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Chapter 2 - Navigating school life (2)

"Today, the famous line we are going to learn is: 'The apricot rain dampens the clothes yet feels not wet; The willow breeze brushes the face and feels not cold.'"

As soon as the teacher in front of the lectern finished speaking, the sound of a continuous, gentle drizzle filled the classroom.

"This line comes from the poem 'Quatrain' by Monk Zhinan, primarily depicting the enchanting spring scenery of the misty, rainy Jiangnan region..."

The school utilizes Virtual Reality (VR) technology to present textbook materials as images or videos. Students only need to wear smart glasses to see these virtually generated scenes overlaid onto reality.

While the teacher was explaining, I looked through my smart glasses and could see spring-like scenery appearing all around the classroom: a fine drizzling rain, willow branches swaying in the breeze, apricot blossoms fluttering in the air...

Just as I was intently experiencing this beautiful scene, a sharp pain suddenly shot through my head, and an image of a robot holding a red lightsaber flashed in my mind.

In just an instant, the scene returned to normal. For some reason, ever since being discharged from the hospital, I often see strange images when wearing the smart glasses: sometimes a robot wielding a lightsaber attacking me, other times classmates holding long guns firing bullets at me, or even someone brandishing a double-bladed axe wildly chopping at the air...

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