Although he slept very late, Su Su still woke up on time the next morning. He didn't feel sleepy, and the excitement of playing games last night was still in his mind.

Su Su couldn't wait to continue driving the starship. However, his starship had been returned to the system, and Yan Bai would not be online until the evening, so he couldn't drive the starship around during the day.

Su Su was bored and finally remembered the novice mission that he had put off for a long time.

Although Yan Bai gave him a lot of star coins, he didn't need to rely on taking on missions to make money for the time being, but after passing the main job assessment, the benefits he gained were more than just being able to do missions. The main job assessment meant that in the game, the player went from a novice to a formal player, with a complete interstellar map pass, not only could he carry out activities in the safe defense zone near the space station, but he could also explore farther uninhabited areas and dangerous areas where many Zerg tribes were active.

In addition, players can also enter the arena as a mecha driver, participate in the competition rankings, and some starship driving competitions held regularly in the game.

Before yesterday, Su Su had no interest in the battles between starships, but after the battle with the [Pirate Leader] last night, the warlike part of his shark blood was awakened.

He likes the battles in the game and can enjoy the excitement of the battle and the joy of victory without any scruples.

The novice missions were not difficult, they were basically some tasks that required familiarity with the operations, and one could level up after completing them. By lunch time, Su Su had successfully reached the maximum level.

After lunch, Su Su appeared at the spaceship driving test point of the space station.

What surprised Su Su was that the assessment points for other professions were all empty, but only here, there was a long queue.

When I logged in yesterday, there weren't so many people here.

Su Su was a little confused. Although he was more interested in starship driving, after a day of understanding, he had discovered that the most popular profession in the game was actually mecha operation, followed by mecha modification and maintenance. Driving starships was the interest of a small number of people, and the ratio of the number of people to mecha players was about one to ten.

But today, the place is packed with people, many of whom are veteran players who want to switch from mecha operators to starship pilots.

"Strange, why are there so many people today?" Su Su shook the chubby body of the shark doll, looking at the endless team, and muttered in confusion.

"It's not surprising, they all came here to participate in the competition." A cold voice came from behind Su Su.

Although it was obvious that the voice had been changed, the tone was too much like Qi Hanyi's. Su Su subconsciously shuddered, like a child who had done something bad and was caught by his parents, and froze in place with guilt. Then he realized how could Qi Hanyi appear in the game. Even if he really came to play the game and he happened to run into him, he would not be able to recognize him now.

Su Su breathed a sigh of relief, then turned around and looked at the person who came.

The other party used the astronaut look that was uniformly distributed by the system when logging in, and even the face was directly used from the template.

The data shows that the registration time is today, and the level is just 30. It is obvious that he is also a newcomer and came here to take the assessment.

"What competition?" Su Su asked curiously.

"It's on the system announcement." The other party called up the operation panel and showed Su Su the system announcement that was updated half an hour ago.

Su Su glanced over it roughly and saw that the announcement said that the game would hold a starship driving competition in a month.

The top ten players will not only receive huge prizes, but also be admitted to the Imperial Military Academy's starship pilot program if they are of the right age and willing. The first place winner will also receive a unique starship skin of the same model as the Shirazawa, and will have the opportunity to receive starship piloting instruction from Qi Hanyi himself.

When Su Su was reading the competition notice carefully, the person standing next to him was also observing him.

This person was Qi Hanyi who had returned to the dormitory from the hospital. He asked Qi Yue about the current name of the video player, but at the same time he also got more detailed information, including that this player was from Freedom Island and the identity he used to log in to the game was probably fake.

Liberty Island, the previous remittance that was unclearly related to the Zerg also came from the mysterious account of Liberty Island.

It was a land beyond the control of the empire, where humans and mermen lived together, chaos and violence were everywhere, and there was countless wealth hidden here, as well as sin, desire, and killing.

The Empire should have conquered this land and rectified it as soon as possible, but because Liberty Island was closely connected with many of the Empire's noble families and chambers of commerce, the relationship was complicated and the plan was always delayed indefinitely in the game of power between the various parties.

Perhaps when the threat of the Zerg was over, and the Empire had a more determined and powerful queen, the poor island would be incorporated into its territory. But now, the Empire had obviously invested too much energy in places outside the planet, and had no time to pay attention to the free and chaotic land within its jurisdiction.

Qi Hanyi did not want to rashly summon this talented player from Freedom Island in his capacity as an admiral. After all, not all the natives of Freedom Island had a favorable impression of the Empire and the Imperial Army. If he rashly summoned him, the effect would probably be counterproductive.

So Qi Hanyi prepared two plans:

First, inform Mo Shan and prepare a competition notice to lure him in with rewards. This reward must be related to the Expeditionary Force. If he is tempted by the reward and takes the initiative to participate in the competition, it means that he is still willing to join the Expeditionary Force. When he wins, it is natural for him to reveal his identity and purpose when he meets him and have a frank talk with him.

Second, he used the backend authority to locate the player [White Scale Shark]. He entered the game, personally contacted the player, understood his thoughts, and observed his personality. To do this, he used the backend authority to set up a novice account that had just reached level 30, and appeared at the assessment point with [White Scale Shark].

Now that [White-Scale Shark] was right in front of him, Qi Hanyi had no way of making an objective assessment of this person.

Somehow, seeing the other person standing in the line wearing a shark doll costume and swaying his head, Qi Hanyi couldn't help but think of Su Su's shadow in his mind.

Qi Hanyi thought: He must be crazy to think that a new player is very similar to his mermaid shark.

After reading the game announcement, Su Su's eyes lit up when he saw the reward for the first place player at the bottom: "Wow, this first place reward is too good."

Qi Hanyi suddenly shook off the messy thoughts in his mind and asked Su Su: "Do you want to participate?"

Su Su nodded affirmatively: "Of course! I like the Bai Ze starship very much!"

Like Shiraz? This is not a new reason. Almost all the starship pilots of the Empire dislike Shiraz. After all, it is not only the most powerful starship of the Empire, but also a symbol of stability of the Empire.

Qi Hanyi felt relieved. It seemed that this new player also wanted to join the expeditionary force. If he could really stand out from the competition successfully, then maybe he could really become his colleague fighting side by side.

Su Su didn't know what Qi Hanyi was thinking. He said he liked Bai Ze, and that was just his love for Bai Ze. He used to think of it as a companion in the starry sky, and now that he had driven a starship, he would occasionally imagine what it would be like to drive Bai Ze himself.

Of course, Su Su also understood that this could only be a fantasy. He had to be sneaky when he went online to play games, so how could he possibly board a human spaceship openly?

Su Su had no idea of ​​his own strength, and wanted to participate in the competition purely for the sake of participation. As for the first prize, the only thing he really coveted was the skin of the Bai Ze starship. As for going to see Qi Hanyi wearing a game vest, he didn't dare to do that.

The two people with different thoughts ended their brief conversation and continued to wait in the queue.

An hour later, Su Su boarded the C-class starship used for the assessment. The starship driving assessment included passing a fixed route at a fixed time, shooting at moving targets, and responding to temporary situations. Su Su easily completed the actions required by the other party. Except for a few small mistakes in the third assessment item due to his unfamiliarity with the C-class starship, he completed everything else perfectly and finally passed the assessment with a high score of 93.

"I passed! Ninety-three! The monitoring system said I was the best today!" Su Su happily ran out of the examination room with his short legs. He had just been praised by someone and wanted to find a place to show off. Among the people present, he only spoke to Qi Hanyi.

"Yeah, you're awesome." Qi Hanyi was touched by the happy look of the shark toy jumping around, and couldn't help but rub the shark toy's round head with his hands.

"Thank you, thank you," Su Su patted Qi Hanyi on the shoulder in a good mood, "Come on, brother!"

Having said that, he prepared to leave.

Qi Hanyi certainly couldn't let Su Su leave like this, so he subconsciously stopped him: "Can you wait for me?"

"Ah?" Su Su stopped and waited for Qi Hanyi to give a reason in confusion.

Qi Hanyi was not good at actively building relationships with others. His usually smart brain seemed to be stuck in a shell. He held back for a long time before uttering, "I, ahem, have an exam soon, and I'm a little nervous."

"Oh." Su Su did not doubt him. It was normal for people to be nervous during exams. Although he himself had no idea what nervousness was, he got to know humans through books, movies and TV shows. He could fully understand why humans would get nervous when faced with important things, and he thought: it's quite cute.

"Don't be nervous, I'll be waiting for you at the door. I'll cheer you on, and you'll definitely make it." Su Su encouraged enthusiastically.

Qi Hanyi nodded awkwardly. Being encouraged by others was a very unfamiliar experience for him, especially since it was his own request.

Qi Hanyi felt a little embarrassed for once, and began to question whether it was too absurd for him to go to the game to find Bai Ze's next driver.

The career assessment in the game is simpler than the entrance examination to the Imperial Military Academy. Of course, if you want to rely on high scores, it is still very difficult for players who have not received any professional training.

But for Qi Hanyi, it is simply one plus one.

Qi Hanyi completed all the operations perfectly, and his movements were standard enough to be called a textbook. In the end, he got a perfect score. Amid the system's congratulations, he walked out of the examination room with a calm expression.

"How is it? Is it over?" Su Su asked Qi Hanyi concernedly while standing at the door.

"Well," Qi Hanyi lied harmlessly, "I was lucky. I just passed the test."

"Great!" Su Su jumped up on the spot, as if he was happier than if he had passed.

Qi Hanyi's mouth couldn't help but raise its head. At the same time, he secretly felt lucky that the players' assessment scores were not announced, otherwise their friendship would have come to an end.

He secretly guessed what [White-scaled Shark] looked like in real life. He should be a young boy with a cheerful personality and a simple mind.

"I'm going to the registration point for the competition." Having completed his mission of accompanying the examinee, Su Su prepared to leave.

"I want to go and see it, too." Qi Hanyi remembered his poor skills and added, "Participation is the most important thing."

"Then let's go together." Su Su and Qi Hanyi left the assessment point side by side and walked towards the more lively competition registration point.

"Are you playing games by yourself?" Qi Hanyi asked Su Su.

"A friend took me there. I played it because he introduced it to me." Su Su said, and then he subconsciously asked, "What about you?"

"Myself." Qi Hanyi said.

"Then let's add each other as friends, and I'll take you out to play in the future." Su Su said enthusiastically. Although the other party's tone at first sounded a bit like Qi Hanyi, Su Su was now completely relieved. Qi Hanyi would definitely not come to the game to participate in this kind of assessment, and it was even more impossible for him to just barely pass.

But the way this person speaks is very similar to Qi Hanyi, so he should also be a very cute human being...even cuter than Qi Hanyi because he gets nervous during exams!

Su Su thought logically and opened the friend adding page: "What's your name? I'll add you."

Qi Hanyi also opened his own profile page and stared at the randomly generated name and fell silent: "..."

It was written: [Reversal & Ghost]