AGTCTCC Chapter 14

Chapter 14 Peacock Displaying Its Feathers

Chapter 14 Peacock Displaying Its Feathers

What’s going on?

Chu Qi looked towards Planet C079, but it was too far away for him to see the specifics.

A confused expression appeared between Chu Qi’s eyebrows, and then his fingers quickly manipulated the screen.

Underneath the wreckage of a shattered spherical robot, a faint light shone, so weak that it was unnoticeable even in the surrounding darkness.

The screen flickered a few times, and the disconnected image returned, but this time the scope of the image was much smaller.

“A rat?”

A hoarse voice came from the other side of the screen, followed by a scarlet eye occupying the entire frame, the eye slightly turning, as if gazing at Chu Qi on the other side of the screen.

The next second, the screen went black again and the connection was lost. Immediately after, a sound of rushing air came, it was a white thing, stabbing straight at Chu Qi’s face from Planet C079.

Chu Qi dodged sideways, avoiding the thing. It seemed to have eyes, chasing Chu Qi’s figure. Chu Qi also saw clearly what exactly that thing was.

A white… gauze bandage?

The silver light beside him surged, Spiritual Power condensing into a chain whip in his hand. Without hesitation, he lashed out.

As if only then realizing the danger, the thing turned a hundred and eighty degrees back to C079, or perhaps this was a warning.

Chu Qi frowned, his gaze fixed on the black-red planet.

A Polluted Entity, or rather, a Polluted Entity with intelligence?

…A white gauze bandage?

At that moment, Xiang Li, who was staying on the Main Star, suddenly raised his head, his dark eyes turning towards a certain direction in the sky. The light was dazzling, but he seemed to feel nothing, staring intently.

It was Planet C079.

Chu Qi went to Planet C079.

At this moment, Chu Qi, who did not know that his whereabouts had been discovered, turned around and looked in the direction of the Main Star as well. Across the wind, across the dust, perhaps their lines of sight met at a certain moment.

Perhaps even they did not realize it, as well as the several celestial bodies interspersed between them.

The silver light around Chu Qi faded somewhat, and his face was a little pale. He hooked his lowered fingers. Xiang Li’s Spiritual Power fluctuated around him, but nothing unusual was transmitted.

“…”

Main Star Base.

The familiar office, the familiar quartet. Chu Qi explained the situation on Planet C079 to them, his brow furrowed the entire time.

The seriousness of the matter did not need Chu Qi to point out, the expressions of the others were equally grave.

Only Sang Quan Shi Li silently wept, confirming again and again in disbelief, his voice hoarse and trembling as he asked: “Silver is scrapped again!”

Chu Qi was silent, guiltily averting his eyes. He hadn’t discussed this matter with anyone else.

Silver’s defensive capabilities were the best, but the equipment was also complicated, and expensive too. No wonder Sang Quan asked that.

If he wanted to enter Planet C079, ordinary mechs would inevitably be unable to withstand the attacks of those Polluted Entities, only Silver could do it.

“Has anything happened recently while I was away?”

Chu Qi changed the subject, not looking at Sang Quan Shi Li’s heartbroken eyes, looking at him with the resentful gaze of someone watching a spendthrift, and turned to ask the others.

“No, everything’s been pretty peaceful,” Shen Gui said. He leaned against the back of his chair, thinking for two seconds.

“The military academy seems to have their monthly exams soon. I’ve been to see them in class a few times, and Xiang Li has been first in the quizzes several times. This time should be no exception,” Xing Zi Mu said.

Chu Qi had spent too much time out this time. He dug up Xiang Li’s messages, extracting the messages he wanted to see from a pile of “ate an extra bite of rice today” and “slept ten minutes longer yesterday” messages.

[We have our monthly exams next week, Commander Chu, will you come?]

Chu Qi naturally didn’t reply to this message. The other party didn’t seem to care whether he replied or not, and sent another [Good night] message an hour later.

Chu Qi’s eyes darkened, his fingers hovering in the air moved, but in the end he didn’t reply to anything.

“Send me the time and location, I’ll go take a look,” he said to the other three.

The other three all raised their eyebrows. After all, they could see Chu Qi’s screen. The blue virtual screen was densely packed with messages. Even if each message only had a few words, there were just so many messages.

Shen Gui pondered over a message he had just seen, the smile contained in his beautiful peach blossom eyes deepened into the depths of his eyes.

Perhaps others didn’t notice, or perhaps they noticed but didn’t think too much, but he knew what that message meant.

Soon it was the day of the monthly exams.

Xiang Li got himself ready early in the morning. When the two brothers came to knock on the door for the first time, Xiang Li opened the door and walked out of the room.

Ke Man & Ke Shi Zhuo: “???”

“You…”

The words reached their mouths but were swallowed again. They didn’t know how to say it, they had the feeling of a peacock displaying its feathers right in their faces.

Xiang Li straightened the hem of his clothes, lightly “hmmed,” adopting a cool and aloof air.

The two brothers: “…”

There were special examination classrooms for the monthly exams. They were usually used to getting up late, and although they were a little earlier today, it was only to ensure that they weren’t late.

The three of them entered the classroom almost on the dot, most of the other students had already arrived.

The combat suit accentuated Xiang Li’s broad shoulders and long legs, his excellent proportions. Especially today, Xiang Li’s face lacked the usual indifferent look, and he seemed very energetic and crisp.

On the judges’ platform, Chu Qi sat upright, raising his eyes and seeing Xiang Li in white. It wasn’t that he was deliberately paying attention, but the white combat suit was indeed very conspicuous among the students in black combat suits.

The chief proctor next to him coughed lightly, picked up a piece of paper on the table, and began to read the contents on it.

He glanced out of the corner of his eye at the Colonel sitting upright next to him. This monthly exam had temporarily changed the rules, and was different from the past, so the previous rules could not be used. These people did not know the new rules.

“Now, the first monthly exam after the military academy enrolled students–begins.”

“This year’s monthly exam is a little different from the past, but students don’t need to worry, just show your strength! This year’s venue…”

“Outside the barrier?”

He read it out in disbelief, and like the several proctors who didn’t know the rules, they turned their heads to look at Chu Qi.

The students below were shocked, excited, and a small part were confused, but no one was afraid.

After all, they had joined the military academy with the goal of fighting the Polluted Entities, and they had been simulating combat in the virtual system all along. Polluted Entities were no longer surprising to them.

Chu Qi signaled them not to panic.

“We have created a small area of Polluted Entities outside the barrier overnight for this exam.”

Although he said that, some examiners were still dissatisfied, as this could not guarantee the safety of the students.

Several examiners discussed, and the questioning stopped after Chu Qi took out the commander’s order.

The rules for this monthly exam were decided by the commander, and Chu Qi just happened to be here, so he was temporarily notified to come and proctor.

Saying that it was temporarily created meant it really was temporary. The corpses of Polluted Entities piled up at the entrance had not been cleaned up, and blood was constantly dripping from the Polluted Entities onto the ground, making a “sizzling” sound.

Spare Source Stones urgently supported a small safe area. This area was full of withered trees, the black trunks intertwined, and many Polluted Entities were hidden among them, making dense roars.

[New Monthly Exam Rules–

One Polluted Entity is one point, forty-five points to pass, no upper limit for full marks.]

The crowd looked at the message sent to their communicators. Simple and crude. Xiang Li guessed that Chu Qi had drafted it. He raised his head and saw the other party looking at him, curving his eyes into a smile that he considered obedient.

Chu Qi didn’t move. The next second, he also received a message: “Commander Chu, are there any rewards for first place?”

He replied expressionlessly: “Yes.”

The white peacock was very happy, took the number plate and went into the “examination room.” The two brothers looked at each other, the three of them in three directions.

“This time, we’ll finally have a competition.”

Ke Man looked at Xiang Li, who was looking serious, and replied with a good mood: “Be sure to pass, little brother.”

Ke Shi Zhuo gritted his teeth: “You too, big brother!”

After all the students had entered, the examiners activated the star chart, and a spherical robot flew out of the number plate the students had just received.

Scanning light scanned the students’ entire bodies from top to bottom. After confirming that everything was correct, a piece of mech fragment was lifted, revealing the camera hidden inside.

Xiang Li saw the familiar red light, raised his hand towards the camera, extended two fingers, and naturally made a peace sign.

At that moment, a black Polluted Entity suddenly attacked him from behind, the black, slimy claws sharp and disgusting.

Xiang Li’s eyes moved, the corners of his mouth still raised. A similarly dark stick, wrapped in the sound of rushing air, smashed towards the Polluted Entity without any hesitation, splitting the Polluted Entity in two.

After solving one, the following star chart robot silently recorded the number of Polluted Entities killed. The number on Xiang Li’s record table changed from 0 to 1.

After Xiang Li finished killing, he quickly struck another pose for the camera, one hand resting on his cheek, skillfully making a heart.

Chu Qi was expressionless: “…”

The other examiners watching the examination room blushed: “…”

Students continued to kill Polluted Entities, and the numbers after the students’ names changed constantly. Killing ten was not difficult for them, they were competing for rankings.

Chu Qi kept staring at Xiang Li’s screen. The person on the screen already had 76 points after their name, which was amazing. He was wandering around the examination area, looking for Polluted Entities, but he couldn’t find a single one for a long time.

Polluted Entities had no intelligence. Most of them rushed over as soon as they heard human noises. Only a very small number stayed on the tree trunks, disguised themselves, and rushed up to launch sneak attacks after the students got close, like the first Polluted Entity Xiang Li encountered.

At this time, Chu Qi received an order.

[Increase the number of Polluted Entities.]

Chu Qi narrowed his eyes after seeing the message and stood up.

This movement attracted the attention of the other examiners, and then they saw the Colonel coming to the periphery in a serious manner, grabbing the Polluted Entities, and throwing them into the examination room as if they were free.

Although they were indeed free…

Chu Qi threw them randomly. The Polluted Entities that Chu Qi provoked attacked everything they could see, which made the students very excited. They were worried about not being able to find them.

But soon they couldn’t laugh anymore. There were too many “points.”

Seeing that it was about time, Chu Qi stopped, rubbed his sore wrist, and sat back in the examiner’s seat, then continued to stare at Xiang Li’s screen.

Xiang Li apparently also noticed the sudden increase in Polluted Entities, and couldn’t even bother with the end pose, one swing of the stick for each, and if one swing wasn’t enough, he’d add another.

All the students’ points were forced to increase.

“Chief Examiner, Colonel! Something’s wrong, part of the Source Stone that maintains the examination room’s magnetic field suddenly has cracks!”

Suddenly a voice shouted next to him, his breath trembling slightly as he ran over.