Silicon Invasion

"Yes."

Luo Rui thought for a moment, maintaining his sub-Concentration state as a sign of respect, as it was indeed his strongest usual state.

"Understood."

Ji Ran nodded and turned to leave.

Luo Rui didn't know what he understood, but he didn't care.

Back at North Mountain Academy, Luo Rui became a sensation once again, having passed the expert-level challenge and then taken first place in the freshman group of the exchange competition. This dream start made many people envious, but Luo Rui stated that this was just the beginning.

From then on, Luo Rui's school life seemed to deviate from what a normal college student should have. He was never seen in practical or combat classes again. If it weren't for the occasional glimpse of Luo Rui in a few basic and theoretical courses, his classmates would have thought he had skipped a grade.

Luo Rui also moved out of the dormitory.

Zhang Zhi, through some means, managed to get him a single room. Luo Rui had originally wanted to foster a good relationship with his three roommates, but then he thought that he was, after all, someone with a little secret, and being alone meant he didn't have to hide his food, so he tearfully bid farewell to his roommates.

Although he felt a little sad, time can dilute everything. Plus, the new dormitory was closer to the team's base, and Luo Rui quickly immersed himself in the joy of constantly improving his strength.

Autumn passed and winter arrived. Far from his hometown, Luo Rui finally took advantage of the winter vacation to return home and see his parents.

Although half a year had passed, Luo Rui didn't feel any estrangement from his parents, thanks to the advanced technology that allowed him to video chat with them frequently.

To be honest, if he hadn't had nowhere else to go during the winter vacation, Luo Rui wouldn't have wanted to go home. It was simply because he didn't want to face his parents' task inspection.

His mother had given Luo Rui five million as seed money to find a wife, and it was only natural to be concerned about such a large investment. But increasing attribute points required constant practice to convert them into tangible strength, so Luo Rui was now focused solely on improving his abilities and had no time for romance.

Initially, driven by novelty and a sense of urgency, Luo Rui had put a little effort into this aspect, but as the novelty wore off and the confidence brought by his increased strength grew, his interest waned.

But his mother didn't know this. Seeing that Luo Rui hadn't brought a girlfriend home for the New Year, her face drooped quite a bit.

Luo Rui couldn't do anything about it and could only try to avoid his mother as much as possible, spending his days in his little base.

The small base on the underground floor hadn't changed much in the past six months, except for Luo Rui occasionally coming to clean it. Luo Rui also logged into "Ace Mech Pilot" after a long absence.

Although he had been using third-generation mechs for so long, the basic improvements were comprehensive. So, after practicing with fourth-generation mechs for a few rounds, Luo Rui quickly broke through the constraints of his original rank and actually reached nearly three thousand points.

This rank could be said to be a place where only true experts could reside. Those battle-hardened A-League and even S-League players were basically hovering around three thousand points.

If Luo Rui were to join a game team, he might quickly secure a main position.

But his current pursuit had long changed, and Mccann was getting closer and closer to him.

Besides practicing like crazy in his little base, Luo Rui would occasionally go out and gather with his buddies.

And the so-called buddies were actually just Fatty alone.

It wasn't that Luo Rui didn't have other friends, but that Luo Rui didn't really want to see them. This wasn't because Luo Rui had studied at North Mountain Academy and had become arrogant, looking down on his original buddies, but because of some unavoidable difficulties.

The hotel door incident had actually had a big impact on Luo Rui.

In this world, the only people who truly want you to be well are your parents, and even if there are others, they are few and far between.

So, when the incident was making a lot of noise, some buddies didn't hold back on the gossip when facing media interviews.

Those things made Luo Rui think he had traveled from a parallel universe. Some imagined things were described with such detail and conviction.

Not only his buddies, but he also learned from Fatty that after he went to North Mountain Academy, Dongmu High School had originally included him in the school's Hall of Fame, but after this incident, they removed him. Later, after hearing something, they put him back in.

Luo Rui didn't want to say anything about this. Everyone had their difficulties, but when the old class teacher invited him to give a lecture at the school, he politely declined.

His reason was that he was shallow and unqualified to give a lecture, and his learning experience was not easy to replicate, so he would rather not.

Luo Rui was telling the truth, and he couldn't care less whether others believed him or not.

Winter in North Mountain Academy is very long, and then there is almost no transition of spring, and it directly enters summer.

In this second half of the year, North Mountain Academy, including official organizations, student unions, clubs, and various organizers, also organized many competitions, but unfortunately, none of them involved Luo Rui.

According to Tong Yue, it was to give other students a little competition experience to avoid affecting their enthusiasm for learning.

One can't twist one's arm against one's thigh, Luo Rui could only cooperate.

In addition, there were no major competitions outside the school, so Luo Rui spent almost the entire second half of the year in seclusion.

Luo Rui originally thought that as his strength improved, he would get closer and closer to Mccann as long as he followed the steps.

But he didn't expect it to be so close!

As the first academic year was coming to an end, he received a message that GJ, the military, and various universities were jointly organizing an internship experience activity to Mccann.

It is said that something happened in Mccann, which led to the holding of this event.

Although letting students go to Mccann for internship experience can be regarded as a precedent, Mccann is, after all, an extremely dangerous place. Letting students go to experience it is not to send them to death.

Therefore, this activity is only aimed at juniors and seniors who are strong and intend to join the remnant army.

But for some reason, Luo Rui, as a freshman, was also included in this experience list. According to Zhang Zhi, South Ridge College put a lot of effort into this matter… …

However, this activity is completely voluntary. Even if South Ridge College used a lot of effort, as long as Luo Rui disagrees, everything will be in vain.

But how could a strong person fear this kind of challenge?

Moreover, Luo Rui suspected, and was even somewhat certain, that the attribute table came from Mccann, so he had long wanted to go to Mccann to take a look. He originally thought it would take a few more years, but he didn't expect the opportunity to come so quickly, so how could he disagree?

It's just that now, there is still an obstacle between him and Mccann.