Apply to a School

Meanwhile, Teacher Wu Feng quickly made arrangements for the aftermath. All the remaining children's Awakening Tests were moved to tomorrow.

The unexpected incident had frightened all the children. Delaying it until tomorrow gave everyone time to recover.

"Zhou Yi, Qin An, you two come with me."

Teacher Wu led them to a rest area off to the side. The crowd had already dispersed, while the principal stayed glued to the researchers, watching them repair the Awakening Pod as quickly as possible.

The enormous plaza suddenly felt empty.

Teacher Wu Feng had retired from the military at forty-one due to an injury and returned to his home planet to teach. Since Qin An and Zhou Yi had enrolled, Teacher Wu had been their homeroom teacher.

"Qin An, your talent Star Weave is the sun. Let alone in our D-Class Star Block, even in an A-Class Star Block, that would be rare. Don't waste such a good talent. Go home and discuss it properly with your parents. You must attend a mech school in an S-class Star Block, understand?"

Eighty percent of children who entered mech schools in S-class Star Blocks eventually joined the military. Their futures were bright.

"Yes, Teacher, I understand. I'll discuss it properly with my parents when I get home and strive to get into Huabang Military Academy!"

Huabang Military Academy, Pulitzer Military Academy, and Meg Military Academy were known as the Alliance's three great military academies. All were ultra-S-class military academies located in S-class Star Blocks.

Many of the Alliance's current officers and generals had graduated from those three schools, forming different factions through their alumni connections.

"Good. You've got ambition. Teacher believes you can do it!"

Teacher Wu Feng patted Qin An on the shoulder.

"You go home and discuss it with your parents first. Teacher wants to speak with Zhou Yi alone."

Qin An hesitated and glanced at Zhou Yi. He wanted to stay and comfort her, but he also understood that, as someone with a Sun Star Weave, staying here would look like showing off no matter what. After thinking it over, he answered and went home first.

"Zhou Yi, the Awakening Pod malfunctioned today. It scared you, didn't it?"

"I'm fine, Teacher. It was just a little hot inside."

Having just received a wave of free energy and successfully activated her third star point, Zhou Yi was in an excellent mood as she replied with a grin.

"Fine. Are you coming again tomorrow? You need to know your Star Weave before you can apply to schools."

"No, Teacher. I already have my answer after coming out."

Zhou Yi revealed the star-point pattern behind her neck.

"One point, just like my dad."

Zhou Yi spoke lightly, still smiling, without the slightest sign of disappointment.

Teacher Wu Feng had learned of Zhou Yi's family background from the principal. He knew this student had always been diligent and hardworking, a child with goals and dreams. He had only wanted to keep her behind to console her because he feared she would not be able to accept it.

Yet the little girl was cheerful, looking even happier than Qin An, who had awakened the sun.

"Good. Seeing that you have such a good mindset puts Teacher at ease. Go home and eat."

Teacher Wu Feng tried to pat Zhou Yi on the head, but before his hand landed, he saw the layer of grease and grime on her hair and naturally withdrew it.

Teacher Wu Feng: Kind smile.jpg

Zhou Yi: ...Yep, today was definitely a day of social death.

Zhou Yi returned home, only managing to greet her parents before rushing into the bathroom.

Water resources on Planet D71 were scarce, and not every household bathed every day.

But today, Zhou Yi decided to indulge herself and take a long, thorough bath!

After bathing to her heart's content for half an hour, Zhou Yi finally felt clean.

After getting dressed, Zhou Yi used her Star Brain to pay fifty Star Coins toward the household water bill. Her half-hour bath had used as much water as the family normally used in a month.

"Come eat once you're done bathing."

There was one last meal's worth of dried insects left from yesterday. Tang Zhen called her daughter to eat.

At the dinner table, the couple did not ask about their daughter's talent at all. They only asked which school Zhou Yi wanted to attend.

"How about Huadun in neighboring D72? It's your dad's alma mater. If nothing else, I guarantee you'll have a happy three years there!"

All mech schools waived tuition fees. As long as one had high Star Power and strong abilities, there were even generous scholarships available.

Huadun was a D-class mech school, one of the worst of the bunch.

Yet Zhou Yi agreed immediately.

"Sure, let's go there. I'll apply as soon as I get back to my room."

Just like that, the school application issue that gave every family a headache was settled in Zhou Yi's household in three seconds.

Zhou Yi had heard her parents talk about Huadun Mech School since childhood. It was not only Zhou Jiang and Tang Zhen's alma mater, but also the place where they had met.

For Zhou Yi, since she did not want to reveal her talent too early, it truly made no difference which mech school she attended.

After returning to her room, Zhou Yi quickly found Huadun's application page on her Star Brain and submitted her personal information.

For her talent Star Weave pattern, she entered stars. Calling that the worst talent would not have been wrong.

"Would even Huadun reject me?"

Zhou Yi touched the exposed star point at the back of her neck. She had compared it carefully; it was even a little smaller than the normal star pattern, impossible to notice without looking closely.

Everyone had to truthfully fill in the results of their Awakening Test when applying to schools. After all, schools tested Star Power every year, and the talent Star Weave would naturally be visible during those tests. There was no way to hide it.

Still, after Zhou Yi clicked submit, she felt a little embarrassed. She scratched her head, thinking that if Huadun rejected her, she really could not think of a worse school to apply to anytime soon.

Ding~

A message arrived on Zhou Yi's Star Brain.

Looking down, she saw that Huadun had accepted her application.

Only a few seconds had passed. Huadun's response was far too fast. Zhou Yi seriously suspected they had approved her without even reading her information.

Of course, that was indeed the case.

D72 Star Block was not much better than D71, a Star Block that was rapidly collapsing. Even people from its own Star Block did not want to go there, let alone people from elsewhere.

After failing to recruit enough students for several years in a row, the Alliance had issued a final ultimatum: if Huadun could not fill its enrollment again, it would be shut down.

Thus, Huadun, which had once possessed a shred of standards, completely let itself go.

As long as anyone applied—no, even if they were not human—they would be accepted.

Zhou Yi: Just how bad was this school? Huh? They even wanted me?

She even regretted applying to Huadun so rashly. Even if she had already decided to become junk, she should have struggled a little first.

If Huadun's admissions teacher knew what Zhou Yi was thinking, they would definitely curse her out. We didn't reject you, and you still have the nerve to reject us! Mind your own business!!

System, don't be in a hurry. You'll have it once you get to school!

Huadun was not such a simple trash school, you know~