The first weekend of school.
Beta Town has swept away the depression during the winter vacation, and the pedestrian street has returned to most of its former liveliness.
Most of the wizards and wizards coming and going on the street did not shy away from pulling each other, holding hands, or hugging each other. The cheerful laughter and lively atmosphere washed away the last bit of chill left over from the previous winter. The world seemed to be filled with the breath of spring overnight.
Zheng Qing walked outside the crowd.
His face was hidden under his wide hood, and he walked around corners, behind houses, and along sparsely populated paths. But this way, it will take more time to get to Dr. Duzem's house.
The witch walking with him had already heard about a certain secret society's plan to attack someone, so she understood the wizard's choice and happily walked around the winding alleys with him.
By the way, I would like to explain to him some common sense related to the graduation thesis.
"... For students who graduate normally, the school will assign them their own thesis advisor in the first semester of their senior year, and then the advisor will have a one-on-one interview with each student to determine the direction they want to 'research'
...Of course, for these current students who have not even passed the registered wizard examination, the school does not expect them to be able to study advanced theories or powerful magic. At best, it is to use this method to systematically train everyone to study problems. , problem analysis and problem-solving abilities and habits, testing students’ mastery of professional knowledge, etc.
...After the interview, it’s time to start the topic. The instructor will explain to everyone how to write a thesis report, the word count and format requirements of the paper, etc. If you need to borrow a laboratory, the instructor will also need to coordinate the relevant experimental time and the usage quota of experimental consumables. As the saying goes, a good topic introduction lays the foundation for a paper. Students who are exposed to paper writing for the first time spend almost half of their time on this.
...The above is the graduation thesis process for ordinary students. For those of us who graduated early, it doesn’t follow the regular procedures. For example, for the most basic things, we need to find our own instructors. "
"Did you find it yourself?" Zheng Qing couldn't help but interrupt: "Who did you find?"
"Well, it's an elder in the family who serves as a professor of magical sociology at school."
The witch explained simply, as if seeing the boy's thoughtful look, she immediately reminded: "If you plan to ask Lao Yao to be your graduation thesis advisor, give up this idea as soon as possible. On the one hand, his rank is too high, and he is not originally The person who is responsible for the guidance of graduate thesis may not be able to guide you to write a truly qualified thesis; on the other hand, he is too busy. Especially like you, if you don’t know everything about it, go to a salesperson who will definitely write the thesis later. You will be blind because you can’t find anyone. Instead of doing this, it would be better to find a lower-ranked but more serious and responsible instructor from the beginning..."
Upon hearing this suggestion, a list of names immediately came to Zheng Qing's mind.
From Zhang Huaigu in the talisman class, to Sima Yangyun in the history of magic, to fishman professor Abu Garcia, and even Professor Monteria from Fringe College are also good choices.
Especially the last one, Zheng Qing was very impressed by his working experience as an assistant in Monteria Laboratory. As his current 'direct supervisor', the professor would not refuse to serve as his graduation thesis advisor.
"...I suggest you decide on the topic of your thesis first, and then find a relevant instructor. Don't find the teacher first, and then the topic." The witch's voice sounded in the boy's ears again.
This time, Zheng Qing didn't ask why.
Instead, he took a curious look at the reference books in her arms and asked, "What is the topic of the paper you are preparing for?"
"Well, "Redefining the impact of radical fringe wizardism on the internal structure of the alliance."
The witch cleared her throat and gave a rather awkward-sounding answer, and then simply explained: "It mainly refers to the performance of the Dark Parliament after its appearance in the Battle of Hell, the 'Please Give Me a Frog' movement, and Nicholas The incident of draining one's own werewolf blood, and the evolution from the underground rats of the First University to the rat tribe... Because we have personally participated in and witnessed many of these things, we have very rich first-hand materials. It just so happens that my elder is An expert in the sociology of magic, he believes that research in this field is valuable to the entire alliance, so he suggested that I could briefly get in touch with it."
"Wow, it sounds really complicated... and very grand." Zheng Qing praised sincerely, but he couldn't help showing a certain degree of confusion: "But this topic..."
Jiang Yu smiled slightly: "It feels like it has little to do with our profession, right?"
Zheng Qing nodded honestly: "I thought our paper could only be related to magic texts... You know, the name of our class is Astronomy Class 08-1."
He stretched out his hand and drew an invisible magic character in mid-air.
It means 'silence' or 'quiet'.
A cloud of sparks fell, and weak magic fluctuations spread to the surroundings along with the dissipated characters, and stopped when they hit the wall. Several small bugs that were screaming in the cracks in the corners of the wall all closed their mouths, indicating that they had received the advice of the wizard.
"That's the requirement for ordinary students."
The witch looked at this scene with a smile, and explained in a brisk tone: "Just like you, most of the elective courses you take are related to talismans. How much content related to talismans can you write? There is always a little preferential treatment for graduating early. .”
"Then what do you think of me writing a paper related to the evolution of elves?" Zheng Qing suddenly thought of the purpose of the two of them tonight and the strange behavior of the elves, and suddenly felt that this topic was excellent.
Jiang Yu hesitated for a few seconds and replied very tactfully: "It's a difficult, but also very interesting subject. You can try it. But I remember that your alchemy results don't seem to be particularly outstanding?"
Zheng Qing scratched his head.
More than outstanding.
Since his freshman year, his alchemy scores have been at the bottom of almost every subject. In comparison, Lin Guo was more like a bug in this world, with an unusual talent in alchemy.
The trace of joy that just surfaced disappeared in the blink of an eye.
"If you really have this idea, I suggest you consult Dr. Duzem when you meet him later to see if you can ask him to be your thesis supervisor... Of course, that is if we can find him tonight."
While talking, the two of them had already passed through the cold, quiet alley and stood at the entrance of the Abnormal Life Research Institute.
The two door gods hanging on the talisman board of the gate pressed their weapons and shouted in unison:
"When the night comes, who is coming?"
The eye-catching big white-haired tiger squatting in the corner of the talisman board rounded its neck in time, opened its mouth and roared loudly.
