"Director, what is Planet Golden Bridge Operation?" Lancelot asked in a low voice, standing next to Steel Tiger in the crowd.
Just now, after a brief consideration, Vice Dean Louis agreed to Steel Tiger's public request to allow Lancelot to participate in Planet Golden Bridge Operation.
But Lancelot was a little confused; he had never heard of this operation.
Steel Tiger chuckled, took out his communicator, and sent the relevant information to Lancelot, letting the latter review it himself.
Lancelot curiously turned on the communicator, and detailed information about the Planet Golden Bridge Operation came into view.
In recent years, on many of the Crimson Alliance's colonized planets, a force called the "Chosen Ones" has become increasingly rampant and domineering, constantly committing various acts of terror, including blood sacrifices, massacres, and attacks on government institutions, which has greatly angered the Alliance, prompting them to decide to launch a sweeping operation across all domains.
The codename for this overall operation is [The Scavenger], and Planet Golden Bridge is just one of the planets covered by this operation.
It's worth mentioning that Lancelot's original immigration contract designated Planet Golden Bridge as his destination.
This is a low-magic planet, recently developed by the Alliance. It is sparsely populated, with various Transcendent monsters roaming the wild, as well as a large number of native intelligent creatures.
For the Alliance humans who have adapted to modern society, it can be described as an absolute Savage.
Dissatisfied with the Crimson Alliance's military conquest, a significant portion of the native inhabitants of Planet Golden Bridge joined the Chosen Ones, causing their influence on Planet Golden Bridge to grow continuously.
Furthermore, the Ashes Organization, known as a dimensional scourge, has provided the Chosen Ones with substantial support, including intelligence and resources, making them even more difficult to deal with.
[Scavenger Operation] is a large-scale joint sweep mission led by the Alliance military and the Department of the Extraordinary, with the support and cooperation of the intelligence department.
Many Transcendent academies also joined in, sending students to take on related tasks.
Infinity, Radiant Sun, Constellation, and Holy Sword are the elite of the organization's second-year students. After selection, they are to be deployed to Planet Golden Bridge to cooperate with the military's operations.
Lancelot was unaware of this operation because he had not been included in the operation's list by the academy's higher-ups.
After all, the second-year students from the four academies participating in this operation were at least at the Tier Six, and there were four with Tier Seven combat power.
In the eyes of these school leaders, Lancelot was not strong enough to participate in such an operation, because his last action was during the opening exam.
At that time, Lancelot was only at the Tier Five combat level.
To the astonishment of many school leaders, Lancelot's combat strength had jumped two major ranks in just five months.
They even directly crossed the vast chasm between High-Rank Transcendent and Mid-Rank Transcendent, advancing through all the levels, only to stop at the 409th step.
It's important to know that a combat power level of 409 corresponds to the Lower Tier Seven, which is still among the top in the second-year student group.
You are absolutely qualified to participate in the Planet Golden Bridge Operation.
That's why Vice Dean Louis agreed so readily, and other school leaders didn't object.
Otherwise, these leaders wouldn't be convinced by just the title of "Joint Entrance Examination champion."
"Participating in this operation will earn you military merits, and each merit can be converted into one academic credit."
Furthermore, the Department of the Extraordinary directly opened the highest-level resource library, and with military merits, one could exchange for almost any resource within the Alliance.
"As long as I accumulate enough military merits, I can collect the remaining three Legend- quality Bloodline Potions from the [Tree of Life] in one go. What a great opportunity!"
Lancelot's eyes shone brightly, like two dazzling lamps.
"According to the information, in five days, the four academies will travel together to Planet Golden Bridge on a spaceship. Before departure, I need to prepare some combat equipment. Although the Steel Feather Cloak is both offensive and defensive, it's still too monotonous to have only one piece." Lancelot pondered to himself, then picked up his communicator and started checking his credits.
He wanted to see how much profit he had made from completing the challenges, since purchasing equipment also required credits.
What Lancelot found gave him quite a shock.
Credits remaining: 28052.
"So many?" Lancelot's hand trembled, almost dropping the communicator, his heart pounding.
Thank God, this is the first time he has reached five figures in credits since entering the academy.
"No way? The rewards for conquering the Holy Sword Tower shouldn't be this high. Could it be that I completed some Achievement Ranking task...?" Lancelot frowned. Could it be that the credit system is malfunctioning?
After checking his credit details, he suddenly realized that he had guessed correctly.
"As expected, I completed the task on the Achievement Ranking and received the reward of academic credits. However, I didn't expect the reward to be as much as 20,000 academic credits." Lancelot gripped the communicator tightly.
The achievements on the Achievement Ranking are often quite obscure, only displaying the rewards for some of the more well-known achievements.
For example, achieving the Legendary rank before graduation will earn you 100,000 credits.
Other achievements are only listed briefly with basic information, and the rewards are somewhat vague in order to prevent students from being too eager for quick success and disregarding their own abilities in order to achieve the goals.
While rapid progress and unwavering determination are important, a steady and cautious approach is also essential for going further.
"Besides the 20,000 achievement rewards, of the remaining 8,000-plus credits, over 3,000 were earned after reaching level 300. The last part, excluding my own remaining credits, was all transferred from that guy Raquel..."
The current huge gain of over 28,000 credits is a combination of achievement rewards, Holy Sword Stairway rewards, gambling profits, and remaining credits.
"What a windfall!" Lancelot exclaimed, overwhelmed with emotion. With these nearly 30,000 credits, there were so many things he could do.
Besides the academic credits, the increased privileges also delighted Lancelot.
At this moment, his authority has been raised to level 9, which in the military is equivalent to the rank of lieutenant colonel.
Just as Lancelot was overjoyed with his rich harvest, as time went by, the students from the three academies who entered the Holy Sword Stairway gradually slowed down their progress.
Soon, the first student, with a furrowed brow, stepped out of the Holy Sword Stairway; he came from the Radiant Sun Academy.
Leike glanced around, and when he realized he was the first one to come out, his expression turned even uglier.
"I only made it to step 317..." Leike lowered his head, his fists clenched, his confidence severely shaken.
He couldn't help but turn his gaze to Lancelot, who was holding the communicator and grinning foolishly, and clearly perceived the enormous gap between them.
The opponent had climbed a full 409 steps.
The two are 92 steps apart.
Keep in mind that Lancelot is only a first-year student; he enrolled two years later than Lancelot.
At that moment, Leike suddenly understood how those of his age, whom he had easily surpassed, felt.
The diversity of the world is not only found in others, but also in ourselves.
"Outstanding talent... heh..." Leike chuckled self-deprecatingly. After a long while, he exhaled deeply, his eyes regaining their firmness, less manic and more composed and resilient.
In the distance, the leaders of the Radiant Sun Academy who were secretly observing him nodded in approval upon seeing this.
For these geniuses, failure is not necessarily a bad thing. As the saying goes, there are always people better than you, and there is always something beyond your understanding. Only those who can recognize their own limitations can go further.