Chapter 85 Su Li was also full of confidence about this…

The matter didn't escalate too much, and the students didn't say anything, so Mei Lanru didn't interfere anymore. However, she was still upset. Those students were chosen because they had talent.

Besides physical fitness, being admitted to a military academy also requires sufficient mental fortitude to pilot mechs. In addition to individual mech pilots, mech engineers also need to learn how to operate mechs.

Su Li is an exception.

However, she wasn't the only one who got into the mecha training class through connections; there have always been such cases. But not many people stayed on based on their own abilities.

If a mech manufacturer's mechs are incapable of fighting, they will definitely be eliminated. This concerns the safety of the mech soldiers. Those with connections can enter the preparatory class, but if they fail the final exam, they will still be eliminated.

Mei Lanru had previously thought that Su Li would be eliminated sooner or later. Change is one thing, but three months is indeed too short a time.

However, after spending the last few days with her, Mei Lanru was surprised to find that Su Li's ability to accept things seemed to be even stronger than she had imagined.

After personally testing it, Mei Lanru cursed Bian Shize in her heart again. That bastard almost ruined this child's life.

Su Li felt that Teacher Mei had become increasingly strict lately, so she dared not slack off even more.

Especially after school, thanks to Teacher Jiu's training, she was able to keep up with Teacher Mei's pace and even multitask, listening to the lesson while thinking about other questions.

During the day, I listened to Teacher Mei's class, and at night I listened to Teacher Jiu's class. I asked Teacher Jiu about any questions I didn't understand in class, and those difficult problems were quickly solved.

Teacher Mei sent her all the lessons she had missed and even helped her catch up on them.

This exception isn't unique to Su Li. Teacher Mei is a very responsible teacher, and she will patiently help students catch up on any areas where they are weak.

Although she was indeed very strict, after getting to know her, Su Li realized that Teacher Mei only appeared strict on the outside. In fact, she genuinely cared about every student in the class and was very knowledgeable about everyone's situation.

Su Li is one of the older students in the class, but fortunately, the mecha manufacturing class doesn't consider age. The ability to make good mechas is what matters most.

There are some age requirements for individual mecha soldiers.

The youngest student in this class is only fourteen years old. It is said that he skipped two grades in middle school and has a very strong will.

Originally assigned to Bian Shize's class, this student requested a class change after attending two lessons. He went to Dian Yu's class, attended half a lesson, and finally switched to Teacher Mei's class, which finally settled him in.

She was delayed for several years after her family had an accident after graduating from middle school. If it weren't for her grandmother's friend's help, she might not have even been able to get into military academy.

Su Li felt quite saddened.

When she thinks of Dian Yu, she inevitably thinks of Dian Yue.

I've been so busy with my studies lately that I haven't thought about him for a long time, and I haven't even heard the voice from the half-repaired quantum computer in ages.

In the past, when she was bullied and felt bad, she could only listen to Dian Yue's last words over and over again, as if only in this way could she find the motivation to keep living.

I don't feel the same way I used to. I still think of him occasionally, but I don't feel that same sense of support anymore.

Su Li also locked the quantum computer in the cabinet.

Her grandmother also advised her to find her own motivation to live, since Dian Yue was no longer there and she shouldn't place her hopes on the deceased.

Don't place your hopes on your grandmother. She only survived for a short time because of Su Li's lack of ambition, and she will definitely leave again in the future.

After much deliberation, Su Li concluded that nothing was more suitable as her motivation than a mecha.

Could the mecha she made herself possibly betray her?

One day, she will put her name, Su Li, on every mecha she makes herself.

Xiang Bei was quite optimistic about her ambition.

Whether she's a mecha engineer or a mecha soldier, the main thing is mecha. After giving her eldest granddaughter some encouragement, Xiang Bei continued to urge Tongzi to give Su Li lessons.

May her beloved granddaughter realize her dream as soon as possible.

It was inevitable that she would run into Bian Shize at school. Every time he saw Su Li, Bian Shize would look at her with his dark eyes, sneer when she looked over, and then turn away.

Su Li didn't quite understand what his expression was, but she felt that Bian Shize's appearance now seemed different from the Dian Yue she remembered.

There was something indescribable about him, as if the two of them didn't look that alike anymore, especially the small black mole at the corner of Bian Shize's eye, which seemed to be invisible, making Su Li feel an involuntary sense of rejection towards Bian Shize.

Every time she saw him, he had the same expression. Su Li was happy to think about everything, but she didn't really want to think about why he had that expression, so she simply asked her grandmother.

Grandmother said that his brain had been gnawed by insects and beasts, and told her to stay away from Bian Shize so that he wouldn't infect her.

Su Li listened attentively to her grandmother's words, and kept her distance from Bian Shize every time she saw him. Her grandmother was also quite different from the one she remembered.

She thought that perhaps her grandmother's temperament had changed after she angered her.

Su Li knew what her grandmother had said about Bian Shize; it meant that Bian Shize was mentally ill.

Since joining Teacher Mei's class, Su Li has asked Teacher Jiu to help her catch up during holidays, not daring to slack off at all. Teacher Jiu also helps her catch up on the courses that Teacher Mei sends over, since Teacher Mei really does check on her.

During breaks, her grandmother would tell her stories to help her relax. These were said to be ancient myths that took place on a planet called Huaxia.

Not only is there a powerful monkey born from a stone, but there is also a mythical figure with three heads and six arms, who looks like a child and is transformed from a lotus flower.

Su Li felt as if her brain had been activated, and she even began to wonder if the mecha could be changed.

Humanoid mechs are a common type of mech in interstellar space. So, is it possible for a humanoid mech to have three heads and six arms?

Thinking about this, Su Li picked up a pen and started writing and drawing in her notebook, intending to record her inspiration first.

Whether it can be achieved or not, we'll know once she gets her hands on those materials and does experiments.

Although it's more convenient to record things using a computer, Su Li still prefers using traditional pen and paper. She's just used to it and doesn't get much inspiration when using a computer.

After studying for a month, Su Li almost jumped for joy when she passed Teacher Mei's quiz.

After school, having passed Teacher Jiu's test, Grandmother officially announced that Su Li could relax properly on this day off, and even transferred 10,000 star coins to her personal terminal so that she could spend them.

Looking at the balance in her account, Su Li, having grown accustomed to a life of hardship, could no longer indulge in luxuries. After strolling around the city center, at her grandmother's insistence, she bought herself two new outfits.

It's brand new, not bought from a second-hand store.

Actually, Su Li thought the clothes in the second-hand store were quite nice, but she was even happier because her grandmother felt sorry for her.

After sending the new clothes home, I took the maglev train to the junkyard and collected some scrap metal. Following Teacher Jiu's recent teachings, I tried to assemble it myself.

Teacher Mei's and Teacher Jiu's classes have some similarities, but Teacher Jiu's content covers a wider range of knowledge. It's not that Teacher Mei's teaching is bad, but Su Li always feels that if she could create what Teacher Jiu taught, it would cause a sensation across the galaxy.

She's quite imaginative now, and when she thought of that scene, she couldn't help but chuckle.

After all, he is a future mecha engineer, so he must know how to make mecha.

But using this junk to make a mecha is definitely not an option.

Even if the mecha materials are broken, they won't be thrown into the landfill; they will all be recycled and destroyed.

She had seen mecha materials at a secondhand shop owner before, so he should sell those too. Once she's more familiar with the business, she'll go look for them at the secondhand shop owner's place.

As for the things she found today, she made something else for herself.

She didn't get discouraged by her failures. With Teacher Jiu's guidance, she tried again and again, and finally, Su Li made a car.

She made herself a vehicle, which her grandmother called a bicycle.

The vehicles in StarCraft have two wheels, but they don't look like this. It's easy to get on, but it took her a while to learn how to ride it. They even added two baskets to the back seat so she could put things in and carry them back after picking them up.

This will make it much easier to scavenge things from the garbage dump.

Although the bicycle wasn't particularly stylish, she tried riding it herself and found it quite useful.

It was a bit difficult to pedal by myself, so I ended up buying two energy stones from a secondhand shop owner and installing them. The cheapest energy stone cost a thousand, so two stones would cost two thousand.

Su Li felt extremely distressed.

However, it is still useful; once installed, it can take off immediately.

The problem is that the energy is too low, the takeoff speed is not fast enough, and the altitude is also not good enough.

The advantage is that it's easier than pedaling by yourself, and she can also use her mental power to control the takeoff altitude, just a little distance from the ground.

The two thousand star coins were well worth the money.

The problem is that you'll inevitably need to buy energy stones to build mechs in the future, and even her secondhand ones are so expensive, so wouldn't brand new ones be even more expensive?

Don't worry, as long as you're using it on mechs, Grandma will cover the material costs.

Xiang Bei said in a very extravagant manner.

It's just a small material cost.

Watching Su Li ride around aimlessly on the car she had just made.

Xiang Bei covered her eyes, peeking out a little through her fingers, and couldn't help but smile. "Commander, this is the result of your guidance. The design is so unique."

The system retorted, "Don't you even look at how bad the conditions are? Under these circumstances, it's already quite an achievement that I was able to guide your eldest granddaughter to make this. Host, you should praise me."

Xiang Bei thought Tongzi's words made sense.

Although the design is so-so, it's useful as long as it works.

Although making this kind of vehicle is very different from making mecha, it is still a big step forward.

The system is quite capable as a tutor. Now that Su Li has been studying for a longer period of time, it's clear that Teacher Mei has been taking care of her and even found some materials for intermediate mecha manufacturers for her.

Given Su Li's current situation, as long as she passes the intermediate-level mecha engineer assessment, she can officially become a mecha engineer.

Bian Shize looked at Teacher Mei's concern for Su Li and couldn't help but scoff, "Rotten wood is rotten wood, no matter how you carve it, it will never become useful."

Teacher Mei still remembered how her kindness had been taken for granted, so she wasn't so polite to Bian Shize this time. "You can't compare to Teacher Bian. Once students enter your class, they can learn on their own without needing a teacher to teach them."

The two had a very unpleasant argument, and Dianyu glanced at them but didn't speak up to help either of them.

"Take this and look at it. I'll be checking it in a couple of days." Teacher Mei transferred the information she had compiled to Su Li's personal computer.

"Teacher, is this okay?"

"Why not?" Teacher Mei knew what Su Li was thinking. She smiled and said, "You are my student, and you even made a solemn promise to the vice principal. As your teacher, if I don't help you, who will? I can't possibly tutor other students but not you. Would I target you?"

"Thank you, teacher. I will definitely work hard," Su Li said sincerely to Teacher Mei.

"Keep your thanks for now. You can thank me later after you've completed the task."

"Yes, teacher." Su Li stood at attention and saluted Teacher Mei.

Teacher Mei nodded and continued explaining the mecha course to everyone.

The students glanced at Su Li and then continued the lesson.

During this period, with the systematic guidance, Su Li has been able to keep up with many courses and has even learned some courses ahead of her classmates.

When she asked her classmates questions she didn't understand, they would tell her that Su Li had also made some friends and exchanged contact information with them on the personal terminal.

The systematic curriculum is quite different from what is taught in school, and Su Li needs to combine the two.

Xiang Bei was worried that Su Li might not be able to handle the workload, as she attended classes during the day and continued attending classes at night. Su Li herself, however, was full of energy. She went to the garbage dump and scavenged some scraps, then began assembling them according to her own ideas.

As she progressed in her studies, the parts in the junkyard were no longer sufficient to support Su Li's assembly.

Genuine parts are expensive, so Su Li was naturally reluctant to spend that money.

She could ask her grandmother for it, but she's just a student in the mecha class right now, not even a mecha engineer. If the product she makes isn't good, she feels she won't be able to explain it to her grandmother.

Moreover, Su Li felt a little bad about spending money to install proper parts on her junk.

At this moment, Su Li thought of someone else.

She used her personal computer to contact the owner of the secondhand shop and asked him if he had the parts she needed.

Although she hadn't seen these parts at the secondhand shop owner's place, what if he had them? She could save some money that way.

Su Li was overjoyed to hear the boss say that sometimes she could pick it up, and made an appointment with the boss to pick it up after school the next day.

With the matter resolved, Su Li happily spun around a few times.

She fell asleep while holding her unfinished product.

In her dream, she saw her grandmother. She happily showed her what she had made, but her grandmother seemed to drift further and further away from her.

Su Li was startled awake and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the breakfast on the table.

Thankfully, my grandmother is still here.

After having breakfast, Su Li went to school.

When I entered the school gate, I also saw Ning Ruoxi.

She stepped off her hovercar, glanced at Su Li, and gave a sarcastic smile. "Some people are really overestimating themselves. Just wait to be kicked out of school. Don't cry then."

Su Li ignored her completely. Her mind was full of what she had recently learned. She had run all the way here and didn't notice anyone at all, nor did she hear Ning Ruoxi's sarcasm. She walked straight past Ning Ruoxi.

Seeing her arrogant demeanor, Ning Ruoxi scoffed, "What are you pretending for?"

Thinking about how her fiancé was in a bad mood because of Su Li, Ning Ruoxi was also very irritable.

With less than fifteen days left until the deadline, even Teacher Mei became nervous seeing Su Li so engrossed in her studies every day.

She had taught students for so many years, but this was the first time she had taught a poor student like Su Li.

But over the past few months, she has witnessed firsthand just how hard this student has worked. She is not the kind of bad student she thought she was; she is a promising talent whose potential has been wasted.

She hoped the student would stay.

Su Li was unaware of Teacher Mei's expectations of her. After school, she went to Su's secondhand shop to pick up what she wanted.

The boss glanced at her and noticed that the young woman seemed to have changed a bit each time she came over.

It's a change in her overall demeanor. The first time she came, she was a bit timid, but this time she looks very confident.

"You're a mecha engineer?"

"I'm just a student in the preparatory class for mecha manufacturing. Whether I can become a mecha manufacturer depends on the tests in a few days," Su Li said with a smile.

The boss nodded, didn't ask any more questions, and gave Su Li the parts she wanted.

After paying, Su Li left. She had come by bicycle after going home, put her things on the back seat, and prepared to ride home.

"Wait a minute," the boss called out to her.

Su Li turned around and looked at the boss with some confusion, "Is there something wrong?"

Where did you get this car?

"I assembled it myself."

During this time, Su Li added some things to the original design, making it look even stranger, but it also made it faster to ride, and she quite liked the bike.

This is her first means of transportation.

Su Li plans to improve her bike's speed when she has the chance, so that she can ride it to school in the future.

The boss looked around her car for a while, his expression full of surprise.

Then they asked Su Li how long it took her to assemble it like this.

"It'll be about a month."

The boss looked at Su Li with even greater surprise, as she had only been learning for a little over a month and was already able to assemble things like this.

"I didn't expect you to be so talented."

"It's alright." Su Li was a little embarrassed by the praise.

The boss didn't say anything, and Su Li, still thinking about going back to assemble her own things, rode away on her bike.

The boss stared at her car for a while and sighed, "It's just that the speed needs improvement; it's too slow."

But then I thought about it again, and it must have been quite an achievement for Su Li to have transformed those scrap metal pieces into something like this.

After Su Li rode her bike back, she assembled the parts.

She looked at the system excitedly, "Teacher Jiu, did I succeed?"

The system pretended to look at it for a couple of seconds, but actually disliked its appearance; it was really too ugly. However, given the existing conditions, it could still manage to make it this good, so it nodded and gave Su Li a passing grade.

"Great, you're ready to graduate at this stage. I hope you'll continue to work hard in the next stage."

"That's great, thank you Teacher Jiu. I will definitely continue to work hard."

Congratulations, Little Pear! But don't get arrogant or complacent. Don't forget the promise you made.

“I know, Grandmother, I won’t let you down.”

Su Li hasn't told anyone about this yet; she wants to give Teacher Mei a surprise.

So she listened attentively in class, and the knowledge was already in her mind.

On the day of the formal assessment for the mecha preparatory class students, Su Li was unusually nervous.

Mecha engineers not only need to pass exams, but also have their current sensory abilities tested. Only after passing both tests can they touch the parts of a mecha, learn how to assemble it, and finally create a mecha of their own design.

There's no need to worry about the courses; military academies provide systematic learning.

Upon graduation, the school will issue diplomas to qualified students, at which point they will truly become mecha engineers.

An excellent mecha builder not only needs to be highly skilled in mecha and able to repair them, but also needs to have a certain aesthetic sense regarding the appearance of mechas.

The things Su Li has made so far are indeed very ugly. As the most profitable industry in interstellar space, mecha manufacturing is unlikely to be profitable for her because of its appearance.

Su Li smiled a little shyly.

"I heard that military academies provide materials for students, so I'm sure I'll be able to design some cool mechs."

Military academies cooperate directly with military factories, providing students with some mecha materials. Similarly, if the parts produced by the students are of high quality, they will be sent to military factories for mass production.

It's no exaggeration that mecha engineers can earn money while in school; because they earn so much, the tuition for this major is naturally quite high.

The school will also provide accommodation, which will save Su Li a lot of trouble.

Su Li is also very confident about this.

She entered the examination room. Each student would have a separate room to answer the questions. There was a seat in the room, and they had to wear a helmet. The exam questions would naturally come to mind.

They were just preparatory students, and the exams were all about theoretical knowledge; they didn't need to build the mechs themselves.

Several teachers in charge of the class were waiting outside.

They can't see the students' questions, let alone provide them with any help.

Bian Shize pursed his lips and looked at Su Li's room.

There's a transparent glass panel on the door, so you can see the people inside.

If a student passes the test, a blue checkmark will appear on the glass.

Conversely, if the test fails, a red cross will appear on the glass.

Su Li's fingers moved on the table, and Bian Shize suddenly chuckled.

He felt he knew Su Li well; with her abilities, there was no way she could pass this test. She didn't even know the most basic knowledge.

Bian Shize still remembers that Su Li asked him the simplest question back then.

How could someone like that pass the test in just three months?

Even if it does pass, it must be because Su Li used some tricks.