Shadow of Deep Space

Chapter 48 Doubts
Seeing that everyone was calmed down, Luo Ken quickly continued speaking.

"Everyone, please wait patiently. All candidates are the same, so there is no difference. I have prepared free lunch boxes for you. It is also a small token of my appreciation. Everyone, please eat something to fill your stomach and wait patiently."

As soon as Luo Ken finished speaking, Teacher Tang Yan and others came over carrying boxes of lunch.

Seeing this, many parents decided not to continue to be angry with Luo Ken. After all, you shouldn't hit someone who smiles at you, so they went to get their lunch boxes to fill their stomachs.

Inside the command room of the military interstellar airport, the Fishdolphin.

General Arms sat calmly in the command chair, tapping the armrest lightly with his left index finger, looking seriously at the square images on the screen.

At this time, Xia An reported to Arms.

"General, the latest neural connection pods have been delivered to each examination room."

"Ah, very good."

"But there is something I need to tell you."

"explain."

Arms replied calmly.

"Many students are protesting now. They said they just finished their exams and are in a bad mood. They haven't eaten yet and are starving. It's impossible for them to take the secondary exams at this time."

Xia An said after some hesitation.

When Arms heard this, he turned to look at Xia An and replied in a cold tone.

"Let me ask you, on the battlefield, will the enemy care about our meals? Will they let us rest before fighting? Tell them, those who are willing to take the test will take it, and those who are not willing to take the test will get out!"

"General, that's true, and there's nothing wrong with doing this. But if we do this, will something go wrong? The results of today's city exam might plummet, and then the Royal Court Academy won't be able to accept enough students."

Xia An expressed his biggest concern.

"If you can't accept them, then you can't accept them. It's better than letting a bunch of scumbags get in. Do you know how many people are expelled from the Imperial Court Academy every year? A full one-third, which means that one-third of the people can't even keep up with the most basic courses! Tell me how these one-third of people got in?"

"Don't tell me that you had a sudden inspiration during the exam?"

"Also, how many fake ones are mixed in with the officers who graduated from the Imperial Court Academy in recent years? Especially the two popular series of mecha and command department! Do you know how many high-level mechas are destroyed by fake ones every year? Do you know how precious those high-level mechas are? Do you know how complicated the craftsmanship is? The production capacity itself cannot keep up, and each one is rushed out by working overtime, and the materials used for the production are also dug out by countless soldiers with their lives and blood! And how many soldiers in the command department die every year because of their stupid commands?"

Arms said in great anger.

After listening to Ames' words, Xia An fell silent.

Arms calmed down a little and spoke to Xia An in a deep voice.

"If they hadn't gone too far, do you really think we would have come? The Imperial Court Academy has a certain number of officers that it is expected to produce each year, but in the end, less than half of them are actually usable! How ridiculous is that? How embarrassing? It's almost become a joke."

"And you should know better than anyone how bad the situation is right now. Especially since the Second Ace Legion, Canguang, has been damaged and needs to be supplemented with elite soldiers! It's easy to deal with the lower-level elite soldiers. We can just draw them from various battlefields. There are always enough soldiers every year due to the huge number of conscriptions. But it's very difficult to supplement the officers. Can you calculate how long it takes for them to go from school to serving independently? How much resources will it cost us?"

"You are right."

Xia An replied with a heavy heart.

Inside Mint Intermediate College.

Su Ming sat quietly in a chair waiting for the second exam to begin. He felt that this city exam was becoming more and more interesting.

Just then a soldier came in, walked up to Leo, and whispered something in his ear.

Leo nodded slightly, then spoke to all the candidates.

"All candidates please leave all your exam items behind and line up with me empty-handed!"

Although Su Ming and the others didn't know what Leo was going to do, they still cooperated obediently, stood up and lined up to walk out of the classroom. Leo walked in front and led them, while the other soldiers watched them on both sides. Many students even had the illusion that they were prisoners being escorted.

But they soon felt relieved because they saw other students being treated the same way.

Soon they were taken to an empty playground, where they saw a very shocking scene: brand new simulation cabins of unprecedented models were being unloaded one after another.

"Wow, are these training pods? They look so advanced."

"Yeah, I think it's time to throw away those old antiques in the school."

Many students discussed excitedly.

Su Ming was a little surprised when he saw these new mechanical cabins, and then he felt something was wrong. The simulation cabins were needed to test the secondary subjects, to put it bluntly, mainly the mecha and command subjects. However, the number of candidates for these two categories was limited, and the number sent here was too large, so many that each person could have one.

At this time, Leo said to Su Ming and others.

"One simulation cabin for each person!"

"Wait, sir. My deputy section chief is in charge of maintenance. Do I also need to use the simulation cabin?"

A boy asked curiously.

"Use them! No matter what your secondary subjects are, all of them must be used."

Leo replied bluntly.

"Ah, but we haven't used it before?"

"Yeah, how do you use this?"

Many students were shocked and completely at a loss as to what to do.

"Quiet, shut up!"

Leo yelled angrily.

The noisy scene suddenly became quiet, and Leo spoke again arrogantly.

"You can take the test or not. If you don't take it, you will get zero points!"

For a moment, no one said a word, no matter how aggrieved they were.

Su Ming touched his chin, feeling more and more that something was wrong. The simulation cabin was very expensive, especially these were new models that he had never seen before.

The old federation actually spent so much money to let all students use the simulation cabin. If there is no trick, he would never believe it. It's a pity that there is no way to get anything out of these superiors.

"Okay, I won't waste my time talking to you guys. Let's all get into the cabin and start the exam. Enjoy it!"

Leo waved his hand and asked everyone to enter the simulation cabin immediately to prepare for the exam.

Everyone walked towards the simulation cabin with uneasy hearts, and even Su Ming himself had no idea what was going on.

He had never touched this kind of simulation cabin before, and he had no idea how he would perform in the exam. To be honest, he felt like he was being forced to do something he was not supposed to do.

Unfortunately, he had no choice but to go ahead with it.

Su Ming walked to the simulation cabins and observed them carefully from a close distance.

The simulation cabin is composed of two parts, a black metal base and a transparent cover. The material used for the main body is particularly good. The black metal has a delicate luster and can reflect his appearance.

(End of this chapter)