He lives on another planet and is majoring in Earth Science.

Chapter 302 A Twist of Fate: Earth's Rating May Be Upgraded

As the dean watched the black ball roll around, he pondered what kind of lie to tell.

His Highness the Crown Prince's eyes curved downwards from above to face the projection, trying to see what was troubling the Dean.

The dean jumped onto the control panel and turned off the projector, thus stopping the Crown Prince from spying on his fetish.

"These are all confidential documents of the academy; you cannot access them."

As he said this, the enchanting scene of the black ball rolling around was still echoing in the dean's mind.

"I'm sorry, Dean."

The dean leaned back in his chair and began to ramble on: "I don't want to dampen your enthusiasm, but the number of research projects and funding available to the college each year are limited."

"Professor Capolilira of marriage studies has just launched a new research project to study whether marriages with 72 genders are more harmonious than those with 71 genders."

"For this, he had to track hundreds of multi-gender marriage families for decades, and I had to approve 500 million yuan in research funding every year."

"There's also Professor Dufadfa in demography, whose research project requires 1000 million in funding a year."

"His research project is on whether eliminating all elderly people would help alleviate the aging crisis. The 1000 million was used to buy ownership of a continent on a primitive planet, I think it was called something like Kali, a planet that was kicked out of the watch list."

"Professor Dafamiba, an expert in ethnology, is even more impressive. His research project, which requires 2400 million in funding, is a feasibility analysis of 'interracial toilets in eliminating racial discrimination.'"

"He plans to spend 2000 million to build 500 universal toilets with an open design so that people can see each other using the toilet."

"By engaging in close contact while using the toilet, we can eliminate racial tensions."

“There are countless similar projects.”

"As you can see, my funds are stretched thin. Their project is definitely more important than researching so-called Earth mythology. As for your project, I really can't help you."

His Highness lowered his eyes somewhat dejectedly, realizing that with Earth's rating so low, studying Earth's mythology simply couldn't compare to these high-value projects.

It's not even comparable to "whether eliminating all elderly people would help alleviate the aging crisis," let alone "whether marriages with 72 genders are more harmonious than marriages with 71 genders."

Not to mention the exciting "feasibility analysis of interracial toilets in eliminating racial discrimination," a study of that caliber would probably win an award.

Looking at myself, I was just going to Earth to study the relationship between some myths and legends and interstellar civilizations. Who would care about the results of such research?

But then he remembered the expectant eyes of Li Ji and other students, and the ideal of a young teacher was rekindled in his heart.

He seemed to see Li Ji outside the glass window saying to him, "Teacher, are we going to give up on our dreams?"

"No, I won't give up!"

His Highness the Crown Prince clenched his fist as he watched Li Ji's figure disappear into the foam outside the window.

"Li Ji, I will try my best."

Li Ji was frantically waving his tentacles outside the window, but the whale-man had sprayed a new layer of foam, making it impossible for him to see what was happening inside.

"Brother, I'd like to communicate with the people inside. Could you make a small opening?"

"I'm running out of time. Let me finish first. If you're really in a hurry, call him."

The whale-man, holding a huge yellow spray bottle, sprayed another thick layer of foam.

"If he were answering the phone, why would I be standing outside the window?"

Li Ji looked at the dark, empty space around him and sighed.

Just now, he received a message from Gu Yuqing.

[Senior: There's a glimmer of hope! Very little golden-bodied DNA was detected in Fermi's descendants. Further investigation along the family's DNA lineage revealed that this golden-bodied DNA came from Fermi's wife.]

[Senior: I've already sent the investigation results back to the bureau. Once the Earth rating upgrade process is complete, everything will be different.]

[Senior: I also have a little surprise for you.]

Li Ji pressed him repeatedly, but still couldn't find out what the surprise was. So he went to find His Highness the Crown Prince to go back, lest he annoy the Dean, who might not want to approve the project even if the rating was improved.

Who knew the doorbell wouldn't ring and the phone wouldn't answer?

The only option was to climb out using the window cleaner's safety rope, trying to attract their attention from outside the window.

The six tentacles, holding onto the safety rope, slowly climbed back into the school.

The whale-man's furious voice came from behind.

"Who smeared my safety rope with purple slime?!"

In his office, His Highness the Crown Prince was still making a final effort.

"Dean, I know their research project is of great scientific value, and I understand the college's tight budget. I don't need too much funding, just a few tens of thousands of yuan, enough for us to form a team and conduct research on Earth!"

His Highness the Crown Prince was so excited that he blew the Dean against the glass.

The dark, fluffy ball clung to the glass window and slid down it.

The dean lay on the ground, his back covered in dust.

Her entire body turned black and gray.

His Highness the Crown Prince was so frightened that his eyes almost popped out of their sockets.

"Dean! Are you alright?!"

The dean had just straightened up, revealing his eyes, when he was blasted against the glass window by a strong gust of air.

His Highness the Crown Prince realized something was wrong. He kept his mouth shut, pulled the Dean off the glass window, and carefully brushed the dust off his back.

"Dean, are you alright?"

The dean rolled over in a daze and spat out a clump of ash.

"I'm alright, but I really should have the cleaner come in and wipe this side down too."

"Dean, I'm so sorry, I was so careless, please forgive me."

The dark-skinned dean revealed a warm, sunny smile: "It's alright, everyone makes mistakes sometimes."

His Highness the Crown Prince's heart skipped a beat.

Looking at the dean's kind smile, he realized that the dean was a really good person. Even so, he didn't care at all. The other party must have had many difficulties in not approving his formation of a group. He couldn't make things difficult for the dean any further.

Lee Ki, I did my best!
The dean was overjoyed as he watched the Crown Prince's eyes grow weaker.

No one can beat my friendly smile anymore. I've already been so magnanimous, who would make things difficult for a kind little black ball?

"I'm sorry, Dean, I've disturbed you."

"It's okay, we'll get through this together. Once the hype surrounding Earth science has died down, we'll have plenty of opportunities to climb the peaks of science."

"Thank you, Dean!"

His Highness the Crown Prince was so moved that tears streamed down his face, falling to the floor like rain.

The dean used all his strength to roll and dodge, thus avoiding being soaked by tears.

The gate slowly opened, and His Highness the Crown Prince saw Li Ji standing at the door.

"I'm sorry, Lee Ki, I couldn't—"

"Let's try again. This time we have a chance."

His Highness the Crown Prince was somewhat taken aback, but Li Ji's eyes shone with determination.

(End of this chapter)