“The wind of change has begun to blow in Los Angeles schools.”

Principal Yang shook his head. "Some schools, such as our Luocheng No. 8 Middle School, are old schools. The teachers, textbooks, and even the school infrastructure are all prepared for non-mecha education. I, as the principal, was not determined to make the change, and I wanted to delay it, so naturally the implementation was very slow."

"For a new school like Los Angeles No. 12 Middle School, the transformation was very fast. Plus, the principal was in urgent need of results, so within a week, they learned from Los Angeles No. 1 Middle School and were able to do a decent job."

"After the transformation, the effect of Los Angeles No. 12 Middle School was equally amazing. It jumped from the bottom of the previous rankings to fifth place, second only to Los Angeles No. 1, No. 2, No. 3 Middle Schools and old schools like ours."

"Now, the other principals are jealous. Before, only three schools changed. After all, it took more than a year for those three schools to make the changes, and they invested a lot. Moreover, it has become a monopoly. Those who eat crabs first can always get the best part. So others are not nervous, but can comfort themselves. It's too late to change now. It's better to continue to follow the rules. Anyway, there will always be students who are not suitable for mechas."

"But the ranking of Los Angeles No. 12 Middle School this time has stimulated everyone, including me at the time." Principal Yang said self-deprecatingly: "Before the change, Los Angeles No. 8 Middle School was considered the best school, and the students were also the best in Los Angeles. Basically, only the top 500 students could enter our No. 8 Middle School. But Los Angeles No. 12 Middle School could only select the bottom 500 students back then."

"With such a level, they just barely caught up with us. They were just a little bit away from pulling us down. I even suspected that the Los Angeles officials didn't rank No. 12 Middle School ahead of us because they were afraid of losing face."

"Anyway, applications were continuously submitted, and the entire Blue Planet was in this trend. It was very obvious that the major schools wanted to change their mind."

"There were too many applications and the approval process was very slow. I was forced to submit an application letter under pressure from officials and students' parents to apply for the transformation of Los Angeles No. 8 Middle School into a mecha school. I received a reply about a month later, and it was approved!"

"The place in the Mecha School is right in front of us, which means that our reputation, status, and wealth will be further improved. Not only us principals, but also the teachers below thought that they would never be able to touch mechas again in their lifetime. As a result, someone told them at this time that you can continue to drive mechas to kill enemies, and you will become stronger and more powerful!"

"This kind of temptation is fatal, so I was urged to discuss with the Mecha Group what type of mecha to buy. But on this day, a piece of news that shocked the entire Blue Star happened!"

Principal Yang paused, as if thinking of painful memories, his expression became somewhat gloomy and uncertain.

The class teacher, Lao Li, said, "You can still find that news. It was about our Blue Star's strongest mecha masters who went deep into the cave and were ambushed by cave creatures. Three of them were killed on the spot, and their mechas were shattered to pieces. The other strongest mecha masters were also seriously injured or missing."

"Later, the news came back. The entire Blue Star leadership was furious. All the major cities sent troops to support them, but they were defeated miserably!"

"More than a dozen of the strongest mecha masters have died, as well as hundreds of A+-level and tens of thousands of B-level. Other losses are too numerous to count!"

"It can be said that the battle completely crushed the high-level combat power of mankind. We went from an unstoppable offensive trend to struggling to defend in the rear, allowing the enemy to gain power."

The head teacher, Lao Li, lowered his voice and patted the principal on the shoulder. "In that battle, Principal Yang's eldest brother and second sister also went. One of them died in the battle, and there is still no news of the other one. He is still trapped in the cave."

"Haha, trapped in a cave? What a joke!" Principal Yang said, somewhat emotionally. "Those missing mecha masters have been missing for decades. There is very little food and water suitable for our survival in the cave. It is also the enemy's base camp. How can we survive!"

"But the higher-ups still refuse to acknowledge the deaths of those missing mecha pilots, and haven't even given an explanation!"

The homeroom teacher, Old Li, coughed lightly. Principal Yang also realized that he had lost his composure, and quickly adjusted his expression. He said calmly, "Since that incident, I have been committed to investigating matters related to the cave. Although I haven't operated a mecha for a long time, I was considered a relatively outstanding mecha master back then, so I have found out a lot of secrets and even went down to the cave myself."

"I found an interesting phenomenon here." Principal Yang said, picking up a branch, drawing a few small circles on the ground, and then drawing a few large circles outside the small circles. "

"These small circles are like small caves, and the big circle is like a large cave." Principal Yang said, making a cross on the big circle. "We are losing ground in the large cave. All the resource points we captured before have been taken back by the cave creatures."

Principal Yang ticked the boxes on the small caves one after another and drew a few more small circles. "We have won consecutive victories in the small caves, obtained a large amount of resources, and even discovered and conquered new small caves!"

"At the time, Lao Li and I, combined with some inside information we had read, felt that this matter was very unusual and wrong!"

"Because the strength of the cave creatures is obviously much stronger than ours. It is not as we imagined that they would be defeated by us all the way. If the cave creatures are so powerful, why do they abandon some small caves and let us take them easily?"

Principal Yang looked very serious, staring at Zhou You, as if he was explaining, or as if he was persuading, "If you put yourself in the shoes of the creatures in the cave, then I want to know, do you think you would support your enemies and allow them to obtain resources at will?"

Zhou You shook his head, "Of course not. If the enemy is strong, it means I am weakening. I wish the enemy would collapse directly from within."