Chapter 6

C-level Mimicry Devil Vine!?

In the midst of panic and chaos, this announcement was like a bombshell echoing in the ears of all the students.

Zhou Lu Hai turned abruptly. Amidst all the screams and panic, he witnessed Sun Yiming’s “girlfriend” transform into a withered vine.

A gunshot to the head.

What was killed wasn’t a living person, but a plant disguised as a human!

Some students realized, their foreheads covered in cold sweat, looked at Ji Fu in disbelief.

As an F-level, how did she manage to do this?

Leaving aside how she recognized it, she didn’t even hesitate for a moment, directly shooting and killing the plant in front of everyone.

This kind of judgment and execution, and even this courage, from just an F-level?

For quite some time, Sun Yiming couldn’t come to his senses. He pointed at Ji Fu, his mouth agape. “You… you…”

He wanted to say Ji Fu was crazy.

But he heard Zhou Lu Hai’s cold voice beside him, “You brought a Mimicry Devil Vine onto the starship and didn’t even notice?”

Sun Yiming finally snapped out of it, his back covered in cold sweat.

Just earlier, this Mimicry Devil Vine was affectionately holding his hand, calling him “dear.”

The thought of the other person being a monster made him feel nauseous, and he stumbled to the side, vomiting continuously.

“Ugh!”

Another Special A Class student, Liu Can, who was closest to him and the Mimicry Devil Vine, looked particularly ugly.

Before boarding the starship, Zhou Lu Hai had reminded him three times to thoroughly check the members of their team.

All three times, his conclusion was that there were no abnormalities.

“It’s my fault,” Liu Can said in a deep voice. “It might be a problem with the equipment. I’ll check it right away.”

He immediately took out the equipment and, along with two Special A Class mech pilots, began to inspect it.

Throughout the process, he didn’t even glance at Ji Fu.

He didn’t think an F-level could have the ability to detect a C-level Mimicry Devil Vine, so he could only attribute this to Ji Fu carrying more advanced equipment.

Since it was an issue with the equipment, they would solve it.

As for asking an F-level for advice, it was simply not within the scope of consideration for someone like Liu Can.

Just an F-level.

Zhou Lu Hai scoffed at their last-minute remedial actions and turned to Wan Feng. “What’s her background?”

Wan Feng’s expression was complicated as he glanced at the devil vine on the ground.

Just now, Ji Fu’s shot directly hit the weak point of the devil vine, which is why it was instantly killed.

But Wan Feng didn’t know how to respond to Zhou Lu Hai’s question.

His silence, in Zhou Lu Hai’s eyes, implied involvement in the other party’s family secrets, so he didn’t inquire further.

The new student exam had just begun, and such an exciting incident had already occurred. While the people on the starship had yet to react, the forum of the Interstellar Academy had exploded.

Every year’s new student exam was lively, and this year there were several outstanding students, so this exam received a lot of attention.

However, the specific scenes of the exam were not visible to others.

This was done to ensure fairness in the exam and to prevent cheating from outside assistance.

But the excitement was still considerable.

Because during every major exam at the Interstellar Academy, there was a very intuitive scoreboard visible to all faculty and students when they accessed the academy’s database.

The scoreboard had a white background with red text, and it updated in real-time. Any change in scores was very conspicuous.

However, no one expected the scores to come out so quickly this time.

And the first person to earn points was someone with an unfamiliar name, and even more surprisingly, just an F-level.

When that line of red text, “Ji Fu F, 100 points,” surpassed all the Special A Class students and rose above all the new students’ heads, the entire forum exploded.

【What the heck? It’s only been a dozen minutes since they probably boarded the starship, and they’re already scoring?】

【The school is getting tougher. They actually put mimicry devil vines, even C-level ones, among the students.】

【As everyone knows, mimicry devil vines are the most difficult to deal with among all the plants. I wonder who the unfortunate soul is who got replaced right at the beginning. This exam is doomed.】

【This F-level named Ji Fu is the most outrageous, huh? Killing a C-level mimicry and getting a perfect score directly?】

【An F? No way, how is that possible?】

【Cross-level, and without using a mech, just a direct kill, with buffs maxed out】

【But just killing a C-level mimicry, how could it result in a perfect score?】

【Let me remind you, C-level only indicates its danger level as C, but the mimicry ability of the devil vine is the strongest among A-level and below.】

【If you don’t understand, that’s the reason you’re failing.】

【Hey, the person above, watch your language. Why resort to personal attacks?】

【It’s not a personal attack, it’s common sense. Placing this level of mimicry plant among the new students’ team is equivalent to adding an extra difficult question to the exam. It’s extremely challenging, and it seems it was resolved within a dozen minutes of the exam, seemingly with a one-shot kill. So why give a perfect score?】

The Interstellar Academy’s forum allowed both anonymous and non-anonymous comments. The person who made this comment didn’t choose anonymity.

This meant that everyone could see his name and talent level.

Underneath that bright red S-class title, nobody dared to refute his words.

【Senior Tan Xi, are you free today?】

【Wow, a simple new student exam got you to come out.】

【Let’s take a group photo in the front row.】

This person’s appearance shifted the tone of the discussion in the forum.

The notifications on the holobrains kept coming, but Tan Xi found it annoying and muted them directly.

He didn’t know that the fun of today’s new student exam was just beginning.

After the mimicry devil vine died, the atmosphere on the starship became much more subdued. Many students looked at Ji Fu with a hint of fear in their eyes.

It wasn’t until everyone received the reminder for the first exam that things started moving again.

The new student exam covered dozens of planets in the galaxy, and the exam content was randomly assigned. Whatever you got, you had to do the corresponding task.

Once in the exam room, the students on the starship were sent to different planets based on the tasks assigned.

Soon, the starship was half-empty.

Jiang Wei huddled in a corner, clutching her hands tightly, silently praying to be randomly assigned an easy task.

But she never expected that all the students around her had already left, and it wasn’t her turn yet.

The long wait made her even more anxious.

When she looked up again, there were only a few scattered students left on the starship, and most of them were C-level or above.

Jiang Wei was in a state of panic, as being grouped with students of higher talent levels meant the tasks would be extremely difficult.

Looking around the entire starship, she realized there were only her and Ji Fu, both F-levels, left.

This discovery almost plunged her into a state of immense panic.

Ji Fu beside her was still drinking her chocolate.

Seeing Jiang Wei’s restless appearance, she spoke up to comfort her, “The algorithm used by the Interstellar Academy seems to be quite dumb.”

Jiang Wei didn’t understand her meaning for a moment.

Then she continued, “Among all the new students, there are only two of us without teams, so we are counted as two teams individually.”

She gestured with her chin towards the massive group from the Special A Class. “Over there. Ten people.”

“So, what does that mean?” Jiang Wei still didn’t understand.

Ji Fu finished her chocolate in one breath and calmly said, “So if I’m not mistaken, this dumb algorithm probably grouped us with that team to balance the number of personnel for each task.”

Grouped with the Special A Class.

Jiang Wei’s face almost turned white in an instant.

Just now, she heard someone nearby say that the school seemed to be forcing all the members of the Special A Class to form teams.

Any one of them had the ability to lead a team to victory.

Forced bundling meant their task should be the most difficult among this year’s freshmen.

Now, they were telling her that she was grouped with them!?

Jiang Wei felt suffocated. Before she could react, she heard the broadcast reminder.

“Arriving at remote planet K437, the personnel for the mission are: Special A Class, Zhou Lu Hai, Special A Class, Wan Feng… F Class, Ji Fu, F Class, Jiang Wei.”

“Those whose names were called, please land on planet K437, wishing all candidates good luck.”

Almost instantly, Ji Fu saw the blood drain from Jiang Wei’s face.

Over there, the people from the Special A Class were already prepared.

When they came to Ji Fu’s side, Sun Yiming’s face darkened, but under Zhou Lu Hai’s gaze, he could only speak up:

“Hey.”

“F grade, our team is short one person,” Sun Yiming said impatiently.

They trained with eleven people, and now, missing his girlfriend, they were short one member.

Originally, they planned to select someone from Class B, but Sun Yiming didn’t know what Zhou Lu Hai and Wan Feng said, so they decided to give the empty spot to Ji Fu.

Ji Fu’s recent performance was evident to everyone, so even those who looked down on F grades didn’t object at this moment.

Because of the argument Ji Fu had with Ji Fu earlier, Zhou Lu Hai asked him to extend the invitation.

But Sun Yiming was not happy.

Ji Fu killed that mimetic plant in front of him earlier, embarrassing him, and now, a low-level F grade was included. Even if she could be of some use, where could she possibly go?

But he couldn’t make decisions for the team.

If he refused, Zhou Lu Hai could kick him out during the mission.

So he had to agree, but he dragged it out until just before the start to ask Ji Fu.

“You’re getting a bargain,” he said mockingly, his words insincere, but he didn’t see any problem with it.

They were in the Special A Class, with two almost-S level monsters. Anyone with a clear mind wouldn’t refuse this proposal.

So even though he said it reluctantly, the full face of mockery couldn’t hide it. The other students beside him were shocked, with various envious eyes falling on Ji Fu.

Jiang Wei was already feeling bad because of the difficult task.

Hearing what Sun Yiming said to Ji Fu, that Ji Fu was going to the Special A Class team, leaving her alone as an F grade, made her feel almost hopeless.

Without any surprises, she would probably end up at the bottom of this freshman exam.

Surviving as an F in the Interstellar Academy was indeed difficult. There was a huge gap between her and those prodigies that she couldn’t overcome in her lifetime.

Seeing her dazed expression and the pain and despair on her face, Ji Fu couldn’t help but pause.

For interstellar people, the words “talent” were like a curse, hanging over their heads for life, becoming their lifelong nightmare.

She didn’t look at Sun Yiming, but instead gestured lightly towards Jiang Wei: “I remember you brought nutrient fluid when you left.”

Jiang Wei hesitated for a moment before she finally realized and took out a bottle of nutrient fluid from her bag, handing it to Ji Fu.

She saw Ji Fu’s hand holding the nutrient fluid, her spirit still somewhat confused. Suddenly, she heard Ji Fu say, “So, from now on, we are teammates.”

Jiang Wei looked up in disbelief.