The crowds coming and going around him were an eye-opener for Qingyang.
Without exception, they were all commanders, and some of their physical features made Qingyang feel especially familiar.
Black hair and brown eyes—despite countless rounds of genetic optimization, their unmistakable hometown aura remained recognizable.
The commander cadets around him were not displeased by Qingyang's scrutiny. Some of them even smiled back at him.
Qingyang found the hall in the center of the city and submitted his battle record data and talent grades.
He caught sight of the Kyushu Republic guide beside it and casually opened it.
As his gaze moved downward, Qingyang grew increasingly bewildered, to the point that he could hardly believe what he was seeing.
"Looks like that kind of story where a transmigrator turns the tide and leads their civilization to greatness won't be happening to me."
The Kyushu Republic was one of the Alliance's Four Super Nations.
Its territory was too vast to describe, and its various genetic talents had been optimized generation after generation.
The proportion of commanders was far higher than in nations outside the Super Nations. Commander Academies belonging to Kyushu could be found everywhere throughout the Star Net World.
Even the most ordinary Commander Academy in Kyushu would still count as an elite academy elsewhere.
As for Magic Sea Academy, which was considered an elite academy even within Kyushu, it was a place coveted by rookie commanders from countless nations, even from the other three Super Nations.
Naturally, the number of commander cadets was terrifying.
Especially since T5 was the graduation requirement; after years of accumulation, the current student population was naturally even more enormous.
Once a nation reached the level of a major power, its population had to be measured in quadrillions. They did not lack commanders, which was why the militaries of major powers were basically all Starfleets.
Besides, more than half of the Starfleet Commander System was artificially created. Could it be called a strategic system if it could not be mass-produced?
What the Star Sea Human Alliance lacked were commanders with high talent and powerful abilities, not commanders in general.
As for Espers and Ancient Martial Artists, given the Alliance's technological level, anyone could become one. However, truly powerful ones were far fewer than commanders.
Just among citizens of the Kyushu Republic, everyone was born with two green individual talents: Resilient Body and Nurturing Qi, Calming Mind—one an Esper ability, the other an ancient martial art.
On that basis, citizens with all kinds of high-grade talents emerged one after another. Everyone truly had the potential to become a dragon.
After roughly browsing through it, Qingyang clicked his tongue. Since it was only a guide, it had not gone into detail, but the general information alone was enough to set one's blood boiling.
"I'm really curious what strategic systems those Powerful Civilizations capable of waging war against the Alliance have. The battlefields there must be unimaginable too."
[Cadet—Qingyang (86868)] [Assessment: Outstanding Cadet (T8)] [Please collect this month's basic resources—2k Star Points, Mental Potion ×10 (T8), Gene Enhancer ×10 (Tier 2), 500,000 Alliance Coins] [Additional resources (Outstanding Cadet)—Blue Star Weapon ×1, Star Crystal (Blue) ×6]
Holy shit?!
He received a Blue Star Weapon the moment he enrolled? And he could directly raise it to max stars?!
What deep pockets!
Other than deep pockets, Qingyang could not find any other words to describe it.
After confirming the collection of the resources, Qingyang opened the academy panel.
Besides various functions such as forums, team invitations, and mission invitations, there were quite a few other functions as well.
The ones that interested Qingyang the most were the various theoretical command lessons and virtual battle observations.
The virtual battle observations were all commander battles that had truly occurred. Cadets could observe them from the perspectives of spectators, crew members, or the commanders involved.
Theoretical command sounded simple enough, but after opening it, he found tens of thousands of courses and theoretical materials.
Combined Naval Artillery Reaction (I) <The Timing and Situations for Using Special Warship Skills>.
Every single one was extremely lengthy, with data accurate to five decimal places.
After a moment of silence, Qingyang still purchased some of the most commonly used theoretical knowledge, intending to read through them slowly when he had time.
Finally, he turned his gaze toward the virtual observations, his face full of excitement.
"It's free too?!"
[Please select commander (name), fleet tier (not exceeding T5)] [Full observation, excerpt observation, intense battle observation]
"Excerpt. Choose randomly!"
A truly intense battle would inevitably last days or even months. It would not be unusual for one to last years.
Who knew how long it would take to watch the whole thing?
[Confirmed. All selections random. Observation beginning.]
Time flowed noticeably faster during virtual observation. After only five minutes, Qingyang's virtual avatar reappeared at Magic Sea Academy.
After staring blankly for several seconds, Qingyang came back to his senses. "Good lord, those transparent glass warships were actually that powerful? They destroyed four T6 Fleets in a single salvo!"
The observation he had just watched was a small-scale conflict with a Hostile Civilization. The Alliance had assembled more than a hundred T6 Fleets.
The other side had tens of thousands of oval warships, each ten thousand meters in diameter. They were completely transparent, with no visible equipment or living beings inside.
After memorizing the appearance of those transparent warships, Qingyang exited the Star Net World.
His consciousness returned, and Qingyang stretched his muscles for a while.
Then he spotted a spherical spacecraft flying alongside the ship outside. It had no detectable energy level, yet it had entered the subspace route midway.
It even followed the Brilliant Moon Battleship at full speed with apparent ease.
[Alliance Logistics: You have an item. Sender: Kyushu Magic Sea Academy.]
A message suddenly popped up on the control room panel.
"Kyushu Magic Sea Academy?"
Guxue looked at Qingyang in surprise, a trace of envy appearing in her eyes. "That's the nation I want to visit most. Our Tianxing is even an allied nation of Kyushu."
Guxing was not surprised in the slightest. With the ability Qingyang had demonstrated, no Commander Academy would refuse him.
He reminded Qingyang, "If you maintain outstanding battle results after graduation, you'll also have a chance to obtain a Kyushu Republic visa and citizenship."
Even an Epic Commander could not easily obtain citizenship in a Super Nation.
Once one obtained it, one would become a Starship Commander of a Super Nation and be directly connected to the relevant institutions of that Super Nation.
Qingyang nodded to show that he understood, but inwardly he thought that holders of the Kyushu Soul Meridian seemed able to join directly?
They would even be legitimate direct-line citizens.
After receiving the goods, Qingyang watched in stunned silence as the logistics spacecraft tore through a layer of space and leaped into a space filled with dazzling streams of energy.
Dark Space, a region whose intensity far surpassed subspace.
Traveling one light-year within it was equivalent to advancing ten million light-years in the main universe. Only a T6 Fleet could possess the ability to warp through Dark Space.
The technology in this logistics spacecraft was this ridiculous?!
What he had learned in a single day surpassed everything he had learned in his eighteen years of life!
After recording Alliance Logistics' communication code, Qingyang eagerly looked toward the Star Weapon.
[Star Weapon: Dark Space Warp Engine (standard issue, can be Datafied)] [Quality: Blue (Zero Star)] [Basic Effect: Dark Space Warp. Generates a protective membrane during warping (Datafication function), granting immunity to most environmental threats in Dark Space. Maximum speed (travel speed in Dark Space): twice the speed of light]
It had only one basic effect, but that effect made Qingyang extremely delighted—ecstatic, even.
Extremely high long-range mobility! Absurdly high long-range mobility!!
Right, there were Star Crystals too!
Without hesitation, Qingyang used all of the Star Crystals.
The maximum speed of the basic effect rose to eight times the speed of light, while an additional effect also appeared.
[Additional Effect: Fleet ship travel speed +24% (effective before T6)]
"Not bad, not bad." Qingyang grinned from ear to ear.
The other three Star Weapons had not made him this happy. After all, the effect of this Star Weapon had such an overwhelming immediate impact.
Qingyang put away the panel, his heart surging with excitement.
"Then next, it's time to prepare to build the first Chichen Battleship!"
There is no need to focus on Commander Academies. They will not be described repeatedly; they are merely tools for providing resources and triggering the plot.
—Chapter 23 begins involving the main storyline.
Also, don't discuss whether it is reasonable or not. This is a fantasy novel wearing a sci-fi skin, which is why I published it as a light novel.
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