Within five minutes of the final exam format being announced, a small team for the first-year freshmen was successfully assembled.
Luo Qi was very happy, not at all concerned whether the team could win, only knowing that his good friends were all together, and that was great.
However, from the moment the team was formed, Luo Qi also began to feel a little nervous. Perhaps Mo Jue's team was even stronger than his, but so what?
Luo Qi, who had maintained a Buddhist mindset since he was born and started drinking, suddenly felt his heart pounding violently, and he uncharacteristically felt a surge of fighting spirit.
Not just for himself, but for the Insect Race, and for his friends around him, and for 111 who had always accompanied him. No matter what, he was determined to win against Mo Jue.
Time was tight and the task was heavy. The "Luo Cub's Face is So Cute to Rub" team (which only took two minutes to pass with the team name unanimously agreed upon by all members except Luo Qi) still had a long way to go.
He Ning and He Yuan had been spending all their time in the training room of the gymnasium. The resources on the garbage planet were too scarce, and many facilities were missing. The two of them were now like water in a sponge, frantically absorbing knowledge they had never encountered before and thus had no way to learn.
So, after deciding to form a team, the two of them returned to the training room.
Lei Wa, Amin, and Alien also left together. Lei Wa, like Luo Qi, was suddenly filled with passion and dragged Amin and Alien along to the training room.
Mo Xuan was still learning how to handle affairs from the person sent by Cesi. He was being groomed by Cesi to replace Mo Jue and the patriarch of the Mo clan, and of course, he himself harbored this ambition.
As it turned out, Mo Xuan grew faster than Cesi had imagined. The young boy who had been humiliatingly trampled by Mo Jue a few years ago had diligently utilized all the conditions around him to improve himself.
He was like a seed that had been buried all along, ostracized and suppressed because of his different appearance, but Cesi was willing to be the one to water and fertilize him, just to see how far he could grow.
Thus, in just a few years, Mo Xuan had begun to learn to observe people's expressions, to strategize, and even in the eyes of the unsuspecting elders of the Mo clan, he could be considered an equal to Mo Jue.
But no one knew that this young man's ambition went far beyond that.
After He Ning and He Yuan returned to the training room, Mo Xuan stayed for a while longer.
Mo Xuan would not let Luo Qi know about the bloody and chilling matters he was involved in. In front of Luo Qi, he would always act like a cowering little wretch.
After staying for another two hours, he had a small cake with Luo Qi (emphasis), did a few problems with him (emphasis), and told jokes for a long time with him (emphasis), successfully making Ye Mu's face turn ashen before leaving with satisfaction.
The nascent camaraderie that Ye Mu had felt for less than half a day vanished completely, and Mo Xuan once again returned to the top of his "person to be vigilant about" list.
It was just that Ye Mu still didn't understand why he had to be so vigilant about Mo Xuan, who always wanted to get close to Luo Qi.
His good friends came and went, and the lively dormitory quieted down again. Luo Qi sat at his desk, his thoughts drifting, looking dazed.
Ye Mu pinched his face, confirming in his heart that the team name was perfectly fine.
The annoyance in his heart lessened considerably. At least Mo Jue hadn't dared to pinch Luo Qi's face just now. Should he feel happy (?) about that.
Ye Mu sighed, thought for a moment, and said, "You have the day off today, no need to do any more homework. You sleep a little longer, and I'll go to the training room to play for a while."
Luo Qi snapped back to reality, "You're going to the training room too?"
Ye Mu rarely went to the training room because all the equipment in the junior school's training room was not unfamiliar to Luo Qi and Ye Mu, and the training effect it could provide was limited.
Moreover, Luo Qi didn't particularly like going to the training room. Unlike the forced training in the Insect Race, people in the training room were very self-disciplined. Luo Qi considered himself a little lazy and, after going once, he was too lazy to go again.
Ye Mu didn't have to go to the training room in the first place, and after Luo Qi stopped going, he stopped going as well.
Ye Mu smiled, "There's nothing much to do anyway, just going to play around."
The team had started to form, but he still had no idea what his teammates' abilities were. He had to go and see. If he relied on this little fool next to him, the team would probably disband quickly.
Luo Qi nodded and said, "Then you must discuss it properly with He Ning and He Yuan. I'll just be a pendant hanging onto your thigh."
Ye Mu raised an eyebrow, "You know what I'm going to do?"
Luo Qi was surprised, his expression suggesting, "Do you think I'm an idiot?"
Ye Mu: "..."
He pinched Luo Qi's cheek again and turned to leave.
After Ye Mu also left, Luo Qi was the only one left in the dormitory. He lay on the bed, raising his arm to cover his eyes.
After lying down for a while, he lowered his arm again. He had been too excited earlier and had eaten some food, so he couldn't sleep now.
Just as Luo Qi was wondering whether to get up and read for a while or go to the training room to find Ye Mu, the dormitory door was opened.
A black and white cat walked in, kicking the dormitory door shut with its hind leg with a bang. Luo Qi raised an eyebrow.
This cat's face was not good-looking to begin with, and now with its entire face scowling, it looked even worse.
Luo Qi found it amusing, "What's wrong? Who offended our Brother 1?"
111's reputation at school was almost as great as his own now. Even if someone with no eyes dared to come up and knew that 111 was his cat, they wouldn't dare to bully it casually. Besides, 111 was not an ordinary cat.
111 jumped onto Luo Qi's bed, leaving a trail of plum blossom footprints on his bed, and then said, "I met that defective product."
Luo Qi, while speechlessly wiping his bedsheet, casually said, "Didn't you sense it long ago?"
111 jumped up, "I said met! Not sensed! This time I even spoke to him!"
Luo Qi's hand movements paused, "What did you say? Why are you so angry?"
111 snorted, his cat eyes full of disgust, "It said it would kill you in the final exam."
Luo Qi pursed his lips.
111 was completely bristling, "My insect cub that I raised since childhood, no matter how stupid or how much it eats, can it be touched by it? What right does it have?"
Luo Qi scratched his head. Why did those words make him feel a hint of anger mixed with a touch of感动 (being moved)?
111 looked genuinely angry, pacing back and forth several times, and finally declared:
"Don't worry, in the final exam, I will definitely destroy it!"
Luo Qi was touched.
111 was still angry, "What is the final exam about? You tell me?"
Luo Qi: "..."