Yan Wenling suddenly remembered. “Wait, that’s not right! For the first-year entrance exam, you can’t choose your teammates—it’s all randomly assigned!”
Somaya froze for a moment. “I think… that’s how it is!”
She recalled that because first-year students’ abilities were still unknown to one another, it was difficult to choose teammates, so the school simply assigned teams randomly.
And that was exactly the most frustrating part—because it meant you could end up with absolutely any kind of teammate.
Yan Wenling and Somaya looked at Ke Yunyao with pity. “Poor little thing! Good luck tomorrow!”
“……”
Ke Yunyao looked at their expressions and couldn’t help but start worrying about herself for tomorrow. Would she really end up with difficult teammates?
……
After lunch, Ke Yunyao followed Yan Wenling and Somaya around campus, touring all the important places she needed to know.
When they returned to the dorm, Lin Hui, who had been busy all day, was already back.
“Sister Hui, you’re back!” Yan Wenling called out happily.
Somaya nodded toward Lin Hui.
Ke Yunyao, having only met Lin Hui a few times, still felt a bit reserved. “Senior Lin Hui!”
Yan Wenling draped an arm over Ke Yunyao’s shoulder affectionately. “What ‘Senior Lin Hui’? Just call her Sister Hui like I do!”
Somaya nodded in agreement.
Lin Hui also smiled and said, “That’s right, just call me like they do!”
Ke Yunyao gave in. “Sister Hui!”
“Hey!” Lin Hui responded with a smile and waved them in. “Come in quickly, I already had the service robot prepare dinner for us!”
“Wow! I love eating this one bite that Sister Hui’s robot makes!” Yan Wenling exaggerated dramatically.
Ke Yunyao looked at her in shock. Sister Ling is so good at talking!
I’m really jealous of her—this sealed-up gourd of a person!
Lin Hui shook her head helplessly. “Enough nonsense. Come in already.”
“Hehe…” Yan Wenling laughed awkwardly.
The four of them enjoyed another delicious dinner together. During the meal, Lin Hui explained what they needed to pay attention to for the entrance exam the next day.
“Tomorrow is your first entrance exam. You’re not allowed to use mechas. So for mech students, your role in the team is basically limited to crafting weapons by hand. Beyond that, you don’t have much use.”
Ke Yunyao nodded. “But you still need materials to craft weapons, right? If I can’t find materials, wouldn’t I be completely useless?”
“Mm-hmm.” Lin Hui nodded directly.
“But the ones you should worry about aren’t yourselves—it’s the others. They’re the ones more afraid of getting a bad mech crafter, someone who can’t even make a weapon. In that case, they’ll have to fight bare-handed.”
Ke Yunyao’s eyes flickered slightly. “I can make weapons.”
Lin Hui didn’t notice anything unusual and only thought she was feeling a bit sensitive. “I didn’t say you can’t. Anyone who got into our school should be able to make at least one weapon. It’s just a question of quality.”
Yan Wenling chimed in, “Really, a good mech crafter is extremely important.”
On this point, she spoke from deep personal experience.
“Oh.” Ke Yunyao rarely fell silent.
Somaya noticed something off, but thinking of Ke Yunyao’s second-place entrance exam score, she figured she probably wouldn’t be too bad.
……
The next day.
Ke Yunyao received a message from her team leader telling her to gather at the training ground, along with a location pin.
After getting ready and eating breakfast prepared by the service robot, she set off together with the other three dormmates.
They were all heading to the training ground since they also had entrance exams, just in different sections afterward.
Once they arrived, Ke Yunyao separated from Yan Wenling and the others.
Her expression immediately tightened, and she released an aura that screamed “do not approach.”
It worked surprisingly well—several people who were about to greet her immediately stopped in their tracks.
Shuo Yan arrived a bit late. He was just about to look for that cute junior from yesterday when the instructors arrived.
The team leader was a red-haired man with a sharp gaze, like a scanner, quickly counting everyone present.
All present.
He didn’t waste time and directly handed out wristbands to everyone. These served as tracking devices and also had a defensive function. If someone faced a life-threatening situation, it would activate automatically and send their location to the instructors and patrol teams for rescue.
The red-haired instructor spoke loudly, “I am your team leader, Kevin.”
“No more nonsense!”
“Bind your wristbands immediately. This is a life-saving device—it can save your life in critical moments!”
Upon hearing this, no one hesitated and quickly activated theirs.
Even if they weren’t afraid of death, no one actually wanted to die.
Kevin didn’t wait for them and continued, “Your team information has already been sent to your communicators. Find your teammates immediately.”
He checked his device again. “We depart in 10 minutes.”
Then he stopped talking and left the students slightly confused.
Fortunately, the team information also included student IDs, and each team’s commander had permission to create a temporary communication group using those IDs.
Ke Yunyao checked her communicator and, as expected, she had been added to a group labeled “Mech Crafter.”
Immediately after, she saw the commander post a location. Without delay, she headed over.
Six people were already standing there when she arrived. Ke Yunyao walked over with a tightly composed expression.
The team commander glanced at her approaching figure and felt a jolt in his heart.
Is that the mech crafter?
She looks… kind of hard to deal with.
The others shared the same thought.
When they received the roster, they had immediately checked the mech and medical students’ names—those roles were crucial for victory.
Even if their own abilities were decent, having weapons versus not having weapons was a completely different situation.
As for the medical student, they were equally important since no one could guarantee they wouldn’t get injured.
Ke Yunyao stood in front of them, silently staring at the group.
The commander, Vashi Okali, broke the silence first and extended his hand. “Hello! I’m the team commander, Vashi Okali.”
Ke Yunyao, being a polite child, still looked a bit intimidating with her serious expression, but she shook his hand. “Hello! I’m Ke Yunyao from the mech department.”
The moment she spoke, all six people widened their eyes.
Vashi laughed immediately. He had thought she was a cold, aloof type—but her voice was unexpectedly soft.
Ke Yunyao glared at him, but to Vashi, it carried no intimidation at all. All he could think of was that soft voice he just heard.
“Ahem… let me introduce the rest of the team,” Vashi quickly said, afraid of upsetting her.
……