Rewinding the timeline to around 7 or 8 o'clock, Jiang Cheng issued the order on the plane to use test student number four.
On the surface of the Federation, Wan Xingyan was in his office. After receiving the news, he immediately stood up and asked his assistant.
Where are those students now?
"Is the Cold Weapon Museum nearby? Should I go and call it over?"
"No need, just use the loudspeaker to tell them to gather below the Battle Maidens. I'll be waiting for them there."
After saying that, Wan Xingyan packed up the documents, took his things, and walked out the door.
He walked through the buildings, resolutely heading towards the War Maiden, who was hundreds of meters away. There were low-rise houses around her, where the War Maiden carried out her daily maintenance and testing work.
A clear and magnetic voice came from the device, causing many students who were lingering at the entrance of the Cold Weapons Museum not far away to suddenly raise their heads and listen intently.
"Thirteen students from Wan Xingyan's class at the Mech Academy, assemble immediately at the open space beneath the War Maiden! Repeat! Mech Academy..."
The students exchanged glances, all seeing the surprise in each other's eyes. Since waking up in the morning, they had been completely bewildered, with no one telling them what had happened, which was naturally quite disconcerting.
Finally, someone remembered!
"Let's hurry up and get there! I'm going to go crazy if we keep wandering around aimlessly like this!" Zhu Yibai tugged at the classmate next to him and started walking forward.
The rest of Adela and the others quickly followed.
Luo Xiaoli and Ke Bing walked forward side by side, but for some reason, Zhao Xuerou did not follow immediately and fell behind.
An ominous premonition lingered in her heart. Zhao Xuerou felt that the Federation was brewing a storm, and every soldier walking hurriedly had a serious expression on their face.
"Xiaorou, hurry up! You don't know the way to the testing room. What if we get lost?"
"Oh...it's here!"
Ke Bing waved and called to her from ahead, interrupting her thoughts, and Zhao Xuerou quickly ran over.
Before long, the students finally arrived at their destination.
Wan Xingyan was already waiting there. He paced back and forth, holding the documents, looking anxious, his lips twitching with nervousness.
It makes sense. After so many days of training, his students are finally going to the battlefield. As their instructor, he has spent the most time with them and naturally knows the dangers of the front lines.
In a few hours, their fate will be decided, and they will be forced to take a different path.
People in their twenties, vibrant lives, full of youthful energy.
Wan Xingyan heard the sound of hurried footsteps and looked towards the open space in front of him. A group of students emerged from around the corner of the low houses, their faces so young.
Their blood is still warm.
"Teacher!" Zhu Yibai greeted him from a distance, then ran even faster, almost sprinting over. He stopped panting when he reached him. "Teacher, what happened today? Everything in the Federation has changed when I woke up. What happened?"
In the past, such rash behavior would certainly have earned him a scolding from the stern-faced Wan Xingyan.
But now he didn't say anything, and calmly glanced at the young man.
"I'll let you know as soon as everyone is here."
Once everyone else had come over, the students whispered among themselves for a few moments, then quickly realized what was happening and hurriedly lined up. Their discipline had become a habit after a long period of training.
From tallest to shortest, Adèle stood at the very front.
Wan Xingyan scanned everyone's faces, glanced down at the document in his hand, and then raised it high.
In this open space, the morning sunlight shone down, falling on the white document he held in his hand. The students all looked up and focused their attention on it.
"This is a joint statement issued by Commander-in-Chief Tali and Deputy Commander Jiangcheng around 4 a.m. yesterday, following the dramatic changes in the Arctic! In just a few hours, this document has been delivered to the capitals of China, Shadow Country, and the United States. The whole world knows this news: the Ancient Spirits are about to revive, and the Federation is deploying its troops ahead of schedule, halting all research and development projects, and officially commencing ground-to-air warfare! I believe you also noticed this morning that there was a lot of activity, classes were suspended, and the Federation troops were withdrawing from this area."
Wan Xingyan spoke in a serious and cold tone, like a chisel piercing into everyone's ears, making them tremble with fear!
"You've been training for a thousand days, but you're only going to use them for one! The day you arrived in the Federation from all over the world, you should have known that you would have to go to the front lines sooner or later. Now, Jiang Cheng, the deputy commander and principal of the Mecha Academy, has issued the order for testing. That means that the remaining tests that should have been conducted are all invalidated, and the tests will be conducted directly by the Brain-like No. 4 inside the Snow Maiden Battle Maiden!"
After he finished speaking, he added another sentence, which completely threw the students into a state of confusion!
"Ten minutes of preparation time! The test begins immediately! Take the ladder to the Snow Woman's cockpit! Once qualified, you will be immediately assigned to the official mecha unit and become the number one pilot. You will be heading to the Arctic within 24 hours!"
Ten minutes?
When they woke up, the Federation had changed. They were groggily told that classes were suspended. After wandering around for a long time, someone finally remembered their existence. However, when they arrived at the designated location, they were immediately told that the exam had been moved up and that war was about to begin.
This unbelievable amount of information poured into everyone's minds like a surging river, leaving their nerves cold and numb.
I was utterly astonished.
"What's going on? What... what should I do now?"
Zhao Xuerou was completely flustered. She anxiously tugged at Ke Bing and Luo Xiaoli's sleeves, her beautiful brows furrowed. She had been so concerned about what had happened outside that morning that she hadn't even put on makeup or washed her hair.
I was in a state of complete confusion.
The most important exam of my life is about to begin!
It's like forgetting the day of the college entrance exam and then suddenly waking up one day to be told that you only have ten minutes left to enter the exam room.
Some students reacted the same way as Zhao Xuerou; they were completely stunned.
After calming down for a moment, Ke Bing stretched out her two fair hands, cupped Zhao Xuerou's cheeks, and lifted them up, pressing the tender flesh of her face into a ball. "My young lady, relax. Just adjust to the state you are in during normal cockpit training, and leave the rest to fate, okay?"
“Simulated driving…” Zhao Xuerou was in a daze for a moment, then looked up at the battle maiden’s body, which was hundreds of meters high and pierced the clouds. This mecha was so magnificent and so proud, with a cold and domineering aura, looking down on everything in the world.
Can this thing be compared to a cockpit simulator?
Luo Xiaoli combed her hair back, and a gentle breeze made it flutter. She looked at Zhao Xuerou and asked, "Are you afraid of heights?"
"A bit! I feel like my heart is going to jump out of my chest!"
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