The person looked up at Yan Changfeng, revealing a cold and delicate face that carried a heavy scent of earth and vegetation. She nimbly flipped into the dormitory and then turned back to pull a rope, at least several dozen meters long, back inside from the window.
Yan Changfeng blinked and reached out to close the window. To suddenly appear in a high-rise girls’ dormitory in the middle of the night and specifically flip through the window of Dorm Room 701, she already had a guess as to who it was. “Good evening, Senior.”
“I know you. My name is Huo Siyu.” Huo Siyu took off her black overcoat, revealing the sports vest underneath. She stretched, her abdominal muscles clearly visible on her waist and stomach.
Yan Changfeng cast an envious glance, then inconspicuously felt her own waist where her ribs were clearly palpable. Since leaving the Trash Star, she had been desperately supplementing her nutrition, and her height had shot up quite a bit, but she still looked like a sickly little bean sprout.
After the initial greeting, Huo Siyu plunged into the bathroom. Once the earthy scent in the air dissipated, Yan Changfeng suddenly smelled a strange odor mixed within it.
Her gaze fell on Huo Siyu’s jacket, then she looked away a moment later.
…
Before the freshman assessment, the theoretical classes for every major were postponed until after the evaluation. The daily training for the Individual Soldier Department mainly revolved around three courses: shooting, combat, and physical fitness training. Under normal circumstances, the day’s training tasks were set as the extreme training volume based on the average level of the freshmen; very few people ever exceeded the quota.
Yan Changfeng ran leisurely in the middle of the pack. Thirty laps were nothing to her, but she got hungry easily if she consumed too much physical energy at once. The Nutrient Solution in her pocket space was running low, and the new batch she bought was still on the way, so she had to be stingy with her intake.
By the time Yan Changfeng finished twenty laps, many students at the front had already reached their twenty-fifth. She casually moved out of the inner lane to the edge, only to see several teachers carrying heavy boxes and placing them by the track.
One of the teachers shouted through a megaphone, “Those who complete the training within the specified time can receive two bags of Nutrient Solution! Those who exceed the quota can continue to receive more!”
The students running in the front pack were immediately invigorated, while those in the back wailed in misery.
“I really can’t run anymore.”
“There are only ten boxes of Nutrient Solution. By the time we reach the finish line, they’ll have been taken long ago!”
Just as a boy in the mid-to-back pack finished complaining, a dark shadow flashed past him at high speed. He looked up in shock, seeing a black figure quickly overtaking over a hundred people, already reaching the other side of the playground.
His face turned red from the strain. “Damn! Someone actually still has the strength to run like that!”
Several freshmen who were originally in the front pack exerted all their strength, finally reaching the last lap and preparing to sprint for the finish. But a gust of black wind suddenly flashed beside them—it was light and effortless, easily bypassing them to charge toward the finish line.
Chang Jiu, who was originally in first place, cursed, “Damn!” His first place!
Gone!!!
Representative, you’re so heartless!
Yan Changfeng ignored the cries of the freshmen behind her. After crossing the finish line, her clothes were soaked with sweat, and her calves throbbed slightly. She took a few breaths and collected two bags of Nutrient Solution in the shed.
The teacher responsible for distributing the Nutrient Solution had watched Yan Changfeng run all the way from the back of the pack to the very front and had already prepared a stomach full of compliments.
Yan Changfeng, with a bag of Nutrient Solution in her mouth, asked, “Teacher, what counts as exceeding the quota?”
The compliments were swallowed back down as the teacher took a sharp breath. “For every three extra laps you run, you can collect another bag of Nutrient Solution.” Having said that, he intended to continue his praise, but it was as if a gust of wind had swept past him; Yan Changfeng had already run off with the Nutrient Solution in her mouth.
Teacher: …
With an opportunity like this to farm Nutrient Solution, Yan Changfeng naturally wouldn’t miss it. She threw the other bag of Nutrient Solution into her pocket space and stopped to drink a Physique Enhancer. In a state where the body was nearing its limit, the absorption of the enhancer would be even more rapid.
Before long, Yan Changfeng was back at the shed.
The teacher handed over two bags of Nutrient Solution. “Student, your perseverance is quite good, but you should still be careful…”
Before he could finish, the person in front of the shed had already vanished.
After a while, several people at the tail end who were about to give up on finishing the training suddenly noticed that someone had already passed them several laps in a row.
“Didn’t Yan Changfeng already finish her training?”
“Yeah, I saw her go to the shed to get Nutrient Solution with my own eyes.”
“I think I’ve seen her go to the shed three times already.”
By the next lap, when Yan Changfeng passed them again with a bag of Nutrient Solution in her mouth, her speed not decreasing in the slightest, someone at the tail end finally lost it.
A boy took off his training uniform jacket, threw it outside the track, and yelled in just his vest, “By his grandfather! Today, I’m definitely finishing these thirty laps! Charge!”
The remaining people were also stirred to action. Regardless of whether they could finish, they all gritted their teeth and charged forward desperately, their eyes fixed on the black figure that was getting further and further away.
“Charge!”
“Give it everything!”
On the distant stands, Teacher Yan’s frost-covered face finally showed a trace of a smile. She turned to the teacher beside her and said, “Go bring ten more boxes of Nutrient Solution to the training ground. If the quota isn’t enough, take it from my account.”
By the time Yan Changfeng walked to the shed for the fourth time, the teacher was numb. The other freshmen, who were collapsed on the ground in exhaustion and watching Yan Changfeng arrive at the shed time and time again, were also numb and could only give her a thumbs up.
Truly our Representative, she’s badass!
As soon as Yan Changfeng appeared, the teacher habitually handed out two bags of Nutrient Solution and said, “Student, don’t push yourself too hard.”
Yan Changfeng nodded. “Okay.” Then, under the teacher’s astonished gaze, she took the Nutrient Solution and walked toward the rest area.
Repeatedly reaching her physical limits had given Yan Changfeng a good grasp of her own body. During that last lap, she vaguely felt her body was nearing its limit, so she proactively stopped.
The Shop Owner had sent her the forging blueprints for the week that morning, so she could use her rest time to study them.
Yan Changfeng walked out of the training ground. As long as freshmen completed their training for the day, their remaining time was theirs to command. She wanted to find a quiet place to enter the Star Net Space.
She asked a senior student for directions, and the girl pointed her toward a path.
“What’s over there?”
“The school library. Just swipe your card to enter.”
Yan Changfeng reserved a single study room in the school library. When she arrived at the door of the study room, she found several students who looked like upperclassmen gathered near the entrance.
In an instant, a script of upperclassmen bullying the weak played out in her mind. She raised an eyebrow. “And you are?”
The tall guy standing at the front, over 1.8 meters tall, suddenly slapped the person next to him. “Didn’t you see you’re blocking the junior student’s way? Hurry up and move.”
The person who was slapped didn’t get angry; he rolled his eyes at the tall guy, then lowered his head and forced a smile at Yan Changfeng. “Sorry, Junior, I didn’t notice you just now.” His attitude was extremely sincere.
Then, the whole group leaned back, leaving a path for Yan Changfeng, looking very much like a welcoming ceremony at certain hotels.
Yan Changfeng walked into the study room in silence. After sitting down in the chair, she took another bag of Nutrient Solution from her pocket space.
She wanted to grow taller.
…
Two people stepped out from behind a row of bookshelves adjacent to the study room, and the tall guy’s group immediately swarmed around them.
“Brother Pei!”
Pei Shaoyang enjoyed being the center of attention, but Chu Shixu, beside him, frowned.
The tall guy scratched his head helplessly. “Senior Chu is here too.” Then, at a signal from Pei Shaoyang’s eyes, he immediately led the others out of the library.
“I’ll need some time to get the remaining two books.” Chu Shixu stuffed the books in his hand into Pei Shaoyang’s and asked casually, “Who’s the person borrowing books from you? I’ve never seen you so invested in someone else’s business.”
Pei Shaoyang: “A little junior whose brain isn’t very good. He’s even in your major.”
Chu Shixu: “A freshman?”
“Yeah. When you meet him, have him treat you to a meal.”
“No need.” Unlike the warm-hearted Pei Shaoyang, Chu Shixu didn’t like wasting time on unimportant people. If it weren’t for the fact that he and Pei Shaoyang were teammates, he wouldn’t be here helping him find books now.
Watching Chu Shixu leave, Pei Shaoyang raised an eyebrow but said nothing.
He used his light brain to send a message to “Trash Picking,” but seeing no response for a long time, he clicked his tongue. “He couldn’t still be on the training ground, could he?”
…
After logging off the Star Net Space, Yan Changfeng found a message from Brother Wo Ri from an hour ago.
Fuck Your Dam: [Little Trash, I’ve gathered the books you wanted, but there are two more that will take a while to get. I’ll just give them to you after your freshman assessment is over. When we meet then, I’ll introduce a friend to you.]
Trash Picking Emperor 097: [Thanks, Brother Wo Ri. Happy Cat.jpg]
Yan Changfeng typed that line almost through gritted teeth.
She could tolerate being called “Trash Picking” before, but how could there be a nickname even more unpleasant than “Trash Picking”?
On the way back to the dormitory, Yan Changfeng couldn’t help herself and sent another message to Fuck Your Dam.
Trash Picking Emperor 097: [Brother Wo Ri, change the nickname. Crying Cat Head.jpg]
…
The next day, on the way to the training ground, Yan Changfeng heard familiar mechanical sounds while passing the Mecha Combat Department’s training field. She stood still for a few seconds, then immediately turned around.
Due to the nature of the major, the Mecha Combat Department was allowed to use mechs during the freshman assessment, but the mechs provided were all the most basic primary mechs. The mental power level requirements weren’t high; as long as one reached D-class, they could be piloted.
However, the duration they could be piloted was limited, as D-class mental power was only enough to maintain control for a short time, so it wouldn’t break the balance of the assessment.
Yan Changfeng stood at the entrance of the playground, her eyes fixed on the rows of blue and white training mechs.
Aside from the Mecha Combat Department, other majors actually used mechs too, but most were defensive mechs intended only for survival on the battlefield. And while her Individual Soldier Department would