Chapter 71

Amidst the full-screen question marks in the live broadcast room, there was a mechanical transformation.

The dog bell tied with a red ribbon, upon transforming into a unmanned drone armor, seamlessly integrated with the armor.

A faint red light flickered at the engine of the armor, and with the mechanical core embedded, it emitted a loud clank.

【Unmanned Drone Armor “Flame Flame”, mechanical core running normally】

In the state of armor, the installed dog bell couldn’t be seen, but the surging power of the armor could be felt.

And then…

As the live feed rotated, the pitch-black armor’s crimson eyes also followed suit, circulating.

As if it had gained self-awareness.

【No, isn’t it easy for armor to level up?】

【…The unmanned drone armor of star level, some memories have been awakened】

【Mainly, how could it be so easy to level up, going straight from S+ to star level! It’s like a direct leap in rank!】

There were many envious eyes.

【Just watching makes my heart race, can you go from S+ to star level just by being her dog?】

【Don’t just look at the mechanical dog, look at me too, I’m more obedient than the mechanical dog】

The examination room fell silent.

Zhou Xing’s eyes darkened as he scanned Ji Fu inside for a while before saying, “If it weren’t for knowing that Yun Chi had already passed away long ago, today’s scene would make one think that the deceased had returned.”

Upon hearing this, the people present couldn’t help but feel a tremor in their hearts.

Among them, the person in charge of the Si Family had the ugliest expression. Coincidentally, today, the person who came to the examination room was Si Fan’s father, Si Xun.

Si Xun said coldly, “There are indeed not many people who can achieve this level with unmanned drone armor.”

Among the existing major families, the Si Family had the strongest reaction to the name Yun Chi.

The lesson from three years ago was still vivid, making the people of the Si Family particularly sensitive to this level of similarity.

Si Xun stood up, staring coldly at the unmanned drone armor, “Although the matter of Yun Chi’s death has been confirmed repeatedly…”

“But to prevent accidents, our Si Family still wants to personally verify it.” He said, looking up at Zhang Huan.

Seeing Zhang Huan frowning, Si Xun added, “The matter of the slaughterhouse has already proven Ji Fu’s innocence.”

“This verification is just for our Si Family’s peace of mind and won’t affect the examination process.”

Si Xun’s attitude almost represented the entire Si Family’s opinion.

With things reaching this point, Zhang Huan couldn’t refuse.

Moreover, for the people of the Interstellar Academy, if Ji Fu was said to be related to the slaughterhouse, Zhang Huan would be nervous.

Saying she was Yun Chi…

That’s basically impossible.

The Alliance has repeatedly confirmed Yun Chi’s death. If Yun Chi hadn’t died, why would the Alliance high-levels cover up for her actions before?

Moreover, Ji Fu is a star-level talent. Who in the entire interstellar doesn’t know that Yun Chi is a low-level creature?

Some people in the room also thought that the Si Family was overly cautious, but considering the incident where Yun Chi almost destroyed the entire Si Family years ago, they couldn’t come up with any objections.

Once bitten by a snake, ten years afraid of the well rope.

It’s not wrong for the Si Family to be cautious.

The Si Family’s actions were swift. In front of everyone, they accessed Yun Chi’s genetic profile.

When Yun Chi was imprisoned, her file was top-secret, and the Union’s core members responsible for managing prison information said that the file was stored in the highest surveillance.

Because the highest surveillance was an independent department from the Union and the interstellar prison, its jurisdiction was also different, so it was in accordance with the regulations to establish a separate information file storage.

But with the subsequent destruction of the highest surveillance, the files were also cleared.

Fortunately, in the Alliance’s advanced information repository, Yun Chi’s genetic profile was still preserved.

This original profile was the main evidence they used a few years ago to confirm her identity after her repeated offenses.

The Si Family used their high-level authority to access it, and in full view of everyone, they directly conducted a comparison of information.

Saying it wouldn’t affect the union exam and the live broadcast was because they could directly access all the personal information of the examinees from the badges they wore.

No student could escape the badge screening, which was also a necessary condition for participating in the union exam.

The comparison machine used by the Si Family was very advanced, and the comparison results appeared in just two minutes.

In the quiet examination room, a cold mechanical voice sounded: [Genetic correlation failed, not the same person’s genes]

Detailed data was also displayed on the screen, showing that all the values were different, completely two different individuals.

Upon hearing this sentence, many people from the Si Family breathed a sigh of relief.

“How could a low-level creature become a star-level talent? I think the psychological shadow brought to the Si Family by Yun Chi is too great, that’s why the Si Family is so sensitive.”

“The difference between this unmanned drone armor and the previous black armor is not ordinary, not to mention that this upgrade success is mainly due to the infusion of super-star-grade top materials.”

“Does the Si Family think Yun Chi could still control super-star-grade materials?”

The speaker was from the Han Family, and since the energy stone incident, the two families had become increasingly antagonistic.

As this person spoke, he seemed to recall something, and his smile became more mocking.

Those here who pondered a bit could understand the meaning behind his smile.

… Yun Chi was restricted by that set of tools, at most she could only handle star-grade materials, rarely even touching star+. This everyone knows.

The armor she made from star-grade materials could almost wipe out half of the Si Family.

Back then, the Si Family’s super-star-grade assets were all folded in her black armor.

If Ji Fu was really Yun Chi, wouldn’t it terrify the Si Family half to death?

With the Si Family’s interruption, the focus of the people here shifted to Yun Chi. When they snapped back to reality, Flame had already transformed back into a mechanical dog.

The brand-new mechanical core, after Flame transformed, obediently hung around its neck again.

Si Xun’s face darkened.

The person in charge of the Han Family was right about one thing. This unmanned drone armor was fundamentally different from the black armor.

Inside the examination hall, the news of Flame’s promotion was not announced throughout the entire exam hall like Ji Fu’s talent upgrade.

Instead, Ji Fu received a message about her information being checked.

She opened her light brain, her gaze not falling on the badge she wore.

Qin Chu Yue asked, “Someone suspects you?”

【Yes】

“Don’t reveal anything, okay? Can you know who checked the information?”

Ji Fu hesitated slightly: 【Probably not】

【The exam is still ongoing, I didn’t track the source of the information】

She glanced at the talent values ​​in the lower right corner: 【The information file established when I was captured by the highest surveillance should have been extracted】

The person who took away the file could only be the mastermind behind the talent extraction.

As a victim of talent extraction, her file information must be at the highest secrecy level.

From the time she entered the union exam until now, her identity had not been exposed, which meant this information was only known by a few people, even in the hands of individuals.

She deliberately upgraded Flame during the union exam live broadcast and gleaned a lot of information.

She calmly tapped on the keyboard: 【If I’m not mistaken, there’s also a conflict of interest among the noble families】

This conflict of interest refers to blood bags like her.

And now there’s a very obvious piece of evidence, which is the explosive increase in her talent values ​​after recovery.

【Based on the current clues, I suspect that they have divided us, the flesh resources, into different levels】

【The top resources are monopolized by the top layer, and the rest can only fall into their respective hands】

This is not an unfounded guess, but the most important message Ji Fu got from participating in this union exam.

Superstar-level talent is so rare that it’s unlikely to appear uniformly among noble families.

But looking at the situation in the examination room now, superstar-level talents are monopolized by the noble families. Inside, there must be people who have risen to their current status by extracting talents.

The union exam has been going on for so long, and those who have extracted talents from others, whether more or less, have shown side effects, either their talent levels are not up to standard, or they are unstable.

But only the superstar level has never shown any problems from start to finish.

They haven’t even experienced the slightest fluctuation in talent.

As beneficiaries of talent extraction, why are their talents so stable, seemingly innate?

For this question, Ji Fu has two guesses. One is about their own physical condition. When the extracted talents enter their bodies, there is no strong resistance effect, and they integrate very well with their own bodies.

And the second… is the talent resources they use, which are different from the ordinary.

It can even be said to be the best of the best.

So it presents an extremely stable talent, unaffected by anything.

This line of thought was also confirmed after she rose to the star level and her talent values expanded significantly.

Noble families regard living people as talent resources. Among them, good talent resources are probably exceptionally rare.

Perhaps this is also the fundamental reason why she was independently detained in the highest surveillance.

It’s just that until now, she still doesn’t know whose body her talent resources have been used in, and now it seems that the other party’s level shouldn’t be too low.

This has led to the result that after her escape, all information about her true identity was completely intercepted.

After the information interception, the other party did try to trace her.

However, maybe they didn’t take her seriously at first.

Before the explosion of the highest surveillance, she had been injected with blue roxene three or four times, and since the guard of the highest surveillance, Ye Ping, died, the other party wasn’t sure whether it was three or four times.

But they knew about this poison. Under the effect of luo-sus and blue roxene, an ordinary person couldn’t withstand even a single injection, let alone three or four doses of strong poison like her.

This talent extraction plan should have been going on for a long time, but there was not a single piece of news on the entire star network. From this, it can be inferred that this matter rarely encountered any accidents.

They were also confident that she would die within a short period of time.

So most of their energy was used to cover up the matter of the highest surveillance, and even to investigate the death of An Zaiyang.

Because An Zaiyang died on the spot, losing a dose of blue roxene.

At that time, these people might not have thought that An Zaiyang’s death was related to her.

It’s unknown whether it corresponds to later events, but they couldn’t directly confirm her identity.

They missed the golden opportunity to track her.

At least until now, there is no way to directly confirm that she is Yun Chi. From the last incident of the Legion, several suspects have been narrowed down.

For her and Shi Xueying, such ‘suspects’, they adopted a policy of rather killing the wrong person than letting her go.

So that’s why they’ve encountered so many assassination attempts in succession.

After the second union exam, her level of danger increased. Therefore, after the union exam ended, she was the only one who encountered an assassination attempt.

Ji Fu speculated that the other party saw the live broadcast of the union exam.

Although the union exam was hot, if it was the high-levels of the Alliance, they would have too many things to handle and wouldn’t have time to pay attention to a student exam.

But seeing her was only a matter of time.

Once they saw her, the level of suspicion about her would inevitably rise.

When she was imprisoned three years ago, her file was directly established, and her photo was in the file.

Although there were no monitoring devices installed in the highest surveillance for the sake of talent extraction secrecy, and her appearance had changed somewhat from three years ago, as long as they saw her, they would inevitably become suspicious.

“Tsk.” Qin Chu Yue sneered, “These noble families were originally in cahoots, but for their own interests, they’re entangling each other.”

She paused slightly, suddenly realizing something, “Do you think today’s information inquiry might also be a kind of probing?”

Ji Fu calmly replied: 【I don’t know】

Several years ago, the Alliance confirmed her true identity information as Yun Chi due to information discrepancies.

Shortly after her birth, her parents sent her to live on a remote planet far from home.

Her parents, who were ordinary and kind-hearted people, soon discovered a discarded child, Yun Chi, in a crystal vein mine after sending her away.

Both of her parents were soft-hearted and kind-hearted ordinary people, so they brought Yun Chi back home out of pity.

She was raised until the age of three, when the Alliance finally conducted genetic screening and population information confirmation.

The population on remote planets was numerous, and there was a delay in screening. Moreover, low-level species were not valued much, so the establishment of the gene bank was particularly slow.

However, Yun Chi’s health was too poor, and despite her parents’ best efforts, they couldn’t save her.

At the age of three and a half, Yun Chi passed away.

That year happened to be when the remote star system where Ji Fu was located was attacked, and many people died in the mouths of alien beasts.

Her parents, worried about her safety, had to bring her back from that remote planet.

Her own information and gene bank were all established on the remote planet where she originally lived.

There weren’t many survivors on that remote planet afterward, and the records of those still alive were mostly blank.

Her parents used up all their savings, and even went into debt, just to bring her back.

To avoid attracting attention, they simply let her take on Yun Chi’s name.

So, from beginning to end, she had two real identities in her hands, a fact they still didn’t know until now.

When she was captured, her identity information was conclusive, so no one doubted that she was not Yun Chi.

After entering prison, she underwent a very detailed full-body examination.

Only that file could confirm that she was Yun Chi herself.

However, after she was individually guarded by Ye Ping, from the moment she planned to escape, she took advantage of several opportunities to invade the electronic shackles she wore. The electronic shackles stored all her information.

She only modified one piece of that information, which was the genetic information.

…Genetic information was such a complex thing that it should have been impossible to modify without the help of a light brain.

But Ji Fu was different.

She always remembered all of Yun Chi’s genetic code.

The electronic shackles were the only things in the entire highest surveillance that were connected to the network, but it was a closed network that was very difficult to infiltrate. She was able to access it smoothly because of the injection of Blue Russell.

After the first injection of Blue Russell, her supervision became very lax.

So she wasn’t sure whether the file information currently held by the other party was from when she was just imprisoned or extracted after Yun Chi’s death.

In addition to genetic information, all her data after recovering her talent was different from three years ago.

After Flame’s promotion, there was no news from the outside world.

From this, it seemed that the other party was unclear about confirming her identity, but they indeed didn’t intend to make this matter public.

Just as Ji Fu had anticipated.

It’s just that she didn’t know what methods the other party would use to deal with her next.

Ji Fu finally turned over from the small bed and sat up. Wan Feng, who knows where, brought back a huge tree and reminded her when he saw the situation: “The interval is about to open, only fifteen minutes left.”

Ji Fu hesitated for a moment, finally remembering the superstar-level weapon she had thrown aside.

【Damn it, you finally remembered to make the weapon】

【It’s only fifteen minutes, can you make it in time?】

【Hurry up! Do you know how many people want to harm you?】

Ji Fu had been stuck on the last step of this weapon before, but seeing the huge tree in Wan Feng’s hand now, she had a sudden inspiration.

She took out tools from her light brain and started working.

But fifteen minutes was still too short.

She hadn’t had time to refine the new weapon yet when a loud announcement rang out in the examination hall.

【The interval is about to evacuate, countdown ten, nine, eight…】

This voice made everyone’s scalp tighten.

Ji Fu was still calmly polishing her weapon.

【Interval evacuation, all examination rooms are open】

The next moment, in several superstar-level live broadcasts, the huge roar of controlling mechs sounded simultaneously.

Shen Qinglan almost rushed out the moment the interval opened.

He piloted a superstar-level mech and activated panoramic scanning, searching for Ji Fu’s figure among these examination rooms.

At the same time, he also established communication with Fang Yu’an.

When Fang Yu’an answered the call, he was somewhat surprised, “What instructions do you have, Mr. Shen?”

Shen Qinglan got straight to the point: “Help me eliminate Ji Fu, and all the points will be yours.”

Fang Yu’an raised an eyebrow lightly. Shen Qinglan always valued benefits more than his own life. At such times, he was willing to eliminate Ji Fu regardless of consequences.

A subtle smile hung on his face.

As one of the major families, he naturally knew about the recent events in the Shen family, and he also saw the live broadcast of Shen Qinglan apologizing to Ji Fu.

“Since Mr. Shen has spoken, I definitely have to give him this face.”

Between the Shen family and a student with no background, Fang Yu’an would undoubtedly choose the former.

He paused slightly, then directly shared a location with Shen Qinglan: “This is the result of my scan just now. Her position should be in either Examination Room 03 or 05.”

“Shall we split up?”

Shen Qinglan hesitated for a moment: “No, together.”

If he was going to make a move, he wanted to ensure it would result in elimination.

Calling Fang Yu’an was precisely for this reason.

“Ji Fu must have used some method to eliminate Qingxue,” Shen Qinglan warned, “Her talent has reached star level, so she should have quite a few trump cards.”

Fang Yu’an simply replied, “Don’t worry.”

With the two of them joining forces, not to mention Ji Fu, there might not be anyone in the entire examination hall who could match them.

In his prime, Zhou Xingyu could have, but wasn’t he currently ill? And he definitely wouldn’t side with Ji Fu.

“Let’s make this quick.”

The two superstar-level mechs sped towards Examination Rooms 03 and 05 simultaneously.

Fang Yu’an, being closer, reached Examination Room 05 first. After scanning, he immediately said, “Not in 05, she’s in 03.”

As soon as he spoke, he spotted Shen Qinglan’s mech speeding ahead.

Fang Yu’an quickly followed.

The speed of the superstar-level mechs was extraordinary, and in almost a blink, they simultaneously arrived at Examination Room 03.

Upon arrival, there was no need to search again.

Ji Fu’s position was too conspicuous, with a mysteriously planted giant tree beside her, under which a superstar-level beast was buried.

The beast hadn’t been buried for long, and with their panoramic mode on, they could see it as soon as they started searching.

Fang Yu’an lightly adjusted his glasses: “…So free to even dig a grave for a superstar-level beast?”

Shen Qinglan, expressionless, raised his hand and released a massive bombardment cannon, shattering the giant tree and the remnants of the Half-Howling Jing Tian Ape into pieces.

【You can tell Shen Qinglan is really agitated】

As the giant cannon landed, Wan Feng’s face changed instantly. He activated the mech’s defense, shielding Ji Fu behind him.

Ji Fu hadn’t yet finished her weapon.

This single shot shattered Wan Feng’s defense system. His face darkened, and he informed Ji Fu: “Shen Qinglan has called for backup.”

This was the worst-case scenario. Their weapon was unfinished, and they were surrounded by two superstar-level opponents.

Wan Feng’s S+ mech was like paper against the superstar-level mechs.

Given the current situation, let alone winning, being caught between two superstar-level mechs meant they couldn’t even escape.

In the tense atmosphere, Fang Yu’an also activated his mech.

He and Shen Qinglan surrounded them, cutting off all escape routes, intending not to give Ji Fu and Wan Feng any chance.

【Stop messing with the weapon and run!】

Crash.

Ji Fu completed the final step of her weapon, cooled the newly made weapon in liquid, and simultaneously released Jiaoyue and Yanyan.

She raised her head slightly, staring directly at the two massive mechs before her.

“Seems Mr. Shen prefers gang fights.” Even under the siege of two superstar-level mechs, she remained calm. As Shen Qinglan attacked again, she pressed the communication button:

“Hello? Haizi, go!”

So what if it was a gang fight? Everyone had their backup.

After the examination hall interval opened, she had sent her location to Zhou Lu Hai.

Though Zhou Lu Hai was farther away, he wasn’t any slower than the two of them in getting there.

Before Shen Qinglan’s attack could hit Ji Fu, a fierce roaring sound was heard from above.

His expression changed slightly as he looked up suddenly.

In an instant, he saw a massive black-and-white mech descending from above.

From appearing in view to the mech crashing down, the entire process took less than half a second.

Fang Yu’an’s face darkened, and he immediately said, “Superstar-level mech.”

In the third round of the joint exam, Zhou Lu Hai had finally released his superstar-level mech for the first time.

The mech ranked eighth on the Tianbang Mech List, the only superstar-level mech in the top eight—Fission.

So far, aside from Rose, it was the strongest mech in the entire examination hall.