Five days later, Liang Ji returned to the City Education Bureau. A staff member led him straight to a courtyard on the bureau grounds.
Other students were already waiting there. Once everyone had arrived, Director Zhang of the City Education Bureau showed up.
His face was as stern as ever, though a smile hung on it. He smiled at everyone and said, "This opportunity is in the Penglai Star Domain, some distance from Sky Snake Star. I'll be taking you there, and the journey will take a few days."
As he spoke, he formed a hand seal. A streak of starlight shot out and manifested in the air as a gigantic Star Gate.
Then a colossal shape flew out through the Star Gate. It was a battleship tens of thousands of zhang long, floating in the sky like a small island.
A beam of light shot out from the battleship and landed in the courtyard.
Director Zhang smiled. "Welcome, everyone. Feel free to look around my flagship, the 'Qianji Seven.'"
As he spoke, he walked right into the beam of light. His body rose into the air and flew into the battleship.
The Education Bureau staff accompanying them also entered the beam and boarded the battleship.
The students looked up at the enormous battleship and started chattering excitedly. Some of the more well-informed ones began listing the popular battleship models in the Star Alliance, but Director Zhang's "Qianji" class battleship clearly wasn't among them. He had probably developed it independently with his Vassals.
Independently developed battleships like this often had special capabilities and greater combat strength.
At that moment, Zhang Liangpu, who had placed second in this Second Mock Exam, had already entered the beam of light and boarded the battleship.
The other students boarded one after another. Liang Ji