Chapter 314: Pretending to be an Anian
Trantor: Abyssruler Editor: Lucas
An had sent out an announcement to the Sr System with regards to the exchange cement. The entire Sr System was aroused with excitement.
It was said that when the Sr System Federation’s minister of education received the news, he almost stopped breathing. They had all thought that the application sent to An this year would again be rejected. Who would have thought that they would approve it this time?
There were just too many who wanted to go to An, but no matter who, and no matter how wealthy or powerful, An would always reply with a smile: Sorry, your application has not been approved.
When the news about An agreeing to have exchange students came, God knows how many prestigious familiesid eyes on this opportunity, pulled strings, and even resorted to bribery to fight for a ce for their own family.
"With regards to this, it must be handled properly and nicely. The conditions they haveid out is to select the most outstanding student in the Sr System. For that, we have to take things seriously right till the end. Nobody shall have any personal gains in this matter."
The Chairman of the Sr System Federation formally dered at the federal meeting. He no longer used political terms. It was straight up a warning.
"This exchange is an opportunity for the entire Federation. It seems that An only agreed for an exchange due to political reasons, but for the federation, this is our chance to show our new generation to the entire Milky Way. The sun is rising. We are not sending a bunch of spoiled kids to be mocked."
All the underhanded dealings were squelched by the Chairman. The Sr System began its strict, open, fair, and just selection.
The whole matter had been viewed and dealt with as a political event that was pivotal to the resuscitation of the Sr System and was being closely supervised by every single citizen.
The entire Federation was excited. Everyone knew that the Sr System was regaining its ce in the world. First economically, then academically...
The selections were highly intense. Many prodigies and geniuses had failed to make it. The quota that An gave was only six. Being a genius was not enough. You had to be a genius that shone brightly before others.
Earth, Mars, Moon, Republic of Caragal, Europa...
Another wave of academicpetition was raised between the key yers of the Federation.
Finally, the list of names was revealed....
Earth: Wang Zheng, Ye Zisu.
Moon: Su Sa.
Mars: Dale.
Republic of Caragal: Gilbert.
Europa: Song Naina.
"Earth took two spots! That’s unfair!"
"Nothing unfair about that. Ye Zisu was appointed by An. Even if not for this opportunity, An would also privately send her an invitation to study abroad."
The outstanding performance of the Wind God had caused a heated whirlwind in the Milky Way. As the designer of this mech, Ye Zisu had actually received an invitation from the An Empire prior to this.
As for Wang Zheng’s appointment, it was definitely undebatable. His contribution to the Space Theory had received recognition from the topmost ss of scientific giants in the Milky Way.
But Student Wang Zheng was clearly upset. Of course he wanted to go to An... Aina must be waiting for him there.
But...
"Why didn’t I get the ce under the Mech Department but rather under the Physics Department?"
Wang Zheng had been stated as a student from the Physics Department on the list, and not the Mech Department like he had hoped for.
The answer Xiao Fei gave him was: If you had used your identity as a mech student, you may not have been chosen. To put it more directly, An had no eyes for the military standards of the Sr System Federation.
Wang Zheng crumbled. Physics Department..... so be it.
At the celebratory dinner in Ares College, President Gu Te’s eyes were teary. He patted Wang Zheng and Ye Zisu on the shoulder hard and did not say a thing. Anything said at this time would be superfluous.
The teaching staff was very agitated, too. Those who didn’t usually drink also opened bottles of beer and cheered.
The rise of Ares College was now unstoppable. In thetest rankings, they hade in first on Earth, and third in the entire Sr System. They were right behind the Moon’s Moonlight College and Mars’ Heavenly Star College.
What the students felt was a bright future ahead of them. In particr, the freshmen who had just been enrolled. Their seniors’ proactiveness had inspired them to fight for themselves. Be it learning or training, they all felt a lot more energetic.
Xiao Fei drank too. Her face was blushing red. She grabbed Wang Zheng and Ye Zisu and said, "The capital of An is really pretty fun. When we get there, I’ll show you around..."
"Eh? Professor, you’re going to An too?"
"You’re going, why can’t I?"
"It’s not that..."
"It’s not just me, Professor Marcus will be going too. We’re going to conduct experiments mainly. If we want to speed up the realization of our theories, we have to borrow An’s technology... more urately, their equipment. Stingy, miserly An. They just refuse to export the equipment."
Xiao Fei andpany departed on ater date. Wang Zheng and Ye Zisu had already set off on their journey. Before they left, Yan Xiaosu had teared up like an abandoned pet dog. He finally let go when Wang Zheng promised to get Aina to introduce him to a new girlfriend.
This time around, when traveling to An, they took the super long distance interster flight named Neen.
"Su Sa from Moonlight College. Nice to meet you."
At the dinner party on Neen, everybody introduced themselves to one another. Su Sa from Moon was a graceful girl. Her fingers were long and tender, and her nails were elegantly painted. She was as arrogant as a princess. People from the Moon were born with a feeling of superiority.
The news had introduced Su Sa as the most talented economics prodigy the Sr System had seen in a few hundred years. She had published numerous academic papers on prominent financial magazines, and her article, "Integrating the Laws of Generalisation with Quantification of Minute Communities," had been widely recognized.
"Wang Zheng, Ares College, Physics Department." Wang Zheng chuckled.
"Ye Zisu, Ares College. Please treat me kindly."
The rest did not care much for Earth. Short termed growth could not change a perception built over a long period of time.
"Dale, Mars. No need to be kind. Prettydy, you wanna get some coffeeter?" Dale from Mars was a professor in bioengineering. Just like Wang Zheng, he was a student and an honorary professor in college. He had a slightly narcissistic and wild personality, and was said to be very well liked by girls.
"Caragal, Gilbert." Gilbert had a very soft voice. It was as if he was afraid he’d be spotted. However, his talent inputing and inte put him in the top thousand in the entire Milky Way and the whole of mankind.
Do not belittle this ranking. One thousand may sound like a lot, but on average, not every could have a genius like him.
"Song Naina, Europa. Nothing special about me. I only know how to study." Unlike ordinary Europa people, Song Naina had soft and tender skin, and the tan in her skin reflected a different, unique grace. Her snow white teeth made her more affable, and she had a gentle look. Very pretty. Her full lips brought out a feeling of sexiness through her innocent look.
After a brief round of introductions, everybody soon felt more at ease. It was just that the things they talked about were a bit profound...
"Sorry, I’m not interested in coffee. I’m even less interested in you." Moon’s Su Sa rejected Dale’s invitation sharply.
Dale smiled chivalrously, turned around, and extended the same invitation to Song Naina. A cup of coffeeter? If you don’t like coffee, we can get tea.
Song Naina graciously epted, but turned around to bring Gilbert along.
"Can I not go...."
"No, you can’t. I heard you’re very good at modifying electronic devices. Could you take a look at my Skylinkter and see if there’s any room for improvement?"
"Oh... your Skylink belongs to the Manifestation 0908 series. You can make improvements, but just to check, what is your core application? That is, the Skylink application that you use most frequently and can’t do without."
Su Sa had held on to Ye Zisu, and they started talking about topics unique to girls. How to draw their brows so they wouldn’t look uneven, how to apply blusher so that their faces would look more well defined...
Wang Zheng happily enjoyed his food. They had booked a luxury suite, and everything was the best. Even the food was prepared by the head chef. Other passengers did not have such good fortune.
Here, no one minded Wang Zheng’s identity or achievements. Everyone had their own achievements they were proud of.
IG Team Leader? It was not something of their level, and they could not feel how great an achievement it was.
Space-time theory? Wasn’t that something done by Xiao Fei?
Only Xiao Fei would tter her own students like that. It can only be said that he was extremely, extremely in luck.
For Wang Zheng, this was a rare moment of peace and quiet. Back at Ares College, other than attending sses, he had to deliver sses on Xiao Fei’s behalf, and he could only work on his Primordial Regression Technique at night. In the battle against the pirates, he indeed saw his own weakness and hisck of technique in using force, his Ability X in particr. He only knew how to erupt at a basic level. It was really bad. Otherwise, ck Charcoal Head and Bonehead wouldn’t have had to exert themselves.
He took a deep breath and focused all his attention on the Primordial Regression Technique.
Unlike training on the ground, the Primordial Regression Technique felt lighter and more fluid in space. The cycle and change of Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth felt a lot clearer. Attraction, inhibition, change. Wang Zheng had an illusion that he epassed the universe, or the universe was taking him in. It was as if he was conversing with the universe.
After days of traveling, Dale was close to getting Song Naina. The two of them came and went together, seemingly close. But it was clear that Song Naina was not an ignorant woman, and she did not really let Dale take advantage of her. To Wang Zheng, Song Naina was just making use of Dale to pass time.
Dale, on the other hand, was doing his best to charm her. He came from a prestigious family on Mars, and even though it was not as old and powerful as the Lie family, its capabilities were not to be undermined.
It was thest day of their journey. When Neen leapt out of the subspace, Wang Zheng couldn’t bear to leave. Time had passed by very quickly.
"Dear passengers, we will arrive at An’s Okimia Space Harbor in thirty minutes..."
"Dale, does your family really own property on An?" Song Naina was very interested in that. Anything that had to do with An felt ssy and elegant, the same way potties used by emperors could also be antiques and artifacts.
"Heh. No need to doubt that. ording to how An treats their exchange students, we should automatically report to the Royal College when we arrive. I’ve already sent a message for our family’s servant in An toe pick us upter. A born and bred Anian."
No matter how advanced An was, it was still a monarchy, and the rich and powerful were masters. Social ss still existed, and the royalty and aristocrats belonged to the ruling ss, while the citizens were the middle ss. Below them were themoners, and these so-calledmoners were essentially servants. It’s just that the term moners" seemed more graceful.
Hiring an Anianmoner as a helper in An was most certainly a ssic move of arrogance.
"Really, an Anian?" Song Naina batted her eyelids, with a seductive look in her eyes. She was ying hard to get with Dale. She wouldn’t be cherished if she was too easy to get.
"Whether it’s real or not, you’ll know when you see it."
Dale was very proud of himself. Anybody who had a huge property on An, or could order Anians around, would feel proud of him or herself. It felt just like an ordinary man having the power to order heavenly guards around.