The ranking competition on the Qilin Military Academy's "Challenge Me" app was extremely fierce, and the mecha training rooms were fully booked every single day.
However, the top spots in each grade and the top few teams on the overall leaderboard remained virtually unchanged.
On the first-year leaderboard, Wang Tianwei and her team had aggressively dominated the number one spot since the first week of school and had never dropped down.
Within two months, they had also surged into the top three of the overall leaderboard; though they occasionally fell back, they would quickly climb back up.
It was worth noting that the overall leaderboard wasn't just for freshmen and sophomores! After the juniors and seniors discovered this app, they started returning to campus noticeably more often!
Why hadn't there been anything this fun before!? If they had known, why would they have gone to "alien planets" to compete? They could have had all the challenges they wanted right at their own school!
It was also at this time that the Federation media announced the major news of the upcoming "Fifth Military Academy League"!
Co-hosted by the Military Department and the Ministry of Education, this competition would use a points system, with the specific contents temporarily kept secret.
All military academies could register to participate, regardless of grade level, but ultimately only one team from each academy would advance to the finals.
This sent the entire Federation into a boiling frenzy!
Such a large-scale competition had only been held four times since the establishment of the Federation!!
Every single edition produced a few chosen ones of heaven!
The commander of the championship team from the first edition was now serving as the Commander-in-Chief of the First Military Region!
The female leap-frog mecha maker from the previous edition also had an incredibly dazzling record!
The forums of every military academy exploded.
"I've waited a whole year!! And I finally got a big one!!"
"Ahahahaha! Is yours truly finally going to be on live broadcast!? Are the people of the entire Federation going to know me!?"
"I've never worked this hard, not even for my entrance exams!! Hurry and send me to compete! I am terrifyingly strong right now!"
"Send Huang Yan and his group out there!! Hurry!! Send them out to let the other military academies see!"
"Our mentor said the school will probably hold internal selections first."
"Is there even a need to select! Just look at the 'Challenge Me' overall leaderboard!"
"That will definitely be used as a reference! But past Federation Military Academy Competitions weren't just about combat, there were other things... They'll probably need to consider it comprehensively, right?"
"Ah, so that's how it is..."
When Wang Tianwei and the others saw the school's announcement, they were gathered at Huang Yan's house eating barbecue.
Huang Yan had thoroughly read every single instruction.
"Are we going?"
"Of course we're going!!"
Jian Jingyu was beyond excited.
"How could we miss out on this kind of excitement!? All the military academies in the Federation! It should be even more fun than Zero Realm!"
"If possible, I'd also like to see the warriors from other schools."
Zhang Lyra didn't hesitate either.
Wang Tianwei leaned back against the sofa and gave a wicked smile.
"If we don't go, how will they know how awesome we are!?"
Huang Yan also curled the corners of his lips.
"Then I'll sign us up. Everyone just do your best for the preliminaries, and there should be special training after we pass, so be prepared."
Wang Tianwei pulled up a few design blueprints from her optical computer and flipped to the end.
"...Goldfish, I'll send you the list. Go back and see what you have at home, and whatever isn't enough, we'll have to buy."
"Don't worry!! We have plenty of money!"
He had finally waited for this day! His Super S-class mecha!!!
Huang Yan looked at Wang Tianwei.
"Are you confident?"
There were still risks involved in leap-frog manufacturing an S-class mecha.
Moreover, judging from her current "track record," this person loved making supreme-grade mechas, and he suspected that Jian Jingyu's mecha would be no exception...
Wang Tianwei narrowed her eyes.
"Ninety percent, so I have to test it in advance."
The advice Bei Liu had given her had been listened to repeatedly countless times.
Including the leap-frog design blueprints posted on the "Federation Mecha Maker Forum" by Bei Liu and several other leap-frog mecha designers, which she had researched quite thoroughly.
Jian Jingyu's mecha model had also been made, and now it just needed to be scaled up proportionally...
During this time, Wang Tianwei shuttled between various major mecha design forums. Teacher Eugene and Teacher Jin Xi's offices were practically like her home; she even had her own exclusive seats there!
The books in the library with relevant records had been flipped through until they were worn out by her, not to mention the electronic versions!
The difference between A-class spiritual power and B-class spiritual power wasn't just that the "plate" had gotten bigger, but its resilience had also grown stronger!
When she was making S-class mecha accessories and purifying S-class materials, at first she did feel her spiritual power draining much faster!
But with the foundation of the previous three Super A-class mechas, coupled with her diligent practice, her recovery speed had improved significantly!
Later, after mastering the flow rate of this "one in, one out," she could proceed with the assembly at a relatively slower pace!
Anyway, the Mecha League was next semester, so there was still at least four months.
Besides, her speed was now slowly improving! Practice makes perfect, after all!
Hearing his Sister Zebra casually say "ninety percent," Jian Jingyu felt incredibly excited inside!
If other mecha makers reported ninety percent, he might still have to think about it! Because usually, they reported inflated numbers!
Although Sister Zebra was usually unreliable! When it came to mechas, she always understated things!
Just like the mecha she made for Sir Huang! At first, she said it could withstand a miniature individual missile with the damage rate controlled within 5%! But when it was finally built, it was 2%!
So if she was saying ninety percent now, a conservative estimate would have to be ninety-five!
Everyone in the team understood Wang Tianwei very well.
Hearing her say this, not a single person felt she was bragging, and Huang Yan only instructed,
"If you need help, just speak up in the group chat anytime."
"Don't worry, I won't hold back."
"I will continue to pay attention to the military academy league. If the school starts selections, I'll notify you all in the group.
For the rest of the time, everyone do your own things well. Go team!"
"Go team!" "Go team!"
"Go team!!"
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Wang Tianwei had started becoming unkempt again...
Anyone familiar with her knew exactly what this meant.
"Potato, what big thing is she holding in again?"
Feng Yi clicked his tongue, watching the few first-years scatter like birds and beasts immediately after finishing their match, completely ignoring their opponents who were still reviewing the game on the spot!
Jin Peng saved the combat footage from just now onto his optical computer.
"Grinding on mechas, of course... I wonder what trick she's cooking up this time? With the military academy league about to start, who knows, maybe they've already started preparing!"
Feng Yi nodded in deep agreement.
"True, with a tactician like Huang Yan... preparing half a year in advance makes total sense! I still wanted to ask her to help me look at some mecha parts..."
Jin Peng scoffed.
"Don't even think about it! Everyone who has looked for her to make a mecha has been rejected recently!
Even when Teacher Jin Xi told her to build the mecha from her previous blueprints, she pushed it back, saying she didn't have time right now."
"And the teacher just agreed?"
Feng Yi couldn't help but ask.
Jin Peng looked at him as if looking at an idiot.
"Teacher Jin was more than eager, okay!
At the end of last semester, she was so busy that she ended up breaking through her spiritual power and then built three Super A-class mechas. This time, it might very well be an S-class!
Tsk tsk, her birthday isn't until the end of the year, I think... If she really becomes an 18-year-old leap-frog mecha maker..."
"Then for this competition, we're totally set!!!"
Feng Yi fiercely slapped Jin Peng on the shoulder!
"Hiss!!!"
"Alright! Then I'm going back to practice too!"
"Can an S-class individual soldier like you learn to watch your strength!!!"
