Cannon fodder in the Interstellar

After returning to her dorm, since she had already showered in the training room, Ruo Manni simply had a nutrient stick before entering the game pod to sleep.

The military academy’s schedule mimicked that of the army, requiring students to be on the field by 7 AM to run ten laps and check in, so getting an early rest was essential.

Ruo Manni realized that, compared to her usual sleep time, she had entered the holographic game pod an hour early. She set the system to deep sleep for two hours, then to enter the game world for six hours, and after logging out, another hour of deep sleep. This way, the physical and psychic energy she expended in the game would be fully restored.

At Xuan Gu’s First Military Academy, while training was heavily emphasized, the cultural curriculum was equally rigorous.

The military-focused cultural classes covered all essential knowledge, with vast and varied content like astronomy, geography, historical and modern battle cases, key points in military strategy, and more. Even top students found it challenging to fully master everything.

This is where Ruo Manni and Mina-Olli’s special abilities stood out. Thanks to their exceptionally strong mental power and near-photographic memory, they could perfectly recall everything their instructors covered with just a quick review of the materials.

The other nine classmates, though already top of their age group, had to review the materials multiple times before fully absorbing the information.

In the elite class, Ruo Manni consistently ranked first in every test, followed by Mina-Olli in second. Hebrew Adam and Hua Deli alternated for third place, while Dean Atchison and Su Forty-three competed for fifth. As for the last place, it was either Sheila or Ninja King Ren Wuyue, with Sheila being the more frequent occupant.

In the afternoon, it was time for training. For the new students in the elite class, even with just half a day of training, and despite Instructor Dudley increasing the weight of their gravity rings to 50 kilograms on their hands and feet, with a total body load of 200 kilograms, and making them spend two hours overcoming various obstacle courses, it wasn’t enough to completely exhaust them.

At most, they reached their physical limits, but to outsiders, they merely seemed a bit tired.

Many of the new students in the advanced class were mid-level or peak-level Stage Four warriors. These students had higher cultivation levels and pushed themselves hard in training, so the gap between them and the elite class wasn’t growing too quickly.

However, the new students in the regular class were far behind. It was said that the rookies weren’t even wearing gravity rings and could only last two hours at the beginning. In terms of physical fitness, they weren’t even comparable to Mina-Olli.

“Don’t always mock others. I don’t like such negative topics. They’re only behind because they’ve neglected training before, not because they’re inherently weak. They’ll catch up soon enough,” Ruo Manni said, glancing at Sheila.

It wasn’t that she didn’t want to give Sheila face, but Sheila was constantly making sarcastic comments in her ear. To finally get some peace and quiet, Ruo Manni had to speak up, even if it meant offending her.

Perhaps because they were in public, Sheila didn’t throw a tantrum. She simply pursed her lips and stopped talking.

“That Abulaiti Asimu from the advanced class is really pushing himself hard in training. He even asked the instructor to put gravity rings on him, matching our load. His stamina is really strong, comparable to that of Ren Wuyue,” Dean Atchison whispered.

Over time, Ruo Manni had realized that Dean Atchison was quite the informant. Even though he attended the same classes and training sessions as them, seemingly without time to chat with others, he always had information to share.

For example, he knew that only their elite class had such heavy cultural coursework. The advanced and regular classes focused more on physical training. They only had two hours of cultural lessons in the morning, with the rest of the day dedicated to physical training. This kind of information seemed like an internal military academy detail.

“We’re definitely different from the other military students. We’ll be interstellar military commanders, while they’ll be mecha warriors,” Hebrew Adam said confidently, looking at Dean Atchison with a disdainful expression, as if Dean lacked understanding.

Ruo Manni saw Dean Atchison’s frustrated expression, as if he wanted to argue but couldn’t, and thought that Mina-Olli was right—if Hebrew Adam weren’t a prince and unbeatable, everyone would want to put a sack over his head and teach him a lesson.

The eleven new students in the elite class were split into two teams. After getting used to training together in the evenings, they naturally began gravitating towards their respective team captains.

Instructor Dudley, perhaps finding the division between the two teams inconvenient, began referring to them by their captains’ names. Hua Deli’s team was called the “Hua Team,” while Hebrew-Adam’s team was referred to as the “Adam Team.”

Adam being a royal name gave the “Adam Team” a high-class and prestigious ring to it.

Not wanting to be outdone, the “Hua Team” followed the example of the Adam Team and, within two days, rented their own exclusive team training room, one of the same level.

Thanks to her exceptional memory, Ruo Manni found the academic side of the mecha combat courses easy. After completing the cultural coursework for the mecha combat department in the mornings, she could switch to studying mecha manufacturing through the school’s online courses.

With the support of her senior, Rick Amber, Ruo Manni effortlessly managed to dual-major. Under his guidance, she didn’t have to waste time running between the two departments. As long as she completed the daily learning tasks for mecha manufacturing and passed the exams at the end of the term, she was fine.

Ruo Manni had already reached Level 3 in mecha manufacturing in the game world, so she didn’t need to study the Level 2 mecha crafting techniques taught to first-year students.

This highlighted the benefits of having a strong mentor. Rick Amber tailored extra assignments based on her progress, allowing her to surpass her peers without feeling pressured by her dual studies.

The human rights treatment in the Gus Empire is quite good. After every eight days of classes, there are two days off, and this also applies to military academies. However, while the school might have breaks, the students don’t get much time off, and the training halls are always packed during holidays.

At the First Military Academy of Xuan Gu, students receive two academic credits daily as long as they don’t violate any rules. There are also quizzes, and credits are awarded based on performance. The top five students in class receive five credits, while those ranked from sixth to fifteenth receive two credits.

With so many subjects, there’s almost a quiz every other day. After eight days of classes, Ruo Manni had accumulated over thirty credits. Ordinary students, as long as they don’t mess up, can earn at least two credits daily, allowing them to accumulate enough credits to train on their own in the training hall after eight days.

Since the establishment of the team training room, Ruo Manni only went to the swimming pool at the training hall. Fortunately, the swimming pool wasn’t as favored as the other training rooms; while there were many people, there wasn’t a need to wait in line, though she had to share lanes with others.

Ruo Manni’s initial Level Four warrior status didn’t stand out among the first-year students. Unless someone knew she was in the elite class, she would simply be regarded as an ordinary first-year student, and no one could guess she was a Level Five telekinetic master.

However, in the swimming pool, many military academy students thought of her as just an average student and considered her somewhat weak. Others with similar cultivation levels could swim ten laps under five times gravity, while Ruo Manni could only manage nine laps before being exhausted and needing assistance from the staff to get out of the water.

Ruo Manni felt the disdainful glances directed at her but chose to ignore them. She believed that if these people knew she was a Level Five telekinetic master, their attitudes would surely change drastically.