288 Class Opening Announcement (2)
[ Charm (Purple): A person who is born with charm will have a 500% increase in charm. ]
Ning Shi looked at Ye Hongmian’s information. On the one hand, he was amazed by her strength. Her spiritual power was as high as 51 points. She was already an advanced mecha master.
With his strength, it was probably hard to find a match for him on the origin planet.
On the other hand, he felt that Ye Hongmian’s personality and talent were very interesting. She clearly had top-notch talent, but she did not pursue it. She only learned the Perfect Fusion Meditation Technique.
Moreover, he had an indisputable and dim talent. He simply displayed his self-preservation skills to the extreme.
However, such a person was born charming and had the talent to charm others.
Ning Shi guessed that Ye Hongmian must have been afraid of her charm talent since she was young. That was why she awakened her dim and indisputable talent to avoid the trouble brought by charm.
Ye Hongmian must have activated the dimming effect at this moment. She already had the charm of bewitching all living beings. Ning Shi was really curious about how charming she would be if she turned off the dimming effect.
Ye Hongmian’s announcement was very brief. She did not say much and walked off the podium to stand at the side.
Behind her, a middle-aged man walked up to the podium. His limbs were long and slender, and his arms were above his knees. His eyes were extremely bright, and he looked quite powerful.
He said, “My name is Lu Zijian. I’m the assistant teacher of this year’s mecha master class. I’m mainly responsible for teaching meditation techniques. This year’s main goal is to raise your meditation techniques to Level 10 and above.”
After saying this, he did not say anything else and walked off the podium.
The final class assistant teacher went up on stage. It was a short, serious-looking old man. His eyes were long and narrow, and he had a hooked nose. He looked very difficult to communicate with.
His voice was very unpleasant, like a chainsaw. “Students, welcome to the 169th mecha master training course of the Norse Republic Academy. My name is Joaquin, and I’m your class’s assistant teacher.
“I believe that everyone will be interested in the content that I am responsible for, and that is the assessment!
“Be it cultural studies or mecha training, we have a very tough assessment system.
“I know that many of you have paid a huge price to come to this year’s mecha master training course.
“The purpose of you all coming here is also to obtain a place to further your studies at the Taining Planet Advanced Mecha Academy.
“Now, at this moment, everyone, open your ears and listen carefully!
“What I’m going to say next will only be said once. It’s about this year’s assessment system. Whether you’re eliminated or advanced in the future will all be in the assessment system.”
This old man, Joaquin, was very bad. As he spoke up to this point, all the students were very nervous. Everyone was listening attentively to him, afraid that they would miss out on any clues.
But he stopped.
He enjoyed everyone’s attention and the anxious expressions of the students below the stage.
He was especially addicted to the feeling of controlling other people’s emotions. He paused for more than two minutes until Ye Hongmian frowned and was about to remind him.
“Very well, my fellow students. This is the first lesson I will teach you. You must be patient in everything, especially when it comes to the things you care about the most.
“First of all, I have some unfortunate news for everyone. There are a total of 55 students in this year’s mecha master training course. There are 25 more students than the previous 30 students.
“This means that the assessment system this year will be even tougher than last year.”
A smile appeared on Joaquin’s face as he extended his withered hand and made a five sign.
“There will be a total of five assessments this year. The time is set to be one week later, one month later, two months later, three months later, and four months later.
“We will eliminate the last five people in each round.
“In other words, after four months, 25 of you will be eliminated from the mecha master training course. The remaining 30 will have an ultimate showdown six months later. The strongest three will be chosen to receive the spots to further their studies.”
After announcing the assessment system, Joaquin shrugged and pretended to be regretful. “In other words, after seven days, five of you will be eliminated.”
When Joaquin spoke of elimination, his eyes intentionally or unintentionally stared at Ning Shi. His meaning was very obvious.
Ning Shi instantly understood that this policy of conducting the elimination assessment every seven days was formulated specifically for him.
He knew that in the past mecha master training courses, the first assessment was usually one to three months after school started. Most of the time, the first assessment would start around three months later.
This was because it was the only way to see the results of the students’ learning in the training class.
Even if this year’s training involved the quota for advanced studies, the pace was accelerated. It was not to the extent that the assessment would begin in seven days and the students would be eliminated.
No matter how talented a student was, it would be difficult for them to grasp the complicated teaching content in seven days.
The assessment would begin in seven days. Rather than calling it an assessment, it would be more accurate to say that it was a test to eliminate students with weak foundations before entering the school.
In public information, the person with the weakest mecha master foundation was Ning Shi.
He still wasn’t clear about the contents of the mecha training.
This was an open plot against Ning Shi.
Ning Shi remembered Zhang Zhenfu’s words. “We have ways to make you leave the mecha master class openly.”
He smiled at Joaquin. Although he didn’t like pointless fights, it wasn’t Ning Shi’s style not to fight back when someone was bullying him.
Joaquin then introduced the contents of the assessment in seven days in detail. It was mainly divided into three parts: a written test, a test, and a combat drill. The written test tested the knowledge of mecha masters, the test was to check the progress of meditation techniques, and the combat drill was to pilot the mecha and actually operate the mecha to perform the required actions.
The final ranking would be based on the combined scores of the three parts.
After he finished speaking, Joaquin finally walked off the stage. Nico then looked worriedly at Ning Shi. He wanted to comfort Ning Shi but did not know where to start.
In Nico’s opinion, Ning Shi would definitely be eliminated in the assessment seven days later.
Any words of comfort would pale in the face of the bitter reality of being eliminated.
Nico’s lips moved but he did not say anything. The smart wristwatch on his wrist flashed and Muraka’s voice sounded in his mind.
“Nico, I’ve long advised you to learn to choose the right person to make friends with. With Ning Shi’s knowledge and background, his future is destined to be from a different world from yours.
“When you become stronger and stronger, there will be fewer and fewer common topics between you. Your friendship can only end in tears, and you will be the one who gets hurt in the end.
“Look, now that Ning Shi is about to be eliminated from the mecha master training course, he won’t even be able to become a mecha master in the future. The gap between you two is like a chasm.
“Don’t waste any more time on him, understand?
“I think Yan Yinfei of New Star City and Scarlet Demon’s master Scarlet are good friends. If you communicate with them more, you will be greatly improved in terms of both your network and knowledge.”
Nico was still young and stubborn. He said to Muraka, “Teacher, don’t worry. I’ll definitely get a place to further my studies.
“As for who I want to be friends with, please give me some privacy, okay?”
Hearing Nico’s words, Muraka did not say anything else.
On the podium, Ye Hongmian went up again. Under her leadership, the students began to introduce themselves one by one and declare their determination to win.
“Hello, everyone. My name is Veronica. I’m from the Marquis of Blackbox’s Beister family. I’m good at long-range shooting and mecha modification. I hereby solemnly declare in the name of the Beister family that I, Veronica, will do my best to study seriously in the following training and study. I will strictly abide by the various rules and regulations of the academy, respect all teachers, and follow the teachings of the teachers…”
The first one to go on stage was Veronica, a blonde, blue-eyed noble girl. As the daughter of a noble, she had received professional speech training. She spoke confidently on stage without any stage fright.
As she spoke, half of the students below sat upright and listened attentively.
The Marquis of Blackbox was the leading figure of the noble forces. As a member of the Marquis of Blackbox’s family, Veronica naturally received the support of other noble children.
Ning Shi swept his gaze over them. From everyone’s expressions, he could tell the factions.
It was the nobles who listened to Veronica’s speech, and it was the commoners who looked disgusted.
There were only three people like Ning Shi who did not care.
Ning Shi, Nico, and a young man with a strong aura.
Ning Shi looked at this young man who was showing off his abilities and immediately guessed his identity.
He was his junior brother, the son of New Star City’s City Lord, Yan Yinfei.
