Jiangzhong Military Command has set up ten assembly points in Jiangzhong Second Province and Jiangdong First Province, so that all new students can choose for themselves.

In theory, all new students must take the school bus from the assembly point to the campus and are not allowed to go to register on their own.

Upon arriving at the freshmen assembly point in Jiangzhou, a young man in military uniform was already waiting there.

"Hello, I'm a freshman this year," Shen Qian said as he walked over.

"Hello, could you please show me your ID card and admission notice?"

The young man looked up at Chen Qian and said seriously.

Shen Qian handed over the file bag. The young man took it and looked at it. He then looked up in surprise, his eyes filled with intense curiosity and inquiry, as well as an excitement that Shen Qian couldn't understand.

"You are Shen Qian?"

"It's me."

Shen Qian was prepared for the young man to be treated differently. After all, being a national champion made him famous, and he was afraid that many of the freshmen would have heard of him.

I just hope to avoid unnecessary trouble.

...Although Shen Qian felt that this was a luxury in the world of martial artists.

"There's still some time before this train departs. You can get on the train and wait."

The young man's attitude warmed up considerably, and he invited Shen Qian to sit in a military armored vehicle next to him.

"Sink forward!"

Before Shen Qian got on the bus, the young man couldn't help but call out to him.

"Is there anything else?" Shen Qian turned around, puzzled.

"Hey... you gotta do your best at the entrance ceremony, I've staked everything on you!"

The young man scratched his head and said something somewhat embarrassed.

"What kind of entrance ceremony?"

He was stunned for a moment.

"I can't say more due to confidentiality principles, but I believe in you. Just do your best."

The young man waved.

Since he couldn't get any information out of him, Shen Qian stopped worrying about it, walked into the armored vehicle, and randomly found a seat by the window.

Although the young man didn't say much, Shen Qian guessed that this entrance ceremony was probably accompanied by some kind of competitive assessment, otherwise the young man wouldn't have said those things.

And it is clear that the young man and his companions have also placed some kind of bet, probably against the new students who are enrolling this time.

I just don't know who those people are who are qualified to be listed in the same betting pool as me?

Perhaps it's also Ye Shicong?

Putting aside his wild thoughts, Chen Qian glanced back. The armored vehicle could carry about thirty people, but only four or five were sitting there at the moment.

However, considering that the armored vehicles only run once an hour, it's normal that there aren't many people.

With departure time fast approaching, the engine roared to life, and a shout of "Wait!" rang out. A slightly overweight boy wearing glasses, carrying luggage, squeezed through the door.

Shen Qian didn't know what was in the boy's eight or nine packages, but seeing that the boy was struggling, he still went forward to help.

"Thank you... Oh, it's you!"

After putting the package away, the boy turned around and exclaimed in surprise.

After thinking back for a moment, Shen Qian recognized the boy. It was the same boy who had spoken a few words to him when he went to Fengyun Blacksmith Shop that day.

"I had something to do that day and left early, so I didn't wait until the end. I remember it was you who went into Master Gu's workshop, right? Did she agree to forge weapons for you?"

The obese boy asked eagerly.

"Hmm." Shen Qian didn't dislike the boy and nodded upon hearing this.

"You're really amazing. You actually managed to get Master Gu to help you. That means you've at least got a B+ level psionic weapon."

The boy said enviously, "By the way, my name is Yang Lingjie, from Taizhou City, the third province in the southeast. What about you?"

The boy simply sat down next to Chen Qian and introduced himself.

“Shen Qian, from the southwest.” Shen Qian smiled and shook hands with the boy.

"Shenqian?" The boy paused, "I feel like I've heard that name somewhere before..."

Yang Lingjie tried hard to recall, then shook his head and whispered, "Is your family not well-off? Otherwise, why would you have such a name?"

Shen Qian hadn't expected the other person's thought process to be so peculiar; they hadn't even connected him with the martial arts champion, leaving him somewhat dumbfounded.

"Yes, my family's financial situation is indeed just average."

He spoke the truth before he went to the capital.

"That's great!" Yang Lingjie was excited at first, but then he saw that Shen's expression was strange, so he quickly explained, "That's not what I meant. I meant it's too coincidental. Let me tell you... my family isn't very well-off either."

Yang Lingjie said the next sentence in a low voice.

Shen Qian took another look at Yang Lingjie and quickly believed what he said, because he then noticed that Yang Lingjie was still wearing his high school uniform.

Taipei Second Senior High School... I feel like I've seen it somewhere before.

"However, I have some talent and the school helped me, so my college entrance exam results were pretty good. Sigh, I originally wanted to go to Huawu, but the tuition was too expensive. Jiangzhong Military Academy opened this year and has many preferential conditions. Is that why you came to Military Academy?"

Yang Lingjie confirmed again.

"...I guess so?" Shen Qian said uncertainly.

"We really are the same kind of people!"

Yang Lingjie felt like he had found a companion, and excitedly patted Shen Qian on the shoulder.

With the roar of engines, the armored vehicle started up and quickly left Jiangzhou, traversing the sandstorm-swept restricted area and heading towards Jiangzhong Military Base.

"I heard that Jiangzhong Military Academy's campus is newly built, and the old campus has been closed down. Speaking of which, you know that Jiangzhong Military Academy had an incident before..."

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