Chapter 64.2
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Qiao Zhiya: Half-elf, half-dwarf MC.
Chu Rong: Marshal ML.
Zhuang Yu: A doctor in ML’s army.
Chu Yan: ML’s younger brother. Is the same age as MC.
Chu Huai: ML’s older brother, he’s in politics.
Yuan Xiu: Chu Yan’s bestfriend.
Xiang Kun: Chu Yan’s mortal enemy. Xiang Hui’s younger brother. Mecha manufacturing student.
Sang Bu: MC’s roommate from when they’re in Intermediate College. Information System major.
Yun Xiachu: MC’s ex-classmate, about first-grader age, but skipped a couple of grades to match MC’s pace.
Ning Kongran: Ning family current heir. Studying mecha manufacturing, unlike his family.
Qiu Guangji: Ning Kongran’s best friend.
Master Shang: Chu Rong’s mother’s teacher. Is currently a mecha manufacturing teacher.
=The Empire=
An Lita aka Ning Kong’an: The Emperor’s nephew, born from Prince An Xei and Ning Kongran’s aunt. Studies pharmacy.
An Xei: The Emperor’s younger brother. A Prince and a scholar.
Jian: Imperial High Advisor’s son. Studies History.
The aptitude test was very quick and efficient. They just need to swipe their communicator to an ID reader and let the system read their information. After that, they just needed to stand inside an instrument and wait for a while before a result was calculated.
The two lined up at the back of the line, waited quietly for a while, and they arrived. Chu Yan went in first, and a minute later, the big screen automatically showed Chu Yan’s test results. Both his spiritual strength and physical fitness were S-level, but this time, his physical fitness was upgraded into SS-level. His result was pretty good.
After the melon-eating students saw it, they were shocked by the series of S aptitudes of the students from the Empire. But now, with Chu Yan’s test result, they regained a little confidence in the Federation.
‘See, our Federation has no shortage of geniuses!’
“Qiao, come on!” After Chu Yan came out, he waved to Qiao Zhiya. Qiao Zhiya smiled, swiped the communicator on the instrument, and stood in.
There were many sensors and other devices inside the instrument. On the instrument’s internal screen, there’s a prompt: [Please release your spiritual power as much as possible].
He quickly followed suit and tried to simulate the spiritual power without “impurities” so as not to be detected by the machine.
At the same time as the spiritual power was released, a beam of light appeared in the instrument covering his body. He only felt his body warmed up. He guessed that the beam of light was testing his physical strength, so he obediently let the beam of light scan his body.
Two minutes passed, and the light indicating that the test was completed on the instrument hadn’t turned on yet. Qiao Zhiya was puzzled, but obediently continued to release his spiritual power.
Another two minutes passed, and he began to feel uneasy, and hesitantly turned off the spiritual power simulation. ‘It’s too long. Chu Yan’s test only took one minute, why did it take so long for me? Did the instrument find something wrong with me?’
Just as he was thinking anxiously, the indicator light inside the instrument finally turned on. He felt relieved, and hurriedly walked out. He quickly found Chu Yan who was waiting outside, passed the other students who seemed to be shocked by something, and tried to keep as calm as possible. With a normal expression, he whispered to Chu Yan, “Xiao Yan, why did my test take so long, did it come out—”
“SS spiritual power qualification! And almost reached SSS!” He exclaimed as he kept staring at the big screen.
His loud voice shocked Qiao Zhiya, who jumped in surprise. The students around him also came to their senses and started to talk with each other.
Qiao Zhiya was taken aback, and quickly turned to look at the big screen.
On the right side of the screen, a piece of information with his name was slowly scrolling upwards. The data of spiritual power SS and physical constitution SS were very eye-catching. There was also a small “+” sign on the spiritual power SS, indicating his spiritual power was possible to be advanced.
He was stunned, why are they both SS? He clearly remembered that when he used a more sophisticated instrument for the physical examination at Zhuang Yu’s place, all the measured data were S.
“Qiao, you are so amazing!” Chu Yan patted him on the shoulder excitedly, as if he was the one who got double SS qualifications. Seeing all the people around him looking over, he proudly puffed out his chest and put his arms on his shoulders happily. “Let ‘s go out, let’s go out and tell the good news to Erge, he will be very happy too!” Then, they both walked out.
After they left, the students in the hall looked up at the big screen again, and the voice of discussion suddenly became louder.
——Double SS qualification! They haven’t seen any for so many years, but they actually met two in one day! One of them was a third-degree disabled person! Forget about SS-level spiritual power, but his physique was also a terrifying SS-level! He also was good-looking… If there are no SSS-level geniuses who are against the heavens, this qualification is the highest this year, right?
God, they were all compared to a former third-level disabled! And that disabled person is an Exoplanet Native who crazily skipped grades!
They heard that the spiritual power of this Native was awakened by the influence of the Marshal. This, this is really…
The teachers who were watching the students’ tests in the background were also stunned. After a while, they realized that a genius with double SS-level had just appeared. They quickly hurried up to pull Qiao Zhiya’s information alone and report to their higher-ups.
Chu Yan and Qiao Zhiya leisurely walked out the school gate. There, they found Chu Rong’s hover car and got on it.
After the car door was closed, Chu Yan couldn’t wait to tell Qiao Zhiya’s qualifications, clamoring for a reward. Qiao Zhiya became more and more embarrassed and puzzled, so he ended up asking Chu Rong about it.
Chu Rong thought for a while, raised his hand to help him brush his bangs, then finally replied, “Your last physical examination was a few months ago. At that time, your simulated spiritual strength was already above S-level, and there were signs of upgrading. So, it was not a surprise that this time the result came up to SS-level. It should be that your method of simulating spiritual power has become more proficient than a few months ago. In terms of physique, it’s normal for you to rise to SS-level. It’s the effect of your daily training. Don’t worry, we can always go back and check on you again.”
Qiao Zhiya was relieved when he heard that, and nodded.
But Chu Yan immediately got excited, looked at Qiao Zhiya with green eyes, and said, “Qiao’s simulated spiritual power is SS-level, so his own power is also SSS-level like you, Erge?”
“No,” Qiao Zhiya said straightforwardly as he shook his head. “I used up all my original power to simulate the spiritual power, so I didn’t hide anything.” As he spoke, he glanced at Chu Rong, and his ears moved.
He was now qualified as a grand magic magister, and the level of spiritual power he simulated was SS-level. When he advances to the next stage and becomes a saint magic magister, the spiritual power he simulated should be able to become SSS-level, and he could also compete with Chu Rong. They should be a better match… His height couldn’t be changed, but his strength was still okay. Just like his father and mother, an equal.
“Don’t think about it.”
Chu Rong raised his hands to cover his trembling ears, and gave him a warning look.
He blushed, and hurriedly brought back his floating thoughts.
After returning to the Chu family’s house, Chu Rong immediately took Qiao Zhiya to Zhuang Yu’s clinic for a detailed examination. The results of the examination were similar to what Chu Rong speculated. At the same time, Zhuang Yu happily announced that Qiao Zhiya should have recovered from the radiation. Its influence has completely disappeared, his strength was healthy, and his memory should have been restored.
Chu Rong raised his eyebrows at that diagnosis, and side-eyed Qiao Zhiya who was standing beside him. He saw that Qiao Zhiya’s ears were standing up stiffly, looking stupid as if someone had caught him red-handed. With a slight smile on his lips, he grabbed the blond youth by the collar and took him to a private room.
“Your memory has recovered?”
Chu Rong sat on the bed, trapped Qiao Zhiya between his legs, and raised his hand to press his forehead.
Qiao Zhiya blushed, and looked away from him.
“When did you remember?” Chu Rong pinched his face, forcing the youth to look at him.
Seeing that he couldn’t escape, Qiao Zhiya blushed even more, and replied vaguely, “Just, just on the… se-second day of the welco…welcome banquet…”
–In fact, he remembered because of what he dreamt that night.
‘The second day of the banquet? That didn’t take long.’
Chu Rong let go of his face. He looked at him quietly for a few seconds, pointed to his lips, and said, “Come here.”
“Wha-what?” Qiao Zhiya was a little confused.
Chu Rong narrowed his eyes, snorted lowly, and did not speak.
Qiao Zhiya had never heard him “snort” in such a tone before, making his heart beat faster. Seeing the taller man’s gaze at him, his ears curled back in shame. He took a shallow breath, then held it, bowed his head, and got closer.
Chu Rong hooked his lips and raised his head slightly in cooperation.
The closer he was to Chu Rong, the faster his heartbeat became. When he was about to touch the taller man’s body, he felt a familiar warm breath rushed straight to his face. His heart trembled and his breath became rapid.
Then Chu Rong suddenly raised his head and looked at him. He planted a light kiss on his lips, then bit it down.
Qiao Zhiya stared wide-eyed, and finally couldn’t stand it any longer. His legs softened and he fell down, straight to sitting on Chu Rong’s lap. He buried his face in his shoulders and stretched out his arms to hug him tightly, unwilling to raise his head. His ears and face were flushed with shame.
“Nothing.”
Chu Rong hugged him as he stroked his back. After feeling satisfied, he stopped teasing him and changed the subject. “After the aptitude test, there will be another round of exams. Xiao Yan’s should be the mecha operation assessment, and yours is a mecha manufacturing assessment. Are you sure you can pass?”
Qiao Zhiya nodded sullenly, still not looking up, obviously such a question was not enough to pull him out of embarrassment.
“After the assessment, the admission notices for the Federal Military Academy will be issued one after another. The academy also requires you to live on campus. Will you miss me?” Chu Rong continued to ask, pinching the back of his neck with his fingers soothingly.
The heat on his face was slightly lowered by this topic. Qiao Zhiya turned his head, rubbed against his neck in pure reflex, and replied in a low voice. “Yes…”
‘I will miss you very much, every day.’
“That’s enough.” Chu Rong lowered his head and kissed his unknowingly lowered ears. His mood became a little less pleasant, and he said with a dark face, “I will miss you too.”
Three days after the test, the notice of the exams was sent to the communicator of the applicants.
Chu Rong took the time to send the two youths to the school again, but this time instead of waiting outside the school gate, he followed them to the place where Chu Yan took the exam first. After Chu Yan entered the exam room, he took Qiao Zhiya with him and found themselves in the family seating area.
They arrived earlier, and Chu Rong deliberately chose a seat in the far back corner, so that they were not noticed by other parents who were nervously paying attention to their children’s exams.
The content of Chu Yan’s assessment was indeed a mecha operation, and he needed to enter an analog system of the military academy alone. After driving the mecha and passing the customs safely, he could only be considered qualified if he got a score of more than 60 points. It was very easy for him, it only took a quarter of an hour to pass the assessment after entering, and got a brilliant score of 98 points.
The students and parents who were waiting in the back didn’t realize that they had just sat in the same seat as Marshal Chu until he came out of the analog system and greeted Chu Rong, who was sitting in the corner, to leave together! Many of them regretted that they missed the opportunity to get close to him.
Putting the commotion in the mecha driving test venue behind him, Chu Yan accepted Chu Rong’s question obediently, and then, as expected, he was reprimanded.
“The more basic the task, the less you should make mistakes. You have been slacking off recently.”
Chu Yan actively admitted his mistakes, bowed his head as he listened, and was very guilty. He was distracted around this time. ‘Gah, the gossip during this time is too juicy to pass up!’
“But the full score is only 100 points, and 98 points is already very good!” Qiao Zhiya spoke at the right time, praising Chu Yan while tugging at Chu Rong’s sleeve.
Chu Rong looked down at him, his expression softened a bit. But seeing that Chu Yan was a little languid, he frowned and added, “But your advanced movements are very well done, not bad.”
So Chu Yan became very happy again.
The three chatted and walked, and soon arrived at the test site for the mecha manufacturing major. Qiao Zhiya bid farewell to the two, swiped his communicator to enter, and finally entered alone to the examination room.
In order to prevent candidates from being disturbed by others, the examination room-slash-hall was divided into small rooms one by one. They could take the test whenever they come, just swipe the communicator to verify their identity. The test system in the room would automatically grade them, which was very user-friendly and trouble-free. There were a total of three such random examination halls in the Federal Military Academy, which were more than enough to handle all candidates, so there was no need to queue up.
Qiao Zhiya randomly picked a small room to enter, and was a little surprised to see several materials and a blueprint lying on the workbench inside.
Unexpectedly, the assessment content of the Federal Military Academy was not a single material processing or parts disassembly and assembly, but a combination of the two – it was a complete manufacturing of a part, from processing the materials, making accessories, and assembling them all into one functional part.
The system showed that the exam time was two hours, which was a bit long, so he hurriedly took out the communicator and dialed a message to Chu Rong who was waiting outside. Since it was that long, it’s fine if Chu Rong didn’t wait for him in place and instead walked around.
Then, he finally started to do his exam.
He was very proficient in material handling, as well as disassembling and assembling parts. What was relatively unfamiliar was the linking of the small parts into one functional one. Fortunately, he has rich forging experience. Once he took out his small hammer, he didn’t even need to use the provided instruments. A complete set of a functional part was quickly formed.
After assembling and putting it into the testing grading instrument next to him, he pressed the button to complete to signal his completion. He glanced at the time, and saw that only an hour had passed, which was not too long. There’s still time to meet up and go to lunch together.
With a beep, the part inspection was over. [All the values are qualified, and the overall score is 100 points.]
He squinted his eyes and smiled, looked at the test results synced to the communicator, opened the door, and left happily.
Chu Rong and Chu Yan actually waited outside, instead of going around first as he told them to. He became happier, and his trot had a hint of bounciness to it. While he tried to suppress and calm down his tone, a hint of joy still spilled out. “I passed! 100 points!”
“Let’s go home. I’ll give you a reward,” Chu Rong raised his hand to touch his face. He ended up lightly pinching it while praising him. “You’re amazing.”
Chu Yan rolled his eyes. ‘Heh. Erge, you’re so moony-eyed and don’t even try to hide it. So annoying!’
“N-not that amazing…” Qiao Zhiya felt embarrassed. Seeing the students around him looking at him nonchalantly, he suppressed his desire to be clingy, but his ears still excitedly fluttered around. “Let’s go eat, it’s noon already.”
Chu Rong also noticed that people were starting to look at them. He nodded, got up and took him and Chu Yan away.
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Qiao Zhiya: Half-elf, half-dwarf MC.
Chu Rong: Marshal ML.
Zhuang Yu: A doctor in ML’s army.
Chu Yan: ML’s younger brother. Is the same age as MC.
Chu Huai: ML’s older brother, he’s in politics.
Yuan Xiu: Chu Yan’s bestfriend.
Xiang Kun: Chu Yan’s mortal enemy. Xiang Hui’s younger brother. Mecha manufacturing student.
Sang Bu: MC’s roommate from when they’re in Intermediate College. Information System major.
Yun Xiachu: MC’s ex-classmate, about first-grader age, but skipped a couple of grades to match MC’s pace.
Ning Kongran: Ning family current heir. Studying mecha manufacturing, unlike his family.
Qiu Guangji: Ning Kongran’s best friend.
Master Shang: Chu Rong’s mother’s teacher. Is currently a mecha manufacturing teacher.
=The Empire=
An Lita aka Ning Kong’an: The Emperor’s nephew, born from Prince An Xei and Ning Kongran’s aunt. Studies pharmacy.
An Xei: The Emperor’s younger brother. A Prince and a scholar.
Jian: Imperial High Advisor’s son. Studies History.
The aptitude test was very quick and efficient. They just need to swipe their communicator to an ID reader and let the system read their information. After that, they just needed to stand inside an instrument and wait for a while before a result was calculated.
The two lined up at the back of the line, waited quietly for a while, and they arrived. Chu Yan went in first, and a minute later, the big screen automatically showed Chu Yan’s test results. Both his spiritual strength and physical fitness were S-level, but this time, his physical fitness was upgraded into SS-level. His result was pretty good.
After the melon-eating students saw it, they were shocked by the series of S aptitudes of the students from the Empire. But now, with Chu Yan’s test result, they regained a little confidence in the Federation.
‘See, our Federation has no shortage of geniuses!’
“Qiao, come on!” After Chu Yan came out, he waved to Qiao Zhiya. Qiao Zhiya smiled, swiped the communicator on the instrument, and stood in.
There were many sensors and other devices inside the instrument. On the instrument’s internal screen, there’s a prompt: [Please release your spiritual power as much as possible].
He quickly followed suit and tried to simulate the spiritual power without “impurities” so as not to be detected by the machine.
At the same time as the spiritual power was released, a beam of light appeared in the instrument covering his body. He only felt his body warmed up. He guessed that the beam of light was testing his physical strength, so he obediently let the beam of light scan his body.
Two minutes passed, and the light indicating that the test was completed on the instrument hadn’t turned on yet. Qiao Zhiya was puzzled, but obediently continued to release his spiritual power.
Another two minutes passed, and he began to feel uneasy, and hesitantly turned off the spiritual power simulation. ‘It’s too long. Chu Yan’s test only took one minute, why did it take so long for me? Did the instrument find something wrong with me?’
Just as he was thinking anxiously, the indicator light inside the instrument finally turned on. He felt relieved, and hurriedly walked out. He quickly found Chu Yan who was waiting outside, passed the other students who seemed to be shocked by something, and tried to keep as calm as possible. With a normal expression, he whispered to Chu Yan, “Xiao Yan, why did my test take so long, did it come out—”
“SS spiritual power qualification! And almost reached SSS!” He exclaimed as he kept staring at the big screen.
His loud voice shocked Qiao Zhiya, who jumped in surprise. The students around him also came to their senses and started to talk with each other.
Qiao Zhiya was taken aback, and quickly turned to look at the big screen.
On the right side of the screen, a piece of information with his name was slowly scrolling upwards. The data of spiritual power SS and physical constitution SS were very eye-catching. There was also a small “+” sign on the spiritual power SS, indicating his spiritual power was possible to be advanced.
He was stunned, why are they both SS? He clearly remembered that when he used a more sophisticated instrument for the physical examination at Zhuang Yu’s place, all the measured data were S.
“Qiao, you are so amazing!” Chu Yan patted him on the shoulder excitedly, as if he was the one who got double SS qualifications. Seeing all the people around him looking over, he proudly puffed out his chest and put his arms on his shoulders happily. “Let ‘s go out, let’s go out and tell the good news to Erge, he will be very happy too!” Then, they both walked out.
After they left, the students in the hall looked up at the big screen again, and the voice of discussion suddenly became louder.
——Double SS qualification! They haven’t seen any for so many years, but they actually met two in one day! One of them was a third-degree disabled person! Forget about SS-level spiritual power, but his physique was also a terrifying SS-level! He also was good-looking… If there are no SSS-level geniuses who are against the heavens, this qualification is the highest this year, right?
God, they were all compared to a former third-level disabled! And that disabled person is an Exoplanet Native who crazily skipped grades!
They heard that the spiritual power of this Native was awakened by the influence of the Marshal. This, this is really…
The teachers who were watching the students’ tests in the background were also stunned. After a while, they realized that a genius with double SS-level had just appeared. They quickly hurried up to pull Qiao Zhiya’s information alone and report to their higher-ups.
Chu Yan and Qiao Zhiya leisurely walked out the school gate. There, they found Chu Rong’s hover car and got on it.
After the car door was closed, Chu Yan couldn’t wait to tell Qiao Zhiya’s qualifications, clamoring for a reward. Qiao Zhiya became more and more embarrassed and puzzled, so he ended up asking Chu Rong about it.
Chu Rong thought for a while, raised his hand to help him brush his bangs, then finally replied, “Your last physical examination was a few months ago. At that time, your simulated spiritual strength was already above S-level, and there were signs of upgrading. So, it was not a surprise that this time the result came up to SS-level. It should be that your method of simulating spiritual power has become more proficient than a few months ago. In terms of physique, it’s normal for you to rise to SS-level. It’s the effect of your daily training. Don’t worry, we can always go back and check on you again.”
Qiao Zhiya was relieved when he heard that, and nodded.
But Chu Yan immediately got excited, looked at Qiao Zhiya with green eyes, and said, “Qiao’s simulated spiritual power is SS-level, so his own power is also SSS-level like you, Erge?”
“No,” Qiao Zhiya said straightforwardly as he shook his head. “I used up all my original power to simulate the spiritual power, so I didn’t hide anything.” As he spoke, he glanced at Chu Rong, and his ears moved.
He was now qualified as a grand magic magister, and the level of spiritual power he simulated was SS-level. When he advances to the next stage and becomes a saint magic magister, the spiritual power he simulated should be able to become SSS-level, and he could also compete with Chu Rong. They should be a better match… His height couldn’t be changed, but his strength was still okay. Just like his father and mother, an equal.
“Don’t think about it.”
Chu Rong raised his hands to cover his trembling ears, and gave him a warning look.
He blushed, and hurriedly brought back his floating thoughts.
After returning to the Chu family’s house, Chu Rong immediately took Qiao Zhiya to Zhuang Yu’s clinic for a detailed examination. The results of the examination were similar to what Chu Rong speculated. At the same time, Zhuang Yu happily announced that Qiao Zhiya should have recovered from the radiation. Its influence has completely disappeared, his strength was healthy, and his memory should have been restored.
Chu Rong raised his eyebrows at that diagnosis, and side-eyed Qiao Zhiya who was standing beside him. He saw that Qiao Zhiya’s ears were standing up stiffly, looking stupid as if someone had caught him red-handed. With a slight smile on his lips, he grabbed the blond youth by the collar and took him to a private room.
“Your memory has recovered?”
Chu Rong sat on the bed, trapped Qiao Zhiya between his legs, and raised his hand to press his forehead.
Qiao Zhiya blushed, and looked away from him.
“When did you remember?” Chu Rong pinched his face, forcing the youth to look at him.
Seeing that he couldn’t escape, Qiao Zhiya blushed even more, and replied vaguely, “Just, just on the… se-second day of the welco…welcome banquet…”
–In fact, he remembered because of what he dreamt that night.
‘The second day of the banquet? That didn’t take long.’
Chu Rong let go of his face. He looked at him quietly for a few seconds, pointed to his lips, and said, “Come here.”
“Wha-what?” Qiao Zhiya was a little confused.
Chu Rong narrowed his eyes, snorted lowly, and did not speak.
Qiao Zhiya had never heard him “snort” in such a tone before, making his heart beat faster. Seeing the taller man’s gaze at him, his ears curled back in shame. He took a shallow breath, then held it, bowed his head, and got closer.
Chu Rong hooked his lips and raised his head slightly in cooperation.
The closer he was to Chu Rong, the faster his heartbeat became. When he was about to touch the taller man’s body, he felt a familiar warm breath rushed straight to his face. His heart trembled and his breath became rapid.
Then Chu Rong suddenly raised his head and looked at him. He planted a light kiss on his lips, then bit it down.
Qiao Zhiya stared wide-eyed, and finally couldn’t stand it any longer. His legs softened and he fell down, straight to sitting on Chu Rong’s lap. He buried his face in his shoulders and stretched out his arms to hug him tightly, unwilling to raise his head. His ears and face were flushed with shame.
“Nothing.”
Chu Rong hugged him as he stroked his back. After feeling satisfied, he stopped teasing him and changed the subject. “After the aptitude test, there will be another round of exams. Xiao Yan’s should be the mecha operation assessment, and yours is a mecha manufacturing assessment. Are you sure you can pass?”
Qiao Zhiya nodded sullenly, still not looking up, obviously such a question was not enough to pull him out of embarrassment.
“After the assessment, the admission notices for the Federal Military Academy will be issued one after another. The academy also requires you to live on campus. Will you miss me?” Chu Rong continued to ask, pinching the back of his neck with his fingers soothingly.
The heat on his face was slightly lowered by this topic. Qiao Zhiya turned his head, rubbed against his neck in pure reflex, and replied in a low voice. “Yes…”
‘I will miss you very much, every day.’
“That’s enough.” Chu Rong lowered his head and kissed his unknowingly lowered ears. His mood became a little less pleasant, and he said with a dark face, “I will miss you too.”
Three days after the test, the notice of the exams was sent to the communicator of the applicants.
Chu Rong took the time to send the two youths to the school again, but this time instead of waiting outside the school gate, he followed them to the place where Chu Yan took the exam first. After Chu Yan entered the exam room, he took Qiao Zhiya with him and found themselves in the family seating area.
They arrived earlier, and Chu Rong deliberately chose a seat in the far back corner, so that they were not noticed by other parents who were nervously paying attention to their children’s exams.
The content of Chu Yan’s assessment was indeed a mecha operation, and he needed to enter an analog system of the military academy alone. After driving the mecha and passing the customs safely, he could only be considered qualified if he got a score of more than 60 points. It was very easy for him, it only took a quarter of an hour to pass the assessment after entering, and got a brilliant score of 98 points.
The students and parents who were waiting in the back didn’t realize that they had just sat in the same seat as Marshal Chu until he came out of the analog system and greeted Chu Rong, who was sitting in the corner, to leave together! Many of them regretted that they missed the opportunity to get close to him.
Putting the commotion in the mecha driving test venue behind him, Chu Yan accepted Chu Rong’s question obediently, and then, as expected, he was reprimanded.
“The more basic the task, the less you should make mistakes. You have been slacking off recently.”
Chu Yan actively admitted his mistakes, bowed his head as he listened, and was very guilty. He was distracted around this time. ‘Gah, the gossip during this time is too juicy to pass up!’
“But the full score is only 100 points, and 98 points is already very good!” Qiao Zhiya spoke at the right time, praising Chu Yan while tugging at Chu Rong’s sleeve.
Chu Rong looked down at him, his expression softened a bit. But seeing that Chu Yan was a little languid, he frowned and added, “But your advanced movements are very well done, not bad.”
So Chu Yan became very happy again.
The three chatted and walked, and soon arrived at the test site for the mecha manufacturing major. Qiao Zhiya bid farewell to the two, swiped his communicator to enter, and finally entered alone to the examination room.
In order to prevent candidates from being disturbed by others, the examination room-slash-hall was divided into small rooms one by one. They could take the test whenever they come, just swipe the communicator to verify their identity. The test system in the room would automatically grade them, which was very user-friendly and trouble-free. There were a total of three such random examination halls in the Federal Military Academy, which were more than enough to handle all candidates, so there was no need to queue up.
Qiao Zhiya randomly picked a small room to enter, and was a little surprised to see several materials and a blueprint lying on the workbench inside.
Unexpectedly, the assessment content of the Federal Military Academy was not a single material processing or parts disassembly and assembly, but a combination of the two – it was a complete manufacturing of a part, from processing the materials, making accessories, and assembling them all into one functional part.
The system showed that the exam time was two hours, which was a bit long, so he hurriedly took out the communicator and dialed a message to Chu Rong who was waiting outside. Since it was that long, it’s fine if Chu Rong didn’t wait for him in place and instead walked around.
Then, he finally started to do his exam.
He was very proficient in material handling, as well as disassembling and assembling parts. What was relatively unfamiliar was the linking of the small parts into one functional one. Fortunately, he has rich forging experience. Once he took out his small hammer, he didn’t even need to use the provided instruments. A complete set of a functional part was quickly formed.
After assembling and putting it into the testing grading instrument next to him, he pressed the button to complete to signal his completion. He glanced at the time, and saw that only an hour had passed, which was not too long. There’s still time to meet up and go to lunch together.
With a beep, the part inspection was over. [All the values are qualified, and the overall score is 100 points.]
He squinted his eyes and smiled, looked at the test results synced to the communicator, opened the door, and left happily.
Chu Rong and Chu Yan actually waited outside, instead of going around first as he told them to. He became happier, and his trot had a hint of bounciness to it. While he tried to suppress and calm down his tone, a hint of joy still spilled out. “I passed! 100 points!”
“Let’s go home. I’ll give you a reward,” Chu Rong raised his hand to touch his face. He ended up lightly pinching it while praising him. “You’re amazing.”
Chu Yan rolled his eyes. ‘Heh. Erge, you’re so moony-eyed and don’t even try to hide it. So annoying!’
“N-not that amazing…” Qiao Zhiya felt embarrassed. Seeing the students around him looking at him nonchalantly, he suppressed his desire to be clingy, but his ears still excitedly fluttered around. “Let’s go eat, it’s noon already.”
Chu Rong also noticed that people were starting to look at them. He nodded, got up and took him and Chu Yan away.
Qiao Zhiya: Half-elf, half-dwarf MC.Chu Rong: Marshal ML.Zhuang Yu: A doctor in ML's army.Chu Yan: ML's younger brother. Is the same age as MC.Chu Huai: ML's older brother, he's in politics.Yuan Xiu: Chu Yan's bestfriend.Xiang Kun: Chu Yan's mortal enemy. Xiang Hui's younger brother. Mecha manufacturing student.Sang Bu: MC's roommate from when they're in Intermediate College. Information System major.Yun Xiachu: MC's ex-classmate, about first-grader age, but skipped a couple of grades to match MC's pace.Ning Kongran: Ning family current heir. Studying mecha manufacturing, unlike his family.Qiu Guangji: Ning Kongran's best friend.Master Shang: Chu Rong's mother's teacher. Is currently a mecha manufacturing teacher.=The Empire=An Lita aka Ning Kong'an: The Emperor's nephew, born from Prince An Xei and Ning Kongran's aunt. Studies pharmacy.An Xei: The Emperor's younger brother. A Prince and a scholar.Jian: Imperial High Advisor's son. Studies History. The aptitude test was very quick and efficient. They just need to swipe their communicator to an ID reader and let the system read their information. After that, they just needed to stand inside an instrument and wait for a while before a result was calculated.The two lined up at the back of the line, waited quietly for a while, and they arrived. Chu Yan went in first, and a minute later, the big screen automatically showed Chu Yan's test results. Both his spiritual strength and physical fitness were S-level, but this time, his physical fitness was upgraded into SS-level. His result was pretty good.After the melon-eating students saw it, they were shocked by the series of S aptitudes of the students from the Empire. But now, with Chu Yan's test result, they regained a little confidence in the Federation.See, our Federation has no shortage of geniuses!'Qiao, come on! After Chu Yan came out, he waved to Qiao Zhiya. Qiao Zhiya smiled, swiped the communicator on the instrument, and stood in.There were many sensors and other devices inside the instrument. On the instrument's internal screen, there's a prompt: Please release your spiritual power as much as possible.He quickly followed suit and tried to simulate the spiritual power without impurities so as not to be detected by the machine.At the same time as the spiritual power was released, a beam of light appeared in the instrument covering his body. He only felt his body warmed up. He guessed that the beam of light was testing his physical strength, so he obediently let the beam of light scan his body.Two minutes passed, and the light indicating that the test was completed on the instrument hadn't turned on yet. Qiao Zhiya was puzzled, but obediently continued to release his spiritual power.Another two minutes passed, and he began to feel uneasy, and hesitantly turned off the spiritual power simulation. It's too long. Chu Yan's test only took one minute, why did it take so long for me? Did the instrument find something wrong with me?'Just as he was thinking anxiously, the indicator light inside the instrument finally turned on. He felt relieved, and hurriedly walked out. He quickly found Chu Yan who was waiting outside, passed the other students who seemed to be shocked by something, and tried to keep as calm as possible. With a normal expression, he whispered to Chu Yan, Xiao Yan, why did my test take so long, did it come outSS spiritual power qualification! And almost reached SSS! He exclaimed as he kept staring at the big screen.His loud voice shocked Qiao Zhiya, who jumped in surprise. The students around him also came to their senses and started to talk with each other.Qiao Zhiya was taken aback, and quickly turned to look at the big screen.On the right side of the screen, a piece of information with his name was slowly scrolling upwards. The data of spiritual power SS and physical constitution SS were very eye-catching. There was also a small + sign on the spiritual power SS, indicating his spiritual power was possible to be advanced.He was stunned, why are they both SS? He clearly remembered that when he used a more sophisticated instrument for the physical examination at Zhuang Yu's place, all the measured data were S.Qiao, you are so amazing! Chu Yan patted him on the shoulder excitedly, as if he was the one who got double SS qualifications. Seeing all the people around him looking over, he proudly puffed out his chest and put his arms on his shoulders happily. Let s go out, let's go out and tell the good news to Erge, he will be very happy too! Then, they both walked out.After they left, the students in the hall looked up at the big screen again, and the voice of discussion suddenly became louder.Double SS qualification! They haven't seen any for so many years, but they actually met two in one day! One of them was a third-degree disabled person! Forget about SS-level spiritual power, but his physique was also a terrifying SS-level! He also was good-looking If there are no SSS-level geniuses who are against the heavens, this qualification is the highest this year, right?God, they were all compared to a former third-level disabled! And that disabled person is an Exoplanet Native who crazily skipped grades!They heard that the spiritual power of this Native was awakened by the influence of the Marshal. This, this is reallyThe teachers who were watching the students' tests in the background were also stunned. After a while, they realized that a genius with double SS-level had just appeared. They quickly hurried up to pull Qiao Zhiya's information alone and report to their higher-ups.Chu Yan and Qiao Zhiya leisurely walked out the school gate. There, they found Chu Rong's hover car and got on it.After the car door was closed, Chu Yan couldn't wait to tell Qiao Zhiya's qualifications, clamoring for a reward. Qiao Zhiya became more and more embarrassed and puzzled, so he ended up asking Chu Rong about it.Chu Rong thought for a while, raised his hand to help him brush his bangs, then finally replied, Your last physical examination was a few months ago. At that time, your simulated spiritual strength was already above S-level, and there were signs of upgrading. So, it was not a surprise that this time the result came up to SS-level. It should be that your method of simulating spiritual power has become more proficient than a few months ago. In terms of physique, it's normal for you to rise to SS-level. It's the effect of your daily training. Don't worry, we can always go back and check on you again.Qiao Zhiya was relieved when he heard that, and nodded.But Chu Yan immediately got excited, looked at Qiao Zhiya with green eyes, and said, Qiao's simulated spiritual power is SS-level, so his own power is also SSS-level like you, Erge?No, Qiao Zhiya said straightforwardly as he shook his head. I used up all my original power to simulate the spiritual power, so I didn't hide anything. As he spoke, he glanced at Chu Rong, and his ears moved.He was now qualified as a grand magic magister, and the level of spiritual power he simulated was SS-level. When he advances to the next stage and becomes a saint magic magister, the spiritual power he simulated should be able to become SSS-level, and he could also compete with Chu Rong. They should be a better match His height couldn't be changed, but his strength was still okay. Just like his father and mother, an equal.Don't think about it.Chu Rong raised his hands to cover his trembling ears, and gave him a warning look.He blushed, and hurriedly brought back his floating thoughts.After returning to the Chu family's house, Chu Rong immediately took Qiao Zhiya to Zhuang Yu's clinic for a detailed examination. The results of the examination were similar to what Chu Rong speculated. At the same time, Zhuang Yu happily announced that Qiao Zhiya should have recovered from the radiation. Its influence has completely disappeared, his strength was healthy, and his memory should have been restored.Chu Rong raised his eyebrows at that diagnosis, and side-eyed Qiao Zhiya who was standing beside him. He saw that Qiao Zhiya's ears were standing up stiffly, looking stupid as if someone had caught him red-handed. With a slight smile on his lips, he grabbed the blond youth by the collar and took him to a private room.Your memory has recovered?Chu Rong sat on the bed, trapped Qiao Zhiya between his legs, and raised his hand to press his forehead.Qiao Zhiya blushed, and looked away from him.When did you remember? Chu Rong pinched his face, forcing the youth to look at him.Seeing that he couldn't escape, Qiao Zhiya blushed even more, and replied vaguely, Just, just on the se-second day of the welcowelcome banquetIn fact, he remembered because of what he dreamt that night.The second day of the banquet? That didn't take long.'Chu Rong let go of his face. He looked at him quietly for a few seconds, pointed to his lips, and said, Come here.Wha-what? Qiao Zhiya was a little confused.Chu Rong narrowed his eyes, snorted lowly, and did not speak.Qiao Zhiya had never heard him snort in such a tone before, making his heart beat faster. Seeing the taller man's gaze at him, his ears curled back in shame. He took a shallow breath, then held it, bowed his head, and got closer.Chu Rong hooked his lips and raised his head slightly in cooperation.The closer he was to Chu Rong, the faster his heartbeat became. When he was about to touch the taller man's body, he felt a familiar warm breath rushed straight to his face. His heart trembled and his breath became rapid.Then Chu Rong suddenly raised his head and looked at him. He planted a light kiss on his lips, then bit it down.Qiao Zhiya stared wide-eyed, and finally couldn't stand it any longer. His legs softened and he fell down, straight to sitting on Chu Rong's lap. He buried his face in his shoulders and stretched out his arms to hug him tightly, unwilling to raise his head. His ears and face were flushed with shame.Nothing.Chu Rong hugged him as he stroked his back. After feeling satisfied, he stopped teasing him and changed the subject. After the aptitude test, there will be another round of exams. Xiao Yan's should be the mecha operation assessment, and yours is a mecha manufacturing assessment. Are you sure you can pass?Qiao Zhiya nodded sullenly, still not looking up, obviously such a question was not enough to pull him out of embarrassment.After the assessment, the admission notices for the Federal Military Academy will be issued one after another. The academy also requires you to live on campus. Will you miss me? Chu Rong continued to ask, pinching the back of his neck with his fingers soothingly.The heat on his face was slightly lowered by this topic. Qiao Zhiya turned his head, rubbed against his neck in pure reflex, and replied in a low voice. YesI will miss you very much, every day.'That's enough. Chu Rong lowered his head and kissed his unknowingly lowered ears. His mood became a little less pleasant, and he said with a dark face, I will miss you too.Three days after the test, the notice of the exams was sent to the communicator of the applicants.Chu Rong took the time to send the two youths to the school again, but this time instead of waiting outside the school gate, he followed them to the place where Chu Yan took the exam first. After Chu Yan entered the exam room, he took Qiao Zhiya with him and found themselves in the family seating area.They arrived earlier, and Chu Rong deliberately chose a seat in the far back corner, so that they were not noticed by other parents who were nervously paying attention to their children's exams.The content of Chu Yan's assessment was indeed a mecha operation, and he needed to enter an analog system of the military academy alone. After driving the mecha and passing the customs safely, he could only be considered qualified if he got a score of more than 60 points. It was very easy for him, it only took a quarter of an hour to pass the assessment after entering, and got a brilliant score of 98 points.The students and parents who were waiting in the back didn't realize that they had just sat in the same seat as Marshal Chu until he came out of the analog system and greeted Chu Rong, who was sitting in the corner, to leave together! Many of them regretted that they missed the opportunity to get close to him.Putting the commotion in the mecha driving test venue behind him, Chu Yan accepted Chu Rong's question obediently, and then, as expected, he was reprimanded.The more basic the task, the less you should make mistakes. You have been slacking off recently.Chu Yan actively admitted his mistakes, bowed his head as he listened, and was very guilty. He was distracted around this time. Gah, the gossip during this time is too juicy to pass up!'But the full score is only 100 points, and 98 points is already very good! Qiao Zhiya spoke at the right time, praising Chu Yan while tugging at Chu Rong's sleeve.Chu Rong looked down at him, his expression softened a bit. But seeing that Chu Yan was a little languid, he frowned and added, But your advanced movements are very well done, not bad.So Chu Yan became very happy again.The three chatted and walked, and soon arrived at the test site for the mecha manufacturing major. Qiao Zhiya bid farewell to the two, swiped his communicator to enter, and finally entered alone to the examination room.In order to prevent candidates from being disturbed by others, the examination room-slash-hall was divided into small rooms one by one. They could take the test whenever they come, just swipe the communicator to verify their identity. The test system in the room would automatically grade them, which was very user-friendly and trouble-free. There were a total of three such random examination halls in the Federal Military Academy, which were more than enough to handle all candidates, so there was no need to queue up.Qiao Zhiya randomly picked a small room to enter, and was a little surprised to see several materials and a blueprint lying on the workbench inside.Unexpectedly, the assessment content of the Federal Military Academy was not a single material processing or parts disassembly and assembly, but a combination of the two it was a complete manufacturing of a part, from processing the materials, making accessories, and assembling them all into one functional part.The system showed that the exam time was two hours, which was a bit long, so he hurriedly took out the communicator and dialed a message to Chu Rong who was waiting outside. Since it was that long, it's fine if Chu Rong didn't wait for him in place and instead walked around.Then, he finally started to do his exam.He was very proficient in material handling, as well as disassembling and assembling parts. What was relatively unfamiliar was the linking of the small parts into one functional one. Fortunately, he has rich forging experience. Once he took out his small hammer, he didn't even need to use the provided instruments. A complete set of a functional part was quickly formed.After assembling and putting it into the testing grading instrument next to him, he pressed the button to complete to signal his completion. He glanced at the time, and saw that only an hour had passed, which was not too long. There's still time to meet up and go to lunch together.With a beep, the part inspection was over. All the values are qualified, and the overall score is 100 points.He squinted his eyes and smiled, looked at the test results synced to the communicator, opened the door, and left happily.Chu Rong and Chu Yan actually waited outside, instead of going around first as he told them to. He became happier, and his trot had a hint of bounciness to it. While he tried to suppress and calm down his tone, a hint of joy still spilled out. I passed! 100 points!Let's go home. I'll give you a reward, Chu Rong raised his hand to touch his face. He ended up lightly pinching it while praising him. You're amazing.Chu Yan rolled his eyes. Heh. Erge, you're so moony-eyed and don't even try to hide it. So annoying!'N-not that amazing Qiao Zhiya felt embarrassed. Seeing the students around him looking at him nonchalantly, he suppressed his desire to be clingy, but his ears still excitedly fluttered around. Let's go eat, it's noon already.Chu Rong also noticed that people were starting to look at them. He nodded, got up and took him and Chu Yan away.
