Qilin received a notice from the Ninth Military District, instructing them to lock down the school for a period of time.
At the same time, two new school rules were added:
1. First- and second-year students are not allowed to participate in off-campus bounty mecha arena matches without permission. They must report to the school for approval in advance and can only participate with the consent of both parents and the school.
2. Promoting feudal superstitious activities within the school is prohibited, including but not limited to burning incense, worshipping Buddha, and preaching in public places...
It perfectly echoed what Fu Manli had said: "No matter how outrageous a rule is, there is definitely an even more outrageous reason behind it!"
Huang Yan was thoroughly mocked by the two teachers and felt that he must be having a streak of bad luck this year...
He really hadn't done many absurd things in his life, so how come he got caught red-handed every single time!?
There was something in this school that jinxed him... Really! He wasn't joking!
After hearing about it, Jin Peng specifically came to the mecha room to find Wang Tianwei.
"Hahahahaha! Junior! The first day I met you, I knew you were definitely a genius!!"
Wang Tianwei had already experienced a wave of baptism from her classmates and teachers. Now, facing the teasing of Senior Potato, her mind was as calm as still water.
"Senior, you missed the best time to join the roast. A single person's mockery really doesn't do much damage to me right now."
"What a pity! When is the next roast happening? Have them remind me!"
Jin Peng said this as he pulled out the mecha design blueprints he had racked his brains to draw.
"Since that's the case, please help your senior take a look at this Super A-rank mecha design draft!
The structure of your mechas gave us a lot of inspiration. I think this anti-gravity engine can also be used like this..."
Wang Tianwei looked over her senior's design and offered a few targeted suggestions.
Without even waiting to go back, Jin Peng sat aside and started modifying the blueprints. As he revised, he couldn't help but think of what happened last semester.
"A few months ago, you still needed my help to repair your teammate's mecha. Just one summer vacation later, you can make a Super A-rank all by yourself!
Now you're starting on S-rank... Tsk tsk tsk, it's a good thing I'm open-minded! If I always compared myself to you, I'd have to drop out right now!"
Wang Tianwei was just about to be a little modest when she heard Senior Potato continue.
"Work harder! Try to crank out a Super S-rank! When you go to the Military Academy League, you must ruthlessly slap the faces of those guys from Valk Military Academy!"
"...Valk? The one on Planet Karen?"
The reason Wang Tianwei knew about this military academy was that she had looked up information on numerous schools when she was considering a transfer.
Valk was actually considered an aristocratic academy, and the people inside more or less knew her. In the end, to avoid trouble, she didn't choose it.
Also, this military academy was located on Planet Karen, and Zhang Lyra was also a Karenin!
But according to her, Valk's tuition fees were terrifyingly expensive, and they didn't offer student loans, which was why she chose the more civilian-friendly Qilin.
Jin Peng rubbed his hands together eagerly.
"That's right! It's them! They can't beat the First Military Academy, so they constantly step on our Qilin at every turn!?
They also always say that Qilin's mecha mechanic major has no successors, that we only know how to design outdated stuff, and that we can't compare to their Valk?
I'm really dying of laughter!
Their school hasn't even been established for a fraction of the time Qilin has! How dare they?"
"I remember now... Doesn't Valk always come to our school forum to spout nonsense?"
"Yes! Don't worry! The seniors have kept the information of our school's contestants tightly under wraps! Just go and shock their eyeballs out!!"
"...Alright! Senior, don't just talk about me, you do your best too! Didn't your squad also sign up?"
"Of course! Our military academy has been silent for so long; it's time to shine brilliantly in front of all the people of the Federation once again!"
Because the preliminaries were about to begin, the tense atmosphere among the students was not much different from the end of the last semester!
The mecha room, simulation practice room, library, and medical room were packed with people every day!
The mecha mechanics of various squads all got busy!
Even if they couldn't produce Super-grade items for the time being, they all expanded their thinking to design and modify various accessories for their team members!
Don't underestimate parts! Didn't Wang Tianwei succeed bit by bit by hand-crafting parts?
Because the school was locked down, they couldn't go out on weekends either.
Practical combat training could not be skipped, and there were only so many challenging opponents. By now, Wang Tianwei's squad firmly occupied the first place on the overall leaderboard of the Challenge Me APP!
As for not being able to beat freshmen... the upperclassmen had gradually accepted this reality.
People always have to bravely face failure after all!
Those four people simply had no weaknesses! A bunch of damn geniuses! They even went off-campus to fight in arena matches to improve their strength!?
Some even speculated that they were here to challenge Qilin Military Academy's zero casualty rate!
Through their own efforts alone, they managed to get two new school rules added in a short period of time to a rulebook that hadn't been touched in years!?
The problem was that they had trained themselves well, but now the school had blocked off this path for the personal safety of other students!
Some skeptics specifically searched for videos of mecha arena matches to watch!
After seeing a few examples of broken arms, shattered legs, and destroyed mental strength, they all dropped the idea.
It was absolutely terrifying... Thankfully, these few lunatics belonged to their school!
If they were contestants from another school, wouldn't they be unbeatable!?
Wang Tianwei had already completed half of Jian Jingyu's new mecha!
The designer of the Phantom mecha she met while competing in the Zero Realm, Purple Rose, whose real name was Mei Zi, was an independent mecha engineer!
The two had maintained friendly communication since that day, and Mei Zi even pulled Wang Tianwei into the Mech-Artisan Alliance!
In the past, when she hung around major forums, finding useful information was like looking for a needle in a haystack... But joining the Mech-Artisan Alliance was truly like a bird returning to the forest!
Every problem she had encountered in the past could find a solution here!
The original design drafts casually posted by the big shots gave her great inspiration!
It wasn't like before, where you clicked in only to see something drawn by AI! Or with extremely amateurish mistakes!
There were even people who would teach you in the threads what details to pay attention to when making Super-grade or cross-rank mechas!
As well as how to more precisely control mental strength! It was completely full of practical knowledge!
Wang Tianwei was like a fish that had been thirsty for a long time; the moment she entered, she desperately started absorbing knowledge!
Now she felt even more confident about Jian Jingyu's mecha!
What was even more exciting was that there were mecha mechanics in the Mech-Artisan Alliance researching methods to allow pilots to drive advanced mechas across ranks!
Wang Tianwei specifically bookmarked this thread.
Actually, this idea had been in her mind for some time!
After discovering that Huang Yan, Zhang Lyra, and even herself were becoming more and more proficient at driving Super A-rank mechas, she began to wonder:
If she could successfully create cross-rank mechas, then why couldn't pilots drive across ranks?
The biggest problem was actually that the pilot's mental strength and physical fitness couldn't keep up... but was this problem absolutely unsolvable?
Could there be some special materials? Or perhaps they could undergo more prolonged mental strength training like she did?
In any case, the possibility wasn't necessarily zero!
As long as these two major difficulties were overcome, it was entirely possible to take the combat power of the Federation's warriors to the next level! It could also save more people's lives!
Every possibility springs from what the public deems "impossible," doesn't it?
