After the impact, Second Shangjing City fell into a brief administrative vacuum, but everything was quickly recovering.
The student council of the Pilot Academy soon stepped forward.
"...According to preliminary statistics from this unfortunate disaster, twenty-seven faculty and staff members of our academy died, nineteen were injured, and eleven remain missing, including Mr. Calvin."
First came a solemn mourning ceremony.
Every student who could come did so. In their respective classrooms, they listened to the student council's broadcast and mourned the dead... Yet most classrooms were nearly empty. The normally bustling campus now had less than a fifth of its usual population.
"...Please work together to protect our Second Shangjing City. From now on, students who are able are asked to participate in the city's rescue efforts. The student council will assign everyone a support area. Please report there on time."
No one complained. Everyone wanted to contribute to their homeland.
After the brief assembly, the students who had received their assignments began leaving one after another to participate in the city's rescue efforts. They were all junior pilots. Although there was only one Azure Thunder, and more than ninety-nine percent of the students might never board it even once in their lives, they could still operate ordinary heavy machinery with ease.
"I can't pilot God Eater, but I can still drive an excavator!"
At the construction site, a brownish-yellow machine was rapidly moving large stones, helping search for survivors who might have been buried alive.
Although there was only one Azure Thunder, the Pilot Academy had plenty of corresponding training machines.
As Kelolot's pilot, Mei Xi could control the training machine modeled after Azure Thunder with ease... Today, Mei Xi was once again extremely popular.
"Over here, over here!"
On the ground, Senior Yulia held a signaling baton