Chapter 334 The Fourth Vanguard Battalion
There are a total of 62 students in the third year of the beginner class. This is the number of students who have failed to advance to the intermediate class over the past five years.
Although the academic system of Xiangyun Academy is 18 years, everyone agrees on one standard: if a student has not been able to advance to the intermediate class after more than five years of enrollment, it means that the student has no potential and will only be wasting their time if they continue to stay here.
After all, the tuition fee is 5 million silver coins per academic year. Even among great families, few are willing to spend such an expensive fee to train useless people.
Therefore, in such cases, parents usually take the initiative to transfer their children to regular schools so that they can focus on academic learning and eventually get a job in the management system after graduation, thus securing a stable income.
The four little ones, including Ah Chen, became the object of everyone's envy and jealousy when they were among these 62 people.
After all, they still have a full four and a half years to advance at their own pace.
Moreover, based on their current performance, it is estimated that they will be able to advance to the intermediate class in less than half a year.
The gap between people is so vast that even at a young age, the wasteland children have already grasped this truth.
Ever since Wright and his gang of troublemakers tried to bully Ah Chen and his friends and got beaten up, everyone else only felt jealous of them and didn't even dare to hate them anymore.
In preparation for this practical assessment, the academy sent not only Heng Jiang, the combat instructor of its own class, but also two combat instructors from the advanced class, Luo Lan and Chi Shang Yang.
Loran is a tall and sturdy female teacher with blonde hair, blue eyes, and a cold and stern appearance. She possesses a seventh-level ice-type ability and is extremely powerful in combat, almost invincible among her peers.
Chi Shangyang is rather thin, with an Eastern face, black hair and eyes, a slightly hooked nose, and a deep, sinister gaze. He possesses a sixth-order mental ability and is said to be skilled in mental attacks.
With these two top figures from the academy leading the team, the tutors finally felt relieved and easily waved goodbye to the cubs.
About twenty hours later, a medium-sized aircraft slowly landed in front of the Fourth Vanguard Battalion camp in the southwest of District 26.
Throughout the northern hemisphere of Green Algae Star, there are eight vanguard battalions, each stationed at one of the eight strategic high grounds.
These eight strategic high grounds were set up to suppress the mutated beasts' attacks from all directions. As long as humans hold these eight vanguard camps, even if the mutated beasts invade, they can at most only swallow up the ten relatively remote safe zones outside of District 40.
The Fourth Vanguard Battalion is located in the center of all safe zones. The high ground they guard is called Lakeside Heights, and in front of the high ground is the largest lake in the Northern Hemisphere, called Rainbow Lake.
The lake gets its name from the fact that its waters are tinged with color due to the rich mineral deposits beneath its surface.
Since the incident six years ago in Azure Bay where sea monsters and land monsters colluded to launch a monster tide attack on human safe zones, almost half of the monster tides have been caused by this collusion between sea and land.
This also proves from another perspective that as the level of mutated beasts gradually increases, their intelligence also increases.
Although the levels of human superhumans are constantly improving, the human reproduction rate is far behind that of wild beasts. The mutated beasts, which have a numerical advantage, are naturally unwilling to be suppressed by humans forever, and will launch a beast tide attack whenever they have the opportunity.
If it weren't for humanity's ability to plan rationally and mobilize elite forces to resist, the safe zone would probably have fallen long ago.
Upon hearing the report from his subordinates, Luo Xia, the battalion commander of the Fourth Vanguard Battalion, hurriedly came to the training ground to greet them.
Luo Xia was actually quite worried about this practical assessment of the cubs. He knew that many of the children came from prominent families in the central district, and as a sixth-level ability user, he couldn't afford to offend them.
Even more critically, in the battle against the mutated beasts, the slightest carelessness could result in death or injury. If one or two of them were to die in his territory, he would probably be out of a job as the vanguard battalion commander.
When Luo Xia arrived at the training ground, he saw dozens of cubs standing there in a row, staring wide-eyed with curiosity as they looked around.
He glanced at it and couldn't help but gasp!
The aura emanating from all the children was generally at the third rank, with some at the second or fourth rank, which was stronger than the overall quality of the ordinary soldiers in his vanguard battalion.
The vanguard battalion is organized into large, medium, and small teams, and the soldiers' superpower levels are generally at the second or third tier.
Those with strong combat power in the third tier can serve as squad leaders, those with combat-type abilities in the fourth tier can serve as company leaders, and those with combat-type abilities in the fifth tier can serve as battalion leaders.
As expected of Xiangyun Academy, the strongest academy in the central area, even the cubs in the beginner class have reached this level. Given time, these people will probably become the main force of the vanguard camp.
Because the children's ability levels were relatively high, Luo Xia felt a little relieved. At worst, he could let the children focus on their abilities in the battle.
As for close combat, they are too young and weak, so they still need to rely on the veterans of the vanguard battalion who have been honed in bloody battles every day.
"My lords have come from afar. I am sorry for not greeting you properly!" Luo Xia respectfully saluted Luo Lan and Chi Shangyang.
"Enough with the nonsense. First, find an open space for the kids to set up their tents. Then, send me the detailed battle plan. Once the time and location for the assessment are confirmed, I'll let you know," Loran said bluntly.
Under the hierarchy, she didn't need to show special respect to Luo Xia, the vanguard battalion commander. Moreover, as far as she knew, Luo Xia was just a sixth-tier earth-type ability user with a support combat skill. He was able to sit in the position of vanguard battalion commander entirely because he was smart.
Luo Xia wasn't too displeased by Luo Lan's rudeness. Having seen countless people, he could tell at a glance that this woman was simple-minded and not good at dealing with people.
But such people are actually the easiest to get along with; at least they will put everything out in the open and won't stab people in the back.
In contrast, the other adult beside her was much more troublesome; she could easily be tricked by him if she wasn't careful.
Xiangyun Academy is also managed in a semi-military manner, and the children's self-care ability far exceeds that of their peers in other academies.
In just half an hour, a neat circle of tents was set up, with a large tent in the center for the three teachers, making it convenient to communicate with each child in a timely manner.
There are 11 tents for the students, with six students sharing each tent. However, there are a total of 62 children, so two tents will only house four students each.
Ah Chen and the other three were assigned to a tent, partly to take care of them because they were young, and partly to intentionally isolate them.
Teacher Hengjiang saw the class monitor's arrangement and did not express any objection.
He knew very well that Ah Chen and his three friends were no ordinary children; they would soon leave the rest of the class behind and move on to higher grades, so there was no need for him to cultivate relationships with the other children.
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