In their Logistics Department, an A-level individual was considered a top-tier figure. Despite their powerful backgrounds, it was a case of "far water can't quench near thirst." What if this student, Li Wei, decided to act on impulse?
These scions of powerful families and wealthy elites had now backed down. Fine, they knew how to bend to survive.
When it was Meng Huai's turn to introduce herself, she said, "Meng Huai, Garbage Planet 915."
Her concise introduction nevertheless caused a stir of discussion in the classroom. "Garbage Planet?"
"Wow, the Imperial Military Academy actually accepts students from Garbage Planet?"
Although Meng Huai had already been the subject of discussion on the forum for two days, many people still didn't know her. Thus, after her introduction, everyone looked down on her with disdain. Even their instructor, Shang Yiying, cast a dismissive glance at her and said, "Continue."
She then had the students continue their self-introductions, and finally, everyone had taken their turn. After the introductions, formal classes began.
"Alright, the first class of the semester is about familiarization, familiarizing yourselves with what you'll be doing next."
As Shang Yiying spoke, she activated the classroom's large screen, displaying a video.
"Huh? Familiarize ourselves with what?"
Many students didn't understand Shang Yiying's words. Ju Yiqiu asked Meng Huai, but Meng Huai, of course, couldn't answer, as she didn't know either.
The video played, showing a jungle. Several students were visible, some even engaging in combat with star beasts in the jungle.
The students in combat wore mechs and moved with agile footwork. With a swift slash of their blades, they brought down a snake-like star beast.
The ferocious scene made many students sitting in the classroom tremble with fear, unsure if they were more scared of the unknown star beasts in the jungle or the formidable students.
Meng Huai looked on with confusion. "What are they doing?"
Li Wei sat up straighter upon seeing the scene on the screen, his eyes fixed intently on it. However, he still explained to Meng Huai, "This, should be the academy's entrance examination."
"Entrance examination?"
Meng Huai had some recollection of this so-called entrance examination; when she was looking up scholarship information, it was mentioned that this test carried significant weight.
"Is this the test where you can get a scholarship if you place in the entrance examination and final examinations?"
Li Wei nodded, glancing at Meng Huai. "That's right. The entrance examination starts from the sophomore year. Our freshman entrance examination is a month from now."
"We have one too?"
This was something Meng Huai hadn't seen any information about. Meng Huai felt that since they had this examination, she needed to prepare thoroughly. After all, scholarships were involved.
The first class of the semester, watching videos, had been going on for three days. Every time it was Instructor Shang's class, they would watch videos and look at examinations. This led Meng Huai to exclaim, "This instructor's job is so easy! This is what they say on the forums, that people from the Logistics Department have very leisurely jobs!"
After these three days, Meng Huai felt this statement was undeniably correct.
Looking at the screen, Meng Huai spotted a familiar face.
"Isn't that, Senior Qiu Han?"
Li Wei also knew Qiu Han, as he had seen her when Meng Huai was setting up her stall for fortune-telling. Li Wei looked at the item on Qiu Han's mech and said curiously, "What is that on Senior Qiu Han's mech? It's shiny, like a piece of clothing."
Ju Yiqiu, sitting beside Meng Huai, was also paying attention, but her focus was clearly different from Li Wei's. "This clothing actually looks quite good. It's the first time I've seen someone dress a mech. I should try it next time; it seems like I can get a beautiful outfit custom-made for my mech!"
The focus of males and females was always different. Not only were the students in the Logistics Department discussing the clothing on Qiu Han's mech, but others watching the live broadcast of the competition were also talking about it. The teachers in the office were also paying attention.
"Why did Qiu Han make clothes for her mech? She, she's not the type of student who goes for these flashy things! She's not one of those from the Logistics Department. I'll have to talk to her after the competition."
The speaker was Qiu Han's instructor, who was upset that her prize student seemed to be heading down the wrong path.
"Girls, after all, love beauty. Teacher Shu Qi, you should learn more from your students and not just research mechs all day; you should dress yourself up too!"
The person speaking was a male instructor in the same office, You Xingxian. Although Instructor You was a man, he was usually quite meticulous. This stood in stark contrast to Instructor Shu Qi, and the two were quite at odds.
"Mech designers should focus on the mech's performance. What's the use of its appearance!"
"It's useful, of course. First of all, it makes people feel comfortable. Ugly mechs just make people feel bad!"
Shu Qi and You Xingxian started arguing again, which made the other instructors in the office helpless. These two argued every day.
The outer garment on Qiu Han's mech, which had attracted everyone's attention at this moment, was the magic robe Meng Huai had given her. Qiu Han also attached great importance to this entrance examination. After all, she was already in her fourth year, and the test results were not just about scholarships but also related to where she would be assigned in the future.
If she performed well, she might be assigned a position.
Therefore, Qiu Han had meticulously tuned her mech. However, when participating in the competition, she remembered Meng Huai's magic robe. She brought it into the arena on an impulse. The magic robe could expand and contract, so even though it was for a much larger mech than herself, it could still be worn successfully and would automatically conform to its shape.
However, Qiu Han didn't expect Meng Huai's magic robe to be able to block star beast attacks. Wearing the magic robe was merely for psychological support.
But just as everyone watching her was discussing her lack of professionalism as a female mech pilot, focusing only on appearance, an unexpected situation arose, and the turn of events proved everyone who spoke those words wrong.
During the individual combat against star beasts, Qiu Han was observing from the rear. Her five-person team were all double-S level individuals, and they were facing double-S level star beasts.
"Ah! Be careful!"
A cry came from the crowd of onlookers. A star beast had broken free from the encirclement of three individual soldiers from the team and was heading towards the commander and Qiu Han, the mech pilot.
The two were observing the battle, but the star beast's movements were too swift. The commander and Qiu Han instinctively tried to flee, but it was too late.
The large, double-S level star beast opened its massive jaws, about to tear through Qiu Han's mech.
In the Logistics Department classroom, many timid girls closed their eyes. Li Wei was also worried, but Meng Huai remained calm.
Just as the star beast's teeth began to tear at the mech, a golden light flashed. The magic robe had exerted its effect, directly blasting the star beast back by a meter.
A meter, which was less than the length of the star beast's arm, but it provided the individual soldiers an opportunity to rescue the commander and the mech pilot.