Instead of landing on the ground of Planet XT781, the giant battleship suspended in the air. When Wu Zimo and the others raised their heads to look at the battleship, they quickly noticed that a hatch was opened underneath the battleship, and a group of small floating vehicles flew out in order, and then dispersed.
Under Wu Zimo and the other's gazes, one of the vehicles among the group flew directly towards them.
Very soon, the floating vehicle the size of a bus stopped in front of them. The door opened, and there was a young man in a military uniform standing there. The young man spoke towards Wu Zimo and the others with a solemn expression.
"The academic assessment of the First Military Academy of the Interstellar Federation has ended. Everyone, get on board."
When the young man finished speaking, he immediately returned to the piloting cabin. He simply didn't care whether Wu Zimo and the others were following his instructions. However, when the young man sat back in the pilot's seat, a glimmer of satisfaction towards Wu Zimo and the others flashed across his eyes.
Due to the gossipy Xiao Ba, Wu Zimo and the others' feats had spread to almost the entirety of the Heaven's Wrath Corps. In addition, the Federation and the neighboring Mola Empire had been paying more attention to the First Military Academy's yearly assessment. Information about Wu Zimo and the others should appear on their tables soon.
Wu Zimo and the others hadn't thought so much about the future. When they saw someone coming to retrieve them, Salah and the rest put away the mechas and, one by one, got onto the floating vehicle. They each found a seat and sat down to rest.
Only then were they able to completely relax. This year's academic assessment really was a test of people's willpower.
Aside from Mocca, who was always thinking about his family's guide, the others, even Wu Zimo, all closed their eyes to use this time to get more rest. So, at this moment inside of the floating vehicle, there was only Mocca was active, leaning towards Li Pengpeng and whispering in her ear, even though the result was him being smacked away.
"Everyone is resting, what are you being noisy for?"
"Alright, alright, alright, I won't be noisy. We should take a nap too." Mocca didn't wait for Li Pengpeng's opposition and reached out to hug her, closing his eyes to sleep.
Li Pengpeng wanted to break away, especially since Wu Zimo had turned around and teasingly smiled at her. However, she saw the weariness in Mocca's eyes, and could only blush. She leaned on Mocca's chest and closed her eyes.
"Young people nowadays." Wu Zimo turned his head back around and pretended to be an elder. Finally, he also closed his eyes.
However, instead of resting, Wu Zimo went to his spiritual world to see what Ares was making a fuss about again.
In their own spiritual world, the master could form a spiritual body with spiritual energy. This spiritual body could communicate with the quantum beast in the spiritual world. They could also enter the spiritual worlds of other sentinels and guides.
"Ares, what are you doing?"
"..."
Say, big brother, I haven't done anything to you. Why are you crying again?
Wu Zimo was helpless, especially after going through the spiritual exchange. Wu Zimo felt that Ares was absolutely not the quantum beast formed from his spirit! Just as he was thinking of raising it high, it was making trouble in the spiritual world. It could only have come from a little brat; he was mature, how could it be a little brat!
However, seeing Ares rub against his calf, especially with its miserable gaze, Wu Zimo helplessly despaired.
Fine, who would call Ares an egg? He'd simply raise it as if it was a child.
"Okay okay okay, I'll lift you up high."
He scooped Ares up. Fortunately, the weight of the quantum beast could be adjusted at will. Otherwise, if he wanted to lift such a large egg, he would need a lot of strength. Whether it was in his current life or his past life, Wu Zimo had the strength of a weak chicken. Thinking about it brought him to tears.
After Wu Zimo appeased the noisy Ares in the spiritual world and opened his eyes again, they had returned to the battleship's transportation cabin. When they left the floating vehicle, they saw another floating vehicle landing into the transportation cabin. The other students who, like Wu Zimo and the others, arrived early, descended from the floating vehicle.
Wu Zimo looked at the state of the people in the transportation cabin, and compared them to his own group. He nodded in satisfaction.
Wu Zimo tilted his head and spoke to Lyle, who was standing beside him: "It seems that in this academic assessment, everyone gathered a lot of points. However, the ones who reaped the most points is definitely us."
The students who were able to last until the end of the yearly assessment weren't ordinary in strength. Now, those youths had a tough expression on their faces.
The test of killing Zergs was a very good baptism for the rookies of the First Military Academy, who had never been on a battlefield.
It was to let them have a deep understanding that the battlefield wasn't as glorious as they thought it was.
Hearing Wu Zimo's proud declaration, it wasn't only Lyle, but the others also showed a smile. Actually, they were thinking the same thing as Wu Zimo. Who would be as tough as they were, having the courage to challenge, fight, and win against two hundred large Spider Zergs and wipe them out completely?
Even if they had used the thirty-eight photon artillery shells, the use of tactics was also a show of their strength.
"Tsk, Cui Yi and the rest unexpectedly didn't get eliminated and persevered until the end of the academic assessment." It wasn't known who she had seen, but a female guide from Mocca's team curled her lips and said in a low voice.
Upon hearing their companion's words, Mocca's teammates all looked in a certain direction. Sure enough, the person that they hated the most was standing over there. At the same time Millo took two steps and blocked the female guide that had just spoken. She whispered, warning her, "Don't speak. Cui Yi's isn't inferior to Mocca's. He might hear."
Sasha, the female guide who had spoken, pursed her lips. Knowing that Millo was worried for her, she nodded and softly agreed: "En."
However, the other had long since heard Sasha's words. With a smile that wasn't quite a smile, he glanced over, and the corner of his lips twitched. His eyes were full of provocation against Mocca's team.
However, the young man, Cui Yi, knew that this was the Heaven's Wrath Corps' territory, not his uncle's Reserve Corps. He didn't dare to make trouble here. Not to mention how his uncle would deal with him, the consequences from the Heaven's Wrath Corps would already be unbearable.
So Cui Yi only looked provokingly at Mocca and his team with a ridiculing gaze, especially when he saw that there was a group of junior students unexpectedly surrounding Mocca.
He mouthed the words at Mocca: "The first three rankings for this academic assessment are definitely mine!"
Mocca simply ignored the provocative person. It would be a waste of time to deal with this brainless person. With this time, it would be better to train or whisper sweet nothings to Li Pengpeng.
Cui Yi was so angry from Mocca's disregard that he nearly couldn't stop himself from rushing over. Before he could raise his foot, he was pulled back by his own teammate. Even his quantum beast, a giant demon mouse, bared its pair of sharp canines towards Mocca.
Wu Zimo looked at the quantum beast who was threatening Mocca. For a moment, he was curious about all of the grudges and resentment between Mocca and that person.
"Mocca, who is that?"
"Him? He's a fourth-year mecha major like me. Hehe, but I've been pushing him down to second place. So it's normal for him to get angry. When we're in a public space with a lot of people, it's fine to just ignore him. But you should be wary of his manipulative methods; his heart is black."
Then, without waiting for Wu Zimo to ask, he immediately spoke of Cui Yi's character, conduct, etc. to Wu Zimo and the others who were unaware of the truth.
Mocca spoke and spoke, then mentioned the reason the two had become enemies.
"I don't like this type of arrogant moron. It's not surprising for this fellow, whose heart is darker than ink. But speaking of this matter, it can actually be traced back to my grandfather's lifetime."
Then, Wu Zimo heard a very dog blood love story. Fortunately, it wasn't a "You love me, but I don't love you, I love him, but I also love her" headache inducing relationship.
Mocca's grandfather had a childhood friend, and the two were young and innocent. When they grew up, one awakened as a sentinel and one awakened a guide. Then, they smoothly became partners; this was a very normal situation.
When he heard this, Wu Zimo raised his eyebrow. Was the act of raising a small wife from childhood a tradition for Mocca's family?
However, Mocca's grandfather wasn't as lucky as Mocca. The rate of harmonization with his guide was only 43%, but the feelings between the two had always been strong, so everyone gave their blessings to their harmonization.
Next, of course, was the time for the dog blood to take the stage. Cui Yi's grandfather, who had gotten the childhood friend's data somehow, sprang up and unexpectedly threw out a harmonization rate of 72% between him and the childhood friend.
Correct, it was two points higher than Mocca and Li Pengpeng's 70%.
With such a high rate of harmonization and Cui Yi's grandfather being the young master of the Cui family, in order to solidify his position and to grow his family, it was impossible for him to let go of the guide with the 72% harmonization rate. As long as he harmonized with this guide, he would never have to fear entering a manic state and exploding.
However, how could the suddenly emerging passerby succeed in 'bride-kidnapping' because of a high harmonization rate?
In the Interstellar Federation, to say that the harmonization between sentinels and guides took precedence over the Federation's laws wasn't false.
The harmonization of a sentinel and guide depended only on the two's determination; others weren't allowed to intervene. So, anyone with a brain knew that 'bride-kidnapping' wouldn't be successful. The final result was that Cui Yi's grandfather could only find a guide with a harmonization rate of only 51%.
51% wasn't low, but Cui Yi's grandfather had always believed it to be Mocca's grandfather's fault. If a sentinel's emotions weren't well controlled, it would be easy to fall into a manic state. With Cui Yi's grandfather's character, it would have been odd if he hadn't exploded.
It was obviously Cui Yi's grandfather's own problem, but the Cui family had always thought that they had only ended up like this because Mocca's family had wanted to suppress them. At the time, Cui Yi's grandfather was a talented sentinel. If he hadn't died so young, he would have definitely led the family to even more glory.
Because of the hatred between the two families, it had continued on into Mocca's generation.
After hearing this, Wu Zimo didn't know what to say. However, he did notice an extremely important detail.
"Could it be that the Federation didn't force your grandmother to harmonize with Cui Yi's grandfather?" 72% was a very high rate and Cui Yi's grandfather was so talented. Yet the Federation gave up, just like that?