Derrick and Lin Yun met quite late, but because they shared similar interests, they became good friends.
And although he didn’t have the nerve to ask Lin Yun for the truth, he had also heard rumors about this famous happy couple of A21 Campus.
According to reliable information from the Campus Gossip Network.
About four years ago, when Lin Yun first enrolled in the Cosmic Academy, he molested Blue Lulu.
“Molested? Lao Zhen really lost control.”
“Lao Zhen turned into a pervert. How can you face Lao Xi?”
Of course, calling it molestation was a bit harsh.
For a country boy like Lin Yun, who came from a small place and might never see a Lulu in his lifetime, he most likely didn’t know that heads and cat ears were equivalent to thighs among the Lulu Race.
A true strong sexual implication.
But regardless, this touch sealed their twisted fate.
“Six six six, it was a headpat.”
“Lao Zhen really likes patting heads. He patted Xiao Xi’s head the first time they met.”
“Probably because the color is the same. Couldn’t resist.”
These four years, Blue Lulu had been relentlessly pursuing Lin Yun, showing all kinds of affection and confessing her love.
Though she lost every battle, she fought ever harder.
If I heard correctly, this was the hundredth time, right?
Tsk tsk tsk.
They say it’s easy for a woman to chase a man.
After a hundred attempts, Lulu could still make him hardhearted enough to keep rejecting her—the famously wealthy Blue. Who knows who Lin Yun’s true love is.
“Of course it’s the number one beauty of the Stellar, my Xi.”
“The lethality of a white moonlight is too strong.”
“Even Lao Jiu became a loser dog. There’s no way Lao Lan could win.”
Derrick’s mind wandered with these wild thoughts, not at all worried about Blue Lulu barging into the Alloy Building.
Instead, he began a countdown in his head.
Five, four, three, two, one—
BOOM!
A huge explosive roar came from the pitch-black depths of the main door.
The bright blue figure flew backward at a terrifying speed even faster than before!
Derrick’s bangs were blown by the wind pressure.
He turned slightly, perfectly avoiding the alloy square pillars that grew layer by layer and burst out from the main entrance.
Why wasn’t he afraid Blue Lulu would force Lin Yun to cook the rice?
Naturally, because Lin Yun was far stronger than Blue Lulu.
Although Lin Yun was famous for his R&D ability in alloy.
His combat strength, compared to his R&D ability, was only slightly inferior to the Transcendent Department of the Imperial Institute of Technology.
He had been a first-tier star energy user with Perfect Awakening when he entered the school, a rare existence even in the entire Transcendent Department of A21 Campus.
After that, he smoothly broke through to the second tier.
And in one training session, he even luckily unlocked his bloodline lock, stepping onto the perfect path.
According to legend, the bloodline lock was an innate restriction set by the Celestial Eye Royal Family to secure their rule. It determined the level of star energy bloodline in all races from birth, unchangeable for eternity.
But after the royal family was destroyed, the bloodline lock loosened.
First, even the weakest star energy bloodline could, through inheritance, atavistically produce a high-level star energy bloodline.
Second, the perfect path came into being.
As long as one perfectly awakened their bloodline at first tier.
Then at each subsequent tier, they could have one chance to open the bloodline lock and allow their own star energy bloodline to evolve.
A star energy user who had opened the bloodline lock once was said to have stepped onto the perfect path.
But the perfect path was difficult and rugged.
If at any point they failed to break through the bloodline lock, the perfect path would be forever closed to them.
For example, if Lin Yun opened his bloodline lock at second tier but failed at third tier.
Then he would never have another chance at the fourth tier.
But if someone truly managed to successfully open the bloodline lock at every tier and embrace evolution.
Then when they broke through to the eighth tier, they would reach the end of the perfect path.
Their bloodline would evolve to its most perfect state.
Thus giving them a glimpse of the never-before-seen ninth-tier star energy user, considered a god in Celestial Eye culture.
That is, becoming a god.
However, the perfect path was extremely difficult. Throughout history, not a single star energy user had ever completed it.
The closest was a certain senior who broke the path at the sixth tier four hundred years ago.
And this saying about the end of the perfect path came from his mouth, becoming widely known.
“Here it comes, the classic first episode of the Stellar, dumping all the settings right away.”
“A certain training session—mark this, probably a side story.”
“So Lao Zhen will become a god in the end?”
“Beginning: picking trash on a Junk Star. Ending: I am a god.”
“Lao Xi has a lot, so they immediately slap a patch to boost Lao Zhen’s combat power. This is really the son’s treatment.”
“The Production Team finally realized that Lao Zhen, as the protagonist, has no highlights at all.”
“Son treatment? Then just wait for Lao Zhen to get abused. Look what happened to the beloved daughter next door.”
“There’s also ‘forcing raw rice to cook’ or something.”
“Ahem, it’s precisely a strong classmate like Lin Yun that is worth conquering, meow!”
After being blasted hundreds of meters away, Blue Lulu looked up with difficulty. For the 101st time, she confessed her love to Lin Zhen, then lowered her head and fell unconscious.
As she fell into unconsciousness.
The campus smart system detected unauthorized combat on campus and was triggered.
After retrieving nearby surveillance footage.
Rows of explosion-proof robots flew in from afar at nearly the speed of light, stopping beside Derrick, and spoke to the interior of the door:
“Student Lin Yun, student ID… You have violated school rule No. 28, which prohibits private combat on campus. Please immediately put down your weapon and accept inspection by the Anti-School Bullying Office.”
“I understand.”
The ground trembled, and Lin Zhen’s voice came.
The next second, the entire alloy floor cracked layer by layer.
As expected, or rather quite experienced, Lin Zhen stepped onto the rapidly forming alloy steps and came to the surface.
He obediently extended his right hand, allowing the explosion-proof robot to place the stellar energy bracelet that could limit his star energy on his wrist.
Whoosh!
Several explosion-proof robots surrounded Lin Zhen, raising their hands.
They released a layer of translucent golden shield that covered Lin Zhen, and then flew off into the sky with the tall, handsome boy.
Derrick, who had been watching the show, shook his head and turned to leave, but one explosion-proof robot blocked his way.
“Student Derrick, student ID… As a witness, please come with us to the Anti-School Bullying Office to give your statement.”
“I knew it!”
Derrick gritted his teeth as the remaining explosion-proof robots took him flying away from the Alloy Building.
“Anti-school bullying—first time I’ve seen this in an anime. Ridiculous.”
“Derrick is totally fed up.”
“Looks like a repeat offender. Real pro.”
In the five minutes since the first episode aired, “Stellar” had already delivered a high-quality, high-speed combat animation with its usual generous funding.
And the pacing seemed much faster than the first season.
This reassured many viewers.
After all, even for a popular IP.
There was a considerable chance the sequel would fail.