Chapter 15.1

Fatal Illusion (1)

The diversity of races and significant individual differences have always been advantages of the beastmen.

However, during millions of years of evolution, it became a common belief that beastmen of the same race must possess the same traits. Even beastmen of different races have become increasingly similar. They gradually learned to hide their own characteristics and assimilate into the group…

As a result, they also gradually lost their advantages and unique abilities.

In the past, when students entered middle school, the consideration of their race was taken into account during class placement. Height was just one criterion, and the school tried to assign students of the same race to the same class as much as possible, along with academic performance.

But in this prosperous interstellar era, the new generation of young beastmen began to emphasize their individuality and uniqueness.

They refused to be labeled by their race.

Herbivores didn’t want to be stereotyped as naturally gentle, and carnivores didn’t want to be seen as inherently aggressive.

Even the leaders of the planets started to contemplate whether they should pay more attention to the individual differences among the beastmen.

However, there were simply too many types of beastmen, and inconvenient incidents did occur between different races.

To address this, the education experts at the Capital University proposed a pilot program–

Random allocation.

When Mu Le heard about this from Buke, she couldn’t help but think, “…”

It really is an “especially scientific” method of allocation at first hearing.

Although this method is fair, it places a great challenge on the teaching ability of the teachers.

In simple terms, the original teaching plan was to roughly divide the students and teach them according to their aptitude. But now, in order to prevent labeling, they simply do not make any distinctions and let the teachers observe the characteristics of each student and teach them accordingly.

When the teachers heard about this, they all felt like hitting someone.

Of course, such a plan cannot be implemented all at once.

The experts were not ready to give up so easily. An idea must be tested through experiments to determine whether it is correct.

They chose the best education institution, Capital Middle School, to temporarily open a special class for first graders.

This so-called special class will enroll a total of twenty elementary school students. Besides the regular first graders transitioning from seventh grade, students from different age groups with exceptional talents will also be admitted.

The main requirement is to have a unique and special skill in a particular field.

Capital Middle School will provide the best educational resources to this class. Moreover, all events that occur throughout the academic year will be recorded and serve as experimental data for future teaching plans and improvements.

It is both a special class and an experimental class.

Of course, Gu Mingyuan won’t explain all this to Mu Le in detail. He skips the complex process and simply tells her the result.

Gu Mingyuan has faith in the education level of Capital Middle School.

Although he wouldn’t admit it, the main reason is that the school is adjacent to Capital University.

Even when the new semester starts and he gets busy at the research institute, he still has time to have meals with Mu Le every day and never miss a single meal.

After hearing all this, Mu Le touches the back of her head and asks Gu Mingyuan, “Can I… consider it?”

Meanwhile, Gu Mingyuan is already thinking about the route he can take to quickly walk from Capital University to the entrance of Capital Middle School to pick up their child after school.

Maintaining his calm demeanor, he nods without any expression, “Hmm.”

Mu Le returns to her room alone, hides in the bathroom, and calls Buke to come out for help. She asks him to look up information about this special class.

After all, she has only completed five exam papers, and theoretically, she would only be in fifth grade at most. Moreover, she has only done four papers for the interstellar language test…

It is only after asking Buke that Mu Le learns about the origin of the special class.

It is also at this moment that she discovers the exam papers do not represent a single grade. By the fifth paper of the math test, there are already questions for middle school first graders, and even second graders.

Mu Le: “…”

No wonder she felt the difficulty of that exam paper didn’t quite match the level of an elementary school student. She thought that in the interstellar era, the math requirements for elementary school students were much higher than on Earth…

Mu Le initially thought of skipping first grade because it would be too noisy and wanted to join a higher grade.

The special class, upon hearing its name, seems like a gathering of problematic children, with all sorts of eccentricities competing for attention and showing off. They might be even more noisy than those first-grade brats.

…But then she thought about it carefully.

Capital University, the best institution of higher learning in the empire.

Capital Middle School, located right next to Capital University, also boasts top-notch education.

A school of this caliber promises to provide the best teaching staff.

That eccentric class, oh no, special class… it might actually have something worthwhile?

Since coming to Gu Mingyuan’s house, Mu Le has been idling around, just enjoying the present moment. After all, as the saying goes, “Carpe diem.”

However, after going to elementary school, meeting so many peculiar young beastfolk and experiencing strange things like crying hysterically when stared at by a small elephant, being invited to a crocodile’s house for a visit, mocking a peacock’s math skills and even suggesting copying homework, Mu Le has become increasingly interested in the life of this world.

How should I put it? It’s like she feels more involved.

She made up her mind. After coming out of the bathroom, she went to find Gu Mingyuan.