Trickster Hunter.

Chapter 92 "I'm the principal?"

"Then do you think that humans still have a chance to recover those lost territories?"

"When I was young... no, it should be said that everyone who entered the Tianshu Tower had the idea of ​​regaining lost territory when they were young." Professor Li said, "But we are old now, and we have already done our best just to maintain the status quo... The closer we are to the truth, the more hidden things we can see, and the heavier the sense of despair that weighs on us."

Professor Li took a breath and continued, "I know that I shouldn't say this to you given my status, but I have always believed that true courage is to still have hope after seeing the truth of despair."

"Professor, you are a great eloquent speaker. It would be a shame if you didn't give the speech," said Sun Hang.

"Hahahaha... you figured it out." Professor Li suddenly laughed. "I said the same thing when I was giving a speech to the students of Chunming University. The guys in the audience were much more excited than you are now."

"Students from Chunming University... they probably haven't really come into contact with strange things, right?" Sun Hang asked, pursing his lips.

"Never encountered them. To put it nicely, they are the chosen ones of heaven. To put it bluntly, they are just flowers in a greenhouse." Professor Li sighed, "It has been a long time since any trace of strange creatures appeared in the core area of ​​the Federation. It has been so long that people have almost forgotten what kind of world they live in."

"There are many new movies and animations about monsters every year, but they are basically commercial popcorn works." Yang Qi couldn't help but say, "People living in those safe areas still think that monsters are the monsters that appear on the screen. Although they have strong destructive power, they will eventually be defeated by the protagonists."

"But there are no movie protagonists in the real world." Professor Li continued, "Only people like you who stay in the border areas understand that the comfortable life in the core areas of the Federation is entirely due to the lives of hunters and soldiers."

"So...what do you want to say?" Yang Qi asked tentatively.

"The Eternal Night has come. This is a rare opportunity for change. I plan to bring together the weird object research majors of more than a thousand colleges and universities in the 21 cities in the core area and build a college dedicated to training talents in this field... This college will be located in Shuzhou, which is shrouded in the Eternal Night."

"Isn't it too risky to do this?" Yang Qi said in surprise, "What if Shuzhou falls..."

"You also said it was 'just in case'." Professor Li smiled and said, "With you here, the students shouldn't be unable to finish a semester's classes, right?"

"This...this is too crazy..." Yang Qi murmured.

"Flowers that can withstand storms cannot be grown in a greenhouse," Professor Li said. "Only by letting them face the most desperate things can we get truly useful talents."

"Makes sense." Sun Hang nodded. "But the application rate for this academy shouldn't be too high, right? After all, parents don't want to send their children to study in a place shrouded in eternal night."

"If we promise that graduates who complete their studies can be directly recommended to Tianshu Tower, I believe that the source of students will not be a problem." Professor Li smiled, "As for the first president of this college, I have decided that you will be the first president."

"Eh?" Sun Hang pointed at himself, "I'm the principal? Is that true?"

"Do you think I'm joking?" Professor Li said slightly seriously.

"But Sun Hang is an infected person. If an infected person is made the principal, will it be..."

"Why can't an infected person be the principal? Besides, this school was originally established to study weird things and infected people. It's reasonable to let an infected person be the principal." Professor Li said, "My initial candidate was your teacher, the director of the Tianfu City Weird Things Research Institute, but that old guy, like us, has too heavy a burden on his shoulders. It's difficult for him to devote his energy to managing a school like this." "Why me?" Sun Hang asked again.

"Because you have the courage I just mentioned."

"Courage?" Sun Hang couldn't help but feel puzzled. "But you just said that those college students were much more excited than me after listening to the speech. If we want to find a brave person, we should look for them."

"True courage is not an emotion that comes from a sudden surge of passion, but an unwavering mindset," Professor Li said. "Although you didn't show any excitement or agitation, you also didn't show any fear... In other words, you're not afraid of those weird creatures, nor are you afraid of the desperate situation I described."

"Isn't this a bit too arbitrary?" Sun Hang asked, tilting his head.

"I have read your test report. You are not suffering from facial paralysis, nor do you have any psychological or mental illness." Professor Li said, "In the ancient book Yan Dan Zi, Tian Guang once said to Yan Taizi Dan: 'A person who is brave in blood will turn red when angry; a person who is brave in pulse will turn blue when angry; a person who is brave in bone will turn white when angry; a person who is brave in spirit will not change his expression when angry.'"

"Professor, you're overpraising me." Sun Hang twitched his lips. "I was just playing badly. This is the first time I've received such a high evaluation. I really don't deserve it."

"If you were just playing badly, you wouldn't have gone to Longquanyi Air Force Base, you wouldn't have jumped off the helicopter, and you wouldn't have stood still when facing the shadow that devoured time," Professor Li said. "You just don't realize it."

"I simply just want to fill my stomach..." Sun Hang complained silently in his heart.

As a result, in the eyes of others, these "foraging" behaviors have become a symbol of courage.

Although it is important to establish a positive impression in the eyes of others, Sun Hang always has a weird feeling for some reason.

"In fact, it is very simple to verify this point. Think carefully. When you were doing those things, did you ever feel afraid or have any thoughts of retreating?" said Professor Li.

Afraid? Horrified?

For a moment, Sun Hang felt a little confused - he suddenly realized that after he woke up from his coma, he did not feel any fear, as if this emotion had been stripped away from his personality.

He had joy, anger, annoyance, disgust, tension...the only thing missing was fear.

Sun Hang tried to imagine something that would make him feel scared, but after thinking for a long time, his mind was blank.

Be it the dark abyss outside the weird office building, the extremely mysterious three monkey statues, or the original primary weird creatures that only exist "in theory"... none of these things can arouse Sun Hang's fear.

For him, these things are not even as strong as the emotional impact of "forgetting to bring toilet paper when taking a shit".

(End of this chapter)