Shadows of the Deep Space-Chapter 81: Special Recruitment (Added for Alliance Leader Jueying Xuantian) (Seventh Update)

Chapter 81: Chapter 81: Special Recruitment (Added for Alliance Leader Jueying Xuantian) (Seventh Update)

Of course, none of these were the focal point; the most important aspects were on both sides of the playground.

The left side of the playground was set up with one shading canopy after another, and beneath the canopies, tables were arranged with enrollment teachers from various high-level colleges of the Old Federation seated at them.

Once the scores were released, aside from automatic enrollment at Imperial Court Academy, enrollment at other colleges required on-the-spot registration.

Of course, there was also an admissions office for Imperial Court Academy, specifically for handling the enrollment process for admitted students.

As for the right side of the playground, similar shading canopies were erected, with tables placed underneath them as well.

However, the ones seated here were neither enrollment teachers nor representatives from hiring companies. Instead, they were burly soldiers clad in exoskeleton armor, robust and sturdy.

In front of them were boxes of sealed lottery drums, inside which red and black sticks were placed.

Anyone who failed the exam had to come over to draw a stick, with no escape for any of them.

The presence of these soldiers brought a profound psychological pressure to all the candidates present.

The entire playground, be it the enrollment area or any remote corner, was crowded with many people and was extremely lively.

But the area for military recruitment was deserted at the front. Everyone subconsciously kept their distance, fearing being spotted by the officers on-site—that would be a disaster!

"Honey, I feel my heart pounding so hard, I’m really too anxious."

Upon seeing the burly soldiers in the recruitment area, Su Yuan’s nerves shivered, recalling the scene from his own city examination.

Back then, he had scored only 121 points, barely escaping disaster.

"Can you show a little backbone? Our son isn’t even as anxious as you are."

Zhao Ning complained to Su Yuan.

Su Ming, on the other hand, was quite calm. He kept looking around, searching for his classmates.

Soon he spotted Chen Tong not far away, chatting with Mink, Zhao Ran, and others.

Thus, Su Ming spoke to Su Yuan and Zhao Ning.

"Father, Mother! You go ahead and explore on your own; I’m going to meet up with my friends."

"Alright, go ahead."

Zhao Ning immediately nodded in agreement.

Su Ming then walked towards Chen Tong and the others.

At this moment, Chen Tong asked Mink with a heavy heart.

"Mink, do you have confidence?"

"How can I be confident? I’m freaking out. To tell you the truth, I’ve been suffering from insomnia for the past half month and keep dreaming that I screwed up the exam! The subsidiary subjects, in particular, were just a mess."

"It’s okay, just do better on the cultural subjects. Although I did alright in the subsidiaries, I probably still won’t pass,"

Chen Tong replied, equally agitated.

His scores in cultural subjects certainly wouldn’t be high, his greatest hope lay with the subsidiary subjects, but he couldn’t see any way to pass them.

To be honest, when Su Ming had taken down the Third Generation Mecha·Gun Knight, they could have started scoring happily.

But unexpectedly, such an abominable monster appeared at the end, wiping them all out in an instant.

Just then, a voice cut in.

"Hey, what are you guys talking about?"

Chen Tong turned his head to look at Su Ming and replied in an extremely irritated tone.

"Who are you? Do we know you?"

Mink and Zhao Ran also looked at Su Ming with perplexity; they didn’t recall ever seeing this person, yet for some reason, he seemed strangely familiar.

Su Ming too was momentarily surprised, then laughed as he responded.

"It’s only been a year and you don’t recognize me?"

After hearing Su Ming’s words, Chen Tong was taken aback!

That voice seemed so familiar, but he couldn’t recall who it was at the moment.

It was then that Zhao Ran’s eyes bulged out, pointing at Su Ming in disbelief, he exclaimed,

"You... you can’t be Su Ming, can you?"

At those words, Chen Tong and Mink were stunned, looking incredulously at Su Ming.

"It’s me indeed!"

Su Ming replied cheerfully.

"Damn! You really slimmed down, man, that’s hardcore!"

Chen Tong suddenly blurted out with a curse.

Mink was just as astonished and asked,

"Su Ming, how did you lose so much weight? You didn’t go get surgery, did you?"

"What surgery? I did it through exercising, take a look!"

Su Ming lifted his shirt to reveal his abs and then patted them with his hand!

"Wow! Let me touch!"

Zhao Ran excitedly reached out, wanting to feel them.

Su Ming immediately felt embarrassed, quickly put down his shirt, and stepped back saying,

"No, no, no."

"Ha ha."

Mink burst out laughing.

"Don’t be such a miser!"

Zhao Ran still wasn’t satisfied and really wanted to get a feel.

"Stop messing around. By the way, why haven’t we seen Mr. Tang?"

Su Ming smiled and changed the subject.

"You’re talking about Mr. Tang? That unscrupulous principal sent him to organize files. Before he left, he handed all his responsibilities over to me and said to call him if anything came up."

Mink spoke with visible annoyance.

"Oh, I see, no wonder he’s not around."

Su Ming nodded in response.

Just then, a sound check from a microphone came to life.

"Hello hello, can you hear me?"

Su Ming and the others immediately looked toward the center of the playfield, at the podium that had been set up.

They saw Principal Luo Ken holding the microphone, a broad smile on his face as he began to speak.

"Please, settle down, everyone. We still have a little time before the results are announced. I want to say a few words. First, I must give a grand congratulation to one of our students who, under the careful nurturing of our school, has been specially recruited by the Imperial Court Academy for their outstanding performance. This is a great honor for our school!"

"Wow!"

"Who is it that got specially recruited?"

...

The scene erupted with excited chatter among the students and parents.

Seeing such an enthusiastic response, Principal Luo Ken spoke with a chuckle,

"This student is Lin Chuyu from our Mechanical 1st Class! Let’s give a round of applause to congratulate her!"

After Luo Ken spoke, he immediately led a round of warm applause.

The students and parents joined in, discussing the matter excitedly.

"Wow, what a bright future!"

"It’s just amazing, feels like the admission threshold for Mint College may get raised again this year."

...

Su Ming was extremely surprised, chatting with Chen Tong and the others.

"Lin Chuyu was specially recruited?"

"Holy shit, you didn’t know? You didn’t keep up with her?"

Chen Tong and the others responded in surprise.

"It’s not that, I just didn’t know. Is there a problem with that?"

For the entire year, Su Ming had either been training in the scrapyard of the Lower City District or in a simulation pod. Other than the occasional call with Chen Tong and his group, he hadn’t paid attention to anything else.

"It’s not really a problem, just feels a bit odd."

"Right, why didn’t we see her go up on stage?"

"She’s already gone. After being spotted by General Ames, she left for Starlight City from the Thirteenth District three days later."

Hearing Chen Tong and the others speak, Su Ming fell into thought.

Left on the third day?

That meant she left the day after delivering the letter to him.

He then asked,

"Was she specially recruited by an internal or an external school?"