After the location of this year's competition was announced, all third-year students at the Imperial Military Academy received a specific notification from the system within a week, along with information on the items they could bring.
Every year, victory in the competition requires the joint efforts of the combat, mecha, and command factions. The early stages of the competition require gathering resources and developing the faction system, while the faction battles officially begin later. Of course, there have been instances in the past where factions have been lucky enough to get important resources first, or even found other factions' resource hiding places, thus securing victory directly.
Cen Yu sat in her dorm room, listening to Lan Yao's ramblings—
"So be careful," Lan Yao emphasized again, "...especially you need to be careful."
It wasn't that Lan Yao was overly worried, but rather that some people in the Black Mud District were already itching to take a hard hit on Cen Yu's arrogance, and he was always worried that someone would deliberately set a trap to capture Cen Yu.
Although the competition is theoretically under camera to prevent dangerous behavior, in reality, the planet Nott is too large. Even if the competition is conducted within a limited area, there will likely be corners that the monitors cannot reach.
Lan Yao was always worried that someone would harm Cen Yu.
"Is someone really planning to trap me in a sack during the competition?" Cen Yu wondered.
He was naturally aware of his "bad reputation" on campus, but he was too lazy to read how people were cursing him, so he never went on the campus forum. When he heard Lan Yao say this, he thought someone was planning to trap him in a sack during the competition and beat him up badly.
"Beta or Omega?" Cen Yu asked after thinking for a moment, "Or maybe a poor Alpha?"
Lan Yao gave Cen Yu a deep look. "Both."
"?" Cen Yu was shocked. "Am I really that annoying??"
Although it wasn't unexpected... he muttered to himself, becoming more and more certain that his goal was to develop stealthily, smoothly pass this competition, and not be eliminated or expelled from school.
Wen Xi has been away from the dormitory for some time now; it's unclear whether she's secretly training with her followers or something else.
As for Chi Jiazhen… Cen Yu recalled the scene from a few days ago when he went to talk to Chi Jiazhen alone—
Seemingly surprised that Cen Yu would come looking for her, Chi Jiazhen's expression was a mixture of surprise and happiness.
To avoid attracting attention, Cen Yu specifically invited him to his dormitory supervisor's office and sent away Li Chonghe, who was working at the "secretary's desk."
"I advise you to drop out of school." Cen Yu cut to the chase. He sat behind the table, raised his chin, and said to Chi Jiazhen with an arrogant air, "If I remember correctly, your heat cycle is only around this time?"
Cen Yu specifically looked up the time when Chi Jiazhen last contacted him and found that it happened to be just a few days before the competition ended.
"You really expect you to pretend to be a Beta until graduation?"
He stood up and walked up to Chi Jiazhen. "Cen Shen might be fooled by your sweet talk, but I won't."
"What sweet talk of mine fooled Cen Shen?" Chi Jiazhen suddenly asked as she saw Cen Yu approaching.
Sometimes he was genuinely curious about what Cen Yu was thinking... how could he be so sure that Cen Shen liked him?
It couldn't be just because Cen Shen was "friendly and pleasant" to him.
"..." Haha, we actually got him asked!
Anyway, he remembered that in the original work, Cen Shen was very protective of Chi Jiazhen, as if he was afraid that this fragile Omega would be hurt by his brother with a bad attitude.
"You know it in your heart," Cen Yu said vaguely, unable to think of a reason.
“My elder brother originally wanted to send me away,” Chi Jiazhen suddenly said, “but… I want to be closer to you.”
Cen Yu knew about this, of course. In the original work, Cen Shen was determined to get Chi Jiazhen away from her wicked younger brother, and was willing to break up with Cen Yu to achieve this.
However, since Cen Yu disappeared in the novel, Cen Shen's storyline seems to have ended as well, and he hasn't been specifically mentioned.
“Besides, I really don’t have a heat cycle recently,” Chi Jiazhen said, looking at Cen Yu. “The potion my brother gave me is very effective.”
"I am now like a Beta, I don't have pheromones and I don't experience estrus."
Chi Jiazhen looked at Cen Yu. "Don't you find it strange?" he probed. "Why would he have such a potion?"
"It felt like I had really become a Beta."
Cen Yu didn't think much of it. After all, he felt that Chi Jiazhen in the original work was able to hide her identity for so long until it was exposed during that joint exercise, so she must have some kind of buff. Although he was also curious about why Cen Shen had such a potion, he just thought it was a "coincidence" that the novel had for the sake of the plot.
While Cen Yu and Chi Jiazhen were having a detailed conversation in the room, Li Chonghe occupied the vice minister's room.
Perhaps because of Cen Yu, Li Chonghe paid special attention to Chi Jiazhen's movements after Chi Jiazhen enrolled in school.
Everything was normal. He had a keen sense of combat and was very popular. He didn't seem like a student who had suddenly transferred in. In contrast, Wen Chunjin seemed to be having some trouble adjusting. Everyone knew his identity to some extent, but perhaps because they were worried about the Federation's censure and his father, everyone's relationship with him was very ordinary.
Li Chonghe also specifically asked Cen Shen whether Chi Jiazhen had received professional training before entering the Imperial Military Academy.
Cen Shen's answer was vague: "I don't know, he was brought here by his subordinates."
Li Chonghe knew about these things, of course. Cen Yu needed someone to help him soothe his pheromones, and an Omega from a remote star seemed like a good candidate. In order to curry favor with the Cen family, someone brought Chi Jiazhen.
But according to Cen Shen, this person had never attended a military academy before, and the resources on that remote planet were scarce, so he didn't seem like someone who would know such knowledge.
Unless the other party is a natural genius like Huo Shen, there is no other possibility.
Li Chonghe harbored suspicions and specifically used his database to search for information about Chi Jiazhen.
The above account is basically the same as what Cen Shen said. He came from planet B5-273, an agricultural planet with a small population. Because it was located on the edge of the empire, many people would never reach that planet in their lifetime.
The only noteworthy thing is that many people migrated to this planet 10 years ago.
This group of people are survivors from the planet Nott.
Planet B5-273 is one of the 20 planets that can be colonized after the destruction of Planet Nott.
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