Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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The virtual training ground was still underway, and the assessment was in progress.
The girl with the ponytail looked at the crossed-out name on the list, feeling a pang of regret.
She had initially thought highly of Du Qin and wanted him to pass. But the captain had specifically singled him out for elimination.
Du Qin’s talent was indeed outstanding. His individual skills and command abilities were exceptional.
His only flaw was his ruthlessness.
With Du Qin’s intelligence, it was impossible for him not to understand the instructions given before the start. But in order to make the students from the Pheromones Research Institute useful, instead of stopping them, he deliberately induced them to use pheromones to achieve his goal.
Although she didn’t think it was a fatal flaw, it was something that could be corrected after joining the team, but the captain didn’t think so.
The girl with the ponytail sighed softly.
After the five people had walked away, a figure emerged from the shadows.
Eyes hidden behind glasses, he stared intently at Bai Yue’s departing figure.
If someone happened to pass by at that moment, they would probably be startled by his hateful expression.
Du Qin stood there until the figure he was watching disappeared into the crowd before turning away.
Half an hour later, he arrived at the library.
Although he had failed the disciplinary team selection, he couldn’t let his guard down.
He turned on his computer and found an email in his personal inbox.
This was the email address he used before entering Imperial First High School, and he hadn’t received any new emails in a long time since he started using it less frequently.
The subject line was also inexplicable.
[Subject: It’s a pity you didn’t get selected]
Du Qin frowned. Was this email specifically sent to mock him?
Very few people knew about this news, so who could it be?
However, it was clear that although it wasn’t pleasant, the email had successfully attracted his attention.
He clicked to view it:
[First of all, I’m very sorry. You’re so excellent, it’s their loss that the disciplinary team didn’t accept you.
However, compared to the disciplinary team, I have a better opportunity. Are you interested in talking about it?]
A better opportunity?
Du Qin pondered, then suddenly realized something.
Could it be that the person who sent this email was that infamous masked men organization?
He hadn’t seen those guys in person since entering the school. But since the upperclassmen were so hostile, it meant that those people were definitely not good people.
Du Qin adjusted his glasses.
Although he personally didn’t care about such things at all, he had absolutely no interest in an organization that offered no benefit to his future promotion.
Du Qin was about to close his email when he received another new email.
The sender was the same.
[You don’t seem very interested? Well, perhaps you’ll change your mind after hearing what I’m about to say.]
Du Qin’s brow twitched, and he looked around.
Was someone nearby monitoring him?
The library was quiet. Because it wasn’t exam preparation time, there weren’t many people. Everyone was doing their own thing, and there were no suspicious individuals.
He turned back to read the following content.
[I saw it; your expression when you walked out of the virtual training field was absolutely brilliant. However, you don’t seem to have any resistance to the disciplinary team.]
[You were looking at someone else. Am I right?]
Upon seeing this, Du Qin felt a pang of panic. Could it be that his disguise had been exposed?
[Bai Yue]
[Kind-hearted, calm in the face of adversity, excellent grades, and, moreover, an S+ level alpha. You two were high school classmates, what did he do to make you hate him so much?]
By the end, Du Qin’s face had completely darkened.
Just how much did this person know?
He clicked reply: “Who are you?”
A minute later, he received another email.
[Who I am isn’t important, what’s important is that I can help you. Let’s talk.]
A week later.
Bai Yue received the package and turned to walk towards the dormitory building.
This past week, he had reduced his training load, using the freed-up time to complete military merit missions.
With his current aptitude, he could only receive one-star and two-star missions, which were quite trivial.
However, completing two or three, plus the military merit he gained from getting first place in the entrance exam, would be enough to buy a weapon.
He had placed an order on the app last night and received the item today.
Returning to his dormitory, he was about to find a knife to open the package when his phone beeped twice. Picking it up, he saw it was an email from the disciplinary team.
The final selection assessment items were out.
After reading the email’s contents, Bai Yue couldn’t help but fall into deep thought.
“Huh, a three-star military merit mission?”
The young man straddled the windowsill.
His voice was loud enough to draw a crowd within several meters. But right now, only his boss was present.
Wu Zihao scoffed, “Those guys are getting more and more outrageous, making freshmen who’ve only been in school for a month do three-star missions? Have they forgotten what happened last year?”
Last year’s disciplinary team selection was the only time since the team’s founding that a candidate had been seriously injured. Although he survived, that student had to drop out and could no longer become a soldier.
However, apart from the students who participated in the selection, this matter didn’t cause much of a stir.
Firstly, the selection process was always kept secret; secondly, for military academy students, getting injured was perfectly normal.
Even dying in battle was an honor.
But in Wu Zihao’s opinion, these people were just crazy. To ruin their future over a mere assessment was completely not worth it.
Although his boss told him to stay out of it, it wasn’t illegal to gossip.
He was just curious what kind of trouble the disciplinary team would cause this time. He hadn’t expected them to set their sights on military merit missions.
Wu Zihao flipped through the stolen intelligence: “This mission involves going to another star system, quite far.”
He rambled on for a while, but his boss didn’t react at all. He sat at the table, a book open in front of him. Next to him were piles of textbooks for other subjects.
Wu Zihao felt sorry for him and jumped off the windowsill: “Boss, are you really going to be a ‘top student’? Don’t be silly, it’s not suitable for you at all.”
Shang Yufei: “…”
Wu Zihao was suspicious: “You, are you really the boss? Is someone impersonating you to deceive me?”
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Shang Yufei raise his eyelids and squint at him. His emerald green eyes were like deep pools, icy cold.
“Itching for a beating?”
“No, no!”
That sounded like something the boss would say.
Wu Zihao didn’t dare to disturb him anymore and stepped back to continue looking at his phone.
Shang Yufei looked away and returned to the text in front of him.
He couldn’t concentrate.
Although he usually couldn’t concentrate, he had been even more restless these days.
Bai Yue hadn’t contacted him since the day he left.
He clearly said he would contact him again, but a week had passed! Why hadn’t he come yet!
“…”
Shang Yufei tried to contact Bai Yue several times. But every time he picked up his phone, he put it down again.
Because that would be a sign of weakness.
Even he wasn’t entirely sure if he would back down and agree to him staying at the military academy if he saw Bai Yue again.
Bai Yue’s image flashed through Shang Yufei’s mind again.
Not tall, fair-skinned, handsome. Such a person should be living a carefree life, not in a military academy, fighting on the battlefield, battered and bruised, an outsider.
Shang Yufei clenched his fists.
“So many people passed the preliminary selection? Let me count, there must be seventy or eighty.”
Wu Zihao’s voice came from behind again. “Haha, could it be that they think they accidentally passed too many in the preliminary selection and wanted to eliminate them all in the final selection?”
Shang Yufei frowned, about to tell this guy to get out of the dormitory and stop bothering him, when he heard the next sentence.
“Comprehensive Military Academy, Bai Yue.”
Hearing this name, Shang Yufei turned around abruptly.
Wu Zihao’s attention was focused on his phone screen; he hadn’t noticed his boss’s reaction at all.
“Is this Bai Yue the one I know? I think he’s a special recruit?”
Wu Zihao couldn’t quite remember. “Hey, if it really is him, the disciplinary team has struck gold. Boss, do you think we can turn him around? I’ll have someone check his class…”
As he was speaking, he suddenly felt a shadow loom over him. He looked up and saw Shang Yufei walking over and snatching his phone.
“Boss!” Wu Zihao was overjoyed. “You’re finally interested?”
Although the selection process was confidential, the information of qualified candidates was published by the disciplinary team on their official account.
As soon as it was posted, hundreds of comments appeared instantly, full of envy.
[Bai Yue, Comprehensive Military Academy]
Shang Yufei stared intently at the name.
Wu Zihao was still chattering on: “Boss, if you’re interested, I’ll send someone to check right away. Anyway, this guy hasn’t joined the team yet, so he’s definitely not that brainwashed.”
As soon as he made the suggestion, his phone was thrown at him, and he hurriedly caught it.
Then the leader picked up his phone, seemingly wanting to contact someone. After a moment, he put it down as if giving up.
Wu Zihao: “B-Boss?”
“Get everyone together.” Shang Yufei twitched the corner of his mouth, his tone devoid of emotion.
“This selection process must be botched.”
Imperial First Comprehensive Military Academy, school gate.
Aside from the disciplinary squad members, everyone else was a first-year student. A hoverbus sat empty beside the school gate.
After counting, the girl with the ponytail reported to Fu Cheng, “Everyone’s here.”
Fu Cheng nodded slightly and faced the group.
“You’ve all seen the details of the final selection, right?”
Everyone nodded cautiously.
The email was very clear. The disciplinary squad had accepted a three-star military merit mission and assigned these reserve members to complete it.
The mission was straightforward. In short, they needed to find a mineral called Source Crystal. Source Crystal was an essential component for making military supplies and was extremely valuable.
Currently, all areas where it could be mined were already guarded by the Imperial military.
This time, they needed to travel to a planet called d-2231, Lia Star, to search for undeveloped resources.
Almost no one had heard of Lia Star.
Bai Yue had also searched online beforehand and only knew it was a remote and impoverished planet. However, this also meant that undeveloped resources were easier to find in such a place.
Fu Cheng: “This assessment requires you to complete it as members of the disciplinary squad. Therefore, we will not accompany you. Please solve any difficulties you encounter on your own.”
The first-year students involuntarily swallowed.
Above the three-star military merit mission, there were four-star and five-star missions. So, in their view, this kind of mission shouldn’t involve any danger; it was just about finding stones.
However, traveling thousands of miles to another star system still made them uneasy.
Fu Cheng: “Same as last time, we will use monitoring for scoring.”
As he spoke, an unidentified creature the size of a fingernail flew out from behind him. “These are ‘reconnaissance bugs,’ one for each of you, which will broadcast your situation in real time.”
“Reconnaissance bugs” were also military supplies, usually used on the battlefield to scout enemy positions. However, due to their large size and easy detection, they had been phased out.
Fu Cheng: “I reiterate one last time, military merit missions are risky. I cannot guarantee your safety. This is your last chance. If you decide to give up, you can choose to stay.”
No one spoke.
Whether they had considered it carefully or simply felt there was no danger, this was not a consideration for the disciplinary squad.
The reminder had been given, and Fu Cheng nodded slightly: “Then let’s get going. I wish you a glorious return.”
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