After taking the class "System Ability Analysis and Processing," distrust sprouted among all the students in the class, and they even began to cast suspicious glances at friends they had known for just a couple of days.
Two students even argued in front of everyone during class, because one suspected that his companion had been following him around solely to use him to complete a task.
"I knew there was a reason you've been so nice to me these past few days. You must have awakened the [Sweet Talk] system," a fair-skinned boy accused.
"What nonsense are you spouting? Then, with your daily use of such high-quality skincare products, may I assume you've awakened the [Human Demon System]?"
The accused boy also appeared furious and embarrassed.
But the truth was that only Xiang Beifei could see both of their systems. One had the [Wisdom Star System] and the other the [Keyboard Warrior System]; they were simply roommates who had met a few days prior, without any ulterior motive to use each other for completing system tasks.
"Being vigilant is good, but you can't confirm your suspicions with just a few words. You haven't fully grasped the essence of this class yet; don't be hasty in making judgments,"
Lin Zhengchu stopped the two students who were turning against each other and continued:
"You must understand that in a genius school, there are all sorts of powerful systems: some are specifically for making people cry, others for making people laugh. A casual chat might just be someone on a task, or even a wink or wave might be them targeting you as part of their mission. So when interacting with others, you must learn to discern right from wrong."
Systems are confidential, and no one can know another's system. High school courses emphasize never to share one's system with others.
But this college course teaches how to guess others' systems.
Xiang Beifei felt that Teacher Lin Zhengchu was right, just like the senior Du Feihang who came to him the day before yesterday. To an outsider, he seemed like a senior deeply concerned with the welfare of freshmen, respectful and helpful. But in reality, he was just after Xiang Beifei's power.
Then there are Awakeners like Hou Chengwu and Liu Qianrou, whose systems are predatory by nature. If one cannot discern right from wrong, a mere touch from these people could spell disaster!
It's only Xiang Beifei, an anomaly in the system world, who could especially deal with those harboring malicious intentions.
"Why do I feel 'System Ability Analysis and Processing' is more like a class on creating discord? It essentially teaches how to doubt friends. What do you think, Xiang Beifei?"
At the end of class, Li Zimu muttered his assessment of the course.
With his [Penetrating Writing] ability, he knew how to judge a person based on their writing, and he saw that the two arguing in class didn't actually have any ulterior motives for becoming friends.
"That's not entirely true; I think the class is pretty good and quite practical," Xiang Beifei calmly replied.
Li Zimu nodded slightly, "Indeed, it is a practical course."
Many people didn't course. After taking it, it seemed they couldn't trust even acquaintances anymore.
Yet, most people took the course seriously, eager to learn even just the basics because mastering it could help them judge the type of one's system by their behavior and habits, thus determining if that person had any ill intentions.
Although from childhood everyone is taught to keep their awakened system a secret, in college, you must learn to guess others' system types, as the college needs to teach these elite students how to better survive in the system world.
This especially applies to students of the Martial Arts College, who often like to solve problems with fists rather than brains. If they don't understand how to analyze others' system types, they are the easiest to be manipulated as puppets for completing system tasks.
Simply put, it's like a "psychology course" in the field of [System Studies], judging a person's system type based on various micro-expressions, body language, and physical actions.
Of course, unless it's students like Yuchi Shen's both sharp Lu Zhiwei and Guo Han who were sent to protect Xiang Beifei, or Awakeners like Lu Zhiwei, who reveal their system types upon taking action, making guessing unnecessary.
This course targets Awakeners like Long Guocheng and Meng Yuekai, whose systems don't manifest clearly, to recognize those systems properly to avoid being taken advantage of.
Very few can truly master the essence of this course. Perhaps across the entire world, no one can truly claim they possess such an ability, not even Lin Zhengchu who is awakened with the [S-rank Insightful as if Seeing Fire].
Perhaps only Xiang Beifei could.
In fact, Xiang Beifei doesn't really need to take this course because he can see everyone's systems, what their motives are when approaching him, and what tasks their systems have. He could understand clearly.
However, since this was a required course, even if it were useless to him, he had to attend.
When the first session ended, Lin Zhengchu assigned homework: a video featuring a sneaky man talking to an elderly person and holding health products.
Teacher Lin Zhengchu asked the students to use the newly-learned content to analyze the system type of the criminal in the video and to write an 800-word analytical essay due next week.