Just after leaving the Director’s office, Fu An’an couldn’t hold back. “I heard you two are both highlevel talent. Is that true?”
“Mm,” Mia nodded. She didn’t talk much around people she wasn’t familiar with.
“That’s amazing! I’ve never met anyone with high-level talent. The three of us are all intermediate— Qi Ming and I are Mid-Level 2, and Jilin is Mid-Level 3.” She clapped her hands excitedly, her high red ponytail bouncing with her movements.
“Let’s focus on discussing Moshazi Star first,” Jilin quickly interjected, seeing that she was about to continue chatting aimlessly.
“I just checked. Moshazi Star has scorching sun all year round, and freshwater is nearly impossible to find. We’ll need to bring extra freshwater supplies,” Ai Wei? Jilin said with experience.
He looked very similar to Teacher Ai Wei? No, tall, fair-skinned, and gentle in demeanor. Cang’er guessed he might be Ai Wei’s son.
She looked at him but said nothing.
Seeing no objections, Ai Wei continued:
“Moshazi Star often has strong winds, and the most dangerous are tornadoes. Day-night temperature differences are also extreme. You two probably don’t have mechs yet, so be careful in such harsh weather.” He glanced at Cang’er and Mia.
Lower-grade students weren’t assigned mechs. Usually, a student only receives their own mech after reaching four-star rank in the upper grades.
“Understood. We’ll bring some thick windproof clothing,” Mia nodded seriously.
“I also have to tell you, you cannot bring private supplies. Before departure, the Academy will provide survival resources uniformly.”
Cang’er patted the naive Mia, who had been quietly monitoring the Director and Du Zhong’s conversation with her spiritual power.
“How did you know?” Fu An’an turned in shock toward Cang’er.
“I saw just now,” she said, pointing to her head, then toward the Director’s office.
“You were monitoring the Director’s office with your spiritual power!” Qi Ming said firmly, though his face remained calm, his mind shaken.
An excellent scout’s role isn’t only in battle—it’s continuous. Agile combat soldiers also play a reconnaissance role, but his observation awareness clearly didn’t match Cang’er. This capable freshman had already given him a lesson.
“Don’t put it that way. I call it care; how can you twist it into spying?” Cang’er pouted, displeased.
“And the Director sensed my spiritual power just now and didn’t pursue me. They originally planned to inform us right before departure to catch us off guard. But I disrupted that—this round doesn’t count as a loss,” she said, smiling at her teammates.
“Battle begins the moment we step out of the office,” her black-and-white eyes sparkled with excitement.
After delivering this news, she pinched Mia’s cheek and said, “Set up a group chat and add me. I have some things to do, so I’ll leave for now. See you the day after tomorrow.”
Cang’er quickly left and slipped into her little black room. Time was tight—she needed to speed up.
Four months ago, Cang’er and Mia had reached four-star and three-star ranks. She had already been planning to make mechs for herself and Mia.
Although her spiritual power had grown significantly and she could forge metal without issue, she still didn’t fully understand how to integrate many auxiliary materials with the metal structure. Without compatible auxiliary materials, she couldn’t make a good intermediate mech, let alone an advanced one.
Fortunately, Master Ji had provided plenty of intermediate-grade metal for practice. She could settle for making two one-star intermediate mechs for now.
Like talent ranks, mechs also have high, medium, and low tiers, and based on overall performance, are further classified from one-star to nine-star. History records a mech master, Su Yi, who created a nine-star mech of super-high performance, known as a god-tier mech—but most people never saw it, so it remained legendary.
Now, Cang’er was rushing to assemble the mech components. Most parts were completed, only the arms remained to be attached.
Since neither she nor Mia were combat-class students, their physical abilities weren’t enough to handle intense mech combat. Therefore, she focused on defensive functionality. While wearing a mech can enhance combat and defense, lower-grade students just beginning to control their powers—only one-star or two-star—can’t operate them. Students need to reach three-star physical condition to control a mech, which is why the Academy doesn’t issue mechs to them.
Fortunately, Cang’er and Mia both had high-level talent, and their cultivation speed was fast— especially Cang’er. Her speed was almost abnormal. If she hadn’t spent so much time studying various metals and auxiliary materials, she would have advanced even faster.