Chapter 7

But the most surprised person was not her, but Sun Yiming next to her.

He suddenly looked up at the two of them and exclaimed loudly, “What do you mean by this?”

“Do you take us for charity workers? The team invited you out of the ordinary, seeing you still have some ability, yet you still want to bring along another F…” Sun Yiming sneered, “Do you really think of yourself as a delicacy?”

The inherent talent discrimination made him feel that Ji Fu couldn’t possibly refuse their invitation.

So, in his eyes, Ji Fu’s words were just about wanting to bring another F into the team.

The relationships in Class A were complicated, and indeed, there were quite a few talented people brought along in this team, but that was A-class privilege.

For her, being an F, she was thinking too much!

Sun Yiming was about to say something more when he suddenly thought of something and chuckled.

The starship had already landed, and the other members of Class A had already exited the airlock.

He didn’t bother saying much more to Ji Fu and the other person, simply exited the airlock and found Zhou Lu Hai outside.

Before, Zhou Lu Hai was the least pleased about adding people to the team.

He wanted to see if Zhou Lu Hai would still endure her request.

Sure enough, when Zhou Lu Hai heard that they wanted to bring another F, his expression turned cold.

He walked towards the direction of the starship, coincidentally meeting Ji Fu.

“Are you going to bring her along?” Zhou Lu Hai asked.

This batch of freshmen all knew Zhou Lu Hai. Although he was currently in Class A and publicly claimed to be A-level talent, everyone knew he would definitely enter Class S in the future.

He came from one of the three major families, the Zhou family, and was from the main family.

People from the main family never had talents lower than S-level.

Seeing him come to find Ji Fu, Jiang Wei couldn’t help but feel uneasy.

“The team currently lacks only one person,” Zhou Lu Hai said expressionlessly, “If you insist on bringing her…”

After entering school for a month, he was truly disgusted with various entanglements and didn’t like others using him to get high scores.

But that blow just now had left a deep impression on him.

If she must be brought, fine.

But Jiang Wei needed to offer something he found worthwhile, otherwise, in any situation requiring consideration, he would definitely be the first to kick Jiang Wei out.

Unexpectedly, before he could finish his sentence, Ji Fu interrupted him, “That’s your team’s business, what does it have to do with us?”

Zhou Lu Hai paused.

“What do you mean?” Sun Yiming behind him finally reacted, pointing to Jiang Wei, “So you’re rejecting our team’s invitation and teaming up with this F?”

The commotion on their side eventually caught the attention of everyone here.

Regarding Ji Fu joining the team, it was decided by Zhou Lu Hai, and everyone had no objections.

But no one expected that there would be an F in this world who would refuse an invitation from an A, and the reason for her refusal was because of another F!

Sun Yiming chuckled angrily, “I’ve never heard such a joke in my life! I don’t know whether to say you’re too arrogant or just plain ignorant!”

Liu Can and the others behind him were not particularly pleased either.

“Zhou, since it’s like this, let’s forget it. We just calculated that the tasks previously assigned to Li Qingqing can be shared among the three of us mecha pilots, so we don’t need to add another person.”

Seeing the tense atmosphere, Wan Die wanted to say something to mediate.

She took a step forward, “Sister Ji…”

Before she could speak, she was stopped by Wan Feng.

“Alright, if she doesn’t want to come, there’s no need to force her.” Wan Feng’s eyes were deep, and compared to others, he was more interested in knowing who Ji Fu really was and what abilities she possessed.

Jiang Wei opened her mouth, wanting to advise Ji Fu to be rational.

Tasks that required all A-level talents to team up were too difficult. These A-level individuals had been geniuses among the crowd since they were young, and they were used to being revered by others.

Because of their outstanding abilities, they had the right to be arrogant.

If they missed this opportunity, it would be difficult for just the two of them to make it through this exam.

“Now broadcasting the content of the first round of exams.” Before she could speak, the announcement interrupted her directly.

The exam was about to begin, and everyone present focused solely on the content being broadcast.

“The duration of this round of exams is two hours.

Exam content: Clearing D-level Maple Iron Trees, team cooperation. Clearing one Maple Iron Tree accumulates 2 points, with no upper limit.”

“Now, the exam begins.”

Liu Can’s expression changed.

At first listen, this exam content sounded easy.

D-level Maple Iron Trees were a relatively harmless type of exotic plant, far less dangerous than the previous C-level Mimicry Devil Vines. Maple Iron Trees grew in the ground, with many branches, but they couldn’t even move.

Among all the exotic plants, this was considered one of the less harmful types.

However…

The reason why they were called Maple Iron Trees was that the bodies of these plants were as hard as iron. They couldn’t be felled by human strength alone, and ordinary knives, shears, and saws couldn’t damage their branches, let alone completely clear them.

Even if there were methods to deal with them, clearing one Maple Iron Tree only earned two points. To pass with a minimum score of 60 within two hours, they had to clear at least 30 trees.

The passing line for Class A was different from other classes; they needed at least eighty points to pass.

In other words, within two hours, they had to cut down 40 Maple Iron Trees.

The others present also realized the difficulty of this exam, and their expressions weren’t too good.

“All mecha pilots, prepare.” Thankfully, Zhou Lu Hai spoke up first. He walked past Ji Fu with a cold face and didn’t say anything more to her.

“Modify the three existing mechs on-site, adding rotary saws.”

Rotary saws were mech attachments, and they were the best for cutting. With the weight of the mechs and the rotary saws, they could cut down countless Maple Iron Trees with just one rotation.

The hearts of the Class A team members instantly settled, and the mech pilots acted quickly.

“Mechanics, try to make a wood-cutting machine with materials of the same level. Wan Feng, take three people to find usable materials. Sun Yiming, you and…”

After half a month of training, their cooperation was quite tacit.

The others all started moving quickly, except Sun Yiming, who was still standing beside Ji Fu and the other person.

The mechs they brought had already been deployed.

These three mechs consisted of one B-level and two C-level ones.

It had only been a month since the freshmen entered school, and ordinary students were still using the training cockpits for combat training, and they didn’t even understand those well.

Class A already had at least three people who could control mechs.

And according to the regulations of the Interstellar Academy, anything that could be brought into the exam room, including mechs, had to be personally made by the students.

In other words, they still had geniuses capable of making B-level combat armor.

Sun Yiming looked at Ji Fu, “An F doesn’t even have the qualifications to control a mech.”

The minimum requirement to become a mech soldier was to be at least C-level.

“What exactly are you pretending for, Sun Yiming?” Zhou Lu Hai said sternly.

“Here.” Sun Yiming smirked. He quickly walked to Zhou Lu Hai’s side and looked up, seeing the mountain covered with Maple Iron Trees in front of him.

“So many Maple Iron Trees, do you think they can all be cut down?”

Cut them all down.

Those nearby glanced at Ji Fu and the other person.

In the same exam room, if they cleared all the Maple Iron Trees, the other two would be done for.

“All cleared.” Zhou Lu Hai directly gave an affirmative answer.

No upper limit on points.

The Interstellar Academy ranked students based on points in each exam, and reaching a certain level of points allowed entry into the high score list of previous years.

Since they were a team of seven A-levels, they couldn’t just aim for a passing grade.

Jiang Wei’s heart sank as she looked up at the three combat mechs.

Under the sunlight, the solemn and majestic mechs seemed to be covered in a layer of cold light.

Then she looked into the distance at the dense and tangled Maple Iron Trees.

The height of the mountain and the density of the Maple Iron Trees probably meant that only mechs could freely navigate through them.

She took a deep breath and turned to Ji Fu, “What about us? Do we need to make wood-cutting machines too?”

She had been studying diligently for this past month, and wood-cutting machines were compulsory. Naturally, she knew how to make them.

It’s just that they were fewer in number and had fewer materials, so the effect of what they made might not be as good as those from Class A.

But Ji Fu seemed to have pulled out a strawberry candy from somewhere and put it in her mouth.

Jiang Wei was puzzled, “Where did the candy come from?”

Actually, just now she wanted to ask, where did this person get the chocolate from?

With the rapid development of technology, nutrient solution has replaced food, and snacks and beverages from long ago are rare.

It’s not that they don’t exist, it’s just that they are very expensive.

It’s not something ordinary students can afford.

Ji Fu: “Made it myself.”

She blinked, “In Du Ming’s lab.”

So she spends every day not attending classes, but instead making these in Du Ming’s lab?

This thought came out, and she handed over a piece of milk candy.

Jiang Wei: …

Tearing open the candy wrapper, she put the milk candy in her mouth, the rich milk flavor melting in her mouth.

Jiang Wei was stunned.

This milk candy turned out to be nutrient solution too.

And it’s not the ordinary nutrient solution used to fill the stomach, but it seems to be energy-based.

It tasted similar to the special energy nutrient solution she had tasted before while unconscious.

However, that nutrient solution was very hard to swallow, nowhere near as good as this sweet and fragrant candy.

As she was still dazed, she suddenly heard Ji Fu say, “I heard from others that you’re good at making drones, right?”

Jiang Wei snapped out of it and nodded lightly.

Meanwhile, half an hour passed, and Liu Can finally finished modifying the first mech.

Zhou Lu Hai directly operated the mech and walked into the forest surrounded by maple iron trees.

The flying saw blade was just as he imagined. It was a combat tool, making it effortless to cut off the branches of the maple iron tree.

Wherever the serrated wheel went, countless branches fell.

“Nice, Liu Can, your flying saw blade is so powerful!”

“You can cut down three trees in one round; it’s really good.”

The special A-class students cheered incessantly.

However, the mech controlled by Zhou Lu Hai in front stopped. He opened the mech communication key: “No good.”

The people below fell silent.

“The range is too small; at most, it can cut down three trees at once, which is too inefficient.” Zhou Lu Hai frowned. “Re-modify it. Also, I just discovered that maybe we can try to use…”

Before he could say “fire attack”, the mech he was controlling suddenly reminded him that an unidentified flying object appeared ahead.

Zhou Lu Hai hesitated for a moment, enlarged his field of view to capture the air, and found it was a drone.

He hadn’t requested to build a drone, so what was this sudden appearance?

Zhou Lu Hai pressed the communication key and exclaimed, “Everyone, get down!”

As soon as his voice fell, the special A-class students also saw the suddenly appearing drone.

Sun Yiming, who was closest, even took a glance.

With just this glance, he saw the drone flying at high speed and dropping two bottles of liquid.

One bottle was crimson, the other deep blue.

At the moment the two bottles of liquid were dropped, they collided violently.

The next moment…

Boom!

Where the liquid collided, a fiery dragon shot straight into the sky, with an unparalleled explosive force that instantly ignited all the nearby maple iron trees in sight.

Whoosh!

The flames surged instantly! In a moment, all the maple iron trees visible to him were ignited.

“Hey, hey?” Amidst the thunderous explosion and flames, a familiar voice came from inside the drone.

Ji Fu’s clear voice came through the microphone: “Oops, I accidentally overdosed.”

“Sorry, everyone.”

Before the special A-class students could react, she added, “Just a reminder, everyone should quickly evacuate from the maple iron forest.”

“Because… the next round of explosions is coming.”

As soon as she finished speaking, two more bottles of liquid fell from the sky.

Sun Yiming watched the two bottles of liquid fall straight down, his face turning pale: “Damn it!”