novelraw Chapter 676: The Eagle Spreads Its Wings
Chapter 676: The Eagle Spreads Its Wings
Examination room.
Fervent training on one hand while preparing for the assessment on the other.
No one was idle.
...
In a quiet corner.
Liu Fufeng looked up, observing these students giving their all, especially the little dwarf named Ji You. It was impossible to count how many times she had fallen, how many times she had bled, but she still kept bouncing back, continuing to challenge...
Liu Fufeng stared for quite a while before retracting his gaze and lowering his head. On his desk, dozens of crumpled pieces of paper were scattered about, having been folded and unfolded repeatedly. Liu Fufeng stretched out his hand and started gathering the scraps to put them into the Space Button. Yet, moments later, he changed his mind.
Instead of storing them away, he laid the pieces back onto the desk. Liu Fufeng lifted his head, looking forward—
There, numerous fledgling eagles were attempting to fly.
They fell.
And continued.
Fell.
And continued.
...
Liu Fufeng’s eyes, fixed on the training students, didn’t notice his fingers swiftly flipping, and before he knew it, the pieces of paper on the desk had transformed into a pair of soaring eagles...
Until—
He reached out and couldn’t feel a piece of paper anymore. Only then did Liu Fufeng startle and look down, only to see a fierce eagle, held by his pale fingertips. It had broad, strong wings, a sharp beak, and a pair of ferocious talons...
It was powerful.
It was undoubtedly the dominator of the skies.
It possessed an enviable freedom.
...
As he stared at the origami eagle in his hand, a complex expression crept over Liu Fufeng’s handsome face, filled with bewilderment.
When did he fold it?
Liu Fufeng pursed his lips.
A stagnant atmosphere filled the air around him, slowly spreading outwards, but only around him. This small world’s change was separated from the other students by a space barrier, unable to affect them in the slightest.
Moments later, Liu Fufeng dismantled the lifelike eagle.
After.
He tore the now disorderly papers into pieces and threw them into the recycling bin.
...
After two days of training, by the afternoon, one-third of the students had passed the assessment. Many who failed gained valuable experience. With only one day left until the end of the Basic Mecha Driver’s License assessment, time was pressing; therefore, the atmosphere among the students of the 131st class remained as tense as ever.
Yue Qiguang, who didn’t make it on the first day, finally passed on the second, but his performance was only good enough to be at the bottom of the top ten, and there was a high chance that he would be surpassed by subsequent students.
Currently, the students ranked in the top ten included Ji You, Shen Changqing, Chu Jiaojiao, Yue Qiyuan...
At the top, it was still Ji You.
Ji You estimated that, at this pace, she likely wouldn’t drop out of the top ten by the end of the assessment the next day. Hence, this would save her from the re-exam fee and repair cost. Even a mosquito is meat, after all, and both fees weren’t cheap; needless to say, not having to spend this money was the best outcome.
However, each student’s assessment score was recorded only once. Ji You had already taken hers and there was no chance to make amendments. Since she couldn’t change her results, she didn’t bother with them and instead focused on synchronizing with Chasing Sun.
Chasing Sun, this little fairy, was incredibly difficult to deal with. Ji You struggled the entire afternoon and only managed to get a handle on one finger.
The results were minimal, but Ji You paid for it with injuries and a significant amount of credit points.
That’s right.
Credit points.
The mechs used for the assessment are temporarily allocated to the students by the school, and the ownership does not belong to the students. Moreover, if the mech suffers any damage during use and needs to be repaired, all the repair costs are to be paid by the students themselves.
Ji You spent close to 5000 credit points on repair costs the entire afternoon.
Truly~
It hurt so much, she felt like dying.
But, painful as it was, Ji You still steeled her heart and continued to sync up with Chasing Sun.
...
When time was up, Mu Jianling announced the end of class.
Ji You immediately ran off.
After eating in a hurry and cleaning up the horse stable and the rabbit shed, Ji You didn’t rush to the dormitory but headed towards the direction of the medical room instead.
Inside the medical room, Dr. Luo was dressed in a white lab coat, intently staring at the Light Computer, engrossed in something, and she wasn’t using the holographic mode but the flat-screen mode. Ji You couldn’t help but sneak a peek and noticed that the screen was playing a battle video of Admiral Bai Ji.
Dr. Luo was very focused, even her eyes were shining.
This light—
Ji You felt it looked oddly familiar. Wasn’t this just like a fangirl looking at her idol?
So, Dr. Luo’s idol was actually Admiral Bai Ji?
She felt like she had uncovered some big secret.
Ji You kept muttering in her heart, knowing full well the consequences of disturbing a fangirl from licking her idol, so she didn’t dare to speak up right away. However, after waiting for a little while, Dr. Luo still didn’t notice someone had come in.
"Cough cough..." Unable to bear it, Ji You could only clear her throat twice as a reminder.
Dr. Luo didn’t even lift her head, pointed to a device beside her, and said, "Go in yourself, don’t bother me."
Ji You: "..."
Ji You couldn’t help but ask, "Dr. Luo, do you know why I’m here?"
Dr. Luo murmured to herself: "Handsome!"
"That move is cool!"
"Good timing for a counter-attack."
...
While mumbling, Dr. Luo finally looked up, gave Ji You a glance, and scolded: "What else could it be for? You just want to come here to get some Body Refining Medicine, right?" This girl can’t pilot a real mech, she had just come in the morning to fix her body, complaining in her ear for half an hour, Dr. Luo was fed up with it. At this moment, what other reason could Ji You possibly have to be here if not to enhance her Physical Strength?
Heh~
That was indeed the case!
Ji You grinned, hee-hee laughing, and said: "Dr. Luo, you really are clairvoyant."
At that moment—
In the screen, Admiral Bai Ji’s battle with the interstellar pirate leader had ended, and Dr. Luo turned off the screen, grumpily scolding: "Stop blabbering, why aren’t you in the detection pod yet?"
Ji You muttered: "Normally so gentle, and suddenly it’s like you’re a different person." Indeed, one should never disturb a fangirl.
Then.
Ji You obediently got into the pod.
About 10 minutes later, the indicator light stopped, and the new data for Ji You’s body was out.
Dr. Luo glanced at the data and said: "Your use of Medicine Bath for Body Building these days has been quite effective; the improvement is very clear." After nearly collapsing due to spiritual power one time, Ji You followed Dr. Luo’s advice and used Medicine Baths for more than a month continuously until her Physical Strength stabilized before stopping.
Hearing this, Ji You leaned over with a smirk: "Then... do you see, with my measly Physical Strength, is there a special medicine that could let me pilot the mech smoothly within half a month?" Otherwise, would she really have to go into the final exams piloting an antique mech?
The thought of running half a distance and having to change the energy core or breaking down halfway through made her shiver uncontrollably...
Dr. Luo’s temper came and went quickly, and at this moment, she had turned back into the gentle, kind, and understanding Dr. Luo with a slight smile at the corners of her lips, softly laughing: "Of course, there is."