Chapter 82: Special Training Class for New Students

"Oh... this seat is so uncomfortable. We have to stay here for five days. Only after we arrive at another starport can we transfer to a better spaceship..." Ji Ya sat next to her, chattering non-stop.

"Yaro, look at the rings around the star. Why are they tilted? The last time I went on a trip with my parents, the rings weren't like this."

"Ji Ya..." Yang Yu gently pushed her. Ji Ya, who seemed very excited at first, suddenly pouted and burst into tears. Then she hugged Yang Yu tightly: "Yutou, I... I'm so scared..."

Yang Yu patted her gently, his eyes slightly red, and no one knew what he was thinking.

"Do you want a tissue?" A vaguely familiar voice came from behind the seat.

"No, thank you." Yang Yu said subconsciously, and then his movements stiffened slightly. He turned his head away blankly, tears streaming down his face.

………

Xiaoyun Port is located in the Berna Galaxy, compared to the Ster Galaxy where the Silver Gray Star is located.

The Berna galaxy has two habitable stars and three mineral stars. It is quite prosperous and rich, so it has a large star port.

Here they will transfer to the large interstellar spacecraft "Tamberon", whose configuration specifications far exceed those of the Piccolo they are riding.

Xiaoyun Port has twelve connecting channels and a special extended connecting cabin that fits into the spacecraft's hatch.

The hatch, made up of four inverted triangular metal pieces, opened from the middle and retracted into the wall. Everyone followed the indicator lights and got off the boat one by one.

After five days of sailing, these young boys and girls spontaneously divided into small groups, and the students from different schools had become familiar with each other.

Among them, the highest-ranking ones are seven people from Capital University of Technology, including Li Ming.

There was supposed to be one more person, but they left early and arrived early.

"I've been here before. It seems to have been renovated and is much more advanced." Zhang Huaiyuan looked quite familiar with the place. They passed through a metal archway and there was a display screen next to it showing various data.

After confirming their identities, the device automatically displays the route information, and a small arrow appears under their feet, indicating the direction they should go.

Diplodocus looked around, his movements appearing cautious and careful.

"Next time we board the Tamborine, we'll basically not stop at any port. Apart from three meals a day, the food on the ship is incredibly expensive. If you want to buy snacks, you'll have to buy them in advance." Zhang Huaiyuan said with a hint of sarcasm, vaguely intending to take the lead.

"Liang Long, let's go buy it together." He seemed to see Liang Long's embarrassment and took the initiative to suggest.

"I'm going to buy some nutrient solution." Li Ming said, and Yang Yu immediately said, "I'll go with you."

"Then I'll go too." Ji Ya raised her hand.

"Okay, everyone, stop looking. The two girls have been taken away, and we are the only ones left together." Zhang Huaiyuan spread his hands.

"He is so capable." The fat boy next to him said enviously.

"You guys go ahead, I'll go wait in the waiting room." The expressionless man with glasses left.

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"You bought quite a lot of things."

In the waiting room, Li Ming came back carrying several large bags. Yang Yu and Ji Ya beside him had strange expressions on their faces.

Zhang Huaiyuan took the initiative to greet him and casually asked, "Didn't you two buy anything?"

"Oh, we don't have anything to buy." Ji Ya explained.

"Li Ming bought quite a lot," Zhang Huaiyuan asked curiously, stretching his head to take a look. "They're all nutrient solution."

"What brand? I heard there was a brand recently exposed for adding excessive amounts of cyanamide."

"The brand I usually eat is pretty good, you..." He said, taking a look at the bag, and his face suddenly froze.

"This... purple metal tube, Tamron Technology? E-grade nutrient solution?" Zhang Huaiyuan's eyesight was indeed good, and he recognized it at a glance.

As soon as these words were spoken, the others also looked over.

There is no clear regulation on which level of life forms must eat which level of nutrient solution. It’s just that high-level nutrient solutions contain too many nutrients, which is not good for lower-level life forms to eat.

Zhang Huaiyuan smiled awkwardly and asked in a low voice: "You, you are already an E-level life form?"

"Yeah." Li Ming nodded. These little guys are too young and their thoughts can be seen on their faces.

This guy is called Zhang Huaiyuan. His family is well-off. He has been to many places and is a little arrogant, but he is not a bad person.

Liang Long feels somewhat inferior due to family problems.

On the way, he didn't say anything to these little guys.

Everyone looked at each other in surprise. For an E-level life form, this was too fast.

Especially Zhang Huaiyuan, his family conditions were the best. His genes were completely fixed at the age of sixteen. After another half a year of training, he had integrated the gene seeds before he was seventeen.

But so far, the development progress has just exceeded 90%.

"Is the difference in the rate of developing gene seeds between individuals really that big?" He couldn't help but think, and suddenly felt a little discouraged.

"These must cost a lot of money," Liang Long asked enviously.

"One tube is ten thousand, and these are twenty tubes." Ji Ya answered quickly.

Except for Zhang Huaiyuan, these little guys couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.

These star coins are already quite a lot, but what is more important is that they can be freely controlled by Li Ming at his age.

"The next voyage will be about twenty days. Are you planning to train on the ship?" Zhang Huaiyuan guessed.

Without strenuous activity, higher life forms basically do not need nutrient solution to replenish.

"I'm just sitting around doing nothing." Li Ming said casually. He originally wanted to buy some more development potions, but the E-level development potions were too expensive and he could not afford just a few tubes.

They looked at each other in silence, thinking, "This guy is too arrogant."

They were well aware of the pain of developing gene seeds, and they were planning to relax during the voyage, but they ran into this King of Rolls.

It would be fine if no one had signed up, but now that I know about it, I feel a sense of urgency.

To be able to get into Capital University of Technology, everyone has gone through a period of perseverance.

"Wait a minute, I'll go buy some too." Zhang Huaiyuan said gritting his teeth.

"I'm going too."

"Wait for me..."

In a moment, everyone had left.

"Oh, why are you all going to buy it? No, I have to go too." Ji Ya stomped her feet and pulled Yang Yu away again.

Only Li Ming was left. He smiled and sat down, thinking to himself, "The current development progress is 44%. By the time we get to the capital planet, we should be able to cross the 60% mark. It will be a good time to learn from the "violent bear"."

[Violent Bear] is an ability that can only be learned when the Purple Lightning Bear's gene seed is developed to 60%. It greatly increases its explosive power through bioelectric current.

It can burst out more than twice the power.

He spent 50,000 star coins to buy a copy of the learning techniques for these abilities from the Black Hole Network, which was very cheap.

The people who went to buy nutrient solution came back soon. They sat on both sides of Li Ming and chatted together.

"I heard that this session is a little different from previous ones." Zhang Huaiyuan suddenly mentioned a piece of gossip.

"What do you mean?" asked the fat boy Ge Hong.

"There will be a special training class this time." Zhang Huaiyuan said mysteriously.

"You're talking about that?" The little fat boy said with disappointment. "Don't every class have that? Four classes, they enjoy the best resources, and they even get to exchange ideas with other civilizations."

"That's a key training class," Zhang Huaiyuan emphasized. "It's different from what I said. It's even better than the key training class. All the teachers are professor-level. Professor Wu, who had dinner with us, is said to be teaching as well."

"He hasn't been out for several years."

"Oh?" Li Ming, who was originally listless, sat up straight.

Seeing Li Ming's attention, Zhang Huaiyuan became even more excited: "Ordinary students of Capital University of Technology, although they are also elites in various fields on Blue Star, are not worth mentioning on the interstellar level."

"Every year, a few students from the key training class leave Blue Star Civilization, and only after returning do they become the real big shots."

"This special training class might be even more amazing," Zhang Huaiyuan said with anticipation.

"Brother, forget it. We may be a powerful group on Silver-Ash Star, but we are nothing in the capital." After hearing this, Ge Hong completely lost interest.

"Think about it, it's nothing." Zhang Huaiyuan pointed at Liang Long and said, "Maybe Liang Long can get in."

"Me?" Liang Long was suddenly noticed and was at a loss. He waved his hands hurriedly: "No, no, I can't, I can't..."

"Brother Li still has hope."

How did this get to me? Li Ming had a blank expression on his face.

"The selection qualifications for the key training class are comprehensively assessed, considering multiple dimensions such as academic performance, practical ability, and genetic development rate." Wang Bing, who was wearing glasses, spoke in a flat voice.

Academic performance? I don’t seem to have any academic performance. Li Ming suddenly realized that he was admitted through a special channel and didn’t even choose auxiliary subjects.

"The selection criteria for this special training class should be even stricter. Furthermore, it appeared so suddenly, so there must be other purposes. Even Professor Wu was alarmed, which is probably even more unusual. Entering it may not be a good thing."

Wang Bing has strong logical ability and his academic performance is said to be the best among the students.

As everyone chatted, they talked about their choice of majors.

"Li Ming, you will choose your major after entering the school. What are you going to choose?" Yang Yu suddenly asked, and the others also looked over.

"Advanced mechanical manufacturing and assembly." Li Ming spit out four words.

"Mechanical?"

Several people looked at each other, obviously very surprised.

"This is an unpopular major," Zhang Huaiyuan said tactfully. "Although there is support, it's too complex."

Wang Bing was blunt: "This major is complex and requires a lot of hands-on skills. It's also a collaborative major, so in the end, you'll most likely end up just being a cog in a lab."

Li Ming shrugged. Of course he knew, but this was what he wanted. Only in this way would he have an explanation when he took out a lot of strange things to sell.

He was also looking forward to whether he could modify and control some special gadgets.

There are no such conditions on Silver Gray Star, but when we arrive on the Capital Star, many ideas can be put on the agenda.

At around nine o'clock in the evening, the Tank Guard arrived. This time, everyone had a separate room. Although it was not big, the overall comfort was greatly improved.

In the room, he took stock of what he controlled and thought of what Zhang Huaiyuan said.

"Isn't this special training class a reasonable reason to enter Old Wu's field of vision?" He pondered, and suddenly thought: "Could this be Old Wu's idea? It can't be that..."

He guessed that given Old Wu's personality, he was probably secretly fanning the flames and definitely not bringing it up on his own initiative.

After pondering for a while, he took out a tube of nutrient solution, drank it with his head tilted back, then activated [Thunder Body Tempering] and began to develop the gene seed.

Performing various difficult movements, Li Ming's muscle memory gradually became familiar with this set of movements. After a while, he would be able to do it by himself even without [Lei Ming Body Building].

After a long time, he lay on the bed, looking like he had been pulled out of the water.

"Again." He drank another tube of nutrient solution, and after being exhausted again, he fell into a deep sleep.

The journey gradually passed in this back and forth exercise.

During this period, Li Ming rarely showed up, and in the end he and the others stayed at home. Although they did not have precious equipment balls to assist in their exercises, they each had their own methods, but they were relatively inefficient.

Zhang Huaiyuan, the most extravagant, often went to the training room on the ship.

There was even a joke during the period. Ge Hong stayed in the room for too long. The crew knocked on the door many times but he didn't open it. They were so scared that they thought something had gone wrong.

After breaking into the room by force, they found that the little fat boy was extremely tired and was sleeping unconscious.

When Li Ming's development progress reached 61%, he finally arrived at the capital star.

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The capital of Blue Star - Jingnan Star, the Blue Star civilization government originated from this planet.

After experiencing war, integration, turmoil, and development, they finally walked out of the earth and flew out of the galaxy. They wanted to make great achievements, and then they came into contact with the Interstellar Alliance.

Compared to the desolate silver-gray star, this planet is too prosperous, even though its surface is filled with over 80% sea water.

But the remaining land still supports more than one billion people. It is said that at its peak, there were more than five billion people living on it.

The entire planet is covered by an aerospace shield, leaving almost no room for sneaking across.

There are four star ports outside Jingnan Star, each of which has forty-eight parallel connection channels. A large number of spacecraft are towed and merged into orbit, and many spacecraft are still waiting in line.

The only intercultural star gate in Blue Star is located near the largest Dusk Bell Star Port.

Coming out of the cabin, a wave of heat hit me in the face, mixed with noise, as if countless voices were ringing in my ears, but when I listened carefully, I could hear nothing.

The hall was extremely spacious, with elevators moving up and down and parallel to each other. Non-human species with mixed skin colors, long noses, and one eye finally became more numerous, and translators became a common item worn around the neck.

"The hotel we booked is in Jiangzhou, and it will take most of the day to get there from this Luchen Star Port." Zhang Huaiyuan said loudly. If he didn't say that, no one would be able to hear him at all.

"Let's go, it's too noisy here." Ge Hong was very uncomfortable. Everyone followed the instructions, left quickly, and boarded a hovercraft.

The destination was a popular commercial street, with various interstellar races coming and going, making a lot of noise.

There are a lot of people here, the streets are wide, there is a fountain square in the center, and various shops are lined around the streets.

Following the address, they arrived at a large hotel with a constant stream of cars in front of the door, and not only humans were coming and going.

Everyone reported their identities. As the schools in Jingnan Star started their term, hotel prices also rose sharply.

The facilities of this hotel are not high-end, but the price is not cheap, as high as 1,200 star coins per night. Liang Long's money was paid by Zhang Huaiyuan.

Their rooms were on the same floor. After putting their luggage away, Ji Ya suggested excitedly, "It's been several years since we last came to Jingnan. Why don't we go out for a walk?"

Zhang Huaiyuan shook his head: "Brother Ming definitely won't go. If he doesn't go, Yang Yu might not go either. If Yang Yu doesn't go, do you still want to go? If both of you don't go, what are we grown men going to do when we're gone?"

Ge Hong took a bag of French fries and ate them non-stop.

"Let's go, maybe go out for a walk." Li Ming's answer this time was beyond everyone's expectations.

"It's surprising. I thought Brother Ming would go to the hotel's exercise room." Ge Hong muttered.

"The nutrient solution is finished." Li Ming sighed.

"ha…"

Several people went out, but Wang Bing didn't go. He really had no interest.

Several people went to several large shopping malls. Li Ming's main purpose was not to buy nutrient solution, but to see what good things were for sale in Jingnan.

It was not until mid-afternoon that a few people came back carrying large and small bags.

"Fuck!" Zhang Huaiyuan cursed. "They're really treating college students like leeks! They weren't that expensive when I was here last time. How can you sell nutrient solution at a 20% premium?"

"The Price Bureau doesn't care!"

The two girls also complained, and no one bought much because it was too expensive.

Although Zhang Huaiyuan was a little wealthier, his wealth was nothing in southern Beijing.

Li Ming bought a few tubes of nutrient solution, but not too much. It was indeed too expensive, and he felt like he was being ripped off.

What disappointed him was that Jingnan sold a wide variety of items, but the weapons they sold were not much different from those on Silver Ash Star, and were even worse than those on Silver Ash Star.

The control over there is still a little lax, but here, anything with even a little bit of lethality is unlikely to appear on the market.

On the contrary, there are many other things.

He saw a gene radiator in a big shopping mall, priced at 500,000 star coins.

Five hundred thousand star coins can buy a small villa in Silver Ash City, of course this is the price after the price increase.

After putting the things back, everyone went to the restaurant to eat. They ordered a full table, including hot and cold dishes, as well as colorful drinks.

Zhang Huaiyuan also ordered a few bottles of wine and chatted while eating.

"Ha..." Ge Hong, who was swiping the virtual screen and eating rice, suddenly squealed like a pig.

"Nuo Xing is actually in our class and is our classmate." His eyes lit up and he didn't even bother to eat, he looked very excited.

"Nuo Xing?" Zhang Huaiyuan seemed to perk up: "Fatty, where did you get this information?"

"It's a discussion group for freshmen. Someone sets it up every year. Someone from above mentioned it." Ge Hong enlarged the virtual screen to display the posts and conversations being sent in real time.

"Nuo Xing debuted at sixteen, so considering their ages, they're pretty close." Wang Bing speculated, "Her family background is quite impressive, and she has plenty of resources. It's not surprising that she was able to attend a polytechnic university."

"Hehehe..." Ge Hong laughed foolishly, "It would be great if I could be assigned to the same class with Nuo Xing."

Li Ming felt vaguely familiar with the name, but he didn't care. He picked up the live seven-star octopus from the plate and stuffed it into his mouth. It tasted very sweet.

Yang Yu poked him under the table and said in an inexplicable tone: "Nuo Xing, your idol."

"My idol?" Li Ming was stunned for a moment, and then he suddenly remembered that the poster opposite the original owner's bed seemed to be of a person named Nuo Xing.

"Oh." Li Ming didn't have any special reaction.

"I remember now, Yang Yu, you told me that Li Ming's idol is Nuo Xing." Ji Ya suddenly said.

Her voice was loud and instantly attracted the attention of everyone present. Yang Yu pinched Ji Ya's thigh hard under the table.

The others looked at Li Ming strangely. They had never come into contact with the previous Li Ming, only the current Li Ming.

I just felt that he was a calm person with a maturity far beyond their peers.

Especially since they have served as city guards and carried out many tasks, this mature and steady character is almost engraved in their hearts.

Now suddenly saying that this Nuo Xing is also Li Ming's idol, immediately made everyone feel indescribable surprise.

"Brother Ming, I didn't expect that we are fellow travelers." Ge Hong immediately came up excitedly, but was then pulled back by Zhang Huaiyuan.

"Everyone has been young once." Li Ming said casually and calmly.

Brother...you seem to be about the same as us.

Zhang Huaiyuan seems to be older than you.

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. Ji Ya pouted and kneaded the big white legs that Yang Yu had pinched. "Brother Ming, so according to you, you are no longer a fan of her."

"Yeah." Li Ming nodded. Ji Ya curled her lips and stretched out her long legs. Yang Yu didn't dare to look up as if he was guilty, and helped her knead.

"The special training class had quite a heated discussion about it, and even listed out the people who might be selected." Zhang Huaiyuan mentioned another thing.

"Wow, they're all E-level life forms, and the lowest evaluation is level five. That's terrifying." Ge Hong was shocked. "Their genes are finalized at sixteen. They need at least another six months of training, and they can also find the requirements for fusion gene seeds."

"In a year and a half, or even less, they can become E-level life forms?"

"Isn't it the same for Brother Ming?" the silent Liang Long suddenly said.

"That's right." Ge Hong suddenly realized and laughed again: "Then these guys are not that powerful. Look at this Qi Xing. His father is a deacon of the Privy Council, and now he is only an E-level life form."

"If Brother Ming and he had switched identities, they might have become D-class life forms by now."

Ge Hong said as if jokingly.

However, Zhang Huaiyuan, Liang Long, Wang Bing and other thoughtful people all looked at Li Ming at the same time, then quickly looked away, feeling even more surprised.

It is not surprising that someone with Qi Xing's background could become an E-level life form in a short period of time.

But what about Li Ming? Born in Silver Ash City, he didn't even complete compulsory education, yet he became an E-level lifeform in a short period of time.

Is the third-level development potential really that great?

"Maybe Brother Ming can also enter the special training class." Ge Hong added.

Zhang Huaiyuan rummaged around for a bit more and said in surprise, "Why are there so many E-level life forms? Over fifty, and it says the special training class can only have a maximum of ten people."

No more than ten?

Everyone was silent. There was basically no hope for an F-class life form, and even for an E-class life form, there was only a one in five chance.

In fact, taking into account the differences in development progress, the possibility is even lower.

"Fuck, this guy actually has a fourth-level development potential, higher than Brother Ming." Ge Hong yelled again, and then was stunned:

"No way! With a level four development potential, it can't even meet the threshold for the special training class. And in the overall ranking, it's even at the bottom among E-level life forms?"

Ten thousand a day, it’s out, please vote

(End of this chapter)