Meteor Fall Master in the 'Starry Abyss'
Chapter 474 - 111. You came, you shouldn’t have, but still you came, maybe I shouldn’t have, so I must come.

Chapter 474: 111. You came, you shouldn’t have, but still you came, maybe I shouldn’t have, so I must come.

The Dragon Titan girl, Dialan, apparently didn’t understand the principle that a tree that stands out in the forest is easily blown down. Her shocking debut and terrifying aura yesterday had upset many people.

In horror movies, it’s usually the strongest man who dies first.

Li Aozi being so high-profile on Azure Star was a matter of interest; Dialan being so high-profile, he couldn’t understand what her aim was.

Was she trying to help other students form a united front?

[Forget it, college is so boring, I really want to play on my phone...]

Li Aozi shook his head and focused on the lecture to avoid losing more points.

By the end of the morning classes, Hobbs and Lucite each had earned 2 credits, while Li Aozi had answered three questions incorrectly, bringing his total to -5 credits.

"This won’t do," Hobbs said kindly, "Leo, if you keep this up, you won’t be able to advance in your studies. Let’s skip lunch; I need to tutor you."

Li Aozi explained helplessly:

"That’s not necessary, it’s not a problem of knowledge..."

"Come on, don’t feel embarrassed, we’re all buddies here."

Lucite patted Li Aozi on the shoulder:

"Don’t worry, you still have us two."

"No need, it would just hold you up. You’d be better off spending that time in the library."

Li Aozi was somewhat amused.

"What are you talking about? What do you mean by ’holding us up’?" Lucite said discontentedly, "That day when I collapsed on the bridge and you and Hobbs stepped out of the crowd to help me, that was a much bigger deal. Because of me, you might even get targeted by Beizhong Gui Ming..."

The honest giant became more embarrassed as he spoke.

"It’s not about that," Li Aozi outright lied, "I’m just not in a great state today, got some troubles on my mind."

[You have performed an act of ’lying’, making a [Charm] check...]

[Check succeeded! A great success, your teammates believed your lie.]

Li Aozi’s ’sincere’ words, coupled with his helpless expression, resonated deeply with Hobbs and Lucite, who recalled various details of Li Aozi in the classroom earlier.

Dropping his pen, spacing out, looking lost.

These indeed seemed like signs of a distracted mind.

"Alright, I see you’re really distracted today," Lucite said sincerely, "take good care of yourself and adjust. If you have anything upsetting you, share it with your buddies, it’ll feel much better."

"Look at you, just don’t end up crying and begging me to teach you," Hobbs smirked, "not to conceal it, but I’m actually a top student."

"Thank you."

Li Aozi sighed in relief; deceiving people usually came easily to him, but he did feel a bit guilty about these two classmates he hadn’t known long.

However, what he said was true; even if they tutored him until three in the morning, it wouldn’t help. He might as well go have tea instead.

[I need to find a way to overcome this problem. If I can resolve it, it will also be a significant boost for the [Echoer] Pathway.]

The post by ’Tough as an Ant’ gave Li Aozi a hint: if many players can’t even accept the challenge of being a [Mutant], then likely, many will be filtered out as [Echoers] too.

[I remember there’s a way; I recall a video from a past life about how the brainless Zerg Race learned Extraordinary Knowledge...]

But that video is quite old, and Li Aozi needs to remember it properly.

The three walked shoulder to shoulder toward the cafeteria, Hobbs and Lucite started discussing the school courses vividly. Li Aozi could only say ’um’, ’oh’, ’I see’, ’the same for me’, using his high [Charm] Attribute to not interrupt and let the two carry on smoothly without disturbing his thoughts.

As he walked and thought, suddenly a group of men and women brushed past them. The leading male looked back in surprise at Li Aozi and jokingly said:

"Wow! Look who it is, isn’t this Leo, the valedictorian personally invited by the Ministry of Education? Our perfect scorer, how come you couldn’t even join in a discussion on the Magical Electricity Effect?"

Lucite and Hobbs immediately stopped in their tracks, causing Aozi, who was pondering behind them, to bump into their backs.

"Why did you guys suddenly stop?" Aozi asked casually, "Hurry up, let’s go. I saw that the cafeteria sign has pineapple meatballs, and I haven’t had that for a long time."

"Leo..." Hobbs turned around, just about to speak, when he was interrupted by someone behind him:

"I heard you lost your special privileges, even the scheduled interview shoot at the city hall was hastily canceled."

Upon hearing this, Aozi turned his head, looking puzzled at the person shouting at him: The person was nearly two meters tall, burly, muscular, and with an inch-long black hair combed back, looking like a high tower.

As a freshman, he was already wearing an expensive genuine leather mage robe, which seemed to be tanned from griffin leather, costing a pretty penny. A gorgeous maid at his side held a spectral wolf with blue flames burning on its tail, which was also a rare pet.

Quite rich, huh.

Aozi glanced over, this guy’s outfit, along with his personnel and pet, was worth up to forty thousand Ammonium Gold.

That’s truly remarkable; it was actually equal to two and a half days’ worth of interest in his own bank account!

Aozi was duly impressed.

"Who are you?"

Facing the rich man, Aozi asked politely with droopy eyelids.

"Truly rude!" The maid by his side said coldly, "Standing in front of you is the young master of the Morodia family—Andifa Morodia. As a citizen of the Crystal Tower Civilization, you must know what Morodia means, right?"

"Wha—Morodia!"

Lucite was immensely shocked.

"Damn, it’s Morodia..."

Hobbs’s lips twitched.

Aozi looked at his two companions and sincerely asked:

"What’s Morodia? I know of Molotov."

Some students passing by couldn’t help but laugh, Lucite and Hobbs had slightly awkward expressions, and the latter discreetly sent a message to Aozi:

’The Morodia family owns one of the Crystal Tower’s top one hundred workshops—’Rulan Shipping’.’

"Is that incredible?"

’Quite incredible! It’s a gigantic workshop that pays billions of Dina in taxes alone! They employ over thirty thousand mages. Most importantly, the current workshop master has deep ties with the Velazquez Corporation.’

"Oh, Velazquez’s lapdog, huh."

Aozi casually remarked and turned around:

"Let’s go, let’s eat those pineapple meatballs."

"Hey—"

Hobbs and Lucite exchanged glances, then bowed their heads to apologize to the Morodia family:

"We are terribly sorry! He was a bit upset today! Please be magnanimous and forgive this small matter."

"Yes, young master Morodia, please don’t take it to heart with this poor guy, Leo."

The two were very polite, which pleased the muscular Andifa Morodia, who nodded slightly:

"I had no ill intentions—however, I must remind you that you two have potential; don’t follow the wrong person."

"Certainly, certainly, heh," Hobbs forced a smile, "We’ll take our leave now, wish you a pleasant life, goodbye."

Having said that, he pulled Lucite and turned to catch up.