Chapter 148
In this unfamiliar environment for the Class of 26 of students, the students from the other 19 classes of the Class of 26, whether their submission to Qin Su was genuine or feigned, were too embarrassed to speak freely and openly in front of Qin Su like Class 6). In terms of actions, they followed the example of Class (Class 6) and walked towards Qin Su.
In the vast venue, the students from the ten classes of the Class of 24 cohort arrived one after another. They saw the students from the 20 classes of the Class of 26 walking or running towards Qin Su from all directions. When they were a certain distance away from Qin Su, they spontaneously kept their distance without Qin Su saying anything.
Qin Su walked past them without glancing to either side. The closer he got to the Class of 24 graders, the more people appeared behind him.
When Qin Su was only three steps away from Zhou Qian, the Class Monitor of Class 1 of Class of 24), a spectacular scene unfolded with Qin Su at the head and a group of people standing behind him.
Class of 24: "..."
Compared to them, the Class of 26 seemed much more well-trained and united. Due to various reasons, including their own circumstances, those between classes, and the school, their relationships were either cold competition or conflicts of interest, let alone between classes. They had never had a class like Qin Su's, where a single call elicited a hundred responses... No, Qin Su didn't even need to 'call'; a hundred responded.
Not to mention that after going through fierce internal struggles to obtain the role of 'leader' in other classes, they have no other thoughts about the people in those classes, they just coldly require them to carry out their orders.
Time was of the essence, Qin Su didn't have time to look around. Regardless of the expressions on the faces of the people from the Class of 24, he stood firmly in front of Zhou Qian with a clear objective.
Zhou Qian didn't know what Qin Su, the "Head Class Monitor," wanted them to do together today. Even though she was from a higher grade, she didn't intend to speak up because of her seniority. She accepted the bet and waited for Qin Su's instructions.
Qin Su timed it perfectly; exactly nine o'clock, the announcement signaling the start of morning classes rang out.
After quietly listening to the end of the class bell, Qin Su, who had become the 'Head Class Monitor', knew that he no longer needed to abide by the default rule of 'confrontation', and said directly, "Senior Zhou, from now on, all students from the 20 classes of the Class of 26 will be divided into Team 1 and classes (11) to (20) forming Team 2."
In order to show his humility to the Class of 24, Qin Su only divided the Class of 26 into 20 classes, and the team division rules followed the habits of the Class 1 of Class of 24), dividing them into two camps in the initial stage.
"Receive."
"Yes."
After the almost perfectly synchronized sounds, Qin Su heard the sound of footsteps moving behind him.
Qin Su hadn't expected his students to be so obedient, so much so that even the eight classes he hadn't worked with before cooperated fully, pausing their voices when necessary and waiting for the students behind them to finish dividing into teams.
For the honor of the Class of 26 and to avoid disgracing Qin Su, the large number of students in the 20 classes of the Class of 26 did not prevent them from working together. They quickly formed two teams behind Qin Su, centered on him, and automatically followed Qin Su orders.
The moment the assignments were completed, He Muzhi's voice rang out. "Reporting, Class Monitor, Team 1 has finished its group assignments."
Then came the same report from Team 2.
Qin Su: "... Hmm."
His classmates are so kind; he didn't even need to listen to the footsteps to judge.
Suppressing his emotions, Qin Su finished with an "Mmm" and looked at Zhou Qian: "You will be in charge of assigning students to the 10 classes of the Class of 24, Senior Zhou."
After finishing speaking to Zhou Qian, Qin Su Zhou Qian shifted his gaze from her to the other students of the Class of 24 who were supposed to listen to him next. He deliberately lowered his tone and said in an unquestionable voice, "Team division complete. Team 1 and Team 2 will now merge."
Regardless of the expressions on the faces of the other students in the Class of 24 after hearing his 'domineering' words, Qin Su finished speaking and looked directly at Zhou Qian, who should have been dividing into teams at this time.
There was absolutely no intention to risk asking, "Do you understand?"
Among the 20 classes in the Class of 26, apart from Class 6), many classes had cooperated with him and benefited from him. With Class 6) taking the lead, they would not let their pride be tarnished. The Class of 24 lost to the lower cohort, and they were more or less resentful and might not be able to answer with words like "I understand".
He would rather have the Class of 24 cohort think he was ruthless and dictatorial than create a suffocating and embarrassing situation for himself where no one from the Class of 24 responded to him.
Given the feud between the Class of 26 and the Class of 24 that arose yesterday, there is a high probability that there is a competitive spirit between the two classes. If they don't want to 'lose', the Class of 24 will probably quickly divide into their own teams after the team assignments are completed.
Class of 24: "..."
Despite their superior status, Qin Su remained assertive, clearly only informing them and not intending to listen to their opinions or concerns. He blatantly declared that he, Qin Su, didn't care.
Seeing Qin Su meet her eyes again, Zhou Qian naturally assumed from Qin Su's previous words that Qin Su was exercising his authority as the 'Head Class Monitor' to assign her a task. She nodded and said, "I understand."
Zhou Qian quickly said to the students behind her, "The 10 classes of the Class of 24 will also be grouped according to class order. The top five classes will automatically be assigned to Team 1, and the bottom five will be assigned to Team 2."
"Yes!"
Feeling strange because of Qin Su's indifferent attitude towards them, the Class of 24 graduating class was more united than ever before, and their voices were unusually loud.
After responding, they quickly separated, and then the same report as before, from the Class of 26, rang out.
With fewer people and having already anticipated the actions of the Class of 26, they were able to separate and report more quickly than the Class of 26.
' Qin Su is the one who has the lowest opinion of them, yet cares about them the most. They can't afford to give up on themselves and let Qin Su look down on them.'
Zhou Qian was caught off guard by the sudden increase in volume behind her, which startled her so much that her heart skipped a beat. A black line appeared on her forehead. Then she saw the students from the Class of 26, divided into two teams, all of whom frowned slightly and quickly moved toward the position behind her.
Class of 26: "..."
'They're just taking advantage of having fewer people so it's easier to gather. What's so great about that?'
Not entirely convinced, the Class of 26 seized the opportunity and, while the Class of Class of 24 still stunned after their report, they swarmed in, following Qin Su's instruction to 'integrate,' and joined the assembly based on the Class of 24's Team 2.
"Reporting, Class Monitor, fusion complete."
After automatically joining Team 2 of the Class of 24, the Class of 26 members, facing Qin Su, spoke in unison, led by He Muzhi and Rong Qingyi.
Class of 24: "..."
'Damn, that was a miscalculation!'
"..."
For some reason, seeing this scene, the word 'competing for favor' flashed through Zhou Qian's mind.
[Class of 26: Watch out for the Class of 24, we'll only perform once (doge)]
[Class of 26: You think you can get past us? Dream on!]
[What's this? Proving to Qin Su through concrete actions that the Class of 26 loyal dogs is still the best?]
Qin Su: "... Hmm."
'He doesn't care; at this moment, even the Heavenly King himself has arrived, and they're rushing towards each other.'
Qin Su maintained a calm demeanor, but inwardly he was overjoyed. He spoke to Zhou Qian in a casual tone, "Over the next three hours, I need to make some modifications to V-207. For now, training will proceed as you instructed, Senior Zhou."
Not wanting to be rejected by Zhou Qian, Qin Su quickly added, "I believe no one is more familiar with this model than you, Senior Zhou, in how to treat each of them equally. Thank you for your help."
On the surface, it seemed that he needed to prepare for other things, which was why he handed over the morning training to Zhou Qian.
In reality, on the one hand, he only saw the data he had collected and organized, and had not personally witnessed the state of the ten classes of the Class of 24 during training. He wanted to see it for himself and have a clear understanding of the situation. On the other hand, he could use the excuse of 'reform' to leave for a long time with a clear conscience and would not be suspected of disappearing without cause.
Zhou Qian still assumed this was an order from Qin Su and nodded, "Okay."
Whether Qin Su's subsequent "I'm sorry to trouble you" was sincere or not, Zhou Qian felt comfortable with Qin Su's decisive and cold yet polite demeanor.
With his goal achieved, and with class time approaching in the Real World, Qin Su didn't waste any more time. He nodded to Zhou Qian, then turned and strode away.
Before leaving, Qin Su placed a miniature recording device at the V-207 training ground to ensure that even if he was not in the Comic World, he could clearly understand the process upon his return.
After watching Qin Su's departing figure disappear from sight, Zhou Qian turned to the students of the thirty classes. "Did you all hear what Qin Su just said?"
Everyone nodded in unison. "We heard that."
"Very good." Zhou Qian's smile vanished instantly. She skillfully controlled the robotic arm to descend, stepping onto it to survey the scene. "Team 1, listen up..."
--
Qin Su arrived at the equipment room needed for the modification, temporarily sealed the room for one hour, disabled all equipment, took off his outer clothes to reveal his inner clothes, and spent his Life Points to return to the Real World at the designated landing point.
Hearing the sounds coming from not far away, Qin Su breathed a sigh of relief, stepped out of his hiding place, and naturally entered the crowd to head to the classroom.
Upon suddenly seeing Qin Su, those around who recognized Qin Su and were also following the comic couldn't help but look at Qin Su.
Although the names were the same and the sense of déjà vu was strong, they quickly noticed that Qin Su's current clothing style was completely different from that on today's Comic Update page. Everyone became even more convinced that the comic artist must be hiding around Qin Su, using him as inspiration for their creations.
--
Comic World.
"Hey..." Taking advantage of a break, Chris spotted Raymond, who seemed more approachable, and whispered the question everyone was curious about.
"Hmm?" Raymond asked, puzzled.
Chris: "Hey, I heard you're the best at figuring out Qin Su's thoughts in Class 6, and you're right nine times out of ten. Do you know how Qin Su plans to modify the V-20?"
So much time has passed, and Qin Su hasn't reappeared. What kind of transformation would require him to leave for so long?
"... Don't inquire too much about Qin Su's affairs." Touching on his blind spot, Raymond skillfully used his words.
He would rather die than admit to an 'outsider' that he really didn't know about this.
Chris: "..."
As expected of people from Class 6, they don't want to talk when they don't want to, and they're all the same when it comes to giving perfunctory answers.
After Raymond finished speaking, seeing Chris's resentful gaze, he felt he might have gone a bit too far. Since he genuinely didn't know, he could only offer a friendly reminder: "Don't think about these things. Just know that whatever our Class Monitor wants to reform, it will be equally applied to all of us; none of you will be left behind."
They haven't shared the good times, but they're likely to share the bad.
"Really?" Chris was a little touched. It seemed that although Qin Su didn't care about the Class of 24, he would still put on a show.
"Of course it's true, you should be prepared."
Class Monitor gets 'brutal,' it doesn't matter whether the student is from the Class of 24 or Class of 26.
"Ha?"
What good thing could possibly require mental preparation? Chris began to look forward to it, thinking about how the classes that had previously collaborated with Qin Su had all benefited greatly.
Such a good thing should naturally be shared with the other classmates. Chris moved back to his classmates and relayed Raymond's message to them.
"What? Qin Su appears indifferent, but in his heart he already considers us the same as the group from the Class of 26 '?"
"Of course, Raymond said it himself. Raymond's record is verifiable, how could it be false?"
"Pass the word: Qin Su isn't showing up now because he has a big surprise for us this afternoon."
"Damn it, less than an hour has passed! I'm so anxious!"
"I'm really looking forward to it! So, when we face the Class of 26 graduating class, should we be a little more polite?"
"Of course, although I don't understand why Zhou Qian put people from the two years together as opponents, they are indeed stronger than us in one-on-one combat, but they are no match for us in terms of command. This caused the group of people they commanded to have a mental breakdown because they lost because of their command. Is Zhou Qian deliberately trying to make us offend the Class of 26?"
"Bullshit! If you don't understand, don't talk nonsense. This is indeed the style of our (Class 1. How could it be that our Class Monitor did it on purpose? Didn't you hear what Qin Su said when he handed everyone over to our Class Monitor? The implication was clear: Qin Su knew our Class Monitor's training habits, and Qin Su handed over command to our Class Monitor precisely because he knew and agreed with them, OK?"
"Hey, don't get worked up, we were just saying."
[Family members, is that what Raymond meant?]
[Ah... according to Qin Su's methods, it should actually be 'fright', right?]
Be confident, that's it.
--
After the 45-minute lesson ended, Qin Su returned to the Comic World. Instead of rushing to leave the closed, empty room, he first activated the miniature recording device he had left in V-207 and watched the nearly one-hour lesson recording on multiple speeds.
During the observation, Qin Su opened the Optical Brain page, and based on the new content discovered in the actual course, he opened the training plan he had written before, occasionally making appropriate adjustments according to the actual situation.
In less than ten minutes, Qin Su quickly reviewed the transcript. It was not hard to see that among the 20 classes of the Class of 26 cohort, apart from students who were naturally talented in command and interested in it, the other students, under Zhou Qian's training strategy of 'giving every member a chance to command,' were, at the current pace, completely outmatched by the Class of 24 Class of 26 being overwhelmed.
Even among students who initially had a good relationship, failure due to a 'command' error will not only lead to mutual resentment but also a gradual blow to their self-confidence.
This was unavoidable for someone from the professional Class of 24 Command Class; since it couldn't be avoided, he could only...
Qin Su recalled what Raymond had said in the biography, "..."
This time, Raymond really got lucky and guessed his thoughts correctly.
Having decided on what to do in the afternoon, Qin Su turned off the video and had the robots carry the list of modification equipment he had thought of the night before onto the Transport Mecha. He put on his original clothes and left the equipment room with the Mecha and the robots that would be used to modify V-207 later.
The control staff in charge of the equipment warehouse saw Qin Su come out and were curiously about why he had stayed inside for so long. But when they saw the 'vast' Transport Mecha and robots behind Qin Su, their minds went blank, and they forgot what they were going to say. Their eyes almost popped out of their sockets.
"Hello." Qin Su, feeling guilty, calmly displayed his outbound inventory list, "Outbound registration."
He knew he had taken far too much stuff, but that wasn't his fault. It was because V-207 was simply too large. To achieve the same effect as the list he had compiled of all the planets under Federation jurisdiction that were still infested with Zerg, that much stuff was needed.
Qin Su raised his hand and tapped the metal skin in front of him twice, deliberately increasing the force to make a sound and bring the other party back to their senses.
Hearing Qin Su's indifferent tone and the cold tapping sounds, the staff member mistakenly thought Qin Su thought he was making a fuss, so he quickly raised his hand and pulled his chin back, saying stiffly, "... Okay."
It's no wonder he did that. As a relative of a teacher at the Fourth Military Academy, he had been here for over twenty years and this was the first time he had ever seen someone take so much stuff from the equipment warehouse at once.
If the other party wasn't Qin Su, who possessed everything, he would suspect that the other party was there to rob everything, pull off a big heist, and then escape from the Fourth Military Academy.
Originally, he had to manually check and write down the inventory list when the goods were shipped out, but now that Qin Su has provided the list, he no longer needs to record everything.
He quickly turned on his Optical Brain to scan and register, but before he could even see the list that had been copied onto his Optical Brain and was longer than his life, the staff member hurriedly said, "All done."
"Thanks."
After completing the registration, Qin Su thanked them and then turned to walk towards the Transport Mecha and robots who had gone ahead of him.
"You're welcome." Watching Qin Su's departing figure, the staff member felt as if needles were pricking their chair, and couldn't sit still any longer.
Qin Su's figure hadn't completely disappeared from his sight yet, and he dared not move rashly, for fear that Qin Su would turn around and grab him.
They endured until Qin Su was completely out of sight, then the staff jumped three feet high and rushed into the equipment warehouse.
Although he had anticipated the ransacked state of the place, he still took a deep breath before requesting a video call with Aiseboer.
"Uncle, my dear uncle, look, look, look!"
As soon as the video call connected, Aiseboer saw the empty warehouse shelves on the other end of the screen and frowned. "?"
"Who the hell steals until they're old...?"
Aiseboer was interrupted before he could finish speaking, "Qin Su just took them all away at once!"
"... On another note," Aiseboer immediately swallowed back the words that were about to spill from his throat, decisively changing his tone, "What are you making such a fuss about? This is just Qin Su's basic operation, is it really necessary to report it to me?"
"Let me tell you, even if Qin Su changed the name of the Fourth Military Academy, it's still a great job, understand?"
Before his arrogant nephew on the other end could speak, Aiseboer abruptly ended the video call.
"???"
Is this his uncle, who has no other interests but is always stingy?
Who cares? I've already reported it. If anything goes wrong, it won't be his fault.
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V-207.
After a ten-minute break, during the start of the second round, students from all thirty classes saw Transport Mecha and various types of robots enter the arena, followed by Qin Su.
"!"
With so many items, it takes a long time to check each one before they leave the warehouse. No wonder it took so long to arrive; it makes perfect sense.
Qin Su entered without glancing at anyone whose gaze fell upon him, seemingly unaware of their stares, and proceeded to operate the robot to modify V-207 according to the modification plan.
He had already said that the three hours in the morning belonged to Zhou Qian Zhou Qian, who held a leadership position over the thirty classes. If he spoke up now, it would not only contradict his own words from this morning, but it might also make Zhou Qian think that he didn't keep his word.
Seeing that Qin Su didn't seem inclined to speak, Zhou Qian understood that when Qin Su said he was entrusting it to her, he truly meant it.
Regardless of why Qin Su did this, she could interpret it as Qin Su's approval of her training methods. In order not to betray Qin Su's trust, she had to use these short three hours to let the students of the 20 classes of the Class of 26 have a basic experience of the training content and style of their Class 1 of Class of 24.
"What are you looking at? Snap out of it!" Zhou Qian's voice was stern, and everyone quickly turned their gaze away from Qin Su.
With Qin Su around, the Class of 26 graduating class, who had previously been 'complaining,' remained silent and behaved themselves no matter what happened.
Noticing that everyone's gaze had shifted away from him, Qin Su relaxed slightly. While inputting commands into the robot to modify it, he continued to observe everyone he could see without making a sound.
The remaining time passed quickly, and Qin Su's modifications were completed as planned, allowing him to leave V-207 thirty seconds ahead of everyone else.
Upon hearing Zhou Qian announce the disbandment, everyone looked in the direction Qin Su had left, and those who had been holding back their words for so long could no longer help but start chattering.
"Phew... I was suffocating."
"So you Class of 26 are like this too. I thought you were used to it."
"It's impossible to get used to something. Every time Qin Su is around, even though I know he has absolutely no chance of noticing a nobody like me, I still feel like he's sitting on my Qin Su. The pressure is immense."
"Same here, but what is Qin Su planning to do with all this this afternoon?"