Chapter 558: Chapter 2: Acquaintances
In the administrative building of South Campus, Yu Gang reported the scene he had just witnessed, hoping that the school authority would arrange for someone to check it out soon.
"Director Yu, haven’t you been back to the science and technology college for over a decade? That’s also an old tradition of North Campus. As a parent, try not to take it too seriously." The teacher in the administrative office responded indifferently, and a parent from Tianjin who had almost the same reaction was persuaded to leave by another teacher about ten minutes ago.
"Yes, how has North Campus become like that? I remember behind South Campus..." Yu Gang recalled, but couldn’t quite remember what was originally behind South Campus.
Walking back to the administrative building to find someone took him an hour, and for the first time, he questioned and felt dissatisfaction with the school’s rule about not driving on campus, fearing that Xiao Xian might have been anxiously waiting.
The staff at the administrative office, upon hearing that the "school gate" was locked, did not show too much surprise. Rather, they appeared to have grown accustomed to such incidents by the look on their face.
"How do the students even get in?" These are just kids coming to study, after all, and just seeing the "school gate" might have already overwhelmed them if they were without parental accompaniment.
"Students of different genders and personalities have different ways," the staff at the administrative office provided an example, "Did you see any uneven surfaces on the door when you passed by?"
"I don’t think so, the gate is new," Yu Gang doubted, wondering why this was mentioned.
"Oh, look at my memory, we just applied to get the gate repaired last week, it should be fixed now. A more straightforward method to open the door, and a more subtle method still opens the door," the administrative staff’s explanation became more confusing for Yu Gang. "Is there any difference between the direct and the indirect way of opening the door?"
"Of course, there is. The direct method involves using no tools but just the body’s strength, whether you smash it with your fist, kick it, or shoulder it through, it’s straightforward as long as it’s your own physical strength." The administrative staff, knowing that Yu Gang was an alumnus, disclosed the truth to him, unlike with the other parent who was just politely asked to leave, ensuring that their child would be well taken care of at the college.
"As for the indirect methods, you could use homemade explosives to blow open the gate, go underground, or use a car to ram through, those are the more subtle indirect methods," the staff member’s face remained amiable.
"..." Yu Gang was silent for a while before finally asking with difficulty, "What if you can’t even get through the main gate?" In fact, he did not know how skilled Xiao Xian was at those methods; she seemed unlikely to use them.
"That would be rather unfortunate. If a male student can’t even get through the main gate, he might as well forget about establishing himself at North Campus. Nevertheless, Director Yu, the student you brought is a girl, and not just any girl but a very pretty one, so her days at North Campus won’t be too bad because the Male-to-Female ratio in the Reverse Genius Classes for junior, middle, and high school stages is 6:1. Girls are quite a scarce resource. Unless it’s among the girls themselves, female students generally do not get bullied." That was also why they did not warn Yu Gang and Xiao Xian too early when they first arrived at the administrative center.
Meanwhile, Xiao Xian, deemed a scarce resource, had just jumped down from the over ten-meter-high wall.
"Jumping down from this height really takes some getting used to," Xiao Xian’s feet touched the ground, and after reaching Silver-grade Space, a height of several meters wasn’t much for her. Before entering the city gate, Xiao Xian had attached a note to the metal gate they passed, informing Yu Gang that she had successfully entered.
After her feet touched the ground, Xiao Xian noticed that she was stepping on rough sand.
The South Campus outside the school wall is one of the top ecological campuses in China, but what does the landscape of North Campus look like beyond the wall?
Beneath her feet was sand, ten meters away was sand, a hundred meters away was sand, a kilometer away still sand, as far as the eyes could see, all was sand.
In Xiao Xian’s words, someone seemed to have packed the sand from the Sahara Desert into North Campus of Huake Institute.
A single wall had created two utterly different worlds. However, thankfully, despite being all sandy, North Campus still had basic signs and architectural buildings.
Following the signs, Xiao Xian walked on the main road of North Campus and after a few steps, rowdy noises filled her ears.