Looking at Mu Yu's calm face, Ruan Mingchu swallowed hard. Is this cool and aloof person so childish in private?
Mu Yu noticed that Ruan Mingchu remained motionless for a long time: "Hmm?"
"It's nothing, it's nothing," Ruan Mingchu said, pulling off her underwear and disappearing into the bathroom. "Sit wherever you like."
In the bathroom, Ruan Mingchu opened the packaging bag and looked at the small pair of underwear with great confusion.
Is this size definitely from Mu Yu?
Of course not! Mu Yu thought his size was too big, and no matter how overdeveloped an Omega was, he could never reach that size, so he specially went to find a pair of pants that Meng Shuo bought casually when he was shopping at the mall for Ruan Mingchu.
If he knew that Ruan Mingchu would suspect him, he certainly wouldn't have bothered to find him suitable underwear!
Ruan Mingchu couldn't help but sigh, quickly put on his underwear, and flicked the rubber band, which was actually a little tight.
Although she knew she shouldn't, Ruan Mingchu still felt a tiny bit of sympathy for Mu Yu, and she didn't know if it would grow any longer.
Mu Yu knew nothing about this and left when he saw that Ruan Mingchu had nothing else to do.
In the vice principal's office, Li Bingcang poured tea for Ruan Mingchu with a smile, "Try it, it's good stuff from Dixing."
Ruan Mingchu picked up the teacup and glanced at it. He could only see that the tea soup was quite clear and had a light fragrance.
After taking a sip, finding it wasn't too hot, Ruan Mingchu drank it all in one gulp.
As soon as he put down his cup, he saw Li Bingcang's chubby face filled with heartache. "What a waste!"
Li Bingcang sighed: "What do you want from me?"
Ruan Mingchu said, "I came for the Ten Thousand Schools League. I want to know how the list was determined? Why is it not necessary to select from all schools?"
Whenever he mentioned this, Li Bingcang let out a long sigh, revealing boundless bitterness.
"To avoid losing face."
The "Ten Thousand Schools League" has never appeared on the school forums because the school doesn't want it to exist. Unless the comprehensive military academy can achieve some results in the league, instead of being consistently crushed and always ending up in the bottom three, letting these naive students know about it will inevitably cause some unrest.
Therefore, the school team members who participate in the league are selected secretly by the teachers, and they also participate in the competitions secretly.
Anyway, the Shuangjiu star system is far enough away from the imperial planet, and with some careful containment, the current students won't find out. By the time they graduate and join the military, they'll definitely be forced to mature by reality, and the school won't need to worry about their mental state anymore.
After hearing Li Bingcang's explanation, Ruan Mingchu fell into an unbearable silence.
What was supposed to be a simple competition turned out to be an unavoidable calamity for schools in less developed galaxies.
This seriously violates the original purpose of the league!
The league is meant to facilitate exchange and mutual improvement among schools, not to serve as a tool for ranking schools into different categories.
At this moment, Ruan Mingchu was actually glad that he had come to the Shuangjiu star system and learned about the situation in the remote territories of the empire. If it weren't for this accident, he probably would never have known.
Does Father Emperor know? Why was this promising shepherd suddenly sent here?
Ruan Mingchu rubbed his temples, feeling that he had a long way to go and a heavy responsibility to bear.
Ruan Minh Thu said to Li Bing Cang, "I want the captain of the school team."
Li Bingcang paused for a moment, then laughed and said, "I know you are strong and ambitious, but some positions are not so easy to hold."
In reality, nobody wants to be captain. Who wants to take on the responsibility of captaining a team destined to be crushed, a position most likely to be attacked?
The barriers between the various star systems of the Empire have a long history, making it difficult to cross star systems on ordinary days, and the threshold for entering the central star system is particularly high. Therefore, the selected students are all eager to take the trip, and may even fight over the spot for this publicly funded trip, but no one volunteered to be the team leader.
Li Bingcang intends to appoint Mu Yu as the captain of the school team participating in the league. Mu Yu's background is perfect, and he's quite capable, so he shouldn't be easily defeated.
Ruan Mingchu was not intimidated by Li Bingcang's words: "You can tell me directly what you require of the captain."
He can lead the team at the Imperial First Military Academy, so why can't he lead the team at the Comprehensive Military University?
Seeing his insistence, Li Bingcang sighed again and again. He felt that he had sighed as many times as he had in the past month.
"Come with me."
He led Ruan Mingchu into the basement of the office building, which was his usual training ground.
Despite his busy schedule, Li Bingcang trains for more than two hours every day without fail.
The title of the strongest military academy is not just empty boasting.
Half an hour later, Li Bingcang, covered in sweat, smiled and saw Ruan Mingchu off. After taking a shower and changing his clothes, he went to hold a high-level meeting.
Li Bingcang, beaming with joy, dropped a bombshell: "The school teams for this year's Ten Thousand Schools League will be led by Ruan Mingchu. Everyone, please remember to cooperate with Ruan."
Upon hearing Li Bingcang's words, Executive A slammed his fist on the table and exclaimed, "It's outrageous enough that an Omega is joining the school team, but to make him the captain? Do you think we haven't lost badly enough already?"
Li Bingcang was not angry even when his subordinate openly contradicted him, which shows how good his mood was.
Li Bingcang said, "Then you decide. You choose a team leader."
A: "Mu Yu, Mu Yu is exceptionally talented, strong, and is also the son of Marshal Mu."
Li Bingcang shrugged: "Student Mu refused."
A: ...
"Alright then," Li Bingcang said, seeing that he didn't speak, and pointed him in the right direction. "I'll give you half a day. Find someone who is willing to be the team leader. Otherwise, please cooperate with Ruan."
A stubbornly insisted, "There will definitely be someone there!"
Half a day later, A claimed to be sick and asked for leave.
A's idea is that Omega is not up to the task, and even if no one else is willing to be the captain, they don't want an Omega to be the captain. This is the opinion of 90% of the top leaders of the military academy.
They were just smart enough not to confront their superiors on the spot. Wouldn't it be better to subtly make things difficult for them?
Ruan Mingchu applied for a venue to assess the abilities of the school team members. He submitted the application but received no reply for half a day. When he called, they said they were already looking for a place.
Good heavens, Ruan Mingchu was so angry he laughed. There were hardly any students left at school during the winter break, so they needed to find a place to stay.
The most effective way to deal with people who are outwardly compliant but inwardly defiant is to file a complaint against them.
Li Bingcang, who was personally procuring supplies, received a complaint from Ruan Mingchu.
Li Bingcang frowned as he watched. This was his fault; he had focused all his efforts on improving the school's overall strength and had neglected those in charge of administration.
After delegating the purchasing to his subordinates, Li Bingcang flew back to the school to serve as Ruan Mingchu's attentive secretary.
Things then went exceptionally smoothly.
The school team consists of one captain, one vice-captain, and eight members. The standard team consists of one controller, two healers, three offensive attackers, and four support players.
In the treatment category, there's one pharmaceutical manufacturer and one curer; in the support category, there's usually one enhancement agent, one weakening agent, one mecha manufacturer, and one mecha repairer.
During their four years at the military academy, only students majoring in nail manufacturing and mecha repair were allowed to touch military-grade mecha. Other students, unless their families had connections with the military, could only pilot military mecha after enlisting.
Mechs are quite common; wealthy people like to buy one, even if they don't use it, it still makes them look good. But those are all civilian mechs, and their operating systems and weapon systems are different from military ones.
This is because military mechs are weapons of immense destructive power; a single mech can slaughter the inhabitants of an entire city in half a day.
During the league, participating students have the opportunity to experience what it's like to pilot a military mech in advance.
Although the military academy's team did not recruit according to the above configuration, the addition of Ruan Mingchu, a control-type player, perfectly matched the general configuration.
Team Leader: Ruan Mingchu, Class Control
Vice Captain: Mu Yu, Professional Striker
Ding Junji, Lei Qianjun, and Wang Lie are offensive classes, Shen Huanli and Song Yang are healers, the former is good at medicine making, Gong Zhushen is the enhancement support, Wang Rong is the weakening support, and the mecha manufacturing and repair are twins named Kong Yichun and Kong Yixia.
Of course, this is just their area of expertise; it doesn't mean that healing doesn't involve killing star beasts.
Before meeting them, Ruan Mingchu first reviewed the information Li Bingcang had brought. Lei Qianjun was the captain of the Thunder team, Ding Junji was the captain of Caesar, Wang Rong was the captain of Glory, Ma Lie was the captain of Extreme, and Shen Huanli was the vice-captain of Angel.
Song Yang, Kong Yichun, and Kong Yixia are also key members of the S-level team.
Without exception, they are all Alphas.
Ruan Mingchu stared at the documents in a daze, and slowly, an idea emerged in his mind.
Li Bingcang was somewhat surprised: "What did you say? You're going to create a team that's called a cheerleading squad, but is actually just a substitute team?"
To be honest, he had worked at the Comprehensive Military University for so many years and had seen the complete lineups of the major star system school teams in the league, but the Comprehensive Military University had never had any substitutes.
One-round qualification doesn't need all that fancy stuff.
Li Bingcang was worried that those people would go to the school's competition full of high aspirations, only to be crushed by reality.
Ruan Mingchu shook his head: "Principal Li, we need to be flexible. Just say that the school is providing free travel, and after getting them there, we'll take away their devices a few days before the competition and arrange a very intensive schedule for them. If things don't go well, we'll bring them back directly, and if things go well, we'll tell them."
If it weren't for the requirement that they be allowed entry into the Central Galaxy together without additional applications, Ruan Mingchu would have considered waiting until the competition started before deciding whether to bring them over. However, Ruan Mingchu was extremely confident that, under his leadership, they would definitely win first place.
"Well..." Li Bingcang thought about it and realized it made sense. "But what if they secretly go online? These days, young people like to browse trending topics before bed."
Ruan, who almost never went online, in the early Ming Dynasty: ...
Thinking back to the lessons Ye Lele taught him, Ruan Mingchu sighed and rubbed his forehead, "They're all in their twenties now, not six or seven-year-olds anymore."
Moreover, they might already know about their own situation through other channels. Keeping it from them and creating a false image of peace and prosperity will only lead to more and more people lacking any sense of national responsibility.
Li Bingcang sighed in resignation, "Alright, I'll have them send out notices to recruit about ten people?"
Ruan Mingchu held out his palm: "Fifty people."
Li Bingcang was so startled that he almost broke the ceramic cup in his hand.
After confirming the details of the "publicly funded Central Galaxy travel group" with Li Bingcang, Ruan Mingchu arranged a meeting time with the other nine members of the school team.
The location was the Star Beast Pavilion at the Strong Attack Academy, where star beasts were kept and their levels could be assessed. He felt that theory was insufficient and wanted to witness their strength firsthand.
Ruan Mingchu arrived early on purpose, before the others, including Mu Yu, had arrived. Guided by Li Bingcang, he met the star beasts kept there.
The star beasts in the cages were all listless, and many of them didn't even react when they saw people. They were considered to be quite vocal if they roared twice.
Ruan Mingchu pointed to the star beasts in the cage: "Are these the star beasts used for the rating?"
Li Bingcang nodded: "Of course, the comprehensive military academy's rating system is the most complete in the Shuangjiu star system." He even had a hint of pride in his voice.
Ruan Mingchu had nothing to say.
After a long silence, Ruan Mingchu said sadly, "No wonder you were eliminated in the first round. You used a B-rank to fight against an A-rank, it's no wonder you were completely crushed."
Li Bingcang was filled with questions.
The Warren Empire follows the Star Beast rating system; defeating a Star Beast of a certain level makes you a Star Warrior of that level.
However, in the central star system, the warriors' opponents during the ranking assessment are not real star beasts, but simulated star beasts with the same strength as the strongest star beasts specially selected through breeding.
After all, a real star beast can only be used once, while the online simulation has the same strength but can be used countless times.