The aircraft took off and landed along the way.
After picking up students from over ten schools, there were more than fifty students sitting inside.
Finally, the aircraft started to accelerate, shooting straight into the clouds.
From the city area to the Jiangbei Martial Arts University campus, it was only over a hundred kilometers, and the Second Rank aircraft reached its destination in just a few minutes at full speed.
It descended slowly.
At four o’clock in the afternoon, the cabin door opened, and over fifty students followed Teacher Ming and others in disembarking the aircraft one by one.
This was a large airport.
Around the runway, there were already up to a hundred aircraft parked, with most looking similar to the one Li Yuan and his peers were on.
Apart from the terminal building, not far away, there was a very special metallic high-rise, under which hundreds of students were standing densely packed.
In the distant horizon.
Lay a huge War Fortress, hundreds of meters tall and occupying a vast area.
“War Fortress?” Many students couldn’t help but exclaim in surprise.
Li Yuan also looked over, unable to help himself.
In the city area, aside from a few special buildings, most did not exceed twelve stories.
But the distant, massive War Fortress, with its smooth contour lines, was filled with geometric aesthetics and a stern technological texture.
The outer layer of the fortress seemed to also use a reflective material, shimmering with the changing light. One could vaguely see dense laser turrets, electromagnetic towers, and numerous unmanned drone launch platforms.
With just one glance,
Li Yuan thought of the ‘Number Three Base’ located in the Rob Sea Star Realm, towering a kilometer high, that he had seen in videos — the two were very similar.
But watching in a video and seeing it in person conveyed completely different levels of impact.
“Jiangbei Martial Arts University’s War Fortress is rarely seen in photos online,” Li Yuan thought to himself. “But why is there a War Fortress inside the university?”
“Everyone, look over here,”
“Let me introduce to you,” the suit-clad man leading the group said with a smile. “The War Fortress you see in the distance is classified as a Second Rank War Fortress by the Seven Star Alliance, and it is the main teaching building of our Jiangbei Martial Arts University.”
“At the same time, it is also a military base, so during the entire event period, photography is prohibited on campus, which I’m sure everyone understands,” he continued.
The main teaching building? A military base?
Located in the same place? Many students were confused.
“You all are soon to become students at the Martial Arts University, and you need to start changing your mindset,” the young man in the suit said with a smile. “Ordinary university students are still common people, just like countless other civilians, and they are under protection.”
“But students at the Martial Arts University are not common people.”
“Each Martial Arts University, in fact, is a gathering place for top martial artists to teach and invest massive resources.”
“Each student at the Martial Arts University is a reserve military officer. Why does the nation invest so much in Martial Arts Universities?” the young man in the suit asked with a smile.
“To kill enemies, protect the nation!” some students said instinctively.
This was the education and guidance they had received from childhood.
“Right, in a crucial moment,” the man in the suit said solemnly, “any student from the Martial Arts University must unconditionally comply with military conscription.”
Students like Li Yuan and Lin Lanyue all became solemn, listening attentively.
Every student aspiring to become a Martial Artist was aware
that upon entering a Martial Arts University, one must sign a ‘Conscription Contract,’ which meant becoming a reserve military officer.
A Martial Artist signifies not only powerful strength and extremely high social status but also the responsibility of guarding human civilization.
Martial Artists, tasked with killing enemies and protecting the nation, have an inescapable duty.
If one does not have such conviction and mental preparation,
then there is no need to apply to the Martial Arts University, and one might as well remain an ordinary person.
“Similarly, whether it is one of the top five universities or the Martial Arts Universities in each province, the locations are carefully chosen,” the man in the suit added with a laugh. “In the future, you all will understand.”
“Now, look over here again.”
“The metal tower nearby is an Electromagnetic Tower, considered an extremely high-end core of land arsenals, and it is part of the peripheral defense of the entire War Fortress,” the man in the suit continued to explain. “Our city has many Martial Artists and is also staffed by the military, making it very safe.”
“But here we are sparsely populated, and aircraft often take off and land, which can easily attract the attention of flying Star Realm Creatures. Therefore, an Electromagnetic Weapon Tower has been specially built next to the terminal building.”
“Any flying Star Realm Creatures that dare to appear or approach within tens of kilometers will be directly killed by the electromagnetic cannons inside the Electromagnetic Tower,” the man in the suit explained. “To reduce energy consumption, it is currently in a hidden state.”
“If fully activated, there would be hundreds of electromagnetic cannons,” the man in the suit said with a smile.
Listening, many students were quite shocked, as they had rarely seen such war weapons while living in the city.
“Let’s go,”
“Come over here to gather; most people have already arrived,” the man in the suit led everyone to gather under the Electromagnetic Tower.
In fact,
the hundreds of students who had originally been waiting under the tower could not help but look over.
“Seems like they’re from Jiang City again.”
“So many people, this is the third batch already.”
“Jiang City really gets a lot of slots.”
“What do you mean Jiang City gets a lot of slots? That’s because our city has good results. College entrance exams look at scores; over a third of the students admitted to Jiangbei Martial Arts University are from Jiang City,” someone retorted.
“Heh, I’m going to see, is Jiang City really that great?”
“Not a single one who’s handsome,” students from all over Jiangbei Province whispered among themselves.
All who were invited were elite students from around the province.
They were mostly big names at their respective schools, with many being perennial top students, and naturally carried a bit of arrogance.
Drawing close, the dozens of students from Guan Mountain District, with Lin Lanyue and Li Yuan at the core, started to come over.
There was no way around it, the most numerous and prestigious students at Guan Mountain District’s Number One High School were Lin Lanyue and Li Yuan.
Walking beside Li Yuan, Lin Lanyue suddenly whispered, “Li Yuan, take a look at the boy over there playing with his smart ring, his name is Tian Dazhuang, remember him.”
“Tian Dazhuang?” Li Yuan was momentarily stunned.
Such an unusual name.
He looked over and saw a person with unremarkable appearance, short and stocky limbs, someone who would be absolutely unnoticed in a crowd.
“What about him?” Li Yuan asked, puzzled.
“He comes from the mountainous region of Shi Zhou,” Lin Lanyue said softly. “His family is very poor, but in the January examinations, he scored full marks in Martial Arts Skills.”
“Full marks?” Li Yuan was slightly surprised and couldn’t help but give another look to the youth named Tian Dazhuang.
His Martial Arts Skills are that impressive?
“And that girl in white clothes, she’s from Xiangzhou,” Lin Lanyue continued softly. “Her name is Wang Yu, she also scored full marks in Martial Arts Skills in the January examinations.”
“Wang Yu?” Li Yuan also made a mental note.
The girl named Wang Yu, dressed in a tight Martial Arts uniform, had a great figure, but her appearance was ordinary, not nearly as striking as Lin Lanyue.
“Any others?” Li Yuan couldn’t help asking.
“You think full marks in Martial Arts Skills are as common as cabbages? The last one is Wu Dongdong from the city district, he hasn’t arrived yet,” Lin Lanyue said with a shake of her head and a chuckle. “But several months have passed since the January examinations, so I wouldn’t rule out someone else making a breakthrough.”
Li Yuan murmured to himself.
Someone else made a breakthrough? Unfortunately, that would be me.
“Remember them, are we going to fight against them?” Li Yuan asked.
“Didn’t you look at the schedule?” Lin Lanyue glanced at Li Yuan. “There’s a Martial Arts Skills assessment tonight, did you think it would be an isolated test like the college entrance exam?”
“Is it not?” Li Yuan wondered.
He had looked at the schedule.
But the schedule didn’t offer detailed explanations for each item.
“A free-for-all battle, the last one standing wins,” Lin Lanyue uttered eight words.
Li Yuan’s pupils contracted slightly; this was one type of competition mode from the Starry Skies Fighting Network.
Very brutal.
“Try to avoid those top experts as much as possible, if you can survive until the end of a fight, the observers from the five famous schools will definitely have a higher opinion of you,” Lin Lanyue said in a low voice. “For the universities, they’re not just looking at scores, but more at combat experience.”
Li Yuan nodded slightly.
If one lacks absolute strength advantage but still emerges victorious in the melee, it’s enough to prove one’s combat capability.
After all, combat isn’t about comparing scores. Even someone strong can still lose to someone weaker.
Therefore, knowing the strengths of others in advance is very important.
“There are about ten others with Martial Arts Skills scores over 380 points; they all might make a breakthrough. I’ll point them out to you, and you remember,” Lin Lanyue pointed each one out to Li Yuan, naming them and their scores.
With Li Yuan’s spiritual power, remembering a dozen people in a short amount of time wasn’t difficult.
After memorizing them all, Li Yuan asked in a low voice, “Why are you helping me?”
The January examination results from each city were not made public. It’s not easy searching them out one by one.
Most importantly, getting a hold of these people’s appearances and then remembering them is incredibly difficult.
A normal 12th-grade student, who would go out of their way to pay attention to the results from other districts? And remember the faces on top of that?
Even for their own city, it’s impressive enough just to remember the first-place student.
“Friends help each other,” Lin Lanyue said with a faint smile. “I also hope you can help me during the combat assessment.”
Li Yuan smiled too, help Lin Lanyue?
When he saw the special treatment from Senior Ming on the school’s sport field, Li Yuan had used ‘Inquiry’ on Lin Lanyue and confirmed that her Physical Quality had reached an astonishing 10.1 level.
This was already beyond the full score standard for Physical Quality in the college entrance exam.
But Li Yuan didn’t reveal this.
“Alright, mutual assistance,” Li Yuan replied.
He vaguely felt that from yesterday to today, his relationship with Lin Lanyue indeed seemed more like that of normal friends.
Furthermore, Li Yuan was truly grateful to her.
This information had come at the perfect time.
With his Spear Technique just breaking through to the Fourth Level, he might not be able to win if he really faced Tian Dazhuang or Wang Yu.
Li Yuan continued chatting with Lin Lanyue.
Not far away, other students looked on by themselves.
Suddenly.
Another aircraft arrived, dropping off dozens of students.
“Here they come, from our Jiang City district,” Lin Lanyue suddenly said.
Li Yuan was taken aback; he couldn’t tell at all.
Leading the team was a ponytailed girl hopping and skipping around, looking around curiously.
“Gu Qiang, your good friend has arrived,” Lin Lanyue turned her head to look at Gu Qianghan, who was bragging to a girl.
“Good friend? Who?” Gu Qianghan turned his head, and his pupils shrank. “Crap, that little lunatic.”
He started to run.
But it was too late.
Whoosh! In a flash, the ponytailed girl appeared in front of Gu Qianghan and said cheerfully, “Little Qiang, long time no see.”
“Dongdong, it has been a long time, you’ve gotten prettier,” Gu Qianghan forced a smile.