truth's recruitment office is quite efficient, huh? How long has it been since Herta sent that message? Half an hour, maybe?
Bai Luan glanced at the note again and couldn't help but chuckle.
Honestly, this really resembles the 'First Emperor of Qin' scam from his previous life.
All that's missing is a message after adding him, saying, 'V me 50.'
Bai Luan accepted the friend request.
Heimerdinger: Hello, Mr. Bai Luan. It is an honor that you have chosen our university.
Heimerdinger: Could you please provide your coordinates to our university? We will dispatch a special vehicle to pick you up.
Oh?
The service is quite thoughtful.
He thought he'd have to pay his own way to First University of Truth, but now it seems he can save some money.
Bai Luan: [Coordinates]
Bai Luan: Just come here.
Heimerdinger: Uh…
Heimerdinger: Mr. Bai Luan, your coordinates… seem to be outside the Azure Star's atmosphere?
Bai Luan: I know.
Bai Luan: Just come, and let me know when you're close.
Heimerdinger: As expected of Ms. Herta's assistant… your style of doing things is truly different from ordinary people.
Heimerdinger: Please wait a moment; our special vehicle will arrive as soon as possible.
Bai Luan: Understood.
Heimerdinger: May I ask you a rather personal question?
Heimerdinger: What is your relationship with Ms. Herta?
Bai Luan looked at the message from the other side and grinned.
Trying to get my coordinates, and trying to get information from me.
This old man has a lot of tricks up his sleeve.
Bai Luan: What do you think my relationship with Ms. Herta is? Answer correctly and I'll give you bonus points.
Heimerdinger: Uh… you are her assistant?
Bai Luan: Yes, that's the relationship.
Heimerdinger: I understand.
Heimerdinger: I won't disturb you further. I will notify you when the special vehicle arrives.
Bai Luan turned off his phone screen and continued to pack his luggage.
A few changes of clothes; as for daily necessities, he'd buy them after arriving.
Hmm…
He'd just take these.
The chainsaw sword, bolter, and other marvelous little oddities that were inconvenient to display were all placed by Bai Luan on a leg strap with space-folding capabilities.
The leg strap had a buckle, capable of holding a small notebook.
And on the leg strap was a small device that looked like a decoration, but actually had space-folding capabilities, allowing it to hold many items.
Bai Luan's marvelous little oddities were stored inside, ready for use whenever needed.
The small notebook actually served to attract attention, used to conceal the true purpose of the leg strap.
The notebook's cover, the leg strap's color, and the tuxedo's color were all consistent, so it wouldn't feel out of place.
This item was not a marvel created by Bai Luan himself, but was directly obtained from Herta.
At the time, to save trouble, he asked Herta if she had any space storage items, and Herta gave him this.
Hmm.
Perhaps it was due to Herta's personal preference; in any case, she gave this to Bai Luan.
After Bai Luan put it on, Herta's reaction was to glance at it, ponder for a moment, and then nod in satisfaction.
"Not bad, just wear it like that."
Bai Luan himself had added the buckle for the notebook.
Otherwise, to an uninformed person, this leg strap would seem to have an unclear purpose.
Just as Bai Luan was recalling the origin of his leg strap, his phone vibrated twice.
Heimerdinger: Mr. Bai Luan, we have arrived.
Bai Luan: That fast?
Heimerdinger: Our special vehicle uses warp technology.
Bai Luan: Awesome, awesome.
The CPU on the other side seemed to have smoked from Bai Luan's single sentence, and for a moment, he didn't know how to reply.
He edited the message multiple times but never sent a new one.
Alright, you can take your time agonizing over it.
The nanites on Bai Luan's body began to surge like water, enveloping his entire body, and in the blink of an eye, he was fully armored.
…
Who picks up new students in outer space?
By the way, hasn't the school year already started?
Why are there still new students at this time?
It's probably the young ladies and gentlemen from some powerful family coming to experience university life.
Are their families preparing to send them to outer space by spaceship?
So extra.
Rich people really don't miss any opportunity to show off in front of others.
The special vehicle's driver idly looked through the cockpit window at the Azure Star below.
Suddenly, he noticed a point of light.
Hmm?
The driver frowned, feeling that something was not right.
So he used the observer to scan and zoom in on the image.
"Holy crap!"
He saw an incredibly handsome white mecha, holding a white briefcase, directly breaking through the atmosphere solo.
Whose subordinate is this?
So brave?
If the armor's life support system were a bit worse, the pilot inside would already be roasted by now!
And… a mecha is one thing, but how is that briefcase so durable!?
Is it that heat-resistant?
Could it be that the one he's supposed to pick up this time is him?
Just as the driver was stunned, Bai Luan had already broken through the Azure Star's atmosphere and spotted First University of Truth's spaceship.
A small spaceship.
After confirming the target, Bai Luan no longer flew leisurely; he went full throttle, turning into a stream of light, and in a flash, appeared in front of the cockpit.
The heat from breaking through the atmosphere had not yet completely dissipated; the mecha's surface was still faintly red.
The driver stared dumbfounded at the mecha in front of him.
What kind of speed was that?
It appeared in front of him in the blink of an eye?
If the other party were to fight him in such a mecha…
He would have been shot down by now, right?
Bai Luan frowned; he had already sent a communication request to the driver, but for some reason, he hadn't accepted it.
He had no choice but to reach out and tap on the cockpit glass to remind the driver in front of him.
These taps on the glass brought the driver back to his senses; he quickly accepted the communication request and, with a hint of nervousness, said into the communication channel:
"H-hello?"
"Hello, my name is Bai Luan. You're here to pick me up. Open your hatch; I'm coming in."
"Okay."
The hatch opened in space, and Bai Luan flew into the spaceship. Once the cabin environment returned to normal, he disengaged his armor.
His entire armor disintegrated, and the nanobots protecting the suitcase flowed like water, attaching themselves to his clothes.
Then he activated mimicry and merged with his clothes.
Bai Luan took a breath of the air inside the spaceship.
It had a smell; the life support system was a bit crude.
Then he curiously looked around.
Hmm…
Do some structures seem a bit simple?
A prototype?
Bai Luan, pulling his suitcase, came to the cockpit.
"Hey? Friend, aren't you in the passenger cabin?"
"Isn't the co-pilot seat empty? It's perfect; I've never flown in a spaceship before, so it's a thrill."
Bai Luan casually placed his suitcase aside, then sat in the empty co-pilot seat.
"What should I call you?"
"Mu Zi."
"Is this spaceship of yours a prototype?"
"How did you know?"
"What do you mean, 'how did I know'? Didn't you just know by glancing at it?"
Mu Zi immediately looked at him with respect and asked:
"Just who exactly are you, sir?"
"Just a nobody, nothing worth mentioning."
What kind of 'nobody' has a mecha capable of breaking through the atmosphere solo, and the ability to tell at a glance that this spaceship is a prototype?
This spaceship was indeed a prototype, built to test the latest warp technology. Not long ago, all its data had just met the standards.
The latest version of the spaceship using this technology hadn't been built yet, and it would be a shame to scrap this prototype, so it was converted into a special vehicle.
Mu Zi was one of the participants in this project, and he knew better than anyone what flaws this spaceship had.
But this was, after all, a spaceship equipped with the latest warp technology; ordinary people wouldn't be able to spot the problems.
He saw it at a glance, so it seems the person he was picking up this time was no pushover.
Bai Luan glanced at the spaceship's control panel again.
It seems quite advanced. Let's take it apart and see.
Little Black Room, activate.
The next moment, Bai Luan came back to his senses.
He had already disassembled this spaceship several times in the Little Black Room.
"This spaceship of yours is well-built."
"Oh?"
Bai Luan spoke, beginning to comment.
From the good energy conversion efficiency of the warp engine to the stability processing of the warp core.
He even complained that the life support system was a bit shoddy, and the air had a smell of engine oil.
The more Bai Luan spoke, the more flustered Mu Zi became.
He… how did he know everything?
It was as if he had taken the spaceship apart and looked at it?
Could this also be seen at a glance?