Ninth class citizen

Chapter 326 Promoting Dimensional Evolution
"A gift for you," the catwoman said with a smile.

The sign can help people ward off one misfortune, while the yellow papers each represent a different kind of attack spell.

The octopus-man Tafa gave her a gift.

It's a painting, with all sorts of shades of blue pieced together with imaginative brushstrokes. From a distance, it looks a bit like the sea, but up close, you can't tell what it is.

It was an artwork that Nan Rong couldn't understand, but it contained subtle energy fluctuations.

"It's just a hasty doodle," the octopus-man explained. "It's only good for trapping enemies inside the drawing for a short time when necessary."

That sounds interesting. Nan Rong thanked him and accepted the gift, then habitually looked at Heyal, only to find that the latter blushed and handed over a small square metal block.

As soon as the metal block landed in Nan Rong's hand, it immediately disintegrated and reassembled itself, transforming into a silver metal bird in the blink of an eye. The bird flapped its wings and circled Nan Rong twice before returning to her palm, shrinking back into a square metal block.

"There wasn't enough time, and we couldn't find the right tools," Heyal said, scratching his head somewhat embarrassed. "So we could only make this kind of impractical toy."

"A very interesting little bird." Nan Rong laughed. "I really like all these gifts."

She put all the gifts into the spatial ring given to her by Coach Zhou and began to consider what gifts to give in return.

The items that the catwoman and the other two gave her were all handmade and related to their professions, so she couldn't just casually give them back food ingredients from her own dimension.

After thinking for a moment, she took out three tubes of the first-stage, grade A gene optimizer.

While it's unknown whether these potions will have an enhancing effect on people from other dimensions, they shouldn't have any adverse effects.

But an unexpected thing happened. As soon as it left the solidified space, the gold crystal test tube surrounding the potion suddenly decomposed and disappeared into the air.

Nan Rong understood the reason after a moment's thought. The core space of the universe is a high-dimensional space, and low-dimensional materials from other planes will naturally collapse and decompose upon entering it.

This is why all new students can only enter here as souls and then have their bodies reshaped.

The reagents in the test tubes were also affected.

The original moisture evaporated instantly, and the liquid medicine condensed into three opaque pills, which floated quietly in the air.

The pills were covered with a thin, soft gelatinous film, making them look like three pretty, pearly rainbow candy balls.

Nan Rong's mental energy swept over the three sugar balls, confirming that the active ingredients unique to the gene optimizer were still present, and they seemed even more vibrant than before.

Both being products of a lower-dimensional world, how come the gold crystal test tube disappeared completely, while the medicine retained its essence and even improved in quality?
Nan Rong couldn't understand it, but considering the gifts from the catwoman and the others, she thought she might be overthinking it.

Mengshan and the others were dazzled by her actions. Not only them, but the other students in the classroom who witnessed this scene were also astonished.

Nan Rong waved her hand gently, and the pills landed in the palms of the three people: "As you know, I am a pharmacist. These pills can improve one's physical condition to some extent."

As for the extent of the improvement, it depends on the specific test results, and Nan Rong is very much looking forward to it.

Catwoman glanced at the tiny pink pearl pill spinning in her palm and posed a question that had been bothering her:
"Did you bring these potions from your own dimension?"

This question represents the sentiments of all the witnesses. They all saw the gold crystal test tube melt away and they all understood what happened—but how could this be?
Nan Rong narrowed her eyes slightly: "The gift you gave me just now, wasn't it brought from the original dimension?"

"Of course not." The three of them said in unison. Catwoman, her large, bright green eyes wide open, was the first to explain:

“I also have spatial items in my own dimension, but they cannot pass through the dimensional barrier with my soul, so I can’t bring anything with me.”

The octopus-man shook the spatial ring on his left middle finger and said, "Even with a spatial ring, you still can't retrieve the items when you travel back in time; otherwise, you'll just lose them."

Heyal also said, "Those gifts were made after we bought some materials on the academy's trading website yesterday, and then spent an entire night making them."

"There's a trading network within the academy?" Nan Rong was immediately intrigued by the term. "And where did you get the money from?"

"You can access the academy's network through your student badge. Inside, there's not only a trading platform but also a forum for exchanging experiences. In addition, the academy has allocated 1,000 spirit coins to each new student as start-up capital."

A strange, deep voice came from the doorway at that moment.

The volume wasn't high, but all the thousands of new students in the large classroom could hear it clearly.

Nan Rong looked up and saw a blue-robed man with two small, pointed horns on his head walking up to the central platform with a slight smile.

A small white jade badge hung on his chest.

All the new students stood up and bowed their heads to the man in the blue robe: "Greetings, Instructor!"

"Sit down." The priest waved his hand, and everyone unconsciously sat back down.

"My name is Lu Che. You can just call me Instructor Lu." Instructor Lu said, his gaze almost imperceptibly sweeping over Nan Rong's face a few times.

There was no malice in that gaze, only an undisguised curiosity.

But he quickly suppressed these outward emotions and focused on lecturing on general education courses.

The so-called general knowledge refers to some consensus-based issues concerning the core of the universe and the Universal Heritage Academy.

The core space of the universe is vast, divided into nine continents. The Universe Core Academy occupies only the very center continent, while the other native inhabitants live on the other eight continents.

"But these are not things you should be focusing on at this stage." Instructor Lu abruptly shifted the conversation to the questions that all the new students were eager to know:

"Everyone here is an outstanding individual in this plane. You were chosen not only because of your exceptional talent, but also because of your unwavering will and ability to shoulder heavy responsibilities."

"And this important task," he said, his gaze sweeping across the classroom, "is to do everything possible to promote the evolution of your plane."

After a brief silence, the trainees erupted in excitement.

"Did I hear that right? Dimensional evolution?"

"My God, is this a task that a human can accomplish?"

"Evolution is the result of survival of the fittest over countless years. It can never be achieved overnight, much less through the efforts of one person!"

"I acknowledge the existence of the Cosmic Heritage Academy, and it truly possesses miraculous power, but the mission of dimensional evolution is something that ordinary people cannot accomplish!"