Chapter 104 The Act of Descending from the Altar
"Hmm? Cangcang, what's wrong?" Qiao Mei looked down at Ao Cang and noticed that his golden dragon eyes were flashing, and he seemed to want to say something but hesitated. She was a little curious.
He glanced at Shu Qingqing, who was also looking over with curiosity, and asked Qiao Mei to lead him a little further away.
It means that what he is about to say can only be said to her.
Qiao Mei understood what he meant. After giving Shu Qingqing an apologetic look, she took Ao Cang to the free water dispenser before it was their turn to demonstrate their mecha control skills to the instructor. The water dispenser was in the shade of a tree and there was no one else around.
Once he was sure no one was around, Ao Cang stammered, "If you want to hear some gossip, something related to that Zuo Chenxing, I actually have one here too. Do you want to hear it?"
"?" Qiao Mei's head was filled with question marks, her face full of disbelief. "Just for this?"
"Wait, why would you specifically ask me to find a place to talk to you alone about something like this?"
This was quite different from the dragon god in her mind, who seemed to hang in the clouds and was always associated with words like sacred and unattainable.
You could even say it's a bit out of character (out of character).
Seeing Qiao Mei's strong reaction, Ao Cang was a little confused: "What's wrong? Is it not allowed?"
Qiao Mei: ".........Not really."
At most, it just feels a bit shattered her worldview.
After sighing, Qiao Mei asked him what the gossip was and how he knew about it.
"When you left me at the waiting table during your military training, I overheard the other familiars talking about it. They said that Zuo Chenxing's familiars seemed to like him."
Qiao Mei: ? ? ?
"What?" She picked at her ear, somewhat incredulous.
Ao Cang obediently repeated it, listing out the evidence that the beasts had said those things.
It is said that Zuo Chenxing kept his familiar beast in his familiar beast space because it was too controlling and clingy.
"I heard that his familiar beast is a water-type black tortoise, and it's very beautiful."
Qiao Mei couldn't imagine how a black tortoise could be associated with beauty and even have a crush on Zuo Chenxing.
As she listened, she frowned the entire time, and she also noticed that Ao Cang seemed to be expecting some kind of reaction from her.
So she delivered the worst performance of her life, opening her mouth into an "O" shape and exclaiming exaggeratedly, "Wow, this gossip is really explosive! Cangcang, you're amazing, you even know about this kind of news!!"
Ao Cang felt that Qiao Mei's reaction was strange, but there was no denying that she seemed to be shocked by the gossip he had told.
A thin layer of powder covered the obsidian-like dragon scales, and the tiny dragon claws awkwardly grabbed her clothes, saying, "It's, it's alright, An'an, as long as you're happy listening to it."
If Qiao Mei still couldn't see that Ao Cang's act of lowering himself from his "pedestal" and telling her gossip was simply to make her happy, then she would truly be a fool.
She smiled and picked him up, then affectionately rubbed her forehead against his: "Sure, if there's any more gossip like this, you can keep telling me secretly. I'd love to hear it."
After the two of them finished cuddling at the water-collecting spot, the line to show the mecha to the instructors moved to where Qiao Mei had been standing.
She left Ao Cang at the waiting platform where the other familiars were, then boarded the trumpet-shaped mecha she had been piloting for the past few days, connecting her spirit with the mecha.
As Ao Cang watched her from the waiting platform, he remembered what she had told him earlier and pricked up his ears to listen to the gossip and chatter of the surrounding beast companions.
[Connection complete. Instruction received from Instructor 32: Pilot must activate the Trumpet Flower Mech's C-level function—Seed Launch.]
When Qiao Mei heard this, she was stunned, because this was a function that the instructors had not taught them before.
Following the previous progress, they learned the most basic "vine entanglement" technique.
After observing the progress of the other students, she had a general idea of how to conceal her shortcomings.
But this [seed launch]...
She had just gone to listen to Ao Cang's gossip and hadn't seen the other students' actions. After thinking about it, to be on the safe side, she figured it was just a C-level function anyway, and like the previous [Vine Entanglement], getting a C-level rating shouldn't be a problem.
He then proceeded with the operation with peace of mind. When he activated the [Seed Launch] function, he launched three seeds. Afterward, he pretended to have overused his mental energy and got off the mecha with a pale face.
However, when she stepped out of the mecha and saw the instructor's inquisitive and complex expression as he looked at her, as well as the admiring gazes from Shu Qingqing and the others, her heart skipped a beat.
Shu Qingqing came up to Qiao Mei, handed her a vial of recovery fluid, and showered her with compliments: "Qiao Qiao, you're amazing! You managed to use this A-level function successfully. You're the first among all these freshmen to do so!"
Information about the Trumpet Flower mech is scarce on the interstellar network because it is a dedicated mech belonging to the Federal Academy. Qiao Mei has only learned about its operation and skills from her instructors so far.
Of course, it's also unclear what level of function the [Seed Launch] is for the Trumpet Flower Mech.
After hearing Shu Qingqing's praise, the paleness on his face became more genuine, and he asked her why the "seed emission" he heard was a C-level function.
Shu Qingqing: "Oh, didn't you just whisper to Little Black Dragon? Just a few minutes before, some pilots of the Trumpet Flower mechs went to ask the instructor why a C-level function was so difficult to activate. The instructor said that it was an A-level function, but the system had a small bug, which is why it was reported as a C-level function."
The system notifications inside the mecha could only be heard by the pilot. Qiao Mei hadn't expected this to happen, so she didn't pay much attention to the situation on the field. When she saw some pilots of the same Trumpet Flower mecha leaving the field without using any skills and looking very unwell, she assumed that their mental strength was not good and didn't think much of it.
I never expected... that they would set a trap for her here.
Fortunately, her gender and water-type familiar abilities have not yet been revealed. Even if this is the only thing that has been revealed, it's not a big problem.
As she breathed a sigh of relief, a middle-aged man who had been monitoring the military training field through an aerial surveillance robot kept a close eye on her. He narrowed his eyes and ordered the person next to him in a deep voice: "Investigate this freshman from the Beast Taming Department. I need her detailed information."
......
As Qiao Mei expected, shortly after the mecha training session ended and she finished dinner, she received a message saying that someone in the Federal Army wanted to see her and invited her to come over.
Qiao Mei: Where is my Dragon God, who is always sitting on the clouds?
Ao Cang: Don't ask, the reason is that it fell down because it was too cold.
Qiao Mei: ? What's so cold?
One person answered quickly: The comments section!!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
