"To leave the most lasting first impression on each other, our company, at the request of each school, specially designed an escape game to enhance friendship for all students participating in the eight-school exchange program. We wish all 160 students present a pleasant experience!"

As soon as I entered the game, I heard this devilish voice.

The escape game was a pleasant experience.

Yes, it was a very magical experience.

The key point is that Mingmei realized that the voice was actually recorded by her uncle himself!

The devil's whispers!

Even Satan's blessings couldn't be more profound.

In this game, she'll be the player.

The afternoon before the eight-school exchange meeting, the whole class was notified to enter the designated game "Star Battle Royale" at 6 p.m. sharp.

"They're still on the starship, and they're already so eager to get into the game. Are they even human?"

"We're about to pass by the Andromeda Nebula, and I even made plans to see it with my friends. This is just... well, it's a disaster."

"Ugh, this is so annoying. It started on the way here? I need to catch up on my sleep. Who wants to build friendships with them?"

When Mingmei opened her eyes, she saw the earthen-yellow ground beneath her feet, and all the people standing around her were unfamiliar faces.

A group of people stood in twos and threes, complaining or chatting. She looked up and saw a light blue transparent light shield directly above her head. Mingmei looked around the area it covered.

They are now a large group of people confined to this area.

Outside the bright light, a military fortress could also be seen.

Could that be the actual area where they played their game later?

As she lowered her head in thought, a voice suddenly called out from behind, "Meimei~"

When Mingmei turned around, she saw Lu Xiaoyao standing behind her. Before she could even say hello, Lu Xiaoyao simply clung to Mingmei like a sloth.

"Wow! This is the first time I've played the same game as Meimei! I'd recognize your back even if you turned to ashes!"

Lu Xiaoyao spoke excitedly, completely unaware that the corner of Mingmei's calm and composed lips twitched almost imperceptibly.

If you could recognize her even if she were reduced to ashes, why couldn't she loosen her stance every time she was selling boxed lunches?

Did you go live today?

"No, they said we couldn't do live streams when they gave us the notification today," Lu Xiaoyao replied quickly, "because they were afraid of revealing the whereabouts of students from other schools."

This year's exchange between the eight schools was held on the Imperial Central Star. Apart from their own Central Military Academy and Second Military Academy, the other three and four military academies were located in different star regions, not to mention the four military academies of the Federation, which were even further away.

To prevent accidents along the way, Lu Xiaoyao naturally wouldn't allow live streaming, even though everyone was playing games together. If someone leaked their whereabouts and location coordinates, attracting something like the Zerg, the consequences would be severe.

"By the way, where are the rest of our class?"

Mingmei looked around and saw only unfamiliar faces; she didn't see Mu Chen or Lu Gui either.

"Let's look for it then~"

The two searched together, and soon they saw Mu Chen, who had come looking for them.

“Our class is all over there. Also, because each of the eight schools only sent 20 people for the exchange program, our class didn’t have enough people, so the school took five more people from other classes.”

Before leading Mingmei and the others to meet up with their own class, Mu Chen gave them a heads-up.

"Which five?" Lu Xiaoyao asked curiously.

"They're all acquaintances, don't worry." Mu Chen smiled, then looked at Mingmei and nodded secretly. They were all old acquaintances he had met in the game.

When they arrived, they found that the Zhen brothers, Wang Wenfei, Hu Yue, and Bai Xiao were indeed present.

"Wow, you guys also participated in the eight-school exchange program? Why didn't you let us know beforehand?"

As soon as Lu Xiaoyao saw that everyone there was a familiar face, she went up to them and struck up a conversation.

"I was notified right after my final exams. I was so busy telling my family I'd be home late, who remembered to notify me?"

Deliberately teasing Lu Xiaoyao, Mingmei greeted everyone and then joined the fun from the sidelines.

Upon hearing this, Lu Xiaoyao immediately became unhappy and started chattering nonstop, leaving Mingmei, Bai Xiao, and the others completely unable to get a word in edgewise!

After a long while, Wang Wenfei finally managed to interject, "Lu Xiaoyao, your classmates seem really strange."

"ah?"

Hearing Wang Wenfei say that her classmates were strange, Lu Xiaoyao was completely confused. She had been listening to Lu Xiaoyao rambling on and on, while glancing at her other classmates standing nearby.

It's just so aloof.

The Central Military Academy has two types of student uniforms. Students usually wear a black uniform for regular classes, while those taking physical training or firearms classes wear silver-white combat uniforms.

They were all dressed in silver-white combat uniforms, standing there straight like rows of icicles, constantly radiating cold air and warning everyone, "Don't touch me."

The pressure emanating from that overflowing spiritual power was quite frightening.

Moreover, although they were standing together, they were all silent, their eyes were blank and they did not make contact with each other. If they were not dressed in the same clothes, who would be able to tell that this group of people were a group?

Even now, people around them can't help but cast curious glances at them; they've really attracted too much attention this time.

Nineteen people were talking to Lu Xiaoyao alone _(：3」∠)_

No wonder Wang Wenfei finally felt the atmosphere was too strange and asked a question.

"No, everyone is just a little slow to warm up. There are too many strangers here, so everyone is a bit uncomfortable."

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