Chapter 22 Ranger Captain and Designer
Mingyu: “……?”
Mingyu tilted his head suspiciously and looked to the left.
Mulan was lowering her head, with her electronic pen resting on the answer screen. Her expression was calm, as if she was counting on the blank space.
But it's impossible for the light screen to shake for no reason.
Mingyu temporarily withdrew his gaze and continued to work on his paper, but his peripheral vision kept looking to the side. A few minutes later, Mingyu watched helplessly as the text on the screen scrolled down another line.
Mingyu: “…”
Originally, his light screen only displayed the answers to the first five multiple-choice questions, but now it scrolled down two lines and the answer to the sixth question also appeared at the same time.
Mingyu was speechless for a moment, then turned to look at Mulian again.
This school's influential figure had a natural, calm expression. Mingyu spun the electronic pen in his hand, curious about how Mulan had done it.
Mental power?
But first, the level of mental strength affects the brightness of the mental energy tentacles. A mental strength like Mingyu's, which is unmeasurable, is invisible to the naked eye, but an A-level mental strength like Mulian's should be dazzling, making it easy to spot any abnormality at a glance.
What's more, there are energy detection facilities in the examination room of Capital Star University. A tiny thread of mental power can trigger the alarm in the examination room... as long as the intensity of the mental power is higher than the accuracy that the instrument can detect.
There are exceptions, such as Mingyu, whose mental power level is so low that it cannot be detected.
Or, someone who possesses the 'hidden' spiritual power.
Mingyu instantly thought of the hidden cannon that almost knocked them out of the Star Navigation Competition with one shot.
Mulan is the ship-type awakened human who fired that shot, and the pilot and captain of the Ranger Team in the Star Navigation Competition.
Such ability can undoubtedly play a decisive role in interstellar battles.
But this captain is currently wasting his talent, using this ability to cheat on a minor midterm exam on the history of starship design.
Mingyu: ...
The history of starship design was not originally a required course for pilots.
Mulian probably chose this class just like Mingyu chose film classes first—to get credits. But with so many easy-to-take courses at comprehensive universities, why would Mulian be so desperate to take this? The professor teaching the History of Starship Design class was ranked among the top ten "strictest teachers in the school."
Mingyu really doesn’t understand!
Perhaps because Mingyu had been staring at her for too long, Mulian finally tilted her head and looked at the young man sitting on the examination seat to her right.
The man had delicate features, his eyes slightly glaring. His eyelashes curled and curled, and his distinct black and white eyes, half in disbelief and half in accusation, stared at him without blinking.
Mulan was sure that this good-looking stranger had already noticed her little trick.
Mu Lian: "..."
Mu Lian lowered her eyes, maintaining a calm expression, but raised her hands and clasped them in front of her chest.
He imitated Cui Xiaoduo's routine every time he asked for his help, moved his lips slightly, and said silently: "Please——"
Mu Lian thought for a moment, then added expressionlessly, following Cui Xiaoduo's pattern, "I'll treat you to a meal after the exam—"
Mingyu: “…”
Ming Yu turned back the screen with a wooden face.
Mu Lian: "..."
Mu Lian shook her mental thread, wanting to repeat the same trick. Although Ming Yu couldn't see his mental power, he was very vigilant. He covered the light screen with his hand, glanced at him warningly, and shook his head.
Outside the window, Cui Xiaoduo was clinging to the window frame, standing on tiptoe as he tried to read the answers Mu Lian had copied. He pressed his face against the windowpane, practically crushing it into a pancake outside the glass. He read through each question and realized that Mu Lian's luck was truly exceptional. The guy to his right had studied well, getting every single multiple-choice question right and giving excellent answers to the short-answer questions.
Although Mulian did not take any action after being warned by Mingyu, the score she got was already passing.
Mu Lian noticed the movement outside the window and tilted his head. He saw Cui Xiaoduo gesturing towards him, moving his hands and hands back and forth as if his arm had cramps. He watched quietly for a moment, then understood what he meant. He knew that his copy of the case was reliable, so he could do whatever he wanted.
Mu Lian then lowered her head, muttered a few words nonsense on the short-answer questions, looked at her own paper carefully, and found that she couldn't tell whether it was good or bad, so she simply handed in the paper early and left the examination room through the back door.
Mingyu worked until the last second before handing in the paper.
In order to preserve his GPA, he checked the entire paper several times and even added a few words to a short-answer question in the last few minutes to make sure that he would not get a perfect score in this exam, but at least not less than 95%.
The bell for handing in papers rang, and the screens in front of everyone automatically went dark. Mingyu stretched and stood up.
Many people also looked towards the back of the classroom immediately after the exam.
"Senior Mulian has already left?" The students walked out in groups, chatting with each other. "Did he turn in his paper early? So impressive? I still have a big question left to finish!"
"I haven't even finished the last question! I don't even know what I'm working on the second-to-last one... Senior Mulan turned in his questions really quickly! I saw him walk out at halftime! Could he have gotten a perfect score?"
Mingyu: “…”
Mingyu quietly followed the end of the crowd. After leaving the teaching building, he changed direction, parted ways with the main group, and walked towards the garden behind the building.
He turned the corner of the teaching building and looked up, only to see two people standing by the flower bed opposite.
Mulan and a baby-faced young man stood shoulder to shoulder, one standing by the flower bed and the other squatting on the flower bed, four eyes looking at him together.
The baby-faced young man's eyes were blazing. Seeing Mingyu, he gave him a thumbs-up and said sincerely, "Thanks to you, brother!!"
He jumped down from the flower bed, smiling brightly, and said, "I saw you come out and was just about to look for you, but I didn't expect you to be walking this way! If it weren't for your brother Lian, I would definitely get a zero on this exam!"
As he spoke, he clasped his hands together, making the same gesture that Mulian had just made in the examination room, but the expression on his face was much more vivid than Mulian's. He bowed to Mingyu as if he were worshiping a Buddha statue. "A great favor cannot be thanked in words, but a drop of water is repaid with a spring of gratitude. Thank you for not reporting Brother Lian to the invigilation system. What would you like to eat for lunch today? Please order whatever you want! Brother Lian is rich!"
Mingyu: “…”
Mingyu didn't expect them to be waiting for him here. He stood there and, facing Cui Xiaoduo's passionate speech, he was the first to clarify: "It's not that I don't want to report it."
"But there's not enough evidence," Ming Yu said matter-of-factly. "Senior Mulian's mental threads weren't detected by any detection system. Even if I insisted on reporting it and called the invigilator, there would be no way to determine it."
Even the invigilator might think that he is just looking for trouble.
"No need to eat." He looked at Mu Lian and said, "Senior, why don't you review carefully before the exam next time?"
"Of course!" Cui Xiaoduo immediately agreed on Mu Lian's behalf. "You must review well! But you still have to treat me to a meal no matter what! This time, I have to resort to this desperate measure because I really have no other choice!"
"Brother Lian's health...is not very good. He just recovered from an illness and then there was the Star Navigation Competition. After it's over, he really doesn't have time to review for this exam. And, the teacher of the Starship Design History course is not on good terms with Brother Lian and won't let him postpone it... From now on, I will definitely urge Brother Lian to study the Starship Design History course—"
Mu Lian glanced at him, as if she was holding back her words for a moment, but she couldn't hold them back, and still spoke: "If you hadn't strongly recommended it and asked me to accompany you, would I have chosen this course?"
Cui Xiaoduo felt guilty and quickly turned around to bow to him. "Brother Lian, I'm sincerely sorry. I know it's all my fault! Will you please forgive me?"
Cui Xiaoduo's major was starship design, and the history of starship design was a required course. He found it boring to attend class alone, so he asked his good friend Mu Lian to join him. He figured with him to help her prepare and review, Mu Lian would definitely get an excellent grade.
Unexpectedly, Mu Lian knew nothing about starships. The tutoring was difficult, and a sudden health problem forced her to drop out of school. In the end, Cui Xiaoduo got the credits, but Mu Lian was left behind and had to retake the exam.
It was common knowledge that Mulan was in poor health, and even the reason for her poor health was no secret.
He is a remnant of the northern Celtic star region.
Fifty years ago, during the Battle of Dawn, the Celtic Star Region was submerged by the Black Tide. Although a large number of residents escaped with the help of the Celtic Star Region Guard and the Central Star Region Legion, many people were affected by the Black Tide and their health deteriorated. A large number of survivors died of illness in the following years.
The Mu family is an aristocratic family in the Celtic star field. They are loyal to the Celtic king and perform their duties faithfully. They have been fighting on the front line of the Celtic star field in the Battle of Dawn, and many people died in the Battle of Dawn.
It was not until the last moment of retreat that they boarded the starship to leave the star field. At that time, the eldest daughter of the head of the family and Mu Lian's mother was a ship. Although she escaped death, her body was affected by the black tide. Her health deteriorated over the next 30 years. After accidentally becoming pregnant, she insisted on not giving up the child.
She died the same night she gave birth to Maureen.
During the prenatal checkup, the medical staff found no illnesses or defects in the child. However, Mulan had been in poor health since birth. As he grew older, he had experienced almost every illness and had nearly died countless times in the past 20 years.
But his mental strength is very strong.
In the fifty years since the end of the Dawn War, only two 2S-class ships, ten S-class ships, and one hundred and three A-class ships have been born in the Central Star Region. Mu Lian is the one whose mental power level is closest to S among the more than one hundred A-class ships.
There are always people saying that if Mulan had not been in poor health since birth, her mental strength would definitely have started at S level.
Ming Yu believed this statement because in history, the Mu family had indeed produced many ships above S-class, and even a super 3S-class alien ship.
The king of the Celtic North Star Region who fell in the Battle of Dawn.
The mother of the last Celtic king was from the Mu family.
Mingyu couldn't help but think of Mu Baixing again. Speaking of which, the other party used Mu as the surname of his Star Network nickname, and also modeled his face after the features of the movie Celtic King... He must be a fan of Celtic King, right?
After all, naming him directly after Wang's surname was too shameless, so he had to settle for the second best and used the surname of the Celtic king's mother.
Cui Xiaoduo looked at Mingyu.
The young man was handsome, especially his eyes, which were clear and honest when he looked at people. He was wearing a loose white cardigan. The midday sun shone down on his slightly messy and slightly curly black hair, making him feel warm all over.
Cui Xiaoduo felt that this classmate was good-looking, had solid knowledge of the history of starship design, had a good personality, spoke sincerely, and most importantly, was very pleasing to the eye.
He has a cheerful personality and wants to make friends with people he likes.
"No matter what, I still have to treat you to lunch at noon--" Cui Xiaoduo repeated it again.
He turned on the screen, opened the star map, and clicked on the map of restaurants around him. "Take a look at what you want to eat. Don't be polite with us, oh no, don't be polite with Brother Mu! By the way! What's your name, classmate? Let's add each other—?"
Cui Xiaoduo was very enthusiastic, his attitude remained unchanged from before, and he didn't mind at all that Mingyu had no choice but to not raise his hand to report Mulian.
Mingyu blinked, said "oh", opened his communication account homepage, and turned to Cui Xiaoduo.
"My name is Mingyu," he said, his tone a little slow, but each word was clear. "The Ming in the Ming family is the Mingyu you know."
It is Mingyu, who is known as the "pretty waste" in school.
He looked at the two people in front of him through the bright midday sunlight, tilted his head, and said calmly: "Will you still treat me to a meal?"
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