"Instructor Cui Zhi is a Ryanian." In dormitory 218, An He said softly to the three pairs of curious eyes.
Zong Jingyuan was surprised, "Not from the Imperial Capital Star?"
“I know that.” Ling Ze’s documents mentioned it. After Lian Han finished speaking, he rolled his eyes at Zong Jingyuan, “The capital planet is full of geniuses, but does that mean you can’t allow other planets to rise up? The general’s home planet isn’t the capital either.”
"Oh, that's true."
Zong Jingyuan smiled sheepishly; she had misunderstood. As the core of the Federation's power, the Imperial Capital Star naturally produced a wealth of talent, possessing nearly 60% of the Federation's resources. However, if someone was already exceptionally gifted, then resources were secondary. If it were said that without these resources, other planets wouldn't be able to produce geniuses, the Federation would have long been in chaos.
“I’ll continue. Although the master is an honorary professor of Dilo, his alma mater is not here, but a mecha academy on Ryan Star.”
"Then what does this have to do with the goddess's question?"
"Let me finish. Planet Ryan isn't a developed planet, and the school there isn't particularly outstanding either, but it's where Instructor Cui Zhi first rose to fame. That's because he designed his first mecha there."
"What kind of mecha? Which model?" Lian Han pressed. She hadn't heard Ling Ze mention this before.
Anhe shook his head. "It was just a design, not a finished product. To be precise, he found a sponsor and started production, but stopped halfway through. The design was never leaked."
Why did you stop?
"I don't know. All I know is that it caused quite a stir at the time, but it eventually fizzled out. My mentor also left his home planet around that time and came to the Imperial Capital Star. It's said that he never went back after that."
The group exchanged glances, realizing that something was amiss.
"So, why does the mentor support Xiaohan in developing her own mecha?"
"I guessed it was to make up for his regret. After all, in our Diluo, as long as you get permission from your instructor, you can apply for resources to tinker with your own mecha. Isn't that ten times better than on Ryan Star?" Anhe said this, actually already convinced that the problem lay with the sponsor from back then.
"So here's the key point: why did we choose our goddess?"
"Well—Xiao Han is probably more resilient; he survived for more than three minutes against him?" Anhe asked uncertainly.
Zong Jingyuan rolled her eyes at her, "So what you said is the same as not saying anything? Goddess, you agree, right?"
[That makes sense.] Xing Yucheng couldn't help but chime in. He had been listening intently for a while and thought there was some inside story.
[You don't know either?]
Hearing her disdainful tone, Xing Yucheng was amused and emphasized, "[You should do the math on Cui Zhi's age, 38! He only rose to fame a little over a decade ago, when he had just come of age. I was dead back then, okay?]"
[Oh. Don't talk about death, it's bad luck.] Although Lian Han sometimes gets angry and brings up the old man's death, hearing that word from Xing Yucheng himself still makes him feel uncomfortable.
Knowing she was being mysterious, Anhe smiled and said, "Well then, shall I tell you a secret?"
"Just this kind of gossip?" Zong Jingyuan sighed, stood up, and said, "I think I'll go back to Tianwang to practice. Our Xiaoqi has been working very hard lately, and I can't afford to slack off."
"Who are you trying to fool? I had a reason for telling you to log off. Want to join the Exotic Treasures Pavilion?"
Upon hearing this, everyone immediately perked up. "You're treating?"
In places like the Exotic Treasures Pavilion, even a cup of water can cost tens of thousands. But there's a reason for the high price; the ingredients are undoubtedly top-notch, including many kinds of the Federation's most prized insect meat. As for the taste—once you've been there, you'll almost always crave a second visit.
It's just too expensive. The girls only went once during their freshman year, and they were broke for weeks afterward.
Anhe nodded, "My treat."
"It's Tuesday today. Why the sudden invitation to dinner?" Lian Han asked.
"Since we don't have class this afternoon, Xiaohan, go ahead. I've even prepared rooms for everyone tonight, and someone will take us back to class tomorrow, so it won't be a problem. Go on!"
“Yeah, goddess. Even the roasted worm legs from Yizhen Pavilion are missing me.” Zong Jingyuan shook Lian Han’s arm.
"You're more likely to be thinking about them. Are you going now?"
"Not so fast. I'll come and get everyone at four o'clock this afternoon. I'm just letting you know now, so you don't tell me you don't have time later."
"Understood. Then I'll go and think about my assignment some more." Lian Han stood up. "Everyone, you can all leave now."
"Okay. Make sure you all dress up nicely when you go out this afternoon, at least don't embarrass our school beauty."
"What does this have to do with me?" Lian Han turned to look at her. Yes, she's currently the school beauty in Di Luo.
Anhe paused for a moment, then said with a complicated expression, "You are definitely the roughest school beauty in Dilu's history. I was quite satisfied with the outfit Xiaoyeying gave you last time. If you don't want to do it, just stick with that one."
Considering that the Exotic Treasures Pavilion was one of the most upscale places on the capital planet, Lian Han finally nodded, "Alright. It'll just be a pity for Xiao Yeying then."
Ye Ying waved her hand, "It's okay, this is the only thing I know how to do. I'll go find Xiao Han when it's almost time."
So the four women went back to their respective rooms.
Seeing that Lian Han had logged onto the Skynet but wasn't studying the design blueprints as she had said, but instead had made appointments with people, Xing Yucheng couldn't help but wonder, "What are you doing?"
[I've done some quick calculations, and the time my mentor was with the Northern army was roughly the same time the old man started to gain fame. Old man, if you don't know, can't I at least ask someone who might?]
[A general is very busy; even if he's online, he might not have time to reply...]
Xing Yucheng's voice faltered, and General Ning replied on the AI: "Okay. But you only have 30 minutes."
“That’s enough,” Lian Han replied.
"Come to my birthplace." A coordinate was provided.
Remembering how he had been forced to log off before, Lian Han hesitated for a moment, but ultimately couldn't suppress his curiosity and clicked the teleport button.
Xing Yucheng couldn't help but tease, "[Tsk! Where's your bottom line? Who said they wouldn't go to other people's birthplaces anymore?]"
[Did I swear an oath?]
Xing Yucheng fell silent; there was no such thing.
Ning Jue's birthplace was different from the previous scene; it was a study where the owner was engrossed in his work at his desk.
"What's up?"
Seeing that he was busy, Lian Han simply cut to the chase, "One of our mentors is Master Cui Zhi. After his first class today, he suddenly supported me in designing my own mecha. I'm quite curious about the reason."
Ning Jue paused for a moment, thinking that this girl had a good talent for card making, but he didn't expect her to be good at armor making as well. "Maybe it's because of your talent."
"That's impossible. I know my own level, and Anhe's foundation is much more solid than mine."
"What exactly happened?"
Lian Han opened her mouth and told him everything that had happened during class that morning.
Ning Jue put down her work. "Let me take a look at the design drawings."
Lian Han sent it immediately.
Ning Jue glanced at the data and said, "It's very similar to the concept of one of Cui Zhi's design drawings, but his design was never put into practice."
Lian Han raised an eyebrow, "What happened on Ryan Star?"
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