Chapter 64: The Start of School

The Beska Intermediate Academy was naturally also located on Planet 732, standing out as an intermediate academy with exceptionally superior conditions across all aspects within this planet and its surrounding planetary region.

However, the school was not situated on the main continent where Jiang Hui currently resided.

Planet 732 belonged to the category of terrestrial planets with relatively concentrated continental landmasses. The land available for human habitation and landing was mostly concentrated in one massive area, accompanied by a few smaller crustal plates scattered around the periphery of the main continent. Some of these were uninhabited, unsuitable areas rarely entered by humans, while others were private properties belonging to the wealthy, entirely closed to the public.

Aside from the main continent, the largest plate on this planet belonged to the educational zone, serving as the largest and most concentrated educational district on the entire planet. Several renowned and outstanding intermediate academies of Planet 732 were established there, alongside quite a few primary schools and kindergartens of exceptionally high quality, though they were separated from the intermediate academy and managed in distinct administrative zones.

Therefore, if Jiang Hui wanted to go to school, she had to take an aerial skyship, crossing the ocean to reach another plate.

Fortunately, the speed of this skyship was quite fast, even surpassing city buses. Traveling from her residence in the fourth ring district of the main continent to the plate where the Beska Intermediate Academy was located took Jiang Hui only about three stellar hours in a straight line. Otherwise, she might have had to take transportation much earlier and wait at the academy beforehand.

Upon stepping off the skyship, Jiang Hui was greeted by a landscape and scenery completely different from the main continent.

This plate was called Kake State, and its area was roughly only one-tenth that of the main continent. In contrast to the main continent, which had been developed by interstellar humans into a highly habitable technological city, this place was much closer to the original, primitive appearance of the planet.

Although this place lacked the exceptional, unique sunlight of Planet Blue, it still boasted plenty of plants, water, and air. The water and air were naturally identical to those on Planet Blue, and even if they were different, Jiang Hui's interstellar human body probably wouldn't notice any abnormalities.

The vegetation, however, was completely different from that of Planet Blue. The plants here were predominantly reddish-brown, with almost no green plants to speak of; even if there were any, most of them had been transplanted from Capital Planet. In reality, the native plants of Planet 732 were entirely brownish-red in tone.

Moreover, the plants here were basically very tall, lacking small grasses and the like, and even the bushes were at least the height of a grown person. Trees went without saying; heights of ten to twenty meters were very common across the continent.

Thanks to the fact that this place only preserved the relatively primitive appearance of the planet without being left entirely in a wild state, some general pruning and adjustments had been done for aesthetic purposes, making the scenery look quite pleasant at a glance.

After getting off the skyship, Jiang Hui seized the opportunity in the waiting area to hail a flyer, which took her directly to the Beska Intermediate Academy.

Actually, she had checked the navigation, and the academy didn't seem too far from here either. But out of unfamiliarity with her new surroundings, Jiang Hui felt it was best not to needlessly complicate things. On her first day of registration, she wanted to get everything sorted out as quickly as possible.

Thus, she boarded the flyer and arrived at the academy in less than five minutes.

Landing, Jiang Hui looked at the rather grand and imposing entrance gate of the Beska Intermediate Academy, feeling truly complicated inside.

It was hard to believe; she was actually undergoing a re-education and going back to school.

Furthermore, she had come to school completely empty-handed, almost as if she were here on vacation.

Fortunately, Jiang Hui discovered that middle school students here were much more independent compared to children of the same age back on Planet Blue. Looking at the bustling crowd coming and going at the gate, she didn't see a single person accompanied by their parents; most of them had arrived at the academy empty-handed just like her.

Today was the first day of registration, so the people appearing at the entrance were basically new students just like her. Therefore, she didn't really need to ask for directions; she could simply follow the flow of the crowd to find the reception area.

The process of school registration was actually much the same everywhere. Because the classes and majors had been assigned well in advance, students still had to personally come forward to verify their signatures, and accommodation had to be arranged by themselves.

However, one particularly unique feature was that the academy registration utilized manual staffing, with students from the same class volunteering to undertake the registration work.

This was because, although machine efficiency was much higher, students ultimately had to get along with their classmates. This approach helped them get to know and become familiar with each other earlier, and also imbued the process with a greater sense of human warmth rather than forcing them to face cold, unfeeling machines right from the start.

Following the class assigned to her by the system, Jiang Hui found her class registration desk.

Handling the procedures for their class was a tall student with blonde hair, blue eyes, and fair skin—a very typical Europan phenotype. However, the student's entire demeanor gave off a very stern impression, forming a sharp contrast with the two approachable and friendly classmates on either side.

Jiang Hui stepped forward, preparing to go through the registration procedures. She then discovered that the person was just as cold and stern as their appearance suggested, speaking in a rigid, formulaic manner with a chilling aura that made one somewhat apprehensive.

This student looked like the difficult-to-approach type. However, since she was only here to register, she naturally didn't care whether the person was approachable or not; she would just do what she needed to do.

As for what kind of person the other was... everyone was classmates, so they would probably find out sooner or later, and there was no rush now.

Jiang Hui calmly reported her name and information, then proceeded with identity verification and registration.

Seeing her come forward to register, the student's expression remained unchanged, without even offering a greeting or the like. Naturally, Jiang Hui saw no need to ingratiate herself, so she simply nodded faintly in acknowledgment and concentrated on completing the procedures according to the established process.

However, while verifying her identity information, the student seemed to notice something and cast a somewhat surprised glance at Jiang Hui.

That look wasn't particularly complicated, just carried a strange feeling. Jiang Hui had no idea what special detail on the information panel had suddenly caught the other's attention.

Even so, the student possessed good composure; this brief notice didn't last long before the overtly observant gaze vanished. Afterward, the student quickly processed her registration and completed her student status enrollment.

Jiang Hui immediately received a notification on her optical brain, informing her that she had successfully registered at the Beska Intermediate Academy, her student status had been successfully transferred into the intermediate academy, and wishing her a pleasant start to the school year, among other things.

Jiang Hui nodded and expressed her thanks to the student, then asked somewhat hesitatingly, "Excuse me, classmate, do you happen to know where the Academic Affairs Office is? I might need to go there first to consult about a few things."

Actually, she didn't want to trouble the other person. But Jiang Hui had asked a few people along the way earlier, and as luck would have it, they were also new students who were even more clueless than her, let alone knowing the location of the Academic Affairs Office.

Right now, there was temporarily no one waiting in line behind her. Since this young man was in charge of related matters, she wondered if he might know a bit more...