Shortly after the National College Entrance Examination, Xing Lou finished filling out his college applications and waited for his admission letter.
Before long, a flimsy delivery bag was carelessly left at his door.
Inside was just a piece of paper that read: Admission Notice from Otherworld Vocational and Technical College.
Xing Lou: Who's playing a prank on me?
He tossed it straight into the trash.
A few days later, another thin package was left at his door.
This time it had to be his admission letter, right?
He opened it and found another admission notice from that same place, Otherworld Vocational and Technical College.
The notice included an enrollment date and contact information. On the back was a simple drawing that looked like a map of the campus.
They'd made it pretty convincing.
Xing Lou still didn't give it much thought, but a month later, his real admission letter still hadn't arrived.
He began to wonder if this school was even real.
So he called the number on the notice. They told him the admission was valid, but the school was a classified institution and wouldn't appear in the System.
Xing Lou was reassured, though he let his guard down too soon.
The first day of school came soon enough. Following the address, he found himself at a suburban library.
The teacher who greeted him told him this was a school for training people with superpowers, with the goal of maintaining peace and stability in otherworlds.
Superpowers? Otherworlds?
Was he supposed to save the world?
The flood of information left Xing Lou dizzy.
He said, dazed,
