90 Conflicted (1/2)

Chapter 90: Conflicted

Translator: _Min_Editor: Yukira_

A soft sound rang.

Roused by the alarm clock, Jiang Chen rubbed his sleepy eyes as he climbed out of bed. He slept on his stomach and didn't change clothes last night making his body felt a bit uncomfortable.

After a brief wash, he habitually touched his chin without beard and left the bathroom.

He changed into clean clothes, wore his sneakers and laced it up.

When he was about to leave, he remembered there was something he forgot to bring, so he went back to his bedroom to retrieve it.

Inside the drawer were two movie tickets and the premiere was scheduled to air tomorrow. Tomorrow would also be a holiday in celebration of the founding of PAC, thus making it a legal holiday.

It’s also a good opportunity to go on a date.

Jiang Chen drew a breath as he grabbed the movie tickets hastily. He already procrastinated enough by asking the goddess to go and see a movie to the very last day, and if this continued, he's afraid he wouldn't be able to summon enough courage in his entire life.

It was Zhao Peng, his good friend, who gave him the tickets and said, ”If you don't ask her out now, where are you going to cry if someone else dates her?” Then he encouraged Jiang Chen to work out the courage to chase after Yao Tingting.

Zhao Peng, despite being reckless most of the time, was a great friend during these times.

Thinking of this, a smile broke on Jiang Chen's face. His relationship between him and his friend had always been good.

[So, when was the first time I met this guy?]

He wavered for a moment but quickly threw the boring question out of his mind.

[Whatever, it's okay if I don't remember, it’s not a big deal anyway.]

Jiang Chen closed the door behind him before heading out.

The sky was particularly clear in Wanghai City. Although the barrier dome in the sky slightly obstructed the view, it was nevertheless a Holy Barrier System —the barrier that protected the city from HPMW or other aerial weapons.

The international situation was beginning to get more strained as the conflict between NATO and PAC intensified. Even in the city that never experienced the ravage of war, it was embroiled in the shadow of conflict.

But what of it? Life must still go on―just like Jiang Chen had to go to school, his neighbor had to go to work. Just like the conflict many years ago, people believed that both parties would eventually settle down. The scarcity of resources geopolitical conflicts with ZZ...but there would always be ways to solve the conflict. .

Jiang Chen greeted the neighbor as he walked downstairs, yawning.

There was a cleaning android at the front door. Jiang Chen would see it every time he came down.

Oddly, when Jiang Chen put one foot on the ground, the robot suddenly looked at him.

Jiang Chen looked at the robot bemusedly. Logically, these robots without artificial intelligence would not generate any interest to anything but garbage.

[Do you take me for a garbage? This thing…]

Although he ridiculed the idea in his mind, he was not bored enough to be angry at a cold machine. His mouth twitched while he was about to bypass it from the side.

Suddenly, a creepy vision crept into his mind.

Jiang Chen slightly turned around to look at the robot, but the robot's vision continued to follow him.

Staring straight into his eyes.

The bulb-shaped eyes, the emotionless expression and the cold and stiff vision.

The robot looked away abruptly and stopped moving as if it malfunctioned.

”This is so weird.”

Jiang Chen touched his forehead in disdain and hurriedly left in quick strides.

Was he scared by a cleaning robot? If Zhao Peng knew, he would laugh himself to death.

But what was that illusion?

Jiang Chen raised his eyebrows in bafflement. He didn't understand why he would feel anxious the moment he locked eyes with the robot.

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The class was about to start when he arrived at school. Jiang Chen hastily rushed to his seat and sat down.

High school life was always busy. Even if it was only in grade 10, he had to take six courses. Chinese, Mathematics, English, Chemistry, Biology... [Eh? Something’s seems wrong. It should only be five courses.]

Jiang Chen took out the terminal used in class from his bag. It was a holographic computer in the shape of a pen.