The air pressure in the office dropped to its lowest point.
Lu Cheng didn't expect Shen Tingyu to admit it so openly, even with the intention of openly provoking him. This man was a masked fox who could continue to play along with him even when only the two of them were present.
But it was obvious that he had no intention of pretending with him any longer today.
What’s even more infuriating is that this change happened because of Xu Qingran.
Lu Cheng was getting more and more annoyed with Shen Tingyu, and said to him: "We, the Silver Dragons, had agreed on this matter first. It's impossible for you, the Golden Wings, to take people away just because you asked for them!"
Tough stance.
The person on the chair responded indifferently: "I just provided the client with another option and conveyed an idea of the Golden Wing Battalion to the dean."
"If Xu refuses, I won't force it."
"After all, teaching is about fate."
Lu Cheng had known Shen Tingyu for many years, and this was the first time he knew that he could be so teasing. After saying this, it seemed that the people in the Silver Dragon Camp were a bit aggressive, unreasonable, and petty.
He was furious when he thought about Xu Qingran being 'tricked' into Shen Tingyu's house, and sneered: "Not forcing it?"
"Indeed, the most powerful thing about your Golden Wing Battalion is not coercion, but brainwashing and coaxing."
As they were arguing, the tone suddenly changed: "They said nice things to me, taking advantage of the fact that people are innocent and kind and easy to bully, and then they used all kinds of seemingly reasonable reasons to trick people into their homes, and then slowly revealed their true intentions!"
“How shameless.”
The dean, who was sitting behind the desk, wiped his face tiredly with his hand.
I can only continue to remain silent.
After listening to this, Shen Tingyu laughed.
He looked at Lu Cheng's furious expression, not really understanding what he was angry about. He had learned a little about Xu Qingran's recent scandal from the discussions of people around him, and he thought Lu Cheng hated and disliked Xu Qingran and would never have anything to do with him again.
Now looking at it, it seems that is not the case.
Shen Tingyu's expression and tone didn't change much. He asked him, "Major General Lu of the Silver Dragon Camp, I'm just curious and want to ask, do you know Xu Qingran now?"
Simple, kind, and easy to bully
This was the biggest joke he had heard today.
Lu Cheng was shocked and angry at Shen Tingyu's question.
He laughed angrily: "He and I grew up together and have been friends for more than ten years. What do you think?"
Who is Shen Tingyu
Just by living together for a few months, do you expect to replace the friendship between him and Xu Qingran
"People always change." Shen Tingyu replied nonchalantly, "Just like when you suddenly realize that you don't love him, he can also become someone you didn't expect in a very short time."
Hearing this, Lu Cheng was so angry that he subconsciously retorted: "Who said I don't love him anymore!"
Shen Tingyu raised his eyebrows.
The dean folded his hands around his mouth, seemingly daydreaming, but actually eating melon.
After Lu Cheng finished speaking, he realized what he had said and said angrily, "Shen Tingyu, I am discussing matters related to the two camps with you now, don't try to change the subject!"
"I have said everything I need to say." Shen Tingyu stood up and said, "I still say the same thing. I am just conveying the meaning of our commander-in-chief. As for the rest, I respect Mr. Xu's choice."
Just like Lu Cheng hates Shen Tingyu, the latter doesn't like Lu Cheng very much either.
I think he is often too reserved, stubborn, and a little self-righteous. The reason why I dislike him even more now is mainly because of his inexplicable attachment to Xu Qingran.
Indeed, Shen Tingyu did not agree with the matching data between him and Xu Qingran from the bottom of his heart.
But as long as the truth has not been confirmed, subjectively, Xu Qingran is still the partner with whom he has the highest degree of compatibility. Lu Cheng's mentality makes him feel that the people who are temporarily classified in his field are being coveted.
This is very unpleasant.
Shen Tingyu did not show his unhappiness on the surface, but patted Lu Cheng on the shoulder and said, "Since Major General Lu has made his choice, he should stop causing trouble for irrelevant people."
"The habit of eating from the bowl while looking at the pot is not a good habit."
Shen Tingyu said hello to the dean and left the office to check on the new students. Lu Cheng felt a little embarrassed by what he said, and his clenched fists tightened again and again. After a while, he came to his senses, suppressed the anger that was unconsciously aroused, and walked out of the office.
The dean was very worried after seeing the two big Buddha statues.
In the end, he actually had to invite Xu Qingran back to his office and ask him to choose between two-two such excellent people? !
Who on earth is this Xu Qingran
Putting aside his performance, he has been favored by the leaders of the two major camps since he entered the school. Deputy Commander Wang of the Silver Dragon Camp has to personally supervise each of his project evaluations no matter how busy he is. Now there are also the new generation of treasures from the Golden Wing and the Silver Dragon for him... uh, jealousy
At this time, Xu Qingran was diligently practicing the use of the mental power gun.
Xu Qingran learned from the class that the spiritual power gun requires the user to have extremely strong and skillful control over the spiritual power. The more the spiritual power emitted can be compressed and concentrated, the higher the attack power.
When we first started learning, the attacks fired by our psychic guns were as thick as pipes. The young instructor said that such attacks were fine against low-level creatures, but were like tickling against high-level creatures.
The young instructor also said that Shen Tingyu was a classmate of his. He was the one who had the best control over weapons such as mental power and mecha among the people he had met so far. The old instructors at that time all praised him highly and looked at him with such satisfaction that they looked at him as if they were looking at a big treasure.
Since it concerns Shen Tingyu, Xu Qingran instantly becomes motivated.
He still remembered the thin thread he saw in the Sirius system that night. He believed that what Shen Tingyu could do, he, Xu Qingran, could do as well.
"… well."
It would be great if the host could have such initiative in seducing the target.
The system wipes tears.
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On the other hand, the dean convened a meeting of all the instructors in the college overnight.
The main reason was that Lu Cheng and Shen Tingyu appeared at the same time, which quickly attracted the attention of the students. Moreover, with these two rare elites coming, they certainly hoped to take extra care of Xu Qingran and try their best to get more opportunities for the students of the same period.
After all, the more capable the students who come out of their college are, the more consolidated the school's status and reputation will be.
Therefore, after discussion, it was unanimously decided to conduct screening and adjustment based on the students' comprehensive performance in the past six months. In addition to giving the students in the latter group an incentive to catch up, it can also supervise the students in the front group to avoid being passive and slack.
The most important thing is that Xu Qingran can be sent to the front team. It is logical to let Lu Cheng and Shen Tingyu lead people at the same time without offending the two camps. It is perfect!
Xu Qingran was transferred to the front group that was learning the Spiritual Power Gun, and became a classmate of Ni Xiaoyuan, Lin Qianmu and others. Feng Wei was also transferred to the same group.
Feng Wei, who didn't know the truth behind the shift change, was so excited that he clapped his hands on his back: "This is amazing, this is amazing, we actually have a chance to be transferred to another shift!"
"The academy should have done this a long time ago. This is the right thing to do!"
They were in an unfamiliar class, and the classmates around them were looking at them curiously.
Only Lin Qianmu's look was special; he didn't seem very happy, and even looked a little repulsive.
The day before, the rumored Admiral Shen and Major General Lu appeared together.
Xu Qingran found it very funny.
He didn't know what the people in the military academy were thinking, but they actually chose to let the two of them teach the class at the same time. He also admired their ability to play dumb to the end. In the end, the two of them didn't teach much, and they were just busy "discussing".
It was mainly Lu Cheng's unilateral and strong targeting.
Just as Shen Tingyu pointed his gun at the target in the training ground and prepared to attack, Lu Cheng next door took the lead and blew up the target he was aiming at.
After finishing the job, he said to everyone with a straight face: "The battlefield is changing rapidly. We must remember that our enemies are a powerful alien race. They will not give us the opportunity to slowly draw our guns and leisurely aim."
When Shen Tingyu demonstrated his ability and skills in compressing mental power to attack, Lu Cheng said, "He is just being flashy and forcing others to do something that is beyond their ability."
Shen Tingyu wanted to ask someone to come out and try to spar with him and defend against mental weapons. Lu Cheng said bluntly: "Instead of looking for students, why don't we demonstrate it ourselves?"
The gentle General Shen was probably irritated by him and did not refuse. The agreed exchange almost turned into a bloody fight with guns pointed at each other's heads. The drama ended like this, but the students in the previous class had a strong ability to absorb and learned something from their childish duel.
In order to allow students from other classes to improve, the school arranged many mechanical balls during their teaching and recorded them in all directions. In this way, although students from other classes could not have experiential learning, they could still improve and study through recording.
Anyway, after the college watched the first day's video, the voluntary teaching changed to a shift system every other day, changing once a week.
Xu Qingran was smiling with her eyes curved when she was having dinner with Shen Tingyu in the cafeteria.
He looked like he was watching a joke.
Shen Tingyu clasped his fingers slightly and tapped on the table: "You seem happy."
The dean, who wanted to make the best use of his talents, asked another member of the shift to provide guidance to the melee weapons project team on the grounds that he "did not want to waste their precious time."
Anyway, the point is, the college made a profit this time.
Shen Tingyu added: "Don't care about your childhood sweetheart? I feel like he could really break into my dormitory one day and kill me."
Xu Qingran put away his smile and said, "If this really happens, I will laugh at you at your grave."
"You are so heartless." Shen Tingyu said, "Don't you think about who got me into trouble?"
Other students in the cafeteria would glance towards their corner from time to time.
They were indeed familiar with the relationship between Xu Qingran and Shen Tingyu, but the sight of the two of them sitting together for dinner was so eye-catching that they couldn't help but want to take a few more glances.
Xu Qingran paused while digging his rice, and suddenly smiled at Shen Tingyu: "General Shen is quite shameless."
The next day after the call, Xu Qingran woke up and realized something was wrong. Thinking back carefully, Shen Tingyu was not so kind as to agree to his request so easily. The so-called favor should be the reward he least needed, but he agreed to it readily.
Thinking about it again, I'm afraid there were instructions from the Golden Wing Battalion.
He felt a little regretful that he lost his temper and called Shen Tingyu, who tricked him.
Shen Tingyu looked at the emotionless smile on Xu Qingran's face and smiled.
It's been a while since I last saw his future niece-in-law, and I missed her. Maybe they were both familiar with each other's bad qualities, so he always seemed to be able to relax a little in front of Xu Qingran.
Such a thought suddenly flashed through his mind.
Shen Tingyu just felt that it was a pity to get to the point where he and such a person were fed up with each other and were fighting to the death.
The sound of a plate being placed on the table interrupted their brief silence.
A boy of the same age as Xu Qingran sat with him carrying food, muttering, "Young Master, you are going too far. You had the opportunity to have dinner with Admiral Shen, but you didn't invite me, your good brother!"
Shen Tingyu raised his eyes and glanced at the other person.
He knew Feng Wei, the young master of the Feng family in Silver Dragon Camp.
Feng Wei even greeted him with a smile: "Hello, General. Qingran and I are destined to be classmates. We are still together even after the class change! I look forward to the teaching guidance you and Major General Lu will give us next!"
Shen Tingyu first looked at Xu Qingran.
The latter just happened to look up and meet his gaze, then smiled at him, and her peach blossom eyes became even more charming and lively.
After a few seconds, Shen Tingyu responded to Feng Wei in a gentle voice: "Hello."
The meal went quite harmoniously.
After they finished eating, they exchanged a few casual pleasantries and then went back to their respective accommodations.
The special guidance officially began, and Lu Cheng came in the first week.
When Shen Tingyu was not present, he regained his sanity and taught seriously. He gave appropriate guidance and adjustments to all students in the class group who needed them, and he was not given any special treatment.
Such contact was just right for Xu Qingran.
He knew that as a person who traveled from another world, he was very unfamiliar with the use of the mental force gun, so he was the last one to stay at the training ground every day. Lu Cheng would also stay to watch him and give him appropriate guidance.
After Xu Qingran's tireless practice every day, his head no longer feels dizzy and dazed when he launches mental attacks, and his body has begun to adapt to the outburst of mental power.
The next thing to improve is accuracy and concentration.
Lu Cheng: "You have to focus your control on the special bracelet on your wrist to perform better."
"Your spirit pool level is not as high as mine, so don't try to imitate that high burst form."
"Your physique is easily injured, so you need to pay special attention to the aftereffects of your mental strength when firing."
Xu Qingran didn't say much, but still listened to his advice.
His quiet, focused, well-behaved and obedient appearance made Lu Cheng seem to return to the time when he was with him in the past. He regretted that they did not become each other's partners, but he also really did not want to lose him as a friend.
After a few instructions, Lu Cheng's voice suddenly slowed down.
"...Xu Qingran, pay attention to your mental energy consumption. You still have to continue training tomorrow. You should rest."
Xu Qingran, who was immersed in training, gradually came back to his senses.
He looked at Lu Cheng, nodded and put down his practice weapon: "Okay."
There was no rebuttal to his instructions.
Just like that, a week passed in the blink of an eye. This was enough time for Xu Qingran to transform from a student who had no idea how to use the mental gun to a skilled student who could control it steadily and aim at the target.
Lu Cheng was surprised by his speed of progress.
When Xu Qingran was still young, he tried to arrange relevant training for him in order to improve his self-defense ability and to fight back when he was bullied.
But his physical fitness was really bad. He was not interested in fighting or killing, and preferred reading books, painting and other gentle arts. Seeing that he cried after every training, he stopped forcing him.
So he always thought that the military academy would be a very difficult experience for Xu Qingran.
But I didn't expect him to be so patient. No matter how hard it was, he never complained. His deep amber eyes showed his determination. Suddenly, I felt that he would become a person beyond his expectations.
For some reason, I felt a sense of loss that I couldn't explain.
In one week, the students in the front group had mastered the basics. So, during the week when Shen Tingyu came to lead them, the training ground was also moved to the legendary underground base.
There is indeed a lot of research on alien life in the underground base.
However, most of them were isolated and would not be allowed to touch each other easily. They could only watch from a distance through the window.
Inside the base, there is a training ground that is about the same size as a fighting arena.
A special training system was installed inside, which could simulate and generate difficult alien species that the military had fought against in recent times through relevant data collected from research. This would make it very convenient for students to practice, and it could also reduce unnecessary waste of resources and avoid indiscriminate killing.
On the way to the training ground, Xu Qingran met an acquaintance.
"Oh, young master, we meet again."
The older veteran, who was not smoking today, stood beside the instrument operating the mechanical door of the training ground and waved to him coolly.
It was Chen Bin, whom I had met several times before.
Xu Qingran raised his eyebrows and asked him, "Don't you work in the Evil Tower?"
"Yeah." Chen Bin curled his lips. "Later, they felt that the Evil Tower had enough people. And since Aquamarine Planet hasn't been very peaceful recently, they transferred me here."
"Even though I'm a veteran, I can't play a big role."
As he spoke, he did not forget to clarify with Xu Qingran: "This is really a coincidence. I didn't expect Young Master Xu to come to the college. Please don't treat me as some weird old man."
Xu Qingran smiled.
However, he had not heard about the unrest on Planet Aquamarine.
Chen Bin shook his head. "Aquamarine is the most habitable planet in the entire Celestial God System. Even the star bound to it is the smallest one. The environment is very suitable for cultivating and studying these alien creatures. Naturally, it has become one of the bases that some of their fellows want to break into."
When the students in the same class heard this topic, they stopped and showed concern.
Chen Bin glanced at the group of students in front of him with clear yet stupid eyes, and then said: "The Kaian Empire's current defense against alien invasions is mainly based on ultrasonic systems."
"Some time ago... just a few weeks ago, one of the large ultrasonic stations on Planet Aquamarine was attacked, so the planet's overall defense is a little weaker than before. This thing is more difficult to repair, and it may take half a year to completely repair it. During this period, Planet Aquamarine is on high alert."
Xu Qingran didn't react after hearing this.
However, the classmates gathered around him all had expressions of shock and fear on their faces, and they all lowered their heads to discuss the matter.
Seeing this, Chen Bin slowly added, "So the military academy was built here because they thought that if anything happened on Planet Aquamarine, which is an important research base, they could immediately arrange for you to conduct actual combat exercises. You don't have to worry about not being able to mobilize enough troops in time."
Some people have already started imagining a fierce battle, holding their cheeks and saying in fear: "It's over, I just learned how to use a gun, if an accident happens now, I will probably be the one who gets killed!"
"Captain Chen, stop scaring them." The young instructor who noticed the commotion turned around and walked over. He smiled and shook his head and drove them all forward. "I'm really worried that they will become useless in actual combat. So hurry up and strengthen your training!"
Inside the venue, Shen Tingyu, dressed in an elegant dark gold outfit, had been waiting for a long time.
As Xu Qingran followed the crowd into the venue, he heard someone around him whispering, "Ah, Admiral Shen really looks great in the uniform of the Golden Wing Battalion."
"I am from the Silver Dragon, but this makes me a little itchy. I want to transfer to the Gold Wing Camp."
"In fact, the Silver Dragon Battalion uniform that Major General Lu is wearing is also very nice."
"Wow, so in the end, it still depends on the person who sees through it..."
Xu Qingran glanced at Shen Tingyu from a distance. The smile on his face was very faint, and the usual warmth in his eyes was rarely seen.
After everyone arrived, he nodded directly to the young instructor in charge: "Let's get started."
With the help of Chen Bin, the young instructor "summoned" the alien Zerg that was temporarily extinct around the empire. The Zerg was about the size of an adult, with a soft body shell. It was a low-level species that was relatively easy to break, but it moved quickly, which was just right for their current attack training.
Shen Tingyu demonstrated it to them personally.
More than a dozen species, moving at a maximum speed of 5-60 meters per second, rushed towards him, but he killed them all before they could get close to the planned 'warning range'.
His mental attacks were extremely pure and clean, simple and powerful, precise and swift, and so beautiful that everyone envied them.
After the demonstration, Shen Tingyu randomly picked a student from the crowd to demonstrate.
Chen Bin operated the instrument and summoned five or six Zerg of the same kind.
The student looked quite nervous, his hand holding the gun was shaking, but he still managed to hit one. Because it was a low-level Zerg, even though the mental power he emitted was relatively scattered, it still met the standard set by the system and was successfully killed.
But at the same time, the other Zergs had already pounced on him and overwhelmed him. The species generated in the training ground, except for defense and attack, including touch, were almost 100% restored. The disgusting and sticky feeling scared the student so much that he screamed.
Shen Tingyu stood still in his original position, watching coldly, with no intention of helping. It was not until Chen Bin collected the generated Zerg that he saw the classmate sitting on the ground, his face had already turned pale.
Everyone was also shocked by the way he looked like he had been attacked for real, and no one spoke for a long time.
Until the man who always looked very gentle spoke up, his voice was cold and unfamiliar: "The project course will only last for a month and a half."
"In the past half month, this is all you have trained?"
The speaker was obviously extremely disappointed.
The looks he gave them were no longer as friendly as usual.
The training ground was silent for a moment.
Then Shen Tingyu said the most heartbreaking words in the calmest tone: "With such a level, I feel it is a waste of resources to collect your bodies on the battlefield."
(End of this chapter)