Dawn of the Super Seminary

Chapter 373 New Year's Eve Farce

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Unbeknownst to them, three weeks had passed since Mu Xingchen returned from Devil One.

It is now the 30th day of the twelfth lunar month in the Chinese calendar.

Lunar New Year's eve.

Firecrackers startle the cold, and sparse plum blossoms usher in the end of winter.

During this period, the Super Soldier Corps once again sent the Sky Blade into outer space to search for the remnants of the Taotie.

However, they discovered that not a single one of those massive spaceships belonging to the Taotie could be seen.

This is undoubtedly good and exciting news.

Yes, all the Taotie fleets that weren't destroyed by the solar wind and the Heavenly Blade have left the solar system!

No one knew where the remnants of the Taotie had gone, or whether they had all retreated back to the River Styx.

But the departure of those Taotie is the best news for both the Super Soldier Corps and China!

Because as long as there is no interference from the Taotie fleet, the Solar System Defense Line plan can be implemented quickly.

Moreover, just a week ago, Ge Xiaolun had obtained a foolproof plan from Zhixin to protect the Earth and even the entire solar system.

That is, Lena will open up the energy source of the Crimson Star for them, and then his core will be used to build a black Great Wall ring around the outer edge of the solar system.

Designing and implanting a giant wormhole within this ring would allow the entire solar system to be covered in a layer of space distortion, causing it to disappear from the optical perspective.

In this way, we can largely avoid being disturbed by foreign civilizations.

By uniting allied forces from various countries to establish outposts along this black Great Wall ring, any potential future wars can be prevented from entering the solar system.

Without a doubt, this method of hiding the solar system is the same as the method the angels used to hide the planet Merlo.

However, the angels' method was more ingenious; they could compress the wormhole calculations into a small celestial gate without needing to establish a ring.

Ge Xiaolun, however, cannot do this; he needs to establish a loop to support the wormhole algorithm.

It can be said that their black Great Wall ring is a very low-spec version of the Merlo Heavenly Court's defense system.

But overall, this idea is very feasible!

The only problem now is how to design such a massive wormhole algorithm.

After all, neither the Super Soldier Corps nor the angels on the Sky Blade were proficient in wormhole calculations.

Because no one has been able to develop the massive and complex wormhole algorithm, the Black Great Wall Ring Project has been temporarily shelved.

Today is Lunar New Year's Eve, one of the most important festivals of the year. With the Taotie leaving the solar system, Earth is indeed safe for now.

There is good news: this year, the entire country of China will be decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations to welcome the Spring Festival and usher in a new year full of hope.

Therefore, the military base on the Skyblade is also very lively right now.

Some of the soldiers were hanging lanterns, some were pasting Spring Festival couplets, and some were moving fireworks and firecrackers; it was a lively and festive scene.

In the dormitory area of ​​the Super Soldier Company, no one had any tasks, so they were hanging lanterns and colorful lights on their dormitories.

Of course, these "high-altitude" operations were all done by Zhao Xin and Liu Chuang, those two grown men.

Girls like Rui Mengmeng and He Weilan are putting paper-cut window decorations on the windowpanes.

However, no one put up Spring Festival couplets yet, because Ge Xiaolun and Mu Xingchen hadn't finished writing everyone's couplets yet!

On that open space, Ge Xiaolun and Mu Xingchen each stood in front of a long table, writing their own unique Spring Festival couplets.

Meanwhile, Lena, Lingxi, and Leng, along with other girls, were watching them.

As for Qilin and Zhixin, they were helping Ge Mu and his companion arrange the Spring Festival couplets they had written.

They even used fans to help the ink on the Spring Festival couplets dry faster.

"Hmm, what should I write for this one? Uh... I've got it! I'll write 'Red plum blossoms brave the winter snow, green willows sprout catkins to welcome the New Year,' and the horizontal scroll will be 'Full of Spring.' Hehehe, that's it!"

Mu Xingchen chewed on the pen for a while, then wrote the eighteen characters on the blank couplet.

"Wow, Xingchen, you're quite something! I didn't realize you had such a good education. Not a single line of your Spring Festival couplets is repeated!"

Lena, who was "admiring" Mu Xingchen from the side, thought that his couplet was better than the previous ones, so she praised him.

Although the people of Lieyang never celebrate festivals like Spring Festival or Lunar New Year's Eve.

But she couldn't resist the festive atmosphere of the Chinese New Year.

And so, he took the initiative to strike up a conversation with someone.

"That's right, I learned this from Uncle Hai back in the day, I studied it for several years."

Hearing the "goddess" praise him, Mu Xingchen felt quite proud, and his mouth stretched into a long grin.

The "Uncle Hai" he mentioned was actually the director of the orphanage when he was there, and he had studied calligraphy with him for several years.

Unfortunately, the war has been too devastating these past two years, and he can no longer find either Director Hai of the orphanage or Aunt Zhou, who took him in for many years...

"Wow, Chenzi, your calligraphy is actually quite good!"

Just then, Liu Chuang, who had just finished hanging colored lights in everyone's dormitories, walked over here.

He noticed that the characters on the Spring Festival couplets hanging next to Qilin were quite vigorous, so he couldn't help but praise them.

"Of course! I've practiced calligraphy for four years, so writing a couplet is a piece of cake for me!"

Hearing Liu Chuang praise his calligraphy, Mu Xingchen became even more smug.

There was nothing he could do; after all, the people watching him, Lena and Leng, were alien friends who didn't understand Chinese calligraphy.

Now, his brother has finally come over and given him a thumbs up.

He would be doing a disservice to all that hard work he put into writing this if he didn't let himself get a little carried away!

"Hey kid, you better be humble! You think you can take advantage of me just because I gave you a little recognition?"

Seeing that the guy practically looked down his nose at people, Liu Chuang chuckled helplessly and cursed.

"Hahaha, I told you long ago not to praise that jerk, but you wouldn't listen! If you keep praising her, she'll start writing crooked characters!"

After Zhao Xin finished hanging the lanterns in front of everyone's doors, he came over to watch Mu Xingchen and Ge Xiaolun write couplets.

His brother personally wrote it today, and he was very curious about it.

So they didn't even have time to help Mengmeng and Weilan put up window decorations.

"Get lost! I'm a master calligrapher! Do I look like someone who could write crookedly? Hey? Honey, come here and take this one away to dry."

Mu Xingchen glanced at Zhao Xin with annoyance, then dipped her brush in ink again.

He also called out to Qilin, who was fanning away the ink stains with a fan not far away.

"Oh"

Qilin responded and came over to take the couplet that read, "Red plum blossoms brave the winter snow, green willows sprout catkins to welcome the New Year."

However, Qi Lin's expression wasn't particularly good, because that scheming angel was also surrounding her husband.

If it weren't for the special occasion today and the large number of people around,

She had long ago used her eyes to "protest" against that angel revolving around her man.

"If you don't finish writing it well later, I'll put the worst one on your door!"

Upon hearing Mu Xingchen speak to him, Zhao Xin promptly retorted.

They wouldn't suffer even the slightest verbal loss.

"You're overthinking it. The worst one is definitely for you!"

Mu Xingchen laughed and cursed, then picked up the ink-soaked brush and began to chew on the handle in thought.

"Tch, at worst we can just get one from Brother Xin or Xiao Lun. Who cares if you write it? Come on, let me see how our Brother Lun did!"

As he spoke, Zhao Xin ran over to check on Ge Xiaolun.

"Let me take a look too."

Liu Chuang also went with Zhao Xin to Ge Xiaolun's place to admire the scenery.

"Hmm~ What should I write on this one? I need to make something special for my sister Na. Hmm, hey? I've got it! Beidou navigation brings spring's grandeur, Dongfeng gallops on, dreams take flight, horizontal scroll—National prosperity and peace!"

Mu Xingchen didn't mind Zhao and Liu leaving, and picked up a brush to write on the blank couplets.

"Ah! This one is perfect, I want this one!"

When Lena heard that he had specially written a couplet for her that read "Peace and prosperity for the nation," she was overjoyed.

Who can blame them when the faith and goal of the Lieyang people is nothing more than the four words: peace and prosperity for the country and the people?

Of course she liked the couplet.

At this moment, Zhao Xin saw that there were only a few couplets hanging next to his wife, and he was speechless.

She couldn't help but scold Ge Xiaolun.

"Wait, Xiao Lun, what's wrong with you? Chen Zi has written so much, how come you've only written a few pages? How can you do this to my wife who's helping you out?"

"What do you know? Lun-ge is writing in regular script! How can you write fast? Do you think I'm some guy over there who writes cursive script? Just picking up a pen and scribbling away?"

When Zhao Xin complained that he was slow, Ge Xiaolun retorted without backing down.

He also belittled the "colleague" next to him.

"Xiao Lun, if you're blind, just take your eyes off them! I'm writing in running script, okay? Who writes in cursive script? If I were writing in cursive script, even if I wrote something insulting you, you'd think I was praising you, you know?"

Hearing Ge Xiaolun slander him, Mu Xingchen couldn't stand it anymore and decisively started cursing.

However, his outburst made Leng, who was standing next to him, laugh.

Even Lena couldn't help but cover her mouth.

Clearly, they are quite curious about what that so-called cursive script actually looks like.

It's so good that it completely distorts the meaning of the content and makes it incomprehensible.

This is practically amazing, isn't it?

"Get lost! Even if you write in cursive script, I can still recognize it! With your high school diploma, you think you can show off in front of someone like me who's a pure humanities major? You're just showing off your limited skills!"

Seeing that Mu Xingchen was getting into it, Ge Xiaolun immediately launched an "attack".

It's as if it's so great that he studied for two more years than Mu Xingchen.

"Liberal Arts, my ass! Don't think I don't know you didn't graduate! Strictly speaking, you have the same educational background as me!"

Seeing Ge Xiaolun expose his shortcomings, Mu Xingchen was instantly displeased.

He didn't care about writing couplets anymore. He picked up the brush, which was full of thick ink, and slammed it against Ge Xiaolun's table!

"Go to hell with you, Chenzi! How dare you defile my couplets? I'll never forgive you!"

Seeing that the couplet he had just finished writing on the table had been splashed with ink, Ge Xiaolun immediately became furious.

He picked up the inkstone and splashed it onto the table next to him!

"Ge Xiaolun, you son of a bitch! I wrote this couplet especially for our captain! You dare to splash ink on it, huh?!"

Mu Xingchen never expected Ge Xiaolun to reciprocate in this way.

They actually spilled an entire inkstone full of ink at him!

This really infuriated him.

"You splashed it first!"

Ge Xiaolun's face was full of uncontrollable rage, his attitude as if he wanted to fight Mu Xingchen.

"Hey, today I'm not only going to throw your couplets, I'm going to throw the fuck at you! Go to hell!"

After saying that, Mu Xingchen also picked up the inkstone and splashed it at Ge Xiaolun.

That stream of black ink hit Ge Xiaolun's face with pinpoint accuracy!

"Holy crap! My eyes! Chenzi! You're fucking inhuman!"

Ge Xiaolun's face was covered in thick ink, and with his vision gone, he could only curse a few words.

Meanwhile, he kept wiping the ink off his face with both hands, but the more he wiped, the more ink appeared on his face.

They've almost dyed him black!

"I don't know if I'm human or not, but you look like you've come from Africa, hehehehehaha."

Seeing that the ink on Ge Xiaolun's face was getting worse as he wiped it off, Mu Xingchen burst into laughter.

"Alright, alright, stop laughing. Hurry up and rewrite this one. Hey? Ge Xiaolun, don't mess things up this time, or I'll be the first to deal with you!"

Lena didn't blame Ge Xiaolun for ruining her couplet; she just urged Mu Xingchen on.

After all, it was the Lunar New Year, and she didn't want to cause any unpleasantness with everyone because of a couplet that had already been destroyed.

We can just rewrite it, no matter what.

"OK OK"

Mu Xingchen didn't say much, poured some more ink into the inkstone, and picked up the brush to dip it in the ink.

"No, Sister Na, that kid was the first one to cause trouble! Why did he punish me?"

Ge Xiaolun wiped the ink from his eyes and complained to Lena with a pitiful expression.

"Wasn't it you who started by belittling Xingchen? Alright, hurry back to your dorm and wash your face. Look at the state you're in now, aren't you ashamed?"

Lena stood up for Mu Xingchen, but she didn't really make things difficult for Ge Xiaolun.

As the team leader, she definitely had to "fairly balance" things.

"Why wash him? I think Xiao Lun looks pretty good now, kind of like a large animal! Hahahaha!"

At this moment, Liu Chuang couldn't help but cheer for Ge Xiaolun's new look.

That guy's character really does resemble King Kong!

"Go to hell, you bastard! You're the big animal!"

Upon hearing Liu Chuang's mockery, Ge Xiaolun immediately retaliated.

"Go back and wash your face. You look like a chimpanzee now, even I can't bear to look at you."

Zhao Xin didn't join Liu Chuang in the commotion because he still wanted to get a couplet in regular script from Ge Xiaolun later.

At this point, we definitely have to speak up for "him".

"Get lost! You're the one who's a chimpanzee!"

Ge Xiaolun was already furious, and when Zhao Xin blatantly called him a wild animal, he immediately retorted.

"Damn it! You've got rabies, haven't you? You're biting everyone you see!"

Zhao Xin simply couldn't tolerate Ge Xiaolun's insults.

He doesn't care about being indebted to someone for accepting a gift anymore; he'll just curse them back first!

"Damn it, I'm not going to bother arguing with you."

Seeing that Zhao Xin was also getting into it, Ge Xiaolun threw his hand away and ran towards his dormitory.

"Look at your temper! Later, I'll definitely paste the 'longevity' character upside down for you!"

Although Ge Xiaolun ran away with his face covered in black ink, Zhao Xin continued to "curse" him relentlessly.

That's truly vengeful!

"All done, honey. Come and hang this one up too. Remember to fan our captain first; the ink on this couplet is a bit too heavy."

After Mu Xingchen finished writing the couplet that was exclusively for Lena, he called out to Qi Lin.

"okay"

As she spoke, Qilin came over and took away the couplet that read, "The Big Dipper guides the spring with boundless energy, the East Wind propels the dream to take flight."

After that, Mu Xingchen picked up her pen again to ponder other sentences.

Anyway, none of them in the Super Soldier Company will be idle today.

Even though everyone is busy, they feel at ease.

Who can blame us when this is the first Lunar New Year's Eve since the war?

We absolutely have to have a good time!