Li Bingcang smiled and reassured everyone, "But it's alright, there are hovercars everywhere, so we don't have to walk."
However, the overall atmosphere was still quite oppressive. Everyone in the team knew about the treatment of the Comprehensive Military Academy in the league, and they were all mentally prepared.
But when faced with the reality, they found that they hadn't prepared enough.
Li Bingcang's smile was tinged with bitterness; no matter how eloquent he was, he couldn't change the facts.
Ruan Mingchu looked at everyone strangely: "It seems you all have too much free time, and you still have the mood to be sentimental here."
Upon hearing this, all nine people except Mu Yu shuddered and immediately straightened their backs to make themselves appear confident to others.
To answer Nguyen Minh Thu with facts: "No, no, we're not that free."
On the way, they encountered a team from the Ninety-Sixth Star System. The head of the team, seeing that everyone from the Comprehensive Military Academy looked radiant, became particularly curious and couldn't help but ask, "Do you have a secret weapon?"
Li Bingcang twitched his lips and could only reply, "No, kids these days just have a better mindset."
The director clearly didn't believe him, giving him a look that said, "Fine, don't tell me then."
As soon as they entered the villa area, before they even put their luggage down, Ding Junji heard Ruan Mingchu say, "It's 2:20 now. After 2:40, go to the training room on the first basement floor. Mu Yu will tell you."
Li Bingcang was planning to take the children to visit Satellite No. 10 in the afternoon.
He asked tentatively, "Isn't this a bit too rushed?"
Gong Zhushen and the others nodded in agreement.
Ruan Mingchu shook his head: "There is no suitable place on the spaceship, and we have fallen behind schedule. We will catch up in the next two days."
The crew, who had only slept for a total of less than five or six hours on the spaceship: ...
We are utterly incompetent!
Ruan Mingchu originally intended to travel alone, but seeing that Li Bingcang was somewhat like a "spoiled parent," he simply invited him to travel together.
Li Bingcang: It's not that I didn't do it, I'm just worried about everyone's mental health.
Li Bingcang: "Let's go out now. Don't you need to put down your luggage or anything?"
Ruan Mingchu pointed at Mu Yu: "He helped me."
"Oh, oh," Li Bingcang nodded knowingly. Young people these days are much more open-minded than before.
Completely unaware of what Principal Li was thinking, Ruan Mingchu urged, "My appointment is at 2:45, we need to hurry."
Once seated in the hovercar, Li Bingcang belatedly realized that Ruan Mingchu seemed quite familiar with the place.
He probably did his research beforehand; after all, the internet is so advanced these days that Li Bingcang convinced himself without even asking.
Miracle Club, one of the most famous clubs on Satellite 10, actually belongs to Nguyen Minh Thu, but he never personally manages such businesses, leaving them to his subordinates.
The club occupies an entire skyscraper, with the entire first floor dedicated to receiving guests.
Li Bingcang followed Ruan Mingchu and saw the price list hanging on the wall behind the reception desk as soon as they entered the room.
VIP level: 3 million Star Coins per hour
Premium: Two million Star Coins per hour
Intermediate: One million star coins per hour
Standard level: 700,000 Star Coins per hour
Seeing this outrageous price, even Li Bingcang, who had already risen to the position of vice principal, swallowed hard. Good heavens, if he hadn't embezzled, he wouldn't even be able to afford a regular-level one.
Ruan Mingchu, who brought him there, didn't even look at it, and directly took out a black card and placed it on the table.
The receptionist respectfully processed the card and returned it to Ruan Mingchu with both hands: "Your appointment with Coach Cass is already waiting for you in VIP room S01."
Ruan Mingchu thanked him.
He turned to go upstairs, only to find Li Bingcang still standing there, stunned.
"They're gone."
“Oh, oh,” Li Bingcang quickly followed.
He remembered that Marshal Mu was a Di Xingren, so this place must have been arranged by him.
Human thinking is sometimes so strange; we subconsciously avoid the irrational but most correct answer.
Coach Cass is a retired mech pilot. If he hadn't met with an accident back then, he would be the most powerful mech pilot in the current mech unit.
Tong Mo and Li Ku were chosen by Ruan Mingchu to assist Cass. Tong Mo was the muscular man with a buzz cut, while Li Ku always had a mournful face and looked thin, but he was good at violent mechs and was stronger than Tong Mo.
The two men sat opposite Cass, silent as chickens. They were bullies who preyed on the weak, and they had heard of Cass's reputation.
After Nguyen Minh Thu and Li Bing Cang entered, Nguyen Minh Thu naturally sat down opposite Cass, while Li Bing Cang became somewhat nervous because he recognized Cass.
Ruan Mingchu introduced everyone to each other: "Principal Li, this is Cass, the ace coach of the Miracle Club."
"Cass, this is Principal Li of the Comprehensive Military Academy."
Cass extended his hand and said, "Hello."
Li Bingcang hurriedly shook hands: "Hello, hello."
As for Tong Mo and Li Ku, they were simply ignored, since they would eventually be sent to prison anyway.
After exchanging pleasantries, Nguyen Minh Thu and Cass quickly got down to business.
Cass said, "I've looked at the data for the ten trainees you sent me. I don't understand the two in mecha manufacturing, but the remaining eight can meet your requirements before the competition starts."
Ruan Mingchu nodded: "You're better at teaching, so you can handle it. Just remember one thing: they must be lively and energetic before the competition starts."
"Don't worry, come and see the mech."
Cass stood up, Ruan Mingchu followed, and Li Bingcang glanced at Tong Mo and Li Ku, who were still stuck on the sofa, wondering whether he should follow them or not.
“Principal Li, come this way,” Ruan Mingchu said.
"oh oh."
The Miracle Tower has very high spacing between each floor, roughly equivalent to three or four normal floors. This is because the average height of the mechs is five meters, with the taller ones reaching seven or eight meters, and the shortest being four meters.
Once inside, Li Bingcang couldn't take his eyes off it.
Rows of glass display cases show miniature mechs; there are more than thirty different kinds.
Which man doesn't love mecha? He himself owns a mecha, but because he has an office job, he rarely has the opportunity to pilot one, and can only indulge his passion at home.
Moreover, his mecha was the standard type for civilian staff, while the ones displayed here were the military's latest models! The kind he had only seen pictures of in newspapers.
If there weren't other people around, he would have wanted to lean against the glass display window.
Ruan Mingchu walked around the shop window, his expression not very satisfied.
The reason Li Bingcang said they were the military's newest mechs was because they were indeed the latest models in the military of the Shuangjiu Star System.
Small galaxies cannot retain talent, and there are barriers between galaxies, so many things are no longer up-to-date when they are transmitted.
These mechs were built about two or three months before his accident, and almost a year has passed, so they are definitely not the newest.
Cass explained, "The latest mechs are not yet in mass production; these should be the mechs used in the league."
Ruan Mingchu nodded reluctantly.
Having witnessed everything, Li Bingcang was numb; he could no longer deceive himself by staying in his comfort zone. Ruan Mingchu's identity was far from simple!
What exactly does he want to do?
Li Bingcang forbade himself to think further. Since Marshal Mu trusted Ruan Mingchu, he decided to let it go in a daze.
Moreover, because of his secret expectation that Nguyen Minh Thu could bring a great surprise to the General Army.
He initially approached Ruan Mingchu because he admired his talent, but hesitated due to the influence of tradition.
Now that things have come to this, why should he think so much?
When Ruan Mingchu left the Miracle Club, he had ten spatial buttons in his backpack, which were the mechs he had chosen for Ding Junji and others.
They knew nothing about mechs, and even if they were given the choice, they wouldn't be able to decide. So Ruan Mingchu simply chose the one that best suited them based on his own observations.
The villa's second basement level had ample training space, so Ruan Mingchu took these back and had Cass and the other two come to teach them.
Going to the club every day would be too conspicuous, since it's very expensive there.
Back in the dormitory area, Ruan Mingchu went to a nearby supermarket and bought two boxes of original flavor nutrient solution.
He and Li Bingcang each carried a box.
Li Bingcang couldn't help but sigh, "The exact same thing is three times more expensive here than it is back home."
Ruan Mingchu also sensed it and nodded in agreement.
When I lived here for a long time, I didn't feel it, but now that I'm used to buying good quality, inexpensive things, it feels very expensive.
Just as Ruan Mingchu and Li Bingchang were talking about their shopping experience, a chuckle came from the side.
The two pretended not to hear, but the man chased after them and asked, "Which school are you from? These days, there are still people buying nutrient solutions, and what's even funnier is that they complain that the nutrient solutions are too expensive."
"Are you so poor in your area that you can't afford to eat? Oh my god, and it's the cheapest original flavor."
Even beggars don't drink the original flavor, okay?
"You're so good-looking, how can you drink this kind of stuff? Do you think you're doing justice to your looks?"
Hearing him insult the original flavor nutrient solution, Ruan Mingchu's fist hardened.
He glanced sideways at Li Bingcang and said, "I don't know where this mad dog came from, barking incessantly. It's good that our area is safe."
Li Bingcang deeply agreed, but as an adult, he couldn't argue with the young man: "Sigh, as you get older, you just like peace and quiet."
"You...you actually called me a mad dog!" Gao Ping pointed at Ruan Mingchu, his face full of shock. "Do you even know who I am? Don't you want to stay here anymore?!"
Ruan Mingchu sneered: "So, are there noble and lowly mad dogs? I don't know much about this unless I own a dog."
Li Bingcang echoed, "They're all dogs, there's no difference."
The two of them, working in unison, made Gao Ping so angry that his mouth twisted and his fingers trembled: "You, you..."
Ruan Mingchu saw the hovercar, and he and Li Bingcang quickly got in, slammed the door shut, and drove off.
Gao Ping's backside was covered in dust.
"Pah, pah, pah! You just wait!"
Even after the hovercar had driven quite a distance, Ruan Mingchu could still see Gao Ping cursing in the same spot when he occasionally looked back.