Chapter 181
At two o'clock, Mei Qingyu glanced at the thousand students in Class 6 of the lecture hall and walked to the podium.
The new kids in Class 6 of the Fourth Military Academy verbally criticized the original Class 6 for being brainless and only listening to Qin Su, but their actions betrayed their words. Following the rumor that Qin Su liked to sit in the first row on the far left, they gave up the first row.
As for themselves, she could guess from the two phenomena that "the new (Class 6 and the old (Class 6 members sit in a messy alternation" and "the strong ones with a little fame are the closest to Qin Su" that, although she did not see them, the "new (Class 6 members" and the "old (Class 6 members" had engaged in fierce competition for the "closest position to Qin Su".
She didn't know much about the temperaments of the original (Class 6 members, but she had taught some of the new (Class 6 members before, and several of them were children she had watched grow up. How could she not know what kind of bad temper they had?
Those who didn't accept defeat willingly should sit in the back, unless they've taken the wrong medicine.
Upon seeing the teacher, suppressed excitement rang out one after another.
"Teacher, you've finally arrived!"
"It's an analysis, right, teacher? Right, right?"
"Please, teacher, it has to be this way. Otherwise, your dear student will shatter completely during the analysis class, to the point where it can never be put back together."
"To be honest, teacher, if it's for analysis, could I take a picture? Of course, I don't mean anything by it, I just want to take a picture of my cool pose during the task, and I definitely won't take any pictures that can't be posted."
"+!"
[You've confessed, but it seems like you haven't completely confessed. Are you sure you really want to film yourself? I don't even want to call you out on it (covers mouth and chuckles)]
[Unlike me, I would never make such an unreasonable request, because I can just watch it directly—the superiority of a esteemed comic book Viewers.]
[The teacher, speechless, wondered: Is there no trust left between teachers and students?]
In less than thirty seconds, Mei Qingyu's head was buzzing from the noise. She didn't bother to pay attention, sat down, rubbed her ears which were bothered by the chattering, and connected her Optical Brain to the recordings of Team 1 and Team 2 from 66F Zone that morning.
Judging from the short essays and "trophies" she saw at noon, she is no longer the teacher she once was. She understands that she shouldn't listen to what they say, but rather observe what they do. She will no longer be fooled by their mouths, which claim they can cover up anything, no matter what.
A few seconds later, the video recordings from Team 2 1 transmitting, and Mei Qingyu then looked down at the students below.
"Quiet."
After the sound disappeared, Mei Qingyu said, "Taking photos is allowed, but recording videos is not. You all understand what can be released and what cannot, right?"
Qin Su is a natural radiant being. He has never kept a low profile since entering the Zerg Fourth Military Academy. The StarNet is full of videos, photos, and discussions about him. Moreover, Qin Su is not a member of the secret service and can appear in public.
She doesn't need to be so strict, and the school is happy to see that.
With Qin Su present, the Fourth Military Academy's recruitment and publicity efforts didn't need any effort at all; they simply reached their peak.
Although next year's enrollment has not yet begun, Mei Qingyu can already foresee that countless people will choose the Fourth Military Academy because of 'Qin Su'. The quality of the new students recruited in previous years is absolutely incomparable to the quality of next year's new students in every aspect.
"Clear!"
The students' deafening noise nearly lifted the roof off.
The school's confidentiality regulations are automatically sent to each student's Optical Brain on the day of enrollment, and everyone is aware of these regulations.
Although the incident at noon caused quite a stir on the StarNet, the pictures they posted only showed their loot and photos with their faces and body features obscured.
The original (Class 6 belonged to the Zerg Fourth Military Academy. When they entered the school, they never thought that one day the Zerg would reach the point where they need to be farmed for large-scale consumption.
During their time at the Zerg Fourth Military Academy, their personal information and appearances had already been exposed several times. Although they had covered their faces and body features according to the school's current regulations when they were posted, their original personal accounts could no longer be followed. Also, because "Qin Su" had a higher profile than the others, the current cover-up was like the emperor's new clothes, and he could still be recognized at a glance.
The past cannot be changed, and the school has not prohibited them from posting personal blogs again. Even if the students of the original (Class 6 are recognized, they pretend not to see it and continue to block and post.
Anyway...
When Qin Su first entered the Fourth Military Academy and chose Class 6), he was determined to eliminate the Zerg and make the Zerg Military Academy a thing of the past. At that time, he did not care about their "unruly and boastful" nature, which indirectly proves that Qin Su intended to keep them exposed to the world from the beginning and did not need to keep it a secret.
"Alright." Mei Qingyu patted the table. "Let's start with Team 1 now."
Instead of starting with Team 2, Mei Qingyu saw obvious disappointment on everyone's faces, but remained unmoved and started recording Team 1.
Mei Qingyu adjusted her position to the side, and a clear image unfolded some distance from where Mei Qingyu was sitting.
"Come, let's take a look at the various challenges and achievements of Team 1 and some members of Team 1 2 this Assassination operation, and see what we can learn from them."
Although everyone had expressed their displeasure earlier, once the recording was turned on, they stopped arguing and watched the screen intently, nodding occasionally as they listened.
As Mei Qingyu analyzed the situation, she wrote down the strengths and weaknesses of each Team 1 in each level on the right-hand side screen facing all the students.
The scene quickly shifts to the chaos created by Raymond.
At the time, the group involved only knew that after they got through that hurdle, they had very few belongings left, which meant that when they faced their Assassination targets later, they lost absolute firepower support and had to make do with whatever they had on hand.
Without sufficient weapons, the outcome when facing a robot Assassination a target was predictable. They had to painstakingly use the large objects within the space, such as manually dismantling tables, sculptures, and other items that weren't welded to the ground tracks after discovering that the items in the room were movable, and smashing them one by one against the robot.
Facing them, who were almost unarmed, the robots' speed and defensive capabilities could easily overwhelm them.
Finally, after being relentlessly attacked, they carefully analyzed the robot's weakest point, selected the location, and attacked that point with the only weapons they had brought in. They then smashed that point so many times that it caused a bug in part of the robot's process, allowing them to take the opportunity to pin the robot down and bury it in the ground, thus winning this point.
If the items in the room are welded to the ground, and without firepower, even robots can't get close, they are very likely to lose.
The thought of the suffering they would endure later, with Raymond being the biggest culprit, and Raymond even... dissing them, made them glare at Raymond repeatedly.
Mei Qingyu gave Raymond an approving look. "Raymond, you did a very good job."
With just a few words and the simplest language, they attacked the enemy's weaknesses, provoking their anger and easily throwing the scene into chaos. This not only bought time for their teammates who were elsewhere to advance, but also slowed down the enemy, allowing them and their companions to take advantage of the confusion.
Raymond stood up, glanced at Qin Su's retreating figure, and said to the teacher with composure, "Thank you, teacher. I will try my best to do better next time."
'It's his fault for being so bad; he only managed to grab a spot far from the Class Monitor's back, so far that he couldn't even see the Class Monitor's face. I wonder if the Class Monitor will even smile when the teacher praises him?'
Raymond's eyes didn't escape the scrutiny of the people present, all of whom wanted to kill him and had wronged him. His eyes nearly rolled to the sky.
'All they do all day is try to curry favor with Qin Su and make their dishes look good, how despicable!'
Mei Qingyu zoomed in on several images of Raymond, specifically looking at the group from the Fourth Military Academy who looked defiant.
When they saw clearly what Raymond's hand was doing in the video, their eyes burned with fury as they looked at Raymond.
'Good heavens, so that's when Raymond switched them!'
If the teacher hadn't specifically taken a screenshot and circled it, they would still be guessing which jerk switched the code at which stage.
God knows what they were doing during the weapon assembly phase, when they pulled out the disassembled weapons from what they thought were well-hidden places—whether it was a doorknob that had been removed, a screw that came from who-knows-where but was definitely not from a weapon, a broken piece of wood... or some other random junk that triggered their redemption... no, their rage!
The worst thing was a pair of pink socks that had been crumpled up to disguise the original place where the rope was supposed to be, which made them so angry that they fainted on the spot.
So it's all Raymond's doing!
Facing the glares of hatred directed at him, Raymond grinned smugly. "Hehe."
He enjoys the feeling of them disliking him but not being able to actually hit him. It's exciting. After all, many of these people have joined Class 6 and privately diss them for not being worthy of standing next to the Class Monitor.
Mei Qingyu pretended not to notice the tension and continued her honest analysis, "I believe everyone has already realized that Raymond's most commendable act was that, to avoid 'stealing' too thoroughly from you in the chaos and arousing your suspicion, he deliberately stuffed things that were easily accessible and not much different in size or shape from the stolen items back into their original places. This made you unaware at the time and lower your guard until you were shocked to discover that the items had been Steal the Heavens and Change the Sun when it came time to assemble them."
"Raymond's small actions had a huge impact on the final Assassination."
Let's give Raymond a round of applause.
As soon as Mei Qingyu finished speaking, Qin Su ignored the looks others were giving Raymond and, impressed by Raymond's clever and thoughtful actions, raised his hand and applauded.
Slap, slap
That's why they're classmates; they both have a penchant for doing these kinds of things to their rivals.
Slap slap--
The students of Class 6) were proud and followed Qin Su with their heads held high, clapping their hands until they were red.
Seeing that Qin Su was clapping, the group from the Fourth Military Academy slowly raised their hands and began to clap as well.
'I'm really impressed. Qin Su is so good to the people in Class 6. No matter what they do, Qin Su always takes the lead and agrees with it.'
As the applause subsided, Mei Qingyu looked at Raymond's smiling face and then at the group from the Fourth Military Academy, her expression suddenly turning serious.
"You have the nerve to be dissatisfied? What exactly are you unhappy about? If I remember correctly, this kind of thing was taught to you before you even entered the school. Raymond comes from the Zerg Fourth Military Academy, where they didn't teach this. Raymond, a newcomer, learned it all on his own. What are you doing?"
"After passing through so many checkpoints, you didn't even think to check it?"
"Are you that confident in yourself?"
"If you're so confident, why did you break down so easily and cause chaos because of a few words from Raymond?"
Mei Qingyu bombarded them with questions, and those who had experienced the situation at the time lowered their heads in embarrassment.
They were indeed very confident, thinking that dealing with the Zerg Fourth Military Academy students who had not undergone the same systematic training as them would be a piece of cake, as easy as eating and drinking.
Who knew that Class 6 would put on a show of 'wild punches killing the master' for them? They naturally knew that Raymond did it on purpose, but... they couldn't help it, they just couldn't help it.
It's not unjust for me to be scolded by the teacher now.
Mei Qingyu timed her anger perfectly, controlling it as she scolded and pointed out the problems until she had done so, then switched the scene to continue.
Adhering to the principle of impartiality, Mei Qingyu continued as before, having the members of both teams take turns being reprimanded, searching for the mistakes made by the members of Team 2 and looking for the outstanding performances of Team 1 in the videos of Team 1's challenges.
Hearing that even though Raymond had a brilliant performance, the teacher didn't show any favoritism towards Team 2, the members of Team 1 felt reassured once again.
Five hours of strategy time was too long, and frame-by-frame analysis wouldn't be finished this afternoon. Therefore, before she transmitted the strategy videos of the two teams into her personal Optical Brain, the retired experts specially hired by the Fourth Military Academy for this course had already edited the 'key points' to shorten the five-hour videos of each team to one hour.
After an hour, the analysis of Team 1's "walkthrough strategy" was completed. Mei Qingyu gave everyone ten minutes to scan the problems and solutions she had analyzed into their Optical Brain. The scanning process took less than a second, but in reality, it was to give everyone a ten-minute break.
Mei Qingyu had been doing this kind of analysis and explanation for decades. She could basically figure out any problem at a glance without having to think too much. After a short break of only a few minutes, she turned her attention to Qin Su.
During the analysis, her gaze occasionally swept over Qin Su with a clear purpose in mind.
As everyone knows, there is probably nothing in this world that Qin Su cannot do.
But every time she observed Qin Su discreetly, Qin Su showed no impatience whatsoever. He watched the video patiently, just like the other students, his gaze fixed on the questions she pointed out, and he listened attentively to her explanations.
Qin Su's Optical Brain wasn't displayed, so she couldn't see whether Qin Su had scanned or not. However, based on her interactions with Qin Su, she instinctively judged that Qin Su would scan regardless of whether he needed it or not.
The scan was finished, and Qin Su, who was integrating his own findings with those of his teacher, said, "..."
Why is the teacher keeping a close eye on him?
If it weren't for his slight anxiety and repeated confirmations—and even more confirmations three seconds earlier that his Optical Brain hadn't switched to a mode visible to others— Qin Su would have suspected that his teacher had caught him secretly multitasking on his Optical Brain and writing an analysis.
Everyone sees things from a different perspective. Teacher Mei, from a teacher's point of view, provided him with a lot of ideas, which was helpful for him, who was used to "putting himself in the shoes" of others. After confirming that he had not made any mistakes, Qin Su focused his attention on his Optical Brain again, making room for his brain capacity to record the "challenge" of Team 2 later.
Based on Team 1's pace, Team 2's analysis should also take about an hour, barring any unforeseen circumstances.
The Fourth Military Academy's fixed end time for classes is 6 PM, and the analysis should finish around 4:30 PM, leaving more than an hour until then.
Changing the Assassination target and going through the process again as it did this morning is clearly not enough, but doing only the final steps is definitely sufficient.
Another one. Based on the combat strength he observed from Team 1's video and their four extra members compared to Team 2, he'll have to soak in the medical Regenerative Repair Fluid for more than two hours when he gets back... and he needs to hurry up and finish the cleanup now.
That way, I won't have to think while in pain later.
The scene was too horrific; he refused to let it happen.
Mei Qingyu was certain that Qin Su had activated his Optical Brain to handle something important, as he was so serious that he didn't even glance at anyone.
Ten minutes passed in the blink of an eye, and Team 2 began analyzing the video.
After taking things too seriously in the numerous analyses, people instinctively sought to amuse themselves, and their attention was easily drawn to Jeffrey's antics, leaving them speechless.
"Military Academy, we're Military Academy, how could anyone... spend tens of thousands of Star Coins just to make a fake butt and wear it to class every day? Is your (Class 6 really that... weird?"
"What nonsense are you talking about? What does Jeffrey's actions have to do with our (Class 6?"
"It's all Jeffrey's fault; he ruined our Class 6's reputation."
"Um... Besides Qin Su, does anyone else in your (Class 6 have a good reputation? You're so arrogant that everyone hates you, yet you think you have a good reputation outside?"
"Whose reputation gets ruined in this way? Shouldn't you reflect on why you're so narrow-minded and petty?"
"Forget about fake butt pads or anything, just tell me if they work or not, and whether you've been fooled or not!"
"... the port is blocked."
"I can't hold it in anymore."
"Huh? Why are you all arguing? Why isn't Jeffrey, the person involved, saying anything?"
"What did you expect him to say? He originally just didn't want Qin Su to know, but now, not only does Qin Su know, we know too, and soon the entire StarNet will know. If you were in his shoes, would you still be in the mood to speak? For Jeffrey now, nothing in the world is more important than digging a hole and burying himself, don't you think, Jeffrey? Of course, of course, I'm definitely not jealous that Jeffrey can afford a butt pad worth hundreds of thousands of Star Coins!"
"Hey!" Raymond defended his childhood friend from afar, "Du Lin, you can fool others, but don't fool yourself. You like smelling your own feet, at least Jeffrey won't smell them after wearing them!"
"If I hadn't habitually disguised myself with something else to avoid being discovered when I Jeffrey's things, I wouldn't have casually switched them with your Team 1 and amazed you. In a way, Jeffrey contributed to my success in Team 1! Can you still laugh at Jeffrey now?"
Jeffrey, engrossed in cosplaying a quail with his head down and face covered. "..."
Is this something to be proud of?
Raymond defended him well, but don't try to justify it next time. Hasn't he embarrassed himself enough already?!
Qin Su: "..."
Can these... be converted?
Calling Raymond a talent is an understatement; he's practically a genius. I wonder if Jeffrey likes Raymond's calculations? Too bad he didn't have eyes in the back of his head and missed the first glimpse.
Mei Qingyu remained silent. She was also shocked by Jeffrey's anxiety about his physique in front of Qin Su, which was revealed in his speech. She silently lamented the generation gap between herself and the young people once again.
Jeffrey peeked at Qin Su through his fingers.
As the 'cause', Qin Su remained neither sad nor happy, showing no interest in gossip or looking at him, which secretly relieved Jeffrey.
Although it was embarrassing, the only consolation he could feel was that the Class Monitor had no interest in such gossip.
After a minute or so of excitement, Mei Qingyu continued to switch screens to analyze the situation.
Team 1 assumed that the Zerg Fourth Military Academy personnel, lacking specialized training, would be inferior to them in many aspects.
The fact is, more than an hour has passed since the analysis began, and it is true that the people from Class 6 are inferior to them in many aspects and are unfamiliar with each other, whether in the videos of Team 1 or Team 2.
However, many things surprised them.
For example, students from Class 6 can calmly pass through a certain checkpoint without looking to the side, amidst a scene deliberately simulated by war, with severed limbs and the Corpse Odor, and freely search for clues to pass the checkpoint on the corpses.
For example, they can lie in wait in places so filthy they're practically indistinguishable from sewers and cesspools, quietly waiting for their chance, without the slightest disgust or aversion.
They can fire without any psychological burden, even at enemies completely disguised as humans.
They were even more skilled than the others at Weapon Disassembly.
At first they were watching with smiles, but later they stopped laughing.
They seem to be... the joke.
They belatedly realized why Class 6) had said those things to them when they saw the checkpoint rules before the Assassination began.
No wonder Qin Su liked the original (Class 6. They had more experience fighting against the Zerg than the people from the Fourth Military Academy, and they also had a certain understanding of what they were learning. It was obvious that they had spent more time learning than the others. The rumors about (Class 6 on the StarNet were never what some of them were guessing out of jealousy and malice. They were not fake or a show.
Mei Qingyu clearly noticed that the people from the Fourth Military Academy looked at the original (Class 6 students with a different seriousness. Whether it was the Fourth Military Academy or the parents behind these newly joined (Class 6 students, they all placed their bets on Qin Su. Qin Su had a special feeling for the original (Class 6, and she was happy to see this change.
Glancing at the playback progress bar, seeing He Muzhi group of four stopped in front of the final checkpoint, Mei Qingyu pressed pause. "Next, let's see how to Assassination a troublesome officer while ensuring the area is cleared."