Ninth class citizen

Chapter 394 I'm Here!

Xiong Ren glanced at Hei Mukan's gloomy and stiff face and felt more at ease—he didn't like being coerced, and he disliked the condescending attitude of the eldest son of the Childe family in the communications.

This outcome can't be blamed on him; after all, it was the students' own choice—last time, Heimukan and others used similar words to pressure him.

"Starting tomorrow, all potion synthesis classes for the first-year students will be taught by Instructor Nan. The detailed schedule will be released later, please be on time for class."

The students in the regular classes were all smiles, but the students in the experimental classes were somewhat reluctant.

It wasn't until Nan Rong sent them a new message through the experimental class group that things changed.

"Everything has to be done in a first-come, first-served manner. Regular class students will not have my personally made gene-optimization serum, but in addition to the gene-optimization serum you were promised, you will also receive a small gift later."

The students in the experimental class instantly felt much better. That's right, everyone has to pay the price for their choices. Why should they be able to leave and come back whenever they want?
The gifts were distributed by Jacob and his men. Each gift box was labeled with a name.

Sang Pei received his share, and then, following Jacob's advice, returned to his dormitory before opening it.

The first thing that catches the eye is two vials of gold crystal injections, labeled as "Level 2 A Gene Optimizer" and "Level 3 A Gene Optimizer".

This is something Nan Rong had mentioned to everyone before, and it's a privilege reserved only for students in the experimental class.

Next to the gold crystal injection was a beautiful silver-white gemstone that shimmered with a faint fluorescence.

The gemstone is surrounded by a band of gleaming silver ammonia alloy, which hangs from a slender chain of the same material.

"Could this be a source energy crystal for the mental system?" Sang Pei was extremely surprised.

Spiritual energy crystals belong to the mystical category. A crystal this big and pure must be worth at least tens of millions of Cowen.

Furthermore, it's made of expensive amethyst alloy, crafted into an exquisite rose-shaped necklace... wait a minute, this necklace can't be an ordinary one, can it?
With trembling hands, Sang Pei put it around his neck and then activated his mental sea technique. Sure enough, he sensed a clear stream flowing up his sternum and into his brow.

Therefore, this necklace is actually a supernatural item that provides enhancements, with the purpose of helping to improve mental strength and control.

The fact that it can produce such obvious effects under the powerful mental sea training method indicates that its grade cannot be lower than the fifth grade.

Curious, Sang Pei activated the built-in detection system on the smart brain. A flash of white light appeared on the necklace, and the result left her speechless.

"A seventh-tier mental enhancement item, created by: Ninth-class citizen Nan Rong."

"Wow, is Instructor Nan actually a master of building components?" Countless students in the experimental class who unwrapped their gifts exclaimed in unison, "Being able to learn from Instructor Nan is truly the luckiest thing in my life!"

The final warp jump was finally over. Wendy was awakened from her hibernation pod, her whole body aching.

The two-week trip, with its repeated warp jumps, completely extinguished her curiosity about interstellar travel.

Her frail body was pushed to its limits during this high-intensity, long-duration leap.

The spaceship slowed down and gently docked at Sleipnir Starport. This grand, silver-white building, a blend of technological sophistication and artistry, was constructed from extremely valuable materials, easily instilling feelings of inferiority in newly arrived, lower-class aliens. The journey from Hilo was relatively smooth, as the passengers' social statuses were not significantly different, but the situation changed upon transferring at Trench.

It's not recruitment season right now, so there won't be any lower-ranking star trainees going to the capital star circle. The passengers on the same ship are all rich and powerful.

Passengers like Wendy, who stayed in their cabin the whole time, surviving on energy bars and never showing up in the restaurant, are extremely rare.

Fortunately, the tickets for the entire journey were purchased by the government of Hershey Province. Although the cabin was small, it was a single room, which made Wendy very satisfied.

To enter the interior of Sleipnir from the outer space starport, one needs to transfer to a ground-to-air shuttle.

Wendy, carrying a small suitcase, followed the crowd through the spacious transfer hall and arrived at the boarding gate.

She consciously placed herself at the back of the line, trying to stay as far away as possible from the middle and upper-class citizens in front of her, but this still seemed far from enough.

The young noblewoman walking in front of Wendy wore a gold badge with a black jade background, indicating she was a fifth-class citizen. She held the hand of a little girl in a princess dress and kept talking incessantly.

Two guards followed closely behind, carrying large and small bags of luggage.

She didn't lower her voice intentionally, so even from that distance, Wendy could still hear the noblewoman scolding her daughter: "If you hadn't been so slow, how could we have ended up at the bottom, walking with such lowly people?"

"What bad luck! I can smell that disgusting stench emanating from her even from this far away, it's suffocating!"

Wendy lowered her eyes, slowed her pace again, and slowly raised her arm to take a deep sniff.

It has a clean, fresh scent of small-leaved cedar, without any off-odors.

Although she had limited time and didn't bring many clothes, she made a point of changing into a gray-purple robe that she hadn't worn before before, before disembarking.

It had been scented with cedar leaves placed at the bottom of the box for a long time, and it smelled of the fresh scent of a pine forest after a snowfall.

So what that young noblewoman actually disliked was just her status as a ninth-class person?
Wendy gave a wry smile. Many things can't be hidden: the unmarked collar, the cheap materials of her clothing, the outdated smart terminal, the shabby attire devoid of jewelry, and her uneasy demeanor.
Everything about her clearly labeled her as a second-class citizen.

So along the way, no one took the initiative to approach her and chat, while the other passengers all behaved harmoniously and friendly to each other.

As Wendy pondered, the group ahead had vanished. She quickened her pace and rushed out of the massive reinforced smoky quartz automatic door, only to see the air-ground shuttle parked outside, its hatches completely closed.

The noblewoman who had just been there was leaning against the transparent hatch, watching her from afar with undisguised disdain on her face.

The power engine roared, and the shuttle was about to start.

The boarding privileges for the air-to-ground shuttle are matched one-to-one with the medium-sized warp drive that just arrived in port, serving as a value-added service. However, if you miss the free ride, you must purchase an additional ticket.

"Wait!" Wendy, disregarding everything else, rushed straight towards the shuttle: "There are still people who haven't boarded!"