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Surprisingly, even after reaching this conclusion, the instructor wasn't particularly angry. Perhaps it was because Luo Lian remained outwardly respectful and courteous to everyone, or perhaps it was because, after learning about Luo Lian's talent and strength, he had lost any courage to seriously challenge this girl.

The instructor led Luo Lian into the principal's office.

Inside the principal's office, just like the previous times when Luo Lian skipped grades, many of her usual tutors were standing there.

"Hello, Principal." Luo Lian entered the room, bowed to the old man sitting in front, and then greeted the surrounding instructors in turn.

"Hey, look who's here! Isn't this our martial arts champion?" The principal greeted Luo Lian with a smile.

"I never expected that Luo Lian, that little girl, is not only good at studying, but also so good at fighting."

The other instructors also cast admiring glances their way.

This wasn't the first time Luo Lian had experienced this kind of gaze; they had looked at her like this the two times she skipped grades.

"Was my application to skip a grade approved?" Luo Lian asked.

"So eager? Hmm, you've passed. You've passed, so you can start your senior year classes tomorrow." The principal said to Luo Lian with a smile, "Everyone else is eager to stay at school for as long as possible, but you're the one who wants to jump out as soon as you enter the school."

Luo Lian was a little curious that this time she wasn't given any symbolic written test, but instead her application to skip a grade was directly approved.

"Is there anything else?" Luo Lian asked, puzzled.

"So quick-witted? Hmm, yes." The principal exchanged glances with the surrounding professors, his expression turning serious. "Actually, it's not a big deal, but since you'll be a senior soon, given your abilities, you'll most likely be able to apply for early graduation again this month, right? We just want to ask you a few questions before you graduate."

Luo Lian frowned.

Is it really that big of a fuss to ask questions? That's quite interesting.

"You're a student recommended by the Governor of the Pacific, so we should give the Governor some face. But rules are rules, and we still have to ask the questions." The principal stretched out his hand, rested his chin on his hand, and looked at Luo Lian. "Luo Lian, do you like being an admiral?"

"like."

"Don't force yourself, it's just a normal question," the principal said with a smile.

"That's alright, I quite like it," Luo Lian said.

After all, once you become an admiral, you can get closer to Shiro. Thinking about it that way, being an admiral is actually pretty good.

The principal laughed, his wrinkles crinkling together.

"She's really an honest girl. Most students would probably still be forcing themselves to say they like her," the principal said, slapping the table with a laugh. "They like her my ass. Being an admiral is like being a dog! Who would like that?"

"Can I go back now?" Luo Lian asked, finding the principal's seemingly insane speech today quite strange.

Luo Lian's time is very precious; her daily schedule is accurate to the minute. Wasting so much time would greatly affect Luo Lian's plans.

"Don't rush off yet, can I take another minute of your time?" The principal said with a smile, stopping Luo Lian. Then he reached into his pocket and pulled out a small glass bottle.

A green capsule was inside the crystal-clear glass bottle, gently tumbling with the principal's movements.

The principal placed the glass bottle on the table, looked up at Luo Lian, and asked, "Luo Lian, do you know what this is?"

"Excuse me, what is this?" Luo Lian isn't an analyzer; how can she determine the composition of a drug just by looking at it?

“This is a drug that catalyzes the Admiral Network,” the principal said slowly. “We call it a nerve agent.”

Luo Lian looked at the medicine on the table with some surprise.

So the Admiral Network really exists?

Luo Lian had occasionally heard about the Admiral Network and the nerve potion in conversations among her classmates. They said it had many miraculous effects. Out of curiosity, Luo Lian asked a few classmates about it, but they all said that it was just like an urban legend and no one could prove that it actually existed.

"Is it for me?" Luo Lian asked bluntly.

"Hahaha! Looks like you know something about this. Yes! You can think of it this way: it's for you," the principal said. "As the most outstanding student since our school opened, you deserve this."

"Thank you." Luo Lian bowed her head and thanked her, then grabbed the nerve potion.

After watching Luo Lian pick up the nerve potion, the principal slowly said, "However, everything has its advantages and disadvantages. Luo Lian, I have some things to make clear to you."

"The Admiral Network is an ability that humanity has never had before, and will never have again in the next few hundred years; it defies the laws of species evolution," the principal said. "It's like superpowers such as invisibility, teleportation, and time manipulation. If you accept this power without being mentally prepared, you'll become evil."

"Going bad?"

"Let me give you an example. Suppose you had the ability to manipulate other people's minds, to acquire endless wealth with a flick of your finger, to get the woman you wanted with a single glance... oh, man, and with just a thought, to make those who hate you die. With such power, would you still obediently go to work, obediently endure the fatigue, and tolerate the humans you should be controlling riding on your face and bullying you?" The principal looked into Luo Lian's eyes and said, "Of course, this analogy is a bit extreme. The Admiral's Network isn't such an omnipotent thing. In reality, it's similar to a phone installed in your head, but it's essentially the same thing."

"..."

"So, Luo Lian, now that you know about this, do you still want to accept this potion?"

Luo Lian looked at the glass bottle in her hand and frowned.

Having gained power, one must ultimately return to the ordinary.

This is a rather painful thing for humans who yearn to express themselves.

No, on the other hand, it's highly questionable whether a human who has gained superhuman powers would still consider themselves human. If they no longer see themselves as human, it means they have abandoned human rules and regulations, even disregarding the feelings of their fellow human beings and acting as they please.

Thinking about it this way, if I don't manage my situation well after having the Admiral Network, then who knows what awaits me is "disappearing from the world".

Luo Lian's thoughtful expression made the principal nod in satisfaction.

"Principal, does the admiral of the world's number one naval base also eat this?" Luo Lian suddenly asked.

"Hmm?" The principal didn't expect Luo Lian to ask this question. "Uh, I guess so."

"Oh." Luo Lian nodded, then smoothly popped the capsule into her mouth.

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Luo Lian didn't even drink water; she tilted her head back and swallowed the nerve agent whole.

The principal and the surrounding instructors were startled by Luo Lian's sudden behavior.

"Luo Lian, what's wrong with you...?"

"I've thought it through," Luo Lian said to the principal, giving him a look. "Don't panic, it's not a big problem."

"..." The principal gave a wry smile.

This girl seemed quite calm before, why is she suddenly so impulsive?

"Is your sudden decision related to that question you asked before?" the principal asked.

Luo Lian nodded.

The principal was completely bewildered.

"It's alright." Compared to the principal's disarray, Luo Lian appeared much calmer. She wiped her mouth as she quietly replied, "I'm safe."

Luo Lian lowered her hand, her usually calm eyes suddenly softening: "I love humans the most."

The girl's murmurs soothed the principal's disarray like a lullaby, and as the principal looked at Luo Lian, he gradually calmed down.

The principal sighed, giving him an expression that said, "I don't understand the world of you young people."

"If there's nothing else, I'll head back now." Luo Lian placed the empty glass bottle on the table in front of her, bowed to the instructors around her, and then turned and walked towards the door.

"By the way, Luo Lian, I have a question. Since you're in such a hurry to skip a grade, why do you still spend time participating in competitions?" Just as Luo Lian grasped the doorknob, a tutor asked her from behind.

Luo Lian turned around and looked at the tutor who had asked her the question.

"Because there are rankings," Luo Lian said matter-of-factly. "I won't give up first place to anyone other than Xiao Bai."

Luo Lian left the principal's office.

The principal's office was completely silent.

Everyone was pondering the meaning of Luo Lian's last words.

"Who is Xiaobai?" Finally, one of the instructors looked at the principal with a lot of questions.

The principal shook his head, indicating that he did not know.

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Luo Lian walked out of the office alone and left the teaching building.

As soon as I stepped out of the teaching building, the sunlight came down like a veil over my head.

Luo Lian covered her eyes, revealing a slightly tired expression.

Life is so boring.

Luo Lian sighed and listlessly sat back down in her previous seat.

The classmates and seniors around Luo Lian deliberately avoided her. It wasn't that they wanted to isolate her; their avoidance was simply a sign of the weak's awe of the strong.

Luo Lian has been at the Naval University for over a month now, which is much longer than she had anticipated.

After taking the nerve-boosting drug, Luo Lian felt a wave of fatigue wash over her as she returned to the playground, making even her five senses somewhat blurred.

—It looks like the kind of medicine that requires you to sleep after taking it to be effective.

Looks like I need to go back to my dorm and get some sleep.

Based on this assessment, Luo Lian walked towards the administrator of her class.

"Oh! Luo Lian! Where did you go just now?" Luo Lian walked towards the administrator. The students around her made way for her. The administrator seemed to be looking for Luo Lian as well, and greeted her when she saw her.

"Hmm? The principal just called me. Is there something you need?" Luo Lian asked the administrator, trying to suppress a yawn.

"Oh, it's the principal." The administrator nodded. "Luo Lian, someone is looking for you outside the school."

It's like all the good and bad things have come at once.

With fame comes trouble. Luo Lian, a top talent in military academy, is quite popular in certain circles. Every now and then, some people want to meet her, develop a relationship with her, and make her their advisor or something.

Luo Lian frowned.

To be honest, Luo Lian is very sleepy right now, extremely sleepy. The effect of that medicine is even greater than she imagined. Luo Lian really wants to ignore everything and rush to her bed to lie down and fall asleep immediately.

"who is it?"

"I don't know, but it seems like he's a high-ranking official who specifically asked to see you," the administrator said.

Military academies are not ordinary universities; they strictly divide the time periods into two categories: when family visits are allowed and when they are not. This happened to fall within the period when family visits are not allowed, so the person who could call upon the administrator must be of a high status.

Refusing would probably cause more trouble.

Luo Lian nodded and rubbed her eyes: "Where should we meet?"

"Meeting room."

"Okay, I'll go right away." Luo Lian replied and turned to walk towards the building where the conference room was located.

As Luo Lian continued her actions, the drowsiness in her head became more and more pronounced, and she began to feel dizzy and lightheaded.

I should have asked about the specific effects before acting impulsively.

Luo Lian began to reflect on why she hadn't been more careful before acting impulsively.

In this unclear state, Luo Lian couldn't guarantee that she would do anything normal, so she secretly decided that when she encountered someone, she would just throw a "Wait till I hear you" and "Goodbye" in their face and run away.

Rather than doing something outrageous, it's better to be a little impolite.

Just then, we arrived at the conference room.

Luo Lian pushed open the conference room door and went inside.

Facing us stood a woman with white hair and purple eyes, staring at us with wide eyes.

"Ah, here she comes!" The woman's eyes lit up with surprise when she saw Luo Lian. "You must be Luo Lian!"

She was even a rare female official?

Luo Lian took a deep breath and nodded to the woman in front of her: "Hello, did you come looking for me?"

"That's right?"

"I'm not feeling well today, please forgive me, I'll take my leave now." Luo Lian didn't care about anything else and left after saying this.

Just as Luo Lian turned around, as if her body movement was too sudden, a wisp of smoke-like energy rushed directly into Luo Lian's head along with this movement.

Suddenly, Luo Lian felt her head crackling like fireworks exploding.

She had underestimated the power of the nerve agent.

Luo Lian's legs went weak, and she fell backward, landing in the arms of the white-haired, purple-eyed woman from before.

"Hey, hey, hey? Is this some kind of staged accident?!" Just before going to sleep, Luo Lian heard the woman behind her shout loudly, "Come and take a look!"

Two more sets of footsteps sounded from the side.

There were other people in the meeting room.

It seems I was too tired to properly observe my surroundings.