The cleanup operation at Mount Juji gave the students and teachers of Qilin Military Academy a new appreciation for a few names...
Wang Tianwei, who built three Super A-class mechas over a single summer vacation; Zhang Lyra, the individual soldier who sent a one-ton wild boar flying all by herself; Huang Yan, the commander who was a walking arsenal when standing, curled into an egg when crouching, and could crush star beasts to death... and Jian Jingyu, who was already a humanoid killing machine even before upgrading his mecha!
Those few people probably weren't even the same species as them...
On the first day of official classes in the new semester, Huang Yan from the Command Department held the fort all by himself for an entire class during a tactical simulation!
Zhang Lyra and Jian Jingyu brutally crushed their opponents in their respective combat training sessions, making it so that no one wanted to team up with them... In the end, the teachers had no choice but to use the two of them as teaching assistants.
Wang Tianwei was directly excused from her first day of classes. She spent the entire day in the mecha engineering teachers' office, giving a detailed explanation of the designs and inspirations for her three Super A-class mechas...
Originally, some people doubted that she could have made so many mechas all by herself!
Who would have thought she actually had video recordings of the entire process, along with witnesses!?
It was actually a happy accident. At the time, she recorded the videos of her own and Huang Yan's mechas to show Beiliu...
As for Little Bear's mecha, because the two were in different locations, she needed to confirm some details with her in person from time to time.
The Qilin Military Academy forum ushered in a new wave of complaints:
"Why do I feel like their A-class is somewhat different from my A-class...?"
"Are there any competitions recently!? It's about time we had some, right?"
"Hurry up and send them out to crush the prestige of other schools!"
"Good news: the teachers have stopped comparing them to us! Bad news: it's because they're afraid of hurting our self-esteem too much. [Tiger Weeping]"
"I want to see them go against the First Military Academy..."
"Since when can just anyone be compared to our First Military Academy?"
"???"
"Qilin students, listen to my command! Do not leak any daily details about those few people. Beware of enemy forces in the forum!"
"Agreed! Everyone, stop posting any pictures related to them! Let the spies from other schools sweat over it! [Emoticon]"
"Hehehe, hehehehe!!"
"I can't wait! I can't wait!"
"Don't be like that! Let us see Young Master Huang! It'll promote friendly exchanges between our two schools!!"
"Rejected! Don't even think about getting another look at our school's 'rare protected animals'!"
"Protect our lethal weapons!..."
During the first week of school, Chao Hao took some time to talk to the students about preparing for upcoming competitions.
The exact competition they would participate in hadn't been decided yet, but building tacit understanding among the kids, modifying mechas, and improving physical fitness all required time.
The school had received a notice that there might be a University Mecha League hosted by the military next year!
However, the exact time and content were still undetermined, and given the current situation, it was unknown whether it could be held on schedule...
If such an event took place, it would definitely be on a scale that captured the attention of the entire Federation... It was time to send the ungraduated students out to broaden their horizons.
This semester, the first-year group training and courses had increased, but the specialized courses had not decreased. Added up, they had more classes to attend than last semester!
However, for Wang Tianwei and her group, it didn't make much of a difference. It just meant their usual training time was scheduled as formal classes!
Plus, with the guidance of teachers, it was much more efficient than practicing on their own.
The only unexpected thing was that Chao Hao truly lived up to his history of serving in the First Military Region—he really had some skills!
During class, he was more than capable of acting as a sparring partner for all four of them simultaneously!
In a firefight, even Wang Tianwei couldn't outgun him! He could actually shoot bullets that curved! Wasn't that just cheating!?
Not to mention close combat...
Aside from Jian Jingyu and Zhang Lyra, who could occasionally land a hit on him during sparring, Wang Tianwei and Huang Yan were currently only getting their butts kicked...
Every time they left the training grounds, they were rubbing their rears.
"Teacher, do you need me to adjust that iron leg of yours!? Why does it feel like it's getting heavier and heavier!? Are the bearings out of oil?"
Chao Hao glared furiously at Wang Tianwei.
"Go play somewhere else! Rest where you are."
Saying that, he went to the side to take a sip of water himself.
"Phew..."
Zhang Lyra's strength was truly immense... As expected of a female soldier who could pilot a heavy mecha!
He had nearly been kicked over by her just now... He'd better ask Fu Manli to come help out next class.
Actually, Fu Manli felt the exact same way.
Chao Hao was only dealing with basic physical combat, but as the main instructor for mecha piloting, she experienced it even more profoundly!
Those kids had already faintly formed their own combat styles. Although they weren't fully mature yet, they were improving every single day!
Even Wang Tianwei, whose spiritual power had only recently leveled up, didn't lose out at all when facing off against a soldier who had been A-class since childhood!
"So, wouldn't that kid also be very suited to being an individual soldier!?"
Fu Manli analyzed while leaning against her desk.
"Last semester, you could only tell her physical fitness was pretty good, but this semester, it seems to have completely exploded!"
"Think about who she usually trains with."
Eugene cleared up her confusion in just a few words.
"Zhang Lyra and Jian Jingyu, and now it's said that Feng Yi from the second year has joined them too!
The students say she gets beaten to a pulp every time and has never won once..."
Eugene put down the mecha design drafts submitted by the students.
"...But what kind of people are those guys?"
Fu Manli and Chao Hao looked thoughtful. When they went back, they cranked up the difficulty of the simulation cabin combat exercises by more than just one level! As a result, the students who went to practice that night were abused so badly they began to doubt their lives!
The top few students with good grades were no longer as "unrivaled" as before!
The school specifically set up a challenge tournament, encouraging students to challenge one another.
"Junior sister, leave some leeway, so we can face each other in the future..."
Jin Peng felt a headache coming on as he looked at the three pitch-black mechas opposite him.
"Who exactly started this trend of freshmen challenging sophomores!?"
"Hehe, senior! It's just a friendly exchange! A friendly exchange!"
Wang Tianwei smiled flatteringly.
There was no helping it. As soon as the challenge tournament came out, everyone else was fighting with surging passion... It was genuinely hard for them to find an opponent... so they had no choice but to look upwards!
Upholding the principle of absolutely never underestimating any team, the group challenged them class by class.
Today, it was Senior Potato's team's turn.
Feng Yi silently slipped into the crowd. He couldn't exactly admit that the idea of challenging upperclassmen was his, could he?
...He didn't know these guys would just issue challenges whenever they had free time either!?
In just one week, three sophomore teams had already been defeated.
Huang Yan even specifically created an app for the school to make it easier to arrange fights. All grades could schedule battles on it, and it even updated the rankings in real-time!
It had now become the most downloaded app among Qilin students! Even the teachers all had a copy on their phones...
His own team was hovering in the top three of the sophomore year and hadn't been challenged by these guys yet.
However, judging from his daily sparring sessions with these few... the win rate was probably fifty-fifty. He still needed to practice more!
"Jin Peng, get ready. This is a good chance for us to see the level of the top first-years!"
The captain of Senior Potato's team was actually quite keen to experience the Super A-class mechas of these prominent freshmen figures!
He had been curious about them ever since the star beast cleanup operation that day!
However, just half an hour later, he was the one lying in the mecha cabin with tears streaming down his face like waterfalls.
"You are bullying me... this is straight-up bullying!!!"
Under Senior Potato's murderous glare, Wang Tianwei stepped forward, awkwardly scratching the back of her head.
"I am so sorry, Senior... I really didn't mean to!
I just wanted to take a look at the internal structure of your mecha... I spun the screwdriver a little too fast... I didn't expect your cockpit to be so shallow... and I ended up dismantling you right out of it."
"...Waaaaah!"
